With trophies up for grabs at the 2010 Westerfolds Park 5km & 10km Road events, a good-sized field of 18 Valley athletes (12 men and 6 women) lined up ready to battle for the loot. By the end of the two races the hardy runners agreed that the battle had not been with each other as much as the nasty slopes of Westerfolds Park carefully chosen by our course designer, David Armstrong, and the strong winds that made life even more difficult.
Philip Champion led the 10km event from start to finish and crossed the line in 36:54. Ben Norman was second in 38:02 and Antony Milovac was third over the line in 38:49.
Kerryn Walshe was first home in the Open Women's 10km in 52:12, closely followed in by Rowena Dainton in a time of 52:33.
In the Junior 5km, Josip Milovac took out the Men's event in a time of 19:55. Sarah Leeming won the Junior Women's 5km event in 23:50.
Ben Norman and Josip Milovac won the two main Handicap awards conducted by the club.
Rodney Mothersole, whose first 5km and second 5km varied by a mere two seconds won the club's Metronome Award. Gary Hammett and Nick Saunders, whose differential between the two laps, varied by 6 and 7 seconds respectively must feel hard done by as they might have won the Golden Metronome any other year. Our own human metronome, Robin Broberg, got his usual negative split horribly wrong with a differential of a whopping 15 seconds! Should the race stewards be conducting an inquiry?
Kerryn Walshe took the scenic route on the second lap but still managed to find her way back to the finish line from the right direction.
Thanks to Max for article and time-keeping, David for organising course, Linda for trophies and Courtney for photos and cheer-leading.
Photo Gallery5km
1st Male: Josip Milovac
1st Female: Sarah Leeming
Closest to handicap: Josip Milovac
Best to handicap: Matab Nouh
Worst to Handicap: Josip Milovac
10km
1st Male: Phil Champion
1st Female: Kerryn Walshe
Closest to handicap: Ben Norman
Best to handicap: Rodney Mothersole
Worst to handicap: Nick Saunders
Metronome Award: Rodney Mothersole
Unofficial
Burke & Wills (for getting lost): Kerryn Walshe
Results
5km
| Fin Time | Hcp Time | Difference | |
| Josip Milovac | 19:55 | 19:58 | -0:03 |
| Sarah Leeming | 23:50 | 24:27 | -1:37 |
| Matab Nouh | 25:48 | 28:35 | -2:47 |
| Rob Wendel** | 19:50 | n/a | n/a |
| Chris West** | 21:45 | n/a | n/a |
| Rosie Morgan** | 25:48 | n/a | n/a |
| Angie Wilde** | 25:21 | n/a | n/a |
10km
| Fin Time | Lap Splits | Hcp Time | Difference | |
| Phil Champion | 36:54 | 17:58 / 18:56 | 37:27 | -0:33 |
| Ben Norman | 38:02 | 18:38 / 19:24 | 38:11 | -0:09 |
| Antony Milovac | 38:49 | 18:34 / 20:15 | 40:00 | -1:11 |
| Didier Martin | 39:44 | 19:43 / 20:01 | 40:34 | -0:50 |
| Rodney Mothersole | 41:32 | 20:47 / 20:45 | 42:57 | -1:25 |
| Gary Hammett | 41:44 | 20:55 / 20:49 | 43:00 | -1:16 |
| Robin Broberg | 42:21 | 21:18 / 21:03 | 42:30 | -0:09(dq##) |
| Mick Bole | 44:27 | 21:54 / 22:33 | 41:00 | +3:27 |
| Nick Saunders | 46:15 | 23:04 / 23:11 | 42:30 | +3:45 |
| Kerryn Walshe | 52:12 | 24:16 / 27:56 | 50:57 | +1:15 |
| Rowena Dainton | 52:33 | 25:28 / 27:05 | 52:52 | -0:19 |
(** denotes Open Age running in junior race)
(## handicapper disqualified for insider knowledge