Record field in airport run

Press, 5 November 1979, Page 3

Record field in airport run

BY JOHN DREW The fourth annual road' trace organised by the Air. New Zealand Runners Club, ‘ Christchurch, attracted a record field of more’ than 130 round the airport circuit yesterday. Conditions were! ideal. Runners from Air N.Z. bases in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and from British Airways. Qantas, Singapore Airlines. Mount Cook Airlines. Oper-I ation Deep Freeze, the Air-' port Authority, Civil Aviation., Airport fire services [ land aviation security, alii 'took part. ~ U: Captain Don Morgan ofI Mount Cook Airlines, scored [his third win in the event. Rendell Mclntosh, the for- i [mer national 800 m champion [won the prize for the fastest? i runner competing from out- i , side Christchurch. Brian O’Sullivan, a veteran runner of the United I ‘Harrier Club and Air N.Z. [ ‘won the over-40 section. !| The first woman runner'i

home was Stephanie Barfoot I of Air N.Z., Auckland, and • Kathryn Ball of the Christ-; ‘church Harrier Club was the' first guest runner home. | Mike Hanrahan of Oper-! ation Deep Freeze headed ‘off Eileen Cronley who, at-l ‘tached to navy section of! Deep Freeze. was first | woman for that section. : Barry O’Sullivan, aged 12,1 won the race for runners 12 and under and Andrew Britt, aged 11, was second. Their ‘distance was 4k. Joanna Leitch, aged 11, first in the girl's race, and Sara Meads, aged 12, was: second. A special prize was given: to the youngest finisher,: Fiona Meads, aged 5. Fiji Air was represented by Joe George who present-, led a beautiful kava bowl to[ the second team home, — Air N.Z., Auckland. Air N.Z. Chr:s’<:hurch (O. Hesp. B. Waston. R. Fraser, B. O’Sullivan)Ayas first team ‘ home for ' the ; second vear ‘running. ’ y .U