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Urban Polaris
Canberra, Sunday December 3
Shaun Lewis and Adrian Jackson win 2006 Urban Polaris
The 7th Urban Polaris MTB navigation event was run in Canberra on Sunday 3 December with nearly 600 riders taking part. The event started and finished at the new Stromlo Forest Park, officially opened by the ACT Chief Minister on the weekend.
One of Australia's leading MTB riders, Canberra based rider Shaun Lewis, had little experience in MTB events with no fixed route. So he teamed up with World MTB Orienteering Champion, Adrian Jackson from Victoria and together they amassed 450points in the 7 hours to take out the overall title, riding some 130km and picking up 25 of the 37 available checkpoints. Lewis/Jackson snuck ahead of the 2005 winning pair, Canberra riders Adrian Sheppard/David Osmond who, whilst amassing the same number of points, were docked 8 penalty points for being 8 minutes late to finish on 442points.
In addition to checkpoints located deep in forest parks and on snaking singletrack, the Urban had its usual array of novelty points. These included swapping bikes for pedal boats on Lake Burley Griffin to reach a control in the lake, at the top of a climb in a rock climbing gym, a snake pit, trying to find a lone kayaker paddling on Lake Gininderra, at the cricket on Manuka Oval, amongst the crowds at the Old Bus Depot Markets and the embassy of East Timor.
3rd to 5th Overall places were taken out by Solo riders with David Simpfendorfer (435pts) ahead of Wayne Bradbury (415pts) and Steve Fitchett (410pts) showing that two heads are not always that much better than one. Melissa Thomas/Mary Fien (340pts) took out the Womens category with Karen Graham (260pts) the Womens Solo winner and Robyn Simonato/Penny Maher (280pts) the Women's Vets winners. Mixed Veterans winners Juliet Fisher/David Morgan (390pts and 7th overall) would also have won against their younger Mixed compatriots on time with the winners of that category Ian Stewart/Marina Reid also on 390pts but 6 minutes behind. Stewart is the only person to have won the overall Urban Polaris title in both Sydney and Canberra in years past. Andrew Rowe/Bruce Luckham (360pts) won the Men's Vets and the evergreen 70year old Guido Simionato teamed up with his son Roger to once again (6 times in 7 years!) win the Super Vets category with 340pts.
Results
Time Pts
Men
1 Adrian Jackson & Shaun Lewis 6:44 450
2 David Osmond & Adrian Sheppard 7:08 442
3 Joel Donney & Bob Mathieson 6:44 390
4 Paul Mason & Paul Brodie 6:51 370
5 Nathan Versey & Graeme Allbon 7:12 370
6 Grahame Heap & Martin Handley 6:50 350
7 Gareth Davies & Todd Cockshutt 6:53 350
8 Andrew Harmer & Mark Caldwell 6:56 350
9 Michael Moore & Andrew Gamelen 6:45 340
10 Michael Wade & Brad Aitken 6:47 340
11 Adam Franklin & Lewis Ryan 6:50 330
12 Stewart Kerr & Chris Whitburn 7:00 330
13 Glenn Bowman & Nathan Sibley 6:53 320
14 Mark Hulskamp & Cameron Kerr 6:57 320
15 Matt Chan & Nick Milis 7:06 314
16 Dominic Sims & Darryl Groves 6:47 310
17 Grantley Butterfield & Hamish Manzi 6:54 310
18 Luke Poland & David Poland 7:06 304
19 Michael Reed & Richard Smyth 7:08 302
20 Craig Armour & Rohan Bentley 6:49 300
21 John Graydon & Luke Graydon 6:50 300
22 Alain Menager & Nicolas Menager 6:53 300
23 Darren Marks & Brian Farrelly 6:47 290
24 Chris Lucan & Aaron Lucan 6:51 290
25 David Carr & Michael Gear 6:56 290
26 Adam Carmody & Ben Mcduff 6:59 290
27 Peter Moore & Richard Giddings 6:59 290
28 Matthew Egan-richards & Duncan Kelly 6:47 280
29 Graeme Dawson & Rob Lamb 6:53 280
30 Rob Parbery & Andrew Cassie 6:58 280
31 Simon Tuan & Damien West 7:12 280
32 Ben Yuen & Alister Barrett 6:55 270
33 Andrew O'brien & Andrew Renwick 6:56 270
34 Scott Peddle & Wayne O Young 6:59 270
35 Andrew Hislop & Sean Martin 6:48 260
36 Ashley Iredale & Greg Magill 6:48 260
37 Bryden Spurling & Marcus Graham 6:52 260
38 Greg Tetley & Paolo Bonello 6:33 250
39 Roger Roy & Steve Cohen 7:00 250
40 Dan Marges & David Carpenter 7:01 249
41 Andrew Grubb & Grant Grubb 6:43 240
42 Alastair Thompson & Nick Peterson 6:44 240
43 Tony Grenenger & David Hyslop 6:48 240
44 Hudson Worsley & Peter Devine 6:52 240
45 Chris Hellman & Cang Nguyen 7:04 236
46 Craig Osullivan & Chris Buxton 6:38 230
47 Dan Stewart & Craig Simonetto 6:42 230
48 Glenn Morrison & Rod Gisik 6:49 230
49 Garth McInerney & Joel Mcfarlane Roberts 7:01 229
50 Hamish Gorman & Michael Gorman 6:41 220
51 Kevin Miller & Peter Garbutt 7:16 220
52 David York & Michael York 6:43 210
53 Craig Tozer & Scott Tozer 6:02 200
54 Brett Parsons & Weston York 6:39 200
55 Scott Parsons & Joshua Parsons 6:39 200
56 Justin Barrie & Matt Lemm 7:14 200
57 Michael Chant & Kieran Carney 7:02 198
58 Paul Schroder & Jonathan Tatham 7:15 195
59 Brodie Wootten & Justin Mcgowan 6:26 190
60 Mark Peters & David Garland 6:49 190
61 Dean Edwards & Daniel Allen 6:49 190
62 Gerard Phillips & Michael Vilarinho 6:50 190
63 Colby Cruwys & Philip Coe 7:00 190
64 Robin Stacey & Brett Sewell 7:09 181
65 Luke Mooney & Michael Hergenhan 5:43 180
66 Andrew Gilder & James Darch 6:06 180
67 Stephen Davidson & Robert Davidson 6:18 180
68 Peter Kuestler & Nicholas Slater 6:53 180
69 Nick Bayfield & Michael Bayfield 6:55 180
70 Tony Atlee & Ray Duncan 7:09 171
71 Anthony Seiver & Derek Castles 6:06 170
72 John Wolf & Gavin Cherry 6:11 170
73 Farran Rebbeck & Matthew Hadfield 6:18 170
74 Graham Chaffey & Tom Chaffey 6:19 170
75 Kevin Watts & Jason Watts 6:49 170
76 Arran Cahill & Bart Biazik 6:36 160
77 Richard Green & Douglas Hamilton 6:56 160
78 Ben Nugteren & Jason Hosking 7:16 160
79 Chris Cook & Ricardo Iles 5:22 150
80 Grant Hassall & Craig Major 6:37 150
81 Ben Kaehler & David Croft 7:16 150
82 Chris Mitchell & John Reid 6:40 140
83 Michael Cuddihy & Dominic Nolan 5:03 130
84 Matthew Bulbert & John Gollan 5:44 130
85 Kurt Huempel & Marcus Huempel 4:37 90
86 Jason Bekker & Michael Hyman 6:37 90
87 Nikola Zelenjak & John Zelenjak 6:42 90
88 Anthony Drury & Chris Smith 6:44 90
89 Marty Hauville & Jim Butler 6:43 70
90 Rudolf Weber & Andrew Winter 7:35 0
91 Emmet O'sullivan & Laurence Castagnoli 7:51 0
Men's Vets
1 Andrew Rowe & Bruce Luckham 7:00 360
2 Trent Moore & Frank Zeller 6:41 350
3 Gordon Garradd & James Davies 7:13 345
4 Harry Dunstall & Malcolm Leslie 6:57 340
5 Stu Adams & Steve Darracott 6:59 340
6 Tim Grabovszky & Kevin Joy 7:07 313
7 Jim Trail & Michael Carden 6:37 310
8 Stephen Cusack & Brendan Mulhall 6:50 310
9 Kerry Baxter & Geoff Mcmahon 7:08 292
10 Neil Prosser & Mark Shingler 6:46 280
11 Mark Young & Andrew Forster 6:55 270
12 Ashley Watson & Sean McElhinney 6:49 260
13 Andy Fowler & Jon Marsden 6:48 250
14 Jason Thornton & Grant Ellmers 6:55 250
15 Roy Meuronen & Tony Core 7:09 241
16 Michael Franklin & Geoff Gleeson 6:25 240
17 Graham Johnston & Bradley Johnston 6:38 240
18 Graham Small & David Smith 6:54 210
19 John Ryder & Colin Mcghie 6:54 210
20 Rowan Bouttell & Larry Weiss 6:57 210
21 Peter Chan & Mark Higgins 6:43 200
22 Wayne Morris & Kevin Grimmer 6:40 180
23 Aiden Clark & Duncan Grant 6:51 180
24 Brian Gore & Frank Marano 6:55 180
25 Gavin Gillett & Rod Durnan 7:41 0
Mixed
1 Ian Stewart & Marina Reid 6:55 390
2 Julie Quinn & Gary Rolfe 6:45 380
3 Danielle Winslow & Rick Bennett 6:55 350
4 Mark Mcdonald & Selina Stoute 6:58 340
5 Pearce Anderson & Felicity Williamson 6:58 340
6 Nigel Eggins & Lisa Eggins 6:51 300
7 Joe Andrews & Libby Adamson 6:53 300
8 Natasha Moore & Richard Taylor 6:55 270
9 Sean King & Kimberlee Philip 7:04 266
10 Sam Vella & Alyssa Rogan 6:37 250
11 Michelle Van Der Voort & Andy Gibbs 6:39 250
12 Michele Clement & Rob Clement 6:43 250
13 Gail Sutton & Rowan Blakers 6:53 250
14 Nick Cornish & Lara Morris 6:58 250
15 Nick Foster & Clare Kelleher 6:33 240
16 Rebecca Barwick & Matthew Doolan 6:45 240
17 Raynie Mcnee & Ian Richman 6:50 240
18 Kirsty Busch & Todd Stafford 6:56 240
19 Greg Pietersen & Helen Browning 6:58 230
20 Russel Bassett & Miriam Rustemeyer 6:59 220
21 Kyle Watson & Alexandra Dance 6:59 220
22 Brad Hetharia & Krissi Brewster 6:47 210
23 Mark Von Huben & Amy Von Huben 6:52 210
24 Rowan Drummond & Helen Drummond 6:52 210
25 Phoebe Walsh & Anthony York 6:55 210
26 Liza Twohill & Lynton Auld 6:58 210
27 Scott Wines & Helen Tilley 6:59 210
28 Anna Macdonald & Simon Troman 6:55 200
29 Elizabeth Foster & Mark Williams 6:18 190
30 Helen Green & Alex Hewitt 6:37 190
31 Hieu Nguyen & Robyn Bevitt 6:47 190
32 Shane Wright & Kelly Perrott 7:01 189
33 Reece Guihot & Amy Guihot 7:08 182
34 David Warner & Kathleen Richman 6:29 180
35 Brad Done & Emily Stewart-reed 6:44 180
36 Luke Sheehan & Robyn Hawkins 6:57 180
37 Tove Riphagen & Andre Riphagen 6:40 170
38 Jane Westwood & Malcolm Johnston 6:47 170
39 David Kricker & Anna Kricker 7:18 170
40 Peter Pullen & Jeanette Rimmer 6:32 150
41 Bryce Wilson & Louise Wilson 6:14 140
42 Adam Woolacott & Jane Woolacott 6:30 140
43 Jason West & Yasmin West 6:41 140
44 Maria Matuszek & Alan Dunn 6:49 140
45 Matthew Gibson & Holly Trueman 7:10 140
46 Deb Christie & Peter Christie 7:12 140
47 Jeff Rooney & Selina Young 5:12 130
48 Mark Krawiarz & Lynne Wegrzyn 6:38 130
49 Kate Davis & Andrew Davis 6:40 130
50 Emma Nelson & James Pepper 6:41 130
51 Valerie Cohn & Martin Jones 6:48 130
52 Jared King & Dianne Hawke 6:51 130
53 Cassandra Franulovich & Marcus Franulovic 6:33 120
54 Steven Neville & Belinda Neville 6:43 120
55 Matthew Jones & Julia Nicoll 6:48 120
56 Bobbie Crothers & Michael Hennessy 6:33 110
57 Ross Flemons & Michelle Gonzalez 7:15 105
58 Greg Flynn & Arezoo Nadimi 6:38 100
59 Ross Mackay & Sarah Potter 6:21 90
60 Nick Knowles & Veronica Knowles 7:32 0
61 Kendall Crowe & Mark Wheeler 7:39 0
Mixed Vets
1 Juliet Fisher & David Morgan 6:49 390
2 Peter Cusworth & Carolyn Jackson 7:00 320
3 Tracey Angove & Andrew Robertson 7:00 300
4 Rodney Hart & Helen Carswell 6:40 290
5 Steve Hough & Kerrie Muir 6:33 260
6 Wendy Stevenson & Malcolm Bradley 6:45 260
7 Leesa Carson & John Sims 6:53 260
8 Sue Navakas & Jeremy Allen 6:43 250
9 Greg Hollands & Beta Zadnik 6:50 250
10 Tony Frazer & Junice Frazer 6:48 220
11 Stephen Ryan & Katherine Turner 7:00 220
12 Robert Prentice & Fiona Mcburney 6:20 200
13 Monica Lindemann & Ross Carter 7:07 173
14 Jenny Carroll & Luke Carroll 6:15 170
15 Patrick Mcnamara & Lorraine Mcnamara 6:32 170
16 Richard Lykke & Sharon Lykke 6:54 170
17 Denise Black & Witold Cieslik 6:36 160
18 Peter Jalowenko & Nerida Gibb 7:04 156
19 Gary Nelson & Annette Hurst 6:40 130
20 Simon Nott & Silvana Nott 5:49 120
Solo Men
1 David Simpfendorfer 7:13 435
2 Wayne Bradbury 7:15 415
3 Steve Fitchett 6:51 410
4 Matt Koerber 6:45 350
5 Steve Woodward 6:59 340
6 Hamish Mackie 6:46 320
7 David West 6:46 290
8 Philip Walker 6:53 290
9 John Spooner 6:59 280
10 Scott Campbell 7:00 270
11 Martin Parmenter 6:48 250
12 Kieran O'leary 6:51 240
13 Michael Nelson 6:53 230
14 Alan Gibson 7:00 230
15 Norm Bateson 7:16 230
16 Alan Anderson 7:01 229
17 Wayne Neville 7:03 217
18 Curtis Cillo 6:50 210
19 Brooke Holdsworth 6:47 200
20 Garry Germon 6:59 180
21 Jason Lucchese 6:38 160
22 Eli Szandala 6:38 160
23 John Atsalos 6:38 160
24 Tom Wilkowski 6:38 160
25 Jimmy Chan 6:12 130
26 Gregor Turner 6:46 120
27 Dale Matthews 6:48 110
28 Ron Raffaelli 6:44 100
29 Gabe Holmik 6:32 60
Solo Women
1 Karen Graham 6:50 260
2 Roz Edmunds 6:54 220
3 Parissa Poulis 6:48 180
4 Steph Maxwell 7:02 178
5 Elaine Prior 6:46 160
6 Colleen Mock 7:20 160
7 Leah Bach 4:52 90
Super Vets
1 Roger Simionato & Guido Simionato 6:58 340
2 Gregg Berry & Tony Cory 7:04 336
3 Dale Kleeman & Alan Scott 6:54 310
4 Andrew Boyd & Roger Broughton 6:53 280
5 Eddie Bosch & Steve Mcmillan 6:44 270
6 Dave Sutton & Cecily Sutton 6:48 250
7 John Sperring & Graeme Garlick 6:45 240
8 Andy Halliday & Tanzi Lea 6:58 230
9 John Behrens & Betty James 6:58 220
10 Paul Morgan & Ian Morgan 6:59 220
11 Warren King & Liz King 6:51 210
12 David Owen & Greg Cox 6:55 210
13 Terry Packman & Allan Westnidge 6:49 190
14 Bruce Vote & Bob Mawkes 6:19 170
15 Fil Giles & Paul Foy 6:27 170
16 Sue Adlam & Dave Adlam 7:02 148
17 Richard Horsburgh & Karin Hopman 7:16 120
18 Richard Warren & Fay Warren 7:21 110
19 Narelle Sinclair & Anne Rawson 7:14 90
20 Ken Staples & Bob Turkentine 7:34 30
Women
1 Melissa Thomas & Mary Fien 6:48 340
2 Susie Sprague & Heather Logie 6:53 340
3 Fiona Russell & Martine Robin 6:43 320
4 Danealle Lilley & Laura Garvican 6:38 310
5 Gaye Camm & Kath Bicknell 7:06 274
6 Amanda Beale & Celeste Linde 6:44 230
7 Amanda Gross & Annalisa Mckay 7:05 215
8 Jenny Mcleod & Kathryn Wingett 6:44 190
9 Nerida Rixon & Kylie Jenkins 6:48 180
10 Ruth Garlick & Brigitta Palijan 6:41 170
11 Melinda Cockshutt & Liesa Davies 6:54 170
12 Melissa Butcher & Kirsten Farrell 7:11 165
13 Melanie Atlee & Mandy Hancock 7:05 155
14 Caroline Squires & Helen Salvestrin 6:47 150
15 Ali Lidbetter & Angie Strong 7:10 150
16 Bronwyn Farrelly & Rochelle O'hagan 6:07 130
17 Shenny Saputra & Kat Olesen 5:13 120
18 Sue Cunningham & Jacinta Legg 6:44 120
19 Belinda Blackhall & Megan Freckelton 6:24 110
20 Shiralee Hubbard & Suzy Gomes 7:14 90
21 Nevenka Krajsek & Megan Lewis 6:11 50
Women's Vets
1 Robyn Simionato & Penelope Maher 6:58 280
2 Karen Burgan & Vida Viliunas 6:52 260
3 Ann Scown & Judy Allison 6:49 210
4 Gillian Mitchell & Sandy Waters 6:14 170
