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Gooley puts in the hard yards during the Great Karri Ride in
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A team from HMAS Stirling has taken out the mixed team event in the Medibank
Private Great Karri Ride.
ABSN Nicole Burton and ABET Ben Gooley competed against strong competition
to take out the top prize on March 4.
The Great Karri Ride, as it is more commonly known, is a unique cycling
event held in the heart of the ‘Karri Country’ in South West
Western Australia.
The event was designed in such a way that it attracted not only the elite
of mountain bikers, but beginners as well, and had a non-competitive focus.
It covered 100km which was spread out over some of the state’s most
beautiful and exciting forest trails.
The event consisted of completing five stages in total.
ABSN Burton did stages one and two, while ABET Gooley completed stages
three and four. They both did the last stage together.
However, if it wasn’t for ABSN Burton’s last stage time of 49mins
the win might not of been possible.
The community of Northcliffe presented a fantastic event finishing with
a local band and prizes all around.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service was a major sponsor and riders were asked
to donate money to them.
The more money that was donated to the charity the more chance competitors
had of winning a major prize.
Although ABSN Burton sold $576 worth of chocolate Freddos, of which half
went to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the major prize went to another
competitor.
The Medibank Private Great Karri Ride was a great mountain bike event
and was thoroughly enjoyed by all providing good exposure to the RAN participants
in Navy team shirts.
Many were heard saying they would return again next year and with the
ever increasing mountain biking fraternity at FBW there will be greater
Navy representation next year.
- Personnel interested in pursuing mountain biking (MTB) and in the
FBW region are welcome to contact CPOPT Darren Dyball at the Navy Gym
West, FBW. Next event on the local MTB calendar is the Gibb River Ride
over five days from Kununurra to derby in far north WA.
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