Well done to all competitors in today’s Zenith Wealth 5.3km Penguin Trail Handicap!
Congratulations to David Ridderhof, who won from Jordan Matthews and Mark Saint-John.
Fastest male was David Ridderhof (25:06), and fastest female was Rachel Young (28:43).
Congratulations to nominated time winners Ned (6 seconds off) and Henry (13 seconds off).
This weeks race see’s a course change from previous years with a move to predominately off-road single track mountain bike trails within the Penguin Mountain Bike Park.
Runners meet at the Penguin Athletics Track, starting on the grassed parking area above the track. Runners will head West, crossing Sports Complex Avenue adjacent to the Dog Exercise area. Runners turn left on to the mountain bike trails just prior to the intersection with Ironcliffe Rd.
The course then follows the track for approximately 300m, making a short dog leg to cross over the lower Mountain Bike carpark driveway. After another short uphill trail, runners will continue onto the upper Mountain Bike Park driveway until the single trail continues to the South. Continue along the mountain Bike tracks following the markings until the first of two wooden off camber platforms. At the end of the first platform runners take a left turn at the tyre stack onto the second off camber platform, runners may choose to run to the left of this platform as it can be slippery especially in the wet. Runners continue to follow the single trail downhill to behind the North West Environment Centre. Passing the dam, runners begin the ascent back up to the main carpark and along the single trail until they come out behind the junior skills area. Runners take an anti-clockwise loop of the old bitumen speedway until they make it to the upper Mountain Bike Park driveway where they return to the Penguin Athletics Track via the same route as initially taken.
A nominated time event will commence at 9am.
Well done to all the competitors in todays Dowling McCarthy Tyres ‘Steve Hanson Memorial’ Ace Of Green Hills 8km Handicap!
Congratulations to Roselyn Hendriks, who won from David Wright and Drew Redpath.
Fastest male was Ross Smith (29:40), and fastest female was Robina Juanir (37:11).
Congratulations to nominated time winners Harriet and Tom.
The nominated time event will take place at the Stanley Recreation Ground at 10am.
The main race starts at 10.30am from the Stanley Recreation Ground, Marine Esplanade. There are changerooms and toilet facilities at the ground. The race is over 8km and contains one hilly section. As the race is on public roads runners are asked run with caution and obey any directions from race officials. The race heads out of the ground away from the Stanley township on Main Road. After a kilometre or so runners continue onto Dovecote Road which has an uphill section. Runners turn right at Green Hills Road which takes them past Highfield House and a sweeping downhill section with great views of the Nut. This leads onto Church Street through the main centre of Stanley. Runners turn right onto Wharf Rd then left onto Marine Esplanade. From there they re-enter the Recreation Ground and finish with half a lap of the oval. Post-race presentations will take place in the Stanley Football Clubrooms.
Well done to all competitors in today’s races!
Half Marathon Results:
Teams Half Marathon Results:
Half Marathon:
Congratulations to Todd Wheldon, who won from Rhian Miles, Stephen Dutton, Tyson Walters and Drew Redpath.
Fastest Female was Rhian Miles (1:25:15) and Fastest Male was Drew Redpath (1:24:41).
Teams Half Marathon:
Congratulations to Team Mozzie (Roselyn Hendriks, Martin Bassett), who won from Rabbit and the Hare (Jessica McQueen, Darryn Ling), Bitumen 2 Bush (Brendan Burr, Emma Burr), The Newlytreds (Nathan Dick, Lauren Workman) and Shore Thing (David Shore, Oliver Shore).
Nominated Time:
Nominated time winners were Lexi, Chad and Brian.
Half Marathon Handicaps
Teams Half Marathon Handicaps
Both the Teams Half-Mara and Individual Half-Mara events will start at 9.30am. These two events are conducted concurrently over the same course. A nominated time event will be held at 9am at the Football Ground.
Competitors running in the teams’ marathon will each be provided with a unique colour-coded bib and these can be collected prior to the race start. Runners in the individual marathon must wear their Club numbers.
The meeting place for this race is Turners Beach Football Ground (Henry St). Please park cars at the Football Ground.
The race commences on the Esplanade opposite the Turners Beach Playground and Hall, on the Pathway. The drink station will be here for individual runners as will the change for team runners.
The course is out-and-back in both directions with the run East done first. The course is mostly flat – there is one short hill in the first half at Leith. The first turn in Lillico is just prior to Lillico Road (at the end of the straight section of path). The second turn in Ulverstone is just past the toilets on Beach Road near the overflow caravan park (~50m before Buttons Ave). Runners need to supply their own drinks in clearly marked bottles with their Bib number. These can be placed at the start/finish line.
Post-race presentations will take place in the Turners Beach Club clubrooms. There will be soup and hot drinks available for runners, volunteers and supporters. There are toilet and shower facilities available.
NB: at the end of the Esplanade run down the grassy lane and not around through the bush as was done in the 3x2x3.km Teams race. Follow the arrows. We are not using the Coastal Pathway along Susan St.
Run on the sea side (North side) of the Esplanade in Turners Beach when going both directions.
The individuals drink station will be at the start/finish line. The changeover for team runners is also here.
When starting the second-leg (or just after hallway for individuals) and running West on the Esplanade in Turners Beach you must take the new coastal pathway. When approaching the turn-around sign on Beach Road, Ulverstone, you may run on the sea side of the road, rather than the windy concrete path (take care).
The race starts at 9:30am. Please note that there is no nominated time event this week.
The meeting place is at the cenotaph in West Park.
Run east towards the gate and then up the path inside the park adjacent to West Park Grove. Exit the park and continue on the right -hand side of the road to Fortuna Avenue. Turn right and continue to the roundabout at Brickport Road.
Here you will be crossed over to the footpath on the right-hand side. Continue until you reach Three Mile Line Road and turn right.
Continue until you reach West Moorville Road and turn left. Stay on this road until you reach its junction with Ridgley Highway, then go straight ahead before finally turning right to finish in the car park at the Ridgley Football Club.
There will be a drink station at the 9km mark, you need to place your own drink bottles in the collection crates at the start. Please make sure they have your name and number on them.
If you have a supporter providing you with drinks/nourishment, they must do this at the drink stations. We don’t want runners or supporters crossing over the road during the race at random spots.
Please be very careful on this course because you will be running across intersections and driveways which won’t have marshals.
Well done to all runners in today’s Findex 8.5km Trail Handicap.
Congratulations to Emily Aichberger who won from, Mark Saint-John, Drew Redpath, David Wright and Chris Bryan.
Fastest male was Josh Febey (34:08) and fastest female was Ashley Fehlberg (41:42).
Congratulations to Nominated time race winners Brian, Finn and Lexi.
This course starts at Gutteridge Gardens, Wynyard. The race starts near the soundshell and heads north-west on the path until this ends at Jenner St. The race then briefly follows Jenner St before following the track along the river. At ~1.5 km into the run the track end and runners will cross the road entry into the Cape Bridge Picnic Ground and follow Table Cape Rd on the right-hand side footpath, over the bridge. Immediately after the bridge, runners will cross the road and join the northern side of the river track. The river track continues for~2.5 km until it reaches the Bass Highway. The course then takes the footbridge across the Inglis river and then drops down onto the southern side of the river track for the ~2.5 km return to Table Cape Rd. Runners then cross Table Cape Rd and return to the Start/Finish along the same route as initially taken.
A nominated time event will be held at 9:00am.