It was a cold start to the Glen Innes Athletics Gala Carnival on November 8 with more than 60 athletes aged from 5 to 70 competing throughout the day.
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Thirteen Gala day records were broken with eight of those by Glen Innes athletes.
Under 6 Cooper Peterson from Armidale for discus.
Under 15 Kealia Hope from Glen Innes with discus and hammer throw.
Under 17 Nick Alley from Glen Innes with javelin and triple jump.
Seniors Lisa McDonald from Glen Innes for shot put.
In the masters 30+ Jeremy Newberry from GI for high jump, Rodney Watson from Wagoolga for hammer and weight, Ian Hope from Glen Innes for javelin and Wendy Petersen from Armidale with discus and high jump.
Masters 50+ Neville McIntyre from Glen Innes for shot put.
There was plenty of activities happening on the oval right through from track: hurdles, high jump, javelin and field: shot put, discus, long jump.
One of the highlights of the day was the Champion of Champions race, which is a handicap 100m sprint.
Fastest from each age group is selected and handicapped according to previous 100m final time.
This year’s winners were Kolby Martin, Ellie Mitchel, Jeremy Newberry and Wendy Peterson.
The club had a raffle on the day sponsored by local businesses and they would like to thank everyone involved on the day from the canteen staff to the travellers and of course the sponsors.
Money raised from the raffle was donated to Georgie Webster for her upcoming trip to Canberra to compete at Nationals Championships.