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New Zealand National MTB Championships - CN
Nelson, New Zealand, January 28-29, 2006
Leuchs aims for Gold
French-based Dunedin cross country rider Kashi Leuchs achieved his first of three goals in Nelson today (Sunday) by winning the National Mountain Biking cross country Championship title. Leuchs, who lists the National, Oceania and Commonwealth titles as his key goals before heading back to the World Cup circuit in April got off to a flying a start and did not look back.
Meanwhile the scorching conditions, big crowds, high tension and fast times combined to make this weekend's National downhill and cross country Mountain Bike Championships a spectacular weekend of mountain biking all round.
The Downhill National Championship on Saturday produced fast times on the 2.5 km course, with team mates Nathan Rankin and Glenn Haden taking first and second respectively with less than a second between them. Local rider Kieran Bennett (Nelson) was third.
The elite women's field was lacking former world champions Vanessa Quin and Scarlett Hagan but did see Auckland rider Jennifer Mackgill produce a fast time to take the women's title.
Rankin and Haden, who have dominated the downhill season in 2006, are heading to Europe following the Oceania Championships in March to further their preparation for the August World Championships being held in Rotorua.
The elite men's cross country championship on Sunday started in high drama with newly selected Commonwealth Games rider Michael Northcott withdrawing ten seconds into the race after mass congestion on the first corner resulted in serious damage to his bike. Fellow Commonwealth Games rider Kashi Leuchs showed his true class by quickly gaining a comfortable lead for most of the race, with Marcus Roy and Clinton Avery (the third member of the Commonwealth Games Cross Country team) battling it out for second and third.
Wellington's Rosara Joseph showed why she is New Zealand's best women's cross country rider by completely dominating her race. Joseph, who is travelling to England later in the year to take up her Rhodes Scholarship, came in ahead of in form Annika Smail and Commonwealth Games rider Robyn Wong in third.
Results
Downhill Elite Men 1 Nathan Rankin (Levin) 3.59,29 2 Glenn Haden (Wanganui) 0.00,51 3 Kieran Bennett (Nelson) 0.02,95 4 Des Curry (Rotorua) 0.05,69 5 Scott Sheldon (Christchurch) 0.06,10 6 Cameron Cole (Hamilton) 0.06,51 7 Wyn Masters (New Plymouth) 0.10,10 8 Jared Capey (Nelson) 0.10,42 9 Samuel Blenkinsop (Wanganui) 0.11,07 10 Byron Scott (Auckland) 0.11,85 11 Leighton Neal (Blenheim) 0.12,75 12 John Kirkcaldie (Wellington) 0.13,69 13 Blair Christmas (Lytleton) 0.14,90 14 Tom Holland (Rotorua) 0.15,71 15 Mathew Hyland (Wanganui) 0.16,36 16 Tim Mackersy (Dunedin) 0.18,80 17 Cheyne Beaver (Hamilton) 0.19,65 18 Craig Pattle (Rotorua) 0.25,01 19 Sean Kennedy (Christchurch) 0.25,76 20 Mike Skinner (Auckland) 0.27,27 21 James Baron (Auckland) 0.30,38 22 Hadley Boyce (Palmerston North) 0.35,20 DNS Reon Boe (Levin) DNS Hayden Mckay (Nelson) DNS Justin Leov (Christchurch) DNS Mark Johnston (Queenstown) DNS Hayden Lee (Tauranga) DNS Karl Paterson (Wellington) Elite Women 1 Jennifer Makgill (Auckland) 4.49,16 2 Lauren Campbell (Queenstown) 0.33,80 3 Amy Laird (Christchurch) 0.34,67 4 Helene Fruhwirth (Austria) 0.37,61 DNS Scarlett Hagen (Queenstown) DNS Cross Country Elite Men 1 Kashi Leuchs (Dunedin) 2.09.27 2 Marcus Roy (Te Anau) 3.17 3 Clinton Avery (Rotorua) 6.05 4 Wayne Hiscock (Wellington) 13.36 5 Mark Leishman (Palmerston North) 14.29 6 Stuart Houltham (Northland) 16.14 7 Luke Mills (Nelson) 18.01 8 Tim Vincent (Nelson) 1 lap 9 John Gray (Rotorua) 10 Eric Drower (Cambridge) 11 Jason Hill (Christchurch) 12 Matthew Dewes (Taupo) 13 Stephen Butler (Wellington) 14 Jacob Bauer (Takaka) 15 Leigh Reynolds (Auckland) 16 Justin Price (Hamilton) 17 Laurence Mote (Christchurch) 18 Tim Wilding (Taupo) 19 Jon Richardson (Dunedin) 20 Darry Stevens (New Plymouth) 21 Joshua Barley (Wellington) 22 Alastair Stewart (Auckland) 23 Ashley Whitehead (Dunedin) 24 Brendon Sharratt (Wanganui) 25 Aaron Tuckerman (Blenheim) 26 Aaron Perry (Rotorua) 27 Christopher Kendal (Wellington) 28 Michael Anderson (Dunedin) 29 Rodney Wallace (Wellington) 30 Timothy Madgwick (Christchurch) 31 Rod Hill (Rotorua) DQ Andrew Reid (Christchurch) DNF Michael Northcott (Mangakino) DNS Michael Gilbert (Auckland) DNS Ryan Cull (Christchurch) DNS David Rowlands (Wellington) Elite Women 1 Rosara Joseph (Christchurch) 1.56.16 2 Annika Smail (Rotorua) 2.33 3 Robyn Wong (Wellington) 6.02 4 Sonia Foote (Rotorua) 10.36 5 Carissa Wilkes (Rotorua) 14.24 6 Nathalie Schneitter (Switzerland) 16.25 7 Katrine Lawton (Christchurch) 18.58 8 Brenda Clapp (Nelson) 20.33 9 Genevieve Whitson (Wellington) 20.55 10 Angela Eccles (Christchurch) 22.32 11 Erin Greene (Dunedin) 1 lap 12 Myra Moller (Wellington) 13 Michelle Bellamy (Nelson) 14 Amanda Davies (Auckland) 15 Meagan Stewart (Auckland) 16 Nina Trass (Rotorua) DNF Lauren Koedyk (Tauranga) DNS Lorelle Burke (Rotorua) DNS Karen Chambers (Wanganui) DNS Sara Macdonald (Dunedin) Masters 30 Men 1 Andrew East (Auckland) 1.29.15 2 Rob Kilvington (Wellington) 8.04 3 Paul Third (Auckland) 9.15 4 Darryl Church (Rotorua) 9.56 5 James Hufflett (Nelson) 13.04 6 Andrew McFarlane (Wellington) 13.40 7 Chris Gaze (Te Awamutu) 14.01 8 Paul McNabb (Nelson) 14.40 9 Daniel Carruthers (Dunedin) 23.14 10 Stephen Pedley (Palmerston North) 25.23 11 Paul Hufflett (Nelson) 31.37 12 Hoot Bauer (Wellington) 32.33 13 Andrew Dineen (Dunedin) 33.36 14 Brendon Trower (Napier) 1 lap 15 Claude Dabaliz (Auckland) 16 Owen Gibson (Invercargill) Master 30 Women 1 Emma Wright (Wellington) 1.54.26 2 Cheryl Atkins (Auckland) 7.51 Master 40 men 1 Ian Paintin (Wellington) 1.37.09 2 Craig Phillips (Christchurch) 2.39 3 Peter Arkwright (Wellington) 3.59 4 Mark Lawson (Helensville) 4.21 5 Michael Stylianou (Nelson) 6.55 6 Derek Milne (Nelson) 8.05 7 Tony Middendorf (Queenstown) 16.29 8 Doug Sharland (Nelson) 16.33 9 Gareth Hare (Nelson) 25.21 10 Warren Borlase (Nelson) 30.19 DNF Peter Calnan (Rotorua) DNF Dion Chapman (Christchurch) DNF Patrick Meffan (Nelson) DNS Barry Jowett (Palmerston North) DNS Michael Ferigo (Christchurch) Master 50 men 1 Andrew Scott (Nelson) 1.22.10 2 Marco Renall (Lower Hutt) 5.58 3 Hans Van der Voorn (Wellington) 15.05 DNS Paul Newbold (Christchurch) Under 17 boys 1 Wade Mangham (Rotorua) 1.32.14 2 Simon Honour (Rotorua) 1.38 3 Jordan Blake (Wellington) 3.14 4 Ash Hough (Tauranga) 8.23 5 Cameron Hollamby (Taupo) 9.51 6 James Prouse (Levin) 11.00 7 George Bennett (Nelson) 12.44 8 Antony Piggins (Dunedin) 13.01 9 Jeremy Barr (Taupo) 14.12 10 Guy Trethewey (Christchurch) 15.37 11 Simon Finucane (Rotorua) 18.06 12 Gunnar Wester (Auckland) 18.09 13 Patrick Avery (Rotorua) 20.25 14 Thomas Marshall (Taumarunui) 20.56 15 Alex McGregor (Alexandra) 23.34 16 Ben Thomas (Christchurch) 29.15 17 Adrian Retief (Auckland) 39.35 18 Nick Chapman (Christchurch) 40.46 19 Logan Riley (Auckland) 1 lap DNF Kane Elliot (Wellington) DNS Joshua Wright (Central Otago) Under 17 Girls 1 Samara Sheppard (Wellington) 1.43.16 2 Adrienne Hooper (Waitakere City) 15.55 3 Jesse Loe (Taupo) 1 lap Under 19 Men 1 Carl Jones (Whakatane) 1.29.03 2 James Williamson (Alexandra) 2.04 3 Nik Ferigo (Christchurch) 3.00 4 Jonathan Coates (Rotorua) 3.23 5 Cole Harris (Taupo) 3.55 6 Duncan O Regan (Lyttelton) 5.03 7 Thomas Reynolds (Waiwauku) 6.03 8 Henry Sommerville (Christchurch) 9.36 9 Mark Richards (Timaru) 10.06 10 Thomas Barton (Greytown) 10.35 11 Kelvin Drower (Cambridge) 11.07 12 Andrew Hughson (Invercargill) 11.51 13 James Stewart (Central Otago) 13.11 14 Peter Joynt (Tokoroa) 15.09 15 Andrew Macdonald (Wellington) 17.13 16 Kerry Morgan (Levin) 1 lap DNF Andrew Scobie (Auckland) DNS Simon Thompson (Tauranga) Under 19 Women 1 Monique Avery (Rotorua) 1.37.28 2 Katherine O Neill (Auckland) 16.36 DNF Hayley Robertson Under 23 Men 1 Oliver Whalley (Richmond) 1.55.30 2 Sam McCloy (Blenheim) 5.18 3 Michael Naylor (Nelson) 15.43 4 Mickey Fan (Queenstown) 19.06 DNF Jeremy Inglis (Hamner) DNS Sam Reed (Marlborough) DNS Simon Styles Under 23 Women 1 Karina Wilkinson (Levin) 1.58.29 2 Chelsea Wills (Auckland) 6.25 3 Fiona Lindsay (Central Otago) 10.21 4 Kathryn Campbell (Upper Hutt) 1 lap Senior Men 1 Gavin McCarthy (Wellington) 1.48.41 2 Dayle McLauchlan (Christchurch) 2.04 3 Benn Cobham (Palmerston North) 4.59 4 Brad Tilby (Wellington) 8.01 5 Shane Armstrong 8.20 6 Tom Mackay (Dunedin) 21.13 7 Nick Emery (Christchurch) 1 lap DNF Phil Patterson (Christchurch) DNF Aaron Reardon (Nelson) DNS Tim Mott (Nelson) Senior Women 1 Anja McDonald (Dunedin) 1.53.03 2 Fiona Macdermid (Palmerston North) 2.03 DNS Sarah Biss DNS Eloise Cottee National Hill Climb Championship 1 Laurence Mote (Christchurch) 30.43 2 Leigh Reynolds (Auckland) 1.15 3 Joshua Barley (Wellington) 2.17 DNF Aaron Tuckerman (Blenheim) National Four Cross Championship 1 John Kirkcaldie (Wellington) 2 Richard Stratford 3 Daniel Sims (Auckland) 4 Cameron Cole (Hamilton) 5 Samuel Blenkinsop (Wanganui) 6 Scotty Geter 7 Matthew Scoles (Alexandra) 8 Mike Skinner (Auckland)
