Date 06. 01. 2010 (4320) |

First two UCI races in 2010 were held in Nerang (Australia). Some international riders were there, including US Pro´s Danny Calluag, Alice Post, Stephanie Barragan or the Japan riders Tatsumi Matshushita and Miki Libata. Results and some reports are here. Results from UCI BMX races - Nerang/Australia day 1 Elite Men 1. Jared Graves 2. Brian Kirkham 3. Danny Caluag (USA) 4. Josh Callan 5. Sam Willoughby 6. Tatsumi Matsushita (JPN) 7. Anthony Dean 8. Alex Cameron Elite Women 1. Caroline Buchanan 2. Alise Post (USA) 3. Lauren Reynolds 4. Rachel Brackens 5. Ziggy Callan 6. Jaclyn Wilson-Thompson 7. Cherie Simpson 8. Stephanie Barragan (USA) Junior Men 1. Matt Dunsworth 2. Adam Sanderson 3. Darryn Goodwin 4. Ryan Henderson 5. Thomas Rowe 6. Jesse Van Vugt 7. Jacob Page 8. Ben Hidalgo Junior Women 1. Kirsten Dellar 2. Melinda McLeod 3. Molly Nichols-Pavy 4. Lacey Oliver 5. Gemma Sloan 6. Camille Prestwidge 7. Jasmin Bensley day 2 Elite Men 1. Jared Graves 2. Sam Willoughby 3. Brian Kirkham 4. Danny Calluag USA) 5. Joshua Callan 6. Thomas Hubert 7. Billy Jolliffe 8. Matthew Juster Elite Women 1. Lauren Reynolds 2. Caroline Buchanan 3. Alise Post (USA) 4. Rachel Bracken 5. Jaclyn WILSON-THOMPSON 6. Ziggy Callan 7. Kelly Percy 8. Stephanie Barragan Junior Men 1. Matthew DUNSWORTH 2. Darryn GOODWIN 3. Thomas ROWE 4. Joseph COSTA 5. Benjamin HIDALGO 6. Jonathon GECK 7. Jesse VAN VUGT 8. Adam SANDERSON Junior Women 1. Melinda MCLEOD 2. Kirsten DELLAR 3. Jasmin BENSLEY 4. Gemma SLOANE 5. Lacey OLIVER 6. Camille PRESTWIDGE 7. Molly NICHOLS- PAVY Complete resulst from DAY 1 are HERE Complete resulst from DAY 2 are HERE. Jared Graves leads Sam Willoughby in the 4th National Round on the Gold Coast Jared Graves has started off his new year with another bang by winning the fourth BMX National Tour on the Gold Coast today. The Beijing Olympian also claimed the previous round held last night. Today Graves got an early lead and managed to hold off a mid field challenge by World Cup series winner, Sam Willoughby. Graves was chased home by Willoughby and fellow Adelaide rider, Brian Kirkham from Adelaide who finished in second and third respectively. For Graves to finish ahead of his protégée, Willoughby, was a relief.. “I’ve had a bit to do with Sam. He has all the talent in the world,’” said Graves. “My plan for the weekend was to beat Sam!” Western Australian rider, Lauren Reynolds finally achieved her first win as an elite rider today. The win served as a confidence boost for the national high performance team member after being unlucky during race finals recently. Early in the race Reynolds lost some ground but waited until the second straight to take the lead. She managed to stay clear of some cat and mouse action between national champion, Caroline Buchanan and America’s Alise Post. Buchanan claimed third while Post slipped back into third. “I totally missed my gate. I thought I’d back off a little bit and wait for the right time. That’s what I did and was lucky enough to get the win,” said Reynolds. Fourth place was claimed by Rachel Bracken from Townsville. Jaclyn Wilson –Thompson from Bendigo placed fifth and retains the elite women’s series lead with Buchanan now second overall. The Junior women’s was won by Melinda McLeod while Matthew Dunsworth continued his domination of the junior men’s race. McLeod made it into second place in the overall series while Kirsten Dellar leads. Dunsworth maintains his stranglehold over the series. The next two national rounds will be held in Canberra on 5 – 6th March with the final and seventh round to be held in conjunction with the national championships in Shepparton in May. No grieving for Graves after Olympic crash After crashing in the Beijing Olympic final, Jared Graves has returned to the BMX track with success on his mind and taken out the National Series round on the Gold Coast overnight. The 27 year old from Toowoomba in Queensland dominated a star studded final which included USA’s Daniel Caluag and Japan’s Tatsumi Matsushita. It was the defending national series winner, Brian Kirkham from Adelaide, who lay down the challenge to Graves but Kirkham had to be content with second place. The pressure was too much for fellow Adelaide rider and current world cup series winner, Sam Willoughby, who dominated the heats to finish in fifth place in the final just behind Joshua Callan from Victoria. Caluag placed a respectable third. The colourful Kamakazi also had a comeback to racing after a break following the Olympics and made it to the semi-finals. The women’s race was taken out by national champion, Caroline Buchanan from Canberra, while USA rider, Alise Post impressed with second place. Western Australia’s Lauren Reynolds claimed third while Queensland’s Rachel Bracken rode into fourth spot. The junior men’s race was secured by Matthew Dunsworth from Victoria while the Western Australian rider, Kristen Dellar won the junior women’s race. Champbikx winners were: 16 boys – Bodi Turner (Eastfield, VIC) 16 girls - Madiison Janssen (Nerang, QLD) 15 boys – Kerrod Connors (Nerang, QLD) 15 girls – Macey Gore (Ashmore, QLD) 14 boys – Aaron Nottle (Westside, WA) 14 girls – Jade Parker (Bundaberg, QLD) The round also doubled as a UCI Oceania Round with riders scoring valuable international points.