CWD 27th January 2024

EDITORIAL REPORT FOR CWD Saturday 27th January 2024

Merissa Horne

Congratulations to our members who travelled to Wollongong last weekend for the NSW Country Championships. It was a very successful meet with a 23 medal haul!

Last Sunday 54 members participated in our Charles Sturt University run and chose from 1-6 laps of the 1.9km loop through the uni.

The fastest in each distance were:
1.9km
Female: Sophie Charge 9:35 (NEW course record), Penny Charge 12:29, Rachel Charge 12:30
Male: Mike Cooper 10:02, Henry Blacklow 12:18, Charlie Blacklow 14:58

3.8km
Female: Kim Roweth 22:07 (NEW course record), Alison Spurway 22:26, Caitlin Abbey 24:32
Male: Henry Charge 17:22, Oscar Blacklow 17:59, Brad Simmons 18:16

5.7km
Female: Tanya Miller 34:04, Jane Fairgrieve 37:11, Rhonda Jones 38:10
Male: Terry Clarke 33:07, Gary Taylor 52:13

7.6km
Female: Karren Skelton 50:06, Sarah Passey 53:14, Amy Sullivan 55:53
Male: Simon Engdahl 39:17, Russell Tym 40:35, Tony Fitzpatrick 42:15

9.5km
Male: Hugh Daintith 44:51, Stephen Blackwood 1:00:58

11.4km
Female: Kim Jarvis 1:18:12
Male: Jack Daintith 51:52, Anthony Daintith 1:02:12, Matthew Wilkens 1:02:18

Congratulations to Sophie Charge who has broken the CSU 1.9km record in a time of 9:35 and Kim Roweth who broke the 3.8km record in a time of 22:07 (previously held by daughter Kinisha!).

80 members attended this week’s Wednesday run. The top three men were Peter Finlay 10:14, Nick Irwin 10:57, Hugh Daintith 11:17. The top three women were Elizabeth Simpson 12:43, Isobel Curran 14:38, Lucy Jurd 14:58.

Personal bests were achieved by David Charge 12:39 (49 seconds) and Amanda Demares 17:17 (28 seconds).

Achievement medals were awarded to Catherine Player with 100 runs and Clara Hooper with 100 runs.

Tomorrow’s run is at Berrilee Forest where members can choose from distances of 2km, 4km, 6km 8.1km or 12km.

See website for course details.

Together we achieve individual goals.