Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Gary Howden took the mud and hills in his stride last Saturday, surging to victory in the McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap. After steadily improving over the past few weeks, Howden notched up his first senior win for this year. The race was held over a hilly 8km course in the Iron […]
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Stawell veteran runner Gary Saunders took the winter conditions in his stride, streeting the rest of the field to win Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s T-Life Handicap by nearly a minute. Thirteen runners tackled the 6.5km circuit along the banks of Horsham’s Wimmera river. With water levels up this year, runners were unable to cross the
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Fourteen senior runners lined up for the Chris Blake Sealed Handicap 3km Championship. Held over a hilly course along Centre Road, in the Iron Bark forest on the edge of Stawell, all runners set off together, with the first runner across the line in each section the taking out the Championship points. After the race
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After coming in a close second the week before, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Ted Zgainski went one better in the 16km Charlie Jones Handicap last Saturday. Zgainski stormed to victory by a more than a minute. Held over a testing course through the Iron Bark forest north of Stawell, Zgainski set a solid pace
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Cool conditions greeted a good field of 20 senior runners, who lined up to tackle the relocated Tyler’s Hardware Handicap, held for the first time at Rupanyup. Quite a few local runners lined up to run as invitational runners, with Gail Emmett leading the field home ahead of back marker Noel Jorgensen, followed by Peter
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Sarah Barham held off some strong challenges over the closing stages of the Stawell Sportspower 8km Handicap to take out her first win with the club. Barham has shown a steady improvement since the start of the season and came into the race in great form. A field of 12 senior runners set off over
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Veteran runner Bob Freeland scored a gutsy win in last Saturday’s Stawell Amateur Athletic Club 5km Stephen Baird handicap. Running off 4 minute 30 seconds, Freeland quickly took the lead from front markers Gary Saunders and Axel Meumann over the difficult, hilly course. Several minutes behind, Gary Howden was also performing well, with mid field
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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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After some great performances in the junior ranks Nat Watson is starting to make his presence felt in the senior rankings, taking out the Gary Rice Handicap on Saturday. The race was held from Garry and Rhonda’s lovely property on the outskirts of Stawell, with the 5km race being held around the picturesque vineyard, now
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Veteran Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Meg Parnaby reveled in the flat conditions along the Wimmera River course last Saturday to take out the Andrew Darnell Memorial 8km Handicap. The race started from the Horsham Running Club clubrooms in the Horsham Showgrounds, and proceeded south-west along the river for four kilometers, then returned. It didn’t
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