A barnstorming finish by club veteran Keith Lofthouse prevented the flying femmes from charging to an eighth win in the tenth race of the season through the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. Only 16 seconds – one for each kilometre – thwarted Sharon Howden’s bid for a second victory this season after five thirds and an […]
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The flying femme phenomenon rolled on at the Concongella Vineyards last Saturday when Matilda Iglesias waltzed to her maiden win – the seventh by a female in nine races this season. Having only her fourth run with the club Matilda nipped round the picturesque 6.5 kilometre circuit, notable for its sharp turns and gentle slopes,
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A drunken bet has improved the health and changed the life of a mum who broke through for her maiden win at only her third run with the club in the 6.5 kilometre Telstra Store Handicap at Horsham last Saturday. Justine Tracey, a geologist with the Stawell Gold Mines, made a bet with a colleague
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Our favourite Gaynor Radovic learned a valuable tactical lesson recently when she travelled to Melbourne to take on some of the best performed cross country runners in Victoria in the Caruana Classic over eight kilometres, held on May 20th. By her own admission, the veteran campaigner had “no chance” of winning, but she led the
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Rupanyup gardener Meggy Boan led an all girl charge through the twists and turns of the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday, defying the odds to record her second win with the club in three weeks. After an astonishing 88-second win in the eight kilometre Horsham Little Aths race at Haven earlier this month, Meggy copped a
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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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Leggy Meggy Boan has had nightmares about her embarrassing gaffe when she unaccountably stopped short of the finish line and was denied a maiden cross-country win a couple of weeks ago. But she quickly made amends for her mishap by smashing a strong field to win the eight kilometre Horsham Little Aths Handicap at Haven,
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Rookie member Meggy Boan “blew” what would have been her maiden win with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club when she stopped about 200 metres short of the finish line in the 6.5 kilometres Advanced Bricks Handicap and watched in confusion as three more seasoned runners sailed past her. Horsham couple Sharon and Gary Howden landed
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Horsham mother-of-three Brydie Scollary etched her name into Stawell Amateur Athletic Club history when she, Meggy Boan, and Gaynor Radovic, completed the club’s first ever all-girl trifecta in the five kilometer Barham Insurance Handicap, held near Stawell last Saturday. Clocking two minutes faster than her previous best for the distance, Brydie ran the race of
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The rebirth of former Horsham 100 kilogram couch-potato Tim Harris rolled on at full force last Saturday when he skipped away with the opening event of the Stawell Athletic Club season despite a near catastrophe during the running. The big-boned Tim was looking like a winner with just a kilometre to travel in the five
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