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New Zealand National Series #1 - NE
Coronet Peak, New Zealand, January 13-14, 2007
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Race 2 - January 14: Cross country
Aunty Betty takes a clean sweep
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Aunt Betty's Cycling Team had a great day out with lead riders Marcus Roy (Te Anau) and Fiona MacDermind (Palmerston North) both having convincing wins in the opening round of the NZCT National Mountain Bike Series Cross Country competition today at Coronet Peak in Queenstown.
A revitalised 5.5km cross country course at Coronet Peak had many riders anticipating the new design and terrain features however a thick fog and consistent rain resulted in a slippery muddy track. A small but quality field in the Elite Men's class braved the weather conditions including Roy, ranked number two in the country, Stuart Holtham, three times New Zealand National Champion, who finished second and Commonwealth Games rider Mike Northcott (Taupo) who finished third in the six lap race.
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Roy has been training overseas with last year's National Champion Kashi Leuchs and will be aiming to take his title at the National Championships to be held in Nelson at the end of this month. "I've really been enjoying my riding and am focused on doing well in the World Cups this season," he said.
Dunedin's Anja McDonald looked to have the race in control taking a strong lead in the opening laps however MacDermid rode strongly to peg back the R&R Sport team rider to take the lead in the second last lap. MacDermid finished almost a minute in front of McDonald, with Nelson's Brenda Clapp in third.
In an unusual cross over between disciplines, downhill Elite Men's rider Tom Holland (Rotorua) finished in second place in the Senior Men's category in today's race. "I thought I'd have a bit of an advantage having ridden the hill yesterday and set my bike to suit," he explained.
The series moves to Dunedin next week for another double round with both Downhill and Cross Country.
Photography
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Images by Karyn McQueen
- Marcus Roy (Aunt Betty's) won the Elite Men's XC
- Fiona McDermid (Aunt Betty's) took victory in the Elite Women's XC
Results
Elite Men 1 Marcus Roy (Aunt Bettys) 2.02.10 2 Stuart Houltham (Iron Horse Bikes) 3.30 3 Mike Northcott 6.09 4 Eric Drower (R-R Sport) 6.51 5 Mark Leishman 8.38 6 Joshua Barley 9.25 7 Carl Jones 13.44 8 John Gray 14.50 9 Rodney Wallace 17.08 10 Michael Anderson 18.06 11 Jon Richardson 20.56 12 Dayle McLauchlan 21.06 13 Tomas Legnavsky 25.01 One lap down 14 Ben Preston 15 Brad Tilby 16 Luke Mills (Aunt Bettys) 17 Justin Price (R-R Sport) DNF Tony Hogg DNS Leigh Reynolds Elite Women 1 Fiona MacDermid (Aunt Bettys) 1.42.30 2 Anja McDonald (Santa Cruz) 0.56 3 Brenda Clapp (Peak Fuel) 5.08 4 Kaytee Boyd 5.31 5 Sara MacDonald (R-R Sport) 7.42 6 Erin Greene (R-R Sport) 7.44 7 Fiona Lindsay 13.20 8 Michelle Bellamy 16.47 One lap down 9 Michele Duffy (Levin MTB Club) Expert Junior Men U17 1 Dirk Peters 1.13.57 2 Cameron Hollamby 0.05 3 Simon Finucane 1.22 4 Joshua Wight 5.21 5 Angus Watson 5.24 6 Nicholas Chapman 6.34 7 Jeff Notman 6.56 8 Thomas Marshall 8.00 9 Adrian Retief 9.26 10 Kieran Hambrook 10.06 11 Locky McArthur 10.36 12 Michael Vink 20.00 13 Dominic Furkert 59.04 Expert Junior Women U17 1 Jesse Loe 1.37.33 2 Rachel Richards 9.19 DNF Alexa Peters Expert Junior U19 Men 1 Jordan Blake (Iron Horse Bikes) 1.33.33 2 Henry Sommerville (R-R Sport) 0.51 3 Conor MacFarlane 2.20 4 Scott Green 3.03 5 Alex McGregor 8.31 6 Kane Elliot 9.24 7 Ben Thomas 10.56 8 James Prouse (Levin MTB Club) 12.14 9 John Holvey 16.31 10 Nick Clark 16.44 11 Mark Richards 17.07 12 Brent Sinclair 17.11 13 David Clark 35.00 One lap down 14 Cameron Wood 15 Stefan Jones DNF Hayden McCormick DNF Michael Nuy DNF Ged Watts Expert Junior Women U19 1 Samara Sheppard (Iron Horse Bikes) 1.23.08 2 Monique Avery (Aunt Bettys) 2.56 3 Katherine O'Neill 11.07 U23 Men 1 Tristan Rawlence 1.45.04 2 Jeremy Inglis (Peak Fuel) 2.12 3 Simon Styles 5.17 DNS Kelvin Drower Expert Senior Men 1 Thomas Mackay 1.38.51 2 Tom Holland 2.48 3 Nick Emery 3.31 4 Stefan Kaltenegger 7.09 5 Rikki Griffin 13.23 6 Ross McCulloch 16.02 DNF Fraser Hewett Expert Senior Women 1 Nicole Swain 1.30.42 2 Sara Louise Taylor 3.11 3 Aimee Burns 7.22 Expert Masters 30+ 1 Glen Richardson 1.46.28 2 Bevan King 3.06 3 Paul Reid 9.36 4 Dean Hamilton 17.11 Expert Masters Women 30+ 1 Jeanette Wright 1.24.48 2 Cathrine Dunn 3.47 3 Sharon Flood 5.31 Expert Masters Men 40+ 1 Trevor Woodward 1.38.39 2 Murray Thomas 8.41 3 Anthony Bradshaw 11.20 4 Robert Hambrook 13.48 5 Dion Chapman 14.37 6 Tony Middendorf 15.08 DNF Michael Stylianou Expert Masters Men 50+ 1 Dave Wallace 1.52.12 2 Hans Van der Voorn 15.09 3 Steve Brough 17.18 4 Paul Newbold 19.45 5 Peter Nuy 20.13 Expert Junior Men U15 1 Tom Bradshaw 55.24 2 Samuel Davis 20.07 Sport Senior Men 1 Sam Welsh 52.09 2 Nick Hight 6.04 3 Stephen Blissett 11.32 4 Hugh Nimmo 14.49 Sport Senior Women 1 Rosie Fisher 1.02.22 2 Celia Lie 20.01 Sport Master Men 30+ 1 Craig Wight 54.32 2 Gil Peters 1.59 3 Rich Johnson 4.07 Sport Master Women 30+ 1 Ivonne McDonnell-G 1.04.06
