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South East Queensland MTB Championships
Mt Cotton, QLD, July 24, 2005
World Junior rider wins Elite women's race
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Brisbane (Corinda) rider, Mark Frendo, defended his crown in the South East Queensland Mountain Bike Cross Country Championships on Sunday over the challenging Mt Cotton circuit. Mark made his initial move on the opening lap, pulling clear from the field and posting the fastest lap time of the day of 18.17 minutes. Frendo opened up a one-minute lead by the second lap. Gold Coaster David Whitney held off a fast-finishing Andrew Wegner (St Lucia) to take out second place with Wegner 40 seconds behind in third. "I made a break on the main fire road as Chris White (Figtree Pocket) was with me for a couple of kilometres," explained Frendo. "Then Maltman (James) was after me. I just kept going and kept up the same pace."
Frendo completed the five-lap race in a time of 1:32:16, nearly 8.5 minutes clear of Whitney (1:40:39), who has just taken out the five-race Sunshine Series. Wegener's third place comes after recovering from a dislocated elbow six weeks earlier.
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Sixteen-year-old dual National U/17 Champion, James Maltman (Stretton), finished just outside the medals but will now focus his attention on the Downhill Championships on August 28. Fifth was White who rode his first race after being diagnosed with cancer similar to Tour De France winner, Lance Armstrong. White recognised his symptoms only after reading Armstrong's book, 'It's Not About the Bike'. Like Armstrong, White has returned to the sport he loves.
Junior World Championship competitor Erica Oldfield, from Ipswich, once again dominated the elite women's race. "I wanted to get an early lead," said Oldfield, who led from start to finish. Second was Imogen Smith (The Gap), with fellow club rider, Anna Sheldon, in third. Oldfield heads off for altitude training next week in preparation for the Worlds in Italy at the end of August. Sheldon also used today's race as preparation for the World MTB Orienteering Championships in Slovakia in September.
Riders will now prepare for the Workforce One 12 Hour Teams Challenge at Kooralbyn on August 6.
Photography
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Images by Sharon and Alan Payne
- Erica Oldfield (NRG) breaks into a smile as she goes on to win Elite A Women.
- Christopher White (FFast) on his first ride back after 'chemo'. Lance's book helped him recognize the symtoms of testicular cancer.
- Alan Mumford (Southside Rats) pushed himself in the Masters. Good going for National Silver holder in Super Masters.
- James Maltman (Southside Rats) rides up with the Elite.
- Hans Dielocher from Melbourne (National Bronze Super Master) comes up trumps.
- Ian 'Snake' Goodwin switches road bike for something different.
- Imogen Smith (The Gap) heads into second.
- Mark Frendo (UNI) took a comfortable win
Results
Elite A Men 1 Mark Frendo (UNI) 1.32.16 2 David Whitney (Gold Coast) 8.23 3 Andrew Wegener (Day Licence) 9.02 4 James Maltman (Rats) 10.09 5 Christopher White (FFt) 10.43 6 Joshua Keep (Day Licence) 11.50 7 Ian Goodwin (Day Licence) 14.53 8 Regan Jefcoate 15.18 9 Andrew Mallett (Day Licence) 19.03 10 Scott Finlay (DRCC) 0.25 Elite A Women 1 Erica Oldfield (NRG) 1.32.05 2 Imogen Smith (Gap Cycles) 5.59 3 Anna Sheldon (Gap Cycles) 7.14 4 Sharon Heap (Gold Coast) 15.59 Master Men 1 Dave Gilbert (Gap Cycles) 1.05.13 2 Eric Lange (Rats) 2.59 3 Mark Evans (TRC) 3.54 4 Kevin Jones (Rats) 4.35 5 Allan Mumford (Rats) 5.11 6 Keith Jarrott (Rats) 6.33 7 John Travers (Kenmore) 7.37 8 Jack Weitenberg (Gold Coast) 10.24 9 Paul Cordina (Rats) 13.04 10 John Forbes (Kenmore) 14.28 11 Paul Grubner (Day Licence) 16.49 12 Grant Ford (DRCC) 20.13 13 Roger Hawley (Day Licence) 27.15 14 Paul Cooke (TRC) 27.16 15 Rick Whitehead (Kenmore) 28.58 Novice C Men 1 Joshua Hayes (Rats) 1.01.18 2 Scott Clarke (Day Licence) 12.59 3 Peter Winfield (Day Licence) 13.51 4 Russell Davies (Day Licence) 14.19 5 Rodney Gibson (Kenmore) 14.41 6 Lee Stariha (Rats) 15.16 7 Mark Shephard (Day Licence) 16.29 8 Shawn Reed (Day Licence) 16.36 9 Richard Bartleet (Day Licence) 20.39 10 Jim Mitchell (Day Licence) 22.05 11 Jason Tinnock (Day Licence) 22.39 12 Andrew Seeley (Day Licence) 23.02 13 Cary Browne (Kenmore) 23.16 14 David Pannell (TRC) 24.39 15 James Moss (Day Licence) 25.29 16 James Spargo (Day Licence) 28.19 17 Robert Stone (Day Licence) 31.38 18 Craig Shepperson (Day Licence) 36.10 19 Richard Mullins (Day Licence) 36.25 20 Ben Torrens (Rats) 40.03 Sport B Men 1 Ben Nicol (Rats) 1.26.20 2 Aaron Maunder (Rats) 0.16 3 Simon Fredericksen 2.06 4 Justin Claridge (TRC) 4.28 5 Jason Gibson 5.34 6 David Conlon (TRC) 7.09 7 Justin Fraser (Rats) 9.50 8 Won Jae Lee (TRC) 12.01 9 Darren Graham 12.02 10 Jeromy Claridge (TRC) 16.34 11 Tim Mumford (Rats) 18.29 12 Daniel Radford (Rats) 0.34 Sport Women 1 Emma Woodhall (Day Licence) 1.00.39 Super Master Men 1 Hans Dielocher (FTT) 1.05.22 2 Greg Carr (TRC) 5.56 3 Bob Rhodes (Kenmore) 8.59 4 Jeffery Ray (Rats) 10.07 5 Roy Whitney (Gold Coast) 12.42 6 John Oxenham (Day Licence) 17.57 7 Peter Cooper (Gold Coast) 21.43 8 Warren Prior (Dirt Dogs) 22.11 9 Peter Bremner (Gap Cycles) 23.03 10 William Bartleet (Day Licence) 24.15 11 Dennis Nolan (Ipswich) 37.20 12 Ken Mullaly 3.32 U/11 Men 1 Dhugald Snow (Kenmore) 11.56 2 Lachlan Hickey 0.01 3 Liam Ford 1.31 U/11 Women 1 Melissa Mark (TRC) 17.25 U/13 Men 1 Ben Forbes (Kenmore) 15.11 2 Ryan Carrier (TRC) 3.12 U/13 Women 1 Carly-Anne Ryan (Kenmore) 22.17 2 Kasey Stratham 5.11 U/15 Men 1 Luke Scudamore (Gold Coast) 49.49 2 Ryan MacAnally (Gold Coast) 1.41 3 Chris Hendey (Broncos) 3.45 4 Ben Gierke (TRC) 8.41 5 Dylan Mazzer (Rats) 8.44 U/15 Women 1 Clem Shevill (Kenmore) 28.20 2 Annie Ryan (Kenmore) 18.09 U/17 Men 1 Stuart Drake (Kenmore) 1.16.44 2 James Irving (Day Licence) 1.22 3 Jake Whitehead (Kenmore) 9.43 4 Sean Cash (Kenmore) 23.15 U/17 Women 1 Cailin Carrier (TRC) 59.17 2 Ellen Blackmore (Day Licence) 12.19 U/19 Men 1 Andrew Lockhart 1.33.48 2 Hayden Lester (DRCC) 12.25 3 Alex Bahnisch 33.08 4 Ryan Paul 1.13.21 U/19 Women 1 Anna Houghton (Day Licence) 1.14.03 Vets/Master Women 1 Tanya Britton (TRC) 51.13 2 Jayne Ryeland (Day Licence) 1.09 3 Melinda Symon (Dirt Dogs) 2.29 4 Jane Trotter (NRG) 8.06 5 Alison Forbes (Kenmore) 9.43 Vets Men 1 Andrew Wilcher (Rats) 1.24.57 2 Jordan Vogel (Gold Coast) 5.40 3 Jeff Toohey 5.56 4 Steve Perry (Day Licence) 7.08 5 Paul Adams (Gap Cycles) 7.24 6 Kelvin Moncrieff (Rats) 8.02 7 Chris Maierhofer (NRG) 8.51 8 Greg Long 10.40 9 Darren Perry (TRC) 10.43 10 Justin Whelan (Nth Bris) 11.54 11 Ivan Wilkin (Rats) 12.22 12 Robert Bowers (Gold Coast) 14.38 13 Kirk Brown (Day Licence) 14.52 14 Sheldon Jones (Day Licence) 16.08 15 Jayson Headridge (Ipswich) 17.42 16 Karl Moffitt (TRC) 19.10 17 Rob Paksec 22.42 18 Frank Kenny (Nth Bris) 32.12 19 Tony Carson (TRC) 54.41
