Mayo clear winner in 16km road race

Dargen Wood, 7, competed in the last 3km of the 16km race.

There were 59 entries for the Wanganui Harrier Club's 16km dash from Castlecliff Beach to Aramoho on Sunday morning.

The Brine to Wine road race attracted 13 teams and 18 individual walkers or runners for the journey from Duncan Pavilion to the Whanganui River Top 10 Holiday Park on Somme Parade.

Starting at 8am, the first of the walking teams and solo competitors started arriving at the camp beside the Whanganui River just after 9am, with the runners coming in the following hour after their later start.

Neil Mayo was the clear overall winner of the run, finishing just over two minutes ahead of Jimmy Hildreth, Adam Holmes and Jason Daws in a tight race for the minor honours.

Nelda Hazelhurst won the women's race in a close finish with Elly Arnst.

The fastest walker was Gai-Marie Smart, while the men's walk winner was Damien Wood.

The club will hold a cross country relay event at Virginia Lake this Saturday.

Results

Solo Walk Female: Gai-Marie Smart 1:35.16, 1; Mignon Stevenson 2; Karyn Lewis 3. Male: Damien Wood 1:48.40, 1; Darol Pointon 2; Tim Eaton 3.

Walk Teams: Lynette Brown, Tina Redpath 2:05.26, 1; Liam Brown, Tania Reynolds 2.

Composite Run/Walk: Maria Monrad, Pete Monrad 1:50.36.

Team Run: Heinrich von Stechow, Angus Dinwiddie 1:06.00, 1; Duncan Ross, Mike Sutherland 2; Tom Dinwiddie, Bruce Baldwin 3.

Solo Run Female: Nelda Hazelhurst 1:17.19, 1; Elly Arnst 2; Gillian Tasker 3. Male: Neil Mayo 1:03:20, 1; Jimmy Hildreth 2; Adam Holmes 3.