Written by Marsha Ebanks
- Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 07:08
The 2010 Cross Island Road Relay was held on February 7th, organised by the Hash House Harriers and sponsored by Fidelity. This was the 36th year of the race which is believed to be the longest continually held race on the island.
Scott Brittain ran the fastest leg for the men (Leg 2 in 0:21:52) and Beth Schreader ran the fastest leg for the women (Leg 2 in 0:25:04).
Overall team winners this year were Oceans 12 Beauties with a total time of 2:28:48.
Fastest Leg Times were as follows:
Full 2010 Results and Photos at CaymanHash.com
Fidelity Bank (Cayman) Limited is proud to announce that the company will be sponsoring the 36th Annual Cross Island Relay, set to take place on Sunday 7th, February 2010.
Organized by the
Hash House Harriers running club, the Cross Island Relay, has become one of Cayman’s most popular annual sporting events and is one of the largest participation sporting occasions on the island. Drawing record numbers with 52 relay teams and over three hundred runners in 2009, its success is only expected to grow in 2010. Participants of all abilities and from all walks of life converge to hit the streets together for the event - local athletes, social runners, school children and pram pushers alike.
The event was originally founded by public high school PE teacher Winston Skinner in 1975. Since the discontinuation of the race by John Gray High School the Hash has taken over the tradition of organizing the relay.
The event consists of six member relay teams with the first leg beginning in Gun Bay and the last leg finishing at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. The race begins at 6am sharp on the Sunday 7th. Registration and race packet pick-up are scheduled for the day before from noon until 4pm on Saturday, January6th at Camana Bay.
“Fidelity supports and promotes a healthy lifestyle and a health conscious community and thus once again we are proud to partner with the Hash House Harriers for the Cross Island Relay,” notes Tom Gammage, VP and Regional Marketing Manager, Fidelity Cayman Limited. “Any excess funds collected by Hash are donated to charity and so we look forward to seeing serious – and not so serious – runners sign up for this worthy cause!”
The Hash House Harriers is a global non-competitive running and social club which originated in Kuala Lumpur in 1938. The club currently has 1,879 hash groups registered in the world directory, with locations in 1,223 cities in 183 countries.
Fidelity is an active participant in the community it serves and the spirit of philanthropy is embedded in the company’s corporate culture.
The 2009 Cross Island Road Relay
Sunday Febuary 1st saw the largest ever turn-out for the 35th annual Cross Island Road Relay. A total of 52 relay teams covered the 6 legs of the race from Gun Bay, East End to Smith Cove, South Sound.
Beauty and the Beasts were the overall winning team, consisting of athletes Jasper Mikkelsen, Beth Schreader, Marius Acker, Hayden Isbister, JP Hanekom and Russell Coleman.
Photos from Paula Scott & Wendy Freeman
Fastest Leg times were:
Leg 1: Jasper Mikkelsen - Beauty and the Beasts (24min 45 sec)
Leg 2: Beth Schreader - Beauty and the Beasts (25 min 4 sec)
Leg 3: Marius Acker - Beauty and the Beasts (22 min 17 sec)
Leg 4: Scott Brittain - UBS1 (21 min 20 sec)
Leg 5: Ole Henriksen - Red Sail Sports (24min 15 sec)
Leg 6: Russell Coleman - Beauty and the Beasts (22min 19 sec)
Full results, published by the Hash House Harriers, are available here.
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