Alexa and Greta Duke made it a family double when mother and daughter took out the senior and junior sections of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club Barham’s Insurance Handicap last Saturday. In fine but cold conditions, nineteen senior runners set off on the 8km two lap course through the ironbarks, with Alexa Duke making her …
Eight cross country teams lined up for the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club Dugdale Family Relays, held last Saturday over an 1800m undulating bush circuit. The annual relays are a great novelty event and are eagerly looked forward to by all runners. Each team consisted of 5 runners, one sub-junior running a single lap, two juniors …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club held the Charlie Jones sponsored 16km handicap last Saturday with an impressive field of 17 senior runners lining up for the longest cross country of the year. With many of the runners training for the Adelaide Marathon in August, it looked as if they would dominate the field and battle out …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club held one of its feature races for the season on Saturday. The Stephen Baird Handicap is the only race where first place receives a sash. A field of 23 runners eagerly lined up for the 5km senior event held near the Bonnie Dundee Dam in the ironbarks just north of Stawell. …
Col Barnett followed up his Championship win last week with another great run to take out the Howdens Of Stawell Handicap race last Saturday in fine but overcast conditions. A field of 22 senior runners lined up for the demanding 6.5km figure eight course through the hilly ironbark forest. Gary Saunders was first runner away, …
Col Barnett continued his dominance of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club Championship races by winning the Timekeepers Sealed Handicap Championship race on Saturday, held in the Ironbarks at the Three Jacks Reserve, near Stawell. A good field of twenty-four senior runners lined up for the 5km event. As per his usual form, Col Barnett went …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club staged the first of four championship races on Saturday with the Chris Blake 3km Championship. The race was held along a straight stretch of road in the Ironbark forest on the edge of Stawell, which made for a fast hilly course. Defending Champion Colin Barnett had no trouble maintaining his unbeaten …
Jacinta Collier, after finishing 4th in the National Triathlon Championships in Perth last month, was too good for the rest of the field, taking out the Sportspower 5km Handicap on Saturday in cold but sunny conditions. Club founder Keith Haymes set off first over the tough, hilly course, followed by Gary Saunders, who is showing …
After a long summer break, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runners were keen to get back into cross country running again, although the many Horsham triathletes now lining up for the winter cross country season, after a summer of training and racing, will most likely prove hard to beat in the early races. A good field …
Stawell Gold Mines 1.5km Relays Ten teams of five runners each competed in the Stawell Gold Mines 1.5km Relays on Saturday, with ages ranging from 6 years to 62 years. Conditions were dry on the Ironbark course for the first time in 3 weeks, a welcome change. Dugdale’s Destroyers started with their number one runner, …