Reveling on the fast and flat track that brings out the best in him, and – for a change – not getting lost along the way, Gary Saunders staged a form reversal to post his first race win in two years in the five kilometre Andrew Darnell Memorial Handicap at Horsham last Saturday. Judging on
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Life changed dramatically for Horsham factory worker Tim Harris when, bent on “finding a new purpose in life,” he decided to take up running in August last year. He ended his Saturday afternoon ritual of “barbecues and beers”, joined the Horsham Running Club, dropped 20 kilograms in weight, and his transformation culminated in a decisive
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After half-a-lifetime of competition with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, Col Barnett finally broke through for a win in the club’s showcase event, the eight kilometre Lindsay Kent Memorial Handicap, held near the Stawell Airport last Sunday. Ploughing through the mud and slush, with the race run in driving wind and rain, Col, 48, finally
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In memory of his late father and former club president Ray Scott, son Karl, 22, ran the race of his life to win the Concongella Vineyard Handicap over 6.5 kilometres on Sunday. A cloud hung over the corresponding race last year when it was run the day after Ray’s sudden death and grey skies greeted
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Horsham hospital worker Selina Heard-Price ran eight kilometres for the first time in her life on Saturday and it netted her an astounding win on debut with the club. Battling near exhaustion for the last two kilometres of the race, Selina made the most of her generous handicap and held on grimly for her 30
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Gaynor Radovic broke an eight year drought with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club when she scored a plucky win in the 6 ½ kilometre Telstra Store Handicap at Horsham last Sunday. Showing her liking for the flat and fast courses that enable her to get some rhythm into her running, Gaynor looked a probable winner
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Anthony Morey, who works in the field of exploration with the Stawell Gold Mine, struck gold himself in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday by winning the Barham Insurance Handicap at only his third start with the club. Anthony, 32, hadn’t lined up for the club since finishing in the middle of the field in the
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In a remarkable warm-up for the opening event of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season, club president Gary Howden trained in China, Vietnam, Thailand and finally in Horsham before winning the five kilometer Dooen Engineering Handicap, held in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. Seeming refreshed and invigorated after his extended business and pleasure trip to
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Veteran campaigner Keith Lofthouse turned the sense of old failures into back to back victories in the five kilometre Ivan McDonald Hairdressing Handicap last Saturday. Keith recalled running second in the prestigious Eaglehawk to Bendigo road race in 2002, thinking it would be “the closest I’ll ever get to glory”, when he made plans to
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A ten second lapse in concentration may have cost 2009 club champion Nathaniel Warren outright back to back honours in the championship titles, which were finalized in the Ironbarks last Saturday. Nathan had a handy points margin over his only challenger, David McAllister, as they lined up for the last race that counted, the five
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