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CORC solo 24 hour - NE

Mt Majura, ACT, April 15-16, 2006

Results 

Great conditions and a great attendance

By Russell Baker

Paul Eccleston
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The Easter weekend of 15/16 April saw the second of the Canberra Off-Road Cyclists annual Australian Solo-Only 24 Hour MTB races. Numbers increased by 50 percent from last year and the riders were treated to perfect weather, a crystal clear night, full moon, and a great track after some rain on Friday night was enough to keep the dust down but not enough to make conditions slippery.

The Mount Majura course was 8.1km of challenging track, set by race director and seasoned rider John Graydon. This race is one for the hard riders, so the technical level is a bit more difficult than you might find for team or participation events.

Pre-race favourite Saul Britton continued his unhappy run at Canberra endurance events and had to withdraw after 15 hours. Cooma's Paul Eccleston had been dueling with Saul all race and then went on to take out the overall first place, two laps clear of Mark Fenner in second and three laps clear of Andrew Fellows in third. Paul Rode 380km, the equivalent of riding the highway from Canberra to Newcastle (but on the median strip).

Freya Scollay
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Freya Scollay showed everyone why she placed fourth in the 24 Hours of Adrenalin 2005 World Solo 24 Hour Mountain Bike Championships with a dominant win. 32 laps and six laps clear of Megan Dimozantos in second. Freya was even able to take a couple of hours off for a sleep. But watch out Freya...Rosie Barnes was third with 25 laps but Rosie was treating the race as preparation for the upcoming 100km marathon events and rode 100km on Saturday, then had the night off before riding another 100km on Sunday morning. She completed 25 laps in 12 hours at a faster pace than the overall male winner!

The closest duel of the race was between two Canberra riders, John Henderson and Neil Dall in the 40+ category. The lead changed 6 times throughout the race with Neil eventually coming to a stop late Sunday morning to give John the win by three laps.

For the under 18 riders, not allowed to complete in a solo 24, CORC ran a 6+6 hour race, with six hours on Saturday and six on Sunday and a compulsory 12 hour rest in between. This was convincingly won by Canberra's Nathan Haas.

The race continued on the success of the 2005 event, and CORC will continue to build Australia's only solo-only 24 hour race. The Easter weekend provides a chance for some relaxed travel and a bit of a recovery period for the riders.

Photography

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Images by Michael Baker

Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph

Results

1 Paul Eccleston                                        47  24.17.42
2 Mark Fenner (Optus Nowra)                             45  24.00.04
3 Andrew Fellows (Bikeride Hobart)                      44  24.18.43
4 Patrick Jones (Single Speed) (Cheeky)                 41  24.06.44
5 Ian Spencer                                           34  24.04.24
6 Todd Stafford (wanderingaussie)                       34  24.11.20
7 Tom Stewart-Moore                                     33  24.10.13
8 Ryan Dixon                                            33  24.24.02
9 Lex Lambeck                                           28  24.20.27
10 Russell Hatton                                       26  24.00.22
11 Steve Tattam                                         26  24.10.16
12 Hieu Nguyen                                          25  24.05.58
13 Glenn Apps                                           24  24.16.50
14 Tony Bond                                            23  24.01.46
15 Matt Free (miles4murray)                             21  24.05.49
16 Mike Brennan (Kayaks Australia)                      21  24.40.18
17 Trevor Page                                          20  24.00.27
18 Michael Free (Freestyle)                             20  24.04.18
19 Andrew Fife                                          20  24.04.20
20 Mark Causer (TAGGAT)                                 16  24.33.25
21 Christian Ward (Magiboard Presentations)             13  24.00.31
22 Sasha Pesic                                          12  24.10.41
DNF Saul Britton (Solo Saul)                            31  15.02.35
DNF Kevin Wells                                         31  20.17.22
DNF Richard Palmer                                      27  22.10.39
DNF Tristan Bennett (Single speed)                      19  11.01.07
DNF Gilian Lee                                          14  7.43.57
DNF Nicholas Lee                                        13  8.12.31
DNF Nicholas Clark                                      11  7.27.58
                                                        
Female Open                                             
                                                        
1 Freya Scollay (Netti/Vicious Power/Alstar/BodyGO)     32  24.17.37
2 Megan Dimozantos                                      26  24.17.34
3 Rosemary Barnes (Mal Adjusted Bicycle Emporium)       25  24.25.50
DNF Alina McMaster (AROC)                               13  6.49.50
                                                        
Male Under 23                                           
                                                        
1 Chris Smith (Renegade Cycles/Niterider lights)        39  24.10.50
2 Morgan Pilley                                         36  24.00.16
3 Luke Graydon                                          23  24.37.17
4 David Rosier                                          13  24.25.04
                                                        
Female Under 23                                         
                                                        
DNF Jenna Laycock                                       
                                                        
Male 40 +                                               
                                                        
1 John Henderson                                        41  24.11.05
2 Neil Dall (KAZ Technology Services)                   38  24.02.12
3 Jonathan Chowns                                       28  24.15.55
4 Geoff Moon                                            24  24.00.51
5 Geoffrey Clarke                                       23  24.05.52
                                                        
Female 40 +                                             
                                                        
1 Tina Jones (Raw NRG/Thredbo)                          24  24.39.03
                                                        
Male 50 +                                               
                                                        
1 Trevor Kloeden                                        32  24.00.09
2 Dave McGregor                                         28  24.10.44
3 Jack Spahr (Just A Blur)                              20  24.07.52
4 Mark Walker (Ericsson Corp Networks/Sedcom)           12  24.13.32
                                                        
Female 50 +                                             
                                                        
1 Amanda Graydon                                        6  24.01.42
                                                        
Male Under 18 6Hr + 6Hr                                 
                                                        
1 Nathan Haas (CORC, TLC Cycles)                        25  24.02.53
2 Glenn Stewart (Cannondale-Maxxis/SRAM)                24  24.02.58
3 Edward Hood                                           24  24.17.40
4 Andrew Adams                                          13  24.01.58