Rotorua Winch Challenge 2010

[wopass]

so has anyone got full results they wish to share

1st Aaron
2nd Raana
3rd Stan

and the rest from there who knows

[skid]

so has anyone got full results they wish to share

1st Aaron
2nd Raana
3rd Stan

and the rest from there who knows

you know, must be too chicken to divulge

I knew those already after a call from Mike today

so where was it you came dude, spill

[wopass]

ohh Cam's in A&E at the moment with torn tendon from the bone as a result of his spill on the WALL OF DEATH.... best place to be hurt i rekon... hahahhaha

"yea i broke my ankle half way thru the stage on the wall of death then did another stage... "

i said "your a hard man Jake..."



and after watching the vid of our first stage and the disqalification im really quite embarassed..the pegs we didnt go thru were so close i nearly ran one over ohh well...

Oooohh and after a few comments on sunday arvo im thinking i have found the real name of our team...

DARK HORSE RACING (cams the dark and im the horse)

[badnuz]

is that because you "neighhhhh" a lot?

[skid]

the maori said
"yea i broke my ankle half way thru the stage on the wall of death then did another stage... "

the horse then said
"your a hard man Jake..."




Oooohh and after a few comments on sunday arvo im thinking i have found the real name of our team...

DARK HORSE RACING (cams the dark and im the horse)

next time ya talk to the better half of your team, tell him he ran an awesome event, well done that maori and get better chap

[DieselBoy]

Club Class results:

1st Dan Cleaver
2nd Glen Raymond
3rd Peter Hall

Was a fun event, only one DNF for us, and a stage disqualification on the last stage due to a busted water pump and a cab full of steam and some missed pegs which cost us 2nd place


The top three places were fairly tight points wise it think it was around 70 points between 2nd and 3rd, and 80 between 1st and 2nd , then there was about a 200 point gap back to 4th place and down.

Big thanks to UBZ for running the rope and doing all the hard work, awesome team work!!


Gotta also mention our support crew for keeping us fed and the radiator clean

We have 100 odd pic's so will get those up at some stage

[meatc]

What a smokin weekend.

Long but a hell of a good time. Well dome to Cam and his team for a super well organised event. Little sittin around, plenty of stages and enough flexability to shift stage order around to prevent back logs.

Also huge thanks to the marshalls that came from far and wide to assist. Without them there would be no stages to race on.

Compeditors were great to. Freindly as and always willing to help if required.

We had a great weekend with the carnage list being restricted to 1 F/W hub (had to do a stage in 3 wheel drive, must remind coey not to hit locker when we're stuck and I have the foot on the floor.) a lower shock mount (bloody big hole on a sat night stage), a lost winch horn after the winch switch jammed on and 1 dirty but prob cleanable alternator which was swapped out between night stages on Saturday. Lucky the winch in the first one was small.

Evidentally some of my support crew have a heap of photos but I cant get them for a couple of weeks. Darinz may post some though.

[nzhunter]

DARK HORSE RACING (cams the dark and im the horse)

Hahahah duno bout you being the horse lol

Awesome weekend! Cheers wopass for letting me be your support team. Heaps of action, good to meet heaps of people and hopefully I'll be able to enter in the next few years

And Cam, awesome to meet you hope ya ankle heals up all good, and will catchya at the next one!!

DAN

[mudslut]

Club Class results:

1st Dan Cleaver
2nd Glen Raymond
3rd Peter Hall

Was a fun event, only one DNF for us, and a stage disqualification on the last stage due to a busted water pump and a cab full of steam and some missed pegs which cost us 2nd place


The top three places were fairly tight points wise it think it was around 70 points between 2nd and 3rd, and 80 between 1st and 2nd , then there was about a 200 point gap back to 4th place and down.





Big thanks to UBZ for running the rope and doing all the hard work, awesome team work!!


Gotta also mention our support crew for keeping us fed and the radiator clean

We have 100 odd pic's so will get those up at some stage

Shit only 200 points if i was able to do the last 5 stages maybe could of closed that gap or over taken it

[DieselBoy]

Shit only 200 points if i was able to do the last 5 stages maybe could of closed that gap or over taken it

Bring it on Jeeeeow

[wopass]

Shit only 200 points if i was able to do the last 5 stages maybe could of closed that gap or over taken it

Bring it on Jeeeeow

erm wait for it....

[DieselBoy]

Turns out we have 100 or so pic's of us in action

Heres a few:

Fresh off the trailer ready for action


Friday in the long bog



When it all goes wrong and your parked sideways accross the track


Just a random from late saturday afternoon, truck full of mud, both of us knakered, daylight fading........


Ready to hit the 1st night stage on Saturday night


Back into it flat out on Sunday morning



Just scraped into the finish of the 2nd to last stage, the steam and antifreeze smell signaled the end of the water pump


Decided to attempt the last stage with water pouring out of the water pump. We dumped a 20L of water over the radiator fins to keep it cool, filled the radiator up and limped it through, catch was that the engine started overheating on the way back to the finish box and there was so much steam it fogged the windscreen, we couldn't see anything, missed some pegs and got disqualified Check out the windscreen

[wopass]

stick your head out the big hole where the door isnt oww

[mudslut]

Shit only 200 points if i was able to do the last 5 stages maybe could of closed that gap or over taken it

Bring it on Jeeeeow

I will meet you in the forest RWC 2011 jeeeeeoow

[team-camz]

Hey ALL!

Well, here we are at the other end of one hell of an event! What a ride! Plenty of broken bits on both trucks and their crews ..... and unfortunately to say ..... on the scoring as well.

This message is going to be short and sharp and in relation to the scoring .....

There have been errors made in the scoring. The spreadsheet used to calculate the scoring was not coded correctly and a number or errors occured. The scoring was completed twice electronically and I personally re-scored the entire event manually and have forwarded the times, penalties and scores to 4X4 Challenges for a third party verification prior to being released.

ALL competitors will be notified of the updated scores and placings FIRST, and then they will be posted on ORE.

DO NOT ask me or 4X4 Challenges for the verified results prior to them being released. They WILL be forwarded to all competitors once they have been confirmed. Hopefully that will be this evening at the latest.

As event organiser I apologise for any inconvenince that may be caused as a result of the scoring, and the time it has taken to have them verified.

On a personal note, needless to say it would certainly be a reasonable consideration to utilise a generic scoring system by all events, (as has been developed by 4X4 Challenges), to avoid this exact incident from happening. Food for thought for future event organisers perhaps.

Thanks all, and again, sorry for any inconvenience.

Cam

PS. My thank you speach is still in the process of being written and will be plastered on here in due course

[DieselBoy]

Nooooooo, don't change the results, I'm quite happy about the fact I beat Mudslut and the coily Zook

[badnuz]

Nooooooo, don't change the results, I'm quite happy about the fact I beat Mudslut and the coily Zook

quaility OME leaf springs right there people

[Heath]

Got my fingers crossed for ya Mudslut. Us cuzzies gotta stick together especially for the zook cause!!!

[mudslut]

Got my fingers crossed for ya Mudslut. Us cuzzies gotta stick together especially for the zook cause!!!

Cheers cuz

[mudslut]

Nooooooo, don't change the results, I'm quite happy about the fact I beat Mudslut and the coily Zook

quaility OME leaf springs right there people

Nothing wrong with my cobra coils

[team-camz]

Hi all .....

Well, the results are in ..... and the placings have been verified ..... and are as follows:


Challenge Class

1st with 1364 points - Aaron Smythe & Doug Cooper
2nd with 1281 points - Raana Horan & Mike Connor
3rd with 1249 points - Owen Fillery & David Morrison
4th with 1235 point - Stan Goodman & Heath Johnstone
5th with 1231 point - Ben Sanderson & Cameron Burrows
6th with 1133 points - Tony Differ & Brent Purcell
7th with 1021 points - Gene Batty & Dallas Collier
8th with 792 points - Travis Nicholls & Clayton Nicholls


Club Class

1st with 1532 points - Daniel Cleaver & Graeme Hawthorne
2nd with 1338 points - Glen Raymond & Kurtis Raymond
3rd with 1089 points - Peter Hall & Chris Mac
4th with 899 points - Peter Haigh & Nathan Phillips
5th with 778 points - Craig Owen & Tai Owen
6th with 752 points - Daniel Hill & Melissa Davie
7th with 621 points - Kevon Feickert & Thor Feickert


Again, I apologise sincerely for the scoring software errors and any inconvenience that may have been caused. If you have any concerns in regard to the above placings and points, please do not hesitate to contact me at your convenience at Cam@team-camz.co.nz or on 021-205-0761.

Thank you ALL again for making the event possible. I cant wait to the next one! See you ALL at Manukau!

Cam
DARK HORSE Racing

[wopass]

Hi all .....

Well, the results are in ..... and the placings have been verified ..... and are as follows:


Thank you ALL again for making the event possible. I cant wait to the next one! See you ALL at Manukau!

Cam
DARK HORSE Racing

Oww stink we dropped a spot... not much in it from us to the top tho so all good


Ben
DARK HORSE Racing

[team-camz]

Oww stink we dropped a spot... not much in it from us to the top tho so all good

Ben
DARK HORSE Racing

Bro!

Check out the points between 5th and 4th ..... 4 points!
Check out the points between 5th and 3rd ..... 18 points!
Check out the points between 5th and 2nd ..... 50 points!

Now, if I had have remembered the pegs I put in the ground the weekend before on the stage we got our Stage Disqualification on ..... and even if we came in at the slowest time ..... we wouldve still got 75 points! In my wee nut, that means we "couldve" placed ..... well .....

If only I had have remebered the pegs I put in the ground the weekend before ..... (I did see a rabbit though so that was pretty cool, ohhhh and a possum too, remember?)

(There is no local advantage having Cam in the truck on race day)

Raana ..... see you at the next one

Cam
DARK HORSE Racing

PS. Im still working on my speach ..... watch this space.

[skid]

PS. Im still working on my speach ..... watch this space.

why are you doing a speech

we should all be thanking you for stepping up and organising a wicked event


p.s. ya had that crap yet

[DieselBoy]

Thats much more like it, couldn't understand how the two teams (Dan Hill and Kevon Feickert) that dropped out of the event on saturday could finish higher up in the placings that the teams that fought to the end.

Totally stoked for Craig and Tai Owen, was a good battle with them right to the end in our group

This scoring thing always seems to be an issue, when are you lot gonna fix it

[team-camz]

Well, here we are at the other end of one hell of an event! It happened, and it happened HARD! No doubt there are a few repairs being done as we speak in true testament to the reputation of the Rotorua Winch Challenge ..... to both trucks AND crews! From broken axles, CVs, hubs, PTO drives, steering components, fire damage, panel damage and even the odd broken navi

There has been huge support to make this event the success that it was, and its only appropriate that thanks is given to all of those involved, so I guess that’s my “Q” to thank the following:

In alphabetical order this years RWC2010 sponsors were:

4WD Fibreglass – Steve Whitton
4X4 Action Magazine – John Reid & Melissa Reid
ARB – Euan Jamieson & Tim Crawley
Battery Zone – Ross Fisher
Damar Industries – Peter Woodward
Goodyear Rotorua – Bryan McFadyen
Hirepool – Reese fella
Kingsgate Hotel Rotorua – Theresa Mutlow
Mad Butcher – Todd Hughes
Mainfreight – Wayne Ellis
NZ4WD Magazine – Ashley Lucas
Power Solutions Limited – Edwin de Beun
Repco – John Whyte
Quality Bakers – Paul Lock
Speedy Lube & Tyre Hamilton – Tony Differ
Superwinch - Phil Clark
Terrain Tamer – Jimi Pene
Ultra Ropes (Pacific) Ltd – Tony Delany
Winch.co.nz – Michael Mabille

Thank you to all the competitors and support crews that travelled to Rotorua to give the notorious Rotorua Winch Challenge a go! From the seasoned Challenge Class crews to the Club Class lads and lasses who got stuck in and gave it their all!

In alphabetical order this years RWC2010 competitors were:

Aaron Smythe & Doug Cooper – Truck 17 – Challenge
Ben Sanderson & Cameron Burrows – Truck 83 – Challenge
Craig Owen & Tai Owen – Truck 90 – Club
Daniel Cleaver & Graeme Hawthorne – Truck 51 – Club
Daniel Hill & Melissa Davie – Truck 53 – Club
Gene Batty & Dallas Collier – Truck 93 – Challenge
Glen Raymond & Kurtis Raymond – Truck 18 – Club
Kevon Feickert & Thor Feickert – Truck 64 – Club
Owen Fillery & David Morrison – Truck 87 – Challenge
Peter Haigh & Nathan Phillips – Truck 70 – Club
Peter Hall & Chris Mac – Truck 34 – Club
Raana Horan & Mike Connor – Truck 20 – Challenge
Stan Goodman & Heath Johnstone – Truck 38 – Challenge
Tony Differ & Brent Purcell – Truck 134 – Challenge
Travis Nicholls & Clayton Nicholls – Truck 85 – Challenge

Without the land access there would not have been an event, so it’s only appropriate that I also thank the land owners and managers for the following:

Fridays racing - 984 SH30 Horohoro – Scott Anderson
Saturdays and Sundays racing – Phoenix Road, Mamaku – Ngaro Tumai – Hancock Forest Management (NZ) Ltd

As always, there is a number of people behind the scenes that make things happen, that work away quietly and collectively to get the job done, and the RWC2010 had its fair share of “doers” .....

A huge thanks goes out to Ma Baddeley for the sanity saving coffee cart that found its way out to both race sites over the weekend providing the much needed and craved caffeine injections as well as some HOT food to warm the frozen masses! Ma Baddeley also provided the iconic RWC2010 mugs that were presented to the competitors and marshals who made it to the prize giving

While on the subject of food, thanks also goes to all the sausage lovers out there (haha, that sounded funny in my head) that supported the BayTrust Rescue Helicopter by devouring the Mad Butcher sponsored pre-cooks in the Quality Bakers sponsored toast loaf that was prepared on the Mainfreight sponsored trailer BBQ! Due to the remote locations that we Nissan owners can get to ..... and some of you Toyota fellas too ..... it only makes sense that the fundraiser was held in support of the BayTrust Rescue Helicopter as they are the asset that will respond to our aid in the event that the worse case scenario should occur when in the jungle.

Thank you to Charlie Mutlow for arranging the portaloos as well as the much appreciated heater and generator used on Saturday night, AND for supplying his own water pump used to save many engines on Saturday and Sunday! Thanks brother, cher bro.

Thank you to the sausage handlers (haha, again that sounded funny in my head) who manned the BBQ and kept them flowing, with JR (John Reid) and his merry helpers on Friday night and Tracy Taylor from Norwest OHV and Leanne Thompson on Saturday night!

A big thank you also goes to Kathy Folley from Memories Of New Zealand for providing the trophies for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from each Class. This year it was decided to present trophies that depicted the cultural heritage of Rotorua which looked amazing.

Thank you to Gary Lodge for taking on the role of Clerk Of The Course, and making the calls when the going got tough to pull stages and let the lads and lasses repair to fight another day. Garys theory was to have as many trucks alive on the start line the following morning and preserve the event, which was a wise and educated decision! Thanks Gary for your support of EVERY Rotorua Winch Challenge there has been!

Thank you to Kevin Folley who jumped in the deep end and took on the role of Event Director so I could tutu with switches in the 40 over the weekend, and for taking on the task of scoring, as well as Head Marshal! That man deserves a pre-cooked sausage for sure! Thanks for doing what needed to be done and keeping the pulse of the event strong.

Thank you to Sam Baddeley who was able to attend the weekend and act as liaison and guide to assist Gary and Kevin in their roles, and for finally putting a pair of pants on Your support was greatly appreciated.

Thank you to Darin Neeley and his team from 4X4 Challenges for conducting and controlling the scrutineering phase on behalf of the event. The opportunity to educate on the logbook procedure and auditing processes only made sense and was well accepted by all. Your advice and support over the past months has been greatly appreciated and I would recommend you to any and all who are considering giving event organising a go. It certainly made a few things easier for me for sure.

Competitors were approached to vote on who they thought was the most outstanding marshal of the weekend, and one name seemed to be repeated ..... so Maurice Bill was acknowledged for being marshal of the event and was awarded with a weekends accommodation at the Kingsgate Hotel Rotorua. His annoying “are we happy yet” attitude and ability to make you smile watching him dance on stage to the tones of AC/DC emitting from the 40 was priceless. Thanks fella

I think I’m missing a group to thank .....? Well it’s simple really, and without them, there would’ve been a very different outcome with “self scrutineered” stages (which would have seen Ben and I in first place, haha) or in reality no event ..... so without further delay, a HUGE THANK YOU to ALL the marshals who volunteered to brave the cold mornings and nights, who gave up their time to help the event go ahead, who travelled from afar to support the RWC2010, and simply combined their efforts and made it all happen. You guys are truly legends and your awesome contribution is beyond words. Thank you. Representatives were present from Mount Egmont 4WD Club, Counties 4 Wheelers, Norwest OHV Club, Bay Of Plenty Four Wheel Drive Club and Geyserland 4WD Club. There were others present from various other Clubs and a huge thank you goes to them for their support and assistance! Thanks guys and girls for your amazing efforts.

Thank you to the hosting Geyserland 4WD Club and those who got stuck in and helped with track setting and the arduous task of track clearing. On a special note with the helpers from the Geyserland 4WD Club there was one person who made it to every single trip into the Mamakus to help, whether he was recovering from an ear operation or grounded by his mum, he was more than happy to drive me around while my wagon was on ..... erm ..... axle stands ..... so a special thank you goes to Hamish Fenton aka Hamster for getting involved and doing as I told him!

Thank you to Craig Owen for sourcing the Horohoro site and taking that site on as his project ..... which seemed to be more challenging than anyone had anticipated Thank you to Aaron Smythe and Doug Cooper for taking on NS12, NS13, SS6, SS7, SS8 and SS17 as their project and setting some awesome stages!

I’m hoping there aren’t any I have missed, and if I have I apologise sincerely. There were so many who contributed in making the event the success it was, and I thank you all!

I guess now I get to thank a fella who for some strange and unusual reason doesn’t seem to mind having me around, yelling in his ear ..... even when he is sitting beside me, who doesn’t mind when I have a tree fall on the roof ..... or when I try to put the truck into what he would call a “lake” ..... who doesn’t mind my questionable requests, or uncomfortable conversations that occur in the cab ..... and accepts me for the athlete that I am ..... and that's Ben. Thank you bro for the insane ride! This was our third event together and fifth time we have caught up since we first met at last years RWC09, and it has been an absolute blast! With a little more tweaking our telepathetic will be a force to be reckoned with

There was another fella who showed some real enthusiasm over the weekend, who was willing to help at a moments notice, whether it be to straighten the steering on the race truck, get Wild Bean coffee or Cam some pancakes from McDonalds ..... and that's Dan ..... the newest member of DARK HORSE Racing. Thanks Dan for ..... um ..... what ever it was that you did ..... over the weekend

Last but not least, thank you to my partner Miranda for tolerating the late nights I would spend emailing, the constant phone calls and txt all day and night, the time and effort I put in to make this event happen, and for accepting all this even during a period that she was admitted into hospital for a month with our new baby boy Kane. Thank you for being supportive even when you wanted to hit me over the head time and time again, and for not getting angry when I caught the truck on fire last week. Thanks babe

In ending, (yes, there is an end finally), thanks to everyone who supported, assisted, and attended the event ..... it wouldn’t have happened without you.

Cam
DARK HORSE Racing

[wopass]

shot bro


Ben
Dark Horse Racing

[isuzumudman]

Congratulations to Cam and the whole RWC2010 team. I came along for Saturday and Sunday morning. A really well run event. Congratulations again.

Now, moving on to the Manukau event. Racing on 9th and 10th October at the Onewhero farm at the end of Parsons Road. Keep Friday afternoon reserved too at this stage as per last year.

There will be camping on or near the site but probably not in the same place as last year due to the severe access track deterioration experienced then.

I explored another 100 acres of the farm on Sunday afternoon and found several new stage possibilities there.

I'll get my act together with more concrete details when I have finished a budget and have a few other things sorted. That will be in about a week. Details will be posted on the Manukau WC thread of this site and at manukau4wd.org.nz.

Regards,

Dave Brown

[UBZ]

So what happened to all the pics ?????????

[mudy]

Some new videos from Rotorua


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9oGgKR17g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqQdQHGH59A