The Bays 5k Turkey Trot, Bays Relay, 12 August 2006

The Bays Turkey Trot

By Bart Jones

A field of 26 contested the 2006 Bays Turkey Trot.  For those not in the know, a Turkey Trot is an event in which the winner is the person who completes the race as close as possible to the time they nominate before the race starts (no watches may be worn). The race is over a measured 5k course from Island Bay to Lyall Bay .  This year's winner was Brendon McCauley from the Wainuiomata Club who asked Geoff Henry what time he should put down – Geoff suggested 35.30 and Brendon walked 35.30. Runner-up was Liz Tomlinson from Olympic who was just four seconds off her nominated time, 3rd was Margaret Bray from Scottish (six seconds out) and 4th Peter Baillie (seven seconds astray).  Furthest off nominated time was John Hines (Scottish) whose optimism was undermined by a bout of the flu last week.

First across the line was Peter Baillie (Scottish), who cut out the 5k in 28:52, a smart time, given the wind.  Second home was Richard Willis (Valleys) in 32:59, and the battle for 3rd and 4th between Sevana Minassian (Victoria - 33:33) and Diane Isherwood (Wainuiomata – 33:32) had to be seen to be believed, but Diane’s strength saw her cross the line just in front.  Fifth competitor home (and the only junior) was WHAC’s Alison Samson in 34:44.

Pace judgement was generally very good – the range was from exactly on to 8:44 off, with an average of 1:34.  The median variation was just over a minute.

Name

 

Club

Est Time

Actual time

Variation

Place

Race place

Peter

Baillie

Scottish

28.45

28.52

+0.07

4

1

Richard

Willis

Valleys

34.00

32.59

-1.01

13

2

Diane

Isherwood

Wainui

32.55

33.32

+0.23

8

3

Sevana

Minassian

Victoria

38.30

33.33

-4.27

25

4

Alison

Samson

WHAC

32.30

34.44

+2.14

20

5

Melissa

Carr

Olympic

38.00

35.22

-2.38

22

6

Brendon

McCauley

Wainui

35.30

35.30

0.00

1

7

Bart

Jones

Scottish

37.52

35.31

-2.21

21

8

David

Lonsdale

Scottish

36.00

35.43

-0.17

7

9

Simon

Reynolds

Scottish

36.15

36.03

-0.12

6

10

Murray

Gowans

Scottish

35.50

36.19

+0.29

9

11

Carol

Briessman

Olympic

37.00

36.20

-0.40

11

12

Liz

Tomlinson

Olympic

36.25

36.21

-0.04

2

13

Robbie

Hannan

Wainui

35.20

36.54

+1.34

18

14

Michael

Bott

Olympic

35.00

38.16

+3.16

23

15

Peter

Tearle

Scottish

38.00

39.24

+1.24

16

16

John

Leonard

Scottish

39.00

40.08

+1.08

14

17

Paula

Binkhorst

Olympic

39.30

40.58

+1.28

17

18

Daphne

Jones

WFH

39.00

41.22

+1.22

15

19

Margaret

Bray

Scottish

41.35

41.41

+0.06

3

20

Miles

Cloverdale

Olympic

40.00

41.44

+1.44

19

21

Colleen

Singleton

Olympic

41.00

41.47

+0.47

12

22

Mick

Rice

Scottish

38.00

41.48

+3.48

24

23

Linda

Cameron

Scottish

42.30

41.57

-0.33

10

24

Neville

Isherwood

Valleys

43.59

44.08

+0.09

5

25

John

Hines

Scottish

38.00

46.44

+8.44

26

26

The Bays Relay

Scottish was first in the senior men (but only three seconds ahead of the Scottish junior men), M19, women, senior women, masters women, and third in the masters men and W19 grades. We had 24 teams of five each competing. A strong north-westerly put the acid on some runners. 

The big races were between the Scottish men's A and the junior men's A teams (Rees catching them in the last few hundred metres), between the P-teams (men's 3, 4, and 5), between the master's men (Scottish teams 3 and 4).  Judging from the way places changed through the race, there were some good battles for some teams.

Lap distances are 4.77k, 4.63k, 4.81k, 3.86k, and 4.00k..

This was the first of three road running relays: the other two are the Belvedere Block Relay near Carterton (3x 7k loops) on 16 September and then the BIG ONE, the National Road Relay Championships, in Feilding on 7 October.


Photos by Chris Hare show Rees Buck, Anne Hare and Matthew Thomas

Scottish results

Number  Name Place Time Lapsed  Ave min/k
Women 19         
Scottish A (W13)  
Lap1  Ariana Harper  4 0:21:36 0:21:36 4:32
 
Lap2  Ariana Blackwood  2 0:19:18 0:40:54 4:10
 
Lap3  Anna Bergin  3 0:22:11 1:03:05 4:37
 
Lap4  Tegan Weston  3 0:18:36 1:21:41 4:49
 
Lap5 Jemma Holborrow 3 0:16:01 1:37:42 4:00
 
Women           
Scottish 1   
Lap1  Lotty Baldrey  1 0:18:40 0:18:40 3:55
 
Lap2  Sally Anderson  1 0:17:24 0:36:04 3:45
 
Lap3  Melissa Moon  1 0:16:58 0:53:02 3:32
 
Lap4  Helen Anderson  1 0:14:35 1:07:37 3:47
 
Lap5 Suzanne Cookson 1 0:15:03 1:22:40 3:46
 
Scottish 2   
Lap1  Natalie Smith  4 0:19:47 0:19:47 4:09
 
Lap2  Rebecca Grainger  3 0:17:52 0:37:39 3:52
 
Lap3  Kendal Morgan-Marshall  2 0:19:51 0:57:30 4:08
 
Lap4  Aubrey Begley  2 0:16:10 1:13:40 4:11
 
Lap5 Alice Wilson 2 0:14:51 1:28:31 3:43
 
Scottish 4   
Lap1  Florence Reynolds  3 0:19:38 0:19:38 4:07
 
Lap2  Claire Hodge  6 0:21:32 0:41:10 4:39
 
Lap3  Della Laird  5 0:25:40 1:06:50 5:20
 
Lap4  Joanne Kwok  6 0:20:15 1:27:05 5:15
 
Lap5 Rebecca O'Donnell 5 0:16:50 1:43:55 4:13
 
Scottish 3   
Lap1  Nicola Prendergast  6 0:20:09 0:20:09 4:13
 
Lap2  Stephanie Anderson  5 0:20:53 0:41:02 4:31
 
Lap3  Belinda Wofford  6 0:27:01 1:08:03 5:37
 
Lap4  Karen Stevens  7 0:19:16 1:27:19 4:59
 
Lap5 Stephanie Anderson 7 0:17:34 1:44:53 4:24
 
Scottish 5   
Lap1  Laura Adams  9 0:23:43 0:23:43 4:58
 
Lap2  Suzy Kilpatrick  9 0:24:26 0:48:09 5:17
 
Lap3  Karyn McLean  8 0:21:11 1:09:20 4:24
 
Lap4  Keren Dravitzki  8 0:18:12 1:27:32 4:43
 
Lap5 Casey X (Capital Harriers) 8 0:19:51 1:47:23 4:58
 
Women 35        
Scottish 1   
Lap1  Helen Willis  1 0:20:10 0:20:10 4:14
Lap2  Anne Hare  1 0:16:54* 0:37:04 3:39
*Record??
Lap3  Betty Harp  1 0:21:20 0:58:24 4:26
Lap4  Pam Graham  1 0:16:42 1:15:06 4:20
Lap5 Robyn Stansfield 1 0:17:04 1:32:10 4:16
 
Scottish 3   
Lap1  Bev Hodge  2 0:21:31 0:21:31 4:31
Lap2  Robyne Blackford  2 0:21:38 0:43:09 4:40
Lap3  Brenda Burke  2 0:25:02 1:08:11 5:12
Lap4  Diane Morgan  2 0:18:13 1:26:24 4:43
Lap5 Rowena McGavin 2 0:17:56 1:44:20 4:29
 
Scottish 2   
Lap1  Nicki McLeod  3 0:22:17 0:22:17 4:40
Lap2  Susanne Lake  3 0:22:55 0:45:12 4:57
Lap3  Maryanne Palmer  3 0:25:28 1:10:40 5:18
Lap4  Jenny Meyer  3 0:18:00 1:28:40 4:40
Lap5 Christine Jones 3 0:19:00 1:47:40 4:45
 
Senior Men         
Scottish 1   
Lap1  Scott Ferguson  2 0:15:17 0:15:17 3:12
Lap2  Ben Revell  2 0:14:59 0:30:16 3:14
Lap3  Ben Christophers  2 0:16:31 0:46:47 3:26
Lap4  Angus Jennings  2 0:12:51 0:59:38 3:20
Lap5 Rees Buck 1 0:12:04 1:11:42 3:01
 
Scottish 2   
Lap1  Stephen Day  4 0:16:20 0:16:20 3:25
Lap2  Matthew Thomas  4 0:15:50 0:32:10 3:25
Lap3  Richard Parks  7 0:21:50 0:54:00 4:32
Lap4  Rohan Biggs  5 0:13:49 1:07:49 3:35
Lap5 Tim Hawkes 4 0:14:01 1:21:50 3:30
 
Scottish 4   
Lap1  Vaile Mexted  6 0:16:47 0:16:47 3:31
Lap2  Matyas James  6 0:17:08 0:33:55 3:42
Lap3  Karl Woodhead  4 0:18:29 0:52:24 3:51
Lap4  Paul Brydges  6 0:15:40 1:08:04 4:04
Lap5 Jim Kerr 6 0:16:07 1:24:11 4:02
Scottish 5  
Lap1  Dean Madsen  9 0:17:56 0:17:56 3:46
Lap2  Bruce Lake  9 0:17:22 0:35:18 3:45
Lap3  Edwin Massey  6 0:18:32 0:53:50 3:51
Lap4  Api Williams  7 0:15:10 1:09:00 3:56
Lap5 Glen Wallis 7 0:15:32 1:24:32 3:53
 
Scottish 3   
Lap1  Peter Kelly  5 0:16:40 0:16:40 3:30
Lap2  Evan Gestro  5 0:16:40 0:33:20 3:36
Lap3  Rob Hanratty  5 0:19:19 0:52:39 4:01
Lap4  Stuart Beresford  4 0:15:03 1:07:42 3:54
Lap5 Craig Crestani 9 0:17:40 1:25:22 4:25
 
Men 19          
Scottish 1   
Lap1  Daniel Willis  1 0:15:09 0:15:09 3:11
Lap2  Stefan Smith  1 0:14:57 0:30:06 3:14
Lap3  Timothy Hodge  1 0:15:23 0:45:29 3:12
Lap4  Cameron Goldsmid  1 0:13:03 0:58:32 3:23
Lap5 David Reynolds 1 0:13:13 1:11:45 3:18
 
Scottish 2   
Lap1  Gary Murott  6 0:17:34 0:17:34 3:41
Lap2  Nico Labbé 5 0:16:44 0:34:18 3:37
Lap3  Nathan Bramley  5 0:18:35 0:52:53 3:52
Lap4  Matt Johnson  6 0:15:45 1:08:38 4:05
Lap5 Caleb Milne 5 0:14:28 1:23:06 3:37
 
Scottish D  
Lap1  Matt Jackson  4 0:17:23 0:17:23 3:39
Lap2  Sam Hughes  8 0:17:38 0:35:01 3:49
Lap3  Sam Argue  7 0:18:53 0:53:54 3:56
Lap4  Nico Labbe  8 0:15:54 1:09:48 4:07
Lap5 Hector Farmer 6 0:14:57 1:24:45 3:44
 
Scottish 3  
Lap1  Ethan Lankshear  8 0:17:54 0:17:54 3:45
Lap2  Hector Farmer  7 0:17:06 0:35:00 3:42
Lap3  Malcolm Hodge  6 0:18:39 0:53:39 3:53
Lap4  Jeremy McLeod  7 0:15:04 1:08:43 3:54
Lap5 Roland Bewick 7 0:16:37 1:25:20 4:09
 
Men 40          
Scottish 1   
Lap1  Phil Sadgrove  1 0:16:22 0:16:22 3:26
Lap2  Peter Wrigley  2 0:17:25 0:33:47 3:46
Lap3  David Colquhoun  4 0:18:45 0:52:32 3:54
Lap4  Richard Brent  2 0:14:01 1:06:33 3:38
Lap5 Des Young 3 0:14:18 1:20:51 3:35
 
Scottish 2  
Lap1  Phil Bergin  6 0:18:40 0:18:40 3:55
Lap2  Chris Harp  5 0:17:43 0:36:23 3:50
Lap3  Conal McKenna  5 0:19:45 0:56:08 4:06
Lap4  Dave Hatfield  5 0:14:11 1:10:19 3:40
Lap5 Martyn Reynolds 5 0:15:14 1:25:33 3:49
 
Scottish 3  
Lap1  Ross Lake  11 0:20:18 0:20:18 4:15
Lap2  Rupert Watson  9 0:19:49 0:40:07 4:17
Lap3  Bob Stephens  9 0:20:58 1:01:05 4:22
Lap4  Steve Plowman  7 0:15:10 1:16:15 3:56
Lap5 Jonathon Harper 8 0:16:37 1:32:52 4:09
 
Scottish 4  
Lap1  Richard Sweetman  10 0:20:14 0:20:14 4:15
Lap2  Roy Glass  8 0:19:06 0:39:20 4:08
Lap3  Ken Howell  8 0:21:08 1:00:28 4:24
Lap4  Paul Rodway  9 0:17:12 1:17:40 4:27
Lap5 Peter McLeod 9 0:17:33 1:35:13 4:23
 
Scottish E  
Lap1  Adrian Shields  8 0:19:52 0:19:52 4:10
Lap2  Phil Valentine  12 0:24:27 0:44:19 5:17
Lap3  Mark Meyer  12 0:24:52 1:09:11 5:10
Lap4  Roger Shelton  12 0:18:28 1:27:39 4:47
Lap5 John Skinnon 12 0:15:53 1:43:32 3:58
 
Composite          
Scottish Mixed B   
Lap1  Troy Meyer  5 0:22:29 0:22:29 4:43
Lap2  Miracle Haywood  2 0:18:14 0:40:43 3:56
Lap3  Keegan McLeod  2 0:21:57 1:02:40 4:34
Lap4  Ellen McAnulty  2 0:17:28 1:20:08 4:32
Lap5 Jonathan Beresford 2 0:17:31 1:37:39 4:23

Full results (WHAC) | Bays Relay 2005

Wellington Scottish Athletics Club, PO Box 6239, Te Aro, Wellington 

Clubhouse, Prince of Wales Park (map), Salisbury Terrace, Mt Cook   

Tell us your race results. Any suggestions for the website? Feedback