The Sub 60 Club
There are two Sub-60 clubs
START: Firmin Field. Total return run taking less than 60 min ('Real sub-60')
START: Prideaux Park. Run to the top in less than 60 min.
It was far more difficult to achieve membership of the first club. Here are some names of athletes who ran from Firmin Field. The author regrets not knowing the entire group and welcomes input from the public. This list displays the year of admission to the Club. The author would be interested in filling gaps and correcting errors fro earlier years. Please contact Craig McFarlane by email on mountain@maxnet.co.nz
Pictured on the right is the great Barry Prosser, winner of the King of the Mountain an unbeaten number of times. Barry is on the descent, a very technical stage of the event. Prevention of broken limbs requires a high degree of concentration! There appears to be a wound on his right leg, possibly due to an argument with a rock or a sharp protuding branch.
These athletes would actually run up whereas the main body of competitors would run to the mountain and then walk/jog, grabbing any tree roots or foliage to assist with the ascent. Some would go up one or two days before hand and leave paint spots or other signs where their secret turn-offs were in order to bypass runners up ahead! Word has it that a well known race organiser would leave a can of beer near the top, ready for rapid consumption before the descent.
Sub - 60 Database of known athletes as at 1st September 2005. Information is not yet available to the author. However, members would almost certainly have included Jim Chadwick, Mate Matich, Ted koia, Taipo Kajavala and Brian Stevenson. |
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| 1982 |
Peter Hancock, Roy McGregor |
| 1983 |
Craig Pattie, C Taberer, Alex MacKenzie, P Wallensteen, Rod Sanson |
| 1984 |
Peter Handcock, Malcom Taylor, Raymond Walker, Chris Ray, Bert Taana |
| 1985 |
Bruce Brooking, Winston Fleming, Kerry McCormick, Craig Pattie, Barry Prosser, Chris Tait, Malcom Taylor, James Walker, Raymond Walker, Steve Walker, Albert Waugh, Shane Webster, Shane Walker |
| 1986 |
Neil Jones, Ken Knott, Wayne Smith, Rod Taylor, Tony Webber, Winston Fleming, James Walker |
| 1987 |
Brett Waghorn, Ron Adams, Shane Arnott, Graham Barralet, Lyndsay Hope, Maureen Lawson, Ian Martin, Ian Sorrensen, Stephen Walker, Bruce Brooking |
| 1988 |
Jason Blight, Leith Chick, Gary Dick, William Doney, Roger Griffin, Steve Harpur, John Headford, Joe Heaver, Reg House, Rose Hyland, Ian Martin, Chris Ray, Ashley Windsor, Dave Wright, Ian Treloar, Campbell MacKinnon, Neil Jones, Tony Webber, Maureen Lawson, Ron Adams |
| 1989 |
Paul Dwyer, Lyndsay Fake, Stephen Hartley, Dara Johnston, Bill Kewish, Arthur Klapp, Ray Lichwark, Andrew Ross, Ronald Young, Martin Zink, Stewart Bell, William Doney, Leith Chick, Ian Treloar, Shane Arnott, Dave Wright, Ron Long, Ken Knott, Martin Zink |
| 1990 |
Craigh Gebert, Ross Hope, Brent Heighbour, Kerry Stewart, Michael Todd, Peter Charman, Graham Barralet, Rodger Griffin, Stewart Bell, Raymond Lightwark, Joe Heaver |
| 1991 |
Max Gawler, Andrew Wilson, Kerry Stewart |
| 1992 JUNE |
Andrew Ross, Brent Neighbour, Karl Martin, Mike Todd, Dave Chambers, Trevor Lockley |
| 1992 OCT |
Karl Martin, Dean Sisson, Christopher Morrissey, Brian Adams, Trevor Armstrong |
| 1993 |
Mathew Klauder, Simon Forster, Willow Lala'o, Neil Matich, Trevor Lockley |
| 1994 |
Darren Minchin, Stuart Lynch, Meagan Edhouse |
| 1995 |
Aaron Strong, Wayne Atkins, Mitchell Dean, Michael Aish, Hayden Prosser, Mathew Smith, Graeme Shaw, Liam Cole, Warwick Godfrey, Peter Novak, Colin Hurren, Meagan Edhouse |
| 1996 |
No new names |
| 1997 |
no new names |
| Gap |
1997 - 2003: races started from Prideaux Park |
| 2004 |
Michael Wakelin, Jim Robinson, Neil Labinsky, Rhys Brooking, Stephen Smith, Tony Smith, Ben Holland, Daniel Jones, Aaron Murrihy, James Gresham, Chris Morrisssey |
| 2005 |
Chris Morrissey, Daniel Jones, Sebastian Murrihy Barry Prosser,Aaron Murrihy, Neil Jones Gary Schwass, Kris Mortenson William Doney junior. |
| 2006 |
Chris Morrissey, Brad Smith, Daniel Jones, Neil Labinsky, Sjors Corporaal, Gary Schwass, Neil Jones |
| 2007 |
Chris Morrissey, Daniel Jones, Neil Labinsky, Sjors Corporaal, Mark Williams, Sam Clark, Gary Schwass, Grant Gilbert |
| 2008 |
Sjors Corporaal, Daniel Jones, Neil Labinsky, Shay Williamson, Sam Clark, Brendan Fenwick, Gary Schwass, Colin Earwaker |
| 2009 |
Chris Morrissey, Sjors Corporaal, Gary Clunie, Neil Labinsky, Dennis De Monchy, Shay Williamson, Sam Clark, Bradley Jones, Gary Schwass, Colin Earwaker, Barry Prosser |
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