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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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Grievance Debate

PEDAL PRIX

Mr PISONI (Unley) (15:56): Earlier we heard a question from the member for Florey asking the Premier about the Pedal Prix. I am very pleased to tell the house that I also attended the Pedal Prix, although my reasons were probably slightly more personal than those of the other members of parliament who were there. It was a great event and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the schools in and around my electorate that participated in the Pedal Prix.

I would especially like to thank the teachers who were involved in the Pedal Prix. Steve Hannagan coached Concordia College, Victoria Spencer coached the Walford team and Heather Birbeck coached Highgate Primary School. The four teachers from Unley High School (the school that my daughter participated through), who were all from the technical studies area, were Rob Lane, who has been involved from the very beginning in the Pedal Prix, Darryl Oliver, Toby Watts and Richard Whaites.

I think the interesting thing about the Pedal Prix is how it has developed over the years. Rob Lane told me how it is a great experience right from building the machines through to the event on the day. They spend a full 24 hours there, starting at midday on the Saturday and moving right through until midday on the Sunday. They quoted the number of participants and spectators for that period as being, I think, 20,000.

The interesting thing about the whole process is that it is one of three events. The six hour challenge in May in Victoria Park was followed in July by the nine hour challenge, also in Victoria Park, and the 24 hour challenge at the Sturt Reserve at Murray Bridge. I know that the member for Hammond was very proud to host us. If ever I have seen a proud member of parliament, it was on Saturday when he waved the flag at the beginning. That was after his leisurely tour on a golf cart of the whole two kilometre course.

The winning team was Bendigo Youth Racing from Bendigo. There were over 466 laps, and in that same time they could have travelled to Bendigo and back to Adelaide by pushbike; that was the equivalent of the time they spent on the track.

Some of the results for the schools in Unley also were very encouraging. The Highgate Hot Rod came fourth in its category 1 division, with 1,313 laps, which meant that they were 63rd overall.

Mr Griffiths: Was it 313 and not 1,313?

Mr PISONI: Sorry; 313 laps.

Ms Bedford interjecting:

Mr PISONI: They would have won with 1,300 I am sure, member for Florey! The all-girls Walford WR3 came 12thin its category, with 275 laps, and the Walford WR4 came 48th in its category, with 277 laps. The Concordia Shockwave came 58th in its category, with 216 laps. There were 65 entries in the Junior High School category, and Walford came 14th, with 314 laps, and the second Walford team came 27th, with 284 laps.

The Concordia Concorde came 33rd, with 280 laps, and the Concordia Power Surge came in 37th, with 273 laps. Unley High School's very first all-girls team, Unley Junior Girls, came 48th in its category, with 257 laps. We had 59 entries in the senior category, category 3, with Unley Seniors coming 4th, with 377 laps, and the Concordia Matrix coming 27th, with 350 laps.

Time expired.

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