Top of the South (National) Winch Challenge 4-7 June 2010

[wopass]

Huge range of photos at
http://www.digiproofs.co.nz/

now that looked like an awesum event!!

big ups to the boys for going all that way for it!! so jelous

[DieselBoy]

Huge range of photos at
http://www.digiproofs.co.nz/

now that looked like an awesum event!!

big ups to the boys for going all that way for it!! so jelous

Ya, me to!!!!!!

Now we need vids!!!!!!!

[Clint]

I heard he broke like a thousand CV's in the process? That could be a slight exaggeration though.

Jungle

Yeah, it was only in the hundreds. Fitting a cromoly CV (fell off the back of a truck up Totara St ) to the short side to combat the occasional breakage there somehow made the long side grenade itself regularly with very little provocation.

We had a great time though, big thanks to the Mainlanders for laying on a cool event. Fortunately we went ok on the Sunday stages where the North vs South Challenge (most points between us 3 NI trucks & the SI's nominated 3 best) was decided so we did get one trophy.

Congratulations to Tim, Glen, Aaron & Doug on their challenge class placings, hopefully their awesomeness hasn't scared away any SI boys from coming north for a few comps & bloody well done to Karl & Trev who came in 4th in a vehicle with way less power, winch speed or suspension bling than most of the field.

There are some good pics on that site, pity there's not a cheap option of just getting emailed a few .jpgs

Cheers
Clint

[David_S]

Here are the main placings

Open Class

1st - No 78 Tim Fenson & Glen Bellingham from Hamilton
2nd - No 17 Apron Smythe & Doug Cooper from Rotorua
3rd - No 5 Tony Campbell & Sean Campbell from Nth Otago
4th - No 18 Karl Townsend & Trevor Prendergast from Marlborough

Clubman Class

1st - No 12 Brendan Ward & Dallas Johnson from Nelson
2nd - No 28 Guy Griffith & John Hodson from Nelson
3rd - No 115 Rowan Coutte & Chad Michener from Nelson
4th - No 47 Colin Johnstone & Pat Brennan from Sth Canterbury

Outlaw Class

1st - No 144 Scott Newport & James Keyes from Nelson
2nd - No 2 Brendan Sangster & Owen Sutton from Nelson
3rd - No 52 Stan van Heeswyck & Blair Sargent from Sth Canterbury
4th - No25 Alvin Frew & Seddon Frew from Dunedin

North v. South Trophy

On the Sunday there was a North v. South Competition with three trucks chosen from each Island. Result was a win for the North with 2168 points compared to 2081 for the South. Placings were as follows:-

1st - No 78 Tim Fenson & Glen Bellingham (NI)
2nd - No 18 Karl Townsend & Trevor Prendergast (SI)
3rd - No 17 Apron Smythe & Doug Cooper (NI)
4th - No 5 Tony Campbell & Sean Campbell (SI)
5th - No 55 Klem Christiansen & Clint Hancock (NI)
6th - No 7 Richard & Rene Robb (SI)

David

[shortylux]

NO . only two trucks at this stage going down need 5. BUGGER

So I guess those two trucks are Klem/Clint and Aaron/Doug?
Com'on, we cant tar Tim with the South island brush yet can we?

Congrats to all, looks like a primo event.

[muddy]

The TV footage of the winch challenge will screen over 4 episodes – starting with episode 232 which should be about 2 weeks away on 4WD TV - Stratos (Sun nights on Freeview, not sure about SKY)

DVD’s will be available for sale hopefully sometime soon. The DVD will include all four episodes, then raw footage to fill the disk....

[muddy]

I've been told 4WD TV has moved the time-slot. Now Sun at 4:30pm on Stratos

I believe the next one or two episodes are on the Malaysia Rainforest Winch Challenge - then 4 episodes from the Top of the South...

[NJV6]

Watched the DVD, looked like a fantastic event!!!

[muddy]

DVD's available for $25 from Bryan Gilchrist (03) 5725100 or email mudmad@xtra.co.nz