Successful finish to season

Harriers

Athletic and Cycling Masterton's harriers section completed the final race in their Trust House summer series in late February with winners being announced at a function coinciding with the club's road championships last weekend.

The series was open to both members and guests who competed over several grades.

Handicapped points were awarded in all races with the best scores in six of the nine races counting. A maximum of 132 points could be scored.

Events were staged in various locations over distances varying from 6km to 16km for seniors and from 2km to 4km for the younger athletes.

Midget grade winner was Joel McRae who shared equal points, 125, with Casey Cox, the result being decided on the race position in the very last race of the series.

Third on 109 was Carlos McRae.

Chris Blake won the junior division with the maximum 132pts, the only runner in the whole series to achieve that feat. Bianca Green was second on 122 and Patrick Wootton third on 119 despite having nursed an injury through part of the season.

Walkers grade winner on 119pts was Cath Wedderburn from Gordon Burden 115 and Brenda Farley 102.

Jim Barr was holding third place in D grade after race eight but took the lead in race nine and his 122pts saw him edge out Franky Spite and Claudia Baechie, both of whom scored 120 and had to be split on the countback rule.

C grade had a husband-and-wife dominating the action, Richard Hawkes earning bragging rights over Annie in a knife-edge finish, 126pts to 125.

Third was Robyn Green with 122.

Lesley Graham's recovery from injury hassles seem on the right track after her B grade win on 126pts although a calf problem was still troubling her after race nine. Greg Baillie maintained his good form by finishing second on 119 with Greg Lang third on 113.

The A grade winner was Michael Mackin on 123pts, heading off Pahiatua's Andrew Davenport on 121 and Dominic Green on 117.

The winter season opens with the first race in the Trust House cross-country series starting at the ACM clubrooms at the Colin Pugh Sports Bowl on Sunday, April 7. Registrations will be taken from 9.30am.