Stawell mum Naomi Hunter capped an unforgettable year of cross country running by winning the three kilometre Chris Blake Handicap on the North Park Athletic Track last Saturday and then receiving her first ever club award at the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s post-race presentation night. Returning from injury at the start of the year, uncertain …
It took thirty-years for Simon Edge to win his first ever foot race a fortnight ago and seven days to win his second. Despite being re-handicapped for his maiden win in the King of the Mountain at Halls Gap, Edge backed-up a week later to beat not only the handicapper but a field of determined …
The too often underrated Rhonda Rice has done it again! Judicious in picking and choosing races to her liking, she bobbed up for only the sixth time in the seventeenth race of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season to snatch victory in the 16 kilometre One More Step For Ray Rickard Handicap at Stawell last …
David Hunter’s late decision to run the Melbourne Marathon in October was a key factor in him notching his second cross country win for the season with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club last Saturday. Having won the eight kilometre Lindsay Kent Memorial in May, Hunter drifted in and out of form and motivation before he decided …
An emotional Terry Jenkins paid tribute to his old mate Ray Scott after winning the race he dearly wanted to win – the ten kilometre Run for Ray Handicap at Stawell on Saturday. The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club race is held in memory of Ray Scott, a club stalwart who died tragically whilst training alone …
Luke Baker played a lot of football in his youth but injuries, niggling, nagging and serious led him to give the game away in his mid-20s when, like many a lapsed footballer before him, his weight soared to 100 kilograms. “I knew I had to do something about it, but nothing happened until I moved …
In his maiden cross country win last year, Horsham runner Graeme Eldridge showed a liking for the hilly eight kilometre Stawell Toyota Handicap course through the Ironbarks and franked that form by winning the same race last Saturday. In a dramatic drive to the line, Eldridge stuck on grimly to beat the fast-finishing Matilda Iglesias …
Luke Baker has had his first win with the club in the Rice Concongella Vineyard 6.5 kilometre Championship. Baker said that that, “I have been running for a bit over two years after a friend challenged me to get involved in the sport. I was nervous in my first run with the club, but the …
David Hunter’s tale of woe about his battle to be a cross country runner again almost rivalled that of his wife Naomi’s but all ended well last Saturday when he emulated Naomi’s maiden win from seven days before. Naomi had taken 12 months to recover from a ruptured Achilles tendon while David had his own …
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It’s taken four years, including twelve months recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon, and a lot of self-doubt for Naomi Hunter to finally achieve her maiden cross country win last Saturday. Hunter’s gutsy effort in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap completed an unprecedented hat-trick of wins for Stawell Amateur Athletic club rookies in the …
