2018 MTBA Cross-Country National Championships NEMTB results
Post date: Feb 28, 2018 6:47:40 AM
Check out your placing in both the XCE and XCO. NEMTB members only listed. You can find a comprehensive list of results on http://my3.raceresult.com/?lang=en
If you were around the Armidale area on the weekend you may have noticed a lot of very serious “two wheel action”. The New England Mountain Bike Club in conjunction with Mountain Biking Australia (MTBA) and University of New England (UNE) were proud to host the 2018 MTBA Cross-Country National Championships.
Cyclists, who come from all over Australia and New Zealand, competed in two main disciplines:
Cross-Country Eliminator - a new and fantastically exciting short course (610m) sprint race. This year the course took a surprising and unique metropolitan route through the main courtyard of the UNE. The usual risk factors of rocks, jumps and tree roots were replaced in this format by sharp corners, unforgiving cement edges, ascending and descending stairs, and a narrow race line.
Essentially, riders are arranged into heats of 4 according to qualifying time. The two fastest riders go through to the next round whilst the two slower riders are eliminated from the race.
This race was conducted on Friday 23 February, giving many of the riders a solid, quick hit-out prior to their XCO races.
The results will include 1st, 2nd and 3rd placegetters, followed by positions of each NEMTB member.
Elite Men, Under 23 Men and Junior Men (U19s) (combined 31 competitors):
1st – Cameron Ivory (Elite)
2nd – Charlie Brodie (Junior)
3rd – Matthew Dinham (Junior)
NEMTB members:
4. Michael Harris (U23)
7. Fergus McQueen (Junior)
13. Jack Feltham (U23)
15. Nathan Whitehall (Elite)
16. Angus Apps (Junior)
21. David Cook (Junior)
26. Duncan Chalmers (Junior)
29. Sam King (Junior)
30. Harry Graham (Junior)
Under 17 Men, Under 15 Men, Expert Men, Masters 2 – 8 Men (combined 45 competitors)
1st – Shannon Johnson (Masters 2)
2nd – Matt Boulcott (Masters 2)
3rd – Mitchell Snowball (Under 17)
NEMTB members:
11. Peter Harris (Masters 3)
13. Ben Harris (Masters 4)
19. Hamish Chalmers (U17)
21. Sam Davis (U15)
23. Jack Sewell (U17)
24. Archie Chick (U17)
28. Harry Wooster (U17)
29. Charlie Smith (U17)
30. Fletcher Jackson (U17)
43. Archi Lawrence (U15)
Women combined (Elite, Under 23, Junior (U19), Under 17, Under 15, Masters 3-5) (combined 23 competitors)
1st – Charlotte Culver (U23)
2nd – Zoe Cuthbert (Junior)
3rd – Arwen Crampton (U17)
NEMTB members:
11. Holly Harris (elite)
21. Emily Wooster (Junior)
Cross-Country Olympic – This is probably the most common discipline of mountain biking. It is a longer course of approximately 5-10ks where riders do a designated number of laps depending on their category. The course at SportUNE has been highly praised by mountain bikers – many of its more risky sections (Mars Attack, Ducketts Way) being purpose built to achieve the high level of challenge and difficulty expected in this format.
The results are positions of each NEMTB member. The categories are kept separate unlike the eliminator.
Saturday 24 February
Under 17 Women (3 laps)
1. Isabella Hosking
5. Sabrina Ho
7. Olive Tutt
11. Emily Meehan
Masters 3 Men (4 laps)
6. Peter Harris
Masters 4 Men (4 laps)
2. Andrew Whitehill (The Dark Lord)
11. Anthony Chick
Masters 5 Men (3 laps)
3. David Harris
10. John McQueen (The Beast)
Masters 8 Men (2 laps)
4. Trevor Weston
Under 15 Men (2 laps)
16. Oscar Shepheard
17. Sam Davis
Under 17 Men (3 laps?)
20. Sam Fetham
32. Tumi Thorsteinsson
33. Harry Wooster
34. Hamish Chalmers
35. Will Schmude
36. Joel McIntyre
Sunday 25 February
Junior Men (U19) (4 laps)
7. David Cook
12. Angus Apps
20. Fergus McQueen
27. Sam King
31. Duncan Chalmers
32. Harry Graham
33. Mark Robinson
Elite Women (5 laps)
2. Holly Harris
Junior Women (U19) (3 laps)
5. Emily Wooster
Under 23 Men (5 laps)
2. Michael Harris