Bruce Hillis backed up his successful Burton Cup run with a very good result in the Nelson Half Marathon on Sunday. Others who competed in the various events included Cameron Kain, Megan Kain and Michelle Fox.
Contested in cool, calm conditions overall line honours went to Kim Hogarth in a time of 1hr 12min 46sec. just six seconds ahead of Graeme Taylor. Paula Canning lead the women home to claim her ninth consecutive title with a time of 1hr 23min 45sec.
Half Marathon Run (114 finishers)
Bruce Hillis 1hr 34min 43sec. (27th overall; 7th M50-59)
Cameron Kain 1hr 39min 29sec. (35th; 7th MOpen)
Quarter Marathon Run (103 finishers)
Michelle Fox 53min 49sec. (29th overall; 2nd F35-44)
Megan Kain 1hr 04min 44sec. (66th; 8th FOpen)
News
Hanmer Half Marathon 2014
The Hanmer Half Marathon and associated 5km/10km events were held on Saturday. The course takes competitors on a unique journey through Hanmer Forest amongst some amazing scenery. More than 600 competitors took part in one of the events on the day.
Half Marathon Run (436 finishers)
Jodie Brown 1hr 57min 21sec. (18th F40-49)
Michelle Harris 2hrs 02min 18sec. (25th F40-49)
Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon 2014
The Rotorua Marathon celebrated its 50th Anniversary on Saturday. The event doubled as the NZ Marathon Championship and Robbie Barnes representing Marlborough Athletics finished runner-up in the M50-54 Age Group.
Mieke Holtrop also covered the 42.2km distance while Jess Barnes took up the challenge in the half marathon.
Marathon (3511 finishers)
Robbie Barnes 2hrs 53min 29sec. (39th overall; 2nd M50-59; 2nd NZ Champs M50-54)Mieke Holtrop 4hrs 27min 11sec. (10th F60-64)
Half Marathon Run (1815 finishers)
Jess Barnes 1hr 38min 01sec. (19th F11-34)
Read The Marlborough Express article here
Burton Cup 2014
Large fields contested the Burton Cup handicapped event at Taylor Dam on Saturday. For the first time walkers who took part also started on handicapped times.
The original W.G. Burton Trophy dates back to 1933 and is presented to the winner of the Senior Men’s race. This was won by Dale Smit ahead of runner-up Will Barnes.
Other winners on the day included Fletcher Kopua, Amber Bendell, Angus Kopua, Sam Hamilton, Anna Barnes, Yasmin Gee, Kiri Johnson and Bruce Hillis. In the walking section Diana Smit and Julie Hunter crossed the line together to finish first equal.
The final event at Taylor Dam will be held on Saturday 24th May and is a 6 km Handicap Run being held in a reverse direction. There will be shorter distances on the day for children.
Read The Marlborough Express article here
27 April 2014 Sri Chinmoy Ultra Trio Results in Christchurch
Margaret Hazelwood competed in the 50km event this past weekend. The course is around Hagley Park many, many times. I asked if she could run so far then run the other way but no, same way.
Margaret excelled in her race running 4 hours 50 minutes coming first in her age group beating the grade / distance record by a whole 1 hour. Well done Margaret.
For full race results go to http://nz.srichinmoyraces.org/chch100k2014
Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake 2014
Robbie Barnes, Kevin Ellis, Keith Zanders, Michelle Harris and Jodie Brown competed in Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake last weekend at St Arnaud. This popular event is organised by Nelson Events and the course is an anticlockwise circuit of Lake Rotoiti.
Despite the less than favourable weather forecast 343 finishers completed the 25km distance in good conditions.
The event will celebrate its 20th Anniversary in 2015 and a tentative date of 18th April has been set. Entry numbers are capped so be sure to get your entry in as soon as they’re open so that you don’t miss out.
Club Results:
Robbie Barnes 1hr 57min 37sec. (6th overall; 1st M50-59)
Kevin Ellis 2:18:30 (37th)
Keith Zanders 2:21:05 (41st)
Michelle Harris 2:55:55 (163rd)
Jodie Brown 2:57:04 (167th)
Read The Marlborough Express article here