NZ MTB National Series DH #4

Rotorua, February 2, 2003

Results

Rankin takes another close one; junior Hagen is fastest woman

Courtesy NZMBA

The Pro-Elite men's category saw more nail biting competition between team mates Nathan Rankin and Tim Nelson with just over a second between them. Rankin (Levin) just managing to even the score to win this round in a time of 3:48s.08. Nelson (Christchurch) came in second in 3:49.25. They now each have two wins and two seconds, making an exciting fifth and final round in Auckland - the decider for the 2003 National Series Winner. Rankin is hoping to win the title for the third year and Nelson aims to make his come back after a year off a winning one!

John Kirkcaldie (Wellington) finished third in a time of 3:49.98. This is Kirkcaldie's second downhill race of the series - he is NZ's top ranked international downhill rider. Kirkcaldie, the North American (NORBA) downhill champion for 2001 and 2002, finished just over seven seconds behind Rankin at the Nelson round for third and this time under two seconds behind second place getter Nelson. It's not taking him long to get back into form. Kirkcaldie is not eligible for series points as he has not pre entered for the National Series. He entered on the day for both Nelson and Rotorua and is using these races as training.

In the Junior Men category Craig Pattle (Rotorua) had an amazing race finishing in a time of 3:59.26s to win his class and finish ninth overall.

Scarlett Hagen, the junior from Queenstown, finished in a great time of 4:36.31 which gave her 55th position overall, out of more than 170 competitors. To highlight how well Hagen did, there were only seven other female competitors and the next woman was Kirsten Drabble (Wellington) finishing in a time of 5:14.16s which put her in 122nd overall.

The Next DH race is the Final at Auckland in the Hunua Forest. Practice day is Friday 7th March, 9am-5pm. Race day is Saturday 8th March. Expert Races commence 11:00am. Pro-Elite Race commence 2:00pm.

Results

Pro-Elite Men
 
1 Nathan Rankin (Levin)                    3.48.08
2 Tim Nelson (Christchurch)                3.49.25
3 John Kirkcaldie (Wellington)             3.49.98
4 Glenn Haden (Wanganui)                   3.53.12
5 Justin Leov (Blenheim)                   3.53.39
6 Byron Scott (Auckland)                   3.55.37
7 James Dodds (Hamilton)                   3.56.72
8 Cheyne Beaver (Hamilton)                 3.58.45
9 Daniel Lynch (Te Kuiti)                  4.59.63
10 Tom Holland (Rotorua)                   4.01.39
11 Hadley Boyce (Wellington)               4.02.72
12 Chris Jordon (Canada)                   4.06.18
13 Lester Perry (Hamilton)                 4.07.96
14 Julian Lowndes (Wellington)             4.09.88
15 William Furniss (Wellington)            4.12.86
16 Tim Mackersy (Dunedin)                  4.14.81
17 James Fisher (Auckland)                 4.16.62
18 Ian Kay (Wellington)                    4.18.07
19 Giles Redston (Canada)                  4.18.20
 
Hardtail Men
 
1 Kurt Lancaster (Levin)                   4.23.07
2 Michael Searle (Paraparaumu)             4.31.75
3 Richard Westerby (Wellington)            4.38.50
4 Kris Snow (Mount Maunganui)              4.39.95
5 Paul Needham (Palmerston North)          4.45.70
6 Paul Muter (Taranaki)                    4.46.22
7 James Duncan (Wellington)                4.49.91
8 Sam Maitland (Wellington)                4.51.00
9 Joseph Henry (Hastings)                  4.51.48
10 Ricky Pincott (Wellington)              4.53.69
11 Tom Paulin (Wellington)                 4.57.17
12 Jonny McDonald (Auckland)               5.00.59
13 Shannon Forsyth (Wellington)            5.01.16
14 Simon Bethune (Napier)                  5.07.58
15 Michael Rowan (Wanganui)                5.10.83
16 Mike Skinner (Auckland)                 5.11.15
17 Stephen Rowe (Auckland)                 5.11.33
18 Stephen Wood (Hamilton)                 5.12.00
19 Aaron Eades (Dunedin)                   5.17.69
20 Callum MacKenzie (New Plymouth)         5.18.09
21 Niall Smith (Auckland)                  5.21.67
22 Matt McGovern (Hamilton)                5.22.31
23 Philip Vernon (Wellington)              5.29.86
24 Matthew Knox (Havelock North)           5.33.04
25 James Mason (Hastings)                  5.33.11
26 Hamish Dean (Hastings)                  5.33.85
27 Dan Broadfoot (Auckland)                5.36.64
28 Brice Richmond (Auckland)               5.48.82
29 Joel Healy (Wellington)                 5.50.98
30 Zach Hooton (Auckland)                  5.57.75
31 Thomas Heppleston (Wellington)          6.04.26
32 James Shepherd (Wellington)             6.26.41
33 Mark McMinn (Tauranga)                  6.46.46
34 Bevan King (Havelock North)             7.59.92
35 Callum Buttell (Mount Maunganui)        7.21.03
36 Dale Healy (Tauranga)                  10.26.83
37 Jarat Crisp (Auckland)                 11.15.68
DNF Greg Rowe (Taranaki)
 
Master 30+ Women
 
1 Kirsten Drabble (Wellington)             5.14.16
 
Senior Women
 
1 Kate McDougall (Wanaka)                  5.15.82
2 Patricia Wrigley (Auckland)              5.24.14
3 Keli Finch (Nelson)                      5.28.19
4 Amy Laird (New Plymouth)                 5.52.15
5 Julie Melanson (Hamilton)                7.51.24
6 Shelley Jones (Auckland)                 7.56.67
 
Junior Women
 
1 Scarlett Hagen (Queenstown)              4.36.31
 
Master 40+ Men
 
1 Hugh Blackburn (Rotorua)                 4.18.30
2 Mark Simmons (Wellington)                4.42.55
3 Dave Ferguson (Hamilton)                 5.13.39
4 John Raymond (Tauranga)                  5.38.65
5 Peter Wilkinson (Wellington)             6.01.77
6 Clive Vernon (Wellington)                6.03.66
7 John Heskett (Hamilton)                  6.42.71
 
Master 30+ Men
 
1 Aaron Fernandez (Auckland)               4.17.44
2 Justin Nelson (Te Aroha)                 4.22.00
3 Hugh Lintott (Wellington)                4.27.02
4 Brendon Dally (Taurangi)                 4.30.51
5 Greg Larsen (Hamilton)                   4.31.16
6 Marty Stock (Auckland)                   4.31.68
7 Les Chapman (Auckland)                   4.38.69
8 Andrew Dudley (Auckland)                 4.39.33
9 Stuart Fisher (Wellington)               4.39.44
10 Jimmy Mitchell (Wellington)             4.39.65
11 Luke Simmons (Wellington)               4.42.44
12 Michael Carden (Auckland)               4.47.88
13 Liam O Keeffe (Wellington)              4.52.88
14 Mark Hellier (Auckland)                 4.57.07
15 Andrew Murray (Wellington)              5.04.75
16 David Plumtree (New Plymouth)           5.08.48
17 Craig Dixon (Auckland)                  5.11.83
18 Mark Latham (Wellington)                5.17.25
19 Neil Holdom (New Plymouth)              5.18.34
20 Evan Crighton (Auckland)                5.32.66
21 Colin Membery (Tauranga)                5.50.06
 
Senior Men
 
1 Mathew Hyland (Wanganui)                 4.10.98
2 Blair Christmas (Auckland)               4.16.65
3 Jarrad Winter (Nelson)                   4.17.77
4 Aaron Gates (Uper Hutt)                  4.18.62
5 Campbell Wilson (Wellington)             4.20.33
6 James Baron (Auckland)                   4.20.34
7 Ryan Mitchell (Hamilton)                 4.21.11
8 Mike Reader (New Plymouth)               4.24.70
9 Jeremy Forlong (Rotorua)                 4.25.41
10 Nick Sheppard (New Plymouth)            4.29.91
11 Clinton Williams (Auckland)             4.30.78
12 Kerry Templeton (Te Kuiti)              4.33.20
13 Seth Morgan (Hamilton)                  4.34.55
14 Lance Harris (Marton)                   4.34.73
15 Steven O'Conner (Auckland)              4.36.24
16 Jarrod Bang (Wellington)                4.41.27
17 Michael Rodokal (Auckland)              4.41.47
18 Andrew Dent (Hastings)                  4.45.48
19 Kai Crow (Palmerston North)             4.46.22
20 Emerson McCreedy (Hamilton)             4.48.77
21 Callum Smith (Auckland)                 4.49.77
22 Leon Roff (Wellington)                  4.52.11
23 Manuel Berthonier (New Caledonia)       4.54.57
24 Daniel Clarke (Auckland)                4.55.35
25 Matthew Spark (Hamilton)                4.56.45
26 Dwayne Coles (Auckland)                 4.56.69
27 Darryl Hindman (Auckland)               4.56.74
28 John Cameron (Cambridge)                4.58.60
29 Tim Atham (Hamilton)                    5.59.58
30 Kevin Vernon (Welington)                5.00.27
31 Stephen Lane (Auckland)                 5.03.32
32 Jason Savill (Hamilton)                 5.04.59
33 Arran Thorburn (Australia)              5.07.81
34 Jaye Robinson (Taupo)                   5.09.56
35 Jeff Carter (Te Awamutu)                5.14.23
36 Heath Mannion (Wellington)              5.16.22
37 Brian Tindall (Auckland)                5.21.79
38 Richie Boyce (Rotorua)                  5.23.72
39 Hadyn Natusch (Tauranga)                5.33.52
40 Paul Norris (Auckland)                  5.36.27
41 Colin Davey (Putaruru)                  5.39.92
42 Johnny Schlepers (Whakatane)            5.41.08
43 Fraser Empson (Te Awamutu)              5.54.49
44 Richard Rollinson (United Kingdom)      8.44.52
45 Leo Dottridge (Wellington)              9.55.36
 
Junior U17 Men
 
1 Wyn Masters (New Plymouth)               4.15.07
2 Samuel Blenkinsop (Wanganui)             4.29.61
3 Kieran Bennett (Nelson)                  4.39.05
4 Caleb Warrender (Rotorua)                4.39.95
5 Hayden Lee (Tauranga)                    4.48.03
6 Cameron Cole (Hamilton)                  4.48.53
7 Paul Langlands (Cambridge)               4.53.72
8 Brett Murray (Auckland)                  4.57.96
9 Ashley Potts (Hamilton)                  5.02.71
10 James Rennie (Palmerston North)         5.07.81
11 Chris Vanderkolk (Palmerston North)     5.44.76
16 Malcolm Cleland (Palmerston North)      5.46.17
12 Michael Scott (Palmerston North)        6.42.82
13 Sam Horgan (Palmerston North)           6.46.08
14 Greg Turner (Palmerston North)          6.51.89
15 Zac Williams (Dunedin)                  9.19.80
 
Junior Men
 
1 Craig Pattle (Rororua)                   3.59.26
2 Scott Geater (Rotorua)                   4.05.90
3 Des Curry (Rotorua)                      4.07.97
4 Reon Boe (Levin)                         4.08.34
5 Rob Farmer (Levin)                       4.14.67
6 Ben Sanders (Wellington)                 4.18.51
7 Gary Porter (Paraparaumu)                4.21.44
8 Jerym Soames (Putaruru)                  4.28.40
9 Mike King (Rotorua)                      4.36.17
10 Sean Kennedy (Tauranga)                 4.37.53
11 Matt Fryer (Napier)                     4.39.86
12 Muzza McInnes (Mosgiel)                 4.40.58
13 Phillip Marfell (New Plymouth)          4.42.48
14 Nigel Timbs (Whakatane)                 4.43.42
15 James Rogers (Lower Hutt)               4.56.81
16 Rami Santala (Wanganui)                 4.58.58
17 Bradley Scott (Auckland)                5.59.96
18 Robert Shewry (Matamata)                5.00.48
19 Tim Binks (North Shore)                 5.11.77
20 Simon Bourke (Auckland)                 5.22.04
21 Rob Gardner (Levin)                     5.34.42
22 Josh Page (Havelock North)              5.34.73
23 Bryan Newcombe (Rotorua)                5.40.78
24 David Meijer (Auckland)                 5.49.12