North Island Cross Country Cup #3- NE

Wellington, New Zealand, January 18, 2009

2008 Results Results Final standings

Northcott and Sheppard capture third round wins in Wellington

The third and final round of the New Zealand North Island Cross Country Cup was held around Mt Victoria in Wellington. Mike Northcott and Samara Sheppard won the elite men's and women's races.

Northcott led the elite men's race from the start while Carl Jones found a welcome return to form and crossed the finish line in second place with Gavin McCarthy hot on his heels placing third.

Local rider Samara Sheppard raced on her home track for a win in the elite women's race. Nic Leary and Katherine O'Neill finished second and third, rounding out the women's podium.

Dirk Peters remained at the top of the podium in the Under 19 men's race, finishing an astounding six minutes and three seconds ahead of Patrick Avery and cementing his North Island Cross Country Cup title.

The track was deemed the most technical of the series so far, and heavy rainfall in the morning resulted in an extra challenging track for those racing in the morning. The sun and wind dried out the track for the afternoon race and riders in the elite and under 19 categories raced under ideal conditions.

"I thought it was the best course of the three North Island races, and we were lucky with the weather drying up the course for the afternoon," said Under 19 women's winner Sasah Smith, who has been mountain biking for five years and raced all three races in the North Island Cup. She will head to Nelson in February for the New Zealand National Championships.

The South Island Cross Country Cup will happen in February with races being held in Dunedin, Timaru and Queenstown. The best four results from the six North Island and South Island Cups accrue points for riders towards the overall 2009 Raboplus MTB Cup title in each category.

Next weekend, downhill racers will head to Levin for the final round of the North Island Downhill Cup. Competitors will then head to the South Island to race in Dunedin, Queenstown and Blenheim before both cross country and downhill disciplines compete in the New Zealand National Mountain Bike Championships.

Results

Elite men

1 Mike Northcott                 2.14.56
2 Carl Jones                        2.30
3 Gavin McCarthy                    2.53
4 Joshua Barley                     5.21
5 George Bennett                    6.22
6 Brad Tilby                        8.01
7 Tim Madgwick                      9.41
8 Andrew Bott                      11.52
9 Oliver Whalley                   12.43
10 Chris Kendall                   17.30
11 Jeremy Inglis                   21.50
12 Jonathan Coates                 22.50
13 Scott Green                     25.08
14 Ash Hough                       27.32
15 Justin Price                    31.34
DNF Edwin Crossling                     
DNF Craig Tolson                        
DNF Stuart Houltham                     
DNF Tony Hogg                           
DNF Darry Stevens                       

Elite women

1 Samara Sheppard                2.10.09
2 Nic Leary                         5.07
3 Katherine O Neill                 5.46
4 Monique Avery                     8.16
5 Cathy Hamer                       8.41
6 Jeanette Gerrie                  11.16
7 Michelle Bellamy                 12.06
8 Nicole Swain                     12.30
9 Sara Taylor                      16.26
10 Karen Collins                   19.24
11 Adrienne Hooper                 31.28
DNF Lisa Morgan                         
DNF Michele Duffy                       
DNF Eloise Fry                          

Under 19 men

1 Dirk Peters                    1.44.43
2 Patrick Avery                     6.03
3 Adrian Retief                     6.41
4 Jeffrey Mcdowell                  7.02
5 Locky Mcarthur                   10.07
6 Richard Anderson                 13.16
7 Ethan Glover                     14.29
8 Bryn Dickerson                   17.31
9 Cameron Hollamby                 18.17
10 Sam Shaw                        19.23
11 Conor Corbett                   19.58
12 Dominic Furkert                 20.39
13 Simon Binney                    22.20
14 Jack Chapman                    24.10
15 Kieran Chandler                 27.15
16 Jonathon Brown                  28.27
17 Nicholas Hanover                32.57
18 Reuben Horn                     37.49
19 James Robbins                   49.44
DNF Seen Gardner                        
DNF Kieran Hambrook                     

Under 19 women

1 Sasha Smith                    1.49.36
2 Alexa Peters                      3.10
3 Jesse Loe                        14.56

Junior Under 17 men

1 Tom Bradshaw                   1.31.44
2 Mathew Waghorn                    6.17
3 Joel MacMillan                    9.53
4 Nigel Mcdowell                   10.12
5 Sean Hambrook                    12.27
6 Campbell Tannock                 12.40
7 Aidan Terpstra                   15.32
8 Elliot Pearce                    18.55
9 Jonty Sanders                    23.18
10 James Truebridge                25.48
11 Nathan Waghorn                  28.27
12 Matthew Williams                39.51
13 David Robbins                   55.06

Junior Under 17 women

1 Keryn Knight                   1.42.42

Senior men

1 Niall Frost                    2.04.55
2 Alex Revell                       0.33
3 Dave Sharpe                       4.46
4 Alistair Crossling                8.03
5 Stephen Butler                   11.12
6 David Driscole                   13.14
7 Mike Wragg                       23.23
8 Cameron Wood                     33.36

Behind one lap

9 Andrew Han                            
10 Mike Milner                          

Behind two laps
11 Jack Whattam                         

DNF Cameron Cole                        
DNF Hamish Collie                       

Senior women

1 Amy Laird                      1.56.47
2 Emma Newall                      17.05
3 Ashley Burgess                   18.53
4 Celia Lie                        26.11
5 Kathryn Campbell                 32.59
DNF Lori Scott                          
DNS Raewyn Morrison                     

Master 30+ men

1 Mark Leishman                  1.52.43
2 Wayne Hiscock                     0.28
3 Carl Patton                       8.23
4 Jason Goldie                     11.51
5 Simon Pope                       17.34
6 Nick Emery                       23.42
7 Paul Mcnabb                      26.01
8 Rob Holmes                       32.56
9 Richard Trask                    34.21
10 Callum Kennedy                  34.41
11 Matt Amos                       37.05
12 Richard Ainsworth               39.47
13 Niall Brown                     41.58
DNF Ricky Pincott                       
DNF Ross Weston                         
DNF Kieran Turner                       
DNF Mead Norton                         

Master 30+ women

1 Sarah Beadel                   1.23.54
2 Amanda Jenkins                    7.21
3 Bridget McMillan                  8.51
4 Charlotte Ireland                17.07
5 Nienke Oostra                    29.07

Master 40+ men

1 Trevor Woodward                2.14.41
2 Jason McCarty                     0.55
3 Ian Paintin                       2.38
4 Geoffrey Notman                   7.17
5 Steven Sawyers                   23.39
6 Craig Thiele                     25.32

Behind one lap

7 Jim Terpstra                          
DNF Jeff Lyall                          
DNF David Hudson                        

Master 50+ men

1 Ant Bradshaw                   1.46.24
2 Peter Reynolds                    2.21
3 Peter Lockwood                    4.24
4 Peter Pigou                       4.51
5 Martyn Pearce                     6.59
6 Dave Wallace                      8.56
7 Paul Joseph Mcdowell              9.25
8 Chris Stone                      31.47

Junior Under 15 men

1 Sam Gaze                       2.28.03
2 Jonathan Clark                        
3 Corby Price                           

Junior under 15 women

1 Hannah Barnes                  1.59.29
DNF Siobhan Macdonald                   
Prize money is awarded based            

Fastest men's average laps

1 Dirk Peters (U19 men)            26.11
2 Mike Northcott (Elite men)        0.48
3 Carl Jones (Elite men)            1.18
4 Gavin McCarthy (Elite men)        1.23
5 Patrick Avery (U19 men)           1.30
6 Adrian Retief (U19 men)           1.40
7 Jeffrey Mcdowell (U19 men)        1.45
8 Joshua Barley (Elite men)         1.52

Fastest women's average laps

1 Samara Sheppard (Elite women)    32.32
2 Nic Leary (Elite women)           1.17
3 Katherine O Neill (Elite women)   1.27

Final standings - provisional

Elite men

1 Mike Northcott       174 pts
2 Gavin McCarthy       143
3 Tim Madgwick         122
4 Brad Tilby           121
5 Carl Jones           119
6 Joshua Barley        116
7 Andrew Bott          116
8 Stuart Houltham      114
9 Scott Green          110
10 Ash Hough           110
11 Jonathan Coates      99
12 Tony Hogg            75
13 Chris Kendall        66
14 George Bennett       42
15 Oliver Whalley       37
16 Darry Stevens        35
17 Justin Price         31
 
Elite women

1 Monique Avery        159 pts
2 Katherine O Neill    139
3 Nicole Swain         136
4 Adrienne Hooper      115
5 Samara Sheppard      114
6 Michelle Bellamy      78
7 Michele Duffy         76
8 Nic Leary             54
9 Cathy Hamer           42
10 Eloise Fry           42
11 Lisa Morgan          40
12 Jeanette Gerrie      40
13 Sara Taylor          37
14 Karen Collins        36
 
Junior U19 men

1 Dirk Peters          174 pts
2 Patrick Avery        159
3 Sam Shaw             139
4 Locky McArthur       126
5 Jeffrey McDowell     118
6 Conor Corbett        111
7 Dominic Furkert      109
8 Jack Chapman         103
9 Kieran Chandler      103
10 Jonathon Brown       97
11 Nicholas Hanover     97
12 Reuben Horn          95
13 Adrian Retief        94
14 Simon Binney         78
15 Bryn Dickerson       77
16 Cameron Hollamby     77
17 Richard Anderson     40
18 Ethan Glover         39
 
Junior U19 women

1 Sasha Smith          180 pts
2 Alexa Peters         162
3 Jesse Loe            147
 
Junior U17 men

1 Tom Bradshaw         163 pts
2 Mathew Waghorn       163
3 Nigel Mcdowell       159
4 Elliot Pearce        120
5 Campbell Tannock     117
6 Jonty Sanders        111
7 Nathan Waghorn       105
8 Aidan Terpstra        84
9 James Truebridge      76
 
Junior U17 women

1 Keryn Knight         114 pts
2 Siobhan MacDonald     49
 
Senior men

1 Alistair Crossling       
2 David Driscole           
3 Hamish Collie            
4 Cameron Cole             
 
Senior women

1 Amy Laird            180 pts    
2 Emma Newall          148 
3 Ashley Burgess       131
4 Kathryn Campbell     119
5 Celia Lie             87
 
Master 30+ men

1 Wayne Hiscock        406 pts
2 Richard Trask        411
3 Matt Amos            400
4 Mark Leishman        433
5 Jason Goldie         419
6 Nick Emery           428
 
Master 30+ women

1 Sarah Beadel         180 pts
2 Nienke Oostra        140
3 Charlotte Ireland    132
 
Master 40+ men

1 Steven Sawyers       129 pts
2 Jason McCarty        103
3 David Hudson          77
 
Master 50+ men

1 Ant Bradshaw         168 pts
2 Peter Lockwood       158
3 Martyn Pearce        144
4 Paul Mcdowell         79
5 Dave Wallace          79
 
Junior U15 men

1 Corby Price          291 pts
2 Jonathan Clark       174
3 Corby Price          134