From the rolling hills of San Francisco, to the High Line of New York, to Mission Beach at San Diego Gary Howden ran everywhere he could while on a three week holiday and was rewarded with a win in the eight kilometre Stawell Toyota Handicap at Stawell last Saturday just two days after his return. […]
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club champion Nathaniel Warren is on track for a tilt at a three hour Adelaide Marathon in August after his barnstorming finish to snatch victory in the five kilometre Axis Employment Handicap at Stawell on Saturday. Lying tenth with a kilometre to run, Warren was working hard and looked out of contention
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Simon Gallagher is a runner with natural ability; a self-confessed “mountain goat” who doesn’t need to train to win. Justine Tracey is no natural; no stylist when she runs. Effort tells on her face with every stride she takes, but she does train, challenging her body each week to climb 4.5 kilometres up Mount Arapiles,
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Waltzing Matilda Iglesias is a girl who seems constantly on the move. She was at Werribee last week for the Mansion Fun Run; is in Melbourne next week for the Wings for Life World Run; she’ll Run the Gap at Halls Gap on May 22, the Run Forrest trail run through the Otway Ranges in
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Phillip Cole estimated that he might be able to run five kilometres in 25 minutes when he made his debut with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club at Stawell last Saturday. He was handicapped accordingly. Imagine his surprise when he knocked nearly three minutes off that “guestimate” to win the Rupanyup Garden Centre Handicap by a
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Stawell geologist Justine Tracey took up running in 2012 as the result of a pub bet with a workmate. Her dedication to training and racing has been sporadic since then – but she is still running and her workmate is not. All bets were off before the five kilometre Hunter Landscaping and Gardening Handicap at
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There were times in Jess Cass’s life that the very thought of clocking milestones weighed like a millstone. Cass was 28 when she started running just 18 months ago. Until then she had never run a single kilometre in her life and, apart from dabbling in a few sessions of lawn bowls, had never played
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The President and Committee of Stawell Amateur Athletic Club extends to all members and officials, a warm welcome to season 2016 of cross country running which enters a new era this year with a switch to morning runs from 10am. As most of your know by now, this will be our 50 th Anniversary Year and we owe
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Veteran athlete Stephen Baird, once a regular winner on the region’s track and cross country circuits but almost crippled by injury 18 months ago, ended a five year drought when he won the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s three kilometre Chris Blake Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Baird tore his hamstring from the bone, “heard
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The cream rose to the top on the foothills of Halls Gap when the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s elite fought out the finish of the five kilometre King of the Mountain last Saturday. In a breathtakingly tight contest, rookie Rob Blythman broke through for his maiden win in the prestigious handicap event finishing the downhill
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