New Zealand Cross Country Mountain Bike Cup - Napier 2012: Results

The NZ MTB Cup wrapped up in Napier. The venue added some variability with weather and race course conditions over the three days of competition - the major rain storm covering New Zealand on Wednesday left challenging conditions in the Pan Pac Eskdale Forest which didn't completely dry out. Adaptation was the key for all competitors, and all category winners displayed an ability to react quickly to the constantly changing race courses.

Sunday's cross country races in Napier were a repeat of the previous round in Wellington for the elite winners. The elite women's field chased Whakatane's Karen Hanlen from the start gun, and quickly lost contact with the Cup leader during the first two laps. Hanlen simply stretched her lead throughout the rest of the five lap feature to win by a large margin from Rotorua's Samara Sheppard. Hanlen has not been beaten this summer, and took her perfect record through to a NZ MTB Cup championship title for 2012.

The elite men's race was a close contest between NZ's top three riders this summer, Dirk Peters, Carl Jones and Mike Northcott. The three were locked together through their first three laps, before Peters wound on the pressure early in the fourth to work his way out to a 30-second lead that stretched even further during the fifth. Peter's challenge prompted Northcott to crank into action, with the highly experienced Tokoroa plumber again finding late race pace to claw back at Peter's lead - however just a little too late with Peters winning again to take the NZ MTB Cup championship title for 2012.

The U19 junior men's race was missing star attraction Anton Cooper, but this didn't diminish the quality of the race. Cambridge's Sam Gaze, who has been the revelation of this category in the North Island rounds won easily, and just as Cooper has been doing all summer, Gaze produced the fastest lap time of the day while circulating at a pace comparable to the elite leaders. Gaze has high asprirations and goals with this sport, and takes a fantastic level of confidence with him from Napier and into the rest of 2012.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Dirk Peters (NZl)	1:40:49
2	Mike Northcott (NZl)	0:00:24
3	Carl Jones (NZl)	0:01:02
4	Brad Hudson (NZl)	0:02:42
5	Samuel Shaw (NZl)	0:04:03
6	Mathew Waghorn (NZl)	0:05:03
7	Patrick Luthi (Swi)	0:06:37
8	Josh Page (NZl)	0:06:38
9	Max Houtzager (USA)	0:07:24
10	Bradley Setters (NZl)	0:09:58
11	Mark Dunlop (NZl)	0:11:06
12	Adrian Retief (NZl)	0:13:09
13	Nick Miller (NZl)	0:13:38
14	Mailes Davies (NZl)	0:14:12
15	Brendon Sharratt (NZl)	0:14:26
16	Luke Osborne (NZl)	0:14:54
17	Dominic Forkert (NZl)	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Alex Robertson (NZl)	Row 17 - Cell 2

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Karen Hanlen (NZl)	1:34:08
2	Samara Sheppard (NZl)	0:04:33
3	Katherine O Neil (NZl)	0:06:11
4	Bridget Lodge (NZl)	0:07:55
5	Jeanette Gerrie (NZl)	0:08:45
6	Kate Fluker (NZl)	0:10:22
7	Sasha Smith (NZl)	0:10:25
8	Katrine Gellatly (NZl)	0:11:53
9	Nic Leary (NZl)	0:13:27
10	Celine Ernst (Swi)	Row 9 - Cell 2

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U19 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Samuel Gaze (NZl)	1:24:15
2	Nigel McDowell (NZl)	0:03:25
3	Brett Stockman (NZl)	0:07:35
4	Josh Parkin (NZl)	0:07:39
5	Ryan Hunt (NZl)	0:11:35
6	Simon Lawson (NZl)	0:11:45
7	Frank Sutton (NZl)	0:14:07
8	Elliot Pearce (NZl)	0:15:37
9	Guy Hirst (NZl)	0:19:15
10	Daniel Terpstra (NZl)	Row 9 - Cell 2
DNF	Sam Bamford (NZl)	Row 10 - Cell 2

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U19 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Amber Johnston (NZl)	1:28:41
2	Toshiko Knight (NZl)	0:08:39

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Masters 1 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mark Leishman	1:33:22
2	Karl Paterson	0:02:24
3	Gavin McCarthy	0:04:03
4	John Kirkcaldie	0:06:28
5	Jonty Taylor	0:07:16
6	Jared Scollay	0:13:56
7	Nathan Strong	Row 6 - Cell 2

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Masters 2 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Stephen Owens	1:43:37
2	Dan Kellow	0:02:41
3	Stephen Grenside	0:05:29
4	Richard Trask	0:07:36
5	Jerome Sheppard	0:11:03
6	John McRae	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Steven Lawson	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Tom Bamford	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Paul Gouldsbrough	Row 8 - Cell 2
DNF	Carl Johnston	Row 9 - Cell 2
DNF	Greg Bott	Row 10 - Cell 2

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Masters 3 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Paul McDowell	1:25:24
2	Peter Reynolds	0:02:31

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U17 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Gareth Cannon	1:14:48
2	Jack Compton	0:00:43
3	Cameron Howell	0:02:58
4	Tom Coombes	0:03:00
5	Ethan Jacobs	0:05:04
6	Andrew Bamford	0:06:19
7	Peter Bethell	0:08:23
8	Sam Dakin	0:08:40
9	Nathan Johnston	0:11:45
10	Ryan Craggs	0:15:14
DNF	Alex Beaven	Row 10 - Cell 2

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Senior women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Monique Avery	1:31:13
2	Kathryn Campbell	0:11:45

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Masters 1 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Megan Dimozantos	1:36:08

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U17 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Harriet Beaven	1:06:02
2	Jemma Manchester	0:00:29
3	Olivia Miller	0:04:39
4	Elizabeth Stannard	0:06:58

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Masters 3 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sarah Beadel	1:15:33

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U15 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Robert Stannard	1:02:33
2	Paul Wright	0:01:07
3	Conor McRae	0:05:06
4	Henry Carr	0:10:20
5	Lewis Ryan	0:12:09
6	Jake Craggs	0:12:59
7	Joe Sutton	0:13:07
8	Taylor Johnston	0:18:51
DNS	Connor Johnston	Row 8 - Cell 2

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U15 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Zia MacDermid	0:45:05

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Dirk Peters	174	pts
2	Carl Jones	169	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Mike Northcott	143	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Brad Hudson	141	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Tom Bradshaw	123	Row 4 - Cell 3
5	Samuel Shaw	123	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Patrick Luthi	121	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Adrian Retief	115	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Mark Dunlop	98	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Matt Andrew	96	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Nick Miller	92	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Brendon Sharratt	73	Row 11 - Cell 3
12	Max Houtzager	73	Row 12 - Cell 3
12	Josh Page	73	Row 13 - Cell 3
12	Mathew Waghorn	73	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Logan Horn	70	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Jeremy Inglis	64	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Ash Hough	62	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Chris Jongewaard	49	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Paul van der Ploeg	45	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Nick Clark	40	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Brent Miller	39	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Bradley Setters	36	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Fabien Cousinie	35	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Richard Ussher	34	Row 24 - Cell 3
25	Dave Sharpe	34	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Harley Going	32	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Mailes Davies	32	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Ian Burgess	31	Row 28 - Cell 3
29	Darry Stevens	31	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Dayle McLauchlan	30	Row 30 - Cell 3
31	Miles Davies	30	Row 31 - Cell 3
31	Luke Osborne	30	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Ollie Radford	29	Row 33 - Cell 3
34	Dominic Forkert	29	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Markus Peboll	28	Row 35 - Cell 3
36	36= Alex Robertson	28	Row 36 - Cell 3

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Karen Hanlen	180	pts
2	Samara Sheppard	150	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Katherine O Neil	148	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Sasha Smith	124	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Kate Fluker	121	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Jolanda Neff	98	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Bridget Lodge	87	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Jeanette Gerrie	82	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Fiona MacDermid	81	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Melissa Newell	78	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Erin Greene	75	Row 10 - Cell 3
11	Celine Ernst	75	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Rosara Joseph	54	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Raewyn Morrison	49	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Ingrid Richter	39	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Katrine Gellatly	38	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Elina Ussher	37	Row 16 - Cell 3
17	Nic Leary	37	Row 17 - Cell 3

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U19 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Anton Cooper	180	pts
2	Craig Oliver	150	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Nigel McDowell	144	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Brett Stockman	138	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Simon Lawson	122	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Elliot Pearce	114	Row 5 - Cell 3
6	Samuel Gaze	114	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Ryan Hunt	111	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Tom Filmer	98	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Josh Parkin	87	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Tom Fox	77	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Hayden Cleminson	75	Row 11 - Cell 3
12	Frank Sutton	75	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Cameron Fitzgerald	40	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Kristoff Ford	38	Row 14 - Cell 3
15	Peter Crampton	37	Row 15 - Cell 3
15	Guy Hirst	37	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Daniel Terpstra	36	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Sam Bamford	35	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Guillaune Cauvin	34	Row 19 - Cell 3

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U19 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Amber Johnston	174	pts
2	Mary Gray	120	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Toshiko Knight	108	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Laura Bridger	103	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Samantha Hope	94	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Caitlin Holmes	87	Row 5 - Cell 3

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U17 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Ben Oliver	180	pts
2	Gareth Cannon	163	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	David Ashby-Coventry	153	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Jack Compton	145	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Mitchell Campbell	136	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Tom Coombes	123	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Ben Friel	108	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Nathan Johnston	105	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Cameron Howell	88	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Scott Barr	82	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Ethan Jacobs	79	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Peter Bethell	78	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Andrew Bamford	76	Row 12 - Cell 3
13	Sam Dakin	76	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Bradley Chandler	73	Row 14 - Cell 3
15	Daniel Cleminson	73	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Kerry Cameron	42	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Henry Jaine	40	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Kalin Geisreiter	38	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Ryan Craggs	36	Row 19 - Cell 3
20	Josh Donaldson	36	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Gregor Wilson	34	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Robin Page	32	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Alex Beaven	31	Row 23 - Cell 3

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U17 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Harriet Beaven	174	pts
2	Olivia Miller	158	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Shannon Hope	114	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Brooke Hudson	94	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Elizabeth Stannard	49	Row 4 - Cell 3

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Senior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Tim Mackersy	60	pts
1	Matt Stewart	60	Row 1 - Cell 3
1	Andy King	60	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Ollie Radford1	54	Row 3 - Cell 3
4	Peter Rattray	54	Row 4 - Cell 3
4	Stephen Butler	54	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Michael Brown	49	Row 6 - Cell 3

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Senior women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Kathryn Campbell	168	pts
2	Monique Avery	120	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Emma Prestidge	49	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Master 30+ men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Jonty Taylor	138	pts
2	Jared Scollay	120	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Gavin McCarthy	109	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Mark Leishman	60	Row 3 - Cell 3
4	Scotty Cain	60	Row 4 - Cell 3
4	Phil Patterson	60	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Karl Paterson	54	Row 6 - Cell 3
7	Danny Hellyer	54	Row 7 - Cell 3
7	Tom Keith	54	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Jacob Grieve	49	Row 9 - Cell 3
10	Tim Madgwick	49	Row 10 - Cell 3
10	Callum Kennedy	49	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	John Kirkcaldie	45	Row 12 - Cell 3
13	Michael Curtis	45	Row 13 - Cell 3
13	Darren Stafford	45	Row 14 - Cell 3
13	Steven Bale	45	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Adam Heard	42	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Paul Davis	40	Row 17 - Cell 3
18	Craig Tregurtha	40	Row 18 - Cell 3
18	Ross Weston	40	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Nathan Strong	39	Row 20 - Cell 3
21	Chris Taylor	39	Row 21 - Cell 3
21	Craig Atwill	39	Row 22 - Cell 3
21	Struan Robertson	39	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Jon Shutt	38	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Paul Hurford	37	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Rex Webb	36	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Brendon Chittock	35	Row 27 - Cell 3

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Master 30+ women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Megan Dimozantos	60	pts
1	Merrin Brewster	60	Row 1 - Cell 3
1	Kristie Fogarty	60	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Master 40+ men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	John McRae	124	pts
1	Jerome Sheppard	124	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Steven Lawson	121	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Ray Hope	120	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Stephen Owens	105	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Dion Chapman	94	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Stephen Grenside	91	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Tom Bamford	77	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Clive Bennett	60	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Dan Kellow	54	Row 9 - Cell 3
10	Carl Johnston	54	Row 10 - Cell 3
10	Rob Kilvington	54	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Rob Soothill	49	Row 12 - Cell 3
13	Jason McCarty	49	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Richard Trask	45	Row 14 - Cell 3
15	Andy MacDonald	45	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Martin O Brien	39	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Gareth Davies	38	Row 17 - Cell 3
18	Dave Hicks	38	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Paul Gouldsbrough	37	Row 19 - Cell 3
20	Jeremy Steel	37	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	John MacDonell	36	Row 21 - Cell 3

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Master 40+ women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Linda Hope	60	pts

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Master 50+ men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Ian Paintin	180	pts
2	Paul McDowell	154	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Ant Bradshaw	98	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Marco Renall	94	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Peter Reynolds	93	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Ash Sparks	82	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Derek Milne	54	Row 6 - Cell 3
7	Geoff Notman	54	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Tony Beaven	45	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Gary Moller	42	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Dave Wallace	38	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Scott MacLachlan	36	Row 11 - Cell 3

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Master 50+ women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Sarah Beadel	120	pts

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Junior U15 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Paul Wright	174	pts
2	Conor McRae	157	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Finn Conway	98	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Robert Stannard	60	Row 3 - Cell 3
4	Eden Cruise	60	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Henry Carr	45	Row 5 - Cell 3
6	Luke Gold	45	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Lewis Ryan	42	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Jake Craggs	40	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Joe Sutton	39	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Taylor Johnston	38	Row 10 - Cell 3

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Junior U15 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Zia MacDermid	180	pts

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