Oscar Furniture Handicap & Grand Prix After a delayed start to the season and struggling for early form, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Ivan McDonald finally found his rhythm in last Saturday’s Oscar Furniture 8km Handicap, scoring an impressive win from the 22 strong senior field. Front markers Carolyn Lehmann and Marg Hyde led the […]
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A smaller field of 18 senior Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runners lined up for the Garry Rice Handicap, held near the Dadwells Bridge caravan park in unseasonally warm conditions. Numbers were down due to a number of regular runners being absent at the Adelaide Marathon, to be held on the following day. The 5km course
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After knocking at the door for the last 6 weeks, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Bob Freeland finally broke through for his first win for the season, taking out the 6.5km David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap last Saturday. Having finished runner up for the last 2 weeks, a determined Freeland had his sights set
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club teenager Karl Scott notched up an impressive third win for the season when he stormed home to grab a last minute victory in last Saturdays Barham Insurance Handicap. Held over an 8km bushland course, the 21 strong senior field was put to the test by the rough and slippery conditions. Karl
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Stawell Curtain Centre 10km Champ & GP Stawell Amateur Athletic Club mother and son combination Allison and Alastair Dugdale made it a family affair when they took out the senior and junior handicap sections of the Stawell Curtain Centre 10km Championship last Saturday. Held over a testing course through the Rifle Range Reserve, 21 senior
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Dugdale Dash (relays) Relay team Charlie’s Chumps set a cracking pace from the start to dominate the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s annual cross country relay challenge, the Dugdale Dash. A good field of 40 senior, junior and sub-junior runners made up the 8 teams of 5 runners each. The sub-juniors led off over the 1900m
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Leaving her early season injury worries behind, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Meg Parnaby stamped her authority over the field early and was not challenged when she took out the Tylers Hardware 8km Handicap and Grand Prix event, held last Saturday along the banks of Horsham’s Wimmera River. In contrast to the cold wet conditions
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Moe’s Half Marathon Horham tri-athlete and marathon runner Susie Ellis withstood the relentless charge of Ray Scott by the narrowest of margins to score her second Stawell Amateur Athletic Club win for the season, when she took out the inaugural Moe’s Half Marathon, held last Saturday along the banks of Horsham’s Wimmera River. Cold showery
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A steadily improving Paul Atherton finally bettered his 2 previous second placings this season, when he came home strongly to take out the Lindsay Kent Memorial 8km Championship by almost a minute. Run as a combined sealed handicap and championship race, all runners started together. First across the line takes the championship points, then handicaps
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Col Barnett made the Stawell Amateur Athletic Clubs toughest race of the season look easy, taking 25 seconds off his last years time, when he took out the 3000m Advance Bricks King of the Mountain, held last Saturday up the slopes of Mt Rosea. Run as a sealed handicap, with all runners starting together, the
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