Matilda Iglesias and Sharon Howden added to the misery of male performance this season when they fought out the finish of the Stan and Karen Watson five kilometre handicap at Stawell last Saturday. The Iglesias-Howden quinella was the second by females in 2012 but there has also been a brace of “fairer sex” trifectas. The …
Stawell policeman Nathaniel Warren doesn’t lay claim to being the fastest in the force but would back himself if ever he gave chase to an offender attempting to escape the law. A gifted runner, with a pugnacious style, Nathaniel won his first race with the club since saluting in the same event two years ago …
A drunken bet has improved the health and changed the life of a mum who broke through for her maiden win at only her third run with the club in the 6.5 kilometre Telstra Store Handicap at Horsham last Saturday. Justine Tracey, a geologist with the Stawell Gold Mines, made a bet with a colleague …
Thinking herself more as a jogger than a runner, Rhonda Clark questioned whether the timekeepers had made a mistake when she turned failure into a confounding form reversal to win the combined clubs’ prestigious eight kilometre L. W. Kent Memorial Handicap. Rhonda, who ran a lackluster 19th on her home track at the Concongella Vineyards …
Club stalwart Charlie Jones reverted to an “oldtimer’s” training strategy which enabled him to score an unexpected win in the Stan and Karen Watson sponsored five kilometre handicap last Saturday. Charlie, 57, who has trained up to 60 kilometres a week for most of his adult life, decided to add an extra training run to …
One week after the club’s first female quinella in more than a year came a second when Rhonda Clark and Sharon Howden fought out the finish of the 10 kilometre S and R Young Sportspower Handicap last Saturday. The race was run as a sealed handicap. After showing consistent form to finish just behind the …
In the 45-year history of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club no husband and wife have ever fought out a finish – until Rick Price and Selina Heard-Price landed a unique quinella in the Chris Blake Championship at Stawell last Saturday. The Horsham partners are first season newcomers to the club and had never before raced …
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 …
2009 Club Champion Nathaniel Warren is hopeful that the successful game plan he carried into last Saturday’s three kilometres dash will secure him back to back championships for 2010. The race was held through the Ironbark forest near Stawell. The talented cross country runner surprised the flying David McAllister when he took charge at the …
Super-girl Susie Ellis knocked off a 40 kilometre bike ride at Horsham, and met up with a group of riders from Natimuk for a 50km spin out to, the up, down Mount Arapiles, all on the morning of her winning the Stawell Curtain Centre sponsored 10km Championship last Saturday. Grinding out a solid pace on …