Despres wins battle of the strong men
After an intriguing race Nick Despres drew clear of Chris Carre in the final
stages to win the GIAAC's 7 mile event held over the road, lanes and bridle
paths of St. Peters and Torteval.
Next year's Island games may seem a long way off but many of the Islands top flight runners have sunk themselves into training and in that time Carre has proved that he is likely to be amongst the contenders for a place over one of the distance events.
Along with Carre Despres has a reputation as one of the strong men on the local scene and their close battle saw them draw well clear of third placed Gordon Mercier.
After being locked together from the start Despres finally drew clear after taking the initiative with two miles remaining on the races last major climb up the Coudre.
Carre eventually crossed the line 30 seconds after the winner stopped the watch in 39 minutes and 41 seconds. Mercier was nearly 4 minutes behind.
Following some impressive late season triathlon results Gail Merrien again showed her running prowess and finished leading woman in 16th place. Jenny Elliott also posted a good performance to finish just two places behind.
| Pos | Athlete | Category | Time |
| 1 | Nick Despres | 39.41 | |
| 2 | Chris Carré | 40.11 | |
| 3 | Gordon Mercier | V | 43.57 |
| 4 | Jonathan Robbins | 44.28 | |
| 5 | Colin Ozanne | V | 44.37 |
| 6 | Dave Merrien | 45.47 | |
| 7 | Brian Holden | SV | 46.14 |
| 8 | Jean-Pierre Macé | V | 46.23 |
| 9 | Ian Ozanne | 47.08 | |
| 10 | Cliff White | 47.41 | |
| 11 | Nick Loveridge | 47.53 | |
| 12 | Martin Spratt | V | 48.34 |
| 13 | Phil Guilbert | V | 48.44 |
| 14 | Clive Loveridge | 48.56 | |
| 15 | John Dedman | 49 | |
| 16 | Gail Merrien | W | 49.33 |
| 17 | Robin Froome | SV | 49.46 |
| 18 | Jenny Elliott | W | 51.09 |
| 19 | Robbie Beck | V | 51.14 |
| 20 | Brian Johnson | V | 51.34 |
| 21 | Colin Guilmoto | SV | 52.13 |
| 22 | Eric Le Breton | SV | 53.18 |
| 23 | Helen Tucker | VW | 54.25 |
| 24 | Chris De La Mare | SVW | 54.43 |
| 25 | Toby Peatfield | 55.11 | |
| 26 | Ian Bloese | SV | 55.49 |
| 27 | Ian Garner | 56.16 | |
| 28 | Gary Allen | 56.36 | |
| 29 | Peter Touzeau | V | 56.47 |
| 30 | John Legg | 56.47 | |
| 31 | Rob Ferguson | V | 57.07 |
| 32 | Alison Jefferies | W | 57.38 |
| 33 | Winkle De La Mare | SV | 57.53 |
| 34 | Elaine Monkhouse | W | 59.2 |
| 35 | Rick Le Lievre | SV | 59.59 |
| 36 | Terry Greening | SV | 60.14 |
| 37 | Rob Carre | SV | 60.26 |
| 38 | Sue Black | VW | 60.32 |
| 39 | Graham Le Poidevin | SV | 64.19 |
| 40 | Andrew Ozanne | V | 69.45 |