Home-track advantage came to the fore as Rebecca Treacy and daughter Jessica Graham grabbed handicap honours over 6km and 4km respectively when the Ruamahanga Ramblers held races on Saturday. Tracey had just under a minute to spare from Della Laird, while Graham had a 45-second break on Mathew Furkert.
The 2km handicap spoils went to Samantha Duthie, who held out Jack Britland by 21s, while fastest time there was set by Tom Parker with 8min 2s. It was the scenery that won out in the 6km walk, with all participants completing the course in the same time.
Results, in order of handicap and actual times:
2km run: Samantha Duthie 24.27, 14.17; Jack Britland 24.48, 8.48; Tom Parker 24.52, 8.02; Jessica Duthie 26.17, 10.10. 4km run: Jessica Graham 22.37, 17.37; Mathew Furkert 23.22, 18.22; Lisa Gray 41.37, 25.01. 6km run: Rebecca Treacy 37.03, 37.03; Della Laird 38.00. 38.00; Nigel Hargraves 46.24, 28.24; Martin Parker 48.05, 30.05; Rob Hammond 48.20, 32.20; Steve Britland 48.40, 37.20; Craig Bird 49.06, 28.46; Greg Lang 50.58, 30.48; Michael Scott 50.59, 30.59. 6km walk: Ali Lang 49.47, 49.47; Kim Drysdale 49.48, 49.48; John Ihaka 49.49, 49.49.
