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A smashing end to speedway season
Harriers pack run The Marlborough Harrier Club is holding a a pack/ training run or walk leaving from the clubrooms at 6pm on Thursday. Reflector gear is compulsory. Joggers and walkers regardless of ability are welcome. On Saturday there is a pack run/walk from Linda’s house on Taylor Pass Road at 2pm, a
good cross country excursion. Linda’s house is located on the left hand side just before the first bridge after the Taylor Dam, approximately 7km from Wither Road. Look for the ‘Harriers’ sign. Everyone is welcome to participate and there is a children’s run organised. Don’t forget to bring a plate to share for afternoon tea.
Nelson stockcar driver Troy Currie charges Blenheim driver Taylor Forbes and shoves him into the wall, ripping off a wheel and putting him out of the race. SpeedNut Photography.
competition between Nelson and Blenheim. Scott Alexander took pole position in the first race and held the lead to win. In the second race Nelson pushed back with Josh Nell (87N) taking the second win. In the final race 11 stockcars took to the field, minus the damaged Taylor Forbes who was taken into the wall by a Nelson rival. However Scott Alexander pushed through and again took the win for the final race. The award for best stirrers would have to go to the streetstocks for their crushing display on the track. Noth-
ing was held back as they smashed and crashed their way through the afternoon, delighting the crowd with their efforts. The saloons also put on a good field with Rob Flood taking a chequered flag. Their races were finished with a run off between the two Robs, Rob Flood and Robert Lee. And finally, just to top off an afternoon of hard hits, the stockcar soccer proved to be the highlight of the meeting, a fun race which was won by local Dallas Reeve.
Success for ocean swimmers By Bill McElhinney Blenheim ocean swimmers did well when the Interislander Big Tahuna Ocean Swim made its debut at Tahunanui Beach recently. Replacing the Christchurch Crown event as the South Island stop in the seven-leg national Banana Boat Ocean Swim Series, this year’s inaugural event attracted more than 540 competitors from the Nelson Tasman region and around the country. “Entries were down a bit,” Blenheim swimmer Pete Colbert says. “These events usually attract between 600-700 swimmers.” Four scheduled races were held in calm conditions in Tasman Bay - the 3km ‘I’m Going Long’
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swim, a 500m or 1000m option and a 200m kids swim. In the 3km swim Blenheim swimmers Jodie Lovell sand Phil Jeffs finished first and second respectively, with Peter Colbert taking third place and other Blenheim swimmers John Scobie, Koos Van Spaden, Jude Bishell and Almuth Waechter finishing well. In the 1km race Blenheim father and son Martyn and Jacob Crossley competed, with Jacob beating his dad and winning gold in his age group. Jessica and Nicola Lovell competed in the 200m Ocean Kids event, with Jessica’s effort winning her a place in the New Zealand junior swim squad.
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By Celeste Alexander There were plenty of hits, crashes and triumphs at Eastern States Speedway’s final race meeting held on Saturday. The club held it’s Harvest Nationals which drew a good number of cars in each of the classes and it was evident that the drivers were not holding back as they finished the season with a bang - literally! Christchurch, Nelson and Greymouth drivers turned out for the meeting, keen to jostle with the local drivers and making it great entertainment for the crowd. All of the classes hit the track hungry for some action. The ministocks were chomping at the bit to out run one another, bumper to bumper. They must have been keen to finish on a high or the adrenaline had taken over because there was certainly some minor contact between the eager drivers. ESS also put on a field of five modifieds, with four out of town drivers challenging local Scott Valk. Scott led much of the second race and took the flag, but by the final race the field had reduced to three where Scott quickly set out to move from third to second, which he comfortably held. In the stock cars there was a clear
Wednesday April 18, 2018