I would like to congratulate the winners of the Womens Open Team event from this years City to Surf held on the 11th of August.

I am very proud that three of the four members of the team are from my electorate of Charlestown with the fourth member from New Lambton which borders my electorate.

Ingrid Cleland, Kim Rackemann, Regina Jensen and Felicity Gamble made it to the finish line with a 15 minute lead on the team which finished in second place.

All four women finished the race in under 58 minutes with Ingrid running the best time of 53 minutes and 42 seconds.

Ingrid started running the City 2 Surf while she was in high school and now, at forty years of age, she has run her personal best.

Well done ladies and I look forward to seeing next years results!