The event saw the Curry Cats and Isa Rats compete against each other –  something that is going to become a regular occurrence. Fifty-six athletes competed in the 200-metre, 8.5 kilometre and 2.25 kilometre run, which saw Tony Cridland claim line honours ahead of Chris Bennett in the men’s division.

Cridland completed the course in 29.53, finishing just 17 seconds ahead of runner-up Bennett.

“I had no expectations of winning  coming in and thought Chris Bennett has me covered,” he said.

“But I got ahead of him in the swim, before he caught up on the bike leg.

“A strong final run leg was enough for me to claim line honours on the day. Overall I thought the event was really well run, as the competitors and spectators got a chance to see everyone with the criterion set-up

“The course is shorter than I usually compete in but it was a solid little sprint hit-out.”

Isa Rat Nichole Knepprath (30.31) proved too strong for clubmate Akiko Nishi, who finished just nine seconds behind the winner.

In the kids’ division, Holly Green took out the girls, while Tristan Nicholson proved too strong in the boys.

Freda Pyke and Tracy Muller won the team event in  41.49, while Brenton Hegarty, Daile Coffison and Michael Coffison won the kids’ team event.

Men’s results: 1st - Tony Cridland (Curry Cats) – 29.53, 2nd – Chris Bennett (Isa Rats) 30.10, 3rd – Geoff Marsh (Isa Rats) 30.25, 4th – Clayton Green (Isa Rats) 30.42, 5th – Rob Bounds (Curry Cats) – 31.59, 6th – Ryan McDonald (Curry Cats) 32.34, 7th – Robert Leigh (Curry Cats) 33.14, 8th – John Doody (Curry Cats) 33.28, 9th – Brayden Nicholson and Craig Nicholson (Isa Rats) 34.07, 11th – Peter Christen (Curry Cats) 34.57, 12th - Ben Milligan (Isa Rats) 36.24, 13th – Nathan Bullock (Curry Cats) 37.40, 14th – Dennis Imhof (Curry Cats) 37.57

Female’s results: 1st - Nichole Knepprath (Isa Rats) 30.31, 2nd - Akiko Nishi (Isa Rats) 30.40, 3rd - Vicki Nicholson (Isa Rats) 43.21, 4th - Tammy Green (Isa Rats) 33.49, 5th - Kate Busch (Curry Cats) 34.33, 6th – Lisa Ward (Isa Rats) 34.49, 7th – Simone Marsh (Isa Rats) 35.23, 8th – Michelle Lee (Isa Rats) 36.44, 9th - Lucy Richardson (Curry Cats) 37.25, 10th - Victoria Corner (Isa Rats) 37.56, 11th - Tonia Epstein (Isa Rats) 39.38, 12th - Eloise Kippers (Curry Cats) 40.44, 13th – Kerri-Anne Hogan (Curry Cats) 41.03, 14th - Beverley Sipos (Curry Cats) 43.21, 15th – Felicity Milligan (Isa Rats) 46.57, 16th – Karen Wilson (Curry Cats) 47.51, 17th - Katrina Doody (Curry Cats), 18th - Lexine O’Donnell (Isa Rats) 48.19, 19th - Melarnie Leigh (Curry Cats) 48.45, 20th - Tahnee Hansson (Curry Cats) 55.19

Boy’s results: 1st – Tristan Nicholson (Isa Rats) 7.00, 2nd – Darcy Green (Isa Rats) 7.15, 3rd – Noah Maguire (Curry Cats) 8.29, 4th - Callum Milligan (Isa Rats) 9.23, 5th – Vin Rix (Cury Cats) 10.43

Girl’s results: 1st – Holly Green (Isa Rats) 7.29, 2nd - Stephanie Marsh (Isa Rats) 8.15, 3rd - Bethany Maguire (Curry Cats) 8.28, 4th - Kadea O’Donnell (Isa Rats) 8.36, 5th - Shayla Nicolson (Isa Rats) 8.43, 6th - Josie Green (Isa Rats) 9.15, 7th - Natalie Marsh (Isa Rats) 10.03

Open team: 1st - Freda Pyke and Tracy Muller (Curry Cats) 41.49, 2nd -  Sepa Sala and Sonia Atkinson (Curry Cats) 44.59

Junior team: 1st - Brenton Hegarty, Daile Coffison and Michael Coffison (Curry Cats) 6.29, 2nd - Braithe Major, Kasey Hudson, Leisha Perry (Curry Cats) 7.10