Jason English claimed a fourth consecutive win at the JetBlack 24-Hour Sydney race on the weekend despite an early challenge from Canberra's Ed McDonald. English won the event held for the first time at The Australian Botanic Garden at Mount Annan in Sydney.
Botanic Garden Director Caz McCallum welcomed more than 500 competitors from all over New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, as well as Queenslanders and racers from Victoria, who enjoyed the unique opportunity to race the first long distance mountain bike event ever be held in a botanic garden. The new MTB trail's "godfather", Horticultural Manager, Dan Bishop and organisers kicked off the race, with all eyes on the duel between two-time, 24-hour solo world champion English from Port Macquarie and the up and coming endurance racer Ed McDonald from Canberra.
English amassed 37 laps in 20 hours, 22 minutes and 37 seconds to claim the win on the 10km track, which was praised by riders to be one of the most challenging yet fun to ride tracks for a 24-hour race.
The first lap times soon confirmed that McDonald indeed was English's strongest challenger and they were close together until English made his move after five hours into the race, which had started at noon on Saturday.
McDonald managed also 37 laps to finish a respectable second despite competing on a bike with fixed gearing.
"All I knew was Ed (McDonald) would be there. I knew I would have to keep an eye on him," said English. "We started riding for the first few laps together. He went hard up a few hills but I wanted to warm up and get to know the track." Into the evening English had made a comfortable buffer between him and McDonald however by the early hours of Sunday morning, McDonald started to pull back some ground.
"I tried to look after myself. I was feeling pretty busted at that time," said English. Third overall was Benji Morris from Sydney's northern beaches with 34 laps.
New format: 6+6 H race
Canberra's Shane Taylor won the 6+6 Hour race category, which was hosted in conjunction with the JetBlack 24-hour event and cheekily dubbed the "endurance race with a pillow". Taylor completed 22 laps to beat Hornsby rider Dave Carter by 11 minutes. Third place getter was Phil Giles from Figtree with 19 laps.
Mel Hayes from The Junction won with two Canberra riders Karen Taylor and Shelley Dorey in second and third respectively.
Canberra women's pair Claire Graydon and Karen Foat won the female two-person team category with a remarkable 34 laps while Bathurst's Ryan Sargent and Michael Buttsworth won the men's two-person team on the same laps just 23 minutes ahead of the women.
The JetBlack 24-hr overall winners were a team of four, Project 63 from Sydney, recording an impressive 48 laps with Ben Fillingham, True Swain, Stuart Binns and Tim Kerle.
Among all the JetBlack 24 Hour racers, the fastest lap time of 25:23 was completed by a team of six rider, Troy Glennon from Sydney. Queenslander Robert Lewis claimed the fastest lap time in the 6+6 Hour competition with 22:59.
Full Results
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Elite men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Merida Red Racer (Jason English)
37
laps
2
The Prodigal Ss Padawan (Ed Ss Mcdonald)
37
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
CC Kids In Need (Benji Morris)
34
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Eddie Harrod (Eddie Harrod)
26
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Dave Coyles Ollo Industries Off Road Racing
24
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Matt De Pomeroy (Matthew De Pomeroy)
21
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Corey Werfel (Corey Werfel)
20
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Enduropulse Racing Solo (Michael Crummy)
20
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Crank Addict (Andrew Lloyd)
18
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Michael Thompson (Michael Thompson)
17
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Jason Harrod (Jason Harrod)
16
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Bigt (Tom Morris)
12
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Gunna Hurt (Nathan Fallowfield)
4
Row 12 - Cell 3
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Solo master men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Phil Welch (Phil Welch)
28
laps
2
Jason Smith (Jason Smith)
11
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Chicken Legs (Clayton Locke)
10
Row 2 - Cell 3
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Solo super master men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Klonk (Dale Klemke)
23
laps
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Elite men duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
208 Rocket
34
laps
2
Wild Turkeys
24
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Mcgees Racing
13
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Bodgey Brothers
11
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Team Alpha
6
Row 4 - Cell 3
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Elite women duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
A Soloists Duet
34
laps
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Elite mixed duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
The Bald And The Beautiful
21
laps
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Elite men trio
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Crooked Spokes
35
laps
2
Have A Crack
33
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Team Macdesign A
27
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Team Macdesign B
12
Row 3 - Cell 3
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Master men trio
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Team Scanlight
25
laps
2
Teds Test Eagles
19
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Inglorious Fat Boys
13
Row 2 - Cell 3
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Elite mixed trio
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
The Black Chookens
31
laps
2
3 Of A Kind
17
Row 1 - Cell 3
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Elite men four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Project 63
48
laps
2
Bernard Riders 4
47
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Where Is The Dead Wood
44
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Ollo Industries Off Road Racing
42
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
3 Men And A Potato Ii
40
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Shake N Bake
39
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Blackmans Mia Team 1
39
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Anger Management
39
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Spin Doctors
38
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Shake And Bake
36
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
The Puddings
35
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Below Average Punters
34
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Teds Test Team
33
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Pedal Pushers
33
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
Ride Ettalong
33
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
Old Boys Plus One
28
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Team Hot Designs Ecp
27
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
Good Idea
27
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Sympathy For The Pedal.
24
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
Frank The Tank
24
Row 19 - Cell 3
21
O Team
24
Row 20 - Cell 3
22
The Church Of Cyclotology
23
Row 21 - Cell 3
23
Teds A Team
22
Row 22 - Cell 3
24
Airborne
22
Row 23 - Cell 3
25
Zerofive Rhino Racing 24H Team
17
Row 24 - Cell 3
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Master men four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
The Garden Party Ride Ettalong
41
laps
2
Team Smec Urban
40
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Jeffs Bitches
38
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Just For Kicks
36
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Go 4 It
34
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Very Unattractive
13
Row 5 - Cell 3
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Elite women four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Lonsdale Street Roasters
34
laps
2
Talk Torque Talk
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
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Elite mixed four-pesron team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Team Salubrious Racing
41
laps
2
Project 63 In The Mix
41
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Ausaero
40
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Yeah Yeah Version 2
31
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Yojo Breki
26
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Body Magic
25
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
The Circulators
21
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Still Rolling
16
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Bioathletic
12
Row 8 - Cell 3
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Junior men four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
The Upstarts
42
laps
2
Team S.T.E.M
40
Row 1 - Cell 3
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Mixed six-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Ashfield Cycles
45
laps
2
Boundary Riders
42
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Pedal4Pierce
41
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Hale And No Pace
39
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Meat And Two Veg
37
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Cruising Sixpacks
36
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Kentlyn Warriors
35
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Gentle Giants
35
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Giddy Up And Ride
32
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Crash Dummies
30
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Telesmart
29
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Shimano Dynasys
23
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Videotraining 1
12
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Shimano Pearl Izumi
3
Row 13 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite men solo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Merida Tails Racing (Shane Taylor)
22
laps
2
Dave Carter (Dave Carter)
22
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Philthy (Phil Giles)
19
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Ben Ong (Ben Ong)
18
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Tom Mcpherson (Tom Mcpherson)
16
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Wmgs Racing (Aaron Broughton)
15
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Dion Jackson (Dion Jackson)
15
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Downhill Club (James Mason)
13
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Jarod Pulo (Jarod Pulo)
13
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Nick Stanton (Nick Stanton)
13
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Mercedes Benz Huntingwood 2 (John Odams)
9
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Mercedes Benz Huntingwood 2 (Luke Dale)
9
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Team Mandy Him (Andrew Best)
9
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Ian Mills (Ian Mills)
7
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
Scott Campbell (Scott Campbell)
7
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
Arran Cahill (Arran Cahill)
7
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Erden Ozgul (Erden Ozgul)
6
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
William Keyte (William Keyte)
6
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Dean Bradshaw (Dean Bradshaw)
6
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
Garpy (Gareth Spence)
5
Row 19 - Cell 3
21
Frank Frugone (Frank Frugone)
4
Row 20 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite women solo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Team Mandy Her (Mel Hayes)
16
laps
2
Rocky Trail Racing Kaz (Karen Taylor)
8
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Team Wmgs Racing (Shelley Dorey)
5
Row 2 - Cell 3
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6+6 Solo master men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Looney Cell (Jeff Rooney)
20
laps
2
Jamie Knobbs (Jamie Knobbs)
19
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Funky Brew (Kent Scott-Mclean)
17
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Mark Mcmaster (Mark Mcmaster)
17
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Dougal Torrance (Dougal Torrance)
15
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Kenny Mcilwain (Kenny Mcilwain)
14
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Marc Penning (Marc Penning)
12
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Far Kurnell (Brian W Gillan)
12
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Bling Bling (Jason Luchi)
5
Row 8 - Cell 3
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6+6 Solo super master men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Touchstar (Marko Sibila)
15
laps
2
Rob Maciejowski (Rob Maciejowski)
11
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Bryan Bruce (Bryan Bruce)
7
Row 2 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite men duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
2 Js
23
laps
2
Granny Gear
19
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Mercedes Benz Huntingwood 3
18
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Rusty Cranks 2
18
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Pedal In My Pants
18
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Team Epicanthem
15
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Mercedes Benz Huntingwood 4
14
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Byebye
12
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Team Grim
11
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
A Mate Urs
11
Row 9 - Cell 3
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6+6 Master men duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Anytime Fitness
24
laps
2
Bernard Riders Masters
23
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Balding Beefcake And Captain Lovehandles
13
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Albatross
8
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Older Not Wiser
8
Row 4 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite women duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Talk Torque Turtles
10
laps
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6+6 Elite mixed duo
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
In Tandem
21
laps
2
The Dancing Geese
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite men trio
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Fast And Flowee
27
laps
2
Bernard Riders Trio
25
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Roaring 40 S
24
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Renegade Cycles
24
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Battered Sav S
24
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Renegade Cycles Sending
23
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Jetblack Team Tony
20
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Beanflipper 1
20
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Malcontents
17
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Fat Middle Aged Men
15
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Zerofive Rhino Racing 6 6 Team
13
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Jetblack Team Dave
8
Row 11 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite women trio
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Team Wimyn
18
laps
2
Beanflipper 2
17
Row 1 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite men four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Birdog Riders Elite 1
24
laps
2
Macarthur Boys
22
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Blackmans Mia Team 2
20
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Blackmans Mia Team 3
14
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Shimano Ice Technologies
2
Row 4 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite women four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Double Flat Cap Chai
17
laps
2
Team Jaxon
12
Row 1 - Cell 3
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6+6 Elite mixed four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Bernard Riders Mix
19
laps
2
Team Spinifex Consulting
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Cyclopaths
17
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
The Forked Four
13
Row 3 - Cell 3
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6+6 Junior four-person team
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Josh And Josh
20
laps
2
View
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
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