Cross Country at Longreach
An enormous turnout of runners and fabulous weather conditions made for a great afternoon of cross country running at the Longreach course on Saturday afternoon.
Families and friends once again making the most of life - enjoying the wide open spaces of the Shoalhaven!
With so many keen runners, club officials were forced to call for volunteers to man the turn around points in the 2km and 3km events. Fortunately some conscientious members came forward to assist and racing was underway.
Cathy Head was the first Division 1 runner home in the 2km event and was closely followed in by Max Vucic and Brendan Kellett. At the front of the Division 2 group runners Angus Clark, Stephanie Van Arkel and Michael Dunne all crossed the line within a few seconds of each other. Noteable performances in Division 3 came from Sophie Phillips, Angus Lowbridge, Jonty Bond and Luke Kellett.
The 3km event saw an extremely close finish with Mitchell Bricklebank crossing the line first while Nathan Weatherill and Leane Davidson almost tied for second place! In Division 2 Julie Evans, Ethan Dunne and Joel Brindle all had good runs finishing in near record times.
The warmer conditions made racing in the longer events a little more interesting. But as we all know Long and Medium course runners from the Nowra Athletics Club are hardened competitors and never make excuses!
Mick McDonnell, Michael Kest and Peter Heald were deserved winners in the various Divisions of the 5.6km Medium course event.
In Division 1 of the Long course event runners Bill Stahlhut, Adam Coulton and Linda Weatherill made light work of the hills finishing first. In the Division 2 contest Eva Moeller-Duhme posted a great time to claim 1st place while Sky Martin and Michelle Cumming also had terrific runs finishing second and third.
In other athletic news, club runners Cristine Suffolk (Gold) and Jeff Rayner (Silver) performed brilliantly in the 10km event at the State Road Run Championships held at Appin on the weekend. Fellow runners Jake Ring and Hayden Miller also represented the Club and competed with distinction in their chosen events.
Club members are reminded that Nowra Athletics Club will be conducting a Fun Teams Event and Family Picnic Day on Sunday 27th May at the Timberhills cross country course at Tomerong.
The event will be open to teams of runners (up to a maximum of 8) with 6 individual races with 2 team members competing in each. Individual runners will also be accepted and allocated to suitable teams.
Please make your enquiries now by contacting Kevyn Davis on 4447 8309 or by speaking to any committee member.
This Saturday’s Nowra Toyota Pointscore - Cross Country running will be at the Timberhills course, McKinnons Farm, Kell’s Road, Tomerong. To find Timberhills, simply drive South down the Princes Hwy and look for a right hand turn (Kell’s Road) marked with Cross-Country signs on the Tomerong by-pass. Travel up Kell’s Road for about 1.5km till you reach Timberhills on the right hand side.
Registration and administration will be from 2.15pm with the first event starting at around 2.30pm. For further enquiries contact club Secretary Jan Gibb on 44460226 or simply come along on Saturday!
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