Year 6 St Joseph’s O’Connor student Lewis Allbon has brought home bronze for Australia after travelling to Canada last month to compete in the final round of global mountain bike festival Crankworx in the Under 13 Boys category against the world’s best upcoming riders.

This was Lewis’s second time competing in Whistler, improving on his personal best times in four races and ranking 8^th out of 75 riders in an Enduro course with elevated wooden bridges and tight bends.

After enjoying riding in Whistler so much last year, Lewis said that he was lucky to compete for a second time and was pleasantly surprised to receive bronze in the cross-country race.

“I just rode and hoped for the best, and just remembered ‘pedal’,” he said.

Lewis first started riding BMX in 2011 before his father, former Olympian Graeme Allbon, suggested mountain biking to improve fitness and endurance.

Lewis went on to compete at Thredbo Cannonball Mountain Bike Festival in in 2016 before winning Cannonball the following year.

Canada provided Lewis with valuable experience competing in a world class event at the biggest mountain bike park in the world, making friends from around the world in the process.

There’s no doubt that Lewis Allbon will be one to watch as he continues to pursue his professional riding career. We wish Lewis all the best!  

Photo Credit: Jake Voysey Photography