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 …
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 …
Veteran runner Axel Meumann notched up his first win for several years, with a solid perfomance last Saturday to take out the Stawell Curtains Sealed Handicap 10km Championship race. Meumann credited his overdue win to his long-term training partner and race sponsor Ray Scott. Fittingly, the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club stalwarts fought out the placings …
The final race of the year, the Lois Trimble Handicap, was once again run over a tough 2 lap 5km course, around and over Stawell’s Big Hill. The weather usually seems to be either hot, or cold and wet, and this year it ran true to form with a fine, mostly sunny day and warm …
After consistent performances all season, Murtoa teenager Ilana Jorgensen finally broke through for her first win when she took out the Stawell Curtain Centre sealed handicap last Saturday. Nineteen senior runners set off over the hilly 10 kilometre course, with Jorgensen being challenged most of the way by Ivan McDonald. It was not until a …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Lindy Muller produced another strong performance last Saturday to outpace the rest of the field when she took out the Stawell Curtain Centre 10km handicap. It brought up her third win for the season. A smaller field of 20 senior runners set off in the warm conditions for the combined …
Stawell Curtain Centre 10km Champ & GP Stawell Amateur Athletic Club mother and son combination Allison and Alastair Dugdale made it a family affair when they took out the senior and junior handicap sections of the Stawell Curtain Centre 10km Championship last Saturday. Held over a testing course through the Rifle Range Reserve, 21 senior …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club held the Stawell Curtain Centre 10km Championship last Saturday at the Rifle Range Reserve, in fine conditions. The race marked the three quarter point of the cross country season, with fourteen senior runners still in contention to win the 2004 club aggregate. It was also the last of the championship races …
Weights Mitre 10 Handicap Months of training for the upcoming Adelaide Marathon paid off for Gary Howden as he blitzed the field last Saturday in the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club Weights Mitre 10 Handicap. Fine conditions greeted the small field of 15 senior runners who set off for the 10km race along the banks of …
The last championship race for this season, the Stawell Curtain Centre 10,000m Sealed Handicap Championship, was held in the picturesque Rifle Range Reserve with a field of 25 senior runners lining up in clear fine conditions. Horsham runner Col Barnett lead all the way to make a clean sweep of all the Championship races this season …