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Maxxis/Scody Sunshine Series Cross-Country 2006

Round 3, Hinze Dam, Queensland, May 21, 2006

Champions on show at Sunshine series

Mathison & Frendo find form at Hinze Dam

Lisa Mathison
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Former UCI Junior Mountainbike Cross Country World Champion Lisa Mathison today re-launched one of the most promising careers in the sport with a decisive victory in round three of the MTBA Sunshine Series at Hinze Dam in Queensland.

Returning to the scene of her first ever mountain bike race, Mathison finally rediscovered the form which had eluded her during eighteen months plagued by a fatigue related illness.

The change in fortunes could not have come at a better time, as Queensland's most celebrated mountain bike export sets her sights on winning the Under 23 division at the World Championships in Rotorua, New Zealand in August.

“It’s great to be back, this is my first race back in a long long time,” Mathison said.

Mark Frendo
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“I’ve been training up since I came back to Brisbane in March,” The two-time Under 19 World Champion beat home a small but quality women's field, including the highly rated Imogen Smith (Flight Centre Scott) and in the process showed none of the ill effects which had placed her burgeoning career on hold indefinitely. “It’s just good to be able to push again and to feel like racing properly again,” Mathison affirmed.

“It's really promising and I'm optimistic for the first time in eighteen months.”

Mathison maintained a gap of more than a minute over her rivals on the much improved Hinze Dam circuit. To her credit, Smith (just returned from the Central Australia Mountainbike Challenge) never gave up the chase.

Nicholas Mirentis
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“You need so much strength to get through the technical sections but it's just a fun track,” Flight Centre Scott's Imo' said with her trademark grin.

“It's good to have Lisa here, the standard of racing’s going to be really competitive.”

Hallam Takes Challenge to Frendo

The Elite Men's race featured two of Australia's most exciting cross-country mountain bike prospects in the shape of Under 23 National Champion Mark Frendo (Flight Centre Scott) and The Gold Coast Mountainbike Club's homegrown talent Daniel Hallam.

Racing up a few divisions to gain experience agains the best, Hallam took the challenge to Frendo, who admitted to racing on tired legs.

“Oh it’s a bit tough, I’ve ust been racing for a week in the Central Australia Bike Challenge,” a weary Frendo said at race end.

“Had a days rest after that then come out to race this so I was a bit tired.”

It didn't help that Frendo had to contend with one of the hottest young mountainbike talents on the block.

Imogen Smith
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Hallam, who will shortly link up with the Queensland Academy of Sport program, opened the throttle on lap one, testing the sharpness of the Flight Centre Scott rider.

“I tried to stay with Frendo but he’s a machine he ust stepped it up a gear and took off,” Hallam said.

“It’s good training for the world titles and everything, he’s (Frendo) just unstoppable at the moment.”

Re-Match awaits at kooralbyn Marathon

Frendo and Hallam won't have to wait long for a re-match.

Daniel Hallam
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Queensland's leading cross-country mountain bikers are scheduled to meet again in two weeks time in the Kooralbyn Marathon, a race many local riders rate as the toughest test on the South-East Queensland endurance mountain bike calendar.

“It's a pretty tough course, a fair bit of climbing,” Frendo said of the up-coming contest which will be a key aspect of his preparation for the Rotorua World Championships.

'Old Firm' Stars in Masters Division

In the Masters category, the Gold Coast's 'Old firm' of Brett Stevens, Jack Weitenberg and Les Heap came within one place of a podium clean sweep - comfirmation once again that age is simply a 'state of mind'.

Stevens, who claimed to be 'taking it easy' in his preparation for the GeoQuest adventure race, took up where he finished at the recent Merida 24 Hour, blasting away the competition on his home course.

Details of the Sunshine Series program are available at the Two Wheel Promotions website: www.twowheelpromotions.com.au

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Results

Elite Men
 
1 Mark Frendo          1.57.36
2 Daniel Hallem           4.47
3 Andrew Mallett          6.40
4 Andrew Wilcher          7.11
5 Ben Nicol              11.51
6 Simon Fredricksen      13.51
7 Scott Finlay           19.59
8 Craig Saunders         25.03
9 Ben Van Der Kamp       30.35
 
Elite Women
 
1 Lisa Mathison        1.33.19
2 Imogen Smith            1.22
3 Erica Oldfield          5.42
4 Sharon Heap             9.23
5 Constance Silvestri    16.39
DNF Lee Schulz                
 
Under 19 Men
 
1 Mat Callow           1.27.11
2 Sam Stirling           13.11
3 Aaron Nicoll           22.23
4 Roshin Sidhu           25.20
5 Stuart Drake           25.45
6 Andrew Lockhart        54.43
7 Geoffrey Kubler      1.05.54
 
Super Master Men
 
1 Kevin Jones            57.57
2 Alan Mumford            1.15
3 Roy Whitney             6.54
4 Greg Carr               7.28
5 Mac Stirling           10.48
6 Jeff Brooks            12.32
7 Paul Haggarty          16.28
8 Brian Biga             24.25
9 Warren Prior           28.23
10 Ken Mullally          35.32
 
C Grade Men
 
1 Shannon Duggan         57.55
2 Richard Lucas           0.22
3 Stariha Lee             0.31
4 Justin Whelan           0.45
5 Wayne Partridge         0.46
6 Michael Corcoran        1.17
7 Craig Shepperson        2.10
8 Norman Doyle            2.37
9 Stephen Cody            2.46
10 Lee Winn               2.48
 
B Grade Men
 
1 David Whitney        1.23.35
2 Russell Davies          1.54
3 Kirk Brown              2.31
4 Aaron Maunder           3.26
5 Lyle Vinter             6.10
6 Matthew Faehrmann       8.51
7 Joshua Bosschieter      9.57
8 Jason Gibson           10.20
9 Glen Murphy            12.45
10 Richard Brownhill     18.46
 
Under 17 Men
 
1 Kieran Poole         1.05.07
2 Daniel Peach            1.23
3 Sam Judd                4.00
4 Tom Kearney             5.34
5 Steven Holm             7.00
6 Chris Major             7.56
7 Joshua Slade           10.22
8 Nathan Goves           37.41
 
 
Veteran Men
 
1 Matt Christmas       1.24.59
2 Paul Adams              3.15
3 Matt Easton             5.11
4 Jordan Vogel            6.45
5 Justin Claridge         7.47
6 Steve Perry            10.08
7 Nicholas Marentis      10.27
8 Darren Perry           10.50
9 Vaughan Casely         10.51
10 Jayson Headridge      13.16
 
Under 15 Men
 
1 Ryan MacAnally              
2 Richard Cook                
3 Carl Winn                   
4 Jared Oldfield              
5 Josh Christie               
6 Alex Skippen                
7 Callum Coates               
8 Jamie Searle                
9 Stephen Mmoodie             
10 Timothy Bell               
 
Under 13 Boys
 
1 Ben Forbes             16.35
2 Dhugald Snow            1.54
3 Lachlan Hickey          1.55
4 Andrew Bieniewicz       4.29
5 Tyson Stevens           5.58
6 Lachlan Cook            5.59
 
Masters Men
 
1 Brett Stevens        1.25.11
2 Les Heap                5.39
3 Dave Gilbert            6.22
4 Jack Weitenberg         7.51
5 Nichloas Taylor        10.12
6 Mark Evans             11.26
7 Ian Holm               18.18
8 keith Jarrott          20.54
9 John Travers           22.22
10 Robert Henderson      24.28
 
Under 17 Women
 
1 Ellen Blackmore             
 
Under 15 Women
 
1 Lucy Stirling               
 
Under 11 Boys
 
1 Remy Morton            11.43
2 Rohan Irving            0.05
3 Nick Pinnell            2.00
4 Samuel Duncan           2.10
 
B Grade Women
 
1 Jayne Ryeland        1.04.57
2 Nicole Duncan           1.15
3 Gillian Duncan          5.15
4 Cailan Carrier         12.04
5 Alison Forbes          18.29
6 Ong Yuli               22.45

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