The Club's annual 6km Handicap race was held on Saturday 22nd March. This year we had 20 runners trying their best to beat the handicapper. As usual Barry Greig did a fantastic job trying to identify the smokies but a couple of youngsters got under our guard.
First across the line was Zac Philip in 27:45, closely followed by young Will Franklin with an actual time of 28:58.
Fastest time was David Greig in a new course record of 19:47.
Times and placings as follows:
| Name | Handicap Time | Finishing Place | Actual Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christina Franklin | 38:00 | 11th | 37:43 | 20 |
| Zac Philip | 32:00 | 1st | 27:45 | 16 |
| Will Franklin | 32:00 | 2nd | 28:58 | 18 |
| David Burke | 31:00 | 13th | 32:00 | 19 |
| Richard Russell | 29:00 | 5th | 27:17 | 13 |
| Adam Franklin | 28:40 | 7th | 27:23 | 14 |
| Thomas Franklin | 28:30 | 6th | 26:58 | 12 |
| Calum Rothnie | 28:20 | 4th | 26:03 | 10 |
| Thomas Heap | 28:20 | 3rd | 26:02 | 9 |
| Luke Malara | 27:20 | 8th | 26:08 | 11 |
| James Lynch | 26:00 | 15th | 27:39 | 15 |
| Jal Wishart | 26:00 | 9th | 25:23 | 8 |
| Flynn Deacon | 25:50 | 10th | 25:16 | 7 |
| Marcia Wishart | 24:00 | 20th | 28:20 | 17 |
| Charles Shea | 21:00 | 19th | 24:30 | 6 |
| Ben Morrison | 20:30 | 17th | 22:14 | 4 |
| Josh Philip | 20:10 | 18th | 22:18 | 5 |
| Justin Cementon | 20:00 | 16th | 21:43 | 3 |
| Thomas Langdon | 19:40 | 14th | 20:41 | 2 |
| David Greig | 19:30 | 12th | 19:47 | 1 |
Congratulations to all participants, it was very competitive.
A number of the boys had trained very hard on the preceding Tuesday and Thursday so were a little tired. The times emphasise the quality of David Greig’s run which was 5 seconds quicker the Tom Langdon’s record run from the previous year.
A group photo of all the participants.