Three rookies are among the six ONSW riders named in the national team to race against New Zealand at the Australian MTBO champs in Victoria at the end of this month.
Ori Gudes (Uringa, M40, pictured), Michael Ridley-Smith (Garingal, M40) and Rob Vincent (Newcastle, M60) will wear the green and gold for the first time in Maryborough from October 25-27.
Ori is a keen track cyclist as well as doing mountain bike orienteering and foot orienteering.
Michael - who was selected two years ago for Wingello but got injured just prior while motorbike riding - does foot o and adventure racing. He has the M40 NOL title alreasy sewn up ahead of the nationals.
Rob is a master foot o mapper, course setter and controller who has added MTBO to his substantial repertoire in recent years.
The Australian team is spearheaded by 2019 world champs rookie Tim Doman from Newcastle, who was picked for the international stage earlier this year after just half a dozen MTBO events!
The other two NSW riders chosen for Australia are Big Foot's Hamish Mackie (Big Foot) and Andrew Power (Newcastle) who will also be the team manager.
Congratulations on these selections and appointment.
And a reminder of other coming MTBO events:
* Newcastle's BOSS series starts on Sunday October 13 at Killingworth South. A great intro to MTBO.
* The ACT Champs are on the following weekend (Oct 18-20). Entries close on Monday October 14.
