Harriers
Surprise results were the order of the day when Athletics and Cycling Masterton held the seventh race of their cross-country series at Mauriceville last weekend.
With one more race to go, and with the best six of eight results to count, none of the grades yet has a clear winner.
The walkers grade saw the van Gervens, father Chris and son Ben, fail to take out the first two placings for the first time. Chris did win for the seventh time in as many starts but Gail Edwards showed she was progressing well after an injury break to take second, 20 seconds ahead of Ben van Gerven, who had to settle for third. Chris van Gerven retains his lead on the points table with 117 points, two ahead of Gordon Burden. Close up are Ben van Gerven (114), Michael Teahan (113) and Fleur Blake (111).
With several of the regulars missing, the A grade field was down to eight starters and it was Michael Macklin who took the spoils from Malcolm MacDonald and Derek Cox. Steve Brown was fourth and he took the maximum 22 points to lead the series on 114. Second on 109 is Martin Dransfeld.