Winder a clear victor

Athletics

Ben Winder comfortably won the senior men's title when Athletics and Cycling Masterton Harriers held the last of their summer race meets last Sunday; the annual road championships.

Winder quickly asserted his superiority on the 10km course and his time of 35m 15s was about a minute faster than his rivals.

Dominic Green won the men's 40-49 years grade while Graeme Butcher showed he was well on track to represent New Zealand at the world 24-hour endurance event, taking the men's 40-59 years division in 38.36, the third fastest time overall.

Calling the tune in the men's 60+ years section was Lloyd Millar with a time of 43.47.

The senior women's field was led home by Denise Baker who clocked a creditable 39m.

Brenda Farley took the honours in the walking grade, completing the 5km course in 32.22 to add to the impressive collection of trophies she has won over the past couple of seasons.

The boys and girls 11 years grades ran over a 2km course with Carlos McRae registering the fastest time of 9.20 and Jas Moore the first girl home in 12.23.

The under-13 grades were run over 3km and Chris Blake took the boys' title in 13.52 and Bianca Green the girls' in 15.13.

The Green family made it a treble for the day when Claudia took out the under-16 girls event in 18.28 for 4km, beating Shayla Farley by just 1s in what was the closest finish of the day.

Attention will now turn to the Trust House cross-country series - the first race is on Sunday, April 7, 10am, at the Colin Pugh Sports Bowl.