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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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 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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Fourteen 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, with the first runner across the line in each section the taking out the Championship points. After the race
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After coming in a close second the week before, Stawell Amateur Athletic Club runner Ted Zgainski went one better in the 16km Charlie Jones Handicap last Saturday. Zgainski stormed to victory by a more than a minute. Held over a testing course through the Iron Bark forest north of Stawell, Zgainski set a solid pace
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Sarah Barham held off some strong challenges over the closing stages of the Stawell Sportspower 8km Handicap to take out her first win with the club. Barham has shown a steady improvement since the start of the season and came into the race in great form. A field of 12 senior runners set off over
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Veteran runner Bob Freeland scored a gutsy win in last Saturday’s Stawell Amateur Athletic Club 5km Stephen Baird handicap. Running off 4 minute 30 seconds, Freeland quickly took the lead from front markers Gary Saunders and Axel Meumann over the difficult, hilly course. Several minutes behind, Gary Howden was also performing well, with mid field
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A small field of runners tackled the Lindsay Kent Memorial Sealed Handicap, and 8km championship race, held near the Stawell Airport. In what is now an annual event, both Stawell Amateur Athletic Club and the Ararat and Stawell Cross Country Club combined races for the day, with all runners starting together. Both clubs award their
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