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*** BMX Pacific Oceania Ranking Series #6 - C3 ***

Adelaide, South Australia February 24-25, 2007

Kamakazi wins as field crashes
A Steven Bradbury style finish has allowed Australian National BMX
Champion Kamakazi to win his first National Probikx Series race this
season. Kamakazi was in fourth position when a crash involving the
leading three riders gave him an easy victory in the series' sixth round.

The crash involved leading rider Khalen Young who was tangled up with
New Zealand rider Marc Willers and Luke Madill. An earlier altercation for
Jared Graves took him out of the lead but he recovered, with the help of
the bingle, to ride cross the line in second.

South Australian rider Brian Kirkham finished third while Michael Robinson
returned to racing after an appendix operation to claim fourth.

Queenslander Jamie Gray took fifth place ahead of the crash victims
Madill, Young and Willers who rode across the line in sixth, seventh
and eighth respectively.


Photo - Elite Men’s winner Kamakazi rode strongly during the motos.

In the National Probikx Series standings the top three positions remained
unchanged with Madill leading Wade Bootes and Young in third.

The women's race involved a series of three races for points and New
Zealander Sarah Walker proved too strong, wining the event from Perth's
Tanya Bailey while Queenslander Melissa Mankowki took third. Another
New Zealand rider, Serena Kastermans, was fourth.

In the women's national Probikx Series standings the women's top three
places went unchanged with Bailey retaining the lead. Mankowski
continues to hold second place in the standing while Nicole Callisto,
who has been sidelined after knee surgery, retains her third spot.

The junior men's event saw Matthew Willoughby maintain his series
lead by winning the event, while Canberra's Caroline Buchanan won
from Ziggy Callan but the latter retains the junior women's series lead.

In the 16 boys South Australian Sam Willoughby won and retains his
National Champbikx. Western Australian, Lauren Reynolds (Bunbury)
won the 16 girls race.

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~~~ Results ~~~

Elite Men

1 Kamakazi
2 Jared Graves
3 Brian Kirkham
4 Michael Robinson
5 Jamie Gray
6 Luke Madill
7 Khalen Young
8 Marc Willers
9 Wade Bootes
10 Billy Jolliffe
11 Michael Fenwick
12 Sifiso Nhlapo
13 Cale Mcculloch
14 Todd Pascoe
15 Scott Taylor
16 Daniel Johnstone
17 Matthew Cameron
18 Julian Lim
19 Steven Wong
20 Alexander Cameron
21 Jarrod Royal
22 Nigel Adamson
23 Alex Hunter

Elite Women

1 Sarah Walker
2 Tanya Bailey
3 Melissa Mankowski
4 Serena Kastermans
5 Angela Wooding
6 Kylie Patroni

Junior Men

1 Matthew Willoughby
2 Joshua Webb
3 Dirk Winter
4 Steven Janssen
5 Aaron Wheatland
6 Luke Londema
7 Christopher Westwood
8 Joshua Eden
9 Jasper Gaffney
10 Nicholas Cameron
11 Zac Lennon
12 Karl Ballintyne

Junior Women

1 Caroline Buchanan
2 Ziggy Callan
3 Victoria Hill
4 Grace Ireland
5 Catherine Hopkins

16 Girls

1 Lauren Reynolds
2 Cherie Simpson
3 Rachel Bracken
4 Erin Butler

16 Boys

1 Sam Willoughby
2 Joshua Callan
3 Anthony Dean
4 Justin Braybon
5 Tatsumi Matsushita
6 Tyler Green
7 Justin Myers

15 Girls

1 Kirsten Dellar
2 Lacey Oliver
3 Ashleigh Cragg
4 Talia Smith
5 Olivia Clark

15 Boys

1 Trent Evans
2 Brendan Abel
3 Benjamin Clarke
4 David Haydon
5 Ryan Henderson
6 Robert Londema
7 Andrew Schultz
8 Kevin Watson
9 Dylan Gale
10 Joshua Wallis
11 Joel Eden
12 Jake Foster
13 Steven Stewart

14 Boys

1 Thomas Rowe
2 Graeme Mudd
3 Brent Welhan
4 Corey Bagnall
5 Brandon Mcqueen
6 Christopher Lathwell