Kurtis feels no pain

Kurtis Paine was a comfortable winner of the A grade section when race seven of the Trust House cross-country series was held over a 6km course on Jim and Barbara Barr's farm last Sunday.

Paine clocked 30mins 10secs to finish more than 3mins ahead of Brendon Murray with Dominic Green third.

There was a thrilling finish to the B grade section, also over 6km, with just 1sec separating Lloyd Millar and Michael Duthie.

Times were:

A grade (6km): Kurtis Paine 30.10, Brendon Murray 33.17, Dominic Green 33.41, Malcolm MacDonald 33.55, Derek Cox 34.23, Michael Macklin 34.38, Tony Price 34.39, Vicki Paine 35.02, Joel Farley 37.51, Lance Hislop 37.58.

B grade (6km): Lloyd Millar 34.23, Michael Duthie 34.24, Clive Baxter 35.00, Edward Smith 35.05, Jack Gordon 36.11, Lesley Graham 36.37, Conrad McCaffrey 37.26, John Gordon 38.04, Steve Britland 38.11, John Gibbons 38.44, Stuart Hooper 38.58, Ray Haste 39.12, Denise Baker 41.41, David Farlow 48.17.

C grade (6km): Ben van Gerven 39.04, William Blake 40.18, Greg Baillie 40.29, Zac Hooper 41.30, Samantha Hodgins 42.00, Gail Edwards 42.45, Ali Gordon 42.59, Robyn Green 43.08, Claudia Green 44.14, Jim Barr 50.13, Chris van Gerven 51.04.

D grade (6km): Shayla Farley 46.15, Franky Spite 47.24, Brenda Farley 48.12, Noelle Hodgins 48.49, Annie Hawkes 51.00, Robyn Chesmar 55.35, Claudia Baechie 56.46, Rachael Lewis 59.27, Graeme Roberts 61.02.

E grade walkers (6km): Michael Teahan 61.18, Gordon Burden 62.58, Rachel Reid 72.05, Fleur Blake 84.57, Karen Teahan 84.58.

Juniors (4km): Alix Haste 28.03, Chris Blake 28.32, Charlie Gordon 29.04, Fergus Pitney 30.49, Amelia Gordon 33.03, Oliver Lewis 34.32, Ruby Morrison 37.25.

Intermediates (2km): Biana Green 13.;15, Patrick Wootton 14.36, Samantha Duthie 14.50, Eathan Hooper 15.48, Emily Richards 18.37.

Midget grade (1km): Caleb King 5.49, Xavier Matthews 5.51, Kasey Cox 5.53, Eva Wootton 6.22, Abigail McCaffrey 6.23, Charlotte Murray 6.26, Emily Murray 7.01, Abby Matthews 7.20, Jack Murray 7.46, Sophie King 12.46, Ella Chesmar 13.26.

Race eight of the Trust House series will be held at Barber's farm on Long Ridge Road, Wainuioru, on Sunday, July 8, starting with the midget and E graders at 9.45am.