Veteran cross country runner, Terry Jenkins, spent late Saturday afternoon in recovery mode sitting on a book rueing the thought of yet another race that had gotten away.
Winless so far this year after nine weeks of seconds, thirds and fourths, Jenkins led the ten kilometre Stawell Sportspower Handicap for most...
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David Hunter’s late decision to run the Melbourne Marathon in October was a key factor in him notching his second cross country win for the season with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club last Saturday.
Having won the eight kilometre Lindsay Kent Memorial in May, Hunter drifted in and out of form and...
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An emotional Terry Jenkins paid tribute to his old mate Ray Scott after winning the race he dearly wanted to win – the ten kilometre Run for Ray Handicap at Stawell on Saturday.
The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club race is held in memory of Ray Scott, a club stalwart who died...
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Vicki Tyler finally secures a win in the Youngs Sportspower 10 kilometre handicap.
“I was so happy to have a win. It’s been a while,” says Vicki. “In the last few races, I have been trailing Sharon Howden.” The two Horsham runners have both been training for marathons. Vicki for the Melbourne marathon...
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Col Barnett, one of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s most decorated runners, recorded one of the most satisfying wins of his long career in the ten kilometre Run for Ray at Stawell last Saturday.
“I’ve been for five years, I’m running a minute quicker than I did last year and I’m...
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Greybeard Gary Saunders defied age, ten kilometres of hills, water hazards, tree roots and stones and a determined former club champion to easily win the fifth Run For Ray Scott at Stawell last Saturday.
Saunders, who will turn seventy-five in October, received 22 minutes start from Colin Barnett in the Stawell...
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Former running heavyweight Tim Harris overcame a near disastrous navigational error on course to race away with the ten kilometre Stawell Sportspower Handicap last Saturday.
After training up to 80 kilometres a week in preparation for the Adelaide Marathon on August 14 Harris could be forgiven for settling into a trance-like...
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By his own admission landscape gardener and weekend runner Dave Hunter is reluctant to leave the comfort of home to work on his fitness between races with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club.
But, disappointed with his eighth place in the 10 kilometre Run for Ray Scott, Hunter decided to train hard...
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Veteran campaigner Keith Lofthouse combined a little inside knowledge with a wealth of experience to bustle his way to a clever win in the 10 kilometre Shane and Robyn Young Sportspower Handicap at Stawell last Saturday.
The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club race was run as a “sealed” handicap which meant that...
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Horsham’s Gary Howden continued the unexpected dominance of male athletes over female in this Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season with a narrow win in the 10 kilometre Run for Ray Scott at Stawell last Saturday.
The club’s keen contingent of female runners have won more than half of the 40-odd races...
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