Stung by reports in the Stawell Mail Times that likened him to a “moody racehorse”, Ararat runner Sven O’Flynn hit back by smashing a strong field of reliable campaigners in the 6.5 kilometres Garry Rice Handicap. The race was held at Rice’s fabulous Concongella vineyard last Sunday. Sven is a newcomer this year to the […]
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Horsham’s Patrick Ellis overcame a bout of self doubt brought on by a severe dose of the flu when he charged to a pugnacious win in the eight kilometres Howdens of Stawell Handicap, raced in the Ironbarks near Stawell last Saturday. “I shouldn’t have run,” Patrick wheezed after the event. “I felt really crook jogging
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Most Stawell Amateur Athletic Club race winners are thrilled with the joy of success, but Peter Barham was somewhat sheepish after winning the race he sponsors, the five kilometre Barham Insurance Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. It’s an unwritten “rule” that club sponsors are not supposed to win their own races, hence Barham’s subdued response
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Nhill runner Peter Cutler drove 300 kilometres in a round trip to run just five kilometres with his new club last Saturday, but went home a winner after leading all the way in the Dooen Engineering Handicap. Beginning brilliantly to establish an early break over “gun” runners David McAllister and Nathaniel Warren, Cutler cut a
Skipping races in Stawell to venture to Melbourne for two events sharpened up veteran campaigner Keith Lofthouse, who went on to take out the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club’s season finale at Big Hill last Saturday. Lofthouse finished a creditable sixth in the 16 kilometre George Perdon Memorial Handicap at Keilor on August 30 but then
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Gary Saunders found the basically flat conditions to his liking in last Saturday’s Community Axis Handicap, attacking the race from the start to take out the event by over 2 minutes. Run over a 5km bushland course at Haven, south of Horsham, runners had to negotiate several steep sided gullies along the way. Running from
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club rookie David McAllister stunned more seasoned runners with a pugnacious “first-up” win in the Oscar Furniture Troopers Camp Handicap at Roses Gap last Saturday. Until recently McAllister, who had previously focused on organised fun runs, marathons and charity runs, was content to spend his Saturday afternoons pumping iron or pounding out
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Veteran runner Axel Meumann notched up his first win for several years, with a solid perfomance last Saturday to take out the Stawell Curtains Sealed Handicap 10km Championship race. Meumann credited his overdue win to his long-term training partner and race sponsor Ray Scott. Fittingly, the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club stalwarts fought out the placings
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Nathaniel Warren made short work of the club’s annual Advance Bricks King of the Mountain last Saturday, charging up the steep 3km Mount Rosea course in just under 13 minutes. Held as a sealed handicap, all runners started together, with first runner home taking the King of the Mountain title,
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Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Gary Howden took the mud and hills in his stride last Saturday, surging to victory in the McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap. After steadily improving over the past few weeks, Howden notched up his first senior win for this year. The race was held over a hilly 8km course in the Iron
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