Club Road Champs

The cold weather was back and so was the wind but that didn't deter a strong field that competed in the Napier Harrier Club's Road Champs on Saturday. This, the 4th sealed handicap race, has always been hotly contested and this year was no different. Jack (Uncle) Smidt and Jasmine Ngan-Sue lead the way for the under 12 years, girls and boys 2 km race. 10 year old Georgia Creagh wasn't going to make it easy for Ngan-Sue and made a big effort for second girl. Jack Smidt had another sterling run and broke his own record in 7:30 which was 8 seconds better than last year. Annie Creagh (15:55) and Holly Edmonds ran well together in their 4 km race, until Creagh decided to crank it up a bit and pulled away from best friend, to lead for the rest of the race. Jessica Middleton showed she was determined to end on a good note finishing first in the Girls 16 years 4km in 16:28, a further 14 seconds ahead of Larissa Street. Brendan Speakman (14:26) was strong as ever and lead the field for 1st place in the 4km boys 16 years race. The fight for boys 14 which was run in the same race came down to an outstanding dash between Jake Tully (14:32) who is finding his form after an ankle injury and Charlie Chittenden (14:33) who has been running strongly in the latter part of the season. Charlie, who had been out front for much of the race, had to settle for second, but his outstanding effort didn't go un-noticed. Eric Speakman added another record to the long list of accolades he already has when he blitzed the field in the mens 19 years contest. Speakman ran his 5 km race in a time of 15:12 which took an amazing 61 seconds off his course record from last year. Cameron Poole-Smith and Marno Wijnsma finished the race with an outstanding sprint finish with Cameron (17:38) beating Marno (17:39) by one second. There was a big field in the 10 km men's race and it was James Bell (36:12) who had a strong race and finished in first place in the senior men. Cliff Fellingham (36:41) was first out of the master's men. In the women's 5km race it was Cheryl Simpson (23:25) winning the masters women. Aleesha Heywood (23:49) was next across the line to take first for the women's 19 and sister Shayna Heywood 5 seconds later for first in the senior women. There were three contestants in the cubs non-championship race with Kane Elms and Fraser Pearson battling for supremacy. Elms came out on top in 4:24 for the 1km, with Pearson finishing i8 seconds later. Zac Elms was placed third.

Final Sealed Handicap Points Here

Boys and Girls Cubs - 1km

Place	Athlete	Grade	Grade Place	Time
1	Kane Elms	Cubs	1	04:24
2	Fraser Pearson	Cubs	2	04:32
3	Zac Elms	Cubs	3	07:37

Boys and Girls 12 years and under - 2km (* = record)

Place	Athlete	Grade	Grade Place	Time	H'cap	Adj. Time	H'cap Place	Points
1	Jack Smidt	B12	1	07:30*	00:10	07:20	4	17
2	Jasmine Ngan-Sue	G12	1	07:53	00:40	07:13	3	18
3	Georgia Creagh	G12	2	08:01	00:50	07:11	2	19
4	Toby Hall	B12	2	08:05	00:20	07:45	7	14
5	Sophie Rose	G12	3	08:08	00:40	07:28	5	16
6	Bradley Perks	visitor	-	08:36
7	Jason Pearson	B12	3	08:37	01:30	07:07	1	20
8	Annika Brennan	G12	4	08:39	01:00	07:39	6	15

Boys and Girls 14/16 years and under - 4km

Place	Athlete	Grade	Grade Place	Time	H'cap	Adj. Time	H'cap Place	Points
1	Brendan Speakman	B16	1	14:26	00:00	14:26	4	17
2	Jake Tully	B14	1	14:32	00:45	13:47	3	18
3	Charlie Chittenden	B14	2	14:33	01:05	13:28	1	20
4	Campbell Busch	B14	3	15:53	02:10	13:43	2	19
5	Annie Creagh	G14	1	15:55	02:50	13:05	4	17
6	Holly Edmonds	G14	2	16:03	02:20	13:43	7	14
7	Jessica Middleton	G16	1	16:28	03:10	13:18	5	16
8	Larissa Street	G16	2	16:42	04:10	12:32	2	19
9	Sophie Brennan	G16	3	17:29	05:30	11:59	1	20
10	Abby Temple	G16	4	17:52	05:10	12:42	3	18
11	Jill O'Meagher	G16	5	18:38	05:10	13:28	6	15

Men and Women 19 yrs and under, Senior and Masters Women - 5km (* = record)

Place	Athlete	Grade	Grade Place	Time	H'cap	Adj. Time	H'cap Place	Points
1	Eric Speakman	M19	1	15:12*	00:00	15:12	1	20
2	Cameron Poole-Smith	M19	2	17:38	01:25	16:13	3	18
3	Marno Wijnsma	M19	3	17:39	02:10	15:29	2	19
4	Cheryl Simpson	W55	1	23:25	03:30	19:55	4	17
5	Aleesha Heywood	W19	1	23:49	04:10	19:39	3	18
6	Shayna Heywood	SW	1	23:54	05:00	18:54	1	20
7	Kim Creagh	W40	2	23:55	04:50	19:05	2	19
8	Gina Finlayson	SW	2	25:10	05:10	20:00	5	16
9	Sheila Smidt	W50	3	26:20	06:10	20:10	6	15
10	Marion Sherburn	W70	4	27:23	06:10	21:13	7	14
11	Clive Hooper	M65	-	28:08

Senior and Masters Men - 10km

Place	Athlete	Grade	Grade Place	Time	H'cap	Adj. Time	H'cap Place	Points
1	James Bell	SM	1	36:12	01:35	34:37	2	29
2	Cliff Fellingham	M40	1	36:41	01:00	35:41	4	27
3	Craig Mathers	SM	2	37:44	01:30	36:14	7	24
4	Iain Westphall	M40	2	38:05	00:45	37:20	10	21
5	Frank Busch	M45	3	39:45	03:20	36:25	8	23
6	John Craven	M50	4	41:21	04:05	37:16	9	22
7	Lance Pearson	M50	5	41:52	05:50	36:02	6	25
8	Stephen Lindsay	M50	6	42:23	04:05	38:18	12	19
9	Mark Walwyn	M50	7	43:08	07:25	35:43	5	26
10	Chris Wong	M45	8	44:55	07:25	37:30	11	20
11	John Bebarfald	M55	9	47:42	14:45	32:57	1	30
12	Paul Hendy	M55	10	47:49	12:15	35:34	3	28

Course Records

B12 - 2km	Jack Smidt	2008	07:30
G12 - 2km	Annie Creagh	2007	07:36
B14 - 4km	Jack Needes	2006	14:21
G14 - 4km	Laura Nagel	2006	15:24
B16 - 4km	Eric Speakman	2006	13:14
G16 - 4km	Laura Nagel	2007	14:38
M19 - 4km	Stefan Smith	2003	13:36
M19 - 5km	Eric Speakman	2008	15:12
G19 - 5km	Courtney Jarrat (Brisbane)	2003	20:17
	Annika Edmondson (NHC)	2001	21:47
SM - 10km	Shane Vincent	2006	33:51
SW - 5km	Shayna Heywood	2007	23:38
MM - 10km	Darryl Strachan	2003	34:44
MW - 5km	Jo Cavanagh	2001	19:54

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