Botanic Gardens Report/Results
Newcastle Minor Event
Botanic Gardens
Just over 40 competitors braved the downpour this morning to get in some practice before the approaching Oceania Carnival.
Weather conditions were absolutely atrocious – thunder, lightning, heavy downpours and flooding in the assembly area early on. Conditions eased later in the morning to give some runners the chance of a run without rain!!
Thanks to those that did turn up and with so many venturing out on a second course it was obvious people enjoyed the area and appreciated the effort. The Short and Long orange courses both involved an initial course on a 1:5000 map and then a short, busy stint on a 1:2000 version. Alex Massey, Steven Todkill and Andrew Morris were once again leaders on the long course, with Jenny Enderby and Mel Simpson the fastest women. Nice to have Mel back at a local event
Not many takers opted for the Short Orange, (except as an option for a second course) and the fastest official competitors were Viola and Sylvia who certainly braved the early drenching conditions.
Three runners (Rhiana, Joy and Glenn) opted to enjoy the 1:2000 sprint version and just ran the second loop of the orange course.
Richard Lawrence and Alison Henderson were the quickest blue/green course competitors.
Whilst a large contingent of regular club members couldn’t make today’s event, it was pleasing to welcome a lot of newcomers. They ventured out and returned with such favourable comments that hopefully we’ll see them at future events. Massive positive impressions with the use of SI today.
There were a few DNF’s on the day, mostly due to the terrible earlier conditions, although Isabelle Trotter did let us in on the reason why they had to cut their run short ..... brothers!!! Haha ;)
A HUGE Thankyou to Joy, Nicola, Russell, David, Josh, Rhiana, Marie, Mick and Denis for their help on the day. You have no idea how much I appreciate it.
A few runners tested the new Newcastle O tops ... the general consensus: AWESOME!!
Cheers
Karen