Cross Country at Pakuranga
The Way We Were (1980)

Success for New Zealand at World Masters Championships in Riccione Italy

Ron Johnson of Auckland won gold and the first medal by the 56 strong New
Zealand team at the World Masters Athletic Championships in Riccione
Italy.
Johnson won the men's 75 decathlon event with a total points score of 6439.
Margaret Peters won gold in the W70 100m recording 16.05s.
Gail Kirkman won gold in the W55 300m hurdles recording what is expected
to be a new world record of 50.75s.

Eighty seven year old Eric de Latour from Bay of Plenty won silver in the
M85 5000m running 27m 26s, and he later went on to win the gold medal in
the 800m recording 3m 45.17s.

A bronze medal went to Loris Reed in the W60 5000m recording 21m 7s.

Murray McKinnon
Communications Advisor
Athletics New Zealand
0274 806086
murray@mckinnon.co.nz

Young people of today

They have no idea at all, cross country. Why when I was a senior we used to run 16ks for a club CC run. none of this pussy footing around the cricket pitches. oh no through cow paddocks and gorse bushes. And fences, fences shoulder height to hurdle with bulls on the other side.
Half Marathons had'nt even been invented. And multi sports , Phhhaaa. we had no cars and rode our single speed bikes 30 miles ( Phhaawf to Ks) just to meet the boys in Swanson for our long run over the Waitaks. And nancy boys in rubber suits, way back when the Iron man was for Iron men they wer'nt allowed, considered to be bouyancy aids. Bouyancy aids , Phhhaaaaa , more like water wings, huh, and we swum butterfly stroke all the way and no goggles
And the radio is useless, has'nt been any decent music since Rick Wakemans band broke up.
As for the Tv, well there must be a conspiracy, Judys gone and still just a slip of a girl, and when, oh when are they going to show Grumpy Old Men.

I tell you its all a conspiracy

On and on and on on and on and on.

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