Waggaroos had a good day in the 3rd event of the Interclub Challenge Series against Albury snatching a six point lead to level the points score with one event to go.
Held in the Livingstone State Conservation Area competitors were challenged with technically difficult courses, steep hills and undergrowth. John Oliver winning the 6.6km Red course gave the WaggaRoos an early lead. Although there were fine chasing runs by Albury's Rick Armstrong, Matt Flower and Rob Simmons, the Challenge rules are such that points are scored for an equal number of participants and as John was the only runner for the Waggaroos on the Red course, only Rick Armstrong's effort scored points.
Good scoring for the WaggaRoos continued in the 4.1km Red course, as though Albury took out the first place, WaggaRoos took the next three places giving a handy score of 12:9. Angela Farrell and Kath Oliver completed an excellent day by taking first place in the 3.8km and 2.4km races, leaving a final score for this event at 18:12 in favour of WaggaRoos and tieing the series at 62 points each. The final important decider will be contested on July 31 near Gerogery.
Thanks to John Oliver for this report.
