Enigmatic runner Sven O’Flynn bemoaned the fact that he’d found the form so late in the season that enabled him to win a race last Saturday – his first with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club since 2010. O’Flynn runs for both the Stawell club (Saturdays) and the Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club (Sundays) but […]
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Sandra Casey, hasn’t quite fulfilled the first of the goals she set for herself when she joined the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club last year, but is rapidly zeroing in on a second. After winning her first race at Haven, near Horsham, just over a year ago, Casey declared that she wanted to run five kilometres
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Female runners brought an abrupt end to male domination of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club season when they filled the podium in the 16 kilometre Hyperno Melbourne Marathon Warm-Up on a challenging figure-eight course through the Stawell Ironbarks last Saturday. The slender figure of Meggy Boan literally jumped for joy after learning that she had
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Veteran campaigner Keith Lofthouse combined a little inside knowledge with a wealth of experience to bustle his way to a clever win in the 10 kilometre Shane and Robyn Young Sportspower Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. The Stawell Amateur Athletic Club race was run as a “sealed” handicap which meant that all runners, from the
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Dave Hunter’s rush to get to Melbourne for the Kangaroos clash with the Demons at Etihad last Saturday helped propel him to a fighting win in the eight kilometre Stawell Toyota Handicap, his second of the season. “It wasn’t much of a game as it turned out but the (two) girls hadn’t been down to
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A more aggressive attitude to training rewarded fitness instructor Rachel Coverdale with a satisfying win in the five kilometre David O Jones Stawell Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. From her back mark, she could see the entire field stretched out in front of her as she began one of the steadier climbs through
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Reigning Stawell Amateur Athletic Club champion Nathaniel Warren wound up his preparation for the Adelaide Marathon on August 24 with a blistering win in the five kilometre Stephen Baird Handicap in the local Ironbarks last Saturday. Conceding as much as 12 to 16 minutes start to the slower front-markers “Rabbit” Warren scythed his way through
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Greybearded runner Gary Saunders likes to lead in his races and gets plenty of chances to do so as he is usually first to start in handicap races with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club. But he is entitled; at 72 years of age he is the club’s most senior member. With his large frame, flowing
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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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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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