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NZCT South Island Downhill Cup #3 - NE

Blenheim, New Zealand, February 24, 2009

  Results

Leov, Jonnier claim final round wins

The final round of the RaboPlus MTB Cups presented by Nature Valley was held at Strachan Peak in Blenheim today with New Zealander and world ranked number five Justin Leov (Christchurch) taking out the Elite Men's win. In second was last rounds winner Danny Hart (UK), while Sam Blenkinsop (Wanganui) claimed third place.

"My run didn't feel like a normal race run, I felt really unfit but when I got to the bottom my time was pretty good and I ended up winning," Leov said.

In the Elite Women category two time World Downhill Champion Sabrina Jonnier (France) won with local rider Harriet Harper taking second. Harper enjoyed the weekend of racing and was happy to host the large number of downhill racers on her home track while Harriet Ruecknagel (Germany) placed third.

"It's great to see everyone enjoying the track, there aren't many of us who ride in Blenheim so it's awesome to have lots of people to ride with on home ground," Harper said.

Race organiser Sam Reed was pleased with the number of riders and especially thankful the weather cleared up after extremely high rainfall the day before practice.

"The track was just a mud pit so we are lucky the sun came out or it could have been very messy, everyone was stoked with the track in the end," said Reed.

This was the final race in the series of three comprising the South Island Downhill Cup, and the last event of the NZ MTB Cup. Riders will now head to Nelson for the National Mountain Bike Championships from February 26 to March 1 which includes Downhill and Cross Country racing as well as Dual Slalom, Hillclimb, Short Track Cross Country and Fourcross events.

Results

Elite men
 
1 Justin Leov                3.01
2 Danny Hart                 0.02
3 Sam Blenkinsop                 
4 Nathan Rankin                  
5 Brook MacDonald            0.04
6 Kieran Bennett             0.05
7 Wyn Masters                0.06
8 Fergus Lamb                0.07
9 Cameron Cole                   
10 Joe Barnes                0.08
11 Nathon Sharratt           0.10
12 Aari Barrett                  
13 Matt Scoles                   
14 James Dodds               0.11
15 Des Curry                     
16 Tim Mackersy              0.12
17 Reuben Miller                 
18 Fabien Pedemanaud         0.13
19 Gary Forrest              0.15
20 Michael Langford          0.18
21 Michael Davis             0.20
22 James Rennie              0.21
23 Dan Lynch                 0.28
24 Troy Murdoch              0.38
25 Ben Cathro                1.42
26 Scott Bedford             5.44
DNF Hayden Lee                   
DNS Daniel Aitken                
DNS Edward Masters               
 
Elite women
 
1 Sabrina Jonnier            3.34
2 Harriet Harper             0.11
3 Harriet Ruecknagel         0.14
4 Amy Laird                  0.21
5 Gabrielle Molloy           0.23
6 Katrina Strand             0.25
7 Olivia Johnston            0.27
8 Dawn Daley-Coers           0.37
9 Rita Langley               1.02
 
U19 Men
 
1 George Brannigan           3.13
2 Jimmy Wilson                   
3 Rupert Chapman             0.03
4 Richard Leacock            0.04
5 Ethan Helliwell            0.07
6 Leighton Kirk                  
7 Cam Johnson                0.09
8 James Hoggan               0.12
9 Freddie King               0.13
10 Tom Matthews                  
11 Josh Miller               0.14
12 Nick McConachie           0.15
13 Bryn Dickerson                
14 Dominic Stulen            0.17
15 Tom Beaton                0.18
16 Senn William Steel            
17 Daniel Heads              0.19
18 Lawrence Mcbreen-Smith    0.20
19 Marcus Allen              0.22
20 Kieran Thompson           0.23
21 Jamie Dylan Lyall         0.26
22 Alex Grogan               0.29
23 Ben Tyas                  0.33
24 Ryan Lewis                0.35
25 Oscar Tatom               0.40
26 Nick Palmer               0.42
27 Matt Burns                0.44
28 Nick Taylor               0.46
29 Oliver Radford            0.52
30 Andrew Plunkett               
31 Rhys Dunn                 0.56
32 Angus Mckenzie            0.57
33 Campbell Robertson        0.58
34 Mike Wells                1.12
35 Liam Moynihan             2.03
36 Lachlan Cruickshank       6.03
37 Dylan Bennett            10.34
DNS Jamie Hubbard                
DNS Jamie Eagle                  
DNS Lucas Jackson                
DNS Olly Le Maitre               
DNS Jed Rooney                   
DNS Sam Baker                    
DNS Vaughan Woolhouse            
DNS Max Carter-Smith             
DNS Michael McKee                
 
U17 Men
 
1 Daniel Franks              3.19
2 Troy Stewart               0.02
3 Reuben Olorenshaw          0.03
4 Nick Bygate                0.11
5 Simon Barratt                  
6 Brandon Ransfield          0.12
7 Mat Prior                  0.13
8 Jake Robinson              0.15
9 Louis Hamilton             0.16
10 Jay Barrett               0.17
11 Jackson Carter-Smith          
12 Warrick Trompetter        0.28
13 Harry Ness                0.36
14 Mitchell Scammell         0.40
15 Taylor Hamilton           0.41
16 Joseph Tane               0.42
17 Dan McCombie                  
18 Tom Rose                  0.46
19 Cory Prutton                  
20 Jamie Chapman             0.56
21 Hamish Wales              1.04
22 Jack Rouse                1.06
23 Rasmus Tonder             1.09
DNF Richard Wilson               
DNS Brendan Falvey               
DNS Oliver Thomson               
DNS Harvey Whelan                
DNS Cody Rees                    
DNS Hunter Jenkinson             
 
Senior Men
 
1 David Balderstone          3.21
2 Joseph Nation              0.01
3 Oliver Knight              0.02
4 David du Plessis           0.04
5 Antony Jackson                 
6 Kurt Lancaster             0.05
7 Jeff Hunter                    
8 Thomas Winwood             0.07
9 James McConachie               
10 Braedan Trompetter        0.09
11 Antony Snodgrass          0.10
12 Jarrod Bang               0.14
13 Orion Daley-Coers         0.16
14 Malcolm Cleland               
15 Samuel Perry              0.18
16 David Sibley              0.19
17 Luke de Jager             0.20
18 Kevin Warner              0.22
19 Steven Pattle             0.23
20 Adrian Loo                0.37
21 John Pitchers             0.41
DNF Christopher Vanderkolk       
DNS Mikey McCallum               
DNS Matthew Stulen               
DNS Michael Scott                
DNS Jonathan Skinner             
DNS James Fagan                  
DNS Jimmy Pollard                
 
Master 1 men
 
1 Derek Winwood              3.33
2 Nick Sutcliffe             0.03
3 Ryan O'Connell             0.07
4 Cameron Bisset             0.08
5 Grant Broderick            0.09
6 Dave English               0.21
7 Kevin English              0.22
8 Andrew Bayley              0.38
 
MASTER 2 MEN
 
1 Dave Hamilton              3.48
2 Martin Langley             0.50
3 Dave Rose                  0.53
4 Vince Langford             1.23
DNS Michael Stylianou            
 
Hardtail men
 
1 Cameron Kay                3.43
2 Leo Calcasola              0.08
3 Tim Adams                  0.11
4 Caelab Drummond            1.27
5 Jim Lott                   1.33
DNS Tim Warner                   
 
Open women
 
1 Madeline Taylor            4.27
2 Veronique Sandler          0.09
3 Sophie Tyas                0.10
4 Amanda Pearce              0.13
5 Sarah Atkin                0.18
 
U15 Boys
 
1 Tom Burns                  3.42
2 Lawrence Cawte             0.03
3 Harry Chapman              0.04
4 Jacques Vosloo             0.06
5 Leo Sandler                0.10
6 Andy Wilson                0.22
7 Morgan Taylor              0.26
8 Michael Franks             0.29
9 Connor Hamilton            0.32
10 Josh McCombie             0.48
DNS Rylee Flavell                
DNS Sam Eagle                    
DNS Bradley Dent                 
DNS Nick Elliott