Alastair George (Big Foot) has broken through after numerous second placings at Oceania 2019 to win the junior men's elite Middle Distance race in Beechworth and wrap up the carnival on a high note.
Alastair - who finished runner-up in the Oceania Sprint, Australian Long, Oceania Relay and Oceania Long champs - blitzed the 4.7km course in 33m31s, a good two minutes clear of great rival Patrick Miller from the ACT. Garingal's Duncan Currie was eighth.
Ellen Currie (GO) was the best placed in the junior women in 16th, Toby Wilson (GO) finished 13th in senior men, and Alastair's sister Rebecca was 12th in the senior women.
The new map was on the edge of town.
Congratulations to our other Oceania Middle champs:
Alton Freeman (Big Foot, M10); Erika Enderby (Newcastle, W14); Emile Altmann (NC, M35AS); Rob Bradley (WHO, M45AS); Greg Barbour (BB, M55); Paula Shingler (BF, W55); Garry Stewart (SHOO, M55AS); Rob Vincent (NC, M60); John le Carpentier (SH, M75); Juha Lehtonen (Garingal, M Open B).
All up, NSW had 15 second placings and 11 thirds on the day.
Thanks to OACT, ONSW and OV for a brilliant carnival of eight challenging events in nine days. Pictured here is Waggaroos stalwart Alex Davey who does a lot of bush mapping in the Riverina.
Our next big bush carnival is the Xmas 5-Days at Armidale from December 27-31. The web page will be updated in the coming weeks.
