The Novice Cross country championships at Scarborough on Sat. 28th April 2012.

Tess Constantine in the 4K - pretty in pink.

It was a lovely, sunny day for these races. We had the

Striders tent and food and drink brought along by Peter

Hibbard. I am sorry there are a few people we didn't get

pictures of - next time!

Highlights were Daviel Francken coming second

overall in the 2K in 6:16 and Sophie Gocher coming

3rd overall lady in the 2K and 2nd under 12 girl. Also,

Hannah Gibson and Emma McGlinn were part of the

bronze medal winning open Striders women 7K team.

Dad of Bec and Billy Highnam, Tom, made his juniors

proud by coming 3rd overall in the novice 10K.

GO STRIDERS!!!

The Scene at the start of each race was like this.

David Gardiner 1st junior Strider in the 4K

Ben Jagger has the moves in the 4K

Bethany Halmy in her first race as a Strider in the 4K

Daniel Francken 2nd overall in the 2K in 6:19!

Sophie Gocher 3rd lady overall in the 2K and 2nd under 12 girl.

Emily Gocher in the 2K

Declan King-Smith looking good in the 2K

Jocelyne Francken looking strong in the 2K

Bec and Billy Highnam give out drinks in the 7K and 10K

3 of the bronze medal winning team in the 7K - Emma McGlinn, Hannah Gibson, Mary Stringer and Caroline Yarnell.

Mary chasing Hannah in the 7K

Emma McGlinn strides out in the 7K

Caroline looking a bit too happy - this is a RACE!

Juniors training all over Sydney on Easter Monday



Cam holds the plank position for 13 mins.!

We had a great 2 hour training session for around 25 juniors and parents on Easter Monday at Passmore Reserve, Manly Vale. Congratulations to Cam Gorman on setting a Junior Striders plank record - 13 mins. Can any Senior Stiders beat that? He held perfect form!! See below.



Before the big race....

Janet Jagger put on a 6.7 mile race along the Nepean River at 11:00am. on Easter Monday too, and the times from that will be the basis for a handicap series. Paul Loader was fastest on the day - well done Paul (back row - far left and in photo below).

Paul has a clear lead

Ben getting ready for a sprint start

Jess Vernon looking in top form

Jemima striding out downhill

Declan pacing his mum

The Easter Bunny 1 mile handicap - Monday April 2nd 2012, Narabeen.

We had 20 who completed the race, and one DNF. Keiren Gorman was our winner, improving on his time by a whopping 21 seconds, so he went home with the large green egg and the trophy. Daniel Rasmussen, Tessa, Luke, Sophie Gocher and Cam also improved and won choccy prizes. It was impossible to decide who was best dressed, so it was a tie between Josh Phillips and Tessa - visions of pink bunniness! See photos below. They ran / walked in their outfits too! Josh's outfit is now one of our prizes at the 5K handicap on Thursday - 6pm. Shelly Beach.