Halls Gap chef Bal Sukhpreet emulated the feat of Halls Gap masseuse Tina Baker a week earlier when he won his first ever competitive foot race at Stawell last Saturday. Sukhpreet finished with a withering burst to overwhelm Luke Baker (Tina’s husband) in the last 100 metres of the 6.5 kilometre Advance Bricks and Pavers …
Col Barnett, a veteran campaigner and one of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s most decorated runners, benefited from the “blind” handicaps of the Advance Bricks and Pavers race at Stawell last Saturday to snatch victory from rising teenage star, Tom Walker. A blind or “sealed” handicap is one where the entire field of runners start …
Sharon Howden beat the odds by beating the handicapper to post back to back wins with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club last Saturday. The Horsham-based runner paid the price for winning the five kilometre Barham Insurance race on April 11 and was pulled back on the starting grid – meaning she had to concede extra …
Thirty-six year-old running rookie Nathan Baker established himself as a sporting all-rounder when, at only his third start with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, broke his maiden status by winning the 6.5 kilometre Advance Bricks and Pavers Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Already a 20-year basketballer and Vice President of the Stawell Tennis Club, Baker …
Ararat council worker Tony Davey had never run more than five kilometres in his life before he turned up in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday with more natural ability than even he imagined and cruised to an effortless win on debut with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club. Tony, 42, received a generous mark from the …
Rookie member Meggy Boan “blew” what would have been her maiden win with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club when she stopped about 200 metres short of the finish line in the 6.5 kilometres Advanced Bricks Handicap and watched in confusion as three more seasoned runners sailed past her. Horsham couple Sharon and Gary Howden landed …
A grimly determined Rhonda Clark reversed recent narrow defeats, with a slender victory in the handicap section of the Advance Bricks-sponsored King of the Mountain, held at Halls Gap last Saturday. Gritting her teeth for the punishing three kilometre climb after being pipped at the post by Col Barnett at Stawell last start, and going …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Nathaniel Warren made short work of the club’s annual Advance Bricks King of the Mountain last Saturday, charging up the steep 3km Mount Rosea course in just under 13 minutes. Held as a sealed handicap, all runners started together, with first runner home taking the King of the Mountain title, …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Kieran Ryan made short work of the club’s annual Advance Bricks King of the Mountain last Saturday, charging up the steep 3km Mount Rosea course in just under 12 minutes. Held as a sealed handicap, all runners started together, with first runner home taking the King of the Mountain title, …
Horsham runner Jade Merrett powered away from the rest of the field in the first 200 metres of the race, when he claimed this years Advance Bricks King of the Mountain title. A good field of 33 senior and junior runners lined up for the toughest race of the year, a 3 kilometre out and …
