1982 — 2026
Records & Results
Forty-four editions of official results. The oldest record on this page has stood for forty-one years.
The four that matter
Standing records
2:24:17
David Eltringham
2:50:03
Tessa Brockwell · Astrid Feyer Roberts
1:07:28
Dean Menzies
1:16:01
Karen Gobby
How long each has held
Some of these are older than the runners chasing them
2:50:03Brockwell · marathon
42 yrs
2:24:17Eltringham · marathon
41 yrs
1:08:59Hambelton · half · broken 2025
36 yrs
1:16:01Gobby · half
35 yrs
3:09:04Ixel · 50km
5 yrs
1:07:28Menzies · half
1 yr
Years held as at the 2026 edition. Red marks the one record that has fallen — Dean Menzies took ninety-one seconds off a mark that had stood since 1989.
Course records
Marathon · 42.2 km
| Year | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | David Eltringham | 2:24:17 |
| 1987 | Clive Hicks | 2:26:39 |
| 1987 | Raymond Harris | 2:27:11 |
| 1985 | Tony Heppener | 2:27:49 |
| 1983 | Peter Ritson | 2:28:41 |
| 1984 | Tessa Brockwell | 2:50:03 |
| 2021 | Astrid Feyer Roberts | 2:50:03 |
| 1996 | Mary Morgan | 2:50:31 |
| 2014 | Visnja Jareb | 2:55:33 |
| 2011 | Nera Jareb | 2:57:52 |
Course records
Half Marathon · 21.1 km
| Year | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dean Menzies | 1:07:28 |
| 1989 | John Hambelton | 1:08:59 |
| 1988 | Bob De La Mott | 1:09:03 |
| 1990 | Keith Yardley | 1:09:59 |
| 2015 | Roberto Busi | 1:10:30 |
| 1991 | Karen Gobby | 1:16:01 |
| 1992 | Karen Gobby | 1:17:07 |
| 2013 | Felicity Sheedy-Ryan | 1:18:22 |
| 1996 | Glenda Moore | 1:18:49 |
| 2026 | Astrid Roberts | 1:19:12 |
The archive
Most finishes
| Name | Marathons | Halfs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle James | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Ian Gibbs | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| John Pellier | 20 | — | 20 |
| Jim Barnes | 16 | 3 | 19 |
| Dave Dye | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Doug Wright | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Barry Spice | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| Mark Faithfull | — | 16 | 16 |
| Margery Forden | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Joan Pellier | — | 14 | 14 |
Counted by hand from forty-five years of result sheets. Think your number’s short? Tell the club.
Finishers by year
The race is getting bigger
The Three · half marathon
The Full Three · marathon
Recent years
Field size
| Year | Marathon finishers | Half finishers | Marathon winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 229 | 418 | Liam Kamudu 2:39:20 · Anna Watts 3:05:41 |
| 2025 | 198 | 397 | Carlos Aquino 2:34:54 · Sarah Greenwood 2:51:26 |
| 2024 | 172 | 344 | Carlos Aquino 2:32:38 · Kara Loran 3:15:39 |
| 2023 | 105 | 184 | Jon Pendse 2:47:43 · Alice Hall 3:12:21 |
| 2022 | 101 | 289 | Ryan Bailie 2:39:03 · Nicole Moylan 3:11:52 |
Full results for every year from 1982 are held in the Bunbury Runners Club archive. Historical figures compiled by Ian Gibbs.