Please Note the reschedule of the LAST ROUND of the QLD 4X Super Series. Due to club commitments we have had to reschedule the race again. It will now be held on Sunday 28th March at Toowoomba. The track is located within the Toowoomba Show Grounds, Glenvale Rd, Toowoomba.
The last round will be the last chance to secure a podium finish in the series. With over $2500 of cash & prizes this is not a race you will want to miss!
4X Rego will be open from 10am-12:30pm with Practice from 10am till 12:45pm. Gate practice from 11:45am-12:45pm. Racing will start at 1:15pm.
Our Major Sponsors for the ENTIRE Series include; Ashgrove Cycles, Super Sports & Vizion Shop fitters. They have helped to donate the prize money for the Elite Men and to help get these events running! Also big shout out to our Minor Sponsors JET Black Cycling who has donated all prizes for the winners.
Flash Point Promotions along with Toowoomba MTB Club are organising the event. The race is a MTBA supported event.
Additional race details can be found
here.
Apparently quite a weekend was had for the Victorian Downhill Championships. A new record of 320 riders braved the mud in their title fights.
Elite Men:
1. Josh Button - 3:20.6
2. Alex Swann - 3:24.2
3. Rhys Atkinson - 3:27.9
4. Jenson Woodcock - 3:28.9
5. Laurie Dinham - 3:29.4
6. Sam Hocken - 3:30.5
7. Matt Swann - 3:31.9
8. Jesse Beare - 3:32.3
9. Tim Smith - 3:34.0
10. Lars Peyer - 3:34.6
Elite Women:
1. Leonie Picton - 4:06.6
2. Alyssa Lyons - 4:30.2
3. Shelly Flood - 4:33.5
U19 Men:
1. Ben Barrett - 3:25.0
2. Aden Wyber - 3:25.7
3. Marcus Fairbanks - 3:29.6
4. Michael Bourne - 3:36.2
5. Lewis Winton - 3:36.5
Full results for the championships
here. For more info checkout the
Vic DH series website.
The
VIC DH Series has completed 3 rounds thus far, here's a little info on what's going on.
At the end of three rounds, World Trail rider Rhys Atkinson is showing he has what it takes for the overall KONA Elite Men Series win. Biting at his heels is Sam 'Pug' Hocken followed closely by Mt Beauty shredder Liam Pannozzo. If Kona keep flying their glamour rider and ladies man Josh Button down to mexico, he could get up there in the points game.
The KONA Elite Women is being smashed by Leonie 'Rabbit' Picton at this midway point of the season. Rabbit has been hammering the XC bike during the week for training and putting a lot of men to shame on the DH sled! It is great to see the girl power! Alyssa Lyons is not far behind, and with some more DH riding under her belt faster times are inevitable. Wrapping up third in the standings is Shelley Flood. GO GIRLS!
Closer still is the TeKin Suspension Under 19 Men. Current leader Aden Wyber who has just been selected for the Australian Junior World Champs Long-team is scorching hot at the moment, but he is under high pressure from the 'Manimal' himself - Ben Barrett. Ben just took out the Victorian Downhill Championships and should never be underestimated. Lewis Winton in third has found his form on the DH rocket this year and is quite a few points clear of his nearest rival.
Current VIC DH series standings
here.
Elite Men
1. Cillian Kennedy - 6:21.48
2. Grant Jones - 6:24.12
3. Tom Lewis - 6:24.79
4. Tim Eaton - 6:27.04
5. Brendan Moon - 6:27.24
Elite Women
1. Michelle Crisp - 7:35.13
2. Joanne Fox - 7:51.65
3. Kelly Hughes - 7:57.46
U19 Men
1. Thomas Crimmins - 6:22.13
2. Jake Newell - 6:27.59
3. Dean Evans - 6:28.64
Full results lists
here
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Singletrack obsessives rejoice! The team from Chocolate Foot are proud to announce the launch of the premier endurance race series for New South Wales: The Singletrack Mind - 2010 NSW Enduro Series.
From April 2010 mountain bikers are set to test themselves and their team mates in a series of five events ranging in length from 6 hours to the series finale, a 10 hour challenge!
Click
here to check out the full press release.
Warringah Council has put the brakes on bike riding for safety reasons around parts of the Manly Warringah War Memorial Park. Due to a bureaucratic error that happened many years ago the single track sections of the Manly Dam circuit have never actually been technically legal riding. As such, instead of turning a blind eye, or deciding to make an extra effort to work around what is their mistake, they are to penalise riders by closing sections of the track.
How you can help:
1. Write to members of council. Details
here
2. Attend the next council meetings as a silent protest. Details
here
3. Come on the show of support ride. Details
here
Thank you all for your support.
Elite Men
1. Ben Cory - 7:15.66
2. Bryn Atkinson - 7:18.79
3. Shaun O'Connor - 7:21.84
4. Chris Kovarik - 7:23.11
5. Amiel Cavalier - 7:26.42
Elite Women
1. Claire Buchar - 8:52.61
2. Jill Kintner - 8:58.73
3. Julia Boer - 9:08.14
4. Sarsha Huntington - 9:31.36
5. Leonie Picton - 9:31.68
U19 Men
1. Aden Wyber - 7:37.66
2. Phillip Piazza - 7:49.55
3. Jake Newell - 7:50.96
U19 Women
1. Holly Baarspul - 10:34.28
2. Emily Hockey - 10:34.57
3. Tegan Molloy - 11:52.34
Full results lists
here
Elite Men:
1. Button Josh - 03:05.1
2. Panozzo Liam - 00:02.2
3. Panozzo Joel - 00:03.4
4. Atkinson Rhys - 00:04.0
5. Dinham Laurie - 00:08.7
Full results
here.
Read Nathan ‘NATO’ Murphy's race report
here.
