Eleven-year-old Will Moloney became the youngest winner in the fifty-three-year history of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, after matching motors with more seasoned rivals in the five kilometre Barham Insurance Handicap at Stawell on Saturday. Deciding that he was fit and strong enough not to contest the one kilometre Sub-Junior scamper, the wiry Will lined […]
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INJURY-plagued veteran Gary Howden needed to “run like a grandma” to win the opening race of Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s cross country season at Stawell last Saturday. In the two years since his last win with the club, the 58-year-old has missed more than half a season and been uncompetitive due to nagging hamstring strains.
Rob Blythman warmed up for his first tilt at the Great Ocean Road Marathon in May by dispatching one of the hottest fields the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club could boast in the season opener at Stawell last Saturday. Built like a sprinter but training for long distance, Blythman, from a favourable handicap, made up for
Horsham’s Sharon Howden relied on a wealth of experience to turn back the clock last Saturday and win her first race with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club since September 2012. Uncertain about her level of fitness in her first event of the cross country season, the former club champion (female) began at a conservative pace
Endurance athlete Susie Ellis warmed up for a cold climate Iron Man event in Switzerland in July when she chased down the tearaway leader to headline an all-girl trifecta in the five kilometre Barham Insurance Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. The globetrotting Susie, who trains relentlessly and travels to some of the world’s most challenging
Horsham mother-of-three Brydie Scollary etched her name into Stawell Amateur Athletic Club history when she, Meggy Boan, and Gaynor Radovic, completed the club’s first ever all-girl trifecta in the five kilometer Barham Insurance Handicap, held near Stawell last Saturday. Clocking two minutes faster than her previous best for the distance, Brydie ran the race of
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
Most Stawell Amateur Athletic Club race winners are thrilled with the joy of success, but Peter Barham was somewhat sheepish after winning the race he sponsors, the five kilometre Barham Insurance Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. It’s an unwritten “rule” that club sponsors are not supposed to win their own races, hence Barham’s subdued response
Wet and muddy conditions greeted the 21 senior and junior runners last Saturday for the Barhams Insurance 5km Handicap. Constant rain dampened the enthusiasm of the field, but you cannot stop a keen runner when he sees a starting line!!! Front marker Gary Saunders was the first to brave the downpour, but was quickly reeled
After some great recent form and minor placings Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Phil Burns finally put it all together last Saturday to take out the Barham’s Insurance 8km Handicap. Burns held on over the closing stages of the testing bushland course to claim his second victory for the year. With tough competition coming from