Road skating relay record

Press, 17 May 1989, Page 31

Road skating relay record

PA Nelson Nelson’s senior women’s relay team of Kim Hippolite, Hayley Kirker and Natasha Sargeant, broke the New Zealand 3000 m relay record on Monday at the road skating championships in Nelson. In an excellent team effort the women took a minute off the old record and beat Christchurch by a comfortable distance. In the senior women’s 3000 m, Debbie Constantine (Auckland) edged past Kim Hippolite to take the race, and complete a four out of five record. Christchurch’s Roger Hawkins retained his New Zealand road championship skating title with a win in the final event. He beat David McFarlane (Auckland) on a track made slippery by light rain, and caution, was the order of the day for a field of

15 skaters. However, Hawkins took off with half a lap to go and held a 2m to 3m lead over McFarlane to the finish line. John Dyett-Carthew (New Plymouth) was third. Leigh-Anne Wiig (Napier) created a New Zealand record when she won the senior women’s title on the first day of the artistic skating championships. It was Wiig’s fifth win in a row, surpassing the sequence of four successive wins set by Auckland skater Jane Ballerini in the 19705, and Beverly Cooper, also of Auckland, in the 19605. Results:— Men’s 5000 m: Roger Hawkins (Christchurch) lOmin 46.35 s 1, David McFarlane (Auckland) 2, John Dy-ett-Carthew (New Plymouth) 3. Men’s 5000 m relay: Christchurch 9min 31.37 s (record)

1, Hawke’s Bay 2, Birkenhead 3. Women’s 3000 m: Debra Constantine (Auckland) 7min 6.42 s 1, Kim Hippolite (Nelson) 2, Michelle Smales (Auckland) 3. Women’s 3000 m relay: Nelson 6min 42.94 s (record) 1, Christchurch 2. Intermediate men’s 5000 m: Jason Mitchell (Napier) 11 min 33.3 s 1, Andrew Tapp (Palmerston Nth) 2, Shane Clark (Nelson) 3. Junior boys’ 300 m time trial: Woody Purdom (Auckland) 36.88 s 1, Scott Perry (Hawkes Bay) 2, Daniel Winfield (Auckland) 3. Juvenile boys’ 1500 m: Kalon Dobbin (Palmerston Nth) 3min 32.62 s (record) 1, Christopher Gay (Nelson) 2, Joe Jubilee (Auckland) 3. Juvenile girls’ 1500 m: Joanne Strachan (Christchurch) 3min 42.96 s 1, Deb-

bie Linn (Auckland) 2, Raelene Mitchell (Hawke’s Bay) 3. Figures:— Senior men: Richard Legge (Auckland) 1, Brent Millar (Upper Hutt) 2, Jeffrey Healey (Hamilton) 3. Senior women: Leigh-Anne Wiig (Napier) 1, Liza Stevens (Auckland) 2, Lynsay Grant (Napier) 3. Intermediate men: Luke Hooper (Hastings) 1, Michael O’Leary (Auckland) 2, Martin Healey (Hamilton) 3. Intermediate women: Kerren Bennett 1, Anna Hill (Auckland) 2, Bronwyn Rewi (Napier) 3. Pre-intermediate men: Allan Brandit (Christchurch) 1. Paul Rattenbury (Napier) 2. Pre-junior boys: Clark Alcock (Auckland) 1, Carl Hooper (Hastings) 2, Jubilee 3.