Six Stage Part Two!

Well that's the first error of the new week - the results are now available and Peter was fourteenth on the first stage (although there were a couple of us who thought first ten and Peter Rudzinski said that he thought Michael was tenth on the second stage!) Results show that the first team was fourteenth at the finish - Peter fourteenth on the first stage with the fastest club time for the short leg of 17:27 and Michael Diver after his usual slowish start held fourteenth with 33:58 which was the fastest club time of the day for that stage. The pictures taken of the two men are good ones and illustrate the fast running action. Third stage was run by Gary Dick who was looking good and recorded 18:36 and picked the team up to thirteenth. Gerry Montgomery ran the long fourth stage and ran 35:43 while dropping to seventeenth place before handing over to Paul Carroll who had a good run picking the team back up to fourteenth with a time of 34:43.
Ryan Nelson started the race for the B Team with a time of 19:55 for thirty seventh place and handed over to Pete Cartwright who fell back to forty seventh with a time of 41:26. The second 'amigo', Brian Campbell, ran the short third stage and was timed at 24:40 to be fifty second at the change over. Bobby Young set off on the long fourth stage and picked up three places to forty ninth with 42:18. Peter Rudzinski was the man on the fifth stage and he was forty fifth with a time of 22:55. The last man out was Peter Halpin who ran the team's fastest long stage of 40:46 and pulled the team up to fortieth at the end.
It was a great day for the race and there was a buzz about the squad that I haven't felt for several years. The two young members of the team ran well on the competitive first stage and the return after injury of Ian Robertson and Gary Dick was noted - neither seemed to be holding back or favouring an injury at all and Peter Halpin is fast returning to fitness. Roll on next winter!!!!