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Brindabella Challenge - NE

ACT, Australia, November 30-December 9, 2007

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Event 3 - December 2: Urban Polaris

The Urban Polaris brought nearly 600 riders to the city for the final time. The 23rd and final Polaris event was held this weekend in Canberra as part of the Brindabella Challenge. Around 560 participants, most from interstate, accepted the challenge in the teams' event in which two riders navigated a series of check points throughout the city and its environs on mountain bikes to build their tally of points in a set time. The markers often required competitors to use innovative techniques (climbing, canoeing, swimming, bus travel) as well as cycling to get their card "punched" at as many check points as possible.

An early start in bright sunlight brightened everyone's smiles after two days of sometimes wet and wild weather in the nation's capital and the smiles were still firmly in place right to the last finisher at Stromlo Forest Park around seven hours later.

Organiser Huw Kingston wrapped the last of eight urban versions of the popular Polaris events with an allusion to another long serving public leader who also recently left the scene after a similar period with the honour of a checkpoint in his name, located in Bennelong Crescent (Macquarie).

Results

Men's Teams

1 David Osmond & Adrian Sheppard              524 pts
2 Martin Handley & Grahame Heap               410
3 Joel Doney & Bob Mathieson                  410
4 Alan Vogt & Garrett Mcdonald                400
5 Dan Smith & Nigel Sargent                   400
6 Darren Marks & Brian Farrelly               380
7 Felix Pirie & Trevor Rix                    370
8 John Graydon & Luke Graydon                 367
9 Andrew Harmer & Mark Caldwell               360
10 Michael Moore & Andrew Gamlen              350
11 Jason Mcavoy & Adam Mcgrath                350
12 Dominic Sims & Darryl Groves               350
13 Matthew Egan- & Duncan Kelly               350
14 Chris Hellman & Cang Nguyen                347
15 Damian Toms & Mardo Roos                   340
16 Grantley Butterfield & Josh Freeman        340
17 Sean Martin & Andrew Hislop                330
18 Reas Beeston & Hamish Gorman               330
19 Simon Tuan & Damien West                   330
20 Peter Moore & Nicholas Childs              324
21 Tim Mcalister & Scott Mcalister            321
22 Simon Johnston & Neil Martin               319
23 Andrew Kingston & Anthony Jones            306
24 Roger Hancock & Mark Taylor                303
25 Grant Mcdonald & Robert Mcdonald           300
26 Aaron Broughton & Rob Marshall             300
27 Mark Hulskamp & Mike Gibb                  299
28 Luke Poland & Michael Gosman               297
29 Angus Campbell & Mark Hulett               295
30 Terry Eveston & Mark Brittle               290
31 Michael Sumner & Annino O'reilly           290
32 John Moran & Pat Moran                     290
33 Tony Grenenger & David Hyslop              284
34 Geoffrey Stacey & Richard Pywell           283
35 Michael Wade & Brad Aitken                 281
36 Paul Mason & Paul Brodie                   270
37 Jamey Dutkiewicz & Andrew Hearne           260
38 Nathan Jamieson & Bryce Jamieson           260
39 Matt Free & Ross Macdonald                 260
40 Craig O'sullivan & Chris Buxton            260
41 Shannon Wall & Brooke Holdsworth           250
42 Alastair Thompson & Peter Wilson           250
43 Nicolas Le Baut & Malaya Wilmott           250
44 Damon Anderson & David Mc Cormack          250
45 Erik Owens & Joe Baldwin                   240
46 Tom Foster & Michael Rogers                230
47 Darren Slattery & Brett Sewell             230
48 Graham Chaffey & Tom Chaffey               222
49 Craig Tozer & Scott Tozer                  220
50 Damian Bromfield & Geoffery Lean           215
51 Tim Mckerrow & David Mckerrow              213
52 Brad Carroll & Rob Sharpe                  210
53 Derek Castles & Anthony Seiver             210
54 Bryce Wilson & Peter Taylor                210
55 Talwyn Davies & Chad Smith                 210
56 Matthew Brown & Adam Fawcett               200
57 David Lamond & Michael Piotrowicz          200
58 Andrew Gilder & James Darch                190
59 Matthew Doolan & Bradley Unger             190
60 Lee Gorman & Richard Block                 190
61 Stephen Davidson & Robert Davidson         190
62 Ross Vitanza & Shannon Carroll             190
63 Adam Cooper & Liam Adamaitys               190
64 Richard Green & Jaap Bakker                190
65 John Doran & Allen Pearson                 185
66 Peter Hanselmann & Graeme Woodward         180
67 Farran Rebbeck & Chris Jillard             170
68 Miguel Yamin & Stuart Anderson             170
69 Paul Van Eimeren & Les Dowd                170
70 Matthew Hadfield & Vaughan Barry           170
71 Aaron Richards & Leon Richards             142
72 Anthony Buykx & Tony Winterbottom          140
73 Kurt Huempel & Brad Pearce                 140
74 Paul Cusack & Matthew Cusack               130
75 Glen Jorgensen & Dale Jorgensen            130
76 Adam Grace & Morten Eik                    130
77 Peter Metcalfe & Tom Metcalfe              120
78 Neil Richards & Tony Rowley                110
79 Michael Hadfield & Rowan Wademan           100
80 Nick Bayfield & Michael Bayfield            90
 
Mixed Teams

1 Julie Quinn & Gary Rolfe                    430 pts
2 Libby Adamson & Kevin Moore                 410
3 Danielle Winslow & Steve Hanley             390
4 Mel Mcintyre & Stuart Mcintyre              380
5 Cara Smith & Garreth Paton                  360
6 Tracey Angove & Tom Cowlishaw               340
7 Sean King & Kimberlee Philip                340
8 Laura Meadley & Benjamin Darlington         319
9 Jo Payne & Pete Garbutt                     314
10 Natasha Moore & Richard Taylor             310
11 Garry Stevens & Julia Lovell               300
12 Amy Copcutt & Nicholas Zarifeh             300
13 Joe Andrews & Rebecca Thomson              280
14 Kyle Watson & Alex Dance                   268
15 Wendy Bowden & Steven Barry                260
16 Jo Parkinson & Alistair Bishop             260
17 Luke Bulkeley & Sharon Bulkeley            254
18 Alex Ramsey & Sally Ramsay                 250
19 Dan Isaacs & Mary-claire Mcdonald          250
20 Kevin Miller & Celina Miller               250
21 Sonia Taylor & Daniel Thomas               243
22 Veronika Pasalic & Carlos Iglesias         240
23 Chris Cummins & Natalie Cummins            238
24 Christine Palmer & Brad Palmer             230
25 Natalie Fairhurst & Trevor Fairhurst       230
26 Emily Stewart-reed & Brad Done             220
27 Kirsty Busch & Todd 'golden' Stafford      220
28 Mark Von Huben & Amy Von Huben             220
29 Jeff Rooney & Alisha Houghton              210
30 Rebecca Dunning & Michael Vilarinho        210
31 Reece Guihot & Amy Guihot                  210
32 Andrew Couper & Lissanthea Taylor          210
33 Martin Wisata & Juliane Niederl            210
34 Brian Knowler & Narelle Comer              210
35 Louise Glasgow & Rodney Miller             200
36 Stephanie Boxall & John Boxall             200
37 Louise Oliver & Martin Worthy              200
38 Rosie Warren & Michael Wares               200
39 Lou Basyoni & Walled Basyoni               199
40 Elissa Milford & Richard Thew              198
41 Kate Davis & Andrew Davis                  195
42 Emma Nelson & James Pepper                 195
43 Martin Jones & Valerie Cohn                180
44 Andrew Boyd & Olivia Boyd                  180
45 Donna Little & Chris Little                180
46 Mark Krawiarz & Lynne Wegrzyn              160
47 Greg Flynn & Zoe Nadimi                    160
48 Jane Kent & David Kent                     160
49 Alan Kent & Laura Kent                     155
50 David Duke & Keiko Konsha Duke             150
51 Rob Bushell & Gillian Gaskin               150
52 Jared King & Dianne Hawke                  147
53 Felicity Cusack & Luke Cusack              130
54 Luke Sheehan & Robyn Hawkins               130
55 Andrew Elston & Sandi Young                130
56 Ben Miller & Rachel Neal                   120
57 Tony Blattman & Anni Mather                110
58 Ashley Callewaert & Sally Waters            90
59 Ben Cooper & Joanne Halliday                90
60 Ben Kaehler & Holly Trueman                 85
61 Amy Gibson & Matthew Gibson                 80
62 Cassandra Franulovich & Marcus Franulovich    
63 Tsalina Phang & Rastislav Droppa              
64 Sidney Lin & Katie Lin                        
 
Solo Men

1 Matt Koerber                                470 pts
2 Nathan Versey                               425
3 Jim Trail                                   400
4 David Kricker                               340
5 Brendan Lakey                               315
6 Ashley Iredale                              313
7 Michael Reed                                310
8 Eddie Bosch                                 310
9 Wayne Staples                               310
10 Alan Gibson                                280
11 Ashley Sked                                280
12 David White                                270
13 Peter Chan                                 250
14 Jonathan Gowland                           230
15 Christian Godyn                            190
16 Greg Turner                                150
17 Jason Harrod                               140
18 David Garland                              140
19 John Brinsmead                             120
20 Robert Sampson                             100
21 Paris Lai                                  100
22 Cornelius (rudolf)                          95
23 Andrew Winter                               75
 
Solo Women

1 Amanda Gross                                330 pts
2 Wendy Stevenson                             300
3 Steph Maxwell                               280
4 Raynie Mcnee                                270
5 Parissa Poulis                              152
 
Super Veteran Men's Teams

1 Charles Giles & Mike Law-smith              330 pts
2 Chris Bayliss & Rod Clark                   330
3 Dale Kleeman & Alan Scott                   310
4 Robert Prentice & Steve Robinson            290
5 Ian Boyd & Gillian Boyd                     278
6 Ken Staples & Bob Turkentine                270
7 Liz King & Warren King                      270
8 Greg Hollands & Beta Zadnik                 260
9 Dave Sutton & Cecily Sutton                 250
10 John Scown & Bob Egan                      230
11 Bruce Vote & Robert Mawkes                 230
12 David Owen & Greg Cox                      220
13 Margot Hurrell & Ursula Berchtold          210
14 Michael Dupe & Margaret Jamieson           200
15 Gary Nelson & Annette Hurst                195
16 Richard Horsburgh & Karin Hopman           190
17 Patrick Mcnamara & Lorraine Mcnamara       180
18 Allan Westnidge & Monika Simpson           150
19 Anne Rawson & Anne Newman                  140
20 Brendan Moss & Don Moss                    100
 
Veteran Men's Teams

1 John Hatley & David Hatley                  450 pts
2 Malcolm Leslie & Harry Dunstall             439
3 Trent Moore & Frank Zeller                  430
4 Matthew Suckling & Peter Beggs              430
5 Gordon Garradd & Ray Giddins                430
6 Haydn Daw & Peter Peters                    360
7 Pearce Anderson & Alan Anderson             330
8 Brendan Mulhall & Stephen Cusack            326
9 Peter Haynes & Tony Laudenbach              320
10 Bruce Perry & Johan Dreyer                 320
11 Mark Young & Andrew Forster                311
12 Sean Mcelhinney & Ashley Watson            310
13 Andy Halliday & Jim Anderson               290
14 Peter Devine & Craig Myers                 286
15 Greg Bacon & Matt Bacon                    280
16 Peter Telford & Anthony Telford            270
17 Phil Walker & Leigh Mcphan                 270
18 Brett Parsons & Scott Parsons              260
19 Bill Miles & Tanzi Lea                     260
20 Roy Meuronen & Tony Core                   260
21 Morris Dalla Costa & Andrew Montgomery     250
22 Frank Marano & Brian Gore                  240
23 Jimmy Chan & Seamus Frahill                220
24 Gerard Phillips & Phillip Mowbray          210
25 Peter Maher & Gordon Cheyne                210
26 Duncan Grant & John Scott                  200
27 Terence Packman & Dean Edwards             150
28 Simon Daly & Cris O'reilly                 120
29 Ian Mcdonell & William Walker               70
 
Veteran Mixed Teams

1 Heather Logie & Sandy Logie                 380 pts
2 Marea England & Ian Richman                 380
3 Penelope Maher & Zelko Gashparac            350
4 Peter Cusworth & Carolyn Jackson            330
5 Rodney Hart & Helen Carswell                300
6 David Mccook & Helen Curtis                 290
7 Mark Harris & Terry Moore                   270
8 Heather Walsh & Paul Walsh                  270
9 Richard Warren & Fay Warren                 253
10 Terry Eggington & Linda Eggington          210
11 Witold Cieslik & Denise Black              190
12 Jon Marsden & Lynette Berg                 188
13 Peter Lezaich & Vivienne Seedsman          180
14 Jenny Carroll & Luke Carroll               180
15 Narelle Sinclar & Stephen Bulter           170
16 Helen King & Jason Lee                     170
17 Andrew Giardini & Michelle Giardini        100
18 Ruth Garlick & Mervyn Jubb                  90
19 Garry Germon & Tiffany Mason                30
 
Veteran Women's Teams

1 Karen Burgan & Vida Viliunas                259 pts
2 Sarah Pearson & Joanna Neep                 250
3 Gillian Mitchell & Sandy Waters             200
4 Lynne Evans & Rae Palmer                    200
5 Margot Todhunter & Dee Ratcliff             160
6 Alyssa Rogan & Helen Mcmullen               100
 
Women's Teams

1 Paula Sutton & Jen Moran                    360 pts
2 Emma Pearson & Celeste Linde                350
3 Gaye Camm & Kath Bicknell                   340
4 Fiona Russell & Martine Robin               310
5 Gail Sutton & Bethany Thompson              268
6 Fiona Powell & Sara O'callaghan             260
7 Kylie Jenkins & Nerida Rixon                250
8 Nicole Fitzpatrick & Sarah Moore            240
9 Jean Brysland & Belinda Wren                239
10 Jenny Mcleod & Kathryn Wingett             200
11 Juliemma Moran & Catherine Braybon         200
12 Sarah Horniblow & Jane Horniblow           180
13 Kelly Rowley & Lyndall Goss                178
14 Jane Mcintyre & Leanne Carroll             170
15 Sue Cunningham & Karen Tyler               170
16 Jody Blake & Kirsty Blake                  160
17 Louise Wilson & Dawn Martin                160
18 Ali Lidbetter & Carolyn Francis            160
19 Megan Bennett & Katie Jones                140
20 Linda Magee & Bronwyn Jennings             140
21 Sophie Piper & Miranda Lean                140
22 Clare Sporle & Geogia Mor                  120

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