2003 Australian MTBO Championships – Short & Long Distance
A tough weekend of MTB Orienteering at Kowen Forest.
Warm temperatures on the Saturday for the Short races, which where a tad long in the Open Men, but every other course had a winning time from one of its ages classes at 44-45 minutes which was as predicted.
I was asked to make the Long Courses (well, Courses 1 and 2…) the full distance and overestimated a little bit in that regard… The map was mostly readable, despite a few glitches mostly arising from the “lack of time factor”…
The event controller (Duffy Potter-Searle) didnt pick up a few things which affected some, but he is learning fast, and he says he is really, really sorry….
On the racing side, David Baldwin and Adrian Jackson had a very strong weekend, placing in both the Long and Short races, and getting close to Alex Randall in the Short, but not quite close enough… Both continued their good form and where a step in ahead in gruelling Long distance race on the Sunday, which was only spoilt by the first stolen control at an ACT MTBO in years…
Neil Prosser out muscled the favourites in the competitive Veteran Men category in both the Short and the Long races. Peter Cusworth similarly dominated the Mens 50 class winning both races. ACT’s John Scown came to save the day and nab some State points – but just missed out on delivering the State Champion Trophy coming in 3rd behind Peter Shepherd in the Long race. (So close! 🙂
Emily Viner erased her disappointment in the Short race, by winning the Long race from the improved Belinda Allison and Carolyn Jackson in 3rd, also redeeming from the day before.
The event enjoyed some pleasing media coverage with a pre-event interview in Win TV Sport, a photo and article in the Canberra Times, and the Long race getting some airtime on the local TV news that night, and also featuring on SBS Cycling Show on Sunday, 14th December.
Competitors on the weekend wore GPS units in camelbacks to track their movements around the course, which could then later “laid” over the top of an image of the map. See Jon McComb’s new website which shows some winning routes from the NSW and Australian Championships.
2003 Australian State Champion – Victoria (Points – VIC 35, ACT 33, NSW 19, SA 1, WA 1)
ACT/NSW State Challenge: NSW (Points – NSW 214, ACT 164)
Results
2003 Australian Short Race MTBO Championships Saturday, 29th November, 2003 Open Men (21.4 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Alex Randall YVV C1 60:23 2 David Baldwin AOA C1 61:38 3 Adrian Jackson MFV C1 62:36 4 Jim Russell BGV C1 68:37 5 Grant Lebbink EUV C1 68:55 6 Anthony Scott RRA C1 69:18 7 Anthony Darr BFN C1 69:24 8 Paul Darvodelsky BFN C1 69:46 9 David Hatley MDN C1 72:02 10 Tony Clark VOA C1 72:26 11 Stewart Greig WOW C1 78:02 12 Ian Fehler --- C1 83:00 13 Ian Warren ALT C1 83:36 14 Jonno McComb BFN C1 90:04 15 Wayne Staples MDN C1 93:59 16 David Shailer MDN C1 99:03 17 Nicholas Miller --- C1 138:15 Brett Pound MDN C1 DNS Andy Simpson BFN C1 DNS Men Under 18 (16.6 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Steven Cusworth BKV C2 49:34 2 Murray Scown AOA C2 DNF Men 40-49 (16.6 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Neil Prosser BFN C2 46:04 2 Mark Shingler BFN C2 46:15 3 Fabrizio Andreoni AWV C2 47:58 4 Tim Hately BKV C2 52:23 5 Albert The Moose BFN C2 53:52 =6 Ian McVay --- C2 54:50 =6 Eoin Rothery LOW C2 54:50 8 Alan Davis YVV C2 57:43 9 Gregg Berry C2 67:38 10 Geoff Charnock MDN C2 78:48 11 Matti Kovalainen BSA C2 95:05 12 Ewan Farguharson RRA C2 105:15 Ross Beatty --- C2 DNF Wayne Bajenoff AWV C2 DNS Jim Anderson MDN C2 DNS Open Women (16.6 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Julie Quinn AOA C2 44:37 2 Belinda Allison RRA C2 49:38 3 Emily Viner RRA C2 50:04 4 Carolyn Jackson MFV C2 51:27 5 Christina Renhart NZ C2 53:27 6 Mary Fien BFN C2 54:26 7 Melissa Thomas URN C2 55:39 8 Cath Chalmers LOW C2 57:30 9 Danielle Winslow BGV C2 57:45 10 Simone Tolson --- C2 70:26 Alexa Troedson BFN C2 DNS Men 50+ (16.6 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Peter Cusworth BKV C3 44:24 2 John Scown AOA C3 49:18 3 Peter Jackson MFV C3 49:56 4 Ray Sheldon YVV C3 50:34 5 Peter Shepherd IKN C3 52:11 6 Peter Searle BGV C3 55:44 7 Bill Filson MDN C3 79:20 8 Jeff Ibbotson --- C3 81:57 Glenn Flack MDN C3 DNF Kevin Williams WHN C3 DNF Jack Robertson --- C3 DNF Women Under 18 (16.6 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Melinda Jackson MFV C3 64:47 2 Kathryn Ibbotson --- C3 87:49 Women 40-49 (16.6 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Dianne Michels NZ C3 46:53 2 Kay Haarsma SA C3 54:05 3 Carol Osborne BFN C3 54:26 4 Paula Shingler BFN C3 60:05 5 Tanya Beacham VOA C3 62:32 6 Anitra Dowling EUV C3 65:20 7 Lynn Dabbs WHN C3 76:34 8 Julie Mann IKN C3 88:17 Men 60+ (12.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Blake Gordon EUV C4 45:11 2 John Walter RRA C4 52:33 3 Kevin Paine BSA C4 57:00 4 Frank Assenza BNN C4 DNF Women 50+ (12.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Ann Scown AOA C4 44:39 2 Kathy Liley YVV C4 60:01 3 Parissa Poulis RRA C4 69:26 4 Jackie Sheldon YVV C4 83:12 5 Suzanne Little MDN C4 110:51 2003 Australian Long Distance MTBO Championships Sunday, 30th November, 2003 Mens Open (50.0 km) Name Surname Club Time Map Chge 1 Alex Randall YVV C1 127:37 82 2 David Baldwin AOA C1 135:39 85 3 Adrian Jackson MFV C1 140:04 89 4 Paul Darvodelsky BFN C1 148:23 94 5 Anthony Darr BFN C1 150:03 90 6 Anthony Scott RRA C1 150:24 97 7 Jim Russell BGV C1 152:43 99 8 Mark Bourne AOA C1 165:46 105 9 Grant Lebbink EUV C1 166:17 99 10 Mike Hotchkis IKO C1 178:21 114 11 Brett Pound MDN C1 184:45 119 12 Jon McComb BFN C1 187:11 117 13 Rob Burrell --- C1 191:02 14 Andy Simpson BFN C1 195:30 123 15 Ian Warren ALT C1 198:21 126 16 Stewart Greig WOW C1 198:32 120 17 Steve Sullivan YAS C1 202:28 18 Matt Acheson --- C1 206:54 129 19 David Shailer MDN C1 230:30 20 Ian Fehler --- C1 234:38 21 Eli Szandala --- C1 246:31 22 Chris Schulz MDN C1 252:45 23 Nicholas Miller --- C1 ?????? Tony Clark VOA C1 DNF 110 Robert Walter RRA C1 DNF Jason McCrae RRA C1 DNF Wayne Staples MDN C1 DNF John Toomey WA C1 DNS Russell Beatty --- C1 DNS Men Under 18 (34.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Steven Cusworth BKV C2 109:39 2 Murray Scown AOA C2 131:48 Men 40-49 (34.0) Name Surname Club Time Map Chge 1 Neil Prosser BFN C2 106:24 81 2 David Hatley MDN C2 107:39 82 3 Fabrizio Andreoni AWV C2 107:48 4 Mark Shingler BFN C2 109:03 5 Eoin Rothery LOW C2 115:27 6 Ian McVay --- C2 116:45 89 7 Wayne Bajenoff AWV C2 117:04 8 Tim Hately BKV C2 119:18 88 9 Huw Kingston --- C2 127:02 10 Alan Davis YVV C2 127:08 91 11 Graeme Dawson GON C2 131:10 12 Jim Trail --- C2 132:00 13 Albert The Moose BFN C2 133:04 14 Geoff Charnock MDN C2 150:37 15 Jim Anderson MDN C2 177:14 16 Matti Kovalainen BSA C2 212:41 17 Ewan Farguharson RRA C2 223:15 Tim Morath --- C2 DNF Michael Burton BFN C2 DNS Women Open (34.0 km) Name Surname Club Time Map Chge 1 Emily Viner RRA C2 103:47 81 2 Belinda Allison RRA C2 105:33 81 3 Carolyn Jackson MFV C2 112:46 86 4 Julie Quinn AOA C2 114:10 86 5 Allison Jones RRA C2 115:02 89 6 Christina Renhart NZ C2 125:10 97 ? 7 Dianne Michels NZ C2 127:19 97 ? 8 Danielle Winslow BGV C2 137:14 105 9 Kay Haarsma SA C2 138:35 106 10 Cath Chalmers LOW C2 139:33 11 Penny Burrell --- C2 166:05 126 12 Ley Kingdom --- C2 176:50 Melissa Thomas URN C2 DNF 105 Alexa Troedson BFN C2 DNS Alyssa Rogan --- C2 DNS Men 50+ (25.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Peter Cusworth BKV C3 73:23 2 Peter Shepherd IKN C3 77:35 3 John Scown AOA C3 81:39 4 Keith Wade TKV C3 81:49 5 Paul Haynes MDN C3 83:31 6 John Trevivian AWV C3 84:50 7 Robert Allison RRA C3 88:19 8 Peter Jackson MFV C3 89:35 9 Ray Sheldon YVV C3 89:43 10 Bill Filson MDN C3 99:24 11 Jeff Ibbotson --- C3 103:28 12 Kevin Williams WHN C3 110:26 13 Robert Spry BNN C3 131:48 14 Jack Robertson --- C3 178:00 Glenn Flack MDN C3 DNF Rik Eagles MFN C3 DNS Women Under 18 (25.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Melinda Jackson MFV C3 113:02 2 Kathryn Ibbotson --- C3 163:58 Women 40-49 (25.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Carol Osborne BFN C3 99:26 2 Paula Shingler BFN C3 102:23 3 Tanya Beacham VOA C3 107:04 4 Anitra Dowling EUV C3 111:07 5 Lynn Dabbs WHN C3 121:52 Men 60+ (22.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Peter Searle BGV C4 74:09 2 Blake Gordon EUV C4 80:41 3 John Walter RRA C4 95:33 4 Don Bradford POA C4 105:01 5 Kevin Paine BSA C4 107:08 6 Frank Assenza BNN C4 141:18 Women 50+ (22.0 km) Name Surname Club Time 1 Ann Scown AOA C4 73:57 2 Kathy Liley YVV C4 92:06 3 Judy Allison RRA C4 101:02 4 Parissa Poulis RRA C4 115:04 5 Jackie Sheldon YVV C4 125:18 6 Suzanne Little MDN C4 165:04 Connie McNamee BFN C4 DNS Unoffical Brett Bensley MDN C3 98:09 Carlo Luvisi MDN C4 224:41 Sue Bensley MDN C4 DNF Debbie Hotchkis --- C4 DNF