Joll's Farm Cross Country
3rd Open Handicap

The heavy rains of last Thursday and Friday had little or no effect on the underfoot conditions when the Napier and Hastings Harrier clubs went racing at the Joll's Farm off Matapiro Road on Saturday. It was feared that the course may have been a little the worse for wear but the 61 athletes who turned up for the races were pleasantly surprised to find the conditions near perfect. The races were being run on the open handicap system where the slower runners start ahead of the faster ones by a margin dependant upon their individual abilities. The speedsters then try to catch those ahead of them. In the first race on the card it was a trio of Hastings runners who headed the field home, with Kerry Harford taking advantage of a generous handicap to easily lead home the large field of 28 athletes. Gillie Cooper and Ian Robertson finished second and third respectively. The first Napier runner home was Wayne Smith. Fastest times for the 9km race were recorded by Matt Holder (28:34), and Josh Barber (29:51) with Darryl Strachan (31:07) third fastest overall and fastest vet. The next race had all the under 18 and under 20 Men and Women racing together with the Senior and Veteran women over 6km. Wendy Andrews produced a superb run to take the win by just on 1 minute from club-mate Claire Burnard, with Napier's Jo Cavanagh third home. Andrews had started as the last woman on the course and subsequently ran the field down. Michael Newton was first home in the Junior Mens ranks, followed 12 seconds later by Ramon Steenson, both of the Hastings club. Newton (22:37) was fastest over the course, Andrews (23:07) second fastest and Steenson (24:19) third. Cavanagh (25:25) was the fastest vet, with Sonya Clark taking the W18 and Hayley Sherbourn the W20 honours. The final race was also a combined affair, involving all the remaining grades from under 16 down to under 12, boys and girls all together. Napier's Andre Smith came out on top, 36 seconds ahead of Hastings Sacha Murray who just held off Sarah Morton by 2 seconds at the line. The three had all started off a 6 minute handicap and trailed each other for the whole 3km lap. Murrays run (13:49) was the fastest of the under 14 girls, with Ben Barry (10:40) fastest under 12 boy, Abbey Green (18:04) fastest under 12 girl, Ryan Wooley (10:50) fastest under 14 boy, Stefan Smith (10:31) fastest under 16 boy and Laura Smidt (11:57) fastest under 16 girl.

Senior and Veteran Men - 9km

Place	Athlete	Club	Grade	Clock	H'cap	Actual	Fastest	H'cap Points
1	Kerry Harford	HHU	VM	45:15	08:10	37:05	6
2	Gillie Cooper	HHU	VM	47:06	08:10	38:56	11
3	Ian Robertson	HHU	VM	48:52	12:10	36:42	5
4	Wayne Smith	NHC	VM	49:41	12:00	37:41	8	30
5	Bruce Allen	HHU	VM	50:06	04:15	45:51	17
6	Mark Speakman	NHC	SM	50:06	17:40	32:26	3	29
7	Josh Barber	HHU	SM	50:16	20:25	29:51	2
8	Darryl Strachan	NHC	VM	50:22	19:15	31:07	1	28
9	Mark Lane	NHC	SM	50:38	11:05	39:33	11	27
10	Dan Haddock	HHU	VM	50:42	15:20	35:22	2
11	Alan Heywood	NHC	VM	50:50	13:15	37:35	7	26
12	Eric Phimister	NHC	VM	50:57	15:20	35:37	3	25
13	Paul McGettigan	NHC	VM	51:06	13:15	37:51	9	24
14	John Craven	NHC	VM	51:08	14:40	36:28	4	23
15	Peter Gillies	NHC	SM	51:10	16:50	34:20	8	22
16	Stephen Lindsay	NHC	VM	51:24	12:00	39:24	12	21
17	Matt Holder	HHU	SM	51:34	23:00	28:34	1
18	Craig Mathers	NHC	SM	51:36	19:00	32:36	4	20
19	Steve Armon	HHU	VM	51:53	12:25	39:28	13
20	Brent Jones	NHC	SM	51:57	17:40	34:17	7	19
21	Derek Morrison	HHU	VM	52:00	09:40	42:20	16
22	Stu McKie	NHC	VM	52:03	11:45	40:18	14	18
23	Mark Roberts	HHU	VM	52:37	10:45	41:52	15
24	Kevin Fisher	NHC	SM	52:48	19:00	33:48	5	17
25	Iain Murray	HHU	SM	53:05	16:50	36:15	9
26	Alan Simpson	NHC	VM	53:19	15:20	37:59	10	16
27	Leo Pearce	NHC	SM	53:54	16:50	37:04	10	15
28	Shane McCormack	NHC	SM	1:01:00	27:00	34:00	6	14

Senior and Veteran Women, Women and Men 18/20 - 6km

Place	Athlete	Club	Grade	Clock	H'cap	Actual	Fastest	H'cap Points
1	Wendy Andrews	HHU	SW	31:07	08:00	23:07	1
2	Claire Burnard	HHU	VW	32:07	05:30	26:37	2
3	Jo Cavanagh	NHC	VW	32:10	06:45	25:25	1	15
4	Dianne Barclay	HHU	VW	32:55	02:55	30:00	5
5	Trish Cummins	NHC	VW	32:59	01:15	31:44	6	14
6	Marion Sherburn	NHC	VW	33:05	00:45	32:20	7	13
7	Cheryl Simpson	NHC	VW	33:10	03:30	29:40	3	12
8	Adele Marsh	NHC	VW	33:10	03:30	29:40	3	11
9	Sonya Clark	NHC	W18	33:24	05:30	27:54	1	10
10	Michael Newton	HHU	M18	34:07	11:30	22:37	1
11	Ramon Steenson	HHU	M18	34:19	10:00	24:19	2
12	Bronwyn Farquharson	NHC	VW	35:27	00:45	34:42	8	9
13	Kirsten Foulds	NHC	W20	39:54	05:30	34:24	1	8
14	Hayley Sherburn	HHU	W20	39:54	05:30	34:24	1

Boys and Girls 12/14/16 - 3km

Place	Athlete	Club	Grade	Clock	H'cap	Actual	Fastest	H'cap Points
1	Andre Smith	NHC	B14	19:13	06:00	13:13	5	15
2	Sasha Murray	HHU	G14	19:49	06:00	13:49	1
3	Sarah Morton	HHU	G16	19:51	06:00	13:51	4
4	Abbey Green	NHC	U12	20:04	02:00	18:04	4	15
5	Aleesha Heywood	NHC	G14	20:21	03:00	17:21	2	15
6	Shayna Heywood	NHC	G16	20:46	07:00	13:46	3	14
7	Amber Morrison	HHU	G16	21:12	08:00	13:12	2
8	David Morton	HHU	B14	21:45	10:00	11:45	2
9	Ben Barry	HHU	U12	22:10	11:30	10:40	1
10	Hogan Green	NHC	B14	22:10	10:00	12:10	3	14
11	Brendan Speakman	NHC	U12	22:14	09:00	13:14	3	14
12	Ryan Wooley	NHC	B14	22:20	11:30	10:50	1	13
13	Ben Biss	HHU	U12	22:20	10:00	12:20	2
14	Stefan Smith	NHC	B16	22:31	12:00	10:31	1	11
15	Hayden Schofer	NHC	B16	22:36	11:00	11:36	3	10
16	Rory Diver	NHC	B16	22:51	11:30	11:21	2	9
17	Laura Smidt	NHC	G16	22:57	11:00	11:57	1	13
18	Eric Speakman	NHC	B14	22:31	10:00	12:31	4	12
19	Aaron Corney	NHC	B16	24:52	08:00	16:52	4	8

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