Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whārangi - Ko Hardcastle te tuarua i te 800-mita huruhuru i ngā whakataetae ā-motu o Ingarangi i te tau 1982, i te 13 o ōna tau. I whiriwhiria ia mo te kapa Ingarangi i nga Taakaro Commonwealth 1982 i Brisbane, i tae ai ia ki te whakamutunga o te 800-mita freestyle. I te tau 1983 i wini ia i te mētara parahi i te 800 mita i te whakataetae o te Pākehā
, 14 tau te pakeke.