Dannevirke athlete Laurie Malcolmson is still excelling in the sport he loves, competing in three national Masters events over the summer and beating his 70-75 age group with some remarkable performances.
It started on December 3 and 4 in the NZ Masters Athletics Championships in Wellington, competing on the track in the 60, 100 and 200m sprints, winning gold in each with a gold in the javelin and a silver in the weight throw in the field.
On January 14 and 15 he participated at Masterton in the North Island Masters Championships competing in the 60, 100, 200m sprints and the weight throw, winning golds in all and breaking the North Island record in his age group in the latter.
Most recently at Whanganui on February 5 he participated in the NZ Masters Games. This ran for a week involving all sports and once again Laurie competed in the track and field events plus discus and javelin.
With golds in all events Laurie came to the last – the 60m sprint against one opponent, a good friend. Taking a good lead Laurie was persuaded to slow down to allow him to catch up and eventually they crossed the finish line arm in arm, planning a dead heat, only for the judges to announce Laurie had come second by two hundredths of a second!
