The 13th race of the Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania’s season will prove lucky for someone this Sunday. The Somerset Pharmacy 10 kilometre handicap provides a challenging course using the Murchison Highway and Back Cam Road after starting beside the Cam River.
This looks to be a course suited to strong middle markers and the two that appear to have the best chances are Sally Haynes and Matthew Greenhill. Haynes was second, with Greenhill third, over a similar course at Stowport three weeks ago. Greenhill ran an excellent race in the tough King of the Mountains following that, while Haynes has been close up in may races this year and will be fresh, not having run at Stanley last week.
However, there are plenty of other chances including the rapidly improving Kerrie Murchie, and two tough competitors in Kim Denwar and Shane Hansen. Denwar in particular appears to be getting back to the form which saw him close to a win last year.
If a frontmarker is to cause an upset, it could be David Murton who ran well last week. Among the backmarkers the best chances would be Greg Smith and Bryan Tuit.
The race starts at 10:00 with entries closing at 9:30, Nominated time events will be held at 9:05. All runners or walkers are welcome to compete in these.