Veteran campaigner Bob Freeland broke an unprecedented run of four consecutive wins by the club’s female runners when he scored a plucky win in the eight kilometre David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Despite clutching at a suspicious hamstring in the first kilometre of the race, Bob overcame his injury concerns […]
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One week after the club’s first female quinella in more than a year came a second when Rhonda Clark and Sharon Howden fought out the finish of the 10 kilometre S and R Young Sportspower Handicap last Saturday. The race was run as a sealed handicap. After showing consistent form to finish just behind the
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Horsham runners issued an unspoken challenge to their comrades in Stawell when Glenn Ryan became the fifth athlete from further west to win a race with the club this season. Glenn’s win, the first of his short career, meant that the score is five-all in the ten races conducted by the cross-country club so far
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In the 45-year history of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club no husband and wife have ever fought out a finish – until Rick Price and Selina Heard-Price landed a unique quinella in the Chris Blake Championship at Stawell last Saturday. The Horsham partners are first season newcomers to the club and had never before raced
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Horsham hospital worker Selina Heard-Price ran eight kilometres for the first time in her life on Saturday and it netted her an astounding win on debut with the club. Battling near exhaustion for the last two kilometres of the race, Selina made the most of her generous handicap and held on grimly for her 30
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Anthony Morey, who works in the field of exploration with the Stawell Gold Mine, struck gold himself in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday by winning the Barham Insurance Handicap at only his third start with the club. Anthony, 32, hadn’t lined up for the club since finishing in the middle of the field in the
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In a remarkable warm-up for the opening event of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season, club president Gary Howden trained in China, Vietnam, Thailand and finally in Horsham before winning the five kilometer Dooen Engineering Handicap, held in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. Seeming refreshed and invigorated after his extended business and pleasure trip to
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A ten second lapse in concentration may have cost 2009 club champion Nathaniel Warren outright back to back honours in the championship titles, which were finalized in the Ironbarks last Saturday. Nathan had a handy points margin over his only challenger, David McAllister, as they lined up for the last race that counted, the five
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Grampians cycling supremo Meg Parnaby showed rare versatility when she capped off a successful season on two wheels with a surprising victory on foot in the eight kilometre David O. Jones Mitre 10 Handicap. The race was held in the Ironbarks Forest, near Stawell, last Saturday. Meg, who had failed to finish on the podium
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One of the club’s most decorated runners, Col Barnett, completed a satisfying comeback with a last gasp win in the five kilometre Steve Baird Handicap in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. In the final nail-biting 100 metres, supporters on all sides roared encouragement as the 2003-2006 club champion closed quickly on the front-running tearaways Rhonda
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