Bruce Arthur did the double in M21A on the Victorian Championships weekend, winning the Middle Distance Championships at Deadman’s Flat on Saturday and then backing up with another win in the Long Distance Championships on Sunday. The Long Distance title, the first he has won in his adopted home state, was particularly impressive, as he had to deal with the worst of the conditions on a 34-degree day (one of the hottest October days on record in Castlemaine) and won pulling away. Blair Trewin, who picked a good day to have an organiser’s early start, was second on both days, 1.30 down on Saturday and three minutes behind on Sunday.

Kathryn Ewels also took out her first senior long distance title, opening up a narrow lead in the technical first part of the course and holding it to the end, just over two minutes in front of Natasha Key. This was the reverse of the Saturday result, in which Key, who has impressed on the comeback trail in recent weeks, scored by just 12 seconds. Jasmine Neve was third on both days.

Middle distance results, splits and RouteGadget.

Long distance results, splits, and RouteGadget.