Simon Gallagher is a runner with natural ability; a self-confessed “mountain goat” who doesn’t need to train to win. Justine Tracey is no natural; no stylist when she runs. Effort tells on her face with every stride she takes, but she does train, challenging her body each week to climb 4.5 kilometres up Mount Arapiles, …
“Jack’s Track” specialist Keith Lofthouse returned to the scene of his first race success with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club and staged a form reversal to post an easy win in the eight kilometre Tyler’s Hardware Handicap at Rupanyup last Saturday. The inaugural winner of the race in 2009, the veteran has finished second, two …
Ultra-marathoner Kieran Ryan returned to the roots of his running career with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club to outclass club-mates in the Stawell Toyota and Kia Handicap last Saturday. Fresh from a “life changing” trek along the 96 kilometres of Papua-New Guinea’s iconic Kokoda Trail, Ryan “shook out the cobwebs” for the Ironbarks race by …
Dave Hunter’s rush to get to Melbourne for the Kangaroos clash with the Demons at Etihad last Saturday helped propel him to a fighting win in the eight kilometre Stawell Toyota Handicap, his second of the season. “It wasn’t much of a game as it turned out but the (two) girls hadn’t been down to …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club rookie Narelle Bubb was the forgotten runner in the eight kilometre Tyler’s Hardware race at Rupanyup last Saturday and, boy, did she make the chasers pay! After six runs with the club, finishing no closer than ninth, the running mum was a rank outsider – in racing parlance a 50-1 shot …
Hunter Swoops for Easy Kill Too late getting home from work to enjoy a round of golf last Saturday enabled Stawell landscaper Dave Hunter to venture west for the eight kilometre Horsham Little Athletics Handicap and return with the spoils of victory. The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s most improved runner has moved from a front mark …
Club rookie Kate Collins who in 28 years had never been involved in organised sport was the first female winner in four races this year at only her fourth start. Kate became a member almost on a whim after meeting club stalwart and other club runners for a regular Monday night training session at Stawell’s …
Meggy Boan cast aside an old enemy and ended a frustrating sequence of second placings when she led yet another all-girl charge to win the eight kilometre Stawell Toyota Handicap in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. Warned in advance that the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club event would not be easy, the irrepressible Meggy, already a …
The redoubtable Rhonda Clark performed a miracle far greater than a minor when she blitzed the biggest cross country field of the season to win the inaugural Seppelts Classic over eight kilometres in thick fog at Great Western racecourse on Sunday. Penalised 3.20 minutes for her three second win over the same distance at Ararat …
Horsham runner Selina Heard-Price overcame her “second season blues” with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club to bounce back in her third year with an overdue win in the eight kilometre Tylers Hardware Handicap at Rupanyup last Saturday. “Slim Jane” Selina and her partner Rick Price enjoyed a stunning rookie season with the club in 2011 …
