Horsham’s Gary Howden continued the unexpected dominance of male athletes over female in this Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season with a narrow win in the 10 kilometre Run for Ray Scott at Stawell last Saturday. The club’s keen contingent of female runners have won more than half of the 40-odd races programmed by the club […]
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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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Thirty-six year-old running rookie Nathan Baker established himself as a sporting all-rounder when, at only his third start with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, broke his maiden status by winning the 6.5 kilometre Advance Bricks and Pavers Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Already a 20-year basketballer and Vice President of the Stawell Tennis Club, Baker
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Hunter Swoops for Easy Kill Too late getting home from work to enjoy a round of golf last Saturday enabled Stawell landscaper Dave Hunter to venture west for the eight kilometre Horsham Little Athletics Handicap and return with the spoils of victory. The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s most improved runner has moved from a front mark
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Club rookie Kate Collins who in 28 years had never been involved in organised sport was the first female winner in four races this year at only her fourth start. Kate became a member almost on a whim after meeting club stalwart and other club runners for a regular Monday night training session at Stawell’s
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Ryan at Top for Alaska Peaks Endurance athlete Kieran Ryan ran his usual 25 to 30 kilometres up and down the hills, trails and mountains of Halls Gap last Saturday, then travelled to Horsham later in the day and switched on the after burners to soar to a stunning win in the Telstra Shop Handicap.
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Reigning Stawell Amateur Athletic Club champion Nathaniel Warren showed ominous intent aimed at a fifth title this season when he blitzed a field of stunned chasers to easily win the Barham Insurance Handicap at Deep Lead last Saturday. The Stawell policeman was starting a shift at 3pm and had little more than 30 minutes to
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The unstoppable 72-year-old greybeard Gary Saunders surprised no one but himself when he opened the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season with a slogging win in the five kilometre Dooen Engineering Handicap in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. Club-mates know never to doubt the redoubtable veteran who year after year has proven himself to be one
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The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club has devised a way to transform the region’s “biggest losers” into winners. In partnership with Shane and Robyn Young of Stawell Sportspower, the club and its sister club the Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club are offering a chance to win a $250 Sportspower voucher to anyone who completes five
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Landscape gardener, golfer and cricketer Dave Hunter put down the tools, the clubs, and the pads and ran for his life at Stawell’s Big Hill last Saturday to achieve something he didn’t think possible at the start of 2013. Showing the benefit of his rookie season with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, Hunter took control
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