For the third year in a row current World 24 hour Mountain Bike Champion, Jason English, has won the JetBlack Western Sydney MTB 12 hour race. The 12 hour race was held last weekend for the second time at an exclusive MTB venue at Dargle Farm near Windsor west of Sydney. The 30 year old PE teacher from Port Macquarie completed 24 laps of the 10 km long track in just 11 hours 39 minutes.

Sunday’s Shimano MTB Grand Prix races also held at Dargle Farm provided some close results in the teams. The 8 hour solo men’s winner was Scott Pomroy on 14 laps and Marty Stozik second with 13 laps. Third was Andrew Clark on 12 laps. The solo women’s race saw two riders on 12 laps. Sarah Neumann narrowly beat Belinda Porter by just 13 minutes. Despite being run over seven hours the racing was just as competitive.

In the separate bike shop category ranking, where riders can claim their collected series points for a designated store, the Bike Shed Mortdale and the Gordon Street Cycles from Port Macquarie are set up for a showdown in the final round which will be held at Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra on 24th September.

For full results and event information go to: www.rockytrailentertainment.com

Image: Neil Thompson