The first round of the Townsville DH series was run and won on the weekend. A massive turn out of riders coming from all over the north. Port Douglas, Atherton, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay. The event seen the biggest turn out for a local series in history on Mt Stuart. The 62 riders were broken up into their categories with Adrian Dawson taking out the Elite Men with a new track record of 2:11.84 over Berend Boer 2:13.21 and Adam Leonardi 2:13.77, U19’s Men had a minor timing issue but all resolved with Lachlan McLaren taking the win with 2:18.86 over James ward and Tyler Ludkin. The Rockwheelers had also seen quite a few upsets in the racing categories with Andrew Smith taking out the Vet Men with 2:29.96 over the 2009 Champ Dan Broadfoot 2:30.99. U17’s were won by Kyle Mackie, U15’s Matti Bomford-wind picked up the win, Sports Stephen Doorenboom lead the pack and the Masters was taken out by Damon Christian.

A huge thank you the all the volunteers, without these guys we wouldn’t be able to run such a successful event. Also another thank you to our very helpful sponsors for the race. Coates hire for the toilet facilities, Defence Recruiting for the PA system and Edge Cycleworks for their bike shop support throughout the day.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the second round in April.

Results can be found on the results page.

Townsville Rockwheelers DH - RD 1- 7th March 2010

Thanks again. Cheers, Leo...