Ramblings - Tauranga Ramblers

June 2011
NZ SS XC Champs, Tinwald
Domain, Ashburton 18/6/11
Cold temperatures. Volcanic ash cloud
from the Chile eruption meant Tauranga
College Athletes had to travel the long
distance by road instead of air. 17 hours.
Congratulations to the young athletes that
represented the Western Bay of Plenty
Secondary Schools.
Daniel Hintz, TBC, Gold Medal Winner
of Year 9 Boys. 3000m. 9.46
Anneke Grogan, Aquinas College, Silver
medallist Junior Girls 3000 m. 10.38
Julian Oakley , TBC, Bronze medallist
Senior Boys 6000 m 18.52
Top ten finishers
Andrew Robinson, TBC 4 th Year 9.
10.01
Isabella Kirk, TGC 5 th JG 10.47.
Lili Crombie, Aquinas 6 th Y9G 10.57.
Michael Sutton, TBC 8 th SB 19.20.
Other Ramblers
Jessica Bitcheno TGC 11 th Y9. 11.12
Scott Croasdale TBC 14 th JB 13.35
Amy Robinson TGC 33 rd JG 11.44
Christine Sutton TGC 68 th JG 12.22
Matt Strange TBC 30 th SB 20.28
Ollie Ranby TBC 143 rd SB 22.47
Great team effort by ;
Tauranga’s Year 9 Boys & Girls 3 & 6
person Gold Medalists.
Tauranga Junior Boys 6 man team Gold
Tauranga Junior Boys & Girls 3 person
Bronze
Tauranga Boys Senior 3 man Silver, and
6 man Bronze.
Overall Boys Teams 3 Person and 6
Person Tauranga Boy’s the best team ,
counting all age groups.
Foster –Smyth- Lamason
Handicap XC, Rotorua, 18/6/11
Miserable, wet morning but the hardy ones
didn’t let that deter them and showed up
for the tough 10km challenge.
First over the line on handicap was Paul
Charteris of Kawerau who started on a
25min handicap, finishing in 1.33.39 or
68. 39 actual time.
Fastest time over the course was shared by
Rambler Russell Lake & Sam Clark,
Kawerau (M20) in 40.10.
44 runners & walkers took part.
Ramblers results clock (h/c) net
5 th Robin Reed 1.36.02 44.00 52.02
10 th Dave Whitehead 1.37.02 45.00 52.02
11 th Russell Lake 1.37.40 57.30 40.10
12 th Ken Keyte 1.38.06 38.00 60.08
16 th Tim Masters 1.39.13 46.00 53.13
21 st John Addy 1.40.56 47.00 53.56
22 nd Murray Clarkson
1.41.13 52.00 49.13
31 st Les Dobson 1.43.09 50.00 53.09
Another 20 competed in the 3km & 2km
events.
Summerhill Park Rogaine 4/6/11
By Mathew Smith
18 hardy people braved the elements at
Summerhill in the Papamoa Hills on
Saturday of Queens Birthday weekend.
The weather was raining a bit and many
runners ran in wind breakers. The
numbers were down due to the bad
weather and also the multiday orienteering
event in Auckland. There were a few
newbies to orienteering from Ramblers
who did enjoy the challenge and adventure
of this race. Terry and Abby Furmage got
all the controls but ended up a fair bit over
the 1 hour time limit. Tom Keenan and
Alex Whimster also just about got them all
but were over time also.
The event was won by multisporter and
adventurer Chris Morrissey (33.38) who
has raced really well in many mountain
races and adventure races. He was
followed by the first female, Christine
Browne (36.27), just under 3 min behind,
and just behind her was Scott Van Dyke in
third (39.14). Scott was amazed to be so
easily under the hour. Good to see some
new faces out there who may have been
told, “You just gotta have a go at this sport
mate”.
Photos:Senior Boys start (955- Matt)
(948- Julian)
Left side partial: Michael
:Junior Girls
( 101 - Lili)
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