Hastings Steeplechase

Hastings Harrier Club's, Richard Potts and Andrea Williams both had convincing victories in their respective races at Saturday's Hastings Steeples, held at the Hawkes Bay Showgrounds. Potts, showed no signs of the illness that prevented him from racing the national mountain running champs a week earlier, clearing away from the field on the first of four laps, winning the 6000 metre event in a time of 19:25. Potts' nearest rival was team-mate Matthew Holder, carrying a slight injury from a fall in the mountain running champs, 24 seconds adrift. Josh Barber, Hastings, finished strongly for third, from Palmerston North's Jim Jones and the Napier trio of Craig Mathers, Chris Corney and Kevin Fisher. This set up the host team for victory in the four-person teams competition, with Iain Murray the other counting team member for Hastings. In the same race Eric Phimister, Napier, headed Hastings' Dan Haddock for the veteran men's title. Williams was the most convincing winner of the day, in the senior women's 4500 metre event. In a race that had a combined start with the veteran women, men under 20 and men under 18, Williams was fifth over all and more than a minute clear of team-mate Marg Raddich. Hayley Sherborne, choosing to run the longer race, against the older competition, than the junior 3000 metre event, finished third, giving Hastings a clean sweep of the placings. Diedre Nieuwland and Claire Bernard had a close battle in the veteran women's garde, with Neiuwland winning by only a second. Neville Smith and Michael Newton gave Hastings a winning double in the mens under 20 and under 18 grades. Smith lead from the start, beating team-mate and top junior triathlete Callum Millward. Newton crossed the line third, taking the under 18 event from Palmerston North visitor, Callum McConachy. The most exciting finish of the day came in the combined women's under 14, under 16 and under 18 race. There were three different leaders in the last 300 metres of the race. Under 14, Laura Smidt, Napier surged past her older rivals to take the lead, only to be over-taken by club-mate Annika Edmondson. In a fierce sprint finish Cara Webber, Hastings, battled with Edmondson, over taking her only metres before the line to win the under 18 women's event by a second, with Smidt crossing the line third. Sonya Clark, Napier, was fourth across the line, winning the under 16 girls grade. Kane Green, Napier, won the boys under 16, 3000 metre event from Scott Nichol, Hastings. Hogan Green won the under 14 boys event by over a minute. Ben Barry, Hastings and Aleesha Heywood, Napier easily won the boys and girls 1500 metre races.

Under 14/16 Boys - 3km

Place	Name	Club	Cat	Time	Cat Place
1	Kane Green	NHC	M16	10.44	1
2	Scott Nickol	HHU	M16	11.13	2
3	Stefan Smith	NHC	M16	11.31	3
4	Hogan Green	NHC	M14	12.19	1
5	Andrew Prosser	NHC	M16	13.08	4
6	Hayden Schofer	NHC	M14	13.28	2
7	Andre Smith	NHC	M14	13.53	3
8	Sam Spencer	HHU	M14	13.56	4
9	Aaron Coney	NHC	M16	14.36	5
	Teams	Napier

Under 14/16/18 Girls - 3km

Place	Name	Club	Cat	Time	Cat Place
1	Cara Weber	HHU	W18	12.11	1
2	Annika Edmondson	NHC	W18	12.12	2
3	Laura Smidt	NHC	W14	12.22	1
4	Sonya Clark	NHC	W16	12.38	1
5	Alanna Hambleton	NHC	W14	12.4	2
6	Sonya Harkness	NHC	W18	12.44	3
7	Kirsten Foulds	NHC	W18	12.46	4
8	Joanna Wright	HHU	W16	12.56	2
9	Julia Selwyn	HHU	W18	13.18	5
10	Vannesa Mygind	HHU	W18	13.28	6
11	Ros Bevin	NHC	W16	13.29	3
12	Shayna Heywood	NHC	W14	13.51	3
13	Jasmine Primmer	NHC	W16	14	4
14	Diana Best	NHC	W14	14.29	4
15	Deborah Edwards	HHU	W16	14.43	5
16	Claire McGettigan	NHC	W16	14.43	6
17	Sacha Murray	HHU	W14	15.18	5
	Teams	Napier

Under 12 Boys and Girls - 1.5km

Place	Name	Club	Cat	Time	Cat Place
1	Ben Barry	HHU	B12	5.39	1
2	Ben Biss	HHU	B12	6.00	2
3	David Morton	HHU	B12	6.02	3
4	Eric Speakman	NHC	B12	6.23	4
5	Brendan Speakman	NHC	B12	6.48	5
6	Michael Murray	HHU	B12	6.48	6
7	Ryan Smith	NHC	B12	7.16	7
8	Aleesha Heywood	NHC	G12	7.26	1
9	Duncan Morrison	HHU	B12	7.59	8
10	Kate Morrison	HHU	G12	8.01	2
	Teams	Hastings

Under 18/20 Men, Senior and Veteran Women - 4.5km

Place	Name	Club	Cat	Time	Cat Place
1	Neville Smith	HHU	M20	15.48	1
2	Callum Millward	HHU	M20	16.04	2
3	Michael Newton	HHU	M18	16.53	1
4	Callum McConachy	PNth	M18	17.45	2
5	Andrea Williams	HHU	SW	17.47	1
6	Ross Morrison	HHU	M18	17.51	3
7	Josh Lynex	HHU	M18	17.53	4
8	Josh Betty	NHC	M18	18.38	5
9	Deidrie Nieulands	HHU	VW	18.4	1
10	Claire Bernard	HHU	VW	18.41	2
11	Margaret Radich	HHU	SW	19.02	2
12	Jo Cavanagh	NHC	VW	19.06	3
13	Graham Hodges	HHU	M18	19.22	6
14	Hayley Sherborne	HHU	SW	19.31	3
15	Karen Solari	HHU	SW	20.08	4
16	Ann McGlinchey	P-North	SW	20.28	5
17	Tania Potts	HHU	SW	20.59	6
18	Sheila Smidt	NHC	VW	21.11	4
19	Helen Barber	HHU	SW	21.13	7
20	Cheryl Simpson	NHC	VW	21.34	5
	Teams	Hastings

Senior and Veteran Men - 6km

Place	Name	Club	Cat	Time	Cat Place
1	Richard Potts	HHU	SM	19.25	1
2	Mathew Holder	HHU	SM	19.49	2
3	Josh Barber	HHU	SM	20.02	3
4	Jim Jones	PNth	SM	20.09	4
5	Craig Mathers	NHC	SM	20.24	5
6	Chris Corney	NHC	SM	20.36	6
7	Kevin Fisher	NHC	SM	21.15	7
8	Iain Murray	HHU	SM	21.21	8
9	Darryl Strachan	NHC	SM	21.27	9
10	John Hambleton	NHC	VM	21.28	UnReg
11	Neil Sargisson	HHU	SM	21.4	10
12	Mark Speakman	NHC	SM	21.45	11
13	Mike Signal	NHC	SM	22.06	12
14	Darren Grey	NHC	SM	22.16	13
15	Peter Gillies	NHC	SM	22.43	14
16	Eric Phimister	NHC	VM	23.27	1
17	Dan Haddock	HHU	VM	23.44	2
18	John Craven	NHC	VM	24.05	3
19	Trevor Fulton	NHC	VM	24.1	4
20	Alan Simpson	NHC	VM	24.15	5
21	Jeff Martin	HHU	VM	24.28	6
22	Wayne Smith	NHC	VM	24.57	7
23	Steve Armon	HHU	VM	25.09	8
24	Don Poulgrain	HHU	VM	26.11	9
	Teams	Hastings	14	1+2+3+8
		Napier	27	5+6+7+9

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