Results and Reports for February 2 - 3, 2002

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Canberra Off Road Cyclists 2002 Summer Series - Race 3

Blue Range, February 3, 2002

By David Osmond
Another large field of cyclists made the journey out to Blue Range to contest Race 3 of the summer series. And like Race 2, which featured Olympian Mary Grigson, there was some class in this field.

Two riders with international experience, Brent Miller and Dylan Cooper, made their return to club mountain bike racing as they joined the field in the Senior Men's category. Several years ago, Dylan and Brent were two of Australia's leading mountain bikers, Dylan in the open category while Brent was in the juniors back then.

It was great to see them both back on the mountain bikes again, as Dylan has been kept away from the sport through sickness, while Brent has spent more time on the road bike in recent years.

While the course was over a slightly easier course than that used for the National standard events in the same area, it was still demanding in many sections. The new tracks contained many momentum sapping bumps, which didn't leave too many places to have a rest. And the many exposed tree roots, left slightly damp after the overnight rain, brought down many a rider.

But Brent and Dylan did not seem greatly affected by this, or, particularly in Dylan's case, by their prolonged absence from mountain bike racing. They managed to break away from Shane Paton, who has won the first two races in this summer series, after one lap of the six lap race. Brent managed to hold off a charging Dylan on lap three, and then pulled ahead over the last few laps to win by just over a minute.

Meanwhile, in the Senior Women category, Jane Scheer rode particularly strongly as she cleared out from her competitors in the first lap, and went on to record a strong victory over one of Australia's leading female orienteers, Emily Viner.

Results

Senior Men - 6 laps
 
1 Brent Miller               1.36.39
2 Dylan Cooper                  1.08
3 Shane Paton                   4.09
4 Hardy Lohse                   5.26
5 David Osmond                  5.58
6 Tom Walter                    8.52
7 Richard Bontjer              10.13
8 Ben Geier                    10.40
9 Adam Carmody                 13.36
10 Martin Mullin               14.07
DNF Paul Burbidge-Smith
 
Sport A Men - 5 laps
 
1 Paul Eccleston             1.29.09
2 Jason Watts                   0.11
3 Daniel Schlage                2.07
4 Ira Cooke                     3.11
5 Matt O'Rourke                 7.59
6 Dan Smith                    19.36
DNF Gareth Paton
DNF Nicholas Crisp
 
Sport B Men - 3 laps
 
1 Michael Johnson              54.16
2 Adam McGrath                  2.34
3 Andrew Remely                 2.41
4 David Anderson-Smith          3.15
5 Bill Key                      3.43
6 Benjamin Young                4.33
7 Matthew Lemm                  4.49
8 Andrew Harnisch               6.01
9 Aaron Broughton               6.06
10 Damen Hills                  6.19
11 Ben Damyon                   6.44
12 Damon Devir                  7.03
13 Peter Carter                 8.00
14 John Fredericks             10.06
15 Sean Baker                  11.28
16 Mark Eccleston              12.07
17 Michael Moore               12.48
18 Ian Donlan                  13.49
19 Richard Townsend            14.00
20 Phil Edwards                16.07
21 Ian  Robertson              16.48
22 Ian McDonald                21.34
23 Clive Michael               23.45
24 Steve Tattam                23.53
25 Gareth Davies               28.48
DNF Stephen Rowley
DNF Scott Gurney
 
Sport C Men - 2 laps
 
1 Allan Bontjer                41.41
2 Philip Howieson              02.02
3 Adam Perry                   04.21
4 Mick Doerfling               06.23
5 James Andrews                11.57
6 Mark McConnell               12.16
7 Nathan Miller                12.32
8 Mark Griffiths               14.13
9 Damian Woollcombe            15.04
10 Jeffrey Scheetz             15.57
11 Simon Maidment              36.15
 
Veteran Men - 4 laps
 
1 David Austin               1.07.23
2 Tim Minehan                   2.25
3 Gary Scheld                   2.58
4 Paul Atyeo                    3.18
5 Mal Bennett                   6.23
6 Paul Brodie                   8.31
7 Steve Peddle                 10.26
8 Peter Hansen                 10.38
9 Tim Grabovszky               10.46
10 Paul Mason                  13.36
11 John Klein                  15.10
12 Tony Winterbottom           18.41
DNF Duncan Watt
 
Masters Men - 3 laps
 
1 Paul Lees                    56.20
2 John Graydon                  1.30
3 Wayne Johnson                 1.37
4 Richard Davis                 3.24
5 Kevin Joy                    11.07
6 Brendan Cranney              14.00
7 Tony Scott                   14.20
 
Super Masters Men - 2 laps
 
1 David Blair                  41.18
2 Paul Cole                     1.23
3 Winton Brocklebank            6.58
4 Des Cannon                    7.27
 
Under 17 Men - 3 laps
 
1 Tim Liston                 1.00.20
2 Robert Clifford               3.11
3 Shaun Archer                  4.02
4 Thomas Doerfling             10.30
5 Michael McCluskey            11.43
6 Jevan Goodhew                19.27
 
Under 15 Men - 2 laps
 
1 Angus Harding                44.06
2 Luke Graydon                  2.32
3 John Campbell                 3.01
4 Aaron McDonald               14.28
5 Matthew Archer               16.12
 
Novice Men - 2 short laps
 
1 Jackson Roberts              19.39
2 Robert Dodd                   2.36
3 Ben Schroeter                 3.26
4 Darcy Harding                 5.58
5 Carl Graydon                  7.00
 
Senior Women - 4 laps
 
1 Jane Scheer                1.22.29
2 Emily Viner                   3.33
3 Trisha Garrett                6.33
 
Sport A Women - 3 laps
 
1 Cara Smith                 1.03.45
2 Helen Barclay                 0.53
3 Jackqui Clynes                7.21
4 Louise Cook                   7.25
5 Nicole Fisher                 8.20
DNF Belinda Allison
 
Sport B Women - 2 laps
 
1 Simone Dilkara               50.11
2 Claire Graydon                6.48
3 Emma Dean                    11.04
 
Masters Women - 2 laps
 
1 Bev Anderson-Tranter         47.25
2 Adair Ferguson                9.46
 
Novice Women - 2 short laps
 
1 Terri Kozlik                 31.05
2 Susan Olsen                   6.44

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