Crikey - our winners are getting younger and younger!
Ewan Shingler (Big Foot, 13) and Alvin Craig (11, Newcastle) took out the Short Pairs section of the O'Shea 2-Days on the Central Coast at the weekend, winning by 20 minutes over Bennelong father-and-son David and Clyde McGhee. Newcastle couple Margaret and Geoff Peel were third, a further 5 minutes adrift.
The weekend consisted of 3 events in 18 hours: a Saturday afternoon relay at Kincumber Mountain, a night line course at East Gosford, and a team score course at Davistown on Sunday morning.
Garingal siblings and JWOC reps Aidan and Michele Dawson won the Long Pairs by just two minutes over Stephen and Martina Craig (Alvin's parents). Stephen is a former Garingal and Big Foot member back in Australia after many years living in Sweden, where Martina is from. Bennelong clubmates Mel Cox and Gordon Wilson were third, half an hour behind the Craigs. Aidan backed up that effort by taking out the Sydney Sprint at St Ives on Sunday evening. Ice bath, please!
Thank you to course setters Paul and Julia Prudhoe and to organiser David Bowerman from CCO, and to the participants for supporting this long-standing event which was first run in the early 80's. Also a big thank you to Julia Prudhoe for tracking down spearmint leaves for the traditional cake prizes, and to Julia and daughter Alice for making the cakes. Results are here.
