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MTB-O Competitors Enjoy Day in the Sun at Pierce's Creek

Monday, 22 October 2012

Fifty competitors enjoyed a day in the sun contesting the 2012 ACT MTB Orienteering Long Distance Championships at Pierce’s Creek on Sunday.  This was considered a good turnout in light of a number of similar events on the same weekend. The photo above captures Toni Brown discussing tactics with Raynie McNee before the event started.

The 13.4 km Course 3 attracted the most competitors, 14.  Malcolm Roberts (M50; NC-N) who made the trip from Newcastle for the event was fastest on the day.  After a slow start he gradually made up time on the early leader, Robert Bleeker, and had a clear margin of over four minutes from Robert Prentice (M50; SH-N), with a further eight minutes to Andy Halliday (M50; MD-N).  Stephen Melhuish (M16; PO-A) fourth was the fastest ACT finisher on the course.

The result was much closer on the 10.4 km Course 4, with Paul Halliday (M60; MD-N) clocking 64 min 07 sec, only 49 seconds faster than Jeannie Douglass (W50; BF-N).

David Medlock (M40; AO-A) Jo Allison (M/WOpen; RR-A) and Noah Poland (M/WOpen; BS-A) were fastest respectively on Courses 2, 5 and 6.

Course 1 (16.4 km) had only two finishers and while Christopher Horne led throughout he was never more than his winning margin of 1 min 45 sec ahead of Fedor Iskhahov.

The full results and splits are now available.
news summary
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2016 MTBO Events Monday, 28 March 2016 The 2016 National Mountain Bike Orienteering Series commences in less than three weeks.
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MTBO Championships 2015 Wednesday, 9 September 2015 MTBO Championships are on weekend of 17-18 October 2015
2013 MTB Orienteering Championships Carnival in ACT Tuesday, 13 August 2013
2013 ACT MTBO Events Saturday, 19 January 2013 OACT will stage the five mountain bike orienteering events during 2013
MTB-O Competitors Enjoy Day in the Sun at Pierce's Creek Monday, 22 October 2012 Fifty competitors enjoyed a day in the at Pierce’s Creek
2012 ACT MTBO Long Distance Championships Tuesday, 11 September 2012 The 2012 ACT MTBO Long Distance Championships will be held on Sunday 21 October.
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National MTBO Series Round 2 in Queensland Friday, 18 May 2012 Round 2 of the National MTBO Series will be in Queensland
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