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 […]
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Flushed with the success of dual victories in professional ranks already this season, 70-year-old running phenomenon Gary Saunders returned to amateur ranks at Halls Gap last Saturday for an astounding win in the handicap section of the prestigious King of the Mountain. The man from Deep Lead with the bushy grey beard traditionally gains momentum
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The amazing transformation of former Horsham couch potato Tim Harris into a formidable athlete rolled on at Roses Gap last Saturday when he tamed the infamous “hill of horrors” at Roses Gap to win the toughest race on the club’s calendar. The reborn Tim, who once found it difficult to roll his 100 kilogram bulk
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A barnstorming finish by club veteran Keith Lofthouse prevented the flying femmes from charging to an eighth win in the tenth race of the season through the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. Only 16 seconds – one for each kilometre – thwarted Sharon Howden’s bid for a second victory this season after five thirds and an
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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
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Horsham runners issued an unspoken challenge to their comrades in Stawell when Glenn Ryan became the fifth athlete from further west to win a race with the club this season. Glenn’s win, the first of his short career, meant that the score is five-all in the ten races conducted by the cross-country club so far
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In a remarkable warm-up for the opening event of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season, club president Gary Howden trained in China, Vietnam, Thailand and finally in Horsham before winning the five kilometer Dooen Engineering Handicap, held in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. Seeming refreshed and invigorated after his extended business and pleasure trip to
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Race sponsor Charlie Jones credited course experience and know how as critical factors in winning his own sixteen kilometre handicap. The race stretched all runners as they made their way through the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. On the day he virtually wore four hats – sponsor, handicapper, runner, and course marker. “I knew every bump
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club rookie David McAllister stunned more seasoned runners with a pugnacious “first-up” win in the Oscar Furniture Troopers Camp Handicap at Roses Gap last Saturday. Until recently McAllister, who had previously focused on organised fun runs, marathons and charity runs, was content to spend his Saturday afternoons pumping iron or pounding out
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Phil Burns scored a great win in the handicap section of last Saturdays Chris Blake 3km Championship, while last years club aggregate winner Nathaniel Warren took the mud and rain in his stride to take out the open championship section. In a mass start, twenty-five senior and junior runners set
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