NZ National Series Downhill #1 - E2

Aropaoanui, New Zealand, January 3, 2004

2003 Results Results

Swiss triumph in round 1

Round one of the downhill competition saw plenty of excitement for the crowd of spectators in the McKinnon Forest at Aropaoanui about 30km north of Napier. Although most of the large field of 109 riders loved the course and enjoyed the bright sunny weather, a couple of top pro-elite riders had some fantastic crashes including our 2003 National Champion Justin Leov (Blenhiem), fresh from racing in Europe where he improved his current world ranking from 85th December 2002 to 20th. Leov managed to snap his bike in half after miss-landing the double jump. Nathan Rankin (Levin), who is the 2003 National Series winner, also crashed leaving it clear for Claudio Caluori from Switzerland to take out Round One in a time of 2 mins 32 secs 06. This 26 year old is the current Swiss DH Champ and ranked 29th in the world.

Bryon Scott of Auckland took second place in a time of 2 mins 33 secs 64 and a great result for Des Curry (Rotorua), who is in his first year of Pro-Elite competition, to finish third, only 2 secs 05 off the Swiss rider. Curry and two other young riders in their first year of Pro-Elite competition Reon Boe (Levin) and Craig Pattle (Rotorua) all managed to finish in the top ten which is a fantastic result for them.

In the women's competition there were two Pro-Elite riders - the up and coming 16 year old Scarlett Hagen of Queenstown, who finished second at the Junior World Champs 2003 in Europe, and an international rider, Tracy Moseley from Britain, who is ranked third in the world. Moseley finished first in a time of 2 mins 55 secs 51 and Hagen not far behind in a time of 2 mins 59 secs 42. They finished 33 and 39 respectively, in the overall competition.

The cross country competition is on tomorrow, ten minutes from Napier in the Tongoio Forest and with 100 pre-entries and more expected on-the- day there will be some great riding and excellent viewing for spectators.

Results

Elite Men
 
1 Claudio Caluori (Switzerland)           2.32.06
2 Byron Scott (Auckland)                  0.01.58
3 Des Curry (Rotorua)                     0.02.05
4 Daniel Lynch (Te Kuiti)                 0.03.56
5 James Dodds (Hamilton)                  0.03.87
6 Mark Johnston (Chrishchurch)            0.04.60
7 James Baron (Auckland)                  0.05.64
8 Reon Boe (Levin)                        0.05.96
9 Craig Pattle (Rotorua)                  0.06.13
10 Philip Shucksmith (United Kingdom)     0.06.65
11 Mathew Hyland (Wanganui)               0.08.14
12 Emil Carlson (Norway)                  0.09.87
13 Lester Perry (Raetahi)                 0.10.34
14 Leighton Neal (Carterton)              0.19.31
15 Scott Sheldon (Christchurch)           0.54.08
16 Nathan Rankin (Levin)                  1.26.92
17 Justin Leov (Blenheim)                11.57.80

Hardtail Men
 
1 Chris Birch (Auckland)                  2.44.78
2 Joesph Henry (Hastings)                 0.04.51
3 Michael Searle (Raumati Beach)          0.08.35
4 Kyle Cameron (New Plymouth)             0.11.64
5 Mike Skinner (Auckland)                 0.12.27
6 James Duncan (Wellington)               0.15.56
7 Paul Muter (Stratford)                  0.21.14
8 Kent Taylor (Tauranga)                  0.26.51
9 Jonathan Lovell (Tauranga)              0.32.23
10 Rob Dowe (Rotorua)                     0.32.88
11 Luke Wilson (Wellington)               0.34.99
12 Gerald De Vries (Rotorua)              0.35.37
13 Sam Maitland (Wellington)              0.36.61
14 Luke De Jager (Levin)                  0.45.24
15 Wade Kenchington (Wellington)          0.54.87
16 Andrew Mudge (Papamoa)                 1.18.79
17 Edward Barrett (Christchurch)          1.32.23
18 Henry Barrett (Christchurch)           2.43.76
 
Master 30+ Women
 
1 Trish Wrigley (Auckland)                3.42.34
 
Senior Women
 
1 Gabrielle Molloy (Rotorua)              3.25.02
2 Amy Laird (New Plymouth)                0.25.43
 
Junior Women
 
1 Jennifer Makgill (Auckland)             3.12.12
 
Master 40+ Men
 
1 Mark Simmons 0                          3.23.04
2 Chris Soames 0                          0.04.47
 
Master 30+ Men
 
1 Andrew Dudley (Auckland)                2.54.59
2 Callum Smith (Auckland)                 0.10.64
3 Stu Fisher (Wellington)                 0.11.90
4 Mark Hellier (Auckland)                 0.16.44
5 Steve Amrein (Taupo)                    0.19.16
6 Luke Simmons (Wellington)               0.21.55
7 Stephen Humphries (Palmerston North)    0.43.74
8 John Schlepers (Te Rahu)                0.46.06
9 Stephen Kitto (Lower Hutt)              1.24.30
 
Senior Men
 
1 Kurt Lancaster (Levin)                  2.42.73
2 Sean Kennedy (Tauranga)                 0.06.51
3 Ryan Mitchell (Hamilton)                0.09.20
4 Sean Macmillan (Wellington)             0.09.99
5 Chris Beverland (Huntly)                0.10.72
6 Chris Reynolds (Palmerston North)       0.12.51
7 Campbell Wilson (Wellington)            0.12.83
8 Lance Harris (Marton)                   0.13.00
9 Phillip Marfell (New Plymouth)          0.17.20
10 Jay Timmer  (Auckland)                 0.19.34
11 Iain Burgon (Queenstown)               0.19.42
12 Tim Binks (North Shore)                0.21.85
13 Andre Tarplett (Rotorua)               0.21.88
14 Glenn Franks (Auckland)                0.25.27
15 Darryl Hindman (Auckland)              0.25.83
16 Jarrod Bang (Wellington)               0.26.20
17 Kai Crow (Auckland)                    0.26.30
18 Ewan Baron (Auckland)                  0.30.38
19 Heath Mannion (Wellington)             0.33.59
20 Scott Stewart (Morrinsville)           0.35.19
21 Simon Fugle (Palmerston North)         0.45.89
22 Callum Butteil (Mt Maunganui)          0.48.47
23 Brian Tindall (Auckland)               0.52.05
24 Kevin Vernon (Welington)               1.17.58
25 Andrew Johnson (Palmerston North)      1.54.22
26 Steven O'connor (Auckland)             4.53.43
 
Junior U17 Men
 
1 Samuel Blenkinsop (Wanganui)            2.42.44
2 Cameron Cole (Hamilton)                 0.02.73
3 Paul Langlands (Cambridge)              0.15.42
4 Luke Hindmarsh (Tauranga)               0.24.50
5 Edward Masters (New Plymouth)           0.24.77
6 Kieran Mcloughlin (Gisborne)            0.25.77
7 Ashley Potts (Hamilton)                 0.29.42
8 Hayden Mcgregor (Tauranga)              0.31.18
9 Chris Vandekolk (Palmerston North)      0.31.90
10 Joel Daniels (Wanganui)                0.38.55
11 Shanan Whitlock (Wanganui)             0.46.39
12 Stephen Diamond (Wellington)           0.47.29
13 Lance Mansell (Gisborne)               1.04.30
14 Sam Casey (Rotorua)                    1.05.68
15 Sam Beaton (Napier)                    7.21.88
 
Junior Men
 
1 Wyn Masters (New Plymouth)              2.37.04
2 Robert Blackham (Auckland)              0.08.95
3 Gary Porter (Paraparaumu)               0.09.54
4 Ben Sanders (Wellington)                0.13.51
5 Mike King (Rotorua)                     0.14.78
6 Jerym Soames (Te Puke)                  0.17.53
7 Seth Coleman (Opunahe)                  0.22.51
8 Rob Farmer (Levin)                      0.25.68
9 Matt Fryer (Napier)                     0.28.94
10 Malcolm Cleland (Palmerston North)     0.37.62
11 David Meijer (Auckland)                0.42.31
12 Hayden Lee (Tauranga)                  1.06.94
13 Caleb Warrender (Wellington)           1.07.34
14 James Rennie (Palmerston North)        1.09.09
15 Greg Turner (Palmerston North)         1.25.07
 
Elite Women
 
1 Tracy Moseley (Britain)                 2.55.51
2 Scarlett Hagen (Queenstown)             0.03.92
 
Sweepers
 
1 Richie Sweep Richie Sweep               3.01.30