A GROUP of runners from Port Macquarie tasted success at the National Indigenous Marathon Foundation Deadly Fun Run Championships in Uluru.
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It took place on Saturday June 17, with the team from Port Macquarie IMF RAW running and walking group winning the relay around Uluru.
The event brought 18 other community teams together from all over Australia with over 130 participants.
Vincent Scott, Zane Sparke, Travis Ferris and Darnell Scott made up the winning team.
Zane placed first in the 5 kilometre adults event and is off to race overseas as he eyes a successful career in marathons.
Scott, who raced alongside his son Darnell, said it was an amazing experience.
“It was one of those trips where you could meet many different people from different communities,” he said.
“This was our first time competing. It’s been running for about six years now, but to go there on our first trip and to come away with a great overall team result is something we’re quite proud of.”
It is remarkable that Scott senior is running at all after a broken neck in 2010 almost left him in a wheelchair. It made it all the more special.
“He (Darnell) and I got to do something that most people don’t get an opportunity to do. To run around Uluru with him was amazing,” he said.
“It was a once in a lifetime experience. To get through the broken neck and compete at this event was awesome.”
They plan to send another team next year, potentially even two teams, to compete at the annual event.