2006 Bellarine 'Rebel Sport' Four Bridges Fun Run
by Cathryn Hoare

A record field turned out for the annual Bellarine Athletics Inc 4 Bridges Fun Run, sponsored by Rebel Sport. The race was held over a scenic 5km course around the Barwon River trails, starting and finishing from the Fyansford Common. The race derives its name from the four bridges crossed during the event, including the Queens Park bridge.

At the start, the large field found a few people examining the carpark gravel a little more closely than they would have liked, but they were able to continue their race. Wesley Benson led the field home to win the Open Men division. Next over the line was the Veteran Men winner Charles El-Hage. Jo King led in the Open Women, with Fiona MacDonald winning the Veteran Women.

In the junior section, Ryan Smith beat most of the older open and veteran competitors to claim the boys race. Mikaila Hawken won the junior girls. Each division winner went home with a voucher generously donated by Rebel Sport. Several spot prizes were up for grabs, including vouchers for Rebel Sport and massage by Darren McQueen.

Under 16 girls
1 Mikaila Hawken 25.06, 2 Samantha May 26.19, 3 Caroline Watson 26.54, 4 Stephanie Simpson 28.47, 5 Tayla Robertson 29.39, 6 Madeline Anderson 33.50, 7 Olivia Kol 39.38, 8 Bethany Shine 39.50, 9 Oaklee Brereton 40.10, 10 Kayla Abbott 40.13

Under 16 Boys
1 Ryan Smith 19.16, 2 Tim Carroll 22.02, 3 Adrian Kol 23.43, 4 Christopher Kiroff 24.16, 5 Eben Toyne 26.32, 6 Jonathan Abbott 26.40, 7 Mackenzie Shine 33.00

Open Women
1 Jo King 18.30, 2 Brittany Wood 19.02, 3 Cathryn Hoare 21.15, 4 Belinda Hateley 22.04, 5 Roslyn Rowles 23.09, 6 Carolyn Hall 23.12, 7 Cinda Gomes 23.44, 8 Karen Rhodes 23.56, 9 Jennifer Simpson 24.57, 10 Brooke Murphy 25.00, 11 Caroline Wortley 25.01, 12 Hollie Schuster 25.45, 13 Chloe Cunningham 26.37, 14 Leesa Downes 28.42, 15 Bianca Grainger 28.54, 16 Kylie Hayles 29.01, 17 Carolyn Farnell 29.10, 18 Amanda May 30.05, 19 Georgia Giblin 30.24, 20 Sofie Grgurevic 30.30, 21 Lynne Robinson 30.33, 22 Liz Moore 31.55, 23 Kristy McCallum 31.57, 24 Caitlin Condie 31.58, 25 Kelly Smith 33.01, 26 Mardi Falconer 33.07, 27 Alison Anderson 33.50, 28 Tanya Yakolev 34.37, 29 Kylie Abbott 40.12

Open Men
1 Wesley Benson 16.15, 2 Chris Palermo 17.14, 3 Matthew Williams 17.50, 4 Kevin Hoare 18.06, 5 Steven Kangars 18.16, 6 Daniel Garcia 18.18, 7 Craig Bone 18.39, 8 Andrew McCarthur 18.56, 9 Jason Farnell 19.08, 10 Fletcher Kestle 19.30, 11 Anthony Palermo 19.48, 12 Adam Ryan 19.49, 13 Mark Ryan 20.20, 14 Andrew Robertson 20.39, 15 Paul Shepherd 20.55, 16 Robert Saxon 21.27, 17 Steven Paul 21.36, 18 David Kos 21.39, 19 Craig Porte 23.13, 20 Stuart Barrow 23.27, 21 Andrew Downes 25.14, 22 Trevor Abbott 26.38, 23 Ben Smith 31.39, 24 David Moore 31.52, 25 Andrew Jones 31.58, 26 Jacob McCallum 33.45