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South Island Cross Country Cup #2- NE
Coronet Peak, New Zealand, January 5-6, 2008
Drower and Gerrie win at Coronet Peak
Under sunny skies and on purpose-built mountain bike tracks, Eric Drower and Jeanette Gerrie won the second round of the South Island Cross Country Cup at Coronet Peak.
Drower lead the entire elite men's race and finished with a convincing nine minute and six second gap over Dayle McLauchlan. Jon Richardson was another two minutes and 40 seconds back. With his good form, Drower also set the fastest lap time (19'06").
Gerrie and Cathy Hamer battled it out in the elite women's race although Gerrie assumed the lead on the opening lap of five total laps and held it until her win. Hamer finished second, 22 seconds behind. Each of them now has one win in the South Island Cup Series, with the up and coming third and final round to determine the winner. Brenda Clapp finished third 3'28" behind Gerrie.
The winners of the U23 and U19 men's races were Henry Sommerville and Ashley Hough while Cyndi Hills and Rachel Richards took top honors in the women's U23 and U19 races. Both divisions raced with the elite categories, with U19 rider Hough in particular showing his competitiveness with the elite men's field.
The next and final round in the South Island Cross Country Cup will happen January 20 in Omihi in North Canterbury. Meanwhile, downhillers hit round two of their series on January 8-9 in Wanaka.
Results
Elite men
1 Eric Drower 1.55.15
2 Dayle McLauchlan 9.06
3 Jon Richardson 11.46
4 Tim Madgwick 17.07
5 Mark Williams 19.27
6 Fraser Hewett 21.05
7 Mickey Fan 24.30
Behind one lap
8 Tom MacKay
Behind three laps
9 Aaron Reardon
Elite women
1 Jeanette Gerrie 1.59.17
2 Cathy Hamer 0.22
3 Brenda Clapp 3.28
4 Sara MacDonald 4.31
5 Samara Sheppard 5.03
6 Fiona Lindsay 8.13
7 Erin Greene 13.52
Under 23 men
1 Henry Sommerville 1.23.41
2 Mark Richards 4.27
3 Brent Sinclair 11.01
4 Aaron Allen 14.00
Under 23 women
1 Cyndi Hills 1.56.13
Under 19 men
1 Ashley Hough 1.17.51
2 Dirk Peters 1.34
3 Alex McGregor 2.13
4 Scott Greene 3.10
5 Ben Thomas 5.54
6 Jeff Notman 12.29
7 Joshua Wight 12.31
8 Matthew MacDonald 13.21
9 Glen Riley 15.43
10 Mike Nuy 16.28
11 Andrew Jones 19.27
12 Nick Clark 24.57
13 Bradley Nicholson 1.04.42
DNF Simon Binney
DNF Cameron McHardy
Under 19 women
1 Rachel Richards 1.26.47
DNF Hannah Yeats 28.24
Under 15 men
1 Anton Cooper 1.19.01
2 Nigel McDowell 2.51
3 Charlie Murray 13.51
4 Tom Beadle 16.28
5 Conner Jenkins 30.19
Under 15 women
DNF Laura Bridger
Under 17 men
1 Jeffrey McDowell 1.37.37
2 Logan Horn 0.13
3 Alex McCrory-Bowick 8.46
4 Brehon Cairns 19.16
5 Sam Shaw 19.22
6 James Robbins 35.31
7 David Robbins 46.25
Behind three laps
8 Richard Anderson
Under 17 women
1 Charlotte Clouston 1.35.55
2 Alexa Peters 2.24
Senior men
1 Jackson Green 2.03.54
2 Jeremy Inglis 5.16
3 Stephen Blisset 34.26
DNF Ross McCulloch
DNF Kurt Lancaster
Senior women
1 Sara Taylor 1.33.05
2 Karen Collins 10.39
3 Rita Langley 17.25
Masters 30+ men
1 Geoff Small 2.02.42
2 Owen Gibson 7.13
3 Nick Emery 8.07
4 John Gerrie 29.53
5 Steve Farqularson 37.21
Behind one lap
6 Richard Johnson
Behind two laps
7 John Mezger
Master 30+ women
1 Christine Wright 1.37.43
Master 40+ men
1 Craig Phillips 2.03.56
2 Ian Paintin 7.56
3 Andrew Evans 8.22
4 Bruce Jenkins 8.32
5 Peter Radford 26.48
Master 40+ women
1 Sarah Beadel 1.40.30
2 Louise O Connell 9.29
Master 50+ men
1 Robert Kennedy 1.28.01
2 Paul McDowell 3.45
3 Geoffry Hunt 7.39
