16 June Shakedown Cross Country June 16, 2020 By Pam Fraser Sport Canterbury Athletics held their first cross country event since lockdown, the Shakedown Cross Country, at Ascot Park. The North Canterbury Athletics club had six runners competing, and they all achieved top 10 finishes. The youngest was Alice Barnes, competing in the U14 girls 3.5km event, where she finished 4th. The best finish went to Jo Ramsay, who won the W40 5km event. John Marshall also picked up a podium finish, with second in the M50 5km race. Paul Brouwers was 7th in the M40, Haven Drinnan, 9th in the U18 women’s category, and Nathan Neale, 10th in the men’s U20. Related Articles Represent your Country! We can all represent our country The current lockdown situation is giving us a sporting chance to beat this virus. Despite the disappointment of seasons remaining unfinished, or not even beginning, we all know this situation is one that needs to be won, and if we all work as a team, we can do it. The effects are far and wide. Professional sports are on hold, the Olympics delayed. The level of training and preparedness for ... Hawke Cup home for the winter The Canterbury Country cricket team were aiming to tuck the Hawke Cup away for the winter, after capturing it from Hamilton, when they met Otago Country at Mainpower Oval over the weekend. Otago Country won the toss and elected to bat, however morning dew delayed the start to the match. Once underway, Otago Country put on 228/7, with Steve Hobson reaching 93 not out. Shannan Stewart was the pick of the Canterbury Country bowlers taking ... Top Primary Runners The North Canterbury Primary Schools Cross Country event was held at the A&P Showgrounds in Rangiora this week. The event was run by the North Canterbury Sport and Recreation Trust, with 200 students running in two zones, Pegasus and Rakahuri. The top six in each zone are eligible to represent at the Canterbury Cross Country event at Halswell Quarry in August. The top runners in each year group were George Thorp (Year 5 boys), Maddie ... Advice for Campers at Level 4 There are still a large number of visitors travelling in self-contained vehicles around the country. Please be mindful that many of these visitors have been here for a long time and came here to work and live. It will be a stressful time for them too. What advice do you have for travellers in self contained vehicles? We are encouraging visitors in self-contained vehicles to stay at a commercial camping site if available. They will need to ... Waimakariri Emergency Operations Centre Activated The State of National Emergency has been extended across the country and in response, the Waimakariri District Council has activated its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). Preparations to activate the centre have been taking place since the State of National Emergency was initially declared but as we move into the second week of the level 4 alert the decision has been made to activate in response to local need for additional welfare services. While the council is ... Ramsay Repeats A small group of North Canterbury Cross Country runners competed in the Andrew Reese Memorial race at Ascot Green in the weekend. Following on from her win in the first race of the season, Jo Ramsay found the top of the podium again, winning the W40 5km event in a time of 21:57. Not far off a podium win was Alice Barnes, who finished 2nd in the girls U14 3.5 km event, and John ...