Dorne Cup

The five-mile [unclear: Dorne] Cup run at [unclear: Silverstream], provided a thrilling tussle between Olympic, Varsity, Masterton and Scottish. The course is a real cross-country test, and includes running through muddy patches, streams and along a cobble-stone road and in the course of two laps about 30 fences have to be negotiated. The first ten men home for any club constitutes that club's team and the Importance of team work is clearly obvious.

This year's race was run under very cold conditions and resulted in Varsity being narrowly defeated by Olympic with Masterton third and Scottish fourth. As the race progressed the Varsity team resolved itself into two separate bunches, Gow, Hawke and Gilberd being near to the leaders throughout and a second bunch some way back. At the finish Tony Gow was in 10th place, followed by Clem Hawke in 11th and Dick Gilberd in 13th place. Mike Brown (23rd) finished just ahead of Tim Beaglehole, John Holden. Ian Sussex, Rod Orange and John Ryan. John Riseborough our tenth man finished in about 40th position.

In the final analysis Varsity was headed by Olympic by 6 points. Graeme Stevens or Mike Truebridge would have tipped the scales in our favour if they had been available but on the day Olympic fully justified their win and we congratulate them on their long awaited success. This was the first win in the Dorne Cup in 27 years.