North Island Cross Country Cup #2- NE

Auckland, New Zealand, January 10, 2009

2008 Results Results

Houltham and Avery win elite round two races in Auckland

Stuart Houltham and Monique Avery won the elite men's and women's races in round two of the North Island Cross Country Cup series in Auckland.

Houltham captured elite men's race ahead of Mike Northcott and Gavin Mccarthy. The top two riders swapped positions from round one the week prior.

First in elite women's race was Monique Avery who kept Samara Sheppard right on her wheel. It wasn't until the final stages that Avery pulled away from Sheppard for a well deserved win at a margin of 55 seconds. Nicole Swain finished third, five minutes back.

Woodhill Mountain Bike Park was the venue for the well-received 11.5km course built by Park Manager Haydn Shore. The track was a step up on the technicality rating from previous races in the park and followed various trails throughout the purpose-built facility. The trails are renowned for being sandy which often slows the wheels in motion, however, this did not stop Rotorua rider Dirk Peters from placing first in the Under 19 men's category.

"It was a fun course with some good downhill," said Peters. "I really enjoyed the sandy sections, but the heat made it a testing race."

Event Organiser and Auckland Mountain Bike Club President Marke Jennings-Temple was pleased with the turnout of 134 racers who enjoyed the atmosphere in the event village and the spectator support on-course.

Jafakids, the junior academy division of the Auckland Mountain Bike Club, had a strong presence with several racers competing, under the watchful eyes of coach Sadie Parker-Winyard. Jafakids rider Sasha Smith placed first in the Under 19 women's category whilst another Jafakid, Adrien Retief, placed third in the Under 19 men. Hannah Lane, Sammy Lane and Sophie Tyas, also Jafakids, placed first, second and third respectively among the Under 15 women.

This was the second of three races in the North Island Cross Country Cup. Round three will happen in Wellington on January 18. The South Island Cross Country Cup will be held in February with races in Dunedin, Timaru and Queenstown. The best four results from the six North Island and South Island Cups accrue points for riders towards the overall 2009 Raboplus MTB Cup title in each category.

Next weekend will bring downhill racers to Rotorua for the second round of the North Island Downhill Cup in the Whakarewarewa Forest.

Results

Elite men

1 Stuart Houltham          2.20.12
2 Mike Northcott              4.37
3 Gavin Mccarthy              4.50
4 Tim Madgwick                6.51
5 Brad Tilby                  7.50
6 Andrew Bott                 9.10
7 Tony Hogg                   9.26
8 Joshua Barley              10.37
9 Scott Green                10.42
10 Ash Hough                 14.15
11 Connor Power              15.40
12 Jonathan Coates           20.32
13 Carl Jones                23.06
DNF Darry Stevens                 
 
Elite women

1 Monique Avery            2.09.26
2 Samara Sheppard             0.55
3 Nicole Swain                5.00
4 Katherine O Neill          15.12
5 Adrienne Hooper            17.59
6 Megan Dimozantos           27.34
7 Michele Duffy              29.07
DNF Lisa Morgan                   
 
Under 19 men

1 Dirk Peters              1.45.17
2 Sam Shaw                    2.45
3 Adrien Retief               4.33
4 Patrick Avery               6.46
5 Locky McArthur              8.29
6 Jeffrey Mcdowell           11.23
7 Bryn Dickerson             12.20
8 Dominic Furkert            14.28
9 Conor Corbett              14.57
10 Nicholas Hanover          21.04
11 Jack Chapman              23.47
12 Kieran Chandler           24.15
13 Jonathon Brown            26.06
14 Reuben Horn               27.27
15 Neal Steen                35.36
16 Ben Tyas                  38.31
17 Glen Baird                40.39
18 Josh Russell              42.49
DNF Cameron Hollamby              
DNF Simon Binney                  
DNF Nick Miller                   
DNF Jake Dikstaal                 
 
Under 19 women

1 Sasha Smith              1.33.17
2 Alexa Peters                1.26
3 Jesse Loe                   7.23
 
Senior men

1 Dave Sharpe              1.56.28
2 Alistair Crossling          5.35
3 Jack Whattam                6.48
4 Byron Scott                12.08
5 Hamish Collie              13.10
6 David Driscole             15.34
7 Cameron Wood               21.34
8 Cameron Cole               26.14
9 Lester Perry               28.25
10 Brendan Doherty           30.12
11 Kelvin Boyd               31.18
12 Joshua Taylor             32.37
DNF Matt Tinnelly                 
 
Senior women

1 Amy Laird                1.29.43
2 Raewyn Morrison             4.12
3 Emma Newall                 9.42
4 Rachael Taylor             12.55
5 Ashley Burgess             17.05
6 Lori Scott                 17.07
7 Kathryn Campbell           24.08
 
Master 30+ men

1 Wayne Hiscock            1.52.38
2 Alastair Stewart            5.17
3 Jp Tobin                   11.49
4 Tony Keith                 13.55
5 Clive Bennett              16.23
6 Richard Trask              17.29
7 Cameron Dunn               22.57
8 Julian Millar              23.22
9 Ivan Hogetts               45.24
10 Mead Norton               54.49
DNF Kirk Austin                   
DNF Mathew Goodsell               
 
Master 30+ women

1 Sarah Beadel             1.36.48
2 Kiri Kotara                 0.11
3 Nienke Oostra              10.47
4 Charlotte Ireland          13.53
 
Master 40+ men

1 Chris Gaze               2.03.22
2 Bodo Lang                   1.45
3 Chris Kaad                  5.31
4 Steven Sawyers             11.08
5 Tony Lane                  11.43
6 Scott Raynes               12.50
7 Ian Thomas                 22.55
8 David Hudson               23.59
9 John Cutler                28.11
 
Masters 50+ men

1 Martyn Pearce            1.26.08
2 Ant Bradshaw                1.41
3 Peter Lockwood              2.29
4 Paul Mcdowell               4.17
5 Adriano Perazzini           6.35
6 Arlo Guthrie               14.21
7 Jon Davison                14.26
 
Junior Under 17 men

1 Mathew Waghorn           1.15.35
2 Nigel Mcdowell              0.37
3 Tom Bradshaw                3.41
4 Campbell Tannock            8.35
5 Jeremy Hamer                9.21
6 Elliot Pearce               9.42
7 James Hogg                 16.03
8 Ian Burgess                16.17
9 Nathan Waghorn             20.22
10 Jonty Sanders             23.39
11 Matthew Williams          31.14
12 Jed Findlay               47.47
DNF Aidan Terpstra                
 
Junior Under 17 women

1 Hannah Lane              1.49.13
2 Sammy Lane                  0.38
3 Sophie Tyas                14.40
 
Junior Under 15 men

1 Jonathan Clark           1.28.49
2 Sam Gaze                    6.06
3 Kurt Standen               13.20
4 Tom Coombes                17.16
5 Bena Simanu                21.19
6 Corby Price                27.01
7 Guy Hirst                  38.10
8 Liam Padden                40.41
9 Jonathan Guthrie           48.12
 
Fastest men's laps

1 Stuart Houltham (Elite)    35.03
2 Dirk Peters (U19)           0.03
3 Sam Shaw (U19)              0.58
4 Mike Northcott (Elite)      1.09
5 Gavin Mccarthy (Elite)      1.12
6 Adrien Retief (U19)         1.34
7 Tim Madgwick (Elite)        1.43
8 Brad Tilby (Elite)          1.58
 
Fastest women's laps

1 Monique Avery (Elite)      43.09
2 Samara Sheppard (Elite)     0.18
3 Nicole Swain (Elite)        1.40