Milner clinches A4DE in own backyard

After producing standout performances across four long and muddy days, the Ballard’s Yamaha Off-Road rider dug deep one last time to win the E1 Class final moto and seal the Outright victory with a margin of 1 minute 41 seconds.

2011 Outright Champion Toby Price (Motorex KTM Off-Road) delivered a week of gutsy performances to finish second on the Outright standings board, with Italian visitor Alex Salvini (Husqvarna) riding to third.

Milner (pictured left credit: Random Image Photography) convincingly swept up the E1 Championship title with a winning margin of more than 3 minutes over Salvini and Victorian rider Peter Boyle (Honda).  

The E2 Championship came down to the final moto, with Tasmanian charger Matt Phillips (Ballard’s Yamaha Off-Road) stepping up the pace at the 11th hour to steal the race and the Aussie title with a margin of just 20 seconds over Glenn Kearney (Husqvarna) and a minute and a half over Josh Green (Active Yamaha Yamalube).  

Price picked up the E3 Championship title, making his way to the podium ahead of multi World Enduro Champion Stefan Merriman (Ballard’s Yamaha Off-Road) and rising Victorian threat Daniel Sanders (Bolton’s KTM).  

Husqvarna’s Damian Smith cleaned up the Veterans Class with a clear two minute buffer over Kirk Hutton (Yamaha) and David Fleming (KTM), while Stuart Bennett blitzed the Masters field to take the title ahead of Yamaha riders Derek Grundy and Pete Golding.  

Despite finishing sixth in the final moto, which belonged to Queensland dynamo Tayla Jones, Jessica Gardiner (Yamaha) stitched up her third consecutive Women’s Championship with more than 8 minutes advantage over Tanya Hearn (Pro Rider KTM) and Tamara Gray (Yamaha).  

Ballard’s Yamaha Off-Road picked up the Trade Teams Trophy, coming in ahead of the Husqvarna Racing Team and Motorex KTM Off-Road, while the Clubs Trophy went home with Leongatha One over Oyster Bay One and the Dungog Motorcycle Club.

The Junior Teams Trophy was collected by Queensland, who outdid southern rivals NSW and ACT, and the coveted Senior Team Trophy went to New South Wales who topped the board in front of Victoria and Queensland.  

Full results from the 2012 A4DE are available to download from http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=852587 and from www.a4de.com.  

The 2012 Australian 4 Day Enduro was hosted by the Motorcycling Victoria Enduro Committee and local clubs, and proudly supported by the Yamaha WR450F.

The 2013 edition will take place in Harvey, Western Australia from 17-20 July next year. For more information please visit www.2013a4de.com.au.  

RESULTS – DAY 4 (Final )

E1

E2

 
E3

Veterans

Masters

Womens

Top Ten Outright

 Trade Team

 Club Team

 Junior Team Trophy

 Senior Team Trophy