Squidly Didly
03-11-2007, 01:37 PM
This weekend in South Australia has become one of the biggest weekends in the National Bike Trials calendar this season. For the first time in Australia there are two National Rounds for Bike Trials in the same state on the same weekend. This gives riders who compete in both a chance to get double the national points in the series leading up the National Championships in Canberra at the end of January. Riders also get to compete at two world class venues. Saturday gets underway at the custom built Eagle Mountain Bike Park (the first MTB park in Australia to have a designated bike trials area) and on the Sea Side Rocks at Port Elliot on Sunday.
Riders to Watch
The hot favourite rider to watch in the Trials this weekend will be Joe Brewer (Melbourne) just back from training in Europe and the World MTB Championships in Scotland where he placed 19th. Brewer only this year moved up from juniors after qualifying 2nd and finishing 5th in the junior 26” trials finals at the 2006 World Champs in New Zealand. (The best ever result for an Australian Trials Rider on the World Stage!)
Some of the other top riders to watch for their moves and style are Lindsey Colla. Joel Whitburn (SA), Peace McCormac, Adam Kelley (NSW), and Andrew Dickey and Kleat Wilson (VIC). Riders are aiming to qualify for World Championship team selection for 2008 and look forward to the MTB World Championships in Canberra 2009.
Sharon Payne
Media Manager
Mountain Bike Australia
Riders to Watch
The hot favourite rider to watch in the Trials this weekend will be Joe Brewer (Melbourne) just back from training in Europe and the World MTB Championships in Scotland where he placed 19th. Brewer only this year moved up from juniors after qualifying 2nd and finishing 5th in the junior 26” trials finals at the 2006 World Champs in New Zealand. (The best ever result for an Australian Trials Rider on the World Stage!)
Some of the other top riders to watch for their moves and style are Lindsey Colla. Joel Whitburn (SA), Peace McCormac, Adam Kelley (NSW), and Andrew Dickey and Kleat Wilson (VIC). Riders are aiming to qualify for World Championship team selection for 2008 and look forward to the MTB World Championships in Canberra 2009.
Sharon Payne
Media Manager
Mountain Bike Australia