More than 900 firefighters are ready and raring to compete in the 2025 CFA/VFBV State Firefighter Championships over the next two weekends.
Returning to Mooroopna Recreation Reserve, CFA’s junior running teams from across the state will showcase their skills this weekend – March 22 and 23 – for the Urban Junior State Championships.
Next weekend – March 29 and 30 – the Senior Urban, Senior Rural and Junior Rural events.
Running for the second year in a row is Gisborne Fire Brigade’s junior team. Following a twelve-year hiatus, Gisborne is back stronger than ever, under the watchful eye of former runner and coach for the brigade Bruce Harker.
Bruce is passionate about the sport and has run for almost 45 years. He has been guiding Asher, Nick, Zack and Lincoln who recently won the under 17 aggregates at Geelong.
“This is the first time in the brigade’s history we have had a junior running team,” Bruce said.
“I’m quite pleased how they’ve gone this year and there is a lot of pride for me in the success of the team.
“The brigade has been running since the sixties, and we were unbeatable for a while. It’s great to have a team back competing.”
