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Race Photos

Avon River, Christchurch, 13 December 2009

Thanks to Santa for joining us for this special event.

The day dawned fine and clear, for the final race of the year organized by the Christchurch Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team. This race was based on the popular loop around the Avon River making for some lovely views as well as some great shady sections to the course. The events for the day comprised a 5km race, 10km race and childrenâ€™s 2.5km race. With three separate start lines it took some good coordination to get everyone started together and on time. As a special treat we also had Santa taking part in the childrenâ€™s race riding his bike to give the children someone to chase.

We saw some good performances particularly from some of our international competitors. In a good run Andy Hilton from York won the 10km in 35.13, while Sabine Schweitzer made it a double for the international competitors by winning the womenâ€™s 10km in 43.57. In the 5km Nick Apostolides from the USA won in 19.02 while the first female was Sandra Petherick in a time of 23.57. In the childrenâ€™s event George Addis was hot on Santaâ€™s heels the whole way around and was rewarded with first place in a time of 10.29, Tayla Clarke was again the first amongst the girls winning in 11.11.

All in all it was a great finale for our races in 2009 and we now look forward to some great races to come in 2010. Best of luck with our training and have a wonderful holiday season.

10km Run

Name	Race Time	Overall Place	M/F	M/F Place
Andy Hilton	35:13	1	Male	1
Chris Leech	39:09	2	Male	2
Guy Dryden	39:51	3	Male	3
Greg Monk	40:27	4	Male	4
Richard Collins	40:47	5	Male	5
Leon White	41:39	6	Male	6
Russell Goodbrand	41:39	7	Male	7
Rob Allan	42:08	8	Male	8
Greg Williamson	42:10	9	Male	9
Roger Welsh	42:12	10	Male	10
Sabine Schweitzer	43:57	11	Female	1
Nigel Whalley	44:03	12	Male	11
Owen Foster	44:06	13	Male	12
Mark Cargin	44:30	14	Male	13
Neil Christian	45:13	15	Male	14
Stephen Blakely	45:16	16	Male	15
Glenn Quantock	46:40	17	Male	16
Robby Grant	46:43	18	Male	17
Warren Maslin	47:16	19	Male	18
Rosie Hay	48:02	20	Female	2
Josh Mackintosh	48:30	21	Male	19
Jayden Elley	48:43	22	Male	20
Tessa Holland	48:52	23	Female	3
Bruce Woods	49:21	24	Male	21
Stephen Graham	50:06	25	Male	22
Paul van Breugel	50:51	26	Male	23
Bronwyn Allnutt	50:56	27	Female	4
Nadine Dahren	51:05	28	Female	5
Richard Logchies	51:05	29	Male	24
Nancy Clayton	51:21	30	Female	6
Dianne Howell	51:43	31	Female	7
Blair Hughes	51:50	32	Male	25
Kerryn Nicks	51:53	33	Female	8
Nicki Carter	51:57	34	Female	9
Grant Rooks	52:15	35	Male	26
Katja Gade	52:22	36	Female	10
Kevin Prendergast	52:27	37	Male	27
Bruce Wilson	53:17	38	Male	28
Kellie Dolan	53:37	39	Female	11
Jody Mahon	53:41	40	Female	12
Kama Rowse	54:35	41	Female	13
Shaun Rolston	54:35	42	Male	29
Fred Schwalger	55:15	43	Male	30
Melissa Warne	55:40	44	Female	14
Manju Jackson	55:58	45	Male	31
Peter Renaud	56:07	46	Male	32
Dereck Porter	56:48	47	Male	33
Tamara Rowse	57:08	48	Female	15
Stephen Thom	57:17	49	Male	34
Melissa Hempstalk	57:19	50	Female	16
Leah Vusich	57:24	51	Female	17
Matt Vusich	57:24	52	Male	35
Kirstina Moore	57:46	53	Female	18
Genevieve Leech	57:48	54	Female	19
Kirstin Basher	57:49	55	Female	20
Avril Thresh	57:56	56	Female	21
Raelene Rees	58:07	57	Female	22
Annie Smith	58:17	58	Female	23
Chris Ross	58:19	59	Male	36
Amber Cleverly	58:26	60	Female	24
Lynne Lynskey	58:32	61	Female	25
Linda Kirwan	59:32	62	Female	26
Wendy Maginness	59:40	63	Female	27
Pam Craig	1:00:14	64	Female	28
Linda Ching	1:00:34	65	Female	29
John Southgate	1:00:56	66	Male	37
Aaron Amyes	1:01:49	67	Male	38
Jong Woo Lee	1:02:45	68	Female	30
Wayne Elcock	1:02:56	69	Male	39
Ann-Clare McGregor	1:03:03	70	Female	31
Erika Dutting	1:03:23	71	Female	32
Deborah Porter	1:03:32	72	Female	33
Adrian Russell	1:04:08	73	Male	40
Rachel Bisset	1:04:11	74	Female	34
Rebecca Davison	1:04:23	75	Female	35
Glenda Leonard	1:05:07	76	Female	36
Nicky Densem	1:06:36	77	Female	37
Emma Madison-Ross	1:07:17	78	Female	38
Andrea Dallow	1:08:02	79	Female	39
Mhairi Flett	1:08:38	80	Female	40
Victoria Stewart	1:09:44	81	Female	41
Robyn Calvert	1:10:30	82	Female	42
Jan Rae	1:13:28	83	Female	43
Teresa Ann Batchelor	1:17:33	84	Female	44
Phoebe Leyton	1:17:34	85	Female	45
Natasha Rae	1:30:33	86	Female	46
Andrea Harris	1:44:34	87	Female	47

5km Run

Name	Race Time	Overall Place	M/F	M/F Place
Nick Apostolides	19:02	1	Male	1
Adam Fort	21:03	2	Male	2
Dave Candy	21:17	3	Male	3
Sandra Petherick	23:46	4	Female	1
Howard Keene	24:59	5	Male	4
Sonia Smit	25:06	6	Female	2
Paul Schwalger	25:21	7	Male	5
Raenna Chan	25:23	8	Female	3
Rochelle Lewis	25:52	9	Female	4
Lynda Fort	25:59	10	Female	5
Ben McDonald	27:03	11	Male	6
Jacqui Victor	29:21	12	Male	7
Dennis Smit	29:31	13	Male	8
Tina Sjerps-Hendriks	31:12	14	Female	6
Sue Lough	31:12	15	Female	7
Gail Aitken	34:30	16	Female	8
Doo Kang	35:32	17	Male	9
Matthew Bone	38:46	18	Male	10
Jane Ellis	38:46	19	Female	9
Margaret Rea	42:57	20	Female	10
Han Chang	45:08	21	Female	11
Jay Devlin	47:36	22	Male	11
Cathy Devlin	47:36	23	Female	12
Merelyn Redstone	49:28	24	Female	13

Children's 2.5km Run

Name	Race Time	Overall Place	M/F	M/F Place
George Addis	10:29	1	Male	1
Ayrton Shadbolt	10:39	2	Male	2
Riley English	10:40	3	Male	3
Tayla Clarke	11:11	4	Female	1
Mitchell Mahon	11:16	5	Male	4
Brook Wright	11:44	6	Male	5
Joshua Clarke	11:55	7	Male	6
Dylan Mahon	12:38	8	Male	7
Oskar Victor	12:41	9	Male	8
Paris Papadopoulos	13:06	10	Female	2
Scott Rees	13:09	11	Male	9
Abigail van der Voort	13:34	12	Female	3
Joshua Bull	13:49	13	Male	10
Liam Fort	14:16	14	Male	11
Kaitlin Christian	14:37	15	Female	4
Mikayla Cooper	14:45	16	Female	5
Jack Stryder	15:16	17	Male	12
Alex McGregor	15:48	18	Male	13
Robyn van der Voort	15:54	19	Female	6
Emma Christian	16:01	20	Female	7
Jaime van der Voort	16:09	21	Female	8
shelby-leigh shaw	16:26	22	Female	9
Emily Gainsford	16:53	23	Female	10