South Island Cross Country Cup #3- NE

Waipara, New Zealand, January 19-20, 2008

2007 Results

Clapp and Drower win round three

Hamer and McLauchlan capture series crowns

Brenda Clapp (Nelson) put in a great performance to win the elite women's race on the technical, purpose-built Vulcaniser mountain bike track in Omihi, North Canterbury this weekend. Sitting in third place in the series rankings prior to the race start, her win took her to second place overall in the South Island Cross Country Cup. Cathy Hamer (Hokitika), second in the blustery conditions on the day, took the overall series title from Jeanette Gerrie (Christchurch), who was third.

The elite men's race also proved exciting with the winner of round two Eric Drower (Cambridge) finally pulling away from Dayle McLauchlan (Christchurch) in the fourth of six laps to take the race. McLauchlan won the overall series placing from another consistent South Island Cup performer Tim Madgwick (Christchurch), with Jon Richardson (Dunedin) taking third place.

In the U19 men's race, George Bennett (Nelson) rode well to beat his North Island rival Ashley Hough (Tauranga) in the race, with Hough taking the overall series title from Joshua Wright (Alexandra).

Other fine performances of the day included Jeremy Inglis (Senior Men – Hanmer Springs) Henry Sommerville (U23 Men – Christchurch), Logan Horn (U17 Men – Christchurch), Anton Cooper (U15 Men – Christchurch) and Craig Phillips (Master 40+ Men – Christchurch). All won their respective races, also taking out first place in the South Island Cup series in their categories.

Next up is the North Island Cup on Sunday, January 27 in Opotiki, January 27. The second and third rounds will be held in Rotorua on February 2 and Palmerston North on February 10.

Results

Elite women

1 Brenda Clapp          2.04.47
2 Cathy Hamer              2.30
3 Erin Greene              5.48
4 Fiona Lindsay            7.35
5 Jeanette Gerrie          8.20
6 Lisa Morgan             12.55
DNF Sara McDonald              
 
Elite men

1 Eric Drower           1.57.00
2 Dayle McLauchlan         1.58
3 Niall Davis              2.25
4 Tim Madgwick            12.14
5 Jon Richardson          14.26
6 Nic Smith               16.23
7 Jack Bauer              17.01
8 Tom MacKay              18.55
9 Mark Williams           23.17
10 Oliver Whalley              

Behind one lap
11 Mickey Fan                  
12 Fraser Hewett               
DNF Aaron Reardon              
 
Women U19

1 Rachel Richards       1.29.17
 
Men U19

1 George Bennett        1.19.07
2 Ashley Hough             2.41
3 Kieran Hambrook          4.43
4 Mike Nuy                 7.42
5 Sean Gardner            12.14
6 Joshua Wight            14.34
7 Matthew MacDonald       15.47
8 Ben Thomas              16.51
9 Kadin Morse             19.50
10 Glen Riley             20.09
11 Andrew Jones           25.24

Behind one lap
12 Nick Chapman                
13 Nick Clark                  
DNF Guy Trethewey              
DNF Alex McGregor              
DNF Simon Binney               
DNS Michael Vink               
 
Men U23

1 Henry Sommerville     1.24.36
2 Mark Richards            3.19
3 Aaron Allen             11.58
4 Brent Sinclair          14.14

Men Masters 1

1 Craig Tolson          1.23.23
2 Chris Burr               1.04
3 Danny Shaw               6.41
4 Nick Emery               9.26
5 Richard Hayman           9.36
6 Andrew Merrylees        11.33
7 Craig Tregurtha         11.47
8 Warren Scott-Douglas    12.17
9 Neil Gard               13.33
10 Chris Taylor           16.15
11 Dominic Blissett       17.06
12 Mike Stylianou         22.45
13 Paul Kircher           25.44
14 Ivan Holland           26.26
15 Dean Hamilton          27.41
16 Dan Merrylees          36.56
17 Gavin Hadfield         42.41
18 Craig Buist            53.21
19 Martin Nichols         53.58
20 Nick Martin            58.04
21 Andy Murray          1.15.16
DNF Richard Morley-Hall        
DNF Andrew Gifford             
DNF Micheal Merrylees          
DNS Matt Robinson              
 
Women Masters 2

1 Virginia Le Bas       1.29.17
2 Bridget McMillan         5.16
3 Louise O'Connell        18.40
 
Men Masters 2

1 Craig Phillips        1.29.30
2 Geoff Mirfin             0.30
3 Blair Stuthridge         2.11
4 Rob Soothill             4.30
5 Wayne Houghton          11.11
6 Dion Chapman            13.19
7 Peter Radford           17.29
8 Robert Hambrook         19.13
9 John Davis              19.39
10 Paul Fowler            21.13
11 Mark Chapple           25.01
12 Brent Donald           33.19
13 Steven Morse           47.53
DNF Adrian Hamill              
DNF Michael Sanders            
DNS Guy Gillespie              
DNS Adriaan Ryk                
 
Men Masters 3

1 Martin Langley        1.21.46
2 Rob Scott                0.25
3 Hamish Grant             3.39
4 Jeff Long               48.40
DNF Robert Kennedy             
 
Senior Women

1 Sara Taylor           1.23.55
2 Karen Collins            0.13
3 Amy Laird                2.48
4 Rita Langley             7.06
 
Senior Men

1 Jeremy Inglis         1.25.40
2 Euan Boyd               11.25
3 Ben Blinkhorne          12.11
4 Joshua Gosselin         12.58
5 Greg Abrahams           21.03
6 Ross McCullach          25.22
7 Paul Hurford            25.42
DNS Jackson Green              
 
Women U15

DNS Georgia Harwood            
 
Men U15

1 Anton Cooper          1.06.27
2 Sean Hambrook           13.09
3 Jake Glover             15.33
 
Women U17

DNF Caitlin Clark              
 
Men U17

1 Logan Horn            1.25.56
2 Richard Anderson         5.54
3 Ethan Glover            12.57
4 Conor Corbett           21.27

Final standings after round 3

Elite women

1 Cathy Hamer
2 Brenda Clapp
3 Jeanette Gerrie

Elite men

1 Dayle McLauchlan
2 Tim Madgwick
3 Jon Richardson

Under 19 men

1 Ashley Hough
2 Joshua Wright

Senior men

1 Jeremy Inglis 

U23 Men

1 Henry Sommerville

U17 Men

1 Logan Horn 

U15 Men

1 Anton Cooper

Master 40+ Men

1 Craig Phillips