A grimly determined Paul Atherton broke a four year drought with the club when he mastered the “hill of horrors”, to win the Oscar Furniture Troopers Camp Handicap. The race was held over eleven gruelling kilometres at Roses Gap last Saturday. Paul had not won since the much less demanding race at Dadswells Bridge in […]
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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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Spurred on by the embarrassment of a self-confessed bulging waistline, Bob Freeland, a foundation member of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, turned back the clock to win his first race in 14 months at Haven Hall, near Horsham, on Saturday. Suited by the fast and flat nature of the five kilometre course, the easiest on
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A grimly determined Rhonda Clark reversed recent narrow defeats, with a slender victory in the handicap section of the Advance Bricks-sponsored King of the Mountain, held at Halls Gap last Saturday. Gritting her teeth for the punishing three kilometre climb after being pipped at the post by Col Barnett at Stawell last start, and going
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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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2009 Club Champion Nathaniel Warren is hopeful that the successful game plan he carried into last Saturday’s three kilometres dash will secure him back to back championships for 2010. The race was held through the Ironbark forest near Stawell. The talented cross country runner surprised the flying David McAllister when he took charge at the
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Race sponsor Charlie Jones credited course experience and know how as critical factors in winning his own sixteen kilometre handicap. The race stretched all runners as they made their way through the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. On the day he virtually wore four hats – sponsor, handicapper, runner, and course marker. “I knew every bump
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Super-girl Susie Ellis knocked off a 40 kilometre bike ride at Horsham, and met up with a group of riders from Natimuk for a 50km spin out to, the up, down Mount Arapiles, all on the morning of her winning the Stawell Curtain Centre sponsored 10km Championship last Saturday. Grinding out a solid pace on
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Dave McAllister bounced back from the disappointment of blowing his winning chance in the Andrew Darnell race at Horsham a fortnight ago, making no mistake in the Tyler’s Hardware Handicap, run over seven and a half kilometres at Rupanyup last Saturday. Conceding up to 16 minutes start to the front-markers, the relentless Dave rounded up
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Stawell Secondary College principal Peter Hilbig had only one piece of advice for his daughter Charlotte when the two runners lined up for the five kilometre Andrew Darnell Memorial Handicap at Horsham last Saturday. “All I told her was to keep going as hard as she could and don’t look back,” Peter said. Sixteen-year-old Charlotte
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