Venture Cycles Rider Antony Moore

Noosaville Trek dealer Venture Cycles has been supporting young local downhill mountain biker Antony Moore over the last year or so and he has been ripping it up on a Trek Session 88. Last year at the World MTB Championships in Canberra Antony achieved an outstanding 10th place in the U19 category and over this summer he has been competing in the National Series and National Championships.

After finishing 4th at the first round in Hobart he was hoping for a podium finish at the National Champs. Practice and qualifying went well for him with a solid top 10 qualifying result, and plenty left in the tank for the final. Finals got underway, and Antony's run was going well. His split showed him on track for a podium finish. However, Antony came unstuck towards the bottom of the course with a heavy crash. He got up and rolled down the rest of the track to finish a disappointing 31st. Later X-Ray's showed that he had actually broken his hand.

While the end result was not what was hoped, at least he can see that he is riding up there with the best of them. Antony missed the next National round in Shepparton but is hoping to be back by the round in Thredbo.

Rest up Antony and good luck at Thredbo!

Trek Supported Rider Myfanwy Galloway

Across Australia, Trek Bicycles Australia supports many riders through local Trek dealers. These riders ride and compete at a variety of different levels, from bunch rides to Club races to National level competitions.

One rider to recently come on board as a Trek Supported rider is Myfanwy "Miffy" Galloway, supported through Canberra dealer Ride Shop. Earlier this year Miffy, along with a few other Aussie juniors, traveled to the US to race for a team there for just over a month. Now she's back home in Canberra and has a busy summer of racing planned, on board her new Trek Madone 6.9 Pro frameset.

She recently completed an ACTAS training camp on the NSW South Coast and then jumped straight into competition at the Tour of Bright. Despite that being her first major tour as an Elite Woman, she rode very strongly to finish 5th overall! This was against a field of experienced women racers from around the country.

As well as being a regular at the Canberra Cycling Club crit's at the Stromlo circuit, Miffy will be racing at the Bay Criterium Series January 2-6, the Australian National TT and Road titles January 7-10 and then hopefully the Oceania Road Race and the Women's tour of NZ.

Sounds like a busy summer! You can keep up to date with Miffy's racing and read her race reports on her blog.

Thanks to Greg Long for the photos.