CWD 28th October 2023

EDITORIAL REPORT FOR CWD Saturday 28th October 2023

Merissa Horne

Congratulations to the ORC members who competed at last weekend’s iconic Panorama Punish in Bathurst which saw almost 800 runners tackle the mountain.
For our regular Sunday run, 69 members ran and walked our Botanic Gardens course choosing 1-6 laps of the 1.6km loop.

The fastest in each distance were:

1.6km
Female: Kinisha Roweth 8:36, Marley Beahan 9:03, Sophie Harris 11:03
Male: Nicholas Thomas 5:59 (NEW course record), Nick Irwin 06:02, Mike Cooper 07:47

3.2km
Female: Isobel Curran 17:02, Evie Harris 17:15, Lacey Curran 20:32
Male: Isaac Mullins 17:53, Thomas Gibson 19:53, Ethan Petschel 21:12

4.8km
Amy Crosbie 25:36, Samantha Pluymers 29:51, Sally Postma 31:19
Male: Nathan Sutherland 15:57 (NEW course record), Alex Irwin 26:19, David Gibson 27:03

6.4km
Female: Alison Spurway 36:53, Sharyn Mitselburg 46:39, Kim Roweth 58:18
Male: Anthony Daintith 39:07, Chris Clough 40:49, Bill Fairgrieve 41:35

8km
Female: Kate Harris 50:24, Catherine Player 1:01:41
Male: Brad Simmons 39:24, Andrew McArdle 49:05

9.6 km
Female: Nicola Blore 46:27, Jessica Curran 58:56, Jane Fairgrieve 1:03:30
Male: Jack Daintith 37:09, Mark Thomas 42:11, Ben Sullivan 43:36

Congratulations to Nick Thomas and Nathan Sutherland who broke long standing course records at Botanic Gardens.

54 members attended this week’s Wednesday run.
The top three men were Ben Sullivan 11:09, Nicholas Thomas 11:12, Hugh Daintith 11:43.
The top three women were Sue Dean 13:21, Alicia Anlezark 14:23, Kim Roweth 14:49.

Personal bests were achieved by Ben Sullivan 11:09 (11 seconds), Kim Roweth 14:49 (35 seconds), Peter Shaw 15:38 (29 seconds) and Rhonda Jones 17:14 (5 seconds).

Tomorrow’s run is at Gosling Creek where members can choose from distances of 2.3km, 4.6km, 8km or 11.6km.

Together we achieve individual goals.