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Randwick Cycling, officially Randwick Botany Cycling Club, Inc., is a cycling club based in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Founded in 1903, Randwick Cycling is one of the oldest cycling clubs in Australia and is affiliated with AusCycling. Members of the club compete in the cycling disciplines of road, track, CX, BMX, and MTB, as well as having a strong recreational and social following.

History
Founded as the Botany Amateur Cycling Club in 1903, the club's early headquarters were located near the corner of Botany Road and King Street,, in a shop owned by Frank Callman, the manufacturer of Ascot bicycles. Green and white, the colours of the Botany tram were adopted for the club's jersey. The first captain was Alf Bridges. Races started and ended outside of Thornton’s Newmarket Hotel on the corner of Gardeners Road and Botany Road,. Initially, the club conducted three types of races: short courses to Racecourse, middle distances to Bunnerong Road, and long events to  School.

Since 1976, in a deal struck with Randwick Council to remove cycle racing from city streets, the club has used the Heffron Park criterium track as its base for holding road races. Formerly a storage facility for the Royal Australian Navy used during WWII, the track is characterised by large concrete slabs originally designed for heavy vehicle movement.