DOUBLE DELIGHT: Harry Linford, of Whangarei, here with mum Lisa, had a hectic weekend, winning the Auckland Cross Country Championships and the Mother's Day Run/Walk held in Paihia. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
Whangarei's Harry Linford made it two from two in as many days as he won the Auckland Cross Country Championships and the Mother's Day Run/Walk in Paihia.
Linford had been in Auckland on Saturday competing in the Cross Country Championships and followed it up on Sunday in the 8km Mother's
Day Run/Walk, winning in 26.55 and having time to call on his mum Lisa to join him to celebrate Mother's Day by crossing the finish line together.
Whangarei's Ian Calder was second home in Sunday's event in 27.52 with Gareth Jones, of Paihia, third in 29.15 and Rory Darkins, of Whangarei, in fourth place.
Kerikeri's Maria Akesson ran the course, which took the competitors from Paihia through to the top of the Waitangi Golf Course returning through the Waitangi Treaty Grounds to the finish line in Paihia, to win the women's division in 31.24.
Second home was regular winner Carolyn Younger, of Whangarei, in 32 minutes, with Whangarei's Linda King in third place.
