Australia claim Oceania Motocross Championship honours -ozzy go- fullnoise.com.au

Australia has claimed the Oceania Championship for the third
year in a row on the back of a strong performance by it's Lites
and Junior riders at the iconic Barabool motocross circuit just
outside of Geelong, Victoria, over the weekend.

World Championship top runner Josh Coppins once again lead the
Kiwi charge and took out the Pro Open class in fairly easy fashion
ahead of his compatriot Daryl Hurley. American motocross legend
Ryan Hughes rounded out the Pro Open podium with third overall.
“I really enjoyed myself this weekend” smiled Coppins. “I set the
fastest time in practice and qualifying on Saturday and stayed out
of trouble on Sunday and managed to win all races. The track was
fast and technical which I liked and we had good weather with
some wind in the morning making it a bit dusty.”

Hurley, who has had a shocking run with injuries found some of
the form that has seen him at the top of the motocross tree in the
past. "Even though I didn't get great starts, my speed was good
overall today and I managed to get through and make passes in
every race. "To get second to Josh feels pretty good, especially in
the second race. He nearly won the World Championship so I'm
pretty happy to have been able torun with him and finish second
to him, today."

Hughes was happy with his third and really enjoyed the event and
level of competition, but despite his admission that he ran out of a
bit of fitness he still lived up to his hard racing reputation and
delivered a great ride for the fans and proved to be a tough
competitor. "I've never raced in Australia before, but I've had so
many great people help bring me out here to race this weekend,
the track is great and the level of competition is so strong that I
definitely want to come back and do this event again next year,"
the American MX icon said. full story on fullnoise.com.au

Barrabool, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, October 28, 2007
2007 International Oceania Motocross Championship
Australia 722 points
New Zealand 557 points
Pro Open class
1. Josh Coppins (New Zealand/Yamaha) 1-1-1
2. Daryl Hurley (New Zealand/Suzuki) 4-2-2
3. Ryan Hughes (USA/Suzuki) 3-3-3
4. Craig Anderson (Australia/Honda) 2-4-8
5. Jay Marmont (Australia) 7-5-4
6. Daniel McCoy (Australia/Honda) 5-6-7
7. Ryan Marmont (Australia) 9-7-6
8. Peter Boyle (Australia) 8-10-5
9. Michael Addison (Australia) 6-8-17
10. Nathan Brocktrup (Australia) 12-12-9
Pro Lites class
1. Jake Moss (Australia/Yamaha) 8-2-1
2. Cameron Taylor (Australia) 7-3-2
3. Lewis Stewart (Australia) 4-4-3
4. Luke Burkhart (New Zealand/Suzuki) 15-1-4
5. Dean Ferris (Australia) 5-6-6
6. Lewis Woods (Australia) 9-5-7
7. Danny Anderson (Australia) 3-8-12
8. Michael Phillips (New Zealand) 6-7-11
9. Kirk Gibbs (Australia) 2-dnf-5
10. Todd Waters (Australia) 14-13-9
14. Luke George (Australia) 1-dnf-dnf
Junior
1. Tye Simmonds (Australia/KTM) 1-1-1
2. Ross Beaton (Australia/Yamaha) 3-3-2
3. Hamish Dobbyn (New Zealand) 4-4-3
6. Luke Arbon (Australia) 2-2-dns
Womens
1. Katherine Prumm (New Zealand/Kawasaki) 1-1-1
2. Kristy Gillespie (Australia) 2-2-2
3. Ashlea Bates (Australia/Kawasaki) 3-3-3
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