Sunday 23rd of March saw Sport Northland Events host the annual BDO Parihaka Trail Run. This is Sport Northlands hilliest half marathon in the run walk series, but also has 12km, and 5km options to cater to those who don’t want to do the half marathon. A cool morning greeted participants at Whangarei falls, followed by a memorable powhiri to send them on their way. By all accounts a wonderful day was had by all. Congratulations to all the Hatea members who participated.

Here are the results:

Half Marathon

1st Sam Rout 1:33:04
3rd Allan Staite 1:46:31
4th Andy Thornton 1:47:02
5th Dwayne Collecutt 1:48:27
8th Josh Wynniatt 1:53:45
18th Hans Schutte 2:04:05
19th Simone Ackermann 2:05:05 (second female)
25th Tommy Monaghan 2:06:41
26th Jason Trass 2:09:16
31st Alex Watson 2:10:40
33rd Kirsty Hamlin 2:12:34
36th Hannah Thompson 2:13:54
38th Oscar Oldehaver 2:14:44
39th Grant Allerby 2:15:04
42nd Shannon Leigh Litt 2:15:41
44th Neville Bassett 2:16:08
47th Carolyn Smith 2:18:24
49th Scott Kennedy 2:19:41
52nd Emma Steedman 2:20:29
56th Ron Cullen 2:25:52
58th Ian Kleingeld 2:26:41
63rd Glenn Fulton 2:32:15
75th Adrian Brouwers 2:40:06
86th Judith Bradshaw 2:49:37
99th Tracey Rodger-Burtwell 3:04:15
108th Danielle Walker 4:06:25
109th Nick Wiessing 4:06:25

12km
6th Will Swney 1:06:13
7th Bree Monaghan 1:07:34 (second female)
19th Steve Trass 1:15:03
63rd James Macken 1:31:26
67th Jackie Grant 1:32:28
99th Liz Cullen 1:40:54
112th Karen Wharerau 1:45:22
154th Sarah Garner 2:15:11

5km
2nd Luke Cains 28:05
32nd Craig Stuart 39:26
164th Julia Lee 1:07:08