By RON HOTTES
LAST Sunday 28 February, more than 1000 runners/walkers and their supporters descended on Warburton to compete in a selection of events that catered for all ages and abilities.
The wonderful sponsors provided cash prizes and trophies to the winners.
Those winners were as follows:
The demanding half-marathon saw the first male over the line, being Benjamin Ashkettle in a sharp time of 1:17.48s.
Only 11 minutes later, the first female come through in 1:28.42s.
The very fit lady in question was Erchana Murray-Bartlett.
The 10km was won by Matthew Clarke (51:59s), while the female winner was Charlotte Bassett with a very fast 36:57s.
In the 5km race, the male winner was Jack Raynor (16.31s) and the female winner was Jesse Mayne (18.21s).
An interesting side-note to the Raynor victory is that on Saturday, 5 March, he competed in the World Track Meet, in Melbourne, in the 5km and won with a fast 13.58s, which would qualify him for the Olympics.
The 5km walk saw perennial winner, Jim Berrington, take out the event again, in a time of 30.43s.
Kylie Evans won the female trophy with a great time of 39.01s.
In the final event, the Kid’s Dash, the male winner was Safin Clark (7.13s) while Grace Robinson won the female trophy in 8.17s.
Meanwhile, the organising committee would like to thank ‘all’ the sponsors, the huge number of volunteers and the competitors for making the event a huge success.
Also, a special mention to Chris Thomas, who acted as official presenter under difficult personal circumstances; and to the irreplaceable Sue and David Hoffman who are retiring from the committee as foundation members (after 14 years).
See you all in 2017.
