Records Smashed

The race record and six of the ten lap records were smashed during the running of the annual Wairoa to Gisborne harrier relay on Saturday, September 23.

The Tokoroa A Team carved 5m 13s off the course record to establish a new one of 5h 22m 59s.

Barry Hogan' runs on down the long road on the fifth lap.

Val Robinson and Anne Ryan were the only two women runners in the event.

Winton Haronga nears the top of the tough Morere hill

Time-keepers at work: Kath Thomas, Neil Thomas, John Jennings, Banjo Patterson

Alan Saunders makes his run through Nuhaka

Graham Thomas reaches the top of the hill on the first lap out of Wairoa

Peter Coughlan reaches the end of his lap where Tom Baty takes over

Ian Solomon on the straight at Whakaki

Francis Yates (right) takes over from Barry Hogan

Winton Haronga begins his lap from Alan Saunders

The victorious Tokoroa A Team which took the Stewart Shield is, from left, at back, Peter Keaney, Michael Ryan, Graeme Cox, Bruce Collier, Lindsay McKendrick, and, in front, Graeme Coles, Bill Macken, Bill Sutcliffe, John Robinson and Barry Nicholls.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 160 : October 4, 1967

Records Smashed