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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A large field of runners gathered for the first of three combined races with the Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club at Three Jacks Track in the Ironbark State Forest with 31 SAAC runners joining SACCC. The two clubs enjoy coming together to run and Ararat locals were happy to leave the drizzle of rain
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On a beautiful Saturday morning, Kathleen Rickard started the Team Relay event. Kathleen has sponsored the Team trophy since its inclusion many years ago. Points are awarded at each race and the trophy is presented at the conclusion of the running season. The Santuccione family runners; Nash, Kade, Sienna and Paul finished first (winning time
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It was a chilly but sunny morning that greeted runners for the Keith Haymes Championship. Hodges Track in the Ironbark’s proved once again to be a fitting challenge for the championship with 11 runners takingon the 5km course. Less than a minute separated first and third in the fiercely contested championship race. Sienna Santuccione claimed
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A perfect Autumn morning greeted Stawell Amateur Athletic Club for the S & K Watson Handicap. Fourteen runners completed the roller coaster of hills in the challenging 5km course in the Ironbark Forest. This was the first staggered handicap start for the season. A close finish with a minute separating between first and third. Gary
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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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The third round of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season saw the club host our first Friday night run. 49 runners competed across the seniors 5k, juniors 3k and sub-juniors 1k distances for the Edge’s Ironbark Dash. The run was followed by a social BBQ tea at the clubhouse. Senior and junior runners enjoyed an
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The second round of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season saw three or four of the Davies family runners place with Claire coming third in the seniors, and Hunter coming second just in front of his brother Flynn in the sub-juniors. Leon Monaghan won the senior’s 5k loop, culminating with the much dreaded ‘Bonnie Dundee’
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The first run on the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club syllabus saw 48 runners tackle the 5km, 3km and 1km distances across the senior, junior and sub-junior categories. The Iron Bark Forest provided some shade to runners on an unseasonably warm March day. Leon Monaghan attributed training on Big Hill to his win by nearly 3
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The Chris Blake 3km Championship event’s final race of the season was run in perfect conditions Saturday 10th September in the Ironbarks. Col Barnett 12:10 stormed home to claim the fastest time followed by Drew Christian at 12:20, an the third fastest was Nathan Baker at 12:47. Jess Maffescioni at 13:37 was the fastest female
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