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Nelson's Kerry Williams maintained his status in New Zealand long distance running when he clipped 3 min 16 sec off his own record in winning easily the Nelson Harrier Club's senior title for the third of the four times the race has been run over a testing course at Oaklands, Stoke. His time was about 2 mins better than that set by Barry Magee, the national title-holder, when he won the Methodist Club's title here over the same course.

Major place-getters in the senior events: G. Wyatt (2nd), K. Williams (1st) and L. Evans (3rd)

Kerry comes home alone

Margaret Webb takes the last gate ahead of Janet Jonson and Merilyn Thomas before racing on to win the women's title

The junior field gets away

George Griffith won the junior title

The women get under way: Merilyn Thomas, Janet Jonson, Kathleen Cuthbert, Maureen Marshall, Helen Black and Margaret Webb

Busy afterwards cleaning off the mud were Gordon Wyatt and Janet Jonson

The Veterans had a good race, the winner being Sam McArthur (middle) and others running were Jim McCallum, Bob Stewart, Pat Day and Brian Carey.

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The Nelson Photo News

No 33 : July 20, 1963

Harrier Club Titles