Newcastle, Port Macquarie and Wagga enjoyed big attendances for events on Sunday as people relished sunny weather and being outdoors.
The HOGs had their first event since covid restrictions eased, with two line courses at Town Beach - and attracted 83 participants. Most of these are young families who are loving what our newest club is doing on the mid north coast.
President Matt Bell won the Long course while Ben Oakeshott, son of former federal MP Rob, took out the Easy course.
A little further south, Newcastle drew 132 runners to NOY 3 at Fairley Dams. This is a great turnout considering it clashed with a MetrO League event in Sydney. Nice too to see more than two dozen casuals having a run.
In Wagga, numbers swelled to 37 at Wolfram - the highest for quite a while at a one of our smallest clubs.
On the Hard courses route choice decisions were paramount - climb the steep hill or contour around, go through the scrub or circumvent it.
The Moderate and Easy courses were ideal for newbies and much of the forest was open with many wildflowers and orchids just opening up which provided a very enjoyable and pleasant Sunday morning experience.
