A beautiful winter’s morning greeted runners for the inaugural Ballarat Running Company Handicap. Thirty-five runners ventured to the Ironbark for a 5km undulating course. Joel Freeland was a clear two-minute winner over the MS Glitter Angel Stacey Harrison, followed by the evergreen David Hunter. The fastest male was Col Barnet in 21.30 and the fastest
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Saturday saw the running of the David O Jones Handicap held at the Great Western Racecourse. After a few week’s break, runners had fresh legs to tackle the senior’s 8km distance, juniors’ 3km and sub juniors’ 1km runs, all of which incorporated the racecourse track. A smaller seniors’ field took on the longest run of
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On a special day honoring Keith Lofthouse the club gathered in the Ironbarks for a 6.5km challenging course. Fastest across the line was Bridget Spackman from Ballarat who joined her husband and sons in honour of Keith. On adjusted times Belinda Amess won ahead of the fastest male Colin Barnett and Simon Edge claimed third
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Hardened by a tough run in the 21.5 kilometre Run Melbourne on July 27, Vicki Tyler led an all-girl charge for the second time this season to win the eight kilometre Stawell Toyota and Kia Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Back in May it was Tyler, Jess Cass and Naomi Hunter who shared the spoils
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It seemed fitting that Colin Barnett, one of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s most decorated runners, should win the race that marked the club’s 50th Anniversary at Stawell last Saturday; the race that carried the name of club founder, Keith Haymes. Barnett, 53, a club champion, veteran champion and aggregate winner on multiple occasions, has
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It was a day of doubles, dominated by the girls, when the region’s running clubs got together for the inaugural Best’s Winery Cross Country Classic at Great Western last Saturday. Kayleen Urquhart and Sharon Howen, who fought out the finish of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap the previous weekend, stunned
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There were times in Jess Cass’s life that the very thought of clocking milestones weighed like a millstone. Cass was 28 when she started running just 18 months ago. Until then she had never run a single kilometre in her life and, apart from dabbling in a few sessions of lawn bowls, had never played
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The President and Committee of Stawell Amateur Athletic Club extends to all members and officials, a warm welcome to season 2016 of cross country running which enters a new era this year with a switch to morning runs from 10am. As most of your know by now, this will be our 50 th Anniversary Year and we owe
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The relentless Rhonda Rice juggernaut rolled on when the revitalised runner won her third race in three weeks and her fourth since June at Stawell last Saturday. Thriving on an hour’s training before work on most weekday mornings, the 46-year-old veteran continued to confound her club-mates by winning the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s Horsham Physiotherapy
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Schoolboy athlete Raine Mackley surfaced from a three year sabbatical to stun three time club champion Nathaniel Warren in the Dooen Engineeering Handicap last Saturday, the opening event of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s cross country season. The 15-year-old Mackley led all the way and defied Warren’s efforts to run him down in the five
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