The Australian Bushrangers are currently touring New Zealand, competing in a three-match Test Series. The Bushrangers are competing against a fully-staffed NZ Pinestars team, and face an uphill battle to win the series, but made a positive start in the first race: a warm-up sprint race on Friday afternoon.

The best placed Bushranger was NSW’s Dave Meyer, who finished 3rd behind Pinestars Karl Dravitzki and Darren Ashmore. In fourth place was Peter Preston, a top result for the late inclusion. Bruce Arthur was 7th and Rob Preston 19th.

In the women.s race, Pinestar Tania Robinson ran away with the race, winning by nearly a minute from Rachel Smith. Briohny Davey was the best placed Bushranger in 6th, closely followed by Orla Murray (7th) and Kirsten Fairfax (8th). Kathryn Ewels finished in 16th place.

Full sprint results here.

The test series start today with a middle distance race, followed by a pair of middle distance races on Sunday, and concludes with a long distance race on Monday. We will post reports for these races on this site as soon as possible.