Stawell Amateur Athletic Club secretary Naomi Hunter was running on adrenalin when she scooted to a surprisingly easy win in the five kilometre Ivan McDonald Handicap at Stawell’s Big Hill last Saturday. Hunter found herself burdened by extra duties due to the absence of club President, Jess Cass, who was holidaying in New South Wales, …
It took thirty-years for Simon Edge to win his first ever foot race a fortnight ago and seven days to win his second. Despite being re-handicapped for his maiden win in the King of the Mountain at Halls Gap, Edge backed-up a week later to beat not only the handicapper but a field of determined …
Plagued with nagging foot problems for most of 2017 and thinking his fifty-year career would end, veteran runner Bob Freeland thought he would finish the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season in a whimper but instead has ended it in a bang. His win in the five kilometre Ivan McDonald Big Hill Handicap at Stawell on …
Wily veteran Keith Lofthouse travelled to Stawell’s Big Hill last Saturday with some confidence that he could finish the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season with a third win. But then world class ultra-marathoner Kieran Ryan, more than half his age and more than twice his speed, arrived just five minutes before the start of the …
Landscape gardener, golfer and cricketer Dave Hunter put down the tools, the clubs, and the pads and ran for his life at Stawell’s Big Hill last Saturday to achieve something he didn’t think possible at the start of 2013. Showing the benefit of his rookie season with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, Hunter took control …
After being pipped on the post the previous week, Justine Tracey stormed to her second win of a record-breaking season with the club – the twelfth win by a female in 18 races. Never before in our 46-year history have the “fairer sex” handed out such a whipping to the males. They didn’t so much …
Husband and wife team Rick Price and Selina Heard-Price capped off an amazing rookie season with our club when Rick notched an unprecedented fourth win for the couple in the five kilometre McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap, held at Stawell’s Big Hill last Saturday. “Slim Jane” Selina started the juggernaut rolling when she won at her first …
Veteran campaigner Keith Lofthouse turned the sense of old failures into back to back victories in the five kilometre Ivan McDonald Hairdressing Handicap last Saturday. Keith recalled running second in the prestigious Eaglehawk to Bendigo road race in 2002, thinking it would be “the closest I’ll ever get to glory”, when he made plans to …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Gary Howden took the mud and hills in his stride last Saturday, surging to victory in the McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap. After steadily improving over the past few weeks, Howden notched up his first senior win for this year. The race was held over a hilly 8km course in the Iron …
Stawell Amateur Athletic club runner Sarah Ellis took the mud and hills in her stride last Saturday, taking out the McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap with a strong and determined effort. The steadily improving Ellis notched up her first senior win after stepping up from the junior ranks at the beginning of the season. Held over a …
