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President Dick Griffin with Ian Montgomery, Will Slack and Fintan Parkinson
just let go down Boundary Hill” Some runners, myself points steadily over the 9
he said and without having included, might go into events, enough to add up to
to face the awful slog up the last race with a specific a winning total but not so
Fox Hill, the bane of most plan in mind, worked out many as to adversely affect
runners especially near the scientifically from data and of his handicap and so prevent
end of a race. He felt charged other rivals’ previous form. him from maintaining his
up. “This year... the people Will had a race plan but it position amongst the leading
around you in the points table who was reassuringly simple. “Just contenders. The points gained
are faster than you normally start start slowly and run the first half in each event ranged from 30
behind you... you run scared like a easy, then use the momentum and to 53 with an average of 41
rabbit.” He was looking out for downhill to build up pace and which over 9 events would
those runners placed directly run hard to the finish.” In the have been enough in most
behind him in the handicap end he ran ‘hard all the way years to win the Bennett cup
table, but ensured they would round the course’, and in and his 369 were just that.
not catch him. As it was his doing so secured for himself
19 point lead, very useful at his second Bennett Cup in six As to the statistics of the
this stage of proceedings, years. competition, 124 athletes
turned into a very respectable took part (95 men and
25 point winning margin, the So far as handicap awards 29 women with 405 total
best for a Bennet Cup winner in each race were concerned performances. The ages of
for seven years. he did not gain any this the runners ranged from the
year but accumulated his oldest 71 (Mike Richards)
