A home ground advantage enabled lightweight athlete Keith Lofthouse to shrug off what he termed a “losing stupor” to salute in the Seppelt Cross Country Classic on a sodden Great Western racecourse last Saturday – his first race win in more than 50 starts. It had been almost two years to the day since the veteran […]
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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
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On cumulative times, the Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club retained the Lindsay Kent Memorial Shield over Stawell, but Peter Barham led the way for Stawell and was first on handicap. The 56-year-old insurance broker is back training five days a week and that was good enough for him to break through for his first
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Thinking herself more as a jogger than a runner, Rhonda Clark questioned whether the timekeepers had made a mistake when she turned failure into a confounding form reversal to win the combined clubs’ prestigious eight kilometre L. W. Kent Memorial Handicap. Rhonda, who ran a lackluster 19th on her home track at the Concongella Vineyards
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A small field of runners tackled the Lindsay Kent Memorial Sealed Handicap, and 8km championship race, held near the Stawell Airport. In what is now an annual event, both Stawell Amateur Athletic Club and the Ararat and Stawell Cross Country Club combined races for the day, with all runners starting together. Both clubs award their
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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.
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