Seven months ago, Jack Church was fighting for his life after undergoing a heart transplant.
Now he is on a mission to complete a prestigious half maratho
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 4:13 pm
Daniel
Jones winning the Hawke s Bay Marathon. Photo
FinisherPix
Runners from across New
Zealand have flocked to the sold-out New Zealand Sotheby’s
International Realty Hawke’s Bay Marathon, taking on
Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10km distance events with the
following individuals winning the respective
titles:
New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty
Marathon
Daniel Jones – 02:25:34
Bethany
Bromfield – 02:56:29
2degrees Half
Marathon
Olivia Burne
– 01:19:53
Havana Coffee 10km
Esther George – 00:36:16
The
winners joined more than 8,000 competitors for the fifth
running of Hawke’s Bay Marathon, the biggest in the
event’s history.
Once across the finish line,
participants enjoyed New Zealand’s best finish line
Friday, 14 May 2021, 4:38 pm
Regan Green has vowed to complete his first marathon at
this weekend’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International
Realty Hawke’s Bay Marathon even if he has to crawl across
the finish line – all in memory of his best friend Matthew
Hunt, the Police Officer who was fatally shot undertaking a
routine traffic stop in Auckland in June 2020.
After
the tragic event, Regan and other best friend Sam Swaffield
started ‘Run With Matt’, bringing together anyone
impacted by the loss of Matt to support each other while
taking on their own challenge. Last year the duo, along with