Sport
24 October, 2022
Junior goats finish off series
THE Mareeba “Pump’n’Peddle” Junior Mountain Goats series has finished up with a bang, with young mountain bikers versing their parents in one final friendly competition.
The series is designed for kids who want to get into mountain biking and is based around having fun, keeping fit and increasing participation in sports.
The final competition for the series took place at Davies Creek mountain bike trails one and seven, with 14 teams of kids and their parents racing for over two hours against each other with team Off Camber 2 coming out on top.
Young Taylor Stevenson and her father Rob raced the entire lap with a time of 1 hour 54.24 seconds.
Taylor said she had an amazing time learning how to ride and was overwhelmed by the support of everyone else involved.
“It was such a good race series, and all the competitors were supportive of each other. It’s pretty cool (to be the winner) and it has helped me believe in myself and want to do more racing,” she said.
“I crashed in one race and another couple of races kids came off their bikes.
“In the last race, no one needed help, and I didn’t crash, so I could pace myself and on the last lap of the race and I still had a lot of energy to bring it home strong.”
Although the series is over, the team have plans to do it all again next July. Organisers from the Mareeba Mountain Goats Rudi, Megan, Steve and Travis were all commended for their hard work organising the competitions
