HARRIERS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 199, 26 August 1935, Page 5

HARRIERS

WANGANUI CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP CONTESTS. BRAMWELL COURSE RACING. The Wanganui Harrier Club held their annual championships race over 9 the new Bramwell course of 6.J miles on 111 Saturday in fine weather. j The winner of the senior champion- ( I ship was C. Weller, who had been successful in the corresponding event last , v year. After an interval of a little lc more than 30sec. he was followed by K. Johnston, with A. Bourgeois a IS further 27 seconds back, and G. Johnston another G seconds behind Bourgeois. Cj The junior championship, whicn is n- run in conjunction with the senior race, >r was won by A. Bevege, who finished in id fifth place in the race. He was followed closely by A. Penbcrthy (sixth). I - ihese two raced neck and neck right throughout the race, and it was only 50 yards from the tape that Bevege sprinted from I’enberthy and annexed • the title. Credit is due to both of these runners, who shaped exceptionally well. X. Hopper, another promising runner, was the third junior to finish. s. 'J he course covered was of a varied F. nature, road, paddocks, swamp, hills, all being covered, with numerous fences s. and lupin patches throughout the I- journey. Weller took the lead after the field ie had covered half a mile, and by keepe ing up a good, fast pace held it until s the finish. After the first half-mile K. s Johnston, A. Bourgeois and G. Johnston 11 were within five yards of each other. ■” Going up Springvale Road K. Johnston ami Bourgeois were together, followed at an interval of five yards by G. ", Johnston. Another 40 yards to the .. rear were Fenberthy and Bevege, with ( j Kiddle right on their heels. The rest [. of the hold were still fairly well bunched. Over the first hill across coun- |] try, off Springvale Road, Weller was I leading K. Johnston, who was now 20 f yards to the fore of Bourgeois. Follow- ] ing another five yards back was G. s Johnston, A. Bevege and Penberthy still - being together a few yards in front of l* Kiddle. For the first few positions the . runners already mentioned held their i places, although changes took place I during the latter end of the race. By •’ this time the remainder of the field was - beginning to sort itself out, and the final positions of the first 20 were:— C. Weller, 37min. 14sec. . I K. Johnston, 37.52 2 \. Bourgeois, 3£19 3 1 G. Johnston, 38.25 4 A. Bevege, 39.17 A. Penbcrthy, 39.23 . . 6 F. Kiddle, 40.37 7 N. Guy, 41.28 „ 8 E. Gowan, 41.35 9 X. Hopper, 12.18 10 A. Gariath, 42.18 10 , G. Sherlock. 42.21 . . 12 (i. Hallam, 42.50 13 H. Clarke, 43.24 14 H. Hopper, 44.3 15 G. Harrison, 41.23 16 R. Orr, 41.24 ..... 17 S. Willetts, 41.41 .18 C. Robins, 45.5 20 The first six in each championship were as follows: Senior.—C. Weller 1, K. Johnston 2, A. Bourgeois 3, G. Johnston 4, F. Kiddle 5, X. Guy 6. Junior.—A. Bevege 1. A. Penberthy 2, N. Hopper 3, G. Sherlock 4, G. Hailam 5, R. Orr 6. For Masterton. All those members who are competing in the inter-club contest against the Masterton Club at. Mastertori on Saturday are requested to do their best to attend lhe training run at Spriggens Park, at 7.30 p.m., on Wednesday.