
NEAR PERFECT CONDITIONS GREETED NEARLY 70 YOUNG EAGER RACERS FOR WHAT COULD BE THE ONLY ENDURO ON THE CALENDAR. A COURSE PUT TOGETHER BY FORMER ENDURO ACE PETER SANDERS PROVED TO BE DEMANDING AND TESTING. WITH NEARLY 4 HRS OF RIDING AND OVER 30 MINUTES
ROUND 3 VICTORIAN OFF-ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
SUNDAY MAY 10 THREE BRIDGES JUNIOR ENDURO
NEAR PERFECT CONDITIONS GREETED NEARLY 70 YOUNG EAGER RACERS FOR WHAT COULD BE THE ONLY ENDURO ON THE CALENDAR.
A COURSE PUT TOGETHER BY FORMER ENDURO ACE PETER SANDERS PROVED TO BE DEMANDING AND TESTING. WITH NEARLY 4 HRS OF RIDING AND OVER 30 MINUTES OF SPECIAL TEST'S.
A COLD START TAKE OFF AT THE START OF THE DAY CAUGHT A COUPLE OF RIDERS OUT, HOWEVER WITH TRAIL TIMES AND SPECIAL TEST'S STILL TO PLAY A PART IN THE FORMAT, IT ALL ADD'S TO THE ENDURO FORMAT.
THE INTERMEDIATE CLASS WAS EASILY WON BY KTM RIDER ALEX BOLTON BY 35 SECONDS FROM JOSH WILLIAMS, 3RD PLACE WAS JESSE MILNER.
THE J4 CLASS, 250cc 4 STROKE WAS DOMINATED BY YAMAHA RIDER TRAVIS COOPER FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN DALLABONA, BRINGING 3RD PLACE HOME WAS NATHAN ONDRUS.
J3 CLASS, THE 125cc 2 STROKES WAS HOTLY CONTESTED AND A HARD FOUGHT AFFAIR, DANIEL SANDERS CAME OUT ON TOP FROM ALEX STEPHENSON AND JAYMES DAY MADE IT TO 3rd PLACE ON THE PODIUM.
IT WAS ALSO DANIEL SANDERS WHO TOOK THE OUTRIGHT WIN FOR THE ROUND BY SOME 10 SECONDS OVER ALL.
THE J2'S, BIG WHEEL 85-150 CLASS, TOP SPOT ON THE PODIUM WENT TO JOEL PAY FROM ANDREW McCARTHY THEN ANDREW WILKSCH.
THE J1 CLASS, SMALL WHEEL 85-150, THEY MIGHT HAVE THE LITTLEST BIKES, BUT THEY HAVE THE BIGGEST HEARTS AND IN A TOUGH CONDITIONS TOM MASON STOOD A TOP THE PODIUM FROM LYNDON SNODGRASS AND SCOTTY NOBLE GETS 3RD PLACE FOR HIS EFFORTS ON DAY.
ALL IN ALL THE DAY PROVED TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE M.C.R.C.V AND THE VIC-OFF ROAD COMMITTEE PULLING OFF A WELL RUN AND CO-ORDINATED ENDURO. THE EVENT ATTRACTED PRO-CLASS SENIOR HELPERS INCLUDING TODD STEPHENSON, MATTY PARKINSON AND NEWLY CROWNED AUSTRALIAN ENDURO CHAMP JEHI WILLIS.
HOPEFULLY IN THE YEARS TO COME WE CAN SEE ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION COMING OUT OF THE VERY HEALTHY AND WELL AND TRULY ALIVE VICTORIAN OFF-ROAD CHAMPIONShIP