HBG and NHC Cross Country Champs

Jack Smidt approaching the finish of the B12 race Alan Heywood leads out the Masters Men Brendan Speakman leading the B14 race Shayna Heywood won the Senior Women's Title John Craven and Allan Simpson in the Masters Men Gerogia Creagh running strong in the G12

The 2007 Hawke's Bay-Gisborne Cross Country Championships were staged on an extremely demanding course at McLaurin's Farm at Hexton near Gisborne on Saturday. The twisting course was very slippery and a quagmire in places after a week of wet weather. Each two kilometre lap included four uphill sections and two creek crossings. Neville Smith (Has) won the Senior Men's title from clubmate Quentin Rew. Smith ground out the 12km journey in 49.36. Shayna Heywood (Nap) took the opportunity to claim the Senior Women's title (Ironside Cup) after electing to run up a grade. Favourite Andrea Williams (Has) displayed her superiority to secure the Masters Women's crown from Clare Burnard (Has) and Cheryl Simpson (Nap). In the Masters Men's race Napier Harriers secured all three medals, with Mark Speakman rapidly seeing off the opposition to finish well ahead of Alan Simpson and Eric Phimister. David Morton (Has) won the Men's 19 title (H.E.Taylor Cup) in a tight struggle from Glenn Barwick (Gis) and Eric Speakman (Nap). No more than 50 metres seperated the trio throughout the 8kms. Katie Harris (Has) comfortably secured the Women's 19 title ahead of Aleesha Heywood (Nap). Predictably James Holden (Has) claimed the Men's 16 contest for the Wareham Cup, while Greta Porter (Has) ran impressively, adapting to the conditions, to upset Laura Nagel (Nap) for the Women's 16 title. In the Girls 14 grade, Aroha Brown provided the host club with their only title. She lead home Monica Burnard (Has) by 20 seconds, while Sophie Brennan (Nap) held on for the bronze medal. Brendan Speakman (Nap) took the gold medal in the Boys 14 grade, ahead of Joel Willetts (Has). By retaining her recent form, Holly Edmonds (Nap) claimed the Girls 12 title for the first time. She finished 16 seconds ahead of reigning champion Annie Creagh (Nap), who had to withstand a strong late surge from Dallas Parkinson (Gis). Toa Elphick-Iaveta (Nap) ran intelligently to score a good victory over Josh Shinnan (Gis) and James Harris (Has) in the Boys 12 contest. Boys and Girls 12 yrs and under - 2km Place Name Grade Grade Place Time Club 1 Toa Elphick B12 1 8:35 NHC 2 Josh Shivnan B12 2 8:51 GHC 3 James Harris B12 3 8:58 HHU 4 Connor Shivnan B12 4 9:05 GHC 5 Campbell Parkinson B12 5 9:28 GHC 6 Holly Edmonds G12 1 9:34 NHC 7 Callum Hobbs-Turner B12 6 9:41 HHU 8 Annie Creagh G12 2 9:50 NHC 9 Dallas Parkinson G12 3 9:54 GHC 10 Bradd File B12 7 10:11 GHC 11 Jack Smidt B12 8 10:21 NHC 12 Oliver Shivnan B12 9 10:25 GHC 13 Sophie Rose G12 4 10:30 NHC 14 Henare Harvey-Brewster B12 10 11:25 NHC 15 Annika Brennan G12 5 11:29 NHC 16 Hamish Duncan B12 11 11:49 HHU 17 Georgia Creagh G12 6 11:59 NHC 18 Michael Cox B12 12 12:02 GHC 19 Tamati Harvey-Brewster B12 13 12:22 NHC 20 Chris Hughes B12 14 12:28 GHC 21 Todd Burnard B12 15 12:40 HHU Boys and Girls 14yrs and under, Girls 16 yrs and under - 4km Place Name Grade Grade Place Time Club 1 Brendan Speakman B14 1 17:53 NHC 2 Gretta Porter G16 1 18:32 HHU 3 Laura Nagel G16 2 19:07 NHC 4 Joel Willetts B14 2 20:29 HHU 5 Aroha Brown G14 1 21:26 GHC 6 Monica Burnard G14 2 21:46 HHU 7 Sophie Brennan G14 3 24:13 NHC Boys 16 yrs and under, Women 19 yrs and under, Masters Women - 6km Place Name Grade Grade Place Time Club 1 James Holden B16 1 0:25:21 HHU 2 Katie Harris G19 1 0:32:00 HHU 3 Andrea Williams W35 1 0:32:09 HHU 4 Clare Burnard MW 2 0:35:50 HHU 5 Mary Mazengarb MW N/R 0:36:50 GHC 6 Joanne Teesdale MW N/R 0:37:50 GHC 7 Cheryl Simpson W55 3 0:38:58 NHC 8 Aleesha Heywood G19 2 0:41:31 NHC 9 Kim Creagh W40 4 0:42:05 NHC 10 Frances Cox MW 5 0:44:00 GHC Men 19 yrs and under, Masters Men, Senior Women - 8km Place Name Grade Grade Place Time Club 1 David Morton M19 1 35:04 HHU 2 Glenn Barwick M19 2 35:16 GHC 3 Eric Speakman M19 3 35:18 NHC 4 Mark Speakman M40 1 37:25 NHC 5 Chris Grant MM N/R 38:57 GHC 6 Allan Simpson M55 2 40:01 NHC 7 Eric Phimister M55 3 42:00 NHC 8 Peter Lamont MM N/R 43:06 GHC 9 John Craven M50 4 43:16 NHC 10 Ian Hughes MM N/R 43:20 GHC 11 Neville Wagner MM 5 43:50 GHC 12 Mark Walwyn M50 6 44:14 NHC 13 Allan Heywood M50 N/R 44:38 RWH 14 Terry Packman MM N/R 45:21 GHC 15 Sean Shivnan MM N/R 45:25 GHC 16 Dave Conway MM N/R 48:38 GHC 17 Mike Jennings MM N/R 49:36 GHC 18 Colin Clark MM N/R 50:06 GHC 19 Shayna Heywood SW 1 51:14 NHC 20 Walter Gorza MM N/R 52:10 GHC 21 George Wazter MM N/R 55:00 GHC 22 Mark Thompson MM N/R 57:16 GHC 23 Kevin White MM N/R 1:03:43 GHC Senior Men - 12km Place Name Grade Grade Place Time Club 1 Neville Smith SM 1 49:36 HHU 2 Quentin Rew SM 2 53:54 HHU 3 Mark Speakman SM - 56:56 NHC GHC = Gisborne Harrier Club HHU = Hastings Harriers United NHC = Napier Harrier Club RWH = Run Walk Hawkes Bay N/R = Non Registered Athlete Previous Years Results Here:- 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010