The day dawned slightly overcast with the occasional showers; The Bike Shed Mortdale (TBSM) set up their tent, Revolution Magazine set up and riders began practicing. The first event was the Need for Speed a flying 100 metre timed section of the Kurrajong Mountain Bike park hill. Four riders entered Stuart Cunneen from C Grade men who finished with a fastest overall time of 51.36 Km/hr followed by Andrei Wittich 50.92 Km/hr and Mark Dale with 48.13 Km/hr A Woman Joanne Fox improved each run to gain 46.75 Km/hr. The riders will try again tomorrow with more air in their tyres and possibly a larger chain ring on the front.
The dirt jump practice saw no one try the 11 metre? jump built during the week by Jeff Cartwright and a few spills on the new soft jumps but Brett Jones tried the second jump of the four pack and unfortunately while trying to bail from the bike on landing broke his collar bone, and with Sandy Vines help headed to Windsor hospital. The competition used Marcus Spies’ scoring system with three runs scored with out of 5 points each for difficulty, size, style, combinations, flow, and a 1 bonus which can be added or subtracted at the judges whim, only the two highest scores are added together for each judge.
Round 1 consisted of most riders taking the southern line with its small then middle jumps and finishing with the birmed area at the end, some interesting starts with no hands or feet were also displayed and a nice turn finish by one rider. Unfortunately Stuart Cunneen while riding the north line fell and broke his leg and ankle, he was carried to the first aid area where the famous green whilstle improved the ride to the ambulance to Windsor Hospital.
Round 2 saw some riders take the middle line first jump then transition to the end of the 11 metre with all riders showing a finish on the birmed area at the end and a few wheel stand starts. The third round saw the first use of the second middle jump a few less impressive starts but more improved finishes. Points are shown below with positions in each grade. The Super G was postponed to Sunday as showers had made the landing area too slippery. The riders received prizes donated by Jet Black and the departure was interesting with a few vehicles needing assistance to leave.
Riders Grade Riders Total
James Wright U19 238
1st
Justin Messenger U19 225
2nd
Tee Jay Clarke U19 219
3rd
Liam Daley U17 233
1st
Kieran Thompson U17 223
2nd
Jon O’Neill B 218
1st
Brett Jones B DNS Did Not Start
Stuart Cunneen C 62
1st Did Not Finish
Name Judges Nicest Judge
Nastiest Judge
Riders Andrei Wittich David Grupe Steven Humphreys Mark Dale Jordon Chan Joanne Fox Riders Total
James Wright 37 48 32 37 42 42 238
Justin Messenger 38.5 43 28 36.5 44 35 225
Tee Jay Clarke 33 43 24.5 37.5 47 34 219
Liam Daley 41 45 27 39 42 39 233
Kieran Thompson 38.5 45 25.5 34 46 34 223
Jon O’Neill 34 45 22 37 43 37 218
Brett Jones DNS
Stuart Cunneen 12 9 7 16 6 12 62
Judges Totals 234
278
166
237
270
233
