Stawell Amateur Athletic Club staged the first of four championship races on Saturday with the Chris Blake 3km Championship. The race was held along a straight stretch of road in the Ironbark forest on the edge of Stawell, which made for a fast hilly course. Defending Champion Colin Barnett had no trouble maintaining his unbeaten …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club held the Telstra Shop Handicap on Saturday in fine but cold conditions. A field of 28 senior runners lined up for 6.5 km race, held along the banks of the Wimmera River in Horsham. Starting near the Sound Shell runners proceeded downstream to the Weir, around the board walk and back …
Jacinta Collier, after finishing 4th in the National Triathlon Championships in Perth last month, was too good for the rest of the field, taking out the Sportspower 5km Handicap on Saturday in cold but sunny conditions. Club founder Keith Haymes set off first over the tough, hilly course, followed by Gary Saunders, who is showing …
After a long summer break, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runners were keen to get back into cross country running again, although the many Horsham triathletes now lining up for the winter cross country season, after a summer of training and racing, will most likely prove hard to beat in the early races. A good field …
Stawell Gold Mines 1.5km Relays Ten teams of five runners each competed in the Stawell Gold Mines 1.5km Relays on Saturday, with ages ranging from 6 years to 62 years. Conditions were dry on the Ironbark course for the first time in 3 weeks, a welcome change. Dugdale’s Destroyers started with their number one runner, …
Wet slippery conditions greeted the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runners on Saturday for the Gary Rice Handicap held at Dadswells Bridge. Twenty-four senior runners lined up to contest the 5km race. Despite the vast sheets of water covering parts of the course after the recent rains, Peter Hilbig started quickly, taking the conditions in his …
Wet and wintry conditions greeted the runners at the start of the David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap on Saturday. With the smallest field for the season, only 13 runners braved the conditions. Many club members were also absent as they were competing in the Adelaide Marathon the following day. The Senior 6.5km race was …
The last championship race for this season, the Stawell Curtain Centre 10,000m Sealed Handicap Championship, was held in the picturesque Rifle Range Reserve with a field of 25 senior runners lining up in clear fine conditions. Horsham runner Col Barnett lead all the way to make a clean sweep of all the Championship races this season …
Stawell Amateur Athletics Club held the Barham Insurance 8km Handicap last Saturday, in mostly fine but cool conditions. A field of 21 senior runners lined up for the start of the course through the ironbarks on the northern edge of town. Gary Saunders lead the field off, followed closely by David Milburn, who took to …
Stawell Amateur Athletic Club held the challenging Advanced Bricks and Pavers King Of The Mountain 3km race on Saturday. The course was straight up the Silverband Falls Road. A field of 26 runners lined up in perfect sunny conditions. Invitation runner Jade Merrett was first to the top but it was Col Barnett who claimed …