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Queen's Birthday Road Races

Marine Parade, Napier

5 June, 2006

The blue skies on Monday morning were welcomed by the seventy competitors and dozen marshals for this year's Queen's Birthday Open Handicap Road Races.

Jack Needes produced a brilliant effort to win the Harris/Frame Cup just ahead of Toa Elphick, while Charlie Chittenden finished strongly for third. Needes( 17:41) recorded the fastest time for Boys 14 grade, and the very smart 19:05 by Elphick was the quickest amongst the strong Boys 12 group.

Patrick McGirr resumed his reputation of running off course, but still had a handy advantage to score victory and the Fred Brock Cup in the Junior Men's Grade. Eric Speakman finished strongly for second ahead of Stefan Smith. Smith recorded the fastest lap, an impressive 15:01 for the 4.5km circuit.

In the two lap event, 70 year old Don McLeod proved there was plenty of life left in his legs by winning the Queen's Birthday Road Race Cup, by 27 seconds. Chris Wong displayed a huge improvement to finish second, over a minute ahead of "flying milkman" Frank Price. Craig Mathers (33:46) secured fastest time, while two Hastings harriers, Alistair Howard (34:14) and Cliff Fellingham (34:19) registered impressive efforts. Their efforts, however, couldn't prevent Napier Harriers retaining the teams trophy, the Sweeney Anniversary Cup for the fifth successive year, with Mathers, Shane McCormack, Peter Gillies and Mark Speakman's accumulated time of 2:19:25 beating the Hastings club by 5m16s.

Laura Nagel won the Sovereign Cup by 9 seconds from Annie Creagh and Holly Edmonds. Nagel (18:31) was the quickest in the Girls 14 grade, while 11 year old Annie Creagh ran a marvellous 19.30. Ashley Aitken made a welcome return to harriers to win the Junior Women's section and register the fastest time, a very sharp 17:47. German exchange student Livia Mueller just pipped Anieke Engels in the last few strides for second place.

A loyal stalwart of the event, Andrea Williams, finally got her name on the Jubilee Cup, finishing almost a minute a head of Marilyn Brown and Gina Finlayson. She was also the quickest women with an excellent time of 18.14.

The 'estimated time' walking event was won by Paul McGettigan, (28:04) who was only a second away from his estimated time and also recorded the fastest lap.

The Napier Harrier club was honoured by the appearance of Gordon Vogtherr, a six time provincial champion over 50 years ago, and he generously made himself available to hand out the trophies at the prizegiving in the Napier Harrier Club's rooms.

Boys 12/14/16/19 - 4.5km
Place Athlete Club Grade Clock Time H'cap Actual Time Fastest Times H'cap Points
1 Patrick McGirr NHC B16 23:06 02:00 21:06 2 15
2 Jack Needs NHC B14 23:21 05:40 17:41 1 14
3 Toa Elphick NHC B12 23:25 04:20 19:05 1
4 Eric Speakman NHC B16 23:28 07:50 15:38 1 13
5 Stefan Smith NHC B19 24:01 09:00 15:01 1 15
6 Charlie Chittenden NHC B12 24:31 05:00 19:31 2
7 Tom Fuhrer HHU B14 24:49 03:40 21:09 2
8 James Harris HHU B12 24:54 05:20 19:34 3
9 Ben Fulton NHC B14 25:32 03:00 22:32 3 12
10 Caleb Milne WSHC B19 25:38 09:00 16:38 2
11 Tyler Hambelton NHC B12 25:55 03:40 22:15 5
12 Angus Fuhrer HHU B12 26:46 05:20 21:26 4
DNF Brendan Speakman NHC B14

Boyas and Girls 12 handicap results
Place Athlete Club Grade Clock Time H'cap Actual Time H'cap Points
Toa Elphick NHC B12 19:05 04:20 23:25 15
Annie Creagh NHC G12 19:30 04:00 23:30 14
Georgia Creagh NHC G12 26:03 -2:10 23:53 13
Charlie Chittenden NHC B12 19:31 05:00 24:31 12
Holly Edmonds NHC G12 21:22 03:40 25:02 11
Natasha Town Warner NHC G12 23:37 01:30 25:07 10
Tyler Hambelton NHC B12 22:15 03:40 25:55 9

Open Walk - 4.5km
Place Athlete Club Grade Clock Time Est. Variance
1 Paul McGettigan 28:04 28:05 00:01
2 Sheila Smidt 28:52 32:29 03:37
3 Trish Cummins 31:29 33:00 01:31
4 Adele Marsh 32:03 35:40 03:37
5 Kim Creagh 33:01 36:00 02:59
6 Barbara Moore 38:53 40:00 01:07

Girls 12/14/16, Women 18/20, Senior and Masters Women - 4.5km
Place Athlete Club Grade Clock Time H'cap Actual Time Fastest Times H'cap Points
1 Ashleigh Aitkin NHC G19 26:07 08:20 17:47 1 15
2 Laura Nagel NHC G14 26:31 08:00 18:31 1 15
3 Andrea Williams HHU SW 26:34 08:20 18:14 1
4 Livia Mueller NHC G16 26:36 08:00 18:36 1 14
5 Anieke Engels NHC G16 26:37 07:40 18:57 2 13
6 Annie Creagh NHC G12 26:40 07:10 19:30 1
7 Holly Edmonds NHC G12 26:42 05:20 21:22 2
8 Laura Smidt Visitor G19 27:11 07:40 19:31 2
9 Danielle Kiely NHC G16 27:17 07:40 19:37 3 12
10 Marilyn Brown NHC MW 27:32 07:10 20:22 1 14
11 Gina Finlayson NHC SW 27:34 04:00 23:34 2 13
12 Natasha Town Warner NHC G12 27:37 04:00 23:37 3
13 Cheryl Simpson NHC MW 27:54 06:50 21:04 2 12
14 Marion Sherburn NHC MW 28:07 04:15 23:52 3 11
15 Shayna Heywood NHC G19 28:11 06:20 21:51 3 10
16 Larissa Street NHC G14 28:14 04:00 24:14 2 11
18 Danelle Bryant NHC G19 28:49 06:40 22:09 4 9
19 Aleesha Heywood NHC G16 30:16 05:00 25:16 4 10
20 Georgia Creagh NHC G12 31:03 05:00 26:03 4
17 Joan Vyle NHC MW 30:00 05:20 24:40 4 8

Senior and Masters Men - 9.0km
Place Athlete Club Grade Clock Time H'cap Actual Time Fastest Times H'cap Points
1 Don McLeod NHC MM 49:53 01:00 48:53 13 30
2 Chris Wong NHC MM 50:20 09:00 41:20 11 29
3 Frank Price NHC MM 51:26 01:00 50:26 14 28
4 Peter Gillies NHC MM 53:52 18:30 35:22 2 27
5 Trevor Fulton NHC MM 53:56 18:30 35:26 5 26
6 Steven Armon HHU MM 54:10 13:30 40:40 10
7 Shane McCormack NHC MM 54:13 19:20 34:53 1 25
8 Steve Lindsay NHC MM 54:38 15:30 39:08 9 24
9 Mark Speakman NHC MM 54:44 19:20 35:24 3 23
10 Eric Phimister NHC MM 55:02 19:20 35:42 6 22
11 Alistair Howard HHU SM 55:14 21:00 34:14 3
12 Craig Mathers NHC SM 55:26 21:40 33:46 1 21
13 John Craven NHC MM 55:28 17:00 38:28 8 20
14 Frank Busch NHC MM 55:32 19:50 35:42 7 19
15 Cliff Fellingham HHU SM 55:50 21:40 34:10 2
16 Jim Tobin NHC MM 56:40 03:30 53:10 15 18
17 John Ryan HHU MM 57:05 21:40 35:25 4
18 Arthur Corbett NHC MM 58:59 12:00 46:59 12 17
19 Ron Wareham HBMC MM 1:04:09 03:30 00:39 16
Teams
NAPIER
Craig Mathers 0:33:46
Shane McCormack 0:34:53
Peter Gillies 0:35:22
Mark Speakman 0:35:24
TOTAL 2:19:25
HASTINGS
Cliff Fellingham 34:10
Alistair Howard 34:14
John Ryan 35:25
Steve Armon 40:40
TOTAL 2:24:29

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