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Victorian Tree Climbing Championships 2002

Victoria Park, Kew, 24 August, 2002.

A magnificent late winter day arrived as ordered by event organisers Peter Clark and Phil Kenyon. Despite a brisk start, the day warmed up with the competition. More than fifty competitors took part in the Open, B Grade and Women's Competitions. If you are a decent climber, have a go next year as there are some great prizes for event and overall winners.

The finale was an exciting Masters' Challenge in one of the magnificent Eucalyptus camaldulensis in the park. Congratualtions to first time Master's winner Richard Kenyon. The Kilmore clan comes up with yet another champion. Richard and rest of Open Grade top 5 will go on to represent Victoria in the Australian Championships in Melbourne in September.

Congratualtions to Peter and Phil for a well organised event. Thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers who made it a great day. Special thanks to our major sponsor Wise Employment.

Results

Master's Challenge

1. Richard Kenyon 245.7
2. Tom Greenwood 240.7
3. Pat Kenyon 214.7
4. Grant Cody 176.0

Open Grade Men

#

Name

Footlock

Belayed Speed Climb

Aerial Rescue

Throwline

Work Climb

Score
(Max 200)

Final result

4

Pat Kenyon

20.00

20.00

40.50

18.00

79.85

178.35

1

14

Tom Greenwood

17.47

11.61

36.00

17.00

84.00

166.08

2

6

Grant Cody

14.13

12.96

29.00

20.00

77.05

153.14

3

10

Richard Kenyon

18.00

0.00

42.50

8.00

79.65

148.15

4

2

Kevin Alexander

10.75

8.68

35.50

17.00

68.56

140.48

5

5

Ben Kenyon

11.83

0.94

35.00

18.00

74.47

140.24

6

8

Ryan Head

18.16

0.92

33.50

6.00

80.68

139.26

7

11

Gerard Reynolds

15.98

9.92

19.00

8.00

76.24

129.14

8

7

Geoff Page

5.31

1.40

31.00

8.00

81.02

126.72

9

18

Mark Williamson

12.13

0.00

34.00

8.00

72.06

126.19

10

13

Peter Reynolds

15.61

2.19

14.00

9.00

78.97

119.77

11

1

Mathew Mann

0.00

11.20

23.00

6.00

67.29

107.48

12

19

Chris Morris

0.00

0.00

30.00

8.00

68.89

106.89

13

17

Drew Hamston

7.70

1.63

32.00

0.00

60.14

101.46

14

16

Sean O'Flynn

0.39

0.00

22.00

0.00

64.44

86.82

15

9

Hamish McIntyre

0.00

0.00

26.50

10.00

30.00

66.50

16

3

Russell Shepherd

11.12

5.51

36.00

9.00

0.00

61.63

17

12

Ben Hohnen

11.28

12.43

16.00

16.00

0.00

55.71

18

15

Dale Durey

0.00

4.38

23.50

6.00

0.00

33.88

19

20

Nathan Walker

0.00

0.00

0.00

6.00

0.00

6.00

20

Women

#

Name

Footlock

Belayed Speed Climb

Aerial Rescue

Throwline

Work Climb

Score
(Max 200)

Final result

65

Kiah Martin

20.00

20.00

31.00

18.00

87.00

176.00

1

64

Cherrie Neale

0.41

0.00

34.00

0.00

71.00

105.41

2

62

Tanya Byers

0.00

0.00

22.00

0.00

45.00

67.00

3

61

Jessica Nott

11.87

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

11.87

4

63

Sherrie Jones

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

B Grade Men

#

Name

Footlock

Belayed Speed Climb

Aerial Rescue

Throw
line

Work Climb

Score
(Max 200)

Final result

31

David Tarling

20

10.5

0

14

87

131.5

1

37

Matt Benn

17.1

14.54

0

16

81.83

129.47

2

36

Sean Schartz

15.76

10.28

0

15

87.5

128.54

3

28

Bruce Craig

4.03

18.68

0

10

78

110.71

4

38

Steve Chapel

11.36

20

0

8

70.17

109.52

5

32

Greg Kenyon

6.32

8.92

0

10

80.67

105.9

6

47

Steve Gay

16.04

13.52

0

7

68.5

105.06

7

29

Greg Fowler

16.62

1.42

0

11

72.83

101.87

8

43

Raymond Dempsey

10.85

13.53

0

8

68.33

100.71

9

39

Tom Oldmeadow

2.83

13.03

0

5

74.33

95.19

10

46

Chris Spencer

0

0

0

16

72.83

88.83

11

27

Rod Hall

2.19

8.84

0

0

76.83

87.86

12

41

Richard McCleod

7.72

8.26

0

0

70.33

86.32

13

48

Adam Dolton

0

0

0

11

74.67

85.67

14

42

Lyle Cavanagh

0

5.09

0

13

57.17

75.25

15

34

Craig Sampson

5.55

3.93

0

3

58.33

70.81

16

33

Rowan Michael

0

0

0

11

55

66

17

26

Jim Shugg

13.45

0

0

0

48

61.45

18

44

Mark Sheppart

0

0

0

0

56.5

56.5

19