The sun was out at the St Anne’s Winery in Bendigo where 45 Ballarat athletes took on the XCR course through the grape vines. Ballarat teams relished the opportunity to head to Bendigo with big results in the individual and team events.

The U14 teams had a huge day with the U14 Men’s two teams coming in 1^st & 2^nd in a tremendous performance. The U14 Female side also notched up a win on the day thanks to a 2^nd place athlete finish to Paige Tuddenham. The U16 & U20 Female teams managed 2^nd place while the U18 team of Bonnie Burt, Julliette Downes & Ailish Ryan came in 1^st.

In the Masters grades, it was Angela Williams that yet again showed why she is one of Ballarat best runners with a 1^st place in the Women’s 50+ category, she was joined by Michelle Hawkes in 4^th place. Nic Van Raaphorst new to the Men 40+ category had a 3^rd place finish in the 8km event.

In the OPEN grades a huge effort by Katherine Dowie saw her place 1^st overall in the field. Dowie along with Eliza Lepair, Angela Williams, Katrina Anderson, Michelle Hawkes and Heather O’Brien took the Ballarat Region Premier Division team to 3^rd place for the weekend.

In the OPEN Men, the team consisting of Ben Stevens, Ben Ludbrook, Will Ford, Joshua Johnston, Nic Van Raaphorst & Darcy Williams took the Premier Division Men to 4^th place while the newly promoted Div 3 team pushed their way to 6^th.

Well done to everyone who made the trip to Bendigo and thank you to all our amazing officials.