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Flash Result: Round 2 Australian National Series Mount Buller

Mount Buller is always a good addition to the racing calendar.

Round 2 of the Australian National Series in Mount Buller has just wrapped up a good weekend or week of racing (depending if you raced the Vic DH Series there last weekend). This weekends’ race saw the succesful debut of Bryn Atkinson who finished 2ndA�and Jill KintnerA�3rd on their new Norco bikes. Full report and pictures to come, results below:

Elite Men:

1. Troy Brosnan 3.14.14

2. Sam Hill 3.19.49 + 5.35

3. Bryn Atkinson 3.20.36 + 6.22

4. Ricky Boyer 3.22.31 + 8.17

5. Rhys Atkinson 3.22.99 + 8.85

Elite Women:

1. Tracey Hannah 3.48.04

2. Jill Kintner 3.55.69 + 7.65

3. Shelly Flood 4.06.91 + 18.87

4. Madeline Taylor 4.18.86 + 30.82

5. Trudy Nicholas 4.29.56 + 41.52

Under 19 Men:

1. Connor Fearon 3.20.68

2.A�Tom Crimmins 3.24.59 + 3.91

3. Jack Moir 3.24.69 + 4.01

4. Dean Lucas 3.26.80A�+ 6.12

5. Henry Blake 3.27.97 + 7.29

Under 19 Women:

1. Danielle Beecroft 7.18.49
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Flash Results: Round 4 Vic DH Series – Mt Buller

The fourth round of the Vic State Series was held in Mount Buller this weekend, one week before the National Round is due to be held there. The infamous ‘International’ race track combinesA�a series of rock gardens, tight switchbacks, corners and hi speed sections to form a track favoured by racers as one of the best races on the calendar. Racing was tight with a stacked field, no doubt some riders choosing to get some practice in before next weeks’ Nationals, results as follows:

Elite Men:

1. Rhys Atkinson 3.24.86

2. Connor Fearon 3.25.581 + 0.73

3. Tim Eaton 3.26.57 + 1.72

4. Liam Panozzo 3.27.76 + 2.91

5. Ricky Boyer 3.27.93 + 3.07

Under 19 Men:

1. Dean Lucas 3.27.05

2. Tom Crimmins 3.31.35 + 4.30

3. Jack Moir 3.32.91 + 5.86

4. Luke Ellison 3.35.19 + 8.14

5. Nicholas Bohle 3.37.20 + 10.15

We had a quick chat with Connor Fearon about his run, this is what he had to sayA�”it was pretty good, had a few mistakes but nothing major, everyone has them.” It will be interesting to see the difference in times compared with next weekends National Round.
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Pick of the Pics x 8: Australian National Series Round 1 – Thredbo

Phil Piazza brought it home in eleventh place, a solid result considering he has just come back from a head injury that has seen him spending time off the bike.

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.
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Round 1 Australian National Series a�� Thredbo Finals

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Who else? No surprises, at his first National race as an Elite rider, Troy took the win, early days but at this rate Troy is going to blow up overseas next year.

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!
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Flash Result – Round 1 Australian National Series Thredbo

Troy may have looked surprised but we weren't. first place at his first National race as an Elite, well done Troy.
Troy may have looked surprised but we weren't, first place at his first National race as an Elite, well done Troy.

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.
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Round 1 Australian National Series – Thredbo Seeding

Some considered him a dark horse for this race but seriously when can Jared Graves ever be considered a dark horse?! First in seeding.

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�

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