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Giant Otway Odyssey

Quite a few South Australians competing in the Giant Otway Odyssey today.

Quite a cold morning welcomed the riders -and suporters! – with temperatures not going above 1 degree (with some claims of -1.3 degrees!) it was certainly tough getting out of bed this morning! Thankfully there was no rain for the day, slitghly overcast, so not a horrible day for racing once the riders were set off. With enough rain falling over the past few days, there was still plenty of mud on the course and competitors came through the first transition in varying degrees of respectful MTB dirtiness.

Chris Jongewaard lead the race from the start, putting a 5 mins lead on the chasing racers – Adrian Jackson and Shaun Lewis – and maintaining it for the rest of the race. Adrian and Shaun seemed to stick together throughout the race, finishing it off with a sprint finish at the end – 2nd place was decided by a photo result – Adrian managing to squeeze Shaun out for the better place!

 

Some very strong results and quite a few SA finishers in the top 100:

  • Chris Jongewaard taking out 1st place male in 4hrs 27mins
  • Therri Rhodes taking out 4th place female in 5hrs 47mins
  • Rohan Baird coming in 15th male in 4hrs 54mins
  • Anna Puckridge coming 15th female in 6hrs 45mins
  • Tom Goddard coming in 17th male in 4hrs 58mins
  • Ben Hogarth coming in 19th male in 4hrs 59mins
  • Ollie Ollie Ollie Klein coming in 21st male with 5hrs 01mins
  • Matthew Ackland (El’ Presidento) coming in 39th male with 5hrs 14mm – 1st place SS!
  • Michael Denton coming in 53rd male (1st place Junior) with 5hrs 22mins
  • Ian McGraw coming in 65th male with 5hrs 28mins
  • Jason Morrison coming in 69th male with 5hrs 31mins
  • Kevin Pullen coming in 74th male with 5hrs 34mins
  • Matt Sanderson coming in 78th male with 5hrs 36mins
  • Patrick Walsh coming in 82nd male with 5hrs 38mins
  • Evan James coming in 86th male with 5hrs 39mins (claims he wasn’t actually trying….)

Many more mentionable finishes – the live results can be found on the Rapid Ascent website – click here – and the final results are usually released pretty quickly once the event is finished.

Don’t forget the UCI Cairns round is LIVE on SBS right now – also stream-able through RedBull TV if it suits you more – up to lap 3 of 6 now!

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Results – Hammer Nutrition Round 1

Results are up for today’s racing – check the results page here. You can also find the Elite Series points table on the same page – I will endeavour to make it look prettier over the coming months!

If there’s any discrepancies please email timing@ambc.asn.au and I’ll look into it.

Results will be finalised by Thursday morning.

The next round in the Enduro series is open for registration – Sunday 1st June. To register – click here – at this stage we are planning for Prospect Hill, but due to logging operations the race maybe relocated. Stay tuned for details!

Thank you goes out to all our volunteers that make the day happen:

  • Course setup
    • David Knight (Committee)
    • Jason Morrison
    • Aurelia Strozik
  • Course packup
    • Malcolm Robertson (Committee)
    • Anna Puckridge
  • BBQ
    • Dez Clarke
    • Scott Keneally (Committee) – also on race brief and parking marshal
  • Registration
    • Robyn Couch (Committee)
    • Chelsea Hooton
    • Betina Denton

and also the people involved with assisting with last minute packup!

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Hammer Nutrition Enduro Round 1 Start List

Weather is shaping up to be quite nice with the BOM is predicting 26C and partly cloudy – don’t forget to bring your sunscreen!

The gate will be open from 8am for competitors to drive down to the start/finish area. Please remember that this is a residential area and try to keep the noise down.

Attached is a start list for tomorrows race – if any details are incorrect let timing@ambc.asn.au know so we can rectify it.

Start List

The BBQ will be firing up once again –

  • Snags, onion and bread – $2
  • Drinks – $1

See you all there!

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Reminder – Hammer Nutrition Enduro Round 1

Don’t forget to register for the race by 10am Saturday!

The registration page had a slight glitch overnight, but all entries should be working now.

If you have any issues, send an email to timing@ambc.asn.au and we can sort out solutions.

Don’t forget to wind your clocks back at 3am on Sunday by an hour – you get an extra hour of sleep!

We are still looking for a parking marshal volunteer. We can even provide a high-vis vest (you still get a transferable race entry, sausage and drink as well!)! Contact racevolunteers@ambc.asn.au if you’re interested.

A course map is available here.

General Enduro Series information is here.

This round is the first round in our Winter Elite Series. Read more about it here.

The club has printed a number of petition papers for the “A Metre Matters” campaign, for people to sign. They will be available at the registration/sign-on desk. More information is available on the Amy Gillett Foundation website.

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Hammer Nutrition 4 hour Enduro – Round 1

Register now for the Hammer Nutrition XC Enduro Series Race 1 at Craigburn Farm, Sunday 6th of April 2014.

Registrations close online, the day prior at 10am. There will be no on the day registration. Please contact timing@ambc.asn.au if you have any issues with registration.

We are looking for volunteers for the following roles:

  • Two people to provide BBQ services,
  • One person for parking marshaling,
  • Two people to assist with track set-up on Saturday 5th April at 9am,
  • Two people to assist with registration – handing out race packs – the time keeper will handle any tricky questions,
  • Two people to provide assistance with track pack-up,

All volunteers receive a free, transferable race entry – this entry can be used for any grade and qualifies for the elite series entry – a BBQ’d delight and a refreshing beverage to wash it all down with. If you can assist, please email racevolunteers@ambc.asn.au to register your interest.

If any junior riders are interested in riding as a duo but don’t have a partner, please contact juniors@ambc.asn.au for information.

We have been approved to open the gate to allow parking near the start finish area – see the map below –

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