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Canberra Off Road Cyclists - 2002 Summer Series finale

Majura Pines, May 13, 2002

By Julia Graczyk
The final race of the 2002 summer series was held in glorious autumn conditions, sunny, warm and calm. Coinciding with Mother's day didn't seem to affect participation with close to 120 riders coming out to race. The course set was over 7km in length, but was fast and flowing, and required the rider to demonstrate skill in taking their momentum through some moderately technical sections interspersed throughout the course. to balance this, there was also a fair proportion of fire trail in the course, which allowed those riders with raw power and fitness to make up time on those more technically inclined.

In the Senior Men's race Dylan Cooper rode a consistent race to win, with a margin of almost three minutes over David Osmond, with Ben Geier a further two minutes back. The Senior Women's race saw a visitor to the club, Kristina Strode-Penny take first place with a convincing margin of almost four minutes over current Australian XTerra Champion Raeleigh Tennant, whose race was hampered by a crash out on the course.

The Veteran Men's race saw much closer racing, with Tim Minehan and Simon Tilley separated by only seconds, to take first and second place respectively. Tilley was the course setter for the race, and said that although the course suited him, he was unable to chase down Minehan on the final lap.

In the largest field of the day, with over 25 riders, the Sport B Men race was won by Matt ORourke with John Paul thirty seconds back in second place. Other category winners included Richard Davis in Masters Men, Joe Cram in Under 17 Men, and Melanie McConnell in Sport A Women.

Results

Senior Men
 
1 Dylan Cooper              1.47.38
2 David Osmond                 5.32
3 Ben Geier                    4.26
4 Shane Paton                  6.35
5 Thomas Walter               10.07
 
Sport A Men
 
1 Simon Camroux             1.30.45
2 Ira Cooke                    0.48
3 Andrew Crisp                 2.09
4 Ben O'Keeffe                 5.18
5 Nicholas Crisp               7.59
6 Paul Eccleston               9.10
7 David Baldwin                9.30
8 Dan Smith                   19.50
9 Ivar Nell                   22.13
10 Doug McLean                30.00
 
Sport B Men
 
1 Matt O'Rourke             1.11.00
2 John Paul                    0.32
3 Nat Anglen                   0.37
4 Leslie Ridsdale              0.52
5 Andrew Remely                0.53
6 Shane Dawson                 0.55
7 Adam McGrath                 1.08
8 Erich Fischer                2.52
9 Anthony Scott                3.41
10 John Fredericks             5.51
11 Michael Johnson             5.53
12 Peter Carter                6.23
13 Chris Kubler                6.53
14 Colin Paynter               8.26
15 Michael Moore               8.41
16 Joe Ward                    9.04
17 Ian Donlan                 13.07
18 Ian McDonnell              16.22
19 David McFeeter             17.43
20 Craig Bycroft              18.29
21 David Blackburn            19.09
22 Stracey James              21.07
23 Steve Hugler               22.44
24 Christopher Gallimore      23.45
Dnf Thor Phillips
Dnf Mark Eccleston
Dnf Tim Gibson
 
Sport C Men
 
1 Allan Bontjer               49.55
2 Tim Butler                   1.02
3 Gareth Paton                 2.27
4 Scott Peddle                 4.29
5 Johnathan Nettle             5.01
6 Adam Perry                   9.38
7 James Andrews               13.23
8 Damian Woolcombe            13.40
9 Brendan Finch               13.42
10 Peter Bentley              15.10
 
Veteran Men
 
1 Tim Minehan               1.30.06
2 Simon Tilley                 0.02
3 Dave Austin                  0.37
4 David Bush                   1.34
5 Steve Peddle                 2.12
6 Rod Higgins                  2.29
7 Paul Brodie                  5.02
8 Duncan Watt                  6.16
9 Mal Bennett                  6.54
10 Wayde Margetts              6.56
11 David Searle                9.44
12 David Wells                10.56
13 Paul Mason                 14.36
14 Tony Winterbottom          20.11
Dnf Micheal Nash
 
Masters Men
 
1 Richard Davis             1.13.27
2 Peter Hansen                 0.15
3 Wayne Johnson                1.16
4 John Graydon                 1.26
5 Andrew Stephenson            6.41
6 David Sutton                 7.37
7 Tony Nairn                   8.55
8 John Myssonski               9.54
9 Brendan Cranney             10.02
10 Russell Baker              11.52
11 Jari Hentila               19.54
12 Darryl Cram                24.22
 
Super Masters Men
 
1 John Tucker                 54.39
2 Keith Davis                  0.57
3 Des Cannon                  13.24
 
Under 17 Men
 
1 Joe Cram                  1.14.44
2 Tim Liston                   9.07
Dnf Ben Henderson
 
Under 15 Men
 
1 Zac Casek                   57.34
2 John Campbell                1.27
3 Luke Graydon                 2.24
4 Kieran Hoop                  6.44
5 Angus Harding               11.01
6 Matt Archer                 12.45
 
Novice Men
 
1 Jackson Roberts             31.18
2 Ben Schroeter                2.42
3 Anthony Fredericks           7.07
4 Billy McFeeter               7.11
5 Justin Rancan                7.35
6 Carl Graydon                14.09
 
Senior Women
 
1 Kristina Strode-Penny     1.12.55
2 Raeleigh Tennant             3.41
3 Julia Graczyk                5.43
4 Niki Fisher                  9.14
5 Jacqui Clynes               15.31
6 Belinda Allison             21.11
 
Sport A Women
 
1 Melanie McConnell           52.05
2 Julie Quinn                  2.45
3 Rosie Barnes                 7.45
4 Gail Sutton                  9.35
5 Claire Graydon              11.04
6 Louise Folkes               11.15
  
Sport B Women
 
1 Fiona Goldstraw             31.46
2 Laura Leis                   4.15
3 Jo Gibson                   10.34
 
Veteran Women
 
1 Trisha Garrett              51.35
2 Janine Ridsdale              0.06
 
Masters Women
 
1 Adair Ferguson              56.15
2 Bev Anderson-Tranter         2.36
 
Novice Women
 
1 Annabel Alexander           33.55