FTF 6 Hour 2009

Fat Tyre Flyers would like to thank the following sponsors for the donation of prizes and their support:

Croydon Cycleworks

Rollin Cycles

Sram

BikeCorp – Maxxis

We would also like to extend our thanks to the Officer Scout Association, Ken & Frog for First Aid, team Wheezers for donating their time to assist with timing duties – it was much appreciated. John Sleeman  for assistance with rego, the setup crew and the volunteers that assisted so favorable with the pack up of the course.

A technical and challenging course was set using the best trails the camp site has to offer. We left lots of climbing in, otherwise that would not be “Officer” but took the liberty to remove the fence line climb, gun barrel climb, and heartbreak hill became heart broken. It was good to see riders tackle the short pinch with vigor knowing they were going to be rewarded with an easier climb shortly after.

It was not all about the climbing with Clacker’s drop, the Death Chute and Sanelli’s “SS” al making a welcome return to complement “the berms”. The welcoming site of a full dam also made riding the dam wall that little bit more interesting knowing there was no B line, and the bail out option meant taking a swim!

Honors today went to Phillip Orr and Jo Wall, with Phil completing a staggering 16 laps with his slowest a mere 24m20. I myself went out at XCO race pace and was shocked to find a trio of Solo riders riding back onto my wheel at the 5 lap mark. I think someone forgot to adjust the throttle screw for these guys! 10 laps in and there is Phil still tapping out the laps, with all of his competition gone by the way side, including Joel Read who is known for riding people into the ground. I was content to eat dust on my last in awe of a guy who could hold that pace for the full 6 hours.

Line honors went to team Digby comprising of Rowan Smith, and Duncan Murray. Not to be overshadowed by the feats of Phil above but in their own right stamped their authority on the race, leaving the rest of us to read it and weep.

As the dust now settles we hope that all riders enjoyed their race and look forward to the next events ahead. Stay tuned for our AGM.

 Thanks to Steve Rowe pictures from the days event will be found at: http://mtb-images.com.au/ 

Results can be found below, with state series results also not too far away.

Downloads:
· Fastest Male Laps (PDF - 60 Kb)
· Fastest Female Laps (PDF - 44 Kb)
· FTF 6 Hour 2009 Results (PDF - 97 Kb)