HBG Provincial Cross Country Champs

Under beautiful blue skies, 65 runners competed for this year's Hawke's Bay-Gisborne Cross Country titles, on a demanding traditional course on Omaranui Road. Five patches of boggy ground, residue of a wet winter, plus the two hills sapped the competitors resilience of every 2km lap. In the first race, 10 year old Tyler Hambleton(N) produced a powerful surge 450 metres from the finish to win impressively. He won by 9 seconds from Toa Elphick(N) with Angus Fuhrer(H) another 11 seconds adrift. Annie Creagh(N) won her first provincial harrier title in the Girls 12y race, holding off an impressive effort from Holly Edmonds(N) by 8 seconds, while Gisborne's Brair Wilkie came through for the bronze medal 15 seconds back. Laura Nagel(N) displayed the progress she has made in 12 months by easily winning the Girls 14y over two laps. In recording 18.52, Nagel was 20 seconds clear of talented newcomer to the harrier scene Greta Porter(H), while reigning champion Nikki Powell(H) struggled home in third place. Multi-talented sportsman Jack Needes(N) won the Boys 14y impressively in 17.19, while Brendan Speakman(N) came with a strong finishing burst to claim second from a tiring Duncan Morrison(H). Katie Harris(H) claimed the Brown/Wheeler Trophy by winning the Womens 16y contest in 19.19. She just held off the steadily improving Danielle Keily(N) who closed to within two seconds by the finish. Pre-race favourite Scott McDonald(H) won a hotly contested Mens 16y race over three laps comfortably in the end. His time of 24.29 was 28 seconds faster than the consistent David Morton(H). Eric Speakman(N) in attempting to catch McDonald, rolled an ankle 1km from the finish and struggled home just behind Morton. Ashley Aitken(N) waltzed away with Womens 19y title recording 28.15 for the 6km. Sarah Starkey(N) only 14 years old and running out of her grade, battled away for second in 33.51, to head off Sarah Morton(H) by over a minute. In his last season as a junior, Daniel Wallis(N) retained the Frame Trophy for the third time by winning the 8km Mens 19y race. His time of 30.09, was 37 seconds ahead of Stefan Smith(N), while Ryan Woolley(31.19) made it a Napier trifecta. In his thirteenth season as a senior runner, Craig Mathers(N) was justly rewarded for his dedication by winning the gruelling 12km race for the Senior Mens title. He took his opportunity after pre-race favourite Richard Potts(H) withdrew on the second lap with a hamstring problem. Mathers finished in 50.18 followed a long distance back by the runner up Alistair Howard(H) in 55.52. In the Masters Womens event, Marilyn Brown(N) won the gold medal and the Veteran Womens Trophy, finishing the 6km distance in 32.40, followed by clubmate Cheryl Simpson(33.28). Mark Speakman(N) won his first provincial championship by winning the Masters Mens race. He opened up a 100 metre lead early and was unchallenged over the four laps. He won in 35.25, 33 seconds clear of Trevor Fulton(N) who withstood a spirited late challenge from Eric Phimister(N) another 6 seconds adrift.

Boys and Girls 12yrs and under - 2km 1 Tyler Hambleton 1 B12 1 NHC 08:37 2 Toa Elphick 2 B12 2 NHC 08:46 3 Angus Fuhrer 3 B12 3 HHU 08:57 4 Joel Willets 4 B12 4 HHU 09:00 5 James Harris 5 B12 5 HHU 09:10 6 Campbell Parkinson 6 B12 6 GHC 09:15 7 Charlie Chittenden 7 B12 7 NHC 09:27 8 Callum Hobbs-Turner 8 B12 8 HHU 09:39 9 Annie Creagh 1 G12 1 NHC 09:42 10 Holly Edmonds 2 G12 2 NHC 09:50 11 Bradd File 9 B12 9 GHC 10:03 12 Briar Wilkie 3 G12 3 GHC 10:05 13 Dallas Parkinson 4 G12 4 GHC 10:10 14 Monica Burnard 5 G12 5 HHU 10:20 15 Samual Hall 10 B12 10 NHC 10:51 16 Ieuan Edmonds 11 B12 11 NHC 10:54 17 Natasha Town-Warner 6 G12 6 NHC 11:07 18 Fraser Harris 12 B12 12 HHU 12:16 19 Todd Burnard 13 B12 13 HHU 13:33 Girls 14/16 yrs and under, Boys 14 yrs and under - 4km 1 Jack Needes 1 B14 1 NHC 17:19 2 Brendan Speakman 2 B14 2 NHC 17:32 3 Duncan Morrison 3 B14 3 HHU 17:36 4 Michael Murray 4 B14 4 HHU 18:07 5 Laura Nagel 1 G14 1 NHC 18:52 6 Greta Porter 2 G14 2 HHU 19:12 7 Katie Harris 1 G16 1 HHU 19:19 8 Danielle Keily 2 G16 2 NHC 19:21 9 Nikki Powell 3 G14 3 HHU 21:22 Hannah Harty* G14 HHU 21:22 10 Ben Fulton 5 B14 5 NHC 21:34 11 Larissa Street 4 G14 4 NHC 24:14

Boys 16 yrs and under, Gilrs 19 yrs and under, Masters Women - 6km 1 Scott McDonald 1 B16 1 HHU 24:29 2 David Morton 2 B16 2 HHU 24:57 3 Eric Speakman 3 B16 3 NHC 25:02 4 Cameron Poole-Smith 4 B16 4 NHC 25:55 5 Brett Pulford 5 B16 5 HHU 25:59 6 Nichols Quaife 6 B16 6 Dan 27:30 7 Ashley Aiten 1 W19 1 NHC 28:15 8 Marilyn Brown 1 MW 1 NHC 32:40 Clare Burnard* MW HHU 33:14 9 Cheryl Simpson 2 MW 2 NHC 33:28 10 Sarah Starkey 2 W19 2 NHC 33:51 11 Patrick McGirr 7 B16 7 NHC 34:29 Anieke Engels* W19 NHC 34:41 12 Sarah Morton 3 W19 3 HHU 35:01 13 Shayna Heywood 4 W19 4 NHC 36:26 14 Sacha Murray 5 W19 5 HHU 39:22 15 Dianne Barclay 3 MW 3 NHC 41:34 16 Marion Sherburn 4 MW 4 NHC 41:54 Maree Paton* MW NHC 49:44 Men 19 yrs and under, Masters Men - 8km 1 Daniel Wallis 1 M19 1 NHC 30:09 2 Stefan Smith 2 M19 2 NHC 30:46 3 Ryan Woolley 3 M19 3 NHC 31:19 1 Mark Speakman 1 MM 1 NHC 35:25 2 Trevor Fulton 2 MM 2 NHC 35:58 3 Eric Phimister 3 MM 3 NHC 36:04 4 Peter Gillies 4 MM 4 NHC 37:27 5 Iain Murray 5 MM 5 HHU 39:03 6 John Craven 6 MM 6 NHC 39:24 7 Steve Armon 7 MM 7 HHU 42:35 8 Michael Lintott 8 MM 8 NHC 44:10 9 Neville Wagner 9 MM 9 GHC 45:13 Chris Wong* MM NHC 46:59 10 Malcolm Lochrie 10 MM 10 NHC 47:34 11 Don McLeod 11 MM 11 NHC 50:21 John Burnard* MM HHU 52:50 12 Arthur Corbett 12 MM 12 NHC 56:01 Senior Men - 12km 1 Craig Mathers 1 SM 1 NHC 50:18 2 Alistair Howard 2 SM 2 HHU 55:52

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