Reduction Relay 2023 Results
Report by Glenn Sexton
It was great to see 9 teams of 3 and 5 kids show up for the Reduction relay. These relay events are the bread and butter of harrier running, giving everybody an opportunity to run with those you wouldn’t usually run within a standard race.
After the usual sandbagging and queue hopping ranking ourselves Lucie picked the teams. After years of these relays ive been a keen follower of trends and ‘winnniest’ people. Of recent years that winniest person has been the understated Mr Gary Wilson who usually buries himself in the middle of the “B” line so i cunningly positioned myself to give me the best chance of getting in his team.The was a silent YUSS, whoops of joy and an internal high 5 to myself (or was it not really silent?) when my name got called out with him.
Along with our 1st runner Amo, we were a formidable, near unbeatable combination of youth, experience and tactical nous. Of course Amos followed our instructions to the T. Pace yourself lad, which is secret code for don’t go too fast for us old guys. With 300 metres to go we unleashed Amo to run a great lap. Me and Garry managed to keep up, and then spend the first part of Garrys lap recovering. Garrys ultra distance legs handled the short sharp bursts, but his ultra-distance lungs were reminiscent of the old steam train the Kingston Flyer by 3/4 the way through his lap, but pushed really hard to finish his lap in the 2nd fastest of the 2 lappers. Luckily both Amo and Garry had given me a very comfortable lead so all i had to do really was not pull a hamstring.
Just looking at the results on the website, this report may look like a tall story but i can assure it is the honest truth. It is encouraging to see members both older and newer enjoying a positive club experience and hopefully numbers will continue to climb for the rest of the season.
Thanks heaps to everybody for organising.Lucie and Wendy at registration,and Vaughan and Christian on the course setup.
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| # | Team | Team Members | Time | Lap 1 | Lap 2 | Lap 3 |
| 1 | 7 | Te Amotawa Steward Garry Wilson Glenn Sexton | 26:25.0 | 09:28.8 | 08:44.6 | 08:11.5 |
| 2 | 9 | Mike Riley Nisha Moorfield Christian Conder | 26:49.3 | 10:36.8 | 08:26.1 | 07:46.4 |
| 3 | 5 | Sarah Knauf Rachel Ball Martin Carroll | 27:28.3 | 09:50.9 | 09:02.6 | 08:34.9 |
| 4 | 8 | Rich Andersen Thea Mace Iain Rattray | 27:59.6 | 10:02.8 | 09:14.2 | 08:42.6 |
| 5 | 3 | Wendy Harris Jack Conder Peter Moorfield | 28:05.2 | 10:24.6 | 10:08.8 | 07:31.7 |
| 6 | 6 | Claire Liang Paul Ewart Joe Mace | 28:18.5 | 11:00.4 | 09:17.7 | 08:00.4 |
| 7 | 2 | Shona Dewson David Middlemass Brent Nijssen | 28:39.2 | 11:52.4 | 09:04.4 | 07:42.4 |
| 8 | 4 | Wendy Fox Leila Steward Rich Ellison | 29:18.2 | 11:16.8 | 10:22.1 | 07:39.4 |
| 9 | 1 | Michelle Curnow Ray Crystall Cole Dawson | 31:44.9 | 13:04.2 | 09:15.2 | 09:25.5 |
| # | Lap 1 | Team Member | # | Lap 2 | Team Member | # | Lap 3 | Team Member | ||
| 7 | 09:28.8 | Te Amotawa Steward | 9 | 08:26.1 | Nisha Moorfield | 3 | 07:31.7 | Peter Moorfield | ||
| 5 | 09:50.9 | Sarah Knauf | 7 | 08:44.6 | Garry Wilson | 4 | 07:39.4 | Rich Ellison | ||
| 8 | 10:02.8 | Rich Anderson | 5 | 09:02.6 | Rachel Ball | 2 | 07:42.4 | Brent Nijssen | ||
| 3 | 10:24.6 | Wendy Harris | 2 | 09:04.4 | David Middlemass | 9 | 07:46.4 | Christian Conder | ||
| 9 | 10:36.8 | Mike Riley | 8 | 09:14.2 | Thea Mace | 6 | 08:00.4 | Joe Mace | ||
| 6 | 11:00.4 | Claire Liang | 1 | 09:15.2 | Ray Crystal | 7 | 08:11.5 | Glenn Sexton | ||
| 4 | 11:16.8 | Wendy Fox | 6 | 09:17.7 | Paul Ewart | 5 | 08:34.9 | Martin Carroll | ||
| 2 | 11:52.4 | Shona Dewson | 3 | 10:08.8 | Jack Conder | 8 | 08:42.6 | Iain Rattray | ||
| 1 | 13:04.2 | Michelle Curnow | 4 | 10:22.1 | Lelia Steward | 1 | 09:25.5 | Cole Dawson |
| Ihapera Steward | 11:45 |
| Anna | 14:32 |
| Austin Liang | 10:14 |
| Philippa Liang | 15:05 |
| Mikayla Wang | 11:07 |
| Eric Wang | 15:09 |
