In an all female affair, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runners Lindy Muller, Alexa Duke and Meg Parnaby produced one of the most exciting finishes in years, when Muller claimed victory within the final few metres to the line. Competing in the Howdens of Stawell 8 kilometre handicap, Muller made the most of the 4 minute […]
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Cool but fine conditions greeted a good field of 30 senior runners, who lined up to tackle the new Community AXIS Handicap course at Haven, just south of Horsham. Winding its way along the edge of a creek, the 5 kilometre course, although basically flat, had plenty of interesting twists and turns as well as
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Horsham based Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Jade Merrett blitzed the field to score a clear victory in last Saturday’s 16km Charlie Jones Handicap. Fitness and strength were the key factors in the clubs longest race of the year, and Merrett proved he had both. Running from the back mark, Merrett set out hard from
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After a years break from racing, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Graeme Sudholz showed he hasn’t lost form when he scored a close win in last Saturdays Horsham Telstra Shop Handicap. Horsham put on its traditional wet race day, but fortunately the rain stopped long enough for the racing to be completed before the rain
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A large field of runners tackled the Lindsay Kent Memorial Sealed Handicap, and 8km Championship race, held near the Stawell Airport. In what will now be an annual event, both Stawell Amateur Athletic Club and the Ararat and Stawell Cross Country Club combined races for the day, with a teams event between the two clubs.
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Carolyn Lehmann led all the way to take out the McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap, held over a hilly 8km bushland course, in cool overcast conditions. The twenty senior runners completed 2 circuits of the 4km course. Starting along Centre Rd, in the bushland on the edge of Stawell, Carolyn Lehmann led the field away, setting a
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Steve Baird grabbed the lead in the final 100 metres to claim victory in the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club Stephen Baird Handicap, run over 5000m last Saturday. Held in calm warm conditions, twenty-eight senior runners set off over the hilly Bonne Dundee course. Carol Lehmann and 78 year old Keith Haymes lead the way followed
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Twenty-five 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. First runners across the line in each section was the winner of the Championship points, then handicaps are applied
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Twenty-seven senior runners headed into the Iron Barks at Three Jacks for the 5km Stawell Sportspower Handicap. Front markers Carolyn Lehmann. Gary Saunders, Marg Hyde, Lindy Muller and Phil Burns all put in good runs, but were caught by the rest of the field in the final stages of the race. Shaun Parnaby, running his
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The 2007 Stawell Amateur Athletic Club cross country season opened on a high note last Saturday with the Dooen Engineering Sealed handicap. Twenty-nine runners lined up in quite warm conditions for the senior 5km event, held over an undulating course through the Iron Bark forest on the edge of the Stawell township. Staged as a
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