YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER |March 2019 | No.202
THE COATESVILLE CHRONICLE Email coatesvillechronicle@gmail.com | ph 021 724 001 | online coatesvillechronicle.com
From left: Alex De Beer, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Jackon and Matthew Peach
Awesome Foursome
C
oatesville turned on a perfect morning for the annual Mizuno Coatesville Half Marathon hosted by Running Events. The race which includes a 21km run, 8km run and walk, and 4km race as well as a kids' 2km, is the most scenic of the Running Events summer series but is also the most uphill course. Even so, it proved more popular than ever with 1856 people signing up this year. In fact, so many people wanted to participate that organisers reached capacity and had to stop selling entries on Friday, 8 February, two days before the race. The group of four above started the 21km race at 7.30am on race day and roughly one hour and a quarter later, crossed the finish line. First place went to Jonathan
0272 984 000
Jackson, an elite club runner from Auckland City Athletics who had competed in a 1500m race the night before. This was his first time in the Coatesville event which he literally took in his stride. His time of 1:13:31 shaved more that four minutes off last year's first place winner. Second home was Mark Paterson, a regular in the event. Mark crossed the line at 1:18:07. Third home and youngest of the four was Alex De Beer with a time of 1:19:55 while fourth place went to another regular Coatesville Half Marathon runner, Matthew Peach, in 1:20:00. Running Events are already planning next year's event which is tentatively scheduled to take place on Sunday, 9 February. More photos on pages 6 and 7.
PROUDLY SPONSORS THE COATESVILLE CHRONICLE
MARCH CONTENTS March news Glam at the polo New year for FOTS Half Marathon Heading to HOY Antarctic adventurers Scouts out & about Speed limit review Fire facts Classifieds Do you stand out?
3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 14 15 16