Race 21 of the PCCCT – Running Club’s season, the Zenith Wealth 5.3-kilometre handicap, was conducted at Penguin on Sunday in cool, fine weather. Starting at the Dial Regional Sports Complex, the race had a variety of underfoot conditions – paths, sealed roads, grass, gravel and bush tracks.

The bush track part was about one and a half kilometres of the Dial Range mountain-bike park and this section, though challenging and mainly uphill, was enjoyed by the competitors.

Being a shorter race, the field was compacted and so at various stages several runners appeared to be the likely winner.

Ultimately, it was Ulverstone athlete, Howard Crispin, who came out on top.

This was Crispin’s second win with the Club, having won a 5-kilometre race at Ulverstone last year. Since that victory, he has had to deal with a leg injury and then, in February, shoulder damage caused by a fall while mountain-biking. These meant he had to take quite a chunk of time away from running but since May he has been both running and cycling consistently. The results of this were evident as he raced away to defeat Jordan Mathews and Alison Ridderhof.

Jean-Christophe Bonneville turned in a promising effort for fourth just in front of Ben Young with Aaron Robertson and Josh Febey also running very well.

The fastest times were recorded by David Ridderhof (21:38) and Lyn Saint-John (24:18) for the men and women respectively.

Nominated time winners were Brian Paine, Tracey Butler and Chad Burr.


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