To finish off our coverage from the first National Round of the new series, we have put up a ‘Pick of the Pics’ special from the race, click ‘read more’,A�enjoy.
Continue reading “Pick of the Pics x 8: Australian National Series Round 1 – Thredbo”
What a race! The top four positions were taken out by current or former World Champions and fifth place went to the reigning Australian National series, wow! Sure Graves maybe former Four Cross World Champion but he is no slouch on a downhill bike!
Continue reading “Round 1 Australian National Series a�� Thredbo Finals”
The rain started to come down at the begining of the Junior categories but then suddenly stopped. It did start for Elite but stopped again. Full report soon, results below:
Elite Men:
1. Troy Brosnan 5:31.54
2. Sam Hill 5:33.87 + 2.33
3. Jared Graves 5:34.63 + 3.09
4. Ben Cory 5:38.76A�+ 7.22
5. Rhys Atkinson 5:42.15A�+ 10.61
Elite Female:
1. Tracey Hannah 6:15.73
2. Claire Whiteman 6:56.24 + 40.51
3. A�Michelle Crisp 6:59.05 + 43.32A�A�
4. Holly Baarspul 7:25.46 + 1:09.73
5.A� Trudy Nicholas 7:27.98 + 1:12.25A�
Under 19 Men:
1. A�Joey VejvodaA� 5:44.66A�A�A�
2. Tom CrimminsA� 5:45.34 + 0.68A�
3. Connor FearonA� 5:49.13 + 4.47A�
4. Jack MoirA� 5:53.69 + 9.03A�
5. Henry BlakeA� 5:55.05 + 10.39A�
Under 19 Women:
1. Danielle BeecroftA� 6:54.70A�
2. Ella Scanlan-BloorA� 8:21.03 + 1:26.33A�A�
3. Gemma GreentreeA� 10:32.41 + 3:37.71A�
Full report to come.
Continue reading “Flash Result – Round 1 Australian National Series Thredbo”
Graves, Brosnan and Cory have streaked ahead of the pack in seeding for the first Australian National Series raceA�of the new 2011/12A�season. After a morning practice that saw multiple crashes, seeding started late in the afternoon with rain clouds lurking. For most riders, today’s practice was to consolidate everything practiced over the past few days. As ThredboA�is such a long track making sure you had your lines sorted before today was critical.
Seeding Results:
Elite Men:
1. Jared Graves 5.37.74
2. Troy Brosnan 5.39.06 + 1.32
3. Ben Cory 5.40.28 + 2.54
4. Sam Hill 5.48.42 + 10.68
5. Kaine Cannan 5.49.33 + 11.59
Under 19 Men:
1. Joey Vejvoda 5.45.08
2. Dave McMillan 5.47.65 + 2.57
3. Tom Crimmins 5.49.16 + 4.08
4. Brent Smith 5.51.38 + 6.30
5. Trent Piribauer 5.52.13 + 7.05A�
Continue reading “Round 1 Australian National Series – Thredbo Seeding”
The third round of the Victorian State series has just been run on the awesome Mount Beauty track, not only is the track awesome but the town gets behind the event and they put on a well polished show. Results are as follows:
Elite Men:
1. Connor Fearon 2.54.08
2. Tim Eaton 2.56.05 + 1.97
3. Joel Panozzo 2.57.17 + 3.09
4. Liam Panozzo 2.57.60 + 3.52
5. Jesse Beare 3.00.23 + 6.15
Under 19 Men:
1. Dean Lucas 2.55.98
2. Oliver Zwar 3.04.72 + 8.74
3. Gary McIvor 3.09.25A�+ 13.28
4. Jai Motherwell 3.13.14 + 17.16
5. Elijah Marinov 3.13.47 + 17.49
Dean Lucas again stomped his dominance on the Under 19 field, winning by over 8.5 seconds. In Elite Men, Connor Fearons’ victory means he is now the overall leader. One can’t help butA�wonder ifA�the Under 19 National Series is going to be dominated by these two riders?! Continue reading “Flash Result: Round 3 Vic DH Series – Mt Beauty”
Without doubt Sam Hill is Australiaa��s most successful downhill racer ever. His quiet, a�?let the riding do the talkinga��, demeanour can be quite refreshing and as anyone that knows him well will tell you, hea��s a genuinely nice guy with a dry sense of humor. Enough character assessment, we talked to Sam about his injuries, plans for the off season to race the National Series and National Champs and his goals for 2012.
Continue reading “Inside Info: Sam Hill”
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