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Special credit must go to Mark Searle, president of Feilding Athletics, for helping establish the new club. ♦ This weekend a number of Manawatū athletes are travelling to Taupō to compete in the North Island cross-country championships. The central location is a popular venue for athletes from all points of the North Island to converge and compete, with the added attraction of a recovery session in one of the nearby hot thermal pools adding to the appeal. ♦ The dates for this year’s...

Taylor, the New Zealand junior pentathlon champion, is attending Massey University and is a welcome addition to the club scene. The men’s long jump was a close competition, with Forbes Kennedy winning with his 6.77m effort, 2cm better than Angus Lyver’s 6.75m. Kennedy was unfortunate the fluctuating wind meant his best effort recorded a following wind reading of 2.6m per second, so was not eligible to be recognised in the national rankings. Lyver’s best had a following wind of 1.9m pe...