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Due to conflictions with the World Championships in NZ, the NSW State MtnX Championships originally scheduled for Sunday 20th August, has now been moved forward to Saturday 29th July. This will be at Black Hill, Newcastle.
As a result, the MtnX Finals at Ebenezer have now been moved back to Sunday 20th August. |
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(21 comments) (link) Thursday, 29-June-2006 4:01 PM - by Scott |  |
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Something interesting I stumbled accross the other day on the media section of the 2006 Rotorua World Champs website:V3 hold the broadcast rights. NO video cameras will be allowed to tape the competitions. NO web casting of the event will be allowed unless the footage is secured through TV3. Check it out here.
This concerns me quite alot, as I had planned to film the event and put it up free for download on Farkin. As far I am I aware I will not be allowed to do this, and other MTB film producers such as Clay Porter, Alex Rankin etc will be in the same boat.
I'm currently in discussions with the media guy, I'll keep you guys posted on my progress. |
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...and about time too!
For those that don't know, littermag is a free online magazine that tells it like it is (not to mention has sweet photos and funny articles).
http://www.littermag.com |
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Pro Men
1. PROKOP Michal
2. MEIJER Jurg
3. RINDERKNECHT Roge
4.ATHERTON Gee
5. GRAVES Jared
6.LONGDEN Will
7. STROM Luke
8. POWELL Chris
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15. RANDO Jared
17. HANNAH Michael
22. CAVALIER Amiel
30. BAIN Joel
Pro Women
1. MILLER Katrina
2. LLANES Tara
3. BEERTEN Anneke
4. BUHL Melissa
5. KINTNER Jill
6. MOLCIK Anita
7. GRIFFITHS Fionn
8. JONNIER Sabrina
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Kovarik takes the win!!!!
Men
1. Chris Kovarik (AUS) - 4:44.20
2. Greg Minnaar (RSA) - 4:44.52
3. Sam Hill (AUS) - 4:45.44
4. Marc Beaumont (GBR) - 4:45.84
5. Steve Peat (GBR) - 4:46.86
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8. Nathan Rennie (AUS) - 4:50.73
11. Mick Hannah (AUS) - 4:53.94
16. Jared Rando (AUS) - 4:57.24
27. Amiel Cavailer (AUS) - 5:02.13
59. Justin Havukainen (AUS) - 5:17.23
77. Jared Graves (AUS) - 10:39.52
78. Ben Bell (AUS) - DNF??
Women
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1. Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) - 5:25.22
2. Tracey Moseley (GBR) - 5:27.37
3. Marielle Saner (SUI) - 5:33.27
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9. Tracey Hannah (AUS) - 5:46.03
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| Mont Sainte Anne - 4X Qualifications
(2 comments) (link) Saturday, 24-June-2006 08:36 AM - by daymz | |
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The qualifications for the 4X just finished. Here`s the rundown:
Men
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1. Michal Prokop (CZE) - 33.24
2. Roger Rinderknecht (SUI) - 33:94
3. Kyle Strait (USA) - 33:39
4. Jared Graves (AUS) - 34:07
5. Mick Hannah (AUS) - 34:14
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20. Jared Rando (AUS) - 35:00
24. Amiel Cavalier (AUS) - 35.38
30. Luke Strom (AUS) - 36.30
33. Joel Bain (AUS) - 36.44
*** Kovarik, Rennie, and Atkinson - DNS
Women
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1. Tara LLanes (USA) - 38.34
2. Anneke Beerten (NED) - 38.51
3. Melissa Buhl (USA) - 38.69
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5. Katrina Miller (AUS) - 39.22 |
| Socceroos through to the second World Cup round
(10 comments) (link) Friday, 23-June-2006 07:48 AM - by Scott | |
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Someone remind me what the yanks said about our team, something along the lines of us being there to make up numbers? How many games have they won?
Anyway, we drew 2-2 with Croatia which is enough to take us to the round of 16. Our next next is with Italy (which will be a very hard one).
Discussion here. |
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Darren is back on it again. This time coming 5th at the Adidas Slopestyle in Saalbach Hinterglemm, Austria.
1. Darren Berrecloth
2. Paul Basagoitia
3. Carlo Dieckmann
4. Lance McDermott
5. Darren Pokoj
More info and photos here. |
| Canberra Defers Bid For 2008 Uci Mountain Bike And Trials World Championships
(0 comments) (link) Wednesday, 21-June-2006 4:35 PM - by Scott | |
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It's official, Canberra's bid to host the 2008 Worlds has been changed to focus on 2009.The UCI are concerned about their ability to satisfactorily promote the World Championships in an Olympic year and to allow the riders to effectively peak twice in the year. The June dates chosen by UCI effectively precludes Canberra, as it’s in the middle of winter and it’s also the shortest days of the year in terms of daylight hours available to competitors. Check the full release here. |
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"The 2006 Scott Australian 24 Hour Mountain Bike Championships reached the entry cap at 10:30 on Tuesday 20 June. This year it took 5 days, 2 hours and 30 minutes. If you missed out, you can still create an entry and be placed on the waiting list.
Solo riders can still enter the race, because it is the Australian Solo 24 Hr Champs with Aussie jerseys up for grabs. But, from now on, if you enter as a Solo, you cannot change your entry to a team at a later stage."
It's worth noting the entry cap was 2750 riders!
from the CORC website: www.corc.asn.au
For more info on the Scott 24hr check out the website: http://www.scott24hr.com.au/ |
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Elite Men
1. Shane Wode 1:42.303
2. Jason Blackmore 1:43.069
3. Jay Taylor 1:43.321
4. David Harder 1:43.477
5. Lindsay Klein 1:44.201
Juniors
1. Tom Corbett 1:48.029
2. Lee Wallace 1:48.204
3. Ryan Armstrong 1:51.138
Full results here. |
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Quick results
Men
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1. Greg Minnar (RSA) - 3:19.99
2. Sam Hill (AUS) - 3:20.67
3. Matti Lehikoinen (FIN) - 3:21.58
4. Jared Graves (AUS) - 3:25.83
5. Bredan Fairclough (GBR) - 3:26.30
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7. Bryn Atkinson (AUS) - 3:27.40
13. Jared Rando (AUS) - 3:33.52
21. Justin Havukainen (AUS) - 3:40.94
44. Mitch Delfs (AUS) - 3:51.22
* Woodhead, Cavalier, Bain all flatted in qualifing and didn't make the main event.
Women
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1. Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) - 3:57.20
2. Tracey Hannah (AUS) - 3:59.92
3. Kathy Pruitt (USA) - 4:01.50 |
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Finals just finished.... here's how it panned out:
Men
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1. Rich Houseman (USA)
2. Andrew Neethling (RSA)
3. Amiel Cavalier (AUS)
4. Jared Rando (AUS)
Women
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1. Tara Llanes
2. Melissa Buhl
3. Lisa Myklak
4. Kathy Pruitt
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DS qualifying was this afternoon. Here's the rundown (sorry no times were posted) and I think that they're taking the top 32. It was close qualifying and Bryn had a litte off that was enough to push him out.
Men
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1. Jared Graves (AUS)
2. Jared Rando (AUS)
3. Rich Housemen (USA)
4. Andrew Neethling (RSA)
5. Cody Worren (USA)
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17. Amiel Cavalier (AUS)
27. Craig Woohead (AUS)
36. Mitchell Delfs (AUS)
39. Bryn Atkinson (AUS)
Women
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1. Tara Llanes (USA)
2. Melissa Buhl (USA)
3. Kathy Pruitt (USA)
4. Joanna Petterson (RSA)
5. Lisa Myklak (USA)
*Tracey Hannah didn't run the DS |
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Sam 'Demo Man' Davies is back, and this time he's brought us one of the best tracks in Australia with him ... Coffs Harbour.
As always with Sam's quality vids, this one comes in at an obese 70mb.
Grab it here (right click > save as)
You can check out Demo Man's other fine works of art in here. |
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Not quite MTB related, but we won!
With 8 minutes to spare and being 1-nil down, we scored 3 goals to beat the Japanese side.
After the match the Egyptian referee admitted that he should not have allowed Japans goal. |
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Looks like Rennie is getting in some Monte Ste Anne practice, winning by nearly 7 seconds.
Full results here. |
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Elite Men
1. 3:37.41 - Brad KELLY
2. 3:42.65 - John ODAMS
3. 3:43.29 - Andrew MILLS
4. 3:46.66 - Brock NEWLING
5. 3:48.61 - Alan CRISP
Under 19 Men
1. 3:51.75 - Hamish ARMSTRONG
2. 3:54.68 - James McMILLAN
3. 3:54.93 - Tom PATTON
4. 3:56.98 - Ricky LEE
5. 3:58.34 - Cody EICHORN
Full results can be found here |
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The rain held off long enough to finish the DS finals today in Sugar Mountain. Australia takes home gold again at Sugar with Jared Graves coming in with the win.
1. Jared Graves (AUS)
2. Rich Houseman (USA)
3. Ben Bell (AUS)
4. Jared Rando (AUS)
Full results here: http://www.norbanationals.com/results/NMBS2_2006.shtml
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Australians Sam Hill and Tracy Hannah dominated today's DH race at Sugar Mountain in North Carolina with both winning their first NORBA race in convincing fashion and both smashing their respective opposition. After a bit of rain last night Sugar Mountain finally had a clear sunny day ready for the DH finals. The conditions were still muddy and slick causing havoc for many Aussie riders including Jared Rando, Jared Graves, and Justin Havukainen who all had big offs during their final runs.
Men
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1. Sam Hill (AUS) - 3:28.7
2. Justin Loev (NZL) - 3:41.2
3. Duncan Riffle (USA) - 3:42.7
4. Cole Bangert (USA) - 3:47.2
5. Justin Havukainen (AUS) - 3:47.4
Women
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1. Tracey Hannah (AUS) - 4:28.69
2. Sabrina Jonnier (FRA) - 4.38.27
3. Kathy Pruitt (USA) - 4:39.74
Full results here: http://www.norbanationals.com/results/NMBS2_2006.shtml
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8. Amiel Cavalier (AUS) - 3:49.7
9. Jared Graves (AUS) - 3.50.1
10. Jared Rando (AUS) - 3:51.2
15. Ben Bell (AUS) - 3.55.9
22. Craig Woodhead (AUS) - 4:01.9
25. Joel Bain (AUS) - 4:04.4
35. Mitchell Delfs (AUS) - 4:18.1 |
| Sugar Mountain NORBA - DS postponed due to weather
(4 comments) (link) Sunday, 11-June-2006 09:50 AM - by daymz | |
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Heavy thunder and lightning just hit Sugar Mountain and put a temporary hold on DS racing until tomorrow. We were lucky enough to get the top 32 down to the top 8. Here's the 8 for tomorrows finals (not sure of the matching for the final runs):
1. Jared Graves
2. Jared Rando
3. Amiel Cavalier
4. Debosco
5. Ben Bell
6. Cody Warren
7. Joel Bain
8. Rich Housman |
| Shimano Recalls Selected Front Quick Releases in the U.S.A.
(1 comments) (link) Saturday, 10-June-2006 09:16 AM - by Ryan | |
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Although this recall is only current for Shimano USA at the moment, in the interests of not having your front wheel fall out and not having to dig your teeth out of the dirt to take the orthodontist, it is highly reccommended that ANYONE riding a bike with a Shimano front hub or quick-release skewer that was purchased since late 2005 check out this site immediately to see if your hub or skewer is subject to the safety recall.
This has been a public service announcement, brought to you by Farkin.net |
| Sugar Mountain NORBA - DS Qualifying
(8 comments) (link) Saturday, 10-June-2006 07:38 AM - by daymz | |
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Dual Slalom qualifying just finished and here are the results. Finals tomorrow and the top 32 go thru to the main event.
1. Jared Graves - 37.44
2. Rich Houseman - 37.78
3. John Kirkaldie - 38.14
4. Mike Haderer - 38.58
5. Jared Rando - 38.60
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8. Ameil Cavalier - 38.91
10. Joel Bain - 39.21
14. Ben Bell - 39.34
29. Mitch Delfs - 43.71 |
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MEN:
1. 1:58.30 PEAT Steve (GBR)
2. 1:59.47 MINNAAR Greg (RSA) +1.17
3. 1:59.55 ATHERTON Gee (GBR) +1.25
4. 1:59.99 RENNIE Nathan (AUS) +1.69
5. 2:00.39 KOVARIK Chris (AUS) +2.09
WOMEN:
1. 2:19.59 MOSELEY Tracy (GBR)
2. 2:19.87 JONNIER Sabrina (FRA) +0.28
3. 2:22.64 ATHERTON Rachel (GBR) +3.05
4. 2:23.05 RAGOT Emmeline (FRA) +3.46
5. 2:23.47 GRIFFITHS Fionn (GBR) +3.88
Full Results: Men
Full Results: Women |
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Jared Graves wins his first World Cup 4X. Quite happy!
MEN
1. Jared GRAVES
2. Joost WICHMAN
3. Roger RINDERKNECHT
4. Michal PROKOP
WOMEN
1. Jill KINTNER
2. Katrina MILLER
3. Tara LLANES
4. Anneke BEERTEN
Full results here. |
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