"One to One Fitness"
HBG Road Relay Championships

HASTINGS TOO HOT IN HARRIER RELAY As expected the star quality of Phil Costley and Richard Potts proved too much for either their Gisborne or Napier counterparts in Sunday's annual running of the '1 to 1 Fitness Studio' sponsored Hawkes Bay Gisborne Road Relay Championships. The team of Barry Herbison, Callum Millward, Costley, Mike Flemming, Neil Sargisson and Potts came out on top by over 6 minutes at the end of the 37.3km relay around the rolling countryside at the back of Taradale. The only time they were headed was on the first leg where Gisborne's multiple world age grade record holder Ron Robertson produced the fastest time of the day recording 23:06 for the 7km leg, 47 sec ahead of Hastings' Barry Herbison with Napier's Kevin Fisher a further 55 sec back. However Hastings Junior Callum Millward produced a stunning run on the short 5.4km second leg to not only haul his team back to the lead but give them a 50 sec lead at the end of the leg. Millward's run was fast enough to give him fastest lap honours on the leg by 1 sec over Napier's Graham Edmondson with Bush Harriers David Chard third fastest with 20:23. It was the last either Napier or Gisborne saw of the Hastings team as Phil Costley scorched up the Appley Rise to record fastest lap time by 2:22 despite the heroic efforts of Napier's Craig Mathers who produced what was for his team Run of the Day. Mathers picked up the deficit on the Gisborne team and had put 50 meters on them after just 2k of the tough 6.7km leg. Gisborne spent the rest of the day chasing Napier hard and it was the battle between these two that had the most interest as Hastings continued to pull away. Fastest time on the short but tough 'Heartbreaker' 4th leg went once again to a Hastings' athlete with track 400m stand-out Mike Flemming showing another string to his bow in beating Gisborne's Tony Ngarimu by 26 sec. With Napier's Paul Clark just 11 sec slower. Napier still held second place going into the 6km 5th leg where Clark's club-mate John Hambleton produced the fastest time by 8 sec over Gisborne's Graeme Lear, 19:11 to 19:19, with Hastings' Neil Sargisson being relegated to 3rd fastest time in 19:47. With Hastings now over 3 minutes in the lead and running national representative Richard Potts on the last leg the race for 1st was well and truly over, however Napier's lead over Gisborne was only 39 sec and Gisborne felt they were still in with a shot at second. This was not to be however as Napier's Mark Speakman ran a strong anchor leg to bring his team home nearly 2 min clear of the Gisborne team. Richard Potts did return fastest time on this leg by 3:24 running 21:32 for the 7.3km to Speakman's 24:56 with Jill Costley recording the third fastest time overall for this leg at 26:11. Hastings were similarly dominant in the women's section with their team of Wendy Paramore, Andrea Williams, Deidre Nieuwland, Hayley Sherborne, Claire Burnard and Jill Costley ending over 5 minutes ahead of the Gisborne combination. Although the Gisborne teams times were comparable to those of their Hastings' counterparts they were always slightly slower and when Jill Costley produced her '3rd fastest overall' effort on the last leg the Gisborne team were well and truly beaten. Some of the closest racing of the day came in the 18km Fun Relay where several teams of juniors from the Napier Harrier Club raced against each other and one combination from Bush Harriers. There were several lead changes in a battle of the sexes with Napier Gold, a team of junior boys, battling with Napier Girls. Annika Edmondson got the girls off to a good start leading Stefan Smith to the first change by 14 sec. Sam Green pulled back 6 sec of the deficit against Claire McGettigan on the second leg before Kristy Edmondson put 1:04 back on to the lead against Andre Smith on the third leg. Eric Speakman pulled back 39 seconds over Melissa Loveridge on the fourth. Josh Betty finally got the boys to the front on the fifth leg running 10:33 to Sonya Clarks 11:32. Laura Smidt's determined final leg was not quite able to peg back the difference, running 18 secs quicker than Gabe Rawcliffe to bring the girls to just 8 seconds behind the boys team. Great racing! The other events held in conjunction with the championship relay were also well supported with a HB Multisports club combination Maurice Windle, Kerry Harford, Shane Harrison, Ross Dyer, Ian Robertson and Nigel Messervey coming out ahead of two other combinations from their club in the 38km Fun Relay. Two of the sponsors teams also completed the 38km Fun Run. As expected the HB Marathon Clinic dominated the 38km Fun Walk providing 5 of the 7 teams entered. Their combination of Robyn Wolfsbauer, Olive deRidder, Bob Fairley, Jogg Hulbert, Bev Davis, and Graeme Richards proved to be the fastest on the day.

38km Relay

Puketapu 7.0km

Lap

Dartmoor 5.4km

Lap

Apley Rise 6.7km

Lap

Heartbreaker 4.9km

Lap

Brooklands 6.0km

Lap

Home Run 7.3km

Lap

Total Time

Hastings A

Barry Herbison

23:06

Callum Millward

19:28

Phil Costley

23:16

Mike Fleming

16:07

Neil Sargisson

19:47

Richard Potts

21:32

2:03:16

Napier A

Kevin Fisher

23:53

Graham Edmondson

19:29

Craig Mathers

25:38

Paul Clark

16:44

John Hambleton

19:11

Mark Speakman

24:56

2:09:51

Gisborne A

Ron Robertson

22:48

Steven Clark

20:24

Tim Marshall

26:30

Tony Ngarimu

16:33

Graeme Lear

19:19

Peter Quax

26:15

2:11:49

Bush A

Andrew Davenport

24:40

David Chard

20:23

Ian Bailey

28:44

David Harman

18:22

Graeme Malone

20:17

Ian Carter

26:21

2:18:47

Hastings Women

Wendy Paramore

26:33

Andrea Williams

21:37

Deidre Nieuwland

31:42

Hayley Sherborne

20:12

Claire Burnard

23:01

Jill Costley

26:11

2:29:16

McGoo's Mob

John Craven

26:11

Marion Sherburn

24:45

Paul McGettigan

28:06

Noel Evans

21:28

Russell Price

22:09

Dale Smidt

27:50

2:30:29

Brent's Burners

Fraser Marett

26:12

Trish Foster

24:10

Brent Salisbury

30:12

Sheila Smidt

20:21

Arthur Corbett

22:07

Brian Williamson

28:43

2:31:45

Gisborne Women

Karen File

25:53

Caroline Robertson

22:51

Liz Thodey

32:11

Helen Yeoman

20:40

Christine Carlton

23:13

Francis Rowland

30:01

34:49

38km Fun Relay

Puketapu

Lap

Dartmoor (5.7km)

Lap

Apley Rise (6.7km)

Lap

Heartbreaker (4.7km)

Lap

Brooklands (5.6km)

Lap

Home Run (3.3km)

Lap

Total Time

HBM Young Fellas Black

Maurice Windle

25:21

Kerry Harford

22:15

Shane Harrison

26:57

Ross Dyer

18:36

Ian Robertson

21:42

Nigel Messervey

29:08

2:23:59

HBM Young Fellas White

Darren Scott

26:57

Phil Harty

21:38

Matt Lock

30:15

Richard Brough

16:47

Dean McBride

21:29

Scott

29:31

2:26:37

HBM Old Blokes

Gary Hosegood

30:13

Wayne Forman

20:35

Brett Mudgeway

28:09

Kevin Judge

19:47

Gary Turner

22:50

Paul Dally

32:53

2:34:27

Daves Hastings

Neville Smith

27:00

Darren lambert

22:47

Nick Potts

31:45

Kirsty Turnbull

21:15

Dave Robertson

23:10

Callumn Millward

30:16

2:36:13

Young as we wannabe

Hamish McLachlan

27:57

Charlotte Tremewan

24:45

Malcolm Jenkins

31:55

Iain Murray

17:47

Hannah Todd

26:42

Steve Armon

29:37

2:38:43

Robs Lot

Matthew Augustine

29:27

Ivan Bodley

23:20

Rob Ruffe-Thomas

37:02

Karl Schofer

21:06

Derek Cuming

24:07

Lyal Cuming

28:16

2:43:18

HBM Beautiful Ladies

Louise Stapleton

32:55

Ann Robottom

23:25

Simonne Morris

30:51

Corinna Turner

19:48

Tracy Campbell

27:08

Corinna Turner

31:31

2:45:38

Erics Hastings

Ramon Steenson

30:09

Vanessa Mygind

27:33

Eric Phimister

30:10

Tessa Walker

21:03

Micheal Newton

24:05

Bruce Allen

33:38

2:46:38

1 to 1A

Jaron McKay

30:24

Sheryl Summers

28:13

Stephen Pointon

33:38

Heather Kopua

24:13

Peter Smidt

28:02

Allan Robinson

31:45

2:56:15

1 to 1 B

Gregg Bigg

29:03

Judy Rynn

25:11

Theresa Pearse

39:44

Leo Pearce

19:46

Wayne Zaloom

29:01

Jim Brown

35:36

2:58:21

38km Walk Relay

Puketapu

Lap

Dartmoor (5.7km)

Lap

Apley Rise (6.7km)

Lap

Heartbreaker (4.7km)

Lap

Brooklands (5.6km)

Lap

Home Run (3.3km)

Lap

Total Time

Robyn's Ravers

Robyn Wolfsbauer

43:00

Olive de Ridder

35:00

Bob Fairley

Joff Hulbert

29:00

Bev. Davis

Graeme Richards

46:00

02:39

HBMC number 1

Joan Ewing

Gabrielle Gorst

31:30

Ray McKay

Ray McKay

Joan Ewing

Gabrielle Gorst

44:46

04:49

Ducks & a Drake

Maureen O T Jefferis

46:15

Lynda Fairley

42:46

Kathy Beyer

46:18

Russell Pattison

33:30

Sherry O'Sullivan

39:43

Pat Davis

52:38

4:20:53

HBMC Mixed Bunch

Dick Berry

Marion Gear

Lesley Street

Dick Berry

Judy Jude

Lesley Street

35:18

4:21:48

Bush Walkers

Kay Davenport

Hugh Rochell

Bill Wolland

Lyn Arends

Gerrit Arends

Shirley Herbert

35:30

4:22:00

Wendee's Walkers

Wendee Barrett

Darryl Lacey

Rei Jones

Wendee Barrett

Darryl Lacey

Rei Jones

41:03

4:27:33

Happy Walkers

Rose Richards

57:58

Sue O'Shea

39:56

Dennis Little

55:17

Malcolm Ballantine

34:49

Lianne Wilson

40:00

Christina Herbison

00:12

4:48:12

18km FUN RELAY

Athlete

Lap

Athlete

Lap

Athlete

Lap

Athlete

Lap

Athlete

Lap

Athlete

Lap

Napier Gold

Stefan Smith

16:07

Sam Green

13:14

Andre Smith

14:02

Eric Speakman

10:29

Josh Betty

10:33

Gabe Rawcliff

12:41

1:17:06

Napier Girls

Annika Edmondson

15:53

Claire McGettigan

13:20

Kristy Edmondson

12:58

Melissa Loveridge

11:08

Sonya Clark

11:32

Laura Smidt

12:23

1:17:14

Napier Juniors

Ian Clark

17:06

Lorenzo Schofer

14:37

Hogan Greeen

14:42

Hayden Schofer

11:31

Andrew Prosser

11:26

Alana Hambleton

16:38

1:26:00

Bush Extras

Don McLachlan

17:28

Don McLachlan

14:31

Kay Davenport (m)

15:37

Shelly Aarons

11:48

Don McLachlan

12:42

Leroy Hunt

16:11

1:28:17

Previous Years Results Here:

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