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Queensland MTB Marathon
Kooralbyn, QLD, May 29, 2005
Frendo on Fire in First Mountain Bike Marathon
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Brisbane rider Mark Frendo held off a late challenge from Sydney's Nick Both to become the inaugural winner of Queensland's first mountain bike marathon today at Kooralbyn. Frendo broke away from Sydney rider Nick Both at the halfway mark near Boonah to win in 3:40:10. Queensland University student, Frendo says his preparation has not been ideal. "I didn't even get on the bike yesterday and I've got two assignments due tomorrow," explained Frendo. Second and third were two Sydney riders who flat together, Nick Both and Mike Blewitt from the competitive Flight Centre Team. Just two minutes down on Frendo, Both could not get closer than 10 seconds during the last half of the race. "I got a gap on Nick on that huge climb then I held him off until the end," stated Frendo post-race. Blewitt was a further 15 minutes further behind.
The women's winner, Lee Schultz of Toowong, convincingly beat multi-sport athlete, Narelle Ash across the line after the two changed lead throughout the 85km. Schultz finished 25th overall riding a credible 4:39:03. Two time National Junior Cross Country Champion, Erica Oldfield from Ipswich, finished 30 minutes behind Schultz in her first ever endurance event. Schultz and Oldfield will continue the battle for leadership of the State's Sunshine Series when Round 4 continues on the Gold Coast next Sunday.
The half marathon was won by Master rider, Alan Mumford of Cornubia, who rode 63 km in 3:25:14. Second was Gary Freudigmann followed by Justin Claridge. Fourth was Mumford's son, Tim.
Three hundred riders made it home with a couple of competitors from the Gold Coast choosing to ride a tandem mountain bike. One handed rider, John Pinnell from Gatton finished in 34th position in his age category while his friend, Wade Seccombe, who plays wicketkeeper for the Queensland Bulls, came 18th in his division.
Photography
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- Advertise while you ride and just hope you're in front (MTB Media)
- Flight Centre Scott Racing Team (L-R) Geoff Mirfin, Nick Both, Mike Blewitt, Saul Britton home and rested (MTB Media)
- All that glitters is talented multi-National Champion, Sharon Heap (MTB Media)
- Kenmore Cycles (L-R) Rick Whitehead, John Travers, John Forbes ready for briefing (MTB Media)
- All quiet before the start (MTB Media)
- John Pinnell welcomed home after tough climbs tested his talents (MTB Media)
- Women's winner Lee Schultz with a top 25 finish (MTB Media)
- David Woods (Cairns) a long way from the Far North (MTB Media)
Images by United Photography/www.unitedphotography.com
- Happy to be home! Helen Buckley after 6 hours and 37 minutes (www.unitedphotography.com)
- Mumford hits it hard in the half marathon and beats riders half his age (www.unitedphotography.com)
- We're off in the half marathon with Anthony Burke (Brisbane) leading the charge (www.unitedphotography.com)
- Single speedster Greg Long starts on the long trek (www.unitedphotography.com)
Results
18-29yr Men 1 Mark Frendo 3.40.10 2 Nick Both 2.04 3 Mike Blewitt 16.49 4 Regan Jefcoate 19.06 5 Grant Gaston 29.03 6 David Wood 29.47 7 James Maltman 36.20 8 Dave Whitney 42.47 9 Shaun O'Brien 49.12 10 Daniel Radford 52.29 11 Nick Frederiksen 52.54 12 Tim Berg 55.46 13 Hamish Gray 57.51 14 Nicholas Clark 1.07.36 15 Peter Donnelly 1.10.12 16 Justin Fraser 1.12.39 17 Ben Morgan 1.16.54 18 Andrew Bonnard 1.16.55 19 Doug Bavinton 1.20.22 20 Matthew Bourke 1.23.49 21 Mads Mathiasen 1.34.30 22 Rupert Langford 1.38.10 23 Stuart Klints 2.02.35 24 Peter Deacon 2.03.13 25 Chris Byron 2.55.39 26 Luke Anear 3.11.01 DNF Peter Koerner DNF Ryan Nicholson 18-29yr Women 1 Lee Schultz 4.39.03 2 Erica Oldfield 28.53 3 Anna Sheldon 31.52 4 Connie Silvestri 50.41 5 Michelle Jones 3.38.34 30-39yr Men 1 Saul Britton 4.03.03 2 Russell Rodgers 4.56 3 Geoff Mirfin 11.25 4 Andrew Wilcher 12.01 5 Vaughan Caseley 23.43 6 John Gibson 24.19 7 John Pittendreigh 26.20 8 Ross Uhlmann 35.24 9 John Allen 36.24 10 Stephen Ungerer 37.20 11 Henry Engelbrecht 37.43 12 Struan Lamont 38.14 13 Robert Bowers 41.32 14 George Krisnoff 41.37 15 Aaron Pickett-Heaps 45.22 16 Richard Lucas 58.43 17 Steve Ardern 1.00.01 18 Wade Seccombe 1.02.01 19 Bruce Thiele 1.03.25 20 Andrew Charles 1.11.18 21 Greg Long 1.11.36 22 Paul Hill 1.13.21 23 Liam McCarthy 1.16.20 24 Jeff Toohey 1.16.49 25 Scott Clarke 1.21.04 26 Rob Paksec 1.25.11 27 Carlos Steenland 1.26.05 28 Jason Kruger 1.26.28 29 Lee Stariha 1.27.03 30 Paul Jacobsen 1.27.38 31 Nigel Hardie 1.29.53 32 Gary Grieve 1.32.56 33 John Pinnell 1.34.11 34 Des Trindall 1.34.33 35 Steve Cody 1.35.48 36 Brendan Rhodes 1.41.55 37 Gordon Kleynhans 1.48.48 38 Matt Foster 1.50.01 39 Paul Witzerman 1.51.55 40 Alan Kelk 2.00.02 41 Brett Sweeney 2.00.31 42 Geoffrey Richardson 2.00.58 43 Spencer Kearney 2.01.47 44 David Hunter 2.01.49 45 Kev Parker 2.03.20 46 Ross West 2.04.06 47 Rod Field 48 Lee Williams 2.05.02 49 Benjamin Madden 2.05.36 50 Andrew Paton 2.06.21 51 Darrel Fogg 2.06.50 52 David Loveridge 2.06.51 53 Frank Kenny 2.08.42 54 Peter Coster 2.11.17 55 John Bowers 2.14.32 56 Stuart Kane 2.14.33 57 Brett Clarke 2.14.42 58 Steve Linnell 2.19.15 59 Brad Poidevin 2.21.13 60 Greg Preston 2.30.02 61 Richard Francis 2.32.32 62 Jody Biggs 2.34.17 63 Francois Siebrits 2.35.40 64 Simon Vanderduys 2.39.39 65 Paul Kays 2.48.56 66 Derek Hallam 2.49.43 67 David May 2.50.41 68 Steven Turner 2.57.46 69 Bruce Mumford 3.03.53 70 Paul Palella 3.29.42 71 Tony Bailiff 3.31.09 72 Clive Wall 3.31.33 73 John Wilson 4.04.07 DNF Paul Green DNF Erin Smith DNF Andrew Wegener DNS Elvis Kiosses 30-39yr Women 1 Narelle Ash 4.44.04 2 Kim Kelleher 18.25 3 Naomi Hansen 46.43 4 Susan Sim 54.46 5 Gail Young 1.23.34 6 Mandy Mewha 1.50.18 7 Arranny Khuong 2.52.41 8 Leanne Ardern 3.33.33 DNS Melinda Symon 40-49yr Men 1 Linton Burns 4.25.57 2 Ian Gregg 0.52 3 Steve Gibbs 5.01 4 Roger Hawley 14.25 5 Paul Lange 15.21 6 Kevin Jones 20.23 7 Al Wallace 27.45 8 Stewart Cumming 46.14 9 Keith Jarrott 46.53 10 John Forbes 47.04 11 Ian Holm 50.26 12 Col Cuthbert 52.45 13 Nicholas Baker 54.48 14 Brad Conner 55.41 15 John Kelly 56.16 16 John Travers 56.53 17 Tony Poutsma 59.21 18 Mark "Smoothy" Sharky 1.04.44 19 Chris McDonald 1.06.47 20 Peter Van Der Pligt 1.10.05 21 Paul Grubner 1.13.56 22 John Searston 1.18.10 23 Paul Cook 1.20.37 24 Wayne Holloway 1.22.29 25 Richard Eggins 1.22.57 26 Trevor Bell 1.24.14 27 Trevor Creighton 1.34.41 28 Steven Phipps 1.39.48 29 John Leech 1.40.13 30 Simon Gorman 1.40.33 31 Rick Whitehead 1.50.05 32 Ken Altoft 1.53.42 33 Mark Meyers 1.53.46 34 Paul Smith 2.02.25 35 Trevor Anderson 2.11.07 36 Gary Photinos 2.11.08 37 Colin Jerrett 2.19.57 38 Ronald Walker 2.49.21 39 Rients Lootsma 3.03.23 DNF Stuart Batstone DNS Paul Quatermass DNS Lynton Stretton DNS Anthony Cooke DNS Eric Lange DNS Oliver Feldhagen 40-49yr Women 1 Sharon Heap 5.00.31 2 Meg Carrigan 19.18 3 Gillian Duncan 1.17.01 50+ Men 1 Andy McNaught 4.41.44 2 Robert Rhodes 20.41 3 Leigh Christensen 27.30 4 Terry Morgan 42.50 5 Chris McKelvey 1.04.47 6 Frank Sadow 1.21.18 7 Peter Bremner 1.46.21 8 Roy Whiney 1.52.53 9 Peter Cooper 2.07.25 10 Peter Charlton 2.10.09 50+ Women 1 Sue Broadbent 7.36.54 2 Person Team 1 Mark Skoblin 6.20.52 2 Kylie Van Haren 3 Mark Prickett 4.16 4 Peter Creagh 4.20 5 Luke Scudamore 32.20 6 Phillip Scudamore 7 Ben Bopf 1.13.08 8 John Russell 1.13.34 Half Marathon 18-29yr Men 1 Gary Freudigmann 3.31.33 2 Tim Mumford 6.50 3 Simon Frederiksen 9.04 4 David Conlon 10.25 5 Mark Bowring 20.45 6 Stuart Bushell 33.44 7 Tim Marsh 1.10.43 8 Damon Venter 1.21.35 9 Scott Bourke 1.49.31 10 Neil Murphy 1.51.26 11 Ross Wood 2.03.51 12 David Crosby 2.55.32 13 Dylan Phillips 3.11.34 14 Daniel Beasy 3.15.50 DNS Damien Fenning 18-29yr Women 1 Rebecca Grant 5.44.30 2 Tamyka Bell 46.42 3 Kathryn Gribble 1.02.27 30-39yr Men 1 Justin Claridge 3.34.02 2 Peter York 26.49 3 Anthony Burke 31.55 4 Craig Linder 38.33 5 Martin Comer 38.53 6 Peter Freeman 39.50 7 Richard Bartleet 43.27 8 Andrew Jervis 57.59 9 Norman Doyle 1.04.48 10 Brett Ryan 1.08.40 11 Hunter Beirne 1.10.08 12 Shane Isbester 1.10.39 13 Sandy Dolley 1.11.53 14 James Moss 1.15.21 15 Craig Johnston 1.21.03 16 Peter Green 1.23.30 17 Robert Cook 1.32.50 18 Viadyslav Vovk 1.36.52 19 Dave Grantley 2.02.15 20 Garry Hicks 21 Jeff Snelling 2.20.50 22 Drewe Davidson 2.32.57 23 Peter Orr 2.35.03 24 Craig Flintoff 2.37.41 25 Derek Chien 3.02.55 26 Todd McGaw 3.09.05 27 Greg Cooper 3.49.08 28 Peter Flanders 3.49.09 DNS Steven Beck 30-39yr Women 1 Tracey Boadle 5.29.06 2 Alicia Perkins 0.12 3 Elizabeth Orr 31.31 4 Rebecca Hall 1.02.35 5 Helen Buckley 1.07.55 40-49yr Men 1 Jack Weitenberg 3.43.27 2 Martin Oldfield 28.00 3 Greg Morgan 33.25 4 Gordon Bossley 45.48 5 Tony Statham 1.10.37 6 David Pannell 1.21.01 7 Robert Williams 1.35.35 8 Gaven Irving 35.24 9 Tony Crimmins 1.36.23 10 Rob Hook 1.39.49 11 Wayne Russell 1.52.50 12 Pat Crosby 1.58.09 13 Brad Saw 1.59.21 14 Stephen Clarke 3.16.39 DNS David Hayne 40-49yr Women 1 Jane Trotter 5.06.50 2 Alison Forbes 4.12 3 Sue Hazroll 6.57 4 Sue Webber 36.44 DNF Helen Walker DNS Melissa Bull 50+ Men 1 Allan Mumford 3.25.14 2 William Bartleet 52.11 3 David Anderson 55.31 4 Warren Prior 1.27.10 5 Glenn Millar 2.32.49 6 Denis Nolan 2.59.39 7 Peter Woods 3.01.13 8 Bob McKenzie 3.17.25 DNS Boyd Backhouse 50+ Women 1 Lesly Robinson 5.54.59 2 Person Team 1 David Willems 3.55.36 2 Peter Nimmo 46.36 3 Calin Carrier 1.21.29 4 Geoffrey Carrier 1.21.34 5 Emma Woodhall 1.28.19 6 James Spargo 1.28.21 7 Tristan Ansley 2.39.10 8 Nicci Ansley 9 Stephen Hibbert 3.14.26 10 Mark Jacobsen DNF Sean Harrison DNF Brad Davenport-Mills
