NZ MTB National Series XC #5 - E2

Auckland BikePark, Woodhill, March 9, 2003

Results Final points standings

Houltham & Pryde take finals and series victories

By NZMBA

The fifth and final round of the cross country series took place yesterday at the Auckland BikePark, Woodhill. There was some exciting, nail biting racing on the sand-based track particularly in the men's and women's pro-elite categories, to the delight of the large crowd.

With only one point separating Stuart Houltham of Taupo (23) from the younger (18 yrs) Jason Clement of Levin going into the finals, they both knew they had to ride hard to win the series. Clement took an early lead on his own and it wasn't until the fifth lap when the more experienced Houltham caught Clement and then managed to pass him, finishing in a time of 2h 12m 25s. (Pro-elite men had six laps to complete, each lap being 7 km long.) The win on Sunday gave Houltham the 2003 National Mountain Bike Cross Country title. This makes Houltham's third consecutive win of the series, something he is very happy with. Clement, although disappointed at narrowly missing out on the title (44 seconds), is still proud of his second place overall, with this being only his second year competing at the pro-elite level. Wayne Hiscock of Wellington took third place overall.

The Auckland race also had UCI points attached to it (International Cycling Union). These give the top ten finishing competitors international points so that they are eligible to race in international competition. One of NZ's top Cross Country riders, Tim Vincent (Nelson), who is based in Switzerland during the northern hemisphere racing season, traveled to Auckland with the aim of finishing in the top five to earn these precious points. In the end Vincent had a great race to finish in third position at the Auckland round - surprising even himself as he is not at top fitness yet. Vincent is aiming to be at peak condition in the next few months when the World Cup races start.

In the women's pro-elite series there was an extremely close race between Susy Pryde (2002 Silver Commonwealth Medalist) and Sadie Parker-Wynard (Commonwealth Representative). Parker-Wynard led for the first two laps followed closely by Pryde and then Pryde took the lead. Throughout the entire race these top cross country riders were virtually glued together and only at an uphill part near the finish, Pryde managed to find some extra strength to pull away from Parker-Wynard to finish first by nine seconds.

Both from Auckland and good friends they hugged each other after the event and commented on how they both really enjoyed the race. Pryde was extremely pleased at her performance as she is not such a technical rider - something that Parker-Wynard excels at and both agreed that the Auckland course was very technical - leaving no room for a drop in concentration, making it a physically and mentally demanding track. Pryde leaves New Zealand on Wednesday for training and more overseas competition - she is planning on racing in about six world cups this year and is aiming high with this being an Olympic qualifying year.

The win on Sunday gave Pryde the 2003 National Mountain Bike Cross Country Series title, second place overall to Parker-Wyndard and consistent series riding by Ingrid Allsop-Bell (Auckland) gave her third place.

Auckland saw a large turnout of competitors especially in the expert category which had 132 entries. The riders now have the National One-Off Championships in Blenheim to prepare for on the 5 and 6 April.

Results

Pro-Elite Men
 
1 Stuart Houltham (Taupo)               2.12.25
2 Jason Clement (Levin)                    0.44
3 Tim Vincent (Nelson)                     2.07
4 Andrew Reid (Blenheim)                   3.34
5 Paul Bishop (Rotorua)                    4.51
6 Wayne Hiscock (Wellington)               5.30
7 Michael May (Auckland)                   6.19
8 Timothy Madgwick (Christchurch)          6.31
9 Tim Wilding (Taupo)                      7.27
10 Marc Mackay (Rotorua)                   7.50
11 Marcus Roy (Te Anau)                    8.03
12 Andrew East (Auckland)                  8.39
13 Mark Leishman (Palmerston North)        9.11
14 Hilton Power (Whakatane)                9.49
15 Nick Hotchin (Auckland)                11.32
16 Jeremy Houltham (Taupo)                13.28
17 Michael Northcott (Mangakino)          16.28
18 Sam Horn (Nelson)                      16.34
19 Kurt Lancaster (Levin)                 16.55
20 Matthew Treanor (Auckland)             17.51
21 Matthew Dewes (Taupo)                  18.51
22 Darry Stevens (New Plymouth)
23 Scott Lyttle ()
24 Clinton Jackson (Auckland)
25 Danilo Mathez (Switzerland)
26 Kent Crawford (Ohinewai)
27 John MacInnes (USA)
 
Pro-Elite Women
 
1 Susy Pryde (Auckland)                 2.10.15
2 Sadie Parker-Wynyard (Auckland)          0.09
3 Ingrid Allsop-bell (Auckland)            8.21
4 Emma Bawtree (Nelson)                   10.20
5 Genevieve Whitson (Wellington)          11.12
6 Brenda Clapp (Nelson)                   13.19
7 Carissa Wilkes (Rotorua)                13.21
8 Karina Wilkinson (Levin)                13.33
 
Expert Junior U17 Men
 
1 Sam Bewley (Rotorua)                  1.36.22
2 Clinton Avery (Rotorua)                  2.49
3 Ryan Marshall (Levin)                    2.52
4 William Lush (Te Anau)                   6.25
5 Luke Newman (Lower Hutt)                 9.53
6 Carl Fischer (Rotorua)                  12.03
7 Aaron Perry (Rotorua)                   12.11
8 Samuel Gordon (Otaki)                   13.00
9 Rowan Trotter (Levin)                   13.24
10 Dylan Buckingham (Levin)               13.34
11 Joshua Williamson (Blenheim)           13.39
12 Thomas Lindup (New Plymouth)           13.42
13 Kerry Morgan ()                        15.43
14 Michael Tomasevich (Rotorua)           18.16
15 Joel Buckingham (Levin)                19.15
16 Alan Grimmer (Auckland)                26.46
17 Michael Crowley (Levin)                33.35
18 Trent Sherman (Wellington)             47.50
19 Blake Etheridge-Yan (Auckland)
 
Expert Junior U17 Women
 
1 Monique Avery (Rotorua)               1.42.45
2 Hayley Robertson (Upper Hutt)            0.29
3 Laura Fischer (Rotorua)
 
Expert Junior Men
 
1 Nigel Cross (Rotorua)                 1.35.58
2 Michael Shewan (Auckland)                0.02
3 Brent Vlug (Rotorua)                     0.48
4 Phillip Murphy (Wellington)              2.01
5 Ben Murphy (Upper Hutt)                  3.29
6 Joshua Barley (Wellington)               5.53
7 Miles Watson (Hamilton)                  7.02
8 Kent James (Whakatane)                   8.27
9 Benn Cobham (Palmerston North)          13.01
10 Zane Christey (Riverton)               17.49
11 Blake Dear (Gisborne)                  27.00
12 Stephen Butler (Upper Hutt)            28.18
13 Paul Macmillan (Wellington)            30.32
14 Scott Nicholl (Auckland)
15 Adam Triggs (Auckland)
16 Ian Minchin (Rotorua)
 
Expert Under 23 Men
 
1 Simon Forrest (Blenheim)              2.04.25
2 Benjamin Somerton (Levin)                0.51
3 Jeremy Thatcher (Auckland)               1.29
4 Francis Newman (Lower Hutt)              2.36
5 Mark Chamberlain (Auckland)              3.56
6 Duncan Palmer (Levin)                   20.30
DNF Chris Fisher (Wellington)
 
Expert Senior Men
 
1 Philip Dickinson (Auckland)           1.59.31
2 Andrew Merrylees (Rangiora)              3.28
3 Tim Elsmore (Rotorua)                    4.58
4 Rod Hill (Auckland)                      5.45
5 Rodney Wallace (Palmerston North)        8.51
6 Andrew Rhodes (Christchurch)            10.21
7 Justin Price (Hamilton)                 10.28
8 Christian Pulley (Auckland)             12.49
9 Jeremy Kuggeleijn (Hamilton)            14.08
10 Christopher Kendall (Wellington)       16.00
11 Steven Wilson (Invercargill)           16.03
12 Shane Nolan (Christchurch)             17.09
13 Tim Wearing (Blenheim)                 17.13
14 Geoffrey McElrea (Wellington)          17.55
15 Craig Whiting (Wellington)             20.23
16 Kerry Whiteman (Auckland)
17 Karl Butler (Auckland)
 
Expert Senior Women
 
1 Sonia Foote (Rotorua)                 1.52.23
2 Cathy Hamer (Wellington)                 5.17
3 Wendy Osborne (Wellington)               6.40
4 Nicole Swain (Wellington)                8.45
5 Angela Eccles (Christchurch)             9.34
6 Melanie Eccles (Queenstown)             10.22
7 Vicky Robertson (Wellington)            10.23
8 Erin Greene (Dunedin)                   13.02
9 Kate Collins (Taupo)                    13.37
10 Mandy Platt (Christchurch)             16.33
11 Richelle Marshall (Palmerston North)   17.47
12 Michele Duffy (Levin)                  21.55
13 Anne Howard (Auckland)                 27.36
14 Julie Melanson (Hamilton)
  
Expert Master 30+ Men
 
1 Russel Smith (Auckland)               1.34.03
2 Chris Gaze (Putaruru)                    0.41
3 Peter Sutherland (Te Kuiti 2500)         2.03
4 Andrew Evans (Christchurch)              2.37
5 Michael Anderson (Dunedin)               3.34
6 Michael Metz (Auckland)                  4.09
7 Neil Sutherland (Christchurch 8002)      5.13
8 Michael Sanders (Christchurch)           5.27
9 James Gurney (Hamilton)                  6.12
10 Jason Blair (Christchurch)              8.41
11 Martin Spring (Switzerland)             8.51
12 Bryce Dickinson (Hamilton)              9.32
13 Matthew Tristram (Auckland)            11.11
14 Tony Morgan (Hamilton)                 11.49
15 Michael Stylianou (Auckland)           12.47
16 Tony Lane (Auckland)                   13.51
17 Matthey Stoddard (Auckland)            15.36
18 David Martin (Auckland)                16.01
19 Frank Schlaffmann (Auckland)           18.13
20 Bernard Doo (Auckland 1005)            19.35
21 Rod Harrhy (Nelson)                    20.43
22 David Robinson (Christchurch)          21.09
23 Benny Devlin (Auckland)                21.20
24 Scott Raynes (Auckland)                22.54
25 Steve Gregory (Auckland)               25.55
26 Roger Cranwell (Auckland)
DNF Rod Carpinter (Auckland)
 
Expert Master 30+ Women
 
1 Anne Fallow (Christchurch)            1.34.30
2 Sarah Beadel (Rotorua)                   2.56
 
Expert Master 40+ Men
 
1 Christopher Faithfall (Auckland)      1.41.14
2 Mark Marshall (Levin)                    0.23
3 Phil Bish (Auckland)                     0.51
4 Dave Chambers (Auckland)                 1.56
5 Scott Maclachlan (Wellington)            3.20
6 Michael Dowsing (Auckland)               4.53
7 Marco Renall (Lower Hutt)                4.56
8 Geoff Herbert (New Plymouth)             6.47
9 Colin Caldwell (Auckland)                7.42
10 Dave Bishop (Palmerston Nouth)          8.30
11 Geoff Tilbrook (Wellington)            10.58
12 Kevin Christensen (Tokoroa)            14.10
13 Dave Wallace (Wellington)              14.35
14 Mark Brommer (Wellington)              20.23
15 Gregory Shewan (Auckland)              25.47
16 Mike Weaver (Auckland)                 28.07
 
Expert Master 50+ Men
 
1 Robert Kennedy (Blenheim)             1.19.50
2 Philip Christmas (Palmerston North)      2.06
3 David Donaldson (Rotorua)                3.55
4 Jim Bolton (Auckland)                    6.16
5 Peter West (Auckland)
 
Sport Junior Men
 
1 James Parkinson (Auckland)              58.43
2 Thomas Reynolds (Auckland)               1.20
3 Leon Clement (Levin)                     2.36
4 Ben Finucane (Rotorua)                   3.25
5 Patrick Avery (Rotorua)                  3.37
6 Andy Fraser (Rotorua)                    3.43
7 Simon Finucane (Rotorua)                12.31
8 Andrew Francis (Auckland)               17.33
9 Zac Bewley (Rotorua)                    33.58
10 Jason Mitchell (Auckland)              49.42
DNF Gareth Cross (Rotorua)
 
Sport Junior Women
 
1 Sarah Brown (Auckland)                1.04.51
2 Jessie Campion (Hamilton)                3.41
DNF Adrianne Hooper (Waitakere City)
 
Sport Senior Men
 
1 Jay Gooder (Auckland)                   52.24
2 Phil Southey (Pukekohe)                  2.45
3 Julian Stephenson (Auckland)             3.23
4 Sean Barnes (Rotorua)                    4.39
5 Harvey Dent (Auckland)                   5.08
6 Rod Gear (Auckland)                      6.49
7 Jay Williams (Auckland)                 11.01
8 Mike Inwood (Auckland)                  12.27
 
Sport Senior Women
 
1 Kirsten Coffey (Auckland)
 
Sport Master Men
 
1 Paul Third (Auckland)                   50.42
2 Murray Avery (Rotorua)                   2.15
3 Wymond Symes (Auckland)                  3.49
4 Chris Kaad (Silverdale)                  4.04
5 Philip Billings (Papakura)               4.24
6 Colin Palmer (Albany)                    6.10
7 Murray Brown (Auckland)                  7.44
8 Mark Topliss (Auckland)                 11.31
9 Mark Dawson (Wellington)                13.08
10 Ken Bewley (Rotorua)                   15.14
11 Kyle Finucane (Rotorua)                15.16
12 Tony Fleming (Auckland)                17.41
13 Alden Ardern (Rotorua)                 18.42
14 Chris Wing (Auckland)                  21.42
15 Stephen Young (West Auckland)          22.25
16 Peter Fraser (Rotorua)                 36.32
 
Sport Master Women
 
1 Pamela Rydberg (Auckland)             1.09.08
2 Maryann Avery (Rotorua)                  1.34
3 Sarah Billings (Auckland)                3.09
4 Bella Kennedy (Auckland)                 6.08
5 Jodie Hickson (Bombay)                   6.31

Final points standings

Pro-Elite Men
 
1 Stuart Houltham (Taupo)                    174 pts
2 Jason Clement (Levin)                      162
3 Wayne Hiscock (Wellington)                 139
4 Andrew East (Auckland)                     137
5 Andrew Reid (Blenheim)                     133
6 Marcus Roy (Te Anau)                       124
7 Nick Hotchin (Auckland)                    116
8 Paul Bishop (Rotorua)                      112
9 Hilton Power (Whakatane)                   112
10 Michael Northcott (Mangakino)             112
11 Tim Wilding (Taupo)                       111
12 Mark Leishman (Palmerston North)          110
13 Timothy Madgwick (Christchurch)           109
14 Tim Vincent (Nelson)                      108
15 Michael May (Auckland)                    105
16 Kurt Lancaster (Levin)                    100
17 Clinton Jackson (Auckland)                 97
18 Darry Stevens (New Plymouth)               96
19 Matthew Treanor (Auckland)                 92
20 Sam Horn (Nelson)                          80
 
Pro-Elite Women
 
1 Susy Pryde (Auckland)                      180 pts
2 Sadie Parker-Wynya (Auckland)              168
3 Ingrid Allsop-bell (Auckland)              152
4 Brenda Clapp (Nelson)                      132
5 Genevieve Whitson (Wellington)             126
6 Emma Bawtree (Nelson)                      124
 
Expert Senior Men
 
1 Philip Dickinson (Auckland)                174 pts
2 Andrew Merrylees (Rangiora)                174
3 Tim Elsmore (Rotorua)                      137
4 Andrew Rhodes (Christchurch)               133
5 Justin Price (Hamilton)                    130
6 Rodney Wallace (Palmerston North)          127
7 Steven Wilson (Invercargill)               127
8 Christopher Kendall (Wellington)           121
9 Tim Wearing (Blenheim)                     111
10 Geoffrey McElrea (Wellington)             111
11 Shane Nolan (Christchurch)                110
12 Craig Whiting (Wellington)                106
 
Expert Senior Women
 
1 Cathy Hamer (Wellington)                   180 pts
2 Sonia Foote (Rotorua)                      174
3 Kelly Fogden (Whangarei)                   148
4 Melanie Eccles (Queenstown)                136
5 Nicole Swain (Wellington)                  135
6 Vicky Robertson (Wellington)               134
7 Wendy Osborne (Wellington)                 133
8 Erin Greene (Dunedin)                      116
9 Michele Duffy (Levin)                      113
10 Richelle Marshall (Palmerston North)      112
11 Julie Melanson (Hamilton)                 111
 
Expert Under 17 Men
 
1 Sam Bewley (Rotorua)                       180 pts
2 Ryan Marshall (Levin)                      169
3 Clinton Avery (Rotorua)                    162
4 William Lush (Te Anau)                     139
5 Aaron Perry (Rotorua)                      130
6 Luke Newman (Lower Hutt)                   129
7 Kerry Morgan ()                            118
8 Samuel Gordon (Otaki)                      117
9 Joel Buckingham (Levin)                    117
10 Joshua Williamson (Blenheim)              115
11 Michael Tomasevich (Rotorua)              114
12 Rowan Trotter (Levin)                     106
13 Thomas Lindup (New Plymouth)              106
14 Michael Crowley (Levin)                   101
15 Alan Grimmer (Auckland)                    93
16 Trent Sherman (Wellington)                 90
 
Expert Under 17 Women
 
1 Monique Avery (Rotorua)                    180 pts
2 Hayley Robertson (Upper Hutt)              162
 
Expert Junior Men
 
1 Matthew Dewes (Taupo)                      180 pts
2 Miles Watson (Hamilton)                    154
3 Stephen Butler (Upper Hutt)                153
4 Nigel Cross (Rotorua)                      152
5 Phillip Murphy (Wellington)                152
6 Brent Vlug (Rotorua)                       136
7 Kent James (Whakatane)                     129
8 Ben Murphy (Upper Hutt)                    124
9 Zane Christey (Riverton)                   118
10 Joshua Barley (Wellington)                113
11 Paul Macmillan (Wellington)               112
12 Blake Dear (Gisborne)                     110
13 Benn Cobham (Palmerston North)            108
14 Ian Minchin (Rotorua)                     100
15 Michael Shewan (Auckland)                  85
 
Expert Junior Women
 
1 Carissa Wilkes (Rotorua)                   180 pts
2 Karina Wilkinson (Levin)                   168
 
Expert Under 23 Men
 
1 Scott Lyttle (Masterton)                   180 pts
2 Simon Forrest (Blenheim)                   168
3 Benjamin Somerton (Levin)                  159
4 Jeremy Thatcher (Auckland)                 152
5 Francis Newman (Lower Hutt)                143
6 Auckland Chamberlain Mark ()               132
7 Chris Fisher (Wellington)                  119
 
Expert Master 30+ Men
 
1 Peter Sutherland (Te Kuiti)                169 pts
2 Chris Gaze (Putaruru)                      168
3 Neil Sutherland (Christchurch)             156
4 Russel Smith (Auckland)                    154
5 Michael Metz (Auckland)                    148
6 Andrew Evans (Christchurch)                139
7 Michael Anderson (Dunedin)                 121
8 Jason Blair (Christchurch)                 121
9 James Gurney (Hamilton)                    115
10 Michael Sanders (Christchurch)            112
11 David Robinson (Christchurch)             109
12 Tony Morgan (Hamilton)                    108
13 Michael Stylianou (Auckland)              107
14 Bryce Dickinson (Hamilton)                106
15 Matthew Tristram (Auckland)               103
16 Benny Devlin (Auckland)                    98
17 Rod Carpinter (Auckland)                   67
 
Expert Master 30+ Women
 
1 Anne Fallow (Christchurch)                 180
2 Sarah Beadel (Rotorua)                     162 pts
 
Expert Master 40+ Men
 
1 Christopher Faithfall (Auckland)           180 pts
2 Mark Marshall (Levin)                      162
3 Scott Maclachlan (Wellington)              159
4 Marco Renall (Lower Hutt)                  152
5 Dave Chambers (Auckland)                   143
6 Geoff Herbert (New Plymouth)               124
7 Michael Dowsing (Auckland)                 121
8 Colin Caldwell (Auckland)                  115
9 Dave Bishop (Palmerston North)             115
10 Dave Wallace (Wellington)                 114
11 Mark Brommer (Wellington)                 111
12 Gregory Shewan (Auckland)                  68
 
Expert Master 50+ Men
 
1 Robert Kennedy (Blenheim)                  180 pts
2 Philip Christmas (Palmerston North)        162
3 David Donaldson (Rotorua)                  158