Hundreds of mountain bike riders from across the nation descended on Tathra for the annual Mountain Bike Festival on the June long weekend.
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President of Tathra MTB Club president Chris Pilotto was delighted with the turn out of riders, the performance of the Bundadung trail network tracks and the weather.
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"Everyone was really happy with the track. We've recently done a pretty major upgrade and we used that for the race and everyone liked that," he said.
Winner of the 2022 5-hour race Scott Chancellor was able to return and defend his title again with 12 laps.
Canberra-based mountain biker Libby Adamson won the women's 5-hour race, completing nine laps of the course. The return racer said she had always loved the mountain bike trails of the South Coast.
"Tathra always run really great fun social races, it's always got a nice vibe," Adamson said.
"They take a lot of care of their trails and it really shows, which makes for great riding.
She is excited for more events to be held in and around Tathra into the future, and said the development of more tracks and mountain biking infrastructure was always fantastic for the sport.
"It's always great that there's new tracks popping up," she said.
Pilotto said the club would keep hosting events and attracting people to the area. He is excited for the future.
"There should be more races next year for sure."
Results
Saturday Lap it up - Seniors Male
- Ben Parker 13:34 14:45 14:44 15:15 58:18
- Ben Rosenbaum 14:11 14:22 14:52 15:20 58:45
- Grant Day 16:07 16:28 16:39 17:37 1:06:51
Saturday Lap it up - Seniors Female
- Julia Clarke 31:31 16:36 16:40 16:50 1:21:37
- Michelle Mitchell 20:52 21:02 23:01 18:40 1:23:35
- Paula Stuart 31:05 -3 Laps
Saturday Lap it up - Under 19 Male
- Monty Lloyd Jones 14:24 15:00 15:17 16:18 1:00:59
- Lukas Kempff 13:55 15:27 16:28 15:55 1:01:45
- Geordie Osgood 15:46 16:38 17:00 16:48 1:06:12
Saturday Lap it up - Under 19 Female
- Antje Kempff 21:29 23:55 24:59 25:05 1:35:28
- Poppy Melgaard 21:35 23:59 25:46 -1 Lap
- Charlotte Tudor 20:06 21:34 -2 Laps
Saturday Lap it up - Under 13 Male
- Beau Day 16:04 16:29 16:43 17:31 1:06:47
- Joey Andrew-Higgs 16:42 18:29 19:38 19:31 1:14:20
- Oliver Bachmann 20:58 18:02 18:52 18:41 1:16:33
Saturday Lap it up - Under 13 Female
- Kalais Parker 19:55 20:48 22:58 21:30 1:25:11
- Poppy Mitchell 20:54 20:58 22:45 24:21 1:28:58
- Alba Van Der Meulen 21:07 20:48 22:46 24:20 1:29:01
Sunday 5Hr Solo Male
- Scott Chancellor 12 laps
- Kelsey Boreham 11 laps
- Trent Moore 10 laps
Sunday 5Hr Solo Female
- Libby Adamson 9 laps
- Rebecca Thomson 8 laps 4hrs 52mins
- Carly Bexterman 8 laps 5hrs 19mins
Sunday 3hr Solo Male
- Ross Goggin 7 laps
- Adam Bramwell 6 laps 3hrs 3 mins
- Chris Pittolo 6 laps 3hrs 7mins
Sunday 3hr Solo Female
- Karen Evans 6 laps
- Paula Sutton 5 laps
- Catherine Moore 4 laps
Full results can be found here.
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