RockShox Pumped up the Party!

Two gates, two mates, one winner….

The crowd gathered, the clouds parted, the track was swept and it was game on in the fifth edition of the ROCKSHOX Pump Track Challenge.

The social event of the Cannonball MTB Festival took place as the sun went down, but there was plenty of action to light up night and fire up the field.

The track was in top shape with world class showdowns revving up the 1000 strong crowd.  Riders raced the clock to narrow down the field of 300 to the top 8 in each category.

The new dual format saw head to head Pump Track racing in the upper categories Racers dropped in on opposing sides of the pump track, meeting in the middle for a side by side battle to the finish.

In the Pro Men’s, proving he is a quality all-rounder, Thomas Crimmins set a blistering pace in qualifying before meeting up with his mate David McMillan in the final.  Crimmins crossed the line first by the narrowest of margins to McMillan with Duke Millington coming in third.

“Great atmosphere, big crowd and a fun format of racing made for a fantastic event” said Thomas Crimmins.

It was a parade of women’s world beaters with Danni Beecroft, who is more at home on the downhill track, taking the win. Sian A’Hern maintained her podium place of yesterday to ride in second with BMX rider Harriet Burbidge-Smith coming in third.

“I loved the dual format, it’s good to battle it out each other to see where you are at, it really pushes you to the edge so much so I almost crashed” said Danni Beecroft.

The young guns scorched the course burning out of the berms and over the rollers at pro pace. Local kids Thomas Krpan, Jackson Connelly and Angus Falconer impressed with their speed and agility filling 1,2,3 on the podium in the u/15 men’s category.

Below are a list of all the podium winners:

Pro Men

1 Thomas Crimmins
2 David McMillan
3 Duke Millington
4 Remy Morton

Pro Women

1 Danielle Beecroft
2 Sian Ahern
3 Harriet Burbidge-Smith
4 Tegan Molloy

U19 Men

1 Kye Ahern
2 Bennett Wythe
3 Pat Butler
4 Tyson Wise

U19 Women 

1 Ellie Smith
2 Mackenzie Diver

Amateur Men
1 Billy Hindmarsh
2 Daniel Middleton
3 Brad Simcox

Masters 1 Men
1 Chris Martin
2 Mark Ludenia
3 Mitchell Turner

Masters 2 Men
1 Brett Minion
2 Callum McKenzie
3 Ross Domigan

Super Masters Men
1 John Myssonski
2 Robert Barker
3 Mark Profaca

U17 Men
1 Tyson Richens
2 Luke Meier-Smith
3 Luke Bradey

U15 Men
1 Thomas Krpan
2 Jackson Connelly
3 Angus Falconer

U13 Men
1 Wil Stockton
2 Jonathan Valenta
3 William Ireland

Amateur Women
1 Tash Bonney
2 Alysha McNee
3 Stephanie Jackson

Masters 1 Women
1 Mel Hayes

Masters 2 Women
1 Julia Boer
2 Coleen Boyes
3 Sam Thompson

U17 Women
1 Cassie Voysey
2 Tess Buckley
3 Sonya McNee

It was certainly a cracking night of free-rolling fun, now to today it’s the Canyon Flow Motion Cup, here riders take to the long 4.5km course, fit and flat out pedalling is what is required to hit the line first.