Hells Bells — Hall of Fame

From sunrise beaches to steep hinterland climbs, Hells Bells has always blurred the line between fun and suffering. What starts fast rarely stays easy, and the course has a habit of revealing itself long after the sun goes down.

The Hells Bells Hall of Fame recognises the teams who keep returning year after year — chasing better lines, tougher challenges, and unfinished business. Results are compiled from official records and tracking data and will continue to grow as the event evolves. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, long nights and early editions don’t always leave perfect paperwork behind — if something needs correcting, or you’d like to update your team details, get in touch and we’ll make it right.

Teams appear in this Hall of Fame once they have entered three or more editions of this event.

🏆 Mountain Designs Wild Women

🏅 8× Starter • 👑 7× Category Winner

The undisputed queens of Hells Bells, this crew keeps collecting category wins like souvenirs and somehow still looks fresh at the finish line.

Roster
Aimee Munson, Ali Wright, Alina Mc Master, Annie Alford, Ash Krige, Ashlid Kridge, Cass Kimlin, Del Lloyd, Elizabeth Dornom, Gina Dunsdan, Hayley Kellner, Jan Leverton, Katy Booth, Kelly Anne Speight, Kim Beckinsale, Laura Newton, Lucy Caldwell, Nicola Jelenik, Nicola Jelinek

Race history
2017 Caloundra, NSW — Full · Female · Category Winner
2018 Noosa, QLD — Full · Female · Category Winner
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Female · Category Winner
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Full · Female · Category Winner
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Full · Female · Category Winner
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 12th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Female · Category Winner
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Full · Female · Category Winner

Best result
🏁 2nd overall — Hells Bells — Full · Female · 2018

🏆 M&M

🏅 7× Starter

A long-serving Hells Bells regular, M&M keeps rolling back to the start line proving consistency, loyalty and stubborn determination count for plenty.

Roster
Jemima Olorenshaw, Mark Plumb, Mathew Murray, Mathew Revell, Matt Revell, May Revell, Michelle Raines, Stewart Corner

Race history
2017 Caloundra, NSW — Half · Male · 5th
2018 Noosa, QLD — Half · Male · 4th
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 7th
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Full · Male · 6th
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Full · Male · 11th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 17th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 10th

Best result
🏁 6th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Male · 2018

🏆 Marginal Gains

🏅 6× Starter • 👑 1× Category Winner

Living proof that small improvements add up, this team has quietly turned experience into podium-level performances.

Roster
Dylan Magee, Gavin Cole, Mia Cole, Samantha Tiley

Race history
2018 Noosa, QLD — Full · Male · Category Winner
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 12th
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Full · Male · 3rd
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Unknown · Unknown · DNF
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 5th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Male · 8th

Best result
🏁 4th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2018

🏆 Happy Feet

🏅 5× Starter

Always smiling and usually moving well, Happy Feet have danced their way steadily up the results board year after year.

Roster
David Ford, Elsie Mckinnon, Erin Appleton, Lacy Mckinnon, Markus Deutsch, Michael Cridland, Ross Mckinnon

Race history
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Full · Male · 9th
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Unknown · Unranked · 3rd
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 3rd
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 4th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 5th

Best result
🏁 12th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2021

🏆 Never Vanilla

🏅 5× Starter

Never boring and rarely predictable, this team brings flavour, flair and plenty of fight to every Hells Bells edition.

Roster
Hayley Harpham, Joanna Timbs, Kate Smith, Melanie Kelly, Nicky Jackson, Sue Jones

Race history
2020 Rainbow Beach, QLD — Half · Female · 3rd
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Full · Female · 2nd
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Female · 3rd
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Female · 2nd
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Female · DNF

Best result
🏁 15th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Female · 2021

🏆 Pineapple Express

🏅 5× Starter

Sweet on the outside but spicy when pushed, Pineapple Express keeps chasing longer days and bigger challenges.

Roster
Anthony Lea, Benjamin Prain, Joshua Cameron, Nathan Brock

Race history
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Half · Male · 11th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Male · 10th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Male · 17th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Male · 16th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Full · Male · DNF

Best result
🏁 17th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Male · 2023

🏆 Which ways north?

🏅 5× Starter

Navigation debates are part of the fun, but somehow this crew keeps finding the finish line anyway.

Roster
Dean Williams, Richard Crossley, Sean Manwarring, Tomas Gajdos

Race history
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Half · Male · 13th
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Full · Male · 23rd
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Unknown · Unknown · 2nd
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Male · 6th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Male · 12th

Best result
🏁 12th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Male · 2024

🏆 What Would Goggins Do?

🏅 5× Starter • 🏆 1× Overall Winner • 👑 1× Category Winner

Equal parts suffering and swagger, this team turned grit, grit and more grit into an outright Hells Bells victory.

Roster
Brent Harcombe, David Gill, Lachlan Barker, Nicholas Wood

Race history
2020 Rainbow Beach, QLD — Half · Male
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Full · Male · 7th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Male · 2nd
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Male · 2nd
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Male · Category Winner

Best result
🥇 1st overall — Hells Bells — Half · Male · 2025

🏆 Tri Adventure Vintage

🏅 4× Starter • 👑 3× Category Winner

Proof that experience never goes out of style, this legendary crew has been collecting category wins since the early days.

Roster
Debbie Brauner, Gina Dunsdon, Jan Leverton, Kim Beckinsale, Sandie Loft, Shan Mcgrath, Sharon Hanna

Race history
2017 Caloundra, NSW — Half · Female · Category Winner
2018 Noosa, QLD — Half · Female · Category Winner
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Female · Category Winner
2020 Rainbow Beach, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · 5th

Best result
🏁 2nd overall — Hells Bells — Half · Female · 2019

🏆 Be Fifty 2s

🏅 4× Starter • 👑 1× Category Winner

Consistent, competitive and clearly having a great time doing it, this team proves age is just another checkpoint.

Roster
Alison Green, Tracey Patterson Kane

Race history
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Half · Female · 4th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Unknown · Unknown · Category Winner
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Female · 4th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Female · 4th

Best result
🏁 12th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Female · 2022

🏆 Rogue Adventure

🏅 4× Starter • 👑 1× Category Winner

A familiar name across the years, Rogue Adventure blends experience and chaos just enough to stay firmly in the mix.

Roster
Alex Austin, Ali Mclachlan, Ali Wright, Chris Delaney, Dan Mclachlan, Gary Southerland, Leo Theoharis, Liam St Pierre, Luke Nuttall, Michelle Delaney, Thor Harrison

Race history
2017 Caloundra, NSW — Full · Male · 10th
2018 Noosa, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 3rd
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 4th
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Unknown · Unranked · Category Winner

Best result
🏁 4th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Premier Mixed · 2019

🏆 Banana Rush

🏅 4× Starter

Always chasing the next bunch, Banana Rush brings energy, enthusiasm and plenty of potassium to the course.

Roster
Greg Stephenson, Kev Yates, Kevin Yates

Race history
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Half · Male · 10th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Male · 9th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Male · 16th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Male · 17th

Best result
🏁 16th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Male · 2023

🏆 Directionally Challenged

🏅 4× Starter

Sometimes lost, never defeated — this team has turned navigation mishaps into part of their brand.

Roster
Laura Dunstan, Lesa Lomas, Max Kadel, Nick Collins

Race history
2017 Caloundra, NSW — Full · Premier Mixed · 11th
2018 Noosa, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · DNF
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 10th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · 5th

Best result
🏁 10th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Premier Mixed · 2025

🏆 Not Ready

🏅 4× Starter

Despite the name, they keep showing up anyway — because adventure racing rewards optimism more than preparation.

Roster
Boyd Mclean, Dan Carney, Hans Van Kempen, Scott Davies, Stuart Hill

Race history
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 9th
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Unknown · Unknown · DNF
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Unknown · Unknown · DNF
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Male · 23rd

Best result
🏁 21st overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2019

🏆 SportsCruiser

🏅 3× Starter • 🏆 1× Overall Winner • 👑 1× Category Winner

Fast when it matters, this team stormed their way to an overall win and proved they’re far more than a cruisy name.

Roster
Joel Netting, Jonathan Foley

Race history
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · Category Winner
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Male · 21st
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Full · Male · 10th

Best result
🥇 1st overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2023

🏆 Thunderbolt

🏅 3× Starter • 🏆 1× Overall Winner • 👑 1× Category Winner

From the earliest editions, Thunderbolt helped set the benchmark — and then casually went and won the whole thing.

Roster
Ali Wright, Bernadette Dornom, Dave Ellis, Dave Schloss Quint, Guy Andrews, Hugh Stodart, Ian Franzke, Joshua Street, Kathryn Morland, Leo Theoharis, Myall Quint, Rob Savage, Shelley Bambrook, Simon Manson

Race history
2017 Caloundra, NSW — Full · Premier Mixed · Category Winner
2018 Noosa, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 6th
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 5th

Best result
🥇 1st overall — Hells Bells — Full · Premier Mixed · 2017

🏆 Tri Adventure Girls

🏅 3× Starter • 👑 2× Category Winner

Sharp, fast and fiercely consistent, this crew turned teamwork into repeat category success.

Roster
Gina Dunsdon, Hayley Kellner, Jan Leverton, Kelsey Harvey

Race history
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Half · Female · Category Winner
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Half · Female · Category Winner
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · 11th

Best result
🏁 3rd overall — Hells Bells — Half · Female · 2022

🏆 No Idea No Gear Adventure RacerS (NINGARS)

🏅 3× Starter • 👑 1× Category Winner

Exactly as advertised — chaotic, enthusiastic and somehow surprisingly effective when it counts.

Roster
Genevieve Healy, Kristina Odwyer

Race history
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Short · Unknown · Category Winner
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · 3rd
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Female · 7th

Best result
🏁 7th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Premier Mixed · 2023

🏆 Walkie Talkies

🏅 3× Starter • 👑 1× Category Winner

Strong communication, steady pacing and a habit of climbing the results ladder year by year.

Roster
Annelies Taske, Chloe Nalliah

Race history
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Half · Female · 6th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Female · Category Winner
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Half · Female · 3rd

Best result
🏁 14th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Female · 2024

🏆 Avacrack

🏅 3× Starter

Built tough and getting faster every season, this team has steadily cracked their way into the top end of the field.

Roster
Ben Loxley, Jack Van Tricht, Jake Van Tricht, Jess Fitzgibbons, Maree Parsons, Matthew Martin

Race history
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 10th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 7th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Full · Male · 6th

Best result
🏁 12th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2025

🏆 BWAR

🏅 3× Starter

Hard racing, strong results and multiple podiums — BWAR rarely leaves without making an impact.

Roster
Daniel Delaney, Everett Putney, Glenn Wilkinson, Greg Vale, Helen Greenfield

Race history
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 2nd
2020 Rainbow Beach, QLD — Half · Male · 5th
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Full · Male · 2nd

Best result
🏁 3rd overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2021

🏆 Dancing Queens

🏅 3× Starter

From sand to bush to finish line celebrations, this crew knows how to turn suffering into sparkle.

Roster
Alison Friswell, Christine Webb, Jane Paul, José Short, Kristen Pinnington, Linda Wetherall, Robyn Richards

Race history
2020 Rainbow Beach, QLD — Full · Male · 3rd
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Full · Female · 2nd
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Female · 4th

Best result
🏁 5th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2020

🏆 Desk Jockey Adventures

🏅 3× Starter

Trading keyboards for compasses, this team proves office workers can survive just fine outdoors.

Roster
Alexandra Kment, Mark Cooper, Nathan Jones, Scott Sawyer, Troy Evans

Race history
2018 Noosa, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 12th
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 13th
2025 Mapleton, QLD — Full · Male · 17th

Best result
🏁 20th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Premier Mixed · 2018

🏆 Directionless

🏅 3× Starter

They may question the route, but they never question the decision to race again.

Roster
Andy Marsland, Matthew Ruttley

Race history
2020 Rainbow Beach, QLD — Half · Male · 4th
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Half · Male · 10th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Male · 8th

Best result
🏁 9th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Male · 2020

🏆 Dunning Kruger Effect

🏅 3× Starter

Early confidence met reality — but persistence eventually turned chaos into completion.

Roster
Anna Tate, David Lynch, Dustin Hobbs, Liam Kavanagh, Mark Motti, Melissa Speare

Race history
2018 Noosa, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · DNF
2019 Cotton Tree, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · DNF
2020 Rainbow Beach, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · 6th

Best result
🏁 15th overall — Hells Bells — Half · Premier Mixed · 2020

🏆 Lost Wombats

🏅 3× Starter

Occasionally wandering, always returning, the Lost Wombats remain a much-loved part of the Hells Bells family.

Roster
Jason Sipple, Rachel Sipple

Race history
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Unknown · Unranked · 6th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 12th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Premier Mixed · 10th

Best result
🏁 30th overall — Hells Bells — Unknown · Unranked · 2022

🏆 Mt Pleasant Rd Brewers

🏅 3× Starter

Clearly fuelled by something strong, this crew brewed up a podium performance at Caloundra.

Roster
Andrew Robertson, Daniel Gruppelaar, Greg Dean, Jay Sindorff, Sean Perrin, Tim Price

Race history
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Unknown · Unknown · DNF
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Male · 3rd
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Male · 7th

Best result
🏁 3rd overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2024

🏆 Newlyweds

🏅 3× Starter

Honeymoon phase or not, this pair proved partnership skills transfer surprisingly well to adventure racing.

Roster
Melanie Ewing, Paul Ewing

Race history
2021 Mooloolaba, NSW — Full · Premier Mixed · 3rd
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Unknown · Unranked · 4th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Half · Premier Mixed · 8th

Best result
🏁 18th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Premier Mixed · 2021

🏆 O32

🏅 3× Starter

Reliable, resilient and quietly competitive, O32 keeps stacking solid full-course finishes.

Roster
Jared Cooke, Stephen Allan

Race history
2022 Kenilworth, QLD — Full · Male · 5th
2023 Cotton Tree, QLD — Full · Male · 13th
2024 Caloundra, QLD — Full · Male · 17th

Best result
🏁 10th overall — Hells Bells — Full · Male · 2022

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