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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
