RICHARD Pearson repeated last year’s victory in the 5km Seaside Scamper on Sunday, and in the process took a massive 43 seconds off his 2009 time.
If that was not enough, this year he had won a hotly contested 11.2km Forest Footrace on Saturday afternoon.
His winning margin was almost a minute on Sunday, but only 10 seconds on Saturday.
Former winner Paul Woodhouse from Dorrigo had pressed the pace in the Footrace, but was unable to shake his younger rival, with Pearson charging to the finish in 42.33 minutes.
Both were well clear of third-placed Kevin Duncan from Yamba, who crossed in 47.22mins, although Duncan was backing up after filling the third spot in the Water World Great Ocean Run over 45km the week before.
Runner-up in the Scamper for the second year was Coffs Harbour triathlete Cris Robb, who only just edged out up-and-coming Matthew Berrington, both finishing in 18.17mins.
The women’s race in the Footrace was another exciting finish, with Kim Batty holding out Leah Fitzgerald by two seconds to record 53.57mins. Third spot went to the remarkable Lyn Fulton in 57.19mins.
Melissa Bulloch recorded one of the fastest ever Seaside Scamper times for a woman to take this race for the second time with an 18.45mins clocking for sixth place outright.
Only previous winners Mandy Dovey and Narelle McKean have run faster.
Second went the 12-year-old early leader Tenielle Stubbs in 19.55mins, with another youngster Zoe Burgess 30secs adrift in third.
The Beach Bash runners had it much tougher this year with a higher tide and seaweed to contend with.
Nevertheless, Daniel Campbell made it look like a stroll on the sand, winning in 8.01mins, 16secs ahead of Josh Guy. Gary Barton rounded out a busy weekend to fill third in 8.35mins.
Romany Seeman was fourth to finish to claim the female title in 8.43mins, denying runner-up Phoebe O’Meara a second title by 26secs. Madizon O’Malley was third a further 30sec later.
The organisers were well-pleased with the turnout on both days, with numbers up on the previous two years.
Thirty eight finished the Footrace, 83 the Scamper, 43 the Beach Bash and 18 the Tiny Tot Trot.
They were also grateful for the generous local sponsorship and those volunteers who made the runs possible.
Results:
Forest Footrace (11.2km) – male: Richard Pearson 42.33, 1; Paul Woodhouse 42.43, 2; Kevin Duncan 47.22, 3; Joel Morgan 48.10, 4; Neil Vaughan 49.49, 5; Neil Wood 50.45, 6; Luke McConnell 50.46, 7; Greg Robson 51.21, 8; Nigel Cotsell 51.52, 9; Craig Bulloch 52.00, 10; Sam Broomfield 52.38, 11; Lyle Mayes 53.24, 12; Greg Davies 53.50, 13; Paul Chambers 53.55, 14.
Greg Brown 54.33, 15; Brent McGearey 56.50, 16; Callan Bailey 58.56, 17; Dave Moffatt 60.22, 18; Ken Crabb 60.48, 19; Michael Wright 66.08, 20; Geoff Kidd 68.09, 21; Gary McGoldrick 69.29, 22; Peter Van Den Boogaard 70.09, 23; Steel Beveridge 72.15, 24; Grant Roder 79.31, 25; Michael McCann 80.15, 26; Tom Holbut 81.24, 27; Mick Nolan 85.25, 28.
Female: Kim Batty 53.57, 1; Leah Fitzgerald 53.59, 2; Lyn Fulton 57.19, 3; Julie Webber 60.26, 4; Lynne Davies 63.46, 5; Trish Moffatt 64.10, 6; Janie Mahoney 67.05, 7; Robina Unwin 68.42, 8; Natasha Whitaker 75.33, 9; Joann Van Den Boogaard 97.46, 10.
Seaside Scamper (5kms) - male: Richard Pearson 17.23, 1; Cris Robb 18.17, 2; Matthew Berrington 18.17, 3; James Moncada 18.29, 4; Peter Hawley 18.43, 5; Levi Sands 19.08, 6; Paul Sheringham 19.18, 7; Jason Smit 19.50, 8; Jeff O’Brien 19.53, 9; Rudi De Vos (John’s Opa) 20.44, 10; Charlie Bellemore 20.46, 11; Michael Stubbs 20.47, 12; Gary Barton 21.15, 13; Greg Brown 21.17, 14.
Barry Ensby 21.19, 15; Tom Newby 21.25, 16; Mark Fagan 21.26, 17; Greg Davies 21.34, 18; Rick Wilson 22.09, 19; John Gordon 22.21, 20; Isaiah Koopmans 22.45, 21; Chris McNeill 22.49, 22; Adam Scofield 23.41, 23; Brent McGearey 23.49, 24; Col Cafferky 23.51, 25; Matthew Hunter 23.57, 26; Amapole Phoonie 24.22, 27; Kyle McGrorey 24.35, 28.
Jesse Van Den Boogaard 24.42, 29; Gordon Abbott 24.50, 30; ; Jasper Dunn 26.14, 31; Jesse Stevens 26.17, 32; Grant Roder 27.17, 35; WillMclennon 27.38, 36; Oliver Robb 27.46, 37; Jaidyn McGrorey 28.05, 38; Declan Ackers 29.22, 39; Wayne Ackers 31.32, 38; Peter Hunter 32.14, 39; Scott Beedie 32.17, 40; Clarence Harre 32.38, 41; Ray Jones 39.01, 42.
Female: Melissa Bulloch 18.45, 1; Tenielle Stubbs 19.55, 2; Zoe Burgess 20.25, 3; Leah Fitzgerald 21.01, 4; Ashley Van Den Boogaard 21.03, 5; Kim Batty 21.13, 6; Isabel Garrett 21.27, 7; Elizabeth Potham 22.12, 8; Tina Thompson 22.22, 9; Carla Westwood 22.29, 10; Elspeth Baalman 22.55, 11; Julie Webber 23.05, 12; Lyn Fulton 23.08, 13; Rosie Hawley 23.38, 14.
Janie Mahoney 23.46, 15; Adelia Smit 23.48, 16; Lynne Davies 24.06, 17; Suellen Ratcliffe 24.11, 18; Belinda Schofield 24.26, 19; Cleo Abbott 25.21, 20; Kristy McGrorey 25.34, 21; Jane Wilson 26.19, 22; Petrina Pearson 26.43, 23; Robina Unwin 26.44, 24; Summer Van Den Boogaard 27.10, 25; Alana Crofts 27.16, 26; Rhianna Reid 27.22, 27; Honey Abbott 27.25, 28.
Helen Crofts 27.41, 29; Michelle Stubbs 28.16, 30; Toni Taylor 28.28, 31; Karen Reid 28.43, 32; Vivien Wright 29.19, 33; Grace Harre 29.42, 34; Sarah Thompson 32.10, 35; Jessica Hunter 32.12, 36; Meg Beedie 32.15, 37; Kellie Potts 34.09, 38; Sarah Phoonie 34.29, 39; Jacqui Barrett 35.53, 40.
Beach Bash (2km) – male: Daniel Campbell 8.01, 1; Josh Guy 8.17, 2; Gary Barton 8.35, 3; Joel Guy 9.45, 4; Geoffrey Tapping 10.10, 5; James Sullivan 10.20, 6; Warwick Wells 10.22, 7; Kai Nudd 10.56, 8; Ky Sullivan 11.08, 9; Joel Garrett 11.09, 10.
Brett Nudd 11.19, 11; Lochie Beedie 12.08, 12; Declan Ackers 12.26, 13; James Millington 12.37, 14; Matt Tapping 13.35, 15; Max Pierce 14.59, 16; Sheldon Koopmans 15.00, 17; Rodney Koopmans 15.09, 18; Sam Wilson 15.37, 19; Greg Tapping 15.52, 20; Phil Lacey 16.51, 21.
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