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Australian MTB Championships - CN
Mt Beauty, Vic, Australia, October 29-November 2, 2003
November 2: Downhill
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Photography
Images by Mark Gunter/www.gunterphotography.com
- Relaxing in the picturesque surroundings of Mount Beauty.
- Spectators begin gathering around during practice.
- Woops.
- Back in black - an AC/DC fan is always an AC/DC fan.
- There's always time for a smoko.
- Sam Hill carves up the course on his way to victory.
- Joel Panozzo gets some air and second place.
- Michael Hannah negotiates his way through a tight section.
- Bryn Atkinson managed a fourth place finish.
- Andrew Mills got first place for the biggest air.
- Jared Graves looking smooth.
- Running the gauntlet.
- A large crowd was on hand to watch the action.
- Tai-Lee Muxlow was unstoppable in the women's event, taking a very comfortable win.
- Tracey Hannah, star of the future, took second.
- Emma McNaughton had a safe run to claim the last spot on the podium.
- David Hetherington had fun in the mud.
- Mud, glorious mud.
- Even more mud.
- Michael Sloman found out it was quicker to run the last section.
- Go my son!
- And they came from the hills. With one bearing a not-so-subtle T-shirt.
- Commentary was done the old-fashioned way after problems with the loudspeaker.
- The Elite Women's podium.
- With the Nationals over for another year, it's time for reflection.
- The Elite Men's podium.
Results
Elite Male 1st run 2nd run 1 Sam Hill 4.20.29 3.50.39 2 Joel Panozzo 4.14.93 3.54.67 3 Michael Hannah (Haro Bikes/Oakley) 4.23.59 3.57.01 4 Bryn Atkinson 4.16.74 4.00.59 5 Andrew Mills (Giant/Michelin/Dragon/Fox/Easton) 4.36.27 4.03.29 6 Jared Graves (Iron Horse/ Oakley/ Sram/ RcokShox) 4.28.53 4.04.09 7 Ben Cory (Dragon/ SRAM/ Tioga/ Mal-Adjusted Bicycles) 4.24.12 4.04.27 8 Rick Boyer (Orange/ No tubes/ Smith/ Sram) 4.28.59 4.08.73 9 Dennis Beare 4.39.67 4.12.20 10 Justin Havukainen (Yeti/ Oakley) 4.31.56 4.13.68 11 Sean McCarroll (EMSEE1.com) 4.32.65 4.15.49 12 Rohan Gearing (Sombrio) 4.39.41 4.16.13 13 Jarod Rando (Giant/ Pearl Izumi) 4.30.04 4.17.27 14 Jon Odams (The Bike Shed) 4.36.11 4.17.91 15 Timothy Mann (Kenmore Cycles) 4.41.80 4.18.29 16 Shane Wode (Intense/Fox/Spy/Manic/ Marzoochi/Sram/Aireal) 4.34.56 4.18.67 17 William Yarwood 4.40.49 4.21.94 18 Jensen Woodcock 4.42.77 4.22.81 19 Chris Dimbill (Craftworks/ Dragon) 4.43.86 4.24.07 20 Jarrah Cocks 4.44.07 4.24.51 21 Luke Strom (Yeti/Citizen/Zeal) 4.46.04 4.24.52 23 Karl Peel 4.38.04 4.27.13 24 Ben Shingler (Carine Cycles) 4.43.03 4.28.01 25 David Weston 4.39.73 4.34.51 26 James French (Standish Cycles Unley) 4.47.00 4.38.38 27 Bruce Hamley 4.40.43 4.40.49 28 Ngari Jenkins (Cycle Worx) 4.41.29 4.42.51 29 Ryan Lennox (Spearman Cycles) 4.31.46 4.52.31 30 Nathan Rennie 4.26.66 DNF 31 Brad Kelly 4.47.47 DNF 32 Adam Dossetor 4.47.89 33 Nick Stubbs 4.47.99 34 Travis Aston 4.48.85 35 Michael Robinson (G.T.Australia) 4.50.36 36 Miles Mead (Edge Cycles/Orange) 4.50.75 37 Adrian Walsh 4.50.93 38 Adam Hunter 4.51.60 39 Luke Patching (Giant/ Dragon) 4.51.91 40 Robbie McNaughton (Smith/ Drift Bikes.com) 4.52.32 41 Fred McClelland 4.52.55 42 Miikael Kinnunen (Hi-Way Cycles) 4.52.73 43 Matthew Ardern 4.52.98 44 Adam Smithson (Royal Racing/ Black Phoenix Films) 4.53.30 45 Mick Ross (GT Bikes/SIC St.Ives Cycles) 4.54.29 46 Jaan Hurditch (Downhill Direct/ Street Dirt & Vert Bikes) 4.54.59 47 Timon Wegner 4.54.84 48 John Maurus 4.55.27 49 Andrew Maxwell (Ashgrove Cycles) 4.55.63 50 Ryan Norton (Santa Cruz) 4.55.81 51 Wayne McGregor 4.58.13 52 Tom Richards 4.59.82 53 Andy Epthorp 5.01.35 54 Jade McGregor 5.01.73 55 Hugh Feggans (Sram/ Spoke(n)) 5.04.10 56 Jay Taylor (NRG Cycles) 5.04.44 57 Shane Harding 5.06.85 58 Craig Yeats (Craftworks/ SRAM) 5.07.04 59 Nick Mitas 5.08.35 60 Peter Hutchison (Spoke(n)) 5.08.61 61 Alan Crisp (Endeavour Cycles/Heidelberg) 5.11.71 62 Ryan Kinnear 5.11.86 63 Dylan Cooper (Conceptis) 5.12.71 64 Peter Bennison 5.14.31 65 Andrew Laird 5.14.71 66 Ryan Goddard 5.16.48 67 Mark Steffans 5.20.82 68 Ben Mundy 5.21.56 69 Jonathon Taylor (Orange/ Oakley/ Sram) 5.23.85 70 Don Hancock 5.23.92 71 Mark Turner (Smith/ Cove Bikes/ Maxxis) 5.29.17 72 Wylie Burchall (Streamline/FOX/Spy) 5.29.23 73 Shane Weaving (Brunswick St.Cycles) 5.29.32 74 Garreth Paton (Keewe) 5.30.04 75 Robert Potter 5.30.50 76 Jarrod Zorzalka 5.31.45 77 Darren Graham (TC's Bike Barr) 5.31.45 78 Scott Edwards 5.32.73 79 Brad Cox 5.37.37 80 Cameron Palmer (Skinindustries) 5.37.44 81 Tim Richmond (NRG Cycles) 5.39.74 82 Mathew Rowland 5.40.25 83 Dwayne Purdy 5.42.90 84 Matt Swann 5.57.09 85 Peter Laird 5.59.65 86 Ben Watkins 6.07.34 87 Peter Horch 6.15.28 88 Andrew Szyc 6.43.02 89 Matt Weston 6.46.42 90 Robert Lee (Big Kev/DaBomb) 9.27.58 91 Kane Abbott 17.31.21 Elite Female 1 Tai Lee Muxlow (Oakley) 5.09.28 4.56.89 2 Tracey Hannah 7.19.78 5.27.31 3 Emma McNaughton (Smith/ Black Phoenix) 6.16.81 5.33.96 4 Lea Harley (Trek Aust./The Gap Bike Shop) 7.35.77 6.27.41 5 Cara Smith 7.09.72 6.50.85 6 Jemma Donovan (Dempster Sporting) 7.33.43 6.53.67 7 Claire Whiteman (Mal Adjusted) 7.43.94 7.07.05 8 Joanne Fox 8.32.29 DNS Under 19 Male 1 Lindsay Klein (Global Racing/ Smith Optics) 4.22.86 4.04.98 2 Amiel Cavalier (Spearman Cycles) 4.29.97 4.14.58 3 Des Curry 4.44.22 4.20.54 4 Ezra Bartholdt 4.29.11 4.21.18 5 Darren Oleszkiewicz 4.42.33 4.25.28 6 Michael Kearton (Rock&Road/Answer/Gravity Sport) 4.51.08 4.25.50 7 Brock Newling 4.44.61 4.28.02 8 Matthew Bell 4.54.56 4.43.41 9 Ken Ballhause (Rawson's Bikes/Fine Foto) 4.52.56 4.50.10 10 Riley Donaldson 4.45.35 DNS 11 Kaine Cannan (Gary Cannan Electrical) 4.56.65 12 Josh Boyd (Balfa/ Spy) 5.00.91 13 Ryan Walsch (Odd Bods Gym) 5.00.98 14 Martyn Fry 5.01.09 15 Jarl Jensen (Troy Lee/ Orange SHM) 5.02.14 16 Phillip Scicluna 5.04.39 17 Giulio Stefanutti (Spearman Cycles) 5.07.72 18 Matt Rowley 5.23.86 19 Max Fort 5.27.44 20 Cameron Shilton 5.33.88 21 Tom Cranston 5.35.94 22 Ryan Holmberg 5.42.94 23 Che Pianta 5.44.18 24 Reymund Kell 5.44.40 25 Will Hudson 5.51.58 26 Christopher Homez 5.54.34 27 Thomas Kerney (T.L.C.Cycles/Fast Bits) 6.05.96 28 Jack Willett (Gilmore Cycles) 6.09.46 29 Matthew Bawden 6.14.20 30 Loincoln Verass 6.17.23 31 James Bashford (Capital Roasters) 6.19.30 32 Tom Robb 6.58.28 33 Kye Hore 7.05.71 34 Cameron Parker 7.25.93 35 Chris Reinschild (Your Computer Zone) 9.43.79 36 Samuel Furphy 10.56.66 Under 19 Female 1 Bindi Hatcher 12.12.05 Under 17 Male 1 Liam Panozzo (Santa Cruz) 4.11.18 2 Hugh Mansfield (St.Ives Cycles) 4.29.71 3 Darren Pokoj (Apollo Cycles/ raceline/ Arnette/ TC's/ Fox) 4.32.45 4 Chris Panozzo (Santa Cruz) 4.34.23 5 Jam Hocken (Vic MTB/ Kew) 4.42.90 6 Ayden Eves (TC's Bike Barn) 4.43.01 7 Ben Bell 4.43.58 8 James Miller (Pump n Pedals) 4.46.39 9 Ashley Stokes 4.49.10 10 Tylah Breese (Streamline Cycles/ EBC) 4.51.73 11 Alex Swann (Bicycle Workshop) 4.53.77 12 Andrew Sues 4.55.48 13 Luke Gowen 4.57.15 14 Dean Robson 4.57.75 15 Tom Mathews 5.00.51 16 Michael Illing (Ashgove Cycles/Illings Own Fine Furniture) 5.05.43 17 Timothy Eaton 5.18.63 18 Sebastian de Beer 5.18.69 19 Eden Humphreys 5.19.47 20 Luke Garnham 5.19.78 21 Scott Grundy (Toukley World of Bikes) 5.23.02 22 Ben Stray (Brunswick St.Cycles) 5.25.02 23 James McMillan 5.25.21 24 William Cookesley 5.25.85 25 Brett Pengelly 5.28.19 26 Dane Killmore (Kempsey BiKe Shop) 5.40.87 27 Luke Ebert 5.41.96 28 Christopher Hetherington (Team F.S.R.) 5.48.38 29 Kyle Crowe 6.08.31 30 Shaun Ezzy 6.18.73 31 James Freshwater 6.20.18 32 Chris Davis 6.43.44 33 Shaun Parker 6.49.98 34 Hugh Gooding 6.51.02 35 Nic Gladstone 6.52.84 36 Ryan Andrews (Central Ins./South Perth Estate Agency) 8.39.94 DNF Jack Timms Under 15 Male 1 Ashley Grundy (Toukley World of Bikes/Aireal/Liquid) 4.57.36 2 David Hetherington (Armour-dillo) 5.05.92 3 Jordan Kopetko (Adidas/Armordillo/Global Presence) 5.09.83 4 Mark Lennerth 5.19.43 5 Luke Potter 5.23.10 6 Tim Harrington 5.25.59 7 David Rowley 5.42.30 8 Dylan Prohm 5.49.16 9 Shaun O'Connor 6.00.42 10 James Taormina 6.18.42 11 David Habicht (Pushi/DA Bomb) 6.26.92 12 Matt Morris 6.35.22 13 Sam Greenhill (NRG) 6.38.66 14 Andrew Brenton (Kempsey BiKe Shop) 6.54.08 15 Timothy Windshuttle (Raw NRG/ Maxxis) 7.50.72 16 Seaton Humphreys 7.54.85 17 Rory Lang 8.05.46 DNF Josh Greenhill (NRG cycles) Masters Male 1 Steven Lewis 5.29.43 2 Harald Eberhardt (Team Nutso) 5.36.82 3 Darren Moore (Trak/ Tioga/ Powerbar/ Mongoose/ Monty) 5.46.03 4 Ian Stewart 5.47.97 5 Mark Cranston 6.14.00 6 Tony Warrilow 6.30.06 7 Chris Austin (Bikeforce/ Malaga) 7.18.05 8 Stephen Johnson 7.22.69 Masters Female 1 Sharon Heap 8.15.03 2 Carol Moore 10.19.65 Veteran Male 1 Sean Power 4.27.38 2 Shayne Mirfin (Bear Bikes) 4.32.49 3 Rob Eva (Hayes/Raceface/Giro/EchoComputers/Playstation/ODI) 4.34.59 4 Ben Reynolds (Streamline Cycles) 4.36.33 5 Ollie Klein (mtbfreak/santa cruz lifecycles) 4.49.08 6 Jason Archer (Hi-Way Cycles) 4.49.96 7 Matthew Evans (Sreamline Cycles) 4.56.14 8 Troy Bromley 4.59.44 9 Jason Blackmore 4.59.57 10 Robert Stevenson (Pump n Pedals) 5.00.33 11 Dean Davies (River City Cycles) 5.08.36 12 Damian Pryde 5.11.92 13 Lee Treasure (NRG Cycles) 5.18.16 14 Michael Warrior (AC/DC) 5.18.54 15 Evan James (Craftworks/ SRAM) 5.18.68 16 Greg McIntyre 5.19.41 17 Tyron McLean 5.24.37 18 Mike Sierp (Santa Cruz/ Maxm/ MTB Freak.com) 5.24.39 19 Lucas McDonald (Trinity Cycle Works) 5.30.66 20 Trent Delardes 5.33.81 21 Rick Bulloch (Ventoux Cycles) 5.35.64 22 John Petersen (Borsari) 5.39.71 23 Scott Watkins 5.39.83 24 Dean Parker (Gravity Push) 5.44.51 25 Grant Bidois 5.47.60 26 Ian Douglas 5.48.47 27 Stuart Norman 5.48.68 28 Andrew Randall 5.52.15 29 Russell Woods (Budget Zero's) 5.53.98 30 Dan Taliana 5.55.05 31 Patrick Coe 5.55.30 32 Joff Medder 5.56.07 33 Mark Casey 5.56.38 34 Craig Penglase 5.58.77 35 Scott Bocking (Team Mongoose) 5.59.00 36 Andy Mero 5.59.57 37 Ian Petrie 6.05.39 38 Damian Auton (Mo'Yerba) 6.05.88 39 Malcolm Lindsay 6.07.89 40 Lorne Dennis 6.14.83 41 Damian Kerr 6.15.67 42 Darcy Steinhardt (The Gap Bike Shop) 6.23.73 43 Bill Dengate (Downhill Direct) 6.41.05 44 Andrew McClymont (Bike Addiction) 6.45.38 45 Justin Chisholm 6.47.93 46 Brad Warrior 6.55.32 47 Kenneth Pedersen 6.59.62 48 Cameron Ord (DABOMB/ DH Direct/ Shockworks) 7.22.76 49 Ken Kirk 8.07.96 50 Paul Eckert (Calvin Cycles/ MTB Freak.com) 8.36.59 51 Steve Munyard (Streamline Cycles/ Launch Racing) 9.17.00 52 Justin Armstrong 9.32.73 53 Rod Hutchings 9.39.02 DNF Trewella Simon Veteran Female 1 Alisha Houghton 9.20.45 Super Masters Male 1 Tony Burchall (Streamline Cycles/EBC/ Tioga/FOX) 6.03.59 Expert Male 1 Jason Morrison (MTB Freak/Lifecycles) 4.41.32 2 Daniel MacMunn 4.42.33 3 Nic Wright 4.52.34 4 James Collins 4.57.76 5 Andrew Watson (Ballarat Cycle City) 5.01.14 6 Andrew Threlfall (SHM Freewheel) 5.01.68 7 Jamie Mahony 5.05.94 8 James Knowler (MTB Freak.com) 5.07.43 9 Sam Underdown (MTB Freak) 5.08.38 10 Sam Steinlauf 5.09.21 11 Lee Williams 5.11.17 12 Martin Clarke 5.14.93 13 Anthony Mitchell 5.16.91 14 Kain Gardner 5.17.17 15 Luke Blockey 5.21.15 16 Arran Thorburn 5.21.35 17 Chris Barr (Dempster Sporting) 5.21.87 18 Shayne Lewis 5.22.38 19 Teh Kelliou 5.23.77 20 Philip Mason 5.25.00 21 James Foster-Green (Bikepro) 5.29.02 22 Andrew Dapre 5.31.57 23 Brett Merry 5.36.16 24 Andrew Komma (NCB) 5.39.06 25 Tim Bardsley-Smith 5.42.19 26 Shane Hillier 5.42.98 27 Daniel Watson 5.45.55 28 John Bridge 5.47.96 29 Nick Fraser (Budget Zero's/ Sram) 5.48.40 30 Nick Cruickshank (Aireal/ Diavolo) 5.53.93 31 Nick Barrett 5.55.52 32 Peter Fothergill 5.55.84 33 Nathan Weiss 5.56.66 34 Steve Minehan 5.57.37 35 Andrew Loft 6.11.70 36 Michael Rowell 6.12.66 37 Sean Richardson 6.31.45 38 Leighton Smith (Bursan Cycles) 6.34.64 39 Matthew Mitchell 6.39.85 40 Gary Djuric 6.15.86 41 Andrew D'Ambrosio (Vic MTB) 7.11.10 Sport Male 1 Corey Budd 4.54.79 2 Ben Haigh 5.00.66 3 Chris Lloyd (Mal Adjusted) 5.08.12 4 Michael Norman 5.08.70 5 Nick Anderson 5.08.92 6 Ross McCarroll 5.09.07 7 Adrian Schellen 5.10.66 8 Daniel Segeri 5.15.45 9 David Carruthers (The Gap Bike Shop) 5.16.91 10 Allister Neely 5.22.95 11 Sam Kilgore (Southern Truck Centre) 5.27.74 12 Matt Bolger 5.29.79 13 Ashley Koomen 5.30.14 14 Aaron Mattison 5.31.35 15 Darin Lynch 5.31.44 16 Rohan Cornelius 5.31.58 17 Jensen Noa 5.36.00 18 Shane Gayton 5.36.13 19 Nathan Hirsch 5.38.67 20 Dave Marshall (Rainbow Cycles) 5.40.13 21 Peter Caldwell 5.43.64 22 Craig Moore (Pushi/ Smashed Crab) 5.47.88 23 Dean Bull 5.51.70 24 Ian Russell 6.01.51 25 Chris Exner 6.04.62 26 Dean Simmons 6.04.96 27 Chris Eastwood (Skank MTB) 6.05.51 28 Ricky Lambourn 6.07.95 29 Dave O'Donnell 6.08.46 30 Darren Nansen 6.09.31 31 Harry Smiles 6.14.60 32 Leon Wood 6.15.44 33 Matthew Elwes 6.20.20 34 Timothy Price 6.21.36 35 Aaron Rogers 6.24.29 36 Geoff Kelly 6.25.94 37 Sky Guyatt 6.27.14 38 John Griffiths 6.28.97 39 Adrian Caddy 6.31.17 40 Anton Nijhof 6.33.85 41 Matthew Tickle (Skank MTB) 6.51.10 42 Simon Troughton 6.54.75 43 Darren Harvey 7.15.34 44 Tim Hoover 7.15.84 45 Chris Mason 7.27.43 46 Warwick Hall 7.31.90 47 Adrian Giblett 7.39.65 48 Michael Sloman 8.08.08 49 Don McIntosh 8.33.76 50 Simon Bennett 8.35.86 51 Rod O'Hara 8.53.13 52 Andrew Westlake 8.58.96 53 Frank Bailey 11.20.50 DNF Tony Cook (JT Cycles/ Club Safari) DNF Michael Lehrmann Sport Female 1 Carla McLeish 7.11.07 2 Fiona Dick 7.40.58 3 Kate Holzer 8.22.27 4 Rhiannon Howell (The Gap Bike Shop) 9.12.85 5 Cindie Sassons (Cycle Science/ Core Evolve) 9.33.70 6 Belinda Jervis 9.38.67 7 Julie Harris (Santa cruz) 9.53.80 8 Jodi Troughton 10.51.67 Open HT Male 1 Johnny Dawe 5.03.36 2 Chris Polley (Bicycle World Campbelltown) 5.08.96 3 Glenn Holloway (Assualt magazine) 5.18.23 4 Fergus Anderson 5.18.37 5 Scott Tayler 5.18.59 6 Nicholas Wright (Pushi/Mtn Goat/Armordillo/Crumpler) 5.20.32 7 Derek Ragless (Trax Cycles) 5.25.39 8 Benjamin Thomson (Diamond Back) 5.33.62 9 Daniel Neely 5.48.30 10 Nigel Begg (Black Phoenix Films) 6.33.22 11 James Young 6.45.88 12 Matt Molgate 7.07.85 13 Chris Braun (Spoke(n)) 7.18.75 14 Jarrod Lambourn 9.11.02 15 David O'Keefe 11.51.71
