Being the oldest runner in the field didn’t hold back Gary Saunders when he charged home to take out the handicap section of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s combined Time Keeper’s Handicap and 5km Championship, held last Saturday. Staged as a sealed handicap, all runners set off together, with first across the line taking the …
Cool but fine conditions greeted a good field of 30 senior runners, who lined up to tackle the new Community AXIS Handicap course at Haven, just south of Horsham. Winding its way along the edge of a creek, the 5 kilometre course, although basically flat, had plenty of interesting twists and turns as well as …
Steve Baird grabbed the lead in the final 100 metres to claim victory in the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club Stephen Baird Handicap, run over 5000m last Saturday. Held in calm warm conditions, twenty-eight senior runners set off over the hilly Bonne Dundee course. Carol Lehmann and 78 year old Keith Haymes lead the way followed …
Twenty-seven senior runners headed into the Iron Barks at Three Jacks for the 5km Stawell Sportspower Handicap. Front markers Carolyn Lehmann. Gary Saunders, Marg Hyde, Lindy Muller and Phil Burns all put in good runs, but were caught by the rest of the field in the final stages of the race. Shaun Parnaby, running his …
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The 2007 Stawell Amateur Athletic Club cross country season opened on a high note last Saturday with the Dooen Engineering Sealed handicap. Twenty-nine runners lined up in quite warm conditions for the senior 5km event, held over an undulating course through the Iron Bark forest on the edge of the Stawell township. Staged as a …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club teenager Karl Scott held off a late charge by father Ray to score his third win for the season, when he took out the Lois Trimble Handicap last Saturday. Twenty-three senior runners lined up in very warm conditions for the testing 5000m course over Stawell’s Big Hill. Carolyn Lehmann led the …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Gary Saunders survived the unseasonable heat and a late charge from backmarker Col Barnett to take out the Garry Rice Handicap last Saturday. The race was held over a flat 5km course at Dadswells Bridge. Normally not a warm weather performer, Saunders found the relatively short race distance and lack …
Sheer determination propelled Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Ilana Jorgensen up the long difficult climb to the finish when she took out her first win as a senior runner in last Saturdays 5km Stephen Baird Handicap. Competing in her first season as a senior, the Murtoa teenager got off to a good start in the …
Two new Stawell Amateur Athletic Club members, John Kelly and Steve Page, stole the limelight when they took out the major placings in last Saturdays combined Time Keepers Handicap and 5km Championship race, held in the Iron Bark Reserve north of Stawell. Run as a sealed handicap, all 25 senior runners set off together, with …
With a large part of the field hot on his heels, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club teenager Karl Scott was pushed to the limit in taking out last Saturdays Youngs Sportspower Handicap. Held in ideal running conditions, the 22 strong senior field was put to the test over a tough, hilly 5km course. Young Scott, running …