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HBG Road Relay Championships

Apley Road Circuit from NHC Clubrooms, Taradale
26 May, 2001

Hastings Harriers continued their dominance of the Hawkes Bay/Gisborne Road Relay Championships in Taradale on Saturday afternoon. The team of Richard Potts, Mathew Holder, Josh Barber, Neil Sargisson, Iain Murray and Stephen Smith completed the 37 kilometre course in 2hrs 2mins 54secs, to finish a comfortable 4 minutes 28 seconds ahead of the Napier Harrier Club.

Potts got the team off to a good start, recording fastest time on the 7.1 km first leg to give his team a 1 minute 56 seconds advantage over the Napier Harrier Club at the first changeover. Holder then set a new record of 16:11 for the 5.4km second leg, extending Hastings advantage to 4 minutes 43 seconds by the time he handed on to Barber. By the time Barber had completed the 6.7km uphill third leg, he had recorded fastest time, and the Hastings team held an advantage of a massive 6 minutes 15 seconds.

Mark Speakman, running the 4.9km fourth leg for the Napier Harrier Club, clawed back 10 seconds of the lead, recording fastest time for the lap. Napier then continued to eat into the lead on the fifth leg, with Kevin Fisher running 14 seconds quicker than his Hastings counterpart for fastest time and reducing the Hastings lead to 5 minutes 51 seconds. Chris Corney ran the final leg for the Napier team, taking fastest time and taking a further 1 minute 24 sec out of Hastings’ lead, but at the finish line the Hastings team had extended their unbeaten run in the event to 5 years.

The Hastings club also took line honours in the women’s event, with the team of Claire Burnard, Helen Barber, Deidre Nieuwland, Karen Solari, Andrea Williams and Margaret Radich finishing 8 minutes and fifteen seconds ahead of the Napier club’s winning Junior Women’s team. It was the first time that any club had fielded an entire team of Junior Women (under 20), and both Napier and Hastings clubs did so this year. The Napier team consisting of Kirsten Foulds, Laura Smidt, Annika Edmondson, Sonya Clark, Alanna Hambleton and Sonya Harkness finished the event 7 minutes 45 seconds ahead of their Hastings counterparts, with Foulds, Smidt, Clark and Harkness recording fastest times, for the grade, on their legs. Hastings’ Hayley Sherborne ran the fastest time on the third leg, lowering the junior women’s record for the leg, while club-mate Joanna Wright recorded fastest time for the fifth leg.

Laura Smidt and Sonya Clark’s winning times for the second and fourth legs were also fast enough to be quickest overall in the women’s event. Burnard, Nieuwland, Williams and Radish accounting for the other fastest times on their respective legs.

While the 37km main event was taking place, there were 10 teams taking on an 18km, 5 leg relay around the Puketapu circuit. A Havelock North High School selection of Mark Buttle, Josh Lynex, Liam Collins, and Steve Armon lead the field home, with a Hastings Harriers team of Derek Morrison. Sue Taffe, and Franc Anderson placing second. The first all junior team home was the Napier Harriers ‘Gold’ team of Rory Diver, Lydia Diver, Dianna Best, Brendan Speakman and Hogan Green.

38km 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
HASTINGS A Richard Potts 21:53 Matthew Holder 16:11 Josh Barber 24:29 Neil Sargisson 16:15 Iain Murray 19:14 Steven Smith 24:52 2:02:54
NAPIER A Craig Mathers 23:49 Mike Signal 18:58 Darryl Strachan 26:01 Mark Speakman 16:05 Kevin Fisher 19:00 Chris Corney 23:28 2:07:21
NALVEME'S Peter Gillies 25:41 Don McLeod 24:57 Maurice Lloyd 26:44 John Craven 18:03 Eric Phimister 20:43 Paul McGettigan 28:23 2:24:31
NAMACLI'S Leo Pearce 26:50 Trevor Fulton 20:53 Leanne Woodhill 30:27 Adrian Rhodes 19:43 Paul Mason 20:51 Arthur Corbett 30:44 2:29:28
HASTY COMP. Dan Haddock 26:59 Neil Bruere 19:53 Mike Fleming 29:47 Don Poulgrain 19:28 Dianne Barclay 27:04 Niel Bruere 27:09 2:30:20
HASTINGS SENIOR Claire Burnard 28:41 Helen Barber 24:43 Dierdre Nieuwland 27:38 Karen Solari 20:36 Andrea Williams 21:25 Margaret Radich 31:13 2:34:16
ROCKETS Steve O'Callaghan 25:55 Richard Crooks 24:40 Paul Dally 33:18 Gair McVie 20:52 Josh Betty 23:47 Alge Rudzvecuis 32:39 2:41:11
NO BLONDES Kirsten Foulds 30:42 Laura Smidt 22:53 Annika Edmondson 31:50 Sonya Clark 19:58 Alanna Hambleton 24:42 Sonya Harkness 32:26 42:31
HASTINGS W U20 Cara Weber 31:26 Amber Morrison 25:53 Hayley Sherborne 31:30 Jasmine Primmer 21:37 Joanna Wright 24:19 Vanessa Mygind 35:31 2:50:16
NAVEWO'S Cheryl Simpson 33:36 Trish Cummins 26:09 Jo Cavanagh 0:29:04 Trish Foster 0:23:38 Marion Sherburn 0:26:05 Sheila Smidt 0:34:45 2:53:17
 
18km FUN RELAY The Hill 4.0km Lap Time Springfield 2.8km Lap Time Parson's Pt 3.9 km Lap Time Poraiti 3.5 km Lap Time Church Rd 4.0 km Lap Time TEAM TIME Lap Time
Ruggered Mark Buttle 16:08 Josh Lynex 11:41 Liam Collins 15:18 Steve Armon 14:15 Steve Armon 15:52 1:13:14
Hastings B Derek Morrison 16:56 Derek Morrison 12:50 Sue Taffe 16:42 Sue Taffe 15:41 Franc Anderson 15:49 1:17:58
Napier Gold Rory Diver 16:26 Lydia Diver 13:25 Dianna Best 17:33 Brendan Speakman 16:05 Hogan Green 15:04 1:18:33
Napier Black Eric Speakman 16:30 Aleesha Heywood 14:46 Shayna Heywood 16:47 Aaron Corney 15:19 Hayden Schofer 16:04 1:19:26
Dominant Dominic Fleischl 18:13 Dominic Fleischl 13:12 Ben Wasington 17:07 Ben Julian 14:16 Philip Harry 16:50 1:19:38
Head Girls Steph Ward 17:50 Saskia v d Werff 13:15 Kelly McIlroy 17:43 Jo Chisolm 15:27 Charlotte Tremewan 16:12 1:20:27
Hastings A1 Ben Barry 15:36 Caitlin Barnett 13:41 Duncan Morrison 18:31 Renae Harkness 16:54 Sam Spencer 17:32 1:22:14
Q Tees Gemma Deakin 18:57 Breanna Cullen 14:10 Charlotte Videan 17:50 Kylie Stitchbury 16:17 Rebekah Pluijmers 18:08 1:25:22
Emmanent Ryan Jones 17:19 Alana Jamieson 15:07 Hayden Lynex 17:02 Emma Brummer 19:42 Chris Desmond 16:36 1:25:46
Hastings A2 Ben Biss 17:48 Kate Morrison 16:06 Michael Murray 0:17:18 Sacha Murray 0:16:57 David Morton 0:18:02 1:26:11
Maureen Jefferis 2:11:35

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