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Maxxis Sunshine Series XC Rd 3

June 20, 2004

Series leaders upset

By Sharon Payne

Current leaders lost their foothold on the Sunshine Series in both the expert men and women's events this Sunday at Gap Creek Reserve. Young rising star, Ryan Gittins from Toowoomba passed Series leader, Michael Skroblin of Brisbane in the fourth of five laps. Skroblin had lead on the single track parts of the course but the climbs helped Gittins make his decisive move. "I really thought he was going to catch back up," said Gittins at the finish. It is the first time Gittins has beaten his coach and mentor, Skroblin. "Yes, it feels good. It was a bit of a mental barrier," explained Gittins. Hard training at the beginning of the week followed by two days of rest was ideal preparation for Sunday's race.

Skroblin finished in a disappointing fourth place which will see him loose his lead by 2 points to Gittins now on 210 points. Second place getter Josh Keep from Lismore will improve his position but missed Round 2 on the Gold Coast. Third placed Regan Jefcoate from Brisbane is also third in the Series with 158 points.

In the women's event, Lee Schultz from Brisbane used her home town advantage to win over Erica Oldfield of Ipswich. Schultz and Oldfield rode together until the third of four laps where one of the climbs created a gap. "I'm happy," explained Schultz, "because I was feeling sick the last two days." Sharon Heap from the Gold Coast placed third with Brisbane's Tanya Britton fourth. Oldfield maintains her lead in the Series just 15 points ahead of Schultz.

James Maltman from Brisbane won the U/19 in convincing style and even went on to ride a fifth lap like the Expert men. Maltman's time would have placed him in fourth position in the Expert men category.

World Champion Downhiller, Chris Kovarik rode the cross country event in B Grade and placed third in a credible time of 1:20.12. Kovarik used the event for fitness and preparation for his upcoming season. He finished just 2 minutes behind current Downhill Series leader Tim Mann of Brisbane.

Next event is Downhill Round 2 at Blackstone on 27 June www.nrgcycles.com.au. The next round of Cross Country is on 18 July at Mt Cotton contact Gillian_Duncan@hotmail.com for more information.

Results

Expert Men
 
1 Ryan Gittins             1.27.08
2 Josh Keep                   0.55
3 Regan Jefcoate              2.58
4 Michael Skroblin            5.08
5 Andre Harvey                5.09
6 Stephen Vines               5.53
7 Scott Finlay                8.45
8 Clynton Spencer            10.02
9 Jordan Vogel               10.30
10 Daniel Radford            10.49
11 Dan San Martin            11.44
12 Mark Skroblin             15.16
13 Jack Weitenberg           20.57
DNF Jan Muhlenberg
DNF Rob Bowers
DNF Andrew Wegener
 
U19 Men
 
1 James Maltman            1.12.42
2 David Whitney               1.22
3 Sam Trevor                  1.24
4 Peter Thompson              5.37
5 Christopher Maycock        15.31
DNF Hayden Lester
 
U17 Men
 
1 Daniel Hallam              51.12
2 Zac MacAnally               2.28
3 Tim Plunkett                3.19
4 Jared Blackmore             7.41
5 James Irving                8.16
6 Jason Gove                 11.02
7 James Apte                 12.38
8 Thomas Brouard             14.38
9 Jake Whitehead             18.53
10 Dylan Dobson              25.20
DNF Martin Prekel
 
U15 Men
 
1 Luke Scudamore             38.46
2 Sean Dalton                 0.28
3 Daniel Peach                2.21
4 Blake Stam                  3.27
5 Steve Holm                  5.09
6 Stuart Drake                6.44
7 Ben Dixon                  11.06
8 Dylan Mazzer               13.59
9 Mitchell Dobson            18.52
10 Nathan Campbell           20.28
DNF Ryan Muller
 
U13 Men
 
1 Ben Gierke                 13.52
2 Ryan MacAnally              0.01
3 Aiden Pittendreigh          2.08
4 Cale Argent                 3.08
5 Ryan Carrier                3.38
 
U11 Men
 
1 Ben Forbes                 15.56
2 Jean Luc Des Rivieres       0.08
3 Philippe Des Rivieres       5.04
4 Arman Charan                9.17
 
B Men
 
1 Mark Harder              1.18.00
2 Tim Mann                    0.26
3 Chris Kovarik               2.12
4 Chris Lander                2.41
5 David Conlon                3.35
6 Paul Adams                  4.28
7 Shameen Khan                4.54
8 Stuart Klints               6.14
9 Nick Marentis               6.52
10 Justin Claridge            7.00
11 Howard Singleton           7.34
12 Dan Corbett                8.15
13 John Allen                 8.47
14 Phillip Adams              9.22
15 Enda Donnelly             11.30
16 Tim Mumford               11.37
17 Chris Maierhofer          12.51
18 Michael Elliott' Smith    13.46
19 Darren Graham             21.56
20 Darren Perry              31.39
21 Iban Zapata               41.39
DNF Craig Woodhead
DNF Stuart Bushell
DNF Jay Taylor
 
C Men
 
1 Shannon Duggan             34.52
2 Mark Passier                0.01
3 Peter Pellican              0.12
4 Tim Richmond                0.42
5 Greg Lander                 1.02
6 Jeff Toohey                 1.22
7 Eddie Oldfield              1.30
8 Andrew Harder               2.04
9 Nick Boyle                  2.08
10 Ryan McCann                2.30
11 Scott White                3.15
12 Jason Gibson               3.48
13 Daniel Cave                3.58
14 Josh Gowty                 4.19
15 Mads Mathiasen             4.22
16 Paul Philipp               5.12
17 Brad Day                   5.13
18 Justin Fraser              5.15
19 Rodney Gibson              5.17
20 Murray Jensen             13.10
 
Masters A
 
1 Robbie Gould             1.13.32
2 Peter O'Higgins             3.38
3 Stephen Perry               4.01
4 Greg Long                   4.17
5 Alan Mumford                4.29
6 John Pittendreigh           4.31
7 Gavin Burke                 4.56
8 Les Heap                   12.50
9 Keith Jarrott              13.39
10 Dean Davis                14.34
11 Eric Lange                20.06
DNF Nathan Berghammer
DNF Matthew Christmas
DNF Darren Mimica
 
Masters B
 
1 Evan Broughton             58.17
2 Mark Evans                  0.50
3 Rob Paksec                  2.40
4 Karl Moffitt                5.16
5 Gary Grieve                 6.34
6 Chris Walker                6.58
7 Greg Griffiths              7.18
8 Paul Grubner                7.46
9 Rodger Allwright           10.06
10 Peter Janssen             10.23
 
Masters C
 
1 Ivan Wilkin                35.43
2 Roy Whitney                 2.39
3 Greg O'connor               2.46
4 Kev Parker                  3.19
5 Jayson Headridge            5.12
6 Jody Biggs                  5.55
7 Andrew Paton                8.38
8 Warren Biggs                8.51
9 Nick Swanson                9.37
10 Robert Henderson          12.13
11 Mark Codyre               13.20
12 John Russell              14.29
 
Expert Women
 
1 Lee Schultz              1.12.10
2 Erica Oldfield              0.58
3 Sharon Heap                 3.28
4 Tanya Britton              14.03
5 Kerry Whitney              25.35
 
U15 Women
 
1 Ellen Blackmore            22.52
2 Cailin Carrier              0.43
3 Sian Cooper                 8.08
 
U13 Women
 
1 Lucy Stirling              20.00
 
U11 Women
 
1 Taylor Argent              20.09
 
B Women
 
1 Melinda Symon              42.48
2 Kylie Van Haren             3.14
3 Gillian Duncan              3.43
DNF Linda Lambert
 
Masters D
 
1 David Gilbert              55.01
2 Greg Carr                   0.13
3 Robert Rhodes               1.20
4 Mac Stirling                1.52
5 Ian Holm                    1.54
6 Kevin Jones                 1.58
7 Paul Cordina                5.59
8 John Forbes                 6.48
9 Jeff Ray                    6.59
10 Paul Haggarty              7.10
11 Phillip Scudamore          7.43
12 Warren Prior               8.22
13 Peter Cooper               8.23
14 Keith Bremner              8.49
15 David Pinnell              9.31
16 Grant Ford                 9.45
17 John Travers              10.00
18 Rick Whitehead            12.40
19 Darryl Harder             13.59
20 Ken Mullaly               18.43
21 Glen Hannan               28.05
DNF Martin Kerwin

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