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downhill247com-7 — 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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downhill247.com-Brosnan-Finals1 — 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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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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downhill247.com Graves1 — 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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