The Echo

City to Surf winners

George Benger from Blackheath competed in the 40th Annual City to Surf race on August 8th. George is 81
years old and one of only 39 people who have competed in the 14 km race every year since it began. George
finished in a time of 155 mins on Sunday, and says his best time was 60 mins in 1974. George keeps himself fit by playing tennis 3 days a week and is planning to compete in the City to Surf until he is 90.
The Blue Mountains City-2-Surf team, the Tumour Terminators, were honoured by team member and former Bullaburra boy Ben St Lawrence taking first place in the 2010 event.Ben finished in 41.05 minutes! He first entered the race as an eight-year-old.The Blue Mountains City-2-Surf team, the Tumour Terminators, were honoured by team member Ben St Lawrence taking first place in the 2010 event. It was the first year that Ben represented the Tumour Terminators and he finished in front of 80,000 runners proudly sporting the Tumour Terminators team tattoo on both arms. He acknowledged the efforts of charity fundraisers among the City-2-Surfers in his media speech following his win. The Tumour Terminator’s founder, Mark Lawrence, said “The team’s objectives are to raise funds to help find a 100% cure for childhood cancer, and the group has collected almost $200,000 since it began”. This year the team has been privileged to have an elite athlete such as Ben St Lawrence on their side”.
Ben’s next challenge is representing Australia in the 5000m event at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.