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Fat Tyre Flyers winter series

Kirth Kiln, September 11, 2004

Playing in the mud at the FTF series finale

By Rohin Adams, FTF President

Sub standard mtb racing conditions at Kirth Kiln had all the FTF crew wondering why anybody would turn up to race let alone 95 hardened riders that did. Maybe it was the last chance to grab series points in the FTF 2004 winter series that dragged them all out there, but I can tell you one thing, had I not been the president I would have been at home in bed!!

So with 95 riders on line facing an unknown 30km, 35km or 50km ride (not that we knew those distances before the race) the race that unfolded was truly amazing. Things started well albeit wet with the Elite, Expert, Sport A and Veteran riders attacking the short loop with fury. Considering the tracks were at times rivers and the puddles were up to half a wheel deep the pace was not let up. A FTF miss communication saw the top 15 riders do a bit of an extra climb but once back on track the leaders got back to business and finished the short loop strongly and pushed on to ride hard for the 35km long loop. Little did they know that at the top of the next climb which was some what of a long one awaited some a scene not often seen in racing. Murray Spink the eventual Elite winner said "its not often that you see white stuff everywhere when your racing, it took a bit to register it was snow" 2nd place but some minutes behind was Chris Winn with James Maebus placing 3rd. The Expert class saw Matt Ligtermoet gain his first win and stop Joel read from straight sweeping the series.

In the 2nd race start Masters, Super Masters, Sport B, Under 17 men and expert Women were the first to discover the snow as they did 1 lap of the 35km long course. Over 1hr 40 it came down to just 6second in the Masters as Rob Amos nudged out Craig Peacock who is in his final preparations for the Simpson Desert Challenge. Tory Thomas won the Expert women over Jenny King who had a case of hypothermia just minutes after crossing the line.

In the 3rd and final race start which had Sport Women, Under 15 and Fun Mixed, Simon Joiner was impressive in his first race winning the start and the fun class. Behind him Kylie Ellem was using the fire roads to her advantage to win here class and beat Roz Bradley for the first time in the series securing herself a 2nd for the effort. Luke Knox was impressive in U15 with a 30min win over his nearest rival who rode so hard he had no crutch in his pants as he crossed the line. Time to buy some lycra James.

So that's it for the FTF Winter series in 2004. We now look forward to the summer with once again an 8 race series being hosted by the Victorian clubs. Last year $10,000 was handed out at the last race for the series place getters so we just wait and wonder how much there will be this time.

Results

Elite Men
 
1 Murray Spink                         2.19.40
2 Chris Winn (u2)                         4.06
3 James Maebus                           10.50
4 James Dickey                           16.14
5 Stephen Van Dyke                       24.20
6 Matthew Molan                          26.38
DNF jared Dwyer
 
Expert Men
 
1 Matt Ligtermoet                      2.32.24
2 Sam Bach                                4.03
3 Joel Read                               5.53
4 Daniel Braunsteins                      6.01
5 Julian Fox                              6.19
6 Tim Ferres                             10.30
7 John Claxton                           17.40
8 Ivan Kallaur                           18.11
9 Brett Henderson                        28.54
10 Darren Canute                         29.23
11 Darren Kruger                         35.03
DNF Craig Borham
DNF Rohin Adams (Melbourne Bicycle Centre)
 
Expert Women
 
1 Tory Thomas                          1.41.58
2 Jenni King                              3.20
3 Jill Burston                            4.22
4 Vinca Low                              13.58
 
Sport A Men
 
1 Chris Cantor                         2.32.34
2 Nicholas Deane                          2.04
3 Cam Froomes                             3.29
4 Joel Watson                             7.32
5 Peter Kennedy                           7.59
6 Daniel Potter                           9.08
7 Dan Bennett                            16.48
8 Matthew Whiting                        18.09
9 James Deane                            20.36
10 Alan OÕDonnell                        21.28
11 peter Herath                          22.16
12 Adam Hawken                           25.30
13 Andrew Sleeman                        30.42
14 Brett Bradley                         33.47
15 Joe LoPresti                          36.25
16 Joel Fanning                          47.06
17 Kristian Kallaur                    1.08.01
18 James Stevens                       1.14.38
DNF Gareth Heitmann
DNF Ben Lake
 
Sport B Men
 
1 anthony jones                        1.39.10
2 Leigh Barratt                           1.28
3 PETER TEPPER                            3.40
4 Rob Hall                                7.55
5 Damien Bourke                          11.05
6 Karl Neumeister                        15.49
7 Sean Neumeister                        24.08
8 Simon Wilkinson                        30.31
9 Colin Speirs                           37.07
10 Mark Ball                           1.07.19
11 Paul Consto                         1.16.10
 
Sport Women
 
1 Kylie Ellem                          2.10.26
2 Roz Bradley                            12.36
3 Shelley Millwood                       18.34
4 Karen McPherson                        40.21
DNF Jillian Cameron
 
Veteran Men
 
1 Geoff Pell                           2.35.21
2 Nick Kimber                             1.18
3 Tim McColl                              3.47
4 Mark Geary                              8.37
5 Anthony Natoli                         17.06
6 ross morcomb                           25.19
DNF Dan Hale
DNF Andrew Paterson
 
Masters Men
 
1 Rob Amos                             1.36.46
2 Craig Peacock                           0.06
3 Ross Sanelli                            5.34
4 Peter Pink                             10.08
5 Matthew Aldridge                       12.12
6 Mark Barends                           18.45
7 Stephen Johnson                        19.42
8 Finlay Luff                            19.53
9 Paul Verheijden                        24.56
 
Super Masters Men
 
1 Kahn Franke                          1.41.56
2 Kerry Ryan                              6.58
3 Robert Faull                            8.38
4 Steve Brown                            11.28
5 Christopher Bland                      13.42
 
Under 17 Men
 
1 Lewis Rattray                        1.40.43
 
Under 15 Men
 
1 Luke Knox                            1.53.42
2 James Woodward                         29.09
3 James Peacock                          41.21
DNF Timothy Sanelli
 
Clydesdale
 
1 Erik Ligtermget                      3.02.13
DNF James McCormack
 
Fun Mixed
 
1 Simon Joiner                         2.02.39
2 Royce Mccort                           16.01
3 Kevin Kelly                            32.34
4 Rob Johnson                          1.21.07
DNF Stephen Robson (Rebel
DNF Peter Lemm
DNF Jamie Pink

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