Month: July 2012

2012 Australian World Championships’ Team

The mountains of Austria are calling, the list of riders that will be riding the chairlift to the top has been announced, come on Aussie come on!

The downhillA�team that will represent Australia at the 2012 World Championships in Austria later this year has been announced. No huge surprises but a huge achievement for everyone that has made the cut.

Senior Men

Sam HillA�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A� WA
Troy BrosnanA�A�A�A�A� SA
Michael HannahA� QLD
Jared GravesA�A�A�A�A�A� NSW
Joshua ButtonA�A�A� NSW
Mitchell DelfsA�A�A�A�A� WA
Bryn AtkinsonA�A�A�A� NSW

Senior Woman

Tracey Hannah QLD

Junior Men (long team)

Connor Fearon SA
Joseph Vejvoda NSW
Thomas Crimmins NSW
Jack Moir NSW
Luke Ellison NT
Dean Lucas VIC
David McMillan ACT

Junior Women

Danielle Beecroft NSW

Of course expect full coverage from the event on downhill247.com.
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South Australian State Series – Race 4 – Eagle

The South Australian State Series returned back to Eagle Mountain Bike Park, the site of the 2012 Australian National Championships. This was our favourite image from the weekend, we don't know why but it instantly reminds us of World Cups! Maybe it is the speed blur, the riders position or their appearance whatever the case we love it! The rider is local fast man Brad McDonnell, hash tag: sofactory!

Round four of the South Australian State Series saw riders take onA�the revisedA�track at Eagle Mountain Bike Park. The track hadA�seen some revisions since the last time it was raced on.

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Inside Info: Connor Fearon – Windham

Send send send! Connor had no problems sending the huge jumps on the course. Photo: Jacob Gibbins

Coming off a good result at Mont Saint Anne I had the bar set high as far as my results go. I have been looking forward to this race all season the track is short and fast which suits me fine! The race track is in Windham about two hours out of New York City. Windham itself is a small town with a few hillbillya��s and USA flags. Everybody in the town seems to support the World Cupa��s that get held there which is good to see!
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Finals – WC#5 – Windham

Yeah Mitch! Mitch Delfs put together a run at Windham, taking the hot seat and finishing a very tidy eleventh place! Photo: Jacob Gibbins

Winning at Windham was the name of the game andA�watching the race you could tell everyone was going flat outA�to getA�the win! This is evidenced by the large number of crashes and mechanicals, whenA�riders areA�pushing so hard you are bound to flirt with the fine line of having a clean run or not!

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