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James Hall (AKA Cannonball) is a rider from the Northern Beaches of Sydney who has been lucky enough to score entry into Rotorua, Derby and Aspen EWS rounds and is on the waitlist for the Whistler round.

Dave Ludenia will be making good on plans to race an EWS round after injury prevented him racing in South America last year.

Harry is racing at EWS Derby as part of the Mountain Bike Australia Junior Development Squad in U21 Men. No stranger to the podium in his age category, he’s also been giving Elite racing a go in the past few months. Harry will be one to watch in Derby.

Jon Gatt AKA Gatto, not afraid to send it and one of the most stoked individuals you’ll find riding a mountain bike.

A long time rider and recent enduro racer, Scott is competing as a Lottery entrant and hoping to make an impact in Derby.

Sam Stockwell is a 19-year-old rider from the Northern Beaches of Sydney who’ll be competing at Derby along with his younger brother Nimmy.

Marcell is a rider from the Northern Beaches, who may not have been riding for that long but has had a good amount of results and a good variety of technical trails as his local stomping grounds.

Sam Patterson is a 16-year-old rider from the Blue Mountains of Sydney. This young rider will be tackling the Derby EWS as a lottery entrant after tackling a few Enduro races in the past year with some decent results including some podiums.