I wasn’t at the Shaw Baton this year but it seems that there
might have been a bit of an upset in the Seniors Men’s race with WHAC taking
out the honours for the first time in many years. Good on them for doing that because in the
sport of cross country running there is nothing better than competition.
So in terms of post race reporting the ANZ weekly newsletter
said this:
“Wellington Harriers
Senior Men won the Shaw Baton Relay for the first time since 1995 beating
current National Road Relay Champions Wellington Scottish. Scottish had won the
last 21 editions. Wellington and Scottish battled out the first two laps until
Wellington Harriers Captain Nathan Tse pulled clear of Scottish’s Rowan Hooper
on lap 3. Strong laps from Ryan McAlister and Tim Cornish made for an easy
penultimate lap for Evan Cooper who savoured the victory celebrating across the
line. Wellington Harriers Co-Captain Tim Cornish reported that the victory was
“a true team effort with two athletes choosing to fly across the country to
help break Scottish’s winning streak”. Scott Russell (Scottish) had the fastest
lap of 6:12. Wellington Harriers also took line honours in the Senior Women
(Andrea Peat, Alice Feslier-Holmes, Phoebe Munro, Sarah Drought), Masters Men
50+, Junior Men and Junior Women proving to be a successful afternoon. Sarah
Drought had the fastest women’s lap of 7:28.”
WHAC gave the event plenty of coverage on its Facebook page
and the Dom Post wrote a post race story with a picture of Nathan Tse.
Scottish didn’t say much and if you wanted any details you
had to go to the Sunday run. Not at my
age.
Anyway I have no photos of the historic 2017 event but I have posted part of the collection from the 2014 race which I have not previously published on the blog.
2014 Shaw Baton Photos
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
