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Canberra Off Road Cyclists Winter XC Series, Race #3

Stromlo Paintball, Canberra, August 25, 2002

Fit and fast Paton firing on all cylinders

By Julia Graczyk

The third race of the Canberra Off Road Cyclists Winter XC Series saw an excellent turn out of 130 riders, with Sport B Men attracting almost 30 riders. The course at Stromlo Paintball (named for its proximity to a paintball venue) was being used for only the second time in a race, and the lack of rain over the winter meant conditions were on the dusty side. The course was predominantly single track laced with momentum stopping corners and bumpy sections of track that demanded the rider's attention and finesse.

The race got off to a fast start with riders sprinting to the first single track located only 300 metres from the start. However, riders soon found their place and rythmn in the single track. The relatively flat nature of the course made for some close racing in many of the categories. This wasn't the case in the Senior men's race though, with a fit and fast Shane Paton leading the race from start to finish, to finish almost two minutes ahead of his nearest rival Jason Watts, with Dave Osmond in third place. In the Senior Women's race Jacqui Clynes, the sole competitor, rode a good consistent race to claim 100 points towards the pointscore.

The Sport A Men's race saw close finishes for the first three places with Matt Lees and Daniel Schlage separated by only two seconds, with Ira Cooke a further twenty seconds back in third place. Close racing was also the feature of the Sport B Men's race, where riders ride in small packs for much of the race. Wayne Spratford took first place, five seconds ahead of Peter Carter, and Dean Scott a further five seconds back in third place.

Rod Higgins repeated his good form of the previous race to be a clear winner in the Veteran Men's race with John Paul and Simon Tilley fighting it out for second and third place. Other winners on the day included Paul Lees in Masters Men, Angus Harding in Under 15 Men, Belinda Allison in Sport A Women and Marea England in Sport B Women. Thanks to race directors Trish Garrett and Ben Geier for their efforts, and to Tim Minehan, Leslie Ridsdale, James Andrews and Matt Lemm for time keeping and other help on the day.

The next CORC Winter Series XC race is scheduled for September 15th and Majura Pines.

Results

Senior Men
 
1 Shane Paton            1.56.47
2 Jason Watts               1.55
3 David Osmond              2.43
4 Ben Geier                 4.32
5 Luis Severino             8.35
6 Andrew Crisp             11.08
DNF Rob Allen
DNF Martin Mullin
DNF Christopher Miller
 
Senior Women
 
1 Jacqui Clynes          1.41.53
 
Sport A Men
1 Matt Lees              1.38.29
2 Daniel Schlage            0.02
3 Ira Cooke                 0.22
4 Steve Peddle              0.48
5 Benjamin O'Keeffe         4.28
6 Shane Spicer              8.35
7 Dan Smith                 9.02
8 Peter Wilson              9.28
9 Scott Wines              10.26
10 Nicholas Crisp          11.10
11 Adam McGrath            17.25
DNF Scotty Preston
 
Sport A Women
 
1 Belinda Allison        1.17.07
2 Allison Skinner           3.02
 
Sport B Men
 
1 Wayne Spratford        1.03.42
2 Peter Carter              0.05
3 Dean Scott                0.10
4 David Anderson-Smith      0.38
5 Tim Lawley                0.45
6 Josh Bosschieter          1.01
7 Nigel McGinty             1.13
8 Allan Bontjer             1.35
9 Stuart Wilkes             2.42
10 Daniel Bisa              2.56
11 Luke Laffan              3.05
12 Ben Young                3.21
13 Christopher Gallimore    3.47
14 Michael Nash             3.58
15 Aaron Broughton          5.12
16 Adrian Motherway         5.42
17 Scott Peddle             5.50
18 Ben McDuff               6.03
19 Timothy Liston           6.07
20 Ben White                8.26
21 Tony Frazer              8.28
22 Stephen Rowley          10.17
23 Justin Barrie           10.20
24 Ian Robertson           13.10
25 William Jakes           14.12
DNF Geoffrey Fielding
DNF John Boxall
DNF Tony Winterbottom
DNF Paul McDonell
 
Sport B Women
 
1 Marea England            48.49
2 Claire Graydon            5.23
3 Michelle Van Der Voort    6.29
4 Gail Sutton               7.09
5 Fiona Goldstraw           7.20
6 Gracie Elvin              8.16
7 Anthea Coggan            13.22
 
Sport C Men
 
1 Luke Patching            40.52
2 Chris Giuliano            3.18
3 Ricky Dew                 3.50
4 Thor Phillips             3.56
5 Ryan Dixon                4.23
6 Colin Kelly               4.47
7 Clinton Grohs             4.50
8 Sam Evans                 5.39
9 Tim McDonnell             6.30
10 Liam Adamaitys           7.12
11 Mark Young               7.45
12 Reece Biddiscombe        9.03
13 Andrew Forster           9.08
14 Gerard Coggan            9.36
15 Bradley Hearn           12.12
16 Jeff Scheetz            12.34
17 Damian Woollcombe       12.46
18 David Power             13.35
19 Steve Tattam            15.14
20 Tim Burgess             15.43
21 Stephen Murphy          28.27
DNF Martin Osolnik
 
Sport C Women
 
1 Annette De La Rue        53.51
 
Veteran Men
 
1 Rodney Higgins         1.19.30
2 John Paul                 1.50
3 Simon Tilley              1.55
4 Paul Brodie               1.59
5 Dave Austin               3.05
6 Wayde Margetts            3.34
7 Mal Bennett               3.36
8 Duncan Watt               4.19
9 Peter Hansen              4.37
10 Jeffrey Dau              7.04
11 Shane Dawson             8.56
 
Veteran Women
 
1 Janine Ridsdale        1.11.04
 
Masters Men
 
1 Paul Lees              1.02.38
2 Richard Davis             2.25
3 John Graydon              2.49
4 Phillip Hopkins           4.34
5 Wayne Johnson             4.52
6 Andrew Stephenson         5.05
7 Eric Kyprianou            6.24
8 David Sutton              6.49
9 Russell Baker             7.13
10 Brendan Cranney          7.24
11 Trevor Jacobs            8.16
11 Russell Plaice          14.16
12 Darryl Cram             20.12
13 Alf Hoop                20.27
14 Rory O'Dowd             34.54
DNF Tony Nairn
DNF Dean Kozlik
 
Masters Women
 
1 Adair Ferguson         1.19.42
 
Super Masters Men
 
1 Paul Cole                48.28
 
Under 19 Men
 
1 Michael Johnson        1.23.03
DNF Nick Webb
 
Under 17 Men
 
1 Ben Henderson          1.04.44
2 Joseph Cram               0.36
2 Adam Franklin             4.18
 
Under 15 Men
 
1 Angus Harding            42.06
2 Zac Lasek                 5.04
3 Luke Graydon              5.16
4 Kieran Hoop              15.33
 
Novice Men
 
1 Andrew Caldwell          19.40
2 Brendan Jones             1.11
3 Ben Schroeter             4.35
 
Novice Women
 
1 Kerrie Muir              21.22
2 Eliza Hopkins            11.42

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