After some great recent form and minor placings Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Phil Burns finally put it all together last Saturday to take out the Barham’s Insurance 8km Handicap. Burns held on over the closing stages of the testing bushland course to claim his second victory for the year. With tough competition coming from …
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 …
Veteran Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Gary Saunders revelled in the flat conditions along the Wimmera River course last Saturday, finishing well clear of the field to take out the Andrew Darnell Memorial 8km handicap. Running from the one minute mark near the front of the field, Saunders soon left co-markers Carolyn Lehmann and Wen …
On the come back trail after a forced break earlier this year, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Sharon Howden took the field by surprise when she easily won the Oscar Furniture 8km handicap last Saturday. Running from a mid field handicap, Howden set a solid pace from the start, and had rounded up the front …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Phil Burns was pressed hard over the final 300m of the Tyler’s Hardware handicap last Saturday, but held on to win from a fast finishing Susie Ellis. A strong field of 22 senior runners tackled the 8000m course set along the banks of Horsham’s Wimmera River. Running in his first …
After some good performances earlier in the year, Paul Atherton finally broke through for his first win of the season, taking out the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s Barham Insurance Handicap last Saturday. Running off a tight mark, Atherton overtook more than half of the 18 strong field on his way to victory, recording a good …
In an all female affair, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runners Lindy Muller, Alexa Duke and Meg Parnaby produced one of the most exciting finishes in years, when Muller claimed victory within the final few metres to the line. Competing in the Howdens of Stawell 8 kilometre handicap, Muller made the most of the 4 minute …
A large field of runners tackled the Lindsay Kent Memorial Sealed Handicap, and 8km Championship race, held near the Stawell Airport. In what will now be an annual event, both Stawell Amateur Athletic Club and the Ararat and Stawell Cross Country Club combined races for the day, with a teams event between the two clubs. …
Carolyn Lehmann led all the way to take out the McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap, held over a hilly 8km bushland course, in cool overcast conditions. The twenty senior runners completed 2 circuits of the 4km course. Starting along Centre Rd, in the bushland on the edge of Stawell, Carolyn Lehmann led the field away, setting a …
A smaller field of 18 senior Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runners fronted up in cold gusty conditions to tackle the 8km Oscar Furniture Handicap. The race was held around the Centre Road area of the Iron Bark Reserve, north of the clubrooms at North Park. Carolyn Lehmann lead the field away, followed by Hanne Blair …