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Topbike Tours Boomerang

Mt Beauty, Victoria, April 1-2 2006

Many MTBers
Photo ©: Emma Colson

The autumn sun shone on Mt Beauty yet again for the fourth annual Boomerang cycle race.

Competitors lined up for the five stage race in either Mountain bike, Road Race or 7 stages for the die hards racing the ‘Iron Boomerang’.

Saturday commenced with the road race followed by the mountain bike point to point, the road time trial and the mountain bike time trial. Before dusk the combined road and MTB ‘50 metre sprint knock out’ finished the days racing. This was followed by a pasta party Saturday night with heaps of random giveaways for all competitors. This included a Giant XTC2 MTB.

Sunday's racing consisted of a road and MTB hill climb, a road criterium and a mountain bike cross country.

Former downhiller Shelley Kamevar
Photo ©: Emma Colson

The competition was keen at the pointy end of the field with Tim McColl taking the Iron Boomerang for the second year running and Janine Ridsdale taking the female Iron Boomerang from Tim’s wife, Shelley. Cal Britten won the MTB Open, Paul Clancy from Griffiths and Louise Dwyer from Murchison the 30+ category. Phil Anderson and Megan Hill took the 40+ MTB and Mt Beauty local legend Bernie McArdle won the 50+ MTB mens and Adair Ferguson the 50+ womens. On the Road the winners were Stuart Morgan and Katie O’Keefe (open), Aaron Christiansen won the 30+ making it 2 in a row and Michael Pratt and Lyn Cheshire the 40+. Michele Donegan and Stephen Thomas cleaned up the road 50+.

Conversley, there were a number of entrants who had never raced a cycle event before. Congratulations to Adele Wedding, Louise Dwyer, Megan Hill and Lyn Cheshire for completing the grueling weekend of racing.

Some statistics

Michelle Donegan and Katie O’Keefe have both raced the Boomerang before, but this year Katie had something to prove, after her mother rolled her on the Melbourne TV cycling show ‘Sooty Park’ in the ‘roller room’ competition. The head start given was not calculated too carefully, and it was never recovered! In her favour at Mt Beauty, the course was a lot longer than the virtual 600m on the tele.

There were two father/son combinations, Bernie and Matt McArdle and Tony and James Crapper (sister Helen also raced, see below).

The Boomerang’s 50 metre sprint claims to be the only known event in the world where MTB and road bikes race together. Helen Crapper won the Open women for the 2nd year, on a road bike, while another Van Der Ploeg brother won the mens on an MTB, this year it was Paul ending brother Neil’s 2 year run.

Cycling legend phil Anderson
Photo ©: Emma Colson

The Boomerang is the only event Australian cycling legend Phil Anderson races now. Phil comes to the event untrained (and truly ‘untrained’ not the usual story that people give you) and still holds pace in the off road category with all the riders, some who probably have never even heard of him as they were in nappies when he was a pro! He placed 3rd in the weekend’s toughest MTB stage, Saturday morning’s Point to Point.

Photography

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Images by Emma Colson/www.topbike.com.au

• Many MTBers raced the road
• Aaaron Christianson won the ITT 30 +
• Paul VanderPloug took the 50m Sprint
• Cycling legend phil Anderson looks relaxed before the MTB Cross Country
• Former downhiller Shelley Kamevar races the MTB XC
• Local legend Bernie McArdle at the top of the XC course he built
• Don't bite now - Janine Ridsdale won the Iron Boomerang
• Mother daughter combination still friends at the end of the weekend
• The knees of a first timer
• Ian Fraser wearing his new Boomerang shirt
• Rohin Adams took the weekend off riding to microphone manage and do the timing

Results  

Mtb 30 plus Female
 
1 Louise Dwyer          4.38.04
DNF Shelley Kamevaar           
 
Mtb 30 plus Male
 
1 Paul Clancy           2.50.08
2 Leigh Barratt            4.02
3 Aaron Knight             5.24
4 James Deane              5.56
5 Tony French              8.17
6 Michael Spencer         19.39
7 Ben Weiher              21.04
8 Matt Betts              21.36
9 Adrian O'Shaughnessy    22.50
10 Matthew McArdle        23.19
11 Nazario Giuliani       25.33
12 Nick Colwell           26.17
13 Cameron Birch          28.06
14 Marthiss Heuperman     30.59
15 Andrew Dridan          40.33
DNF Brett Jackson              
DNF Darren Stock               
 
Mtb 40 plus Female
 
1 Megan Hill            5.11.01
 
Mtb 40 plus Male
 
2 Phillip Anderson      2.36.22
3 Rod Hall              2.49.50
4 David O'Brien         2.51.29
5 Nick Kelly            3.13.14
6 Steve McKay           3.19.27
7 David Graham          4.05.22
DNF Barter Dean                
DNF Gerard Whitton             
 
Mtb 50 plus Female
 
1 Adair Ferguson        3.41.10
 
Mtb 50 plus Male
 
1 Bernie McArdle        2.55.32
2 Hans Werner             31.53
3 Tony Crapper            32.00
 
Mtb Fun Female
 
DNF Adele Wedding              
 
Mtb Open Male
 
1 Cal Britten           2.23.59
2 Paul Van Der Ploeg       2.39
3 Peter Braunsteins       15.13
4 Lewis Rattray           23.45
5 Steven Martin           30.53
6 Angus Harding           35.04
7 Scott Chancellor        36.13
8 Dan Kirby               41.37
9 Andrew Sleeman          55.38
10 Alistair Miller      1.24.47
11 Daniel Miller        1.25.42
12 Jonathan Miller      2.30.10
DNF Adrian Clancy              
DNF Neil Van Der Ploeg         
DNF Kris Robinson              
 
Rd 30 plus Male
 
1 Aaron Christiansen    1.46.59
2 Mark Richards            1.07
3 Jamie Ruddy              3.03
4 Tony Cicuto              3.29
5 Nicholas Deane           4.04
6 Craig Van Der Valk       4.10
7 Shaun Broadbent          8.15
8 Gary Whalley            11.20
9 Greg Johnstone          16.11
10 James Crapper          17.48
11 David White            20.22
 
Rd 40 plus Female
 
1 Lynne Cheshire        2.31.28
 
Rd 40 plus Male
 
1 Michael Pratt         1.51.34
2 Jeremy Smith             5.36
3 Dave Gordon              8.05
4 Bill Murphy              9.06
5 Howard Duncan            9.23
6 David McGowan           11.47
7 Brian Greg              13.18
DNF Peter Varley               
 
Rd 50 plus Female
 
1 Michele Donegan       2.18.49
 
Rd 50 plus Male
 
1 Stephen Thomas        1.56.41
2 Greg Bloomfield         11.10
3 Jeremy Tatchell         13.54
4 Jim Oosterweghel        17.54
5 Richard O'Brien         19.46
DNF Jim Crebbin                
 
Rd Fun Female
 
DNF Natalie Sambell            
 
Rd Fun Male
 
1 Paul Brauer           2.00.21
2 Mark Quinn               8.49
DNF Simon Herd                 
DNF Damian Walsh               
 
Rd Open Female
 
1 Katie O'Keefe         1.50.52
2 Vanessa Hentscher        0.55
3 Bev Thomas               5.25
4 Natalie Smith            8.23
5 Kelly Linden             8.36
6 Gracie Elvin            13.58
7 Lina Karlsson           15.40
8 Helen Crapper           17.48
9 Vinca Low               18.15
DNF Lara Grollo                
 
Rd Open Male
 
1 Stuart Morgan         1.44.06
2 Ash Thomas               0.42
3 Ben Ryan                 4.49
4 Stephen Van Dyke         6.19
5 Michael Skerritt        10.02
6 Zsolt Csatlos           11.41
DNF Stewart Sheffield          
 
Iron Boomerang
 
Women
 
1 Janine Ridsdale       4.36.03
2 Shelley Millwood        39.09
 
Men
 
1 Tim McColl            3.57.03
2 Joel Read                0.30
DNF Simon Knowles              
 

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