See photos from the run here.

The fun run, which was revived in 2012 by the Moruya Surf Life Saving Club (MSLSC), attracted 340 entrants of all ages who made the eight-kilometre journey from Riverside Park, along South Head Road, to the Moruya SLSC.

The overall men’s winner was Canberra’s Brad Croker who set a new record of 25 minutes and 21 seconds.

Malua Bay’s Daniel Beby was second in 27 minutes and 5 seconds, pipping James Minto by a second.

Croker, who grew up in Ulladulla, said his interest in the event grew after the running group, the Ulladulla Rats, notified him of the event.

“I used to focus on track a lot but I decided I wanted to do more fun runs,” Croker said.

“The atmosphere in Moruya was new and very enjoyable.”

Croker felt the conditions and the track would challenge runners of all levels.

“The track was hard, the hills through the middle make it tough and the humidity was also a challenge,” he said. 

Sonia Commins won the women’s overall in 34 minutes 23 seconds, ahead of Nicole Cowdroy in 34 minutes and 44 seconds and Aimee Randall in 34 minutes and 51 seconds. 

Broulee’s Rhys Flood took out the boys’ under 13s while Chanel Glasson stormed home to take out the girls’ under 13s.

Broulee’s Oscar Starmer was first in the men’s 13-17 while Moruya’s Erika Saines was first in the women’s 13-17 age group. 

Tim Heffernan was first home in the men’s 18-29 age group while Jayde Frail was first in the women’s 18-29.

Cowdroy was first home in the women’s 30-39 age group while Croker won the men’s 30-39.

Stephen Grant and Sonia Commins won 40-49 men’s and women’s age groups and Rod Roberts and Pip Macris took out the 50-59 age groups respectively. 

Long-time runner Keith Hartmann improved on last year’s run to win the men’s 60+ division while Rosemary Robinson was the first 60+ woman to arrive at the surf club. 

Moruya Town to Surf committee member Tracey Pike said the organisers were pleased by another successful fun run.

“It was fantastic, from an organisational perspective everything went smoothly,” Pike said. 

“We had a lot of out of town runners and it’s great that Moruya, a small town, can pull together an event like Granite Town or the fun run.”

Pike praised the mix of volunteers who helped the event run smoothly.

“We’d like to say a big thank you to all our volunteers for their valuable support.”

Pike said the organisers had briefly looked into how they could improve next year’s event.

“It would be nice to get more local school students,” she said.