NZ Downhill Championships - CN

Long Gully, Wellington, New Zealand, January 31, 2004

2003 Results Results

The NZ Champion Pro-Elite titles for 2004 have been won by NZ's two most experienced downhill riders: Vanessa Quin of Tauranga in a time of 2 mins 16.27 seconds, and John Kirkcaldie of Wellington took the mens Pro-Elite - the only rider to beat the 2 minute mark finishing in 1 min 58.34 secs.

The difference between second and third place in the Elite Men's DH was extremely close - only 0.008s (8 one thousandths of a second!).

1 John Kirkcaldie          1:58.343
2 Nathan Rankin            2:00.876
3 James Dodds              2:00.884

If they were doing 50km/h over the finish line, then the Nathan would have been about 10cm ahead of James.

Also had some other very close finishes in the Elite class:

0.04s between Julian Lowndes & Tom Holland  (11th-12th)
0.14s between Des Curry & Mark Johnston     (6th-7th)
0.27s between Scott Sheldon & Craig Pattle  (9th-10th)

Results

(Please note only licensed competitors are eligible for national championship placings.)
 
Pro Elite Women
 
1 Vanessa Quin             2:16.27
 
Pro Elite Men
 
1 John Kirkcaldie          1:58.34
2 Nathan Rankin            2:00.88
3 James Dodds              2:00.89
4 Justin Leov              2:01.77
5 Byron Scott              2:02.60
6 Des Curry                2:03.63
7 Mark Johnston            2:03.77
8 Reon Boe                 2:04.69
9 Scott Sheldon            2:05.25
10 Craig Pattle            2:05.52
11 Julian Lowndes          2:06.73
12 Tom Holland             2:06.77
13 Lester Perry            2:08.80
14 Philip Shucksmith       2:09.55
15 Hadley Boyce            2:11.64
16 Glenn Haden             2:12.24
17 James Baron             2:17.44
18 Tim Mackersy            3:13.60
19 Mathew Hyland           3:42.26
 
Senior Women
 
1 Lauren Campbell          2:46.93
 
Senior Men
 
1 Kurt Lancaster           2:09.59
2 Sean Macmillian          2:11.54
3 Lance Harris             2:14.39
4 Ben Filiata              2:16.62
5 Philip Marfell           2:18.22
 
Hardtail Women
                                   Championship placing
1 Kelly Fogden             3:16.88 (1)
 
Hardtail Men
 
1 Christopher Birch        2:14.38
2 Paul Needham             2:20.37
3 Christopher Davis        2:23.06 (1)
4 Joesph Henry             2:23.69 (2)
5 Mike Skinner             2:28.23
6 John Hopgood             2:34.10
7 Matthew Hughes           2:38.33
8 Rob Dowe                 2:38.35 (3)
9 Grant Kellett            2:41.11
10 Jonathan Lovell         2:43.12
11 Mike Evans              2:44.19
12 Hugh Wotherspoon        2:49.63
13 Michael Joyce           2:51.53
14 Graeme Corlett          2:53.79
15 Brent Costello          3:14.14
16 Andrew Mudge            3:18.29 (4)
17 Matt Hutchinson         3:26.91
 
Senior Women
 
1 Lauren Campbell          2:46.93 (1)
 
Junior U17 Women
 
1 Katie O Neill            3:27.32
 
Junior Women
 
1 Jennifer Makgill         2:37.38 (1)
 
Master 40+ Men
 
1 Eric Phipps              2:32.88
2 Chris Soames             2:44.89
3 Mark Simmons             2:53.63
4 Peter Wilkinson          2:58.92 (1)
5 Chris MacMillan          3:16.95 (2)
 
Master 30+ Men
 
1 Michael Williamson       2:12.36
2 Hugh Lintott             2:18.78 (1)
3 Matt Far                 2:19.25
4 Chris Mildon             2:22.95 (2)
5 Grant Broderick          2:24.53
6 Stu Fisher               2:25.49
7 Grant Robinson           2:25.96
8 Andrew Waa               2:33.15 (3)
9 Bruce Anderson           2:39.25 (4)
10 Mark Hellier            2:40.04 (5)
11 Ben Rafferty            2:52.32 (6)
12 James McGregor          3:08.93
 
Senior Men
 
1 Kurt Lancaster           2:09.59 (1)
2 Sean MacMillan           2:11.64 (2)
3 Lance Harris             2:14.39 (3)
4 Ben Filiata              2:16.62
5 Phillip Marfell          2:18.22
6 Sean Kennedy             2:18.88
7 Mark Chadderton          2:20.10 (4)
8 Steven O Conner          2:21.86
9 James Duncan             2:22.65
10 Gareth Bretherton       2:25.25 (5)
11 Matthew Borthwick       2:26.03
12 Ewan Baron              2:28.12 (6)
13 Warren Klenner          2:28.83
14 Kevin Vernon            2:29.72 (7)
15 Jarrod Bang             2:30.20
16 Kai Crow                2:32.84
17 Heath Mannion           2:35.75
18 James Fagan             2:36.62 (8)
 
Junior U17 Men
 
1 Cameron Cole             2:06.60 (1)
2 Samuel Blenkinsop        2:08.51 (2)
3 Edward Masters           2:19.74
4 Luke Hindmarsh           2:20.92
5 Joel Daniels             2:23.16 (3)
6 Stephen Diamond          2:26.12 (4)
7 Kieran McLoughlin        2:30.10 (5)
8 Harry Penman             2:34.17 (6)
9 Lance Mansell            2:43.78 (7)
10 Cory Stopworth          2:44.18
11 James Gilmour           2:51.92
12 Zac Williams            2:52.74 (8)
13 Sam Beaton              3:00.76
14 Aaron Richardson        3:09.27
15 Daniel Wallace          3:56.75
 
Junior Men
 
1 Wyn Masters              2:06.39 (1)
2 Rob Farmer               2:06.46 (2)
3 Ben Sanders              2:11.86 (3)
4 Kieran Bennett           2:12.53 (4)
5 Gary Porter              2:16.02 (5)
6 Matt Gilmour             2:21.03 (6)
7 James Rennie             2:23.92 (7)
8 Jerym Soames             2:24.91
9 Matt Fryer               2:25.99 (8)
10 Caleb Warrender         2:28.19 (9)
11 Greg Turner             3:04.50
12 David Jensen            3:07.63