The rebirth of former Horsham 100 kilogram couch-potato Tim Harris rolled on at full force last Saturday when he skipped away with the opening event of the Stawell Athletic Club season despite a near catastrophe during the running. The big-boned Tim was looking like a winner with just a kilometre to travel in the five […]
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Husband and wife team Rick Price and Selina Heard-Price capped off an amazing rookie season with our club when Rick notched an unprecedented fourth win for the couple in the five kilometre McDonald’s Hairdressing Handicap, held at Stawell’s Big Hill last Saturday. “Slim Jane” Selina started the juggernaut rolling when she won at her first
Horsham runners squared the ledger with their Stawell counterparts when Daryl Scollary converted three straight seconds into a maiden win in the five kilometre Run For Ray in the Ironbarks Forest last Saturday. It was a clean sweep for Horsham with four of Dayl’s “neighbours” – Col Barnett (the unofficial 2011 club champion), Selina Heard-Price,
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Club stalwart Charlie Jones reverted to an “oldtimer’s” training strategy which enabled him to score an unexpected win in the Stan and Karen Watson sponsored five kilometre handicap last Saturday. Charlie, 57, who has trained up to 60 kilometres a week for most of his adult life, decided to add an extra training run to
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Veteran campaigner Bob Freeland broke an unprecedented run of four consecutive wins by the club’s female runners when he scored a plucky win in the eight kilometre David O Jones Mitre 10 Handicap at Stawell last Saturday. Despite clutching at a suspicious hamstring in the first kilometre of the race, Bob overcame his injury concerns
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One week after the club’s first female quinella in more than a year came a second when Rhonda Clark and Sharon Howden fought out the finish of the 10 kilometre S and R Young Sportspower Handicap last Saturday. The race was run as a sealed handicap. After showing consistent form to finish just behind the
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Horsham runners issued an unspoken challenge to their comrades in Stawell when Glenn Ryan became the fifth athlete from further west to win a race with the club this season. Glenn’s win, the first of his short career, meant that the score is five-all in the ten races conducted by the cross-country club so far
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In the 45-year history of the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club no husband and wife have ever fought out a finish – until Rick Price and Selina Heard-Price landed a unique quinella in the Chris Blake Championship at Stawell last Saturday. The Horsham partners are first season newcomers to the club and had never before raced
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After half-a-lifetime of competition with the Stawell Amateur Athletic Club, Col Barnett finally broke through for a win in the club’s showcase event, the eight kilometre Lindsay Kent Memorial Handicap, held near the Stawell Airport last Sunday. Ploughing through the mud and slush, with the race run in driving wind and rain, Col, 48, finally
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Horsham hospital worker Selina Heard-Price ran eight kilometres for the first time in her life on Saturday and it netted her an astounding win on debut with the club. Battling near exhaustion for the last two kilometres of the race, Selina made the most of her generous handicap and held on grimly for her 30
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