Rhonda Clark is one of those self-deprecating cross country runners who never thinks she has the ability to win but is as surprised as anyone when she does. The Concongella “plodder” thought she would run the slowest time when she faced the starter in the Gary Howden-sponsored Telstra Shop Handicap at Horsham on Saturday, but …
Matilda Iglesias called on key elements of her limited race experience to score a clever win over rookie Richard Clarke in blustery conditions at Horsham Weir last Saturday. In the eight kilometre Horsham Little Aths Handicap, Matilda, already a winner over 5 and 6.5 kilometres in just 18 months of racing, had a five second …
Sharon Howden ended a frustrating run of minor placings but not without a scare before winning the five kilometre Andrew Darnell Memorial Handicap at Horsham last Saturday. In 14 starts with the club this season, Sharon had recorded four seconds, five thirds and two fourths, most of those coming since her one win at Stawell …
A “refresher course” in correct running technique paid immediate dividends for Horsham runner Paul Atherton when he broke through for his first win in two years in the five kilometre Community Axis handicap, held at Haven near Horsham. Having recovered from a nagging hamstring complaint that was slow to respond to treatment and exercise, Paul, …
A drunken bet has improved the health and changed the life of a mum who broke through for her maiden win at only her third run with the club in the 6.5 kilometre Telstra Store Handicap at Horsham last Saturday. Justine Tracey, a geologist with the Stawell Gold Mines, made a bet with a colleague …
Leggy Meggy Boan has had nightmares about her embarrassing gaffe when she unaccountably stopped short of the finish line and was denied a maiden cross-country win a couple of weeks ago. But she quickly made amends for her mishap by smashing a strong field to win the eight kilometre Horsham Little Aths Handicap at Haven, …
With Horsham runners featuring strongly on the leaders board over the majority of the season, Stawell runner Meg Parnaby has kept the winning theme following Rhonda Clarke’s win last week. With a major disruption in her training program, Meg Parnaby has shaken off the the effects of a “bruising slip at the supermarket” where she …
Reveling on the fast and flat track that brings out the best in him, and – for a change – not getting lost along the way, Gary Saunders staged a form reversal to post his first race win in two years in the five kilometre Andrew Darnell Memorial Handicap at Horsham last Saturday. Judging on …
Gaynor Radovic broke an eight year drought with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club when she scored a plucky win in the 6 ½ kilometre Telstra Store Handicap at Horsham last Sunday. Showing her liking for the flat and fast courses that enable her to get some rhythm into her running, Gaynor looked a probable winner …
Club stalwart Steve “Squeak” Baird achieved just about everything he wished for in 2010 when he broke a run of seconds to win the Horsham Telstra Store Handicap on the banks of the Wimmera River on Saturday. Squeak won the Veterans 100 metres at the Stawell Gift meeting in April, the Veterans 300 metres at …
