Brent Rees (Australia) made it back to back wins and Sarah Tucknott (Australia) claimed a maiden crown at the 2025 Oceania Mountain Bike Marathon Championships, on Saturday 13 September 2025.

As the defending champion the field watched Rees closely from the start, and despite a watchful eye he made his move early, to take a near one minute lead over Joel Green, at the half way point, as the race for the win narrowed down to two.

Green pushed for much of the second half of the race, before Rees managed to pull out a small advantage in closing kilometres to take the win, four seconds ahead of Green with local Reece Tucknott rounding out the top three.

Elite Men’s Oceania Champion Brent Rees said, “It feels phenomenal. I’m so stoked with that one. It was a really awesome day out on the trails, that first bit was so treacherous, I just tried to apply the pressure early and got a few little gaps but then just wanted to not crash in that section of the track.

“Back up the climb I just went to the front and drilled it and Joel [Green] nearly held on, but I just got a little gap. To his credit he didn’t give up and about halfway through the North loop he was back, so I thought I’ll sit up and wait and work together a bit.”

In the race for the women’s title, Western Australian local Sarah Tucknott took a maiden crown adding to an age group Oceania XCO title.

Elite Women’s Oceania Champion Sarah Tucknott said, “I’m really happy. The race wasn’t perfect, and I definitely went too hard at the start again. I sort of had that as a tactic, because you do this descent called the luge early on in the race and it’s quite technical, and that’s my strength so I wanted to be in a really good position.”

“I was very fortunate that the elites had their own start, as it meant that I got there with a really clean run, and had a great run through Murray Valley. I paid for it in the middle of the race but I really came good again at Turner Hill, I think the memories of racing as a kid at Turner Hill and having a blast when I was young bought me back to life.”

2025 Oceania Mountain Bike Marathon Champions
Elite Men – Brent Rees (Australia)
Elite Women – Sarah Tucknott (Australia)
U23 Men – Ethan Branchi (Australia)
U19 Men – Elliott Wardle (Australia)
U19 Women – Billie Mincham (Australia)

Full Results