This week
How it Happened - Surfer Race 8, August 16
After eight weeks the Surfer competition has come to an end and female Feral’s have claimed both the long and the short trophy. Congratulations to Ashley Pianca with 224 points in the long course and Isla Palmer 209 points in the short course.
In the long course the top ten included eight males, four of which were teenagers nipping at the heels of the more seasoned runners who filled the podium. The race was won by John Johns (42.15), the oldest runner in the field, and despite 30 seconds added to his handicap he made it his third straight win two minutes faster than last week. His placings in the eight-week competition were 22-6-10-19-24-1-1-1.
Coming in second and a minute behind Johns was Malcoln Blake registering a PB (30.30). The competition favourite Ashley Pianca arrived to find 30 seconds added to her handicap, undeterred she set off quietly determined to take the trophy home. Coming in third with a PB 34 seconds faster than last week secured the trophy. Pianca has featured in the top ten every week of the competition. Then came a couple of young ones, Nate Mingay the second fastest from a field of 37, then three seconds later Callum Vecchio. Mark Hancock separated the next teenager Digby Jones as did Sharon Careri and Chris Barbagallo finishing ahead of teenager Harrison Palmer making the top ten.
Shaye Palmer (35.10) was the fastest female in 11th place and finishing 12th was the fastest male Aidan Fattore (26.32)
The short course had 28 starters three of which were under five. Julian Andreazza 17th and Lucas Date 27th were carried in pouches while Amelia Date 26th managed the course on her own two feet. Thanks to a zero handicap Ivy Pasqualotto was the first short course runner back followed by best friend and competition winner Isla Palmer. Matthew Pasqualotto was third then Maggie Croce (21.01) the fastest female followed by Brian Bellicanta. The fastest male in 6th place was Nirvair Sigh, Elio Minato followed then Margaret O’Grady, Milla Vecchio and Chris Palmer. The rest of the field were walkers with Sabrina and Sienna Pasqualotto leading the pack.
As it was the end of the competition Feral’s enjoyed refreshments courtesy of the club around a new fire bucket crafted by Simon Croce.
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With the end of daylight saving the Feral’s meet at the water tower opposite pioneer park for a 4:30pm start. Please be there 10 minutes earlier to register. Whether it’s your own wellbeing or wanting the kids to get some outdoor exercise you are welcome as a sprinter, jogger or walker. Tracks are well marked; safety is of prime concern and there is lots of social fun after. The best part of being a Feral is enjoying the company of like-minded people.
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PLEASE BE ON TIME ENTER BEFORE 4:20 RACE STARTS 4:30
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Things to Remember each week
Runners must wear tags when participating in Feral events. Apart from the timing, it is a saftey measure. The tags serve to monitor those runners who have commenced their run and are still out on the track. It is not appropriate to turn up on the Hill on a regular basis without wearing a tag.
Zero start times
Zero handicaps are only for the slowest runners and for the walkers, so if you do not fit this description and you are given zero, please enquire with the race director. It is not usually our mistake, just that prior circumstances have dictated a zero which may need to be changed back (see below).
Also, if you have a Short course handicap (say 8min) and you want to walk, we prefer if you walk off that handicap (8min) ... you won't finish far behind, and it saves us a lot of time and possible mistakes in adjustments to and fro (see above).
We do allow Long course walkers to start off zero ... just let the race director know ... otherwise it is disq
Did Not Finish? We need to know. All non-finishers / short cutters / other issues - report to the race director
Instant Results ... we are putting the results online, at the finish line, so your loved one can know what mood you're in before you get home. (Will it be a hot bath or a cold shower? Champagne, or a beer in the dog house?) However ... be aware that these are preliminary results and will almost always change when joggers are added, deleted and edited. You may drop a few places, rise a few places, or even, heaven forbid, get disq'd. So if the fine details matter to you, drop back again later.