Round 5 of HMBA club Downhill, came with the extra bonus of the last chance to grab points towards the Rockytrail NSW Downhill State Series, being the third & final round, Rockytrail’s Martin & Juliana where there to award the series winners at the end of the event.
The weekend blessed us with beautiful weather, cool, crisp & dry
Saturday was kick off with our social shuttle day, with over 60 riders taking the advantage to have a roll to see what “The Monkey” hype was all about or suss your lines practice, ready for Sunday’s race day.
Sunday…. Wow! The Awaba Mountain Bike Park was a buzz, not only did we have our normal club XC & DH racing but the park was graced with official dignitaries for the grand opening of part 1, of the development of Awaba Mt Bike park. Car Park & “The Development Trail” a purpose built trail for Adaptive cyclists, juniors & beginners alike
but while this was all going on our gravity fed junkie’s where getting in their last practice before 12 noon, High noon, Race runs.
Race runs, the best of two, seen just short of 100 rides make their way to the top.
Home from the World Cup DH scene, local lad Jack Moir & Engadine’s U19 women Cassie Voysey, the whispers… bets… how fast…. can anyone get close! Would Jack break the 3min.30???? ( Good Luck in the up & coming World Cup Rounds)
Well he went extremely Close, putting down a 3:35.583 on his 1st run & then bettering with a 3:34.511 on his 2nd
Fellow Locals Joel Willis back from injury came in 2nd with a not to shabby 3:47.716 & 3:50.498 & Joshua Arcus 1st Under 19, 3rd fastest for the day 3:50.274
ACT rider Timothy Eaton 4th fastest & took out 3rd in Elite 3:56.087 & 3:53.158 behind Jack & Joel
Women’s U19’s Cassie took the honors & fastest of the day with a 4:48.450 & 4:45.473 followed by Kellie Weinert Elite Women 5:03.471 & 5:13.759 , Tahlia Richens U15 Women 6:00.301
Well Done to all the riders, the winners on the day & NSW DH Series Winners, Thank You for making the trip to Awaba & being part of an Awesome event.
The Volunteers… What An amazing group of peeps. Timing, Sign On, Shuttles drivers, shuttle marshal, on track marshals, 1st aid, the photographers you all helped make this event the success it was, THANK YOU <3 Col xx
below find links to FB pages with race & podium photos & NSW DH Series results
https://www.facebook.com/NSWDH/
https://www.facebook.com/thevoicephotos/
https://www.facebook.com/jakevoyseyphotography/
https://www.facebook.com/MTB-Riders-Australia-1960445380884775/
https://www.facebook.com/SPC-Photography-132834817280569/
HMBA Club DH RACE RESULTS Here:
HMBA Club DH With Rockytrail NSW State DH Points Overall Event Ranking
HMBA Club DH With Rockytrail NSW State DH Points Event Ranking
Will Have Club grade results & progress point score up soon when I get the data sorted
Cheers Col
Some of the Photos Used by “The voice photography” & “Jake Voysey photography” Thank you 🙂
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