A perfect day for a 16km run greeted the field for the David O.Jones Mitre 10 Handicap. Two laps of the figure 8 course in the middle of the Ironbarks saw Angus Campbell with the fastest time of 1:05:00. He is training for the Cairns to Port Douglas Ultra 120km trail run and spending plenty […]
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The day started with 19 sub juniors battling it out over the 1 km David O Jones Mitre 10 course. With adjusted handicaps 13 runners were all within 60 seconds of each other. Ethan Jones crossed the line with the fastest time 4:24, Will Freeland finished third, Sophie Fletcher and Emila Jones were tied for
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Peter Barham broke through for his first race win since 2013 with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club last Saturday and then was embarrassed to accept his prize. “I don’t know if I deserve this,” the Stawell insurance broker said sheepishly after the five kilometre Mitre 10 Handicap. “I haven’t run in enough races! I haven’t
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Forced to quit A-grade netball and basketball due to a knee reconstruction, an overweight Amy Yole laughed at her doctor’s advice that she should take up cross country running. “It was something I had never given a moment’s thought to. To me, the suggestion came so far from left field that I just thought it
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It was a race for the ages (and ages) when three rising septuagenarians fought out the finish of the five kilometres David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell last Saturdaykilometres Jenkins, seventy in August, staved off the challenges of “youngsters” Stephen Baird, 66, and Keith Lofthouse, 68, to win his first race with the
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Inspired by husband Gary’s post-holiday win just three days after stepping off a plane from Los Angeles, wife Sharon Howden emulated his feat by winning the David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell exactly one week later. Sharon finished eighth, more than three minutes behind Gary in the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s eight kilometre
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A more aggressive attitude to training rewarded fitness instructor Rachel Coverdale with a satisfying win in the five kilometre David O Jones Stawell Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. From her back mark, she could see the entire field stretched out in front of her as she began one of the steadier climbs through
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In terms of personal targets, Horsham running coach Rick Price sets himself only modest goals but he achieved at least one of those when he recorded fastest time to win the five kilometre David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. After an outstanding debut season with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club in
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Rupanyup gardener Meggy Boan led an all girl charge through the twists and turns of the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday, defying the odds to record her second win with the club in three weeks. After an astonishing 88-second win in the eight kilometre Horsham Little Aths race at Haven earlier this month, Meggy copped a
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Veteran campaigner Bob Freeland broke an unprecedented run of four consecutive wins by the club’s female runners when he scored a plucky win in the eight kilometre David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Despite clutching at a suspicious hamstring in the first kilometre of the race, Bob overcame his injury concerns
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