20 Mile Gold Cup

This race run over a cross country road course at Trentham consists of four 5 mile laps. The conditions this year were atrocious with a cold wind blowing and muddy patches on the cross country section over three feet deep in parts.

The Vic runners to a large degree found the conditions very taxing. Ian Hunt, Tony Woolhouse and Eric Cairns being forced to withdraw at the 15 mile mark.

However, veterans Jim Callaghan and Roger Clark, plus Phil Williams and Martin Fisher managed to see out the distance and finish this exhausting race which was the last of the harrier season.

—Ian Stockwell.