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MTB index page for all MTB content North Island Cross Country Cup #1- NERotorua, New Zealand, January 3, 2009Northcott and Smail win cross country national series openerMike Northcott and Annika Smail got 2009 off to a strong start when they won the elite men's and women's opening round of the New Zealand North Island Cross Country Cup in Rotorua. Northcott's win came by just a bike length as he sprinted to the finish ahead of Stuart Houltham. The two had been battling it out with local rider and international road cycling talent and Classics' specialist Clinton Avery, who crashed out of his 20 second lead on a treacherously slippery descent just two kilometers from the end of the race. The men finished their race in heavy rain. "The rain slowed us down a bit but we just pulled back a bit and rode with more caution," said Northcott according to Bike New Zealand's website. In the women's race, Smail took the title by a large margin over first-year elite racer Monique Avery and Nicole Swain. The two fastest average lap times of the day, albeit before the rain, were logged by U23 racers Patrick Avery and Dirk Peters. The two pushed each other to a thrilling sprint finish in which Avery defeated Peters. Both riders are part of the Rotorua Cross Country Development Squad. 140 racers travelled a new course that was a mix of singletrack, fire roads and technically testing sections, including a 300m climb in Whakarewarewa Forest The next round of the series will happen at Woodhill Mountain Bike Park, 40 minutes from central Auckland on January 10. ResultsElite men 1 Mike Northcott 1.50.20 2 Stuart Houltham 0.01 3 Clinton Avery 0.50 4 Gavin Mccarthy 5.28 5 Ash Hough 6.53 6 Scott Green 7.41 7 Brad Tilby 7.44 8 Andrew Bott 9.32 8 Tim Madgwick 10 Tony Hogg 10.02 11 Darry Stevens 12.31 12 Simon Honour 14.06 13 Joshua Barley 15.16 14 Carl Jones 17.09 15 Jonathan Coates 17.54 16 Chris Kendall 18.36 DNF Justin Price DNF Connor Power DNF Steen Neal Elite women 1 Annika Smail 1.33.51 2 Monique Avery 7.23 3 Nicole Swain 10.19 4 Katherine O Neill 12.30 5 Eloise Fry 12.53 6 Lisa Morgan 13.30 7 Michelle Bellamy 14.06 8 Adrienne Hooper 21.48 9 Michele Duffy 23.08 Under 19 men 1 Patrick Avery 1.22.06 2 Dirk Peters 0.01 3 Sam Shaw 4.34 4 Adrian Retief 7.16 4 Simon Binney 7.58 5 Locky McArthur 8.03 6 Cameron Hollamby 12.22 7 Conor Corbett 12.24 8 Kieran Chandler 13.40 9 Dominic Furkert 16.46 10 Jack Chapman 17.24 11 Reuben Horn 18.07 12 Jonathon Brown 20.18 13 Jeffrey McDowell 22.23 14 Nicholas Hanover 23.37 15 Glen Baird 24.26 DNF Oliver Shaw Under 19 women 1 Sasha Smith 1.47.59 2 Alexa Peters 0.54 3 Jesse Loe 7.57 DNF Wendy Prinsloo Junior U17 men 1 Nigel Mcdowell 1.28.39 2 Tom Bradshaw 3.39 3 Mathew Waghorn 6.57 4 Aidan Terpstra 12.07 5 Elliot Pearce 12.10 6 James Truebridge 19.54 7 Jeremy Hamer 21.30 8 Jonty Sanders 26.00 9 Ian Burgess 27.09 10 Jed Findlay 32.14 11 Matthew Williams 40.35 12 James Hogg 49.05 Behind one lap 13 Nathan Waghorn Behind two laps 14 Campbell Tannock 15 Sam Kneebone Junior U17 women 1 Hannah Lane 1.21.39 2 Keryn Knight 3.03 3 Siobhan Macdonald 42.38 Junior U15 men 1 Jonathan Clark 1.07.54 2 Sam Gaze 3.33 3 Daniel Roughead 14.30 4 Corby Price 14.41 5 Jonathan Guthrie 25.52 6 Courtney Young 26.32 7 Niam Macdonald 33.58 Senior men 1 Dave Sharpe 1.28.45 2 Cam Durno 0.02 3 David Driscole 10.08 4 Jack Whatham 10.23 5 Alistair Crossling 11.25 6 Byron Scott 15.24 7 Hamish Collie 18.27 8 Hayden Richards 18.29 9 Cameron Wood 18.52 Senior women 1 Amy Laird 1.09.26 2 Raewyn Morrison 0.03 3 Bridget Keegan 0.32 4 Emma Newall 6.57 5 Celia Lie 11.11 6 Ashley Burgess 11.54 7 Lori Scott 12.10 8 Kathryn Campbell 15.26 9 Laura Rich 16.09 10 Aimee Swain 22.29 Master 30+ men 1 Wayne Hiscock 1.26.37 2 Ricky Pincott 3.08 3 Simon Pope 3.19 4 Garth Weinberg 4.25 5 Carl Johnston 6.25 6 Tony Keith 8.46 7 Richard Trask 10.10 8 Clive Bennett 12.24 9 Nick Price 16.50 10 Marty Devonport 19.05 11 Mathew Goodsell 19.41 12 Cameron Dunn 24.27 13 Matt Amos 26.20 14 Blair Tupp 29.54 15 Lorien Hickson 33.19 Master 30+ women 1 Sarah Beadel 1.14.46 2 Kiri Kotara 4.31 3 Nienke Oostra 7.02 4 Amanda Davies 8.44 5 Charlotte Ireland 11.39 6 Jude Young 20.17 Master 40+ men 1 Peter Calnan 1.33.49 2 Chris Gaze 1.57 3 Jason McCarty 7.11 4 Chris Kaad 7.39 5 Steven Sawyers 8.18 6 Tony Blakely 17.12 7 David Hudson 19.09 8 Ian Thomas 21.38 9 John Cutler 22.39 10 Jim Terpstra 31.50 Master 50+ men 1 Peter Lockwood 1.41.43 2 Ant Bradshaw 2.50 3 Chris Faithfull 3.34 4 Bruce Law 3.53 5 Martyn Pearce 4.54 6 Paul Joseph Mcdowell 6.21 7 Dave Wallace 7.22 8 Adriano Perazzini 16.00 9 Don Pederson 16.35 10 Arlo Guthrie 18.32 11 Jon Davison 18.34 Fastest men's laps 1 Patrick Avery (Under 19) 27.22 2 Dirk Peters (Under 19) 3 Mike Northcott (Elite) 0.13 4 Stuart Houltham (Elite) 5 Clinton Avery (Elite) 0.26 6 Wayne Hiscock (Master1 30+) 1.30 7 Sam Shaw (Under 19) 1.31 8 Gavin Mccarthy (Elite) 1.35 Fastest women's laps 1 Annika Smail (Elite) 31.17 2 Monique Avery (Elite) 2.28 3 Amy Laird (Senior) 3.26 |
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