Australia Day Fun Run
The Australia Day Fun Run is held each Australia Day in around park Beach. Runners can choose from a 2km, 5km and 10km course on a mixture of sand, grass and path conditions. The Coffs Harbour Surf Club is proud to conduct this event in the spirit of family fun and participation. The club appreciates the support of the Coffs Coast Advocate in organising the event.
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Oz Day Fun Run winners (Article From Coffs Coast Advocate)
Greg White | 27th January 2010
(Neil Charles organising the runners for the Surf Club fun run. (Photo:Bruce Thomas)
Distance runners Joel Harrigan and Melissa Bulloch remain undefeated race champions after going back-to-back in the 10km long-course Australia Day Fun Run around the Coffs Jetty Foreshores.
Both were respectively first male and female home in 2009’s inaugural staging and repeated the dose yesterday, with Harrigan crossing the line first in a time of 40 minutes and 20 seconds.
Brother-sister act Richard and Nicole Pearson claimed victory in the 5km run while Greg Robson (male) and Romney Seemann (female) stormed home in the 2km division.
Staged by Coffs Harbour Surf Life Saving Club, president Terry Maher predicted heat wave conditions may force the start time back an hour next year.
“The long run will almost certainly go off at 8am,” he said.
“Numbers were up overall but dropped off in the longer race with more concentrating on the shorter events.
“Humidity is a problem for all but the really dedicated specialise in the long race.”
