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FRMX's ROTY Title Sheppard's to lose

Friday, 06 November 2009 00:00

The Freerider MX FMX Rider Of The Year Award is now Gold Coaster Joe Sheppard’s to lose after he extended his already sizeable lead to an almost unattainable 200 points by placing third at the Precise Scaffolding X-Kings comp in Mackay on the weekend.

Shep placed third behind Robbie Adelberg and Clinton Moore, but with his nearest rivals Rhys Hillier and Matt Lindores absent from the comp, the KX250F rider further stretched his lead, while fellow Queenslander Adam Bayard reaped the benefits of attending every competition (so far) in 2009 by jumping from fifth into second overall.

Sheppard can wrap up the title at the prestigious Valyside Narrogin RevHeads competition next weekend, as long as he gains a solid result at what promises to be the biggest competition of the year.

After the RevHeads comp, riders can still greatly improve their 2009 result by heading to New Zealand for the Red Bull FMX Battle in Wanganui (lower North Island), an event that promises to be one of the higher-scoring events on the ROTY calendar.

MACKAY X-KINGS RESULTS (six-star event – two downies and $4000 to the winner)
1. Robbie Adelberg             150
2. Clint Moore                    132
3. Joe Sheppard                   120
4. Steve Sommerfeld          108
5. Dan O’Brien                    96
6. Adam Bayard                   90
7. Jayden Mulholland          84
8. Josh Sheehan                   78

FRMX FMX RIDER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS

1. Joe Sheppard            566
2. Adam Bayard           348
3. Matt Lindores          338
4. Rhys Hillier             313
5. Sam Balnaves          273
6. Todd Back               219
7. Luke Saunders         206
8. Lance Russell          204
9. Josh Sheehan           174
10. Jessie Fairfull        174
11. Robbie Adelberg   150
12. Jake Thornycroft   150
13. Steve Mini             150
14. Ryan Apps             144
15. Clint Moore           132
16. Cam Sinclair          132
17. Adam Grope          123
18. Chris Peck             120
19. Joel Balchin           120
20. Truman Carroll      114
21. Steve Sommerfeld 108
22. Michael Norris      108
23. Dan O’Brien           96
24. Chris Thomsen       96
25. Jason McGregor     96
26. Brad Burch             90
27. Jayden Mulholland 84
28. Wayne Giblett        84
29. Brock Jones           60
30. Dylan Puckridge    60
31. Cam Sturtridge      57
32. Tom Robinson       45
33. Luke Stojanovich  45
34. Jimmy Grouse       33
35. David Muir            30

ABOUT FREERIDER MX'S RIDER OF THE YEAR AWARD

FRMX's FMX Rider of the Year Award is to recognise the amount of dedication some FMX riders put in to attend the majoirty of events held around the country.

Here's how it works: after every FMX competition that's held througout 2009 (excluding FMX Nationals and King Of The Coast) the riders who compete will score points depending on how they placed. The points breakdown for 2009 is like this: 1st - 25pts; 2nd - 22pts; 3rd - 20pts; 4th - 18pts; 5th - 16pts; 6th - 15pts; 7th - 14pts; 8th - 13pts; 9th - 12pts; 10th - 11pts, etc etc.

Now the number of downramps and how much prize-money is offered to first place will determine how many "stars" each event will be worth. We will award one star for every down-ramp and one star for every $1000 the winner receives in prize-money. If an event has, say, two down-ramps and $2000 for the winner, it'll be a four-star event, and points will be multiplied four times. In this case, the winner will receive 100 points (25pts x 4 stars).