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Maxxis Victorian Summer Series #1
Andersons Garden - October 17, 2004
Andersons Gardens was a picture perfect location for the first of the 2004/05 Maxxis Victorian State Summer series. With blue skies and 25°C temperatures, 113 riders from all over the state had a real day out in the saddle, with all seeming to have a good time. It was good to see such a strong representation for this first race, just one week after the Mont 24hr and unfortunately clashing with the 'Around the Bay in a Day' ride. When it got down to racing the pace was on with the majority of climbing done in the first two kilometres, giving some riders a good opportunity to open up a lead. In the Elite men Murray Spink was strong, his win coming after a good recovery from an early puncture, proving once again he's going to be the man to beat. Tim Hucker made a come back to summer mtb racing, just edging out the in-form Russell Collett, with new comer to the elite field Joe Read only a few seconds back in third.
In the Expert men's race, Alistair Douglas led all day only to be beaten to the post in the final lap by Andrew Patterson with Rohin Adams, on a borrowed bike after overcoming some early technical problems, riding from last position into third. It wasn't without a challenge from Cam Winn, who responded strongly but just couldn't quite hang on for the final three laps. Other classes saw good close races across the board and plenty of promise for the rest of the series. The next race is at Beaconsfield on October 31, hosted by the Dirtriders and we look forward to another good race.
The news of the FTF president's Scapin race bike being stolen, along with the club's 1kva Honda Generator and chainsaw was extremely frustrating for the crew preparing to put on a huge race. It's just a shame that while Rohin's car was in Ivanhoe as he was out setting up the course, somebody decided to break a window and steal the items in broad daylight, leaving the cost of replacement close to $10,000. We call on all the mtb community to keep an eye out in your area and local second hand stores for the yellow and black Scapin, Honda generator and chainsaw. If you see anything, please contact the police so they can investigate.
Results
Elite Men Elite Men 1 Murray Spink 1.37.06 2 Tim Hucker 1.18 3 Russell Collett 1.21 4 Joel Read 1.48 5 Phillip Orr 3.12 6 James Dickey 3.26 7 jared Dwyer 4.59 8 Chris Winn 5.46 9 James Maebus 7.16 10 jarrod movoui 7.59 11 Brenton Slotegraaf 9.18 12 Stephen Van Dyke 10.54 13 Matthew Molan 17.25 DNF Joel Healy Expert Men 1 andrew paterson 1.29.20 2 Alastair Douglas 0.11 3 Rohin Adams (Melbourne Bicycle Centre) 2.55 4 camm wiwn 3.13 5 Paul McEntee 4.52 6 Darren Kruger 5.42 7 Sam Bach 6.57 8 Craig Borham 7.57 9 Julian Fox 9.35 10 Matt Ligtermoet 11.34 11 Matt Ladner 13.58 12 Darren Canute 16.15 DNF TIM FERRES DNF Brett Henderson Expert Women 1 Jill Burston 1.15.56 2 Erica Gurner 0.11 3 Juliette Begg 0.41 4 Roz Bradley 12.21 DNF Vinca Low Sport A Men 1 Lee Noble 1.01.42 2 Greg Poynter 2.14 3 Matthew Whiting 2.55 4 ashley hayat 3.08 5 Joel Watson 7.27 6 Russell Eckersley 7.48 7 Eddie Wilson 11.18 8 Justin Matthews 13.23 9 Damien Bourke 13.51 10 Aaron Davies 15.14 11 Alan OÕDonnell 15.50 12 Paul Ripp 17.11 Sport B Men 1 Cameron Bicknell 55.03 2 Neil Bennett 0.24 3 Andrew Stephens 1.14 4 Don Murphy 2.56 5 IVAN MATHIESON 7.10 6 ashley manners 7.39 7 Paul Consto 9.30 8 Mark Chaffe 10.03 9 Sean Neumeister 12.27 10 Jake Wisbey 22.58 DNF Daniel Chubb DNF Ben Wisley Sport Women 1 Shelley Millwood 1.06.04 2 Karen McPherson 0.58 3 bronwyn vasveld 11.57 4 Sarah Riley 26.35 Veteran Men 1 Nick Kimber 1.16.37 2 Craig McLean 2.49 3 Anthony Natoli 6.02 4 Mallachi Moxon 6.24 5 anthony jones 10.22 6 Tim McColl 10.55 7 Dale Weston 12.24 8 Stuart Andrews 14.31 9 Peter Mcdonough 15.04 10 Ross Morcombe 15.14 11 Brett Bradley 17.51 12 Leigh Barratt 17.55 13 Mark Osborne 20.13 14 Peter Smart 30.26 DNF Mal Shurey Masters Men 1 Garron Buckland 1.00.01 2 Craig Peacock 2.10 3 Matthew Aldridge 8.12 4 Finlay Luff 9.08 5 Peter Pink 9.40 6 Ross Sanelli 9.47 7 Mark Barends 10.59 8 Paul Verheijden 11.00 9 John Karvey 16.45 10 william nugent 19.30 11 Stephen Johnson 22.27 DNF Andy Dick Super Masters Men 1 Nick Bird 43.49 2 Bruce Dickey 2.42 3 Ryan Kerry 8.40 4 Alf Bluch 11.40 5 Hans Werner 15.10 6 Mick McDonough 20.01 Under 19 Men 1 Scott Liston 2 John Groves 3 Andrew Sleeman 4 Alistair Wilson Under 17 Men 1 Jamie Paisley 44.48 2 Lewis Rattray 3.12 Under 15 Men 1 Robbie Hucker 29.18 2 Timothy Sanelli 6.11 3 James Woodward 6.13 4 Scott Jones 6.26 5 James Peacock 12.46 6 Anthony Groves 14.05 Clydesdale DNF Justin Lowndes Fun Mixed 1 David Bannink 43.32 2 Mark Hamilton 8.15 3 Brian Townley 9.42 4 Karen Said 10.03 5 Rebecca Newger 37.40 6 Scott Kindred 37.47
