Volume 20 Issue 3 Vetrunner Online See Page 14 August 1999

The official newsletter of the ACT FADDEN PINES RACES Veterans Athletic Club Inc. All Correspondence to GPO Box 2356, Canberra, ACT 2601 ‘No mountains to climb’ Vetrunner on line at: http://www.pcug.org.au/~jimod.htm Editor’s E-mail: [email protected] Driving out to the June handicap at and puddles, the race still went ahead. Fadden Pines the sky appeared heavy However, after getting down further with the imminent threat of rain, even as I into the Tuggeranong valley the sky was driving past Mt Taylor there was a brightened and even though it was a bit splash of rain on the windscreen. It on the cool side (in fact it was bitterly reminded me of the fateful Sunday cold), there was little wind making fairly morning a few years back, to that dreadful good conditions for us distance runners. bitterly cold and wet morning at the The races started with most of us in fairly Fadden Pines course when I thought good humour knowing that on this course, surely they would not go ahead with the although there were a few undulations, event in this weather. But as it has been there were ‘no mountains to climb’. This over the years there is not much that will made it a good fast course with the INSIDE THIS ISSUE put off a monthly vets handicap race. prospect of quite a few runners getting President’s Message 2 Even one occasion a few years back, under their kilometre ratings and the Taking Us Through the Years 3 with a race scheduled at Coppins chance to pick up the points that were on Farewell To A Mate 7 Crossing, when after days of torrential offer for this the 20th Anniversary From the Heart Foundation 8 rain the course had to be closed, the Handicap. The Throwing Handicap 18 organisers moved it back up to the Deek I recall that this was the course that I Winter Throwing Program 20 Recreation Area where, despite the mud (Continued on Page 9) The Way We Were 21 Terry Fox Fun Run 22 Comittee Corner 22 The Terry Fox Fun Run Social News 23 Letters To The Editor 24 Half Marathon Entry Form 25-26 Calendar, Contacts 27

CROSS COUNTRY The ACTVAC Cross Country Championships will be held at Stirling Park in Yarralumla on Saturday, July 31 in conjunction with the Cross Country Club’s Championships. The women’s race over 8km is at 1.15pm and the men’s race over 12km at 2pm. Cost is $2 entry on the day.

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Action from the Terry Fox Fun Run with club member Judi Walsh, centre back row, joining her colleagues from the Canberra Hospital in pushing Health Minister Michael Moore on a genuine hospital bed for the 5km run. Story - Page 22. Page 2 Vetrunner

It was very sad indeed to hear of the gratefully accepted. death of well-known Canberra distance An interesting item from an investment runner Chris Cook. Chris was just 40, just PRESIDENT’S magazine which I receive every quarter, a eligible in the old terms to become a Vet. I story called ‘Life’s Journey”, Where are didn’t know Chris personally and the only MESSAGE you? Age 35 and under - “The most time I can remember seeing him run was an aggravating thing about the younger impressive win of the Terry Fox Fun Run we conduct a Fun Run this year or not. The generation is that I no longer belong to it!” just a week before his untimely passing. This Cross Country Championships will be (Albert Einstein). Age 36 - 49 “Middle age is truly enforces that we MUST have regular combined with the Cross Country Club’s when you are sitting at home on a Saturday medical checks, no matter how fit we are. Championship on 31 July at the Stirling night, the phone rings and you hope it isn’t Our condolences go to Amelie, Heidi and Park, Yarralumla course, women will for you”. Age 50 - 64 “Why is it that when a Daniel. compete over the 8km course at 1.15pm and man retires and time is usually no longer of I received an E-mail earlier in the month men 12km at 2pm. any consequence, his colleagues give him a from Sue Kesson requesting a medal won in Bryan Thomas has agreed to be the gold watch?”. Age 65 and over “The best the Canberra Marathon. I am sorry that I was Director of the Club’s 18th Half Marathon. thing to save for old age is yourself”. not able to personally present Sue’s medal as If you can help Bryan please give him or Until next month, fitness through it has special value because Sue is one of the Executive your name, all help fellowship. KEN apparently the first woman to complete 10 marathons. Congratulations Sue, well done. Pam Weiss was also a winner in the AND FROM AN EX PRESIDENT marathon taking first place in the Australian In praise of Ken Daniels Vets W55 age group, congratulations Pam. I have ACT Vets medals also for W40 Cathie Dear fellow veteran athletes, We didn’t know the flack and negative Kay, M35 Craig Wisdom, Rob Ey, Peter Thank you for the opportunity, on this opposition we would encounter when we asked Cullen, M40 Andy Horsburgh, Neil auspicious occasion, to wit, the 20th to be part of the august body. At a meeting with Hamilton, M45 Trevor Jacobs, Eamonn anniversary of the Canberra Vets as it was the office bearers of the AAA, we were more or called at one stage, to put some words to paper, less told to go away, because we allowed ex pros Moloney, Ian Boyd, M50 Graham Burke, being unable to attend the Dinner. in our ranks, and after all, “this Veteran thing Bob Harlow, John Casey, M55 Dan Dawes, The honour of instigating the Club must go was just a flash in the pan”. The exact words of Doug Limbrick. These people need to see to Ken Daniels, who for whatever reason some people who are now members of this club. me and I will make arrangements for them to decided that Canberra should have a Veteran These words were uttered 20 years ago. receive their medal. Athletic Club. By putting an advertisement in After conferring with the national body of the newspaper, he attracted an assorted group Vets, I decided there was no basis to join this Congratulations go to Peter Neill on of people who agreed with him, including petty-minded mob of ‘so-called’ amateurs, and offering and being elected to be Club’s myself. We had several meetings in private after convincing Ken and co, we went it alone Treasurer. Also to Miriam and Bryan houses, culminating in a Proposal Meeting in a here in Canberra. The growth in membership McCarthy on being chosen as Officials at the club in Kingston somewhere (East Rugby was at first encouraging, and soon after, Olympics, then not forgetting Ray Bramwell Union Club) to determine which direction we unbelievable. We spent a lot of time and energy on his swift recovery from heart bypass should take. History will show that at an to get this thing going. inaugural meeting in Civic, a steering We instigated the handicap run, Mike surgery. Ray was at our last handicap run at committee was formed. Adler and his wife Merris donated a silver cup Fadden Pines doing a walk/jog, take it easy The following people volunteered to take for the very first handicap. We advertised a Ray we want to see you around for a long up the challenge: Peter Frylink, President, Fun Run for veteran aged people, and we had a time to come. Nigel Crew, Vice President, Ken Daniels, good crowd in excess of thirty turn up. A News I have attended as an observer two of the Secretary, (that is what he wanted), and Terry Sheet was started, and on a Thursday afternoon Club’s sub-committee meetings in the past Munro, Treasurer. This fine body of men (yes, we had our very first Track and Field meet at there were no women involved at that time) Holder High School oval, I think 8 of our two months. Firstly the Administration and formed the committee of the ACT Vets, then members took part. Club Structure sub-committee under the Canberra Vets and later back to ACTVAC. Never mind the intervening years, you all leadership of Dave Mackenzie. This Something most people don’t know or have know how we grew for 20 to 500 members. committee is reworking the 5-year forgotten, is that Arthur Brown, present at the Needless to say, that I am very proud to be a Development Plan 2000 - 2005. Alan meeting, volunteered for the position of member of this Club. The only part that doesn’t President, “if no one else would stand”. When I sit right with me, is the lowering of membership Williams, who chaired the committee for the offered to stand Arthur retracted his offer. age from 40 to 30. It is supposed to be a club for first Development Plan 1995 - 1999, was Thank you Arthur Brown, who later became mature aged people. there as well, offering some excellent advice known as the Iron Man, due to the fact of Congratulations to the new President and to the new committee. This sub-committee nominating for at least 10 events at the early farewell to Bryan Thomas, who took over the also set up the planning day on Sunday. Nationals. reins in 1986 and made the Club what it is now, Secondly the Competition sub-committee It wasn’t plain sailing in those early days, with the help of many talented people. Thank especially starting up yet another running club you Bryan and Trish for all your hard work, I which is working very hard to see that our in Canberra, known then for the profusion of hope it added to your quality of life. track and field season gets under way as well athletic clubs such as North Canberra, South, The new President has a task at hand, a as making decisions, some pretty tough, on Woden, ANU and others, including the famous membership of 500, busybodies at National and the Vets Fun Run, Cross Country CCC. Ken thought that the appropriate way to International level, factions clamouring to be Championships and Annual Half Marathon. be part of the running scene would be to apply Masters (what happened to mistresses). My best A decision is yet to be made on whether for membership to the AAA, as it was known. wishes go with him. PETER FRYLINK Vetrunner Page 3 TAKING US THROUGH THE YEARS A history of the ACT Veterans Athletic Club

This is the final segment of DOUG FRY’S KAREN DANIELS reveals this impromptu portrait of the “behind the scenes” early history of the our club spanning back over days of the ACT Veterans Athletic Club. 20 years since the club was founded in After I read the June edition of Vetrunner, in particular the history of the ACT 1979. Veterans Athletic Club it brought back some memories Travel to Fun Runs I didn’t know I had!! As early as 1979, participation in Just reading about how events outside the ACT has been reported. Dad (Ken Daniels) typed the Jack Pennington at The British Veterans first edition of Vetrunner on and World Veteran Titles, Peter Kallio in the old portable at home the state marathon titles at Nowra, Arthur made me understand why dad Brown in the Gilbro-Hanworth Marathon turned carpenter for a while at Griffith, Mike Adler in the Bulli to and our family room acquired Wollongong Fun Run. Terry Munro won at bench space, cupboards, Bathurst and Mike Adler won at Wodonga. drawers, drawers and more In 1980 members travelled to Thredbo drawers then came a filing for the Kosciusko Classic, part of National cabinet. Maybe this should Running week organised by Brian and have saved our dining table Linda Lenton. from the endless pieces of In June 1980, three vets teams of eight paper with all the members each, from a total of 30 teams, correspondence as well as the participated in the Gunning Relays over information, but it didn’t!! I 80.6 km. remember folding many a Ken Daniels in the early 1970’s trying his hand at Alan Burdon on temporary transfer in Vetrunner and writing names roller skating near his home at Holder. 1980, was competing with the Victorian and addresses, licking stamps Vets and doing well. and posting them, then to read there were only 40 copies - my tongue told me otherwise In 1986, Peter Skinner reported on his I’m sure!! Dad even attended Narrabundah College with me to improve his typing skills participation in The Six-Foot Track and to keep an eye on me, as I was 18 at the time! Marathon. Many times I remember answering the door to find this ‘tall’ man standing there. Mike Adler in the same year reported “Can I talk to your Dad”, says Peter Frylink. “Sorry mate”, he says to Dad, “But I’ve got on The Rye Park Fun Run. This was this idea on NSW Athletics”, says this tall man. “What do you think?” originated in 1985 by Nick Hearnshaw, Because there was no precedence for the running of the club a lot of meetings just who is now associated with the Goulbourn happened!! But I think the dilemma over the poster for the Oceania Games had to be the Fun Run. biggest event in our house. So many drawings, so many changes. I hope those of you John Dimitriou and Bronwyn Gardner who bought that 1984 T-shirt with Dad’s design on it kept it as a souvenir, as a lot of have been regular competitors in and have sweat and determination went into making it happen. I don’t think I was too young to reported on The Great Train Race since the understand but I do know these decisions were best left to ‘adults’. I’m glad that first late 1980’s. The train is The Puffing Billy meeting went so well because just for example at the last Sunday in every month there (an old steam engine) in the Dandenong are at least 200 Veterans that probably would not have met and made such great Ranges of Victoria. Competitors have to friendships and not forgetting all those PBs. race the train from Belgrave to Emerald Lake a distance of 13.5km. There are some rules involved including the train stopping Track and Field introduced in 1980, on Wednesday at all stations and competitors stopping at A sprinters Club was meeting at Bruce evenings at 6pm, with sprints, distance runs all train crossings when the booms are Stadium on Sunday mornings, and on and field events. down. There is also a second train which September 2, 1979 a track meeting of 100, The first Track and Field event at leaves after the first. 200, 400, 1500 and 5000m was to be held. Holder was held on February , 1980. Four In 1984, Craig Malot reported on the A good roll up occurred and October 21 track events and a long jump were held Bright Alpine Climb. This is now known as was set as the next date with three or four with Ken Daniels winning the 60 and the Four Peaks, in which Nigel and Maree events planned (including a 3 or 5km and 100m, Brian Paxman the 800 and 1500m,. Coldrick have reported on their a couple of sprints). Ken Daniels, Brian Paxman and Pat participation. A twilight meeting at Holder Oval was (Continued next page) Page 4 Vetrunner

(Continued from previous page) A four-person roster was introduced John began contributing regular news on Robertson did the long jump but results for the 1993-1994 season. high jumping, training, and progress of the were not recorded. Also in 1993-1994 track handicap group to Vetrunner. In 1982, a sub-committee of Ken racing over 100 and 200m was trialled. In Indoor Track Meeting Daniels, Mary Wahren, Bryan Thomas, the 1994-1995 season The Daniels Series Australia’s first indoor Track and Field Terry Munro and Maggie Johnson was was introduced for track sprint handicaps. meet was conducted by our club ACTVAC co-opted to come up with a scheme to The 1994-1995 season saw the at the EPIC centre on Thursday, September encourage more involvement in track introduction of the Boag awards. These 21, 1989. Bryan Thomas and Alan racing of all distances, and in the throwing are based on the 100, 200 and 300/400m, Williams were meet directors and the and jumping events. This led to the first short and long hurdles. No person can win program was set for set down from 7pm- (on November 5, 1982) regular this award twice in a single age group. 10pm at The National Tally Room, competition on Wednesday evenings from In 1997 after a lot of promotion by Building B, National Exhibition Centre. 6pm at Woden Athletics Field. The best sprinter Kevin Matthews, a series of There was to be a 180m circuit and a 60m field turnout was 80 competitors. relays was trialled based on both age and straight. Martin Peelgrane, a director of Competition was to continue on time. Scott and Furphy, consulting engineers, Thursdays at Woden Athletic park over Did you know that the Vets were the was able to provide a detailed January 1983 with track and field first to conduct triple jump, steeplechase computerised floorplan to enable marking championships to be held at Bruce Stadium and pole vaults for women. (December of the indoor circuit. The second season over two Wednesday evenings from 2 1992 Vetrunner.) saw the introduction of the Medicine Ball March 1983. In 1982 4x100m relays were Track and Field Championships Throw, Standing Triple Jump, and 40m held with 40-45 year old male first runner, The first Track and Field Hurdles. 50 or older male second runner, a woman Championships were held in 1981 on the as third runner, and a 35 year old as fourth Veterans Team Sprint Marathon Relays Sunday mornings of March 22 and April 5 In December 1979, the club fielded runner. from 9am to 12noon. The second Track three teams (each of ten members) in The After event coffee, snack and chat was and Field Championships were held Parliamentary Relays. Weston Creek was evident at these early track and field February 21 and 28, 1982, including the only club to have more teams than the evenings as a valuable way to develop interstate competitors. Vets. Tidbinbilla Relays in 1983 (58.6km) “club spirit”. saw 8 Vets teams (each of eight) A one-hour track race was held in Invitation Vets 800m Handicap Race nominated with names being Veteran February 1984, with 70 runners First held on November 1, 1990 to Streakers, Veteran Volcanoes, Virile participating. It so happened that Deek was start the track and field season, and was Veterans, Veteran Classics, Vigorous competing in a 5000m Championship the media launch of the Westpac Veterans, Vintage Veterans, Veteran immediately following, but the good club Sponsorship of the 1991 National Masters, the last mentioned team was turnout helped create a very enthusiastic Championships. Mike Adler came up with captained by Lucille Warth as a non- and friendly “club spirit”. the handicap concept, while John running captain. The 1986-1987 season saw Geoff Mahoney did most of the negotiating with The team Sprint Marathon relay was Moore as T and F co-ordinator, with new Westpac. Chris Higgins was promoted as devised by John Kemp and was first held events such as the hurdles and steeplechase Secretary to the Treasury in 1989. Chris on November 18, 1984. The inaugural added to the program. contributed to Vetrunner a personal event went to plan, started with the words Mike Adler was writing up the results account of the discovery and treatment of “deploy your runners” at five minutes prior and stories on track and Field in “Mike a heart problem. Chris continued running to the actual start time. Adler’s Track and Field Round-Up” as even with his problem. After competing in Members who have organised relay well as contributing in depth stories on a 400 metre event early in the evening and teams are Bob Parker, Duane Lowry, John personalities in “The Veteran Athlete”. then a 3000m race on December 6, 1990 Kemp, Jack Tonkin, Bryan Thomas and Mike’s “ACT Profile” had in depth stories Chris collapsed. Chris was unable to be Jim White. on Brian Gleeson, Tony Murray, Jo Cullen, resuscitated and died on the track. Chris Higgins, Phil Garvin, and reported In 1991 the Invitation Vets 800m Half Marathon on the saga of the Bruce Athletic Track, as Handicap Race was re-named the Chris The inaugural Half Marathon was part of the Bruce Stadium redevelopment. Higgins Memorial 800m race. The event organised by Bryan Thomas on June 20, Another article had the title “There’s No was conducted on a “weight for age” basis 1982 and has always been held at the Withering of these Vines”, an in depth according to WAVA standards. Weston Park venue. It originated out of an interview of the Vines family. Jumpers Group idea for a long road race for vets put to the The highlight of the 1987 season was In 1991 John Hunt, who became committee by Maggie Johnson in 1981. the 800m race with Dick Telford beating World Champion for the high jump in When Bryan Thomas came to the Mick Dunn (both going under two Durban, suggested that a jumper’s group committee he proposed it be a half minutes), with Garry Hand and John Bell be formed to meet regularly for training in marathon over a course basically the same only whiskers away at the line. a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. as the current course. This race featured a Vetrunner Page 5

unique double start with over 100-minute loops. Peter Kallio contributed an article of such an event for a long time. runners starting at 9am and less than 100- about training on the Cotter in the January Australia Day Athletic Carnival minute runners starting at 9.30am with a 1991 Vetrunner. He wrote “I believe the First organised jointly in 1995 by ACT total of 110 competitors. “Cotter 18” originated in 1978, when, Vets, ACT Athletics, and Little Athletics The second Half Marathon in 1983 during one of Brian Lenton’s annual Association was a huge success. attracted 154 competitors. Two women’s running weekends at Greenhills, John Overseas events and Championships and five men’s records were broken. A Harding decided to go on a long run and A team of 14 represented the ACT at feature of this second event was the large headed off into the Cotter Hills. The The Australian Championships in Adelaide number of people who volunteered their present course evolved basically from that in 1980, with about 450 competing. ACT assistance. Brian Gleeson and Brenda run, developing through someone’s desire athletes were Wendy Davidson, Robin Corbell (Field in subsequent years), to add a hill and to avoid what traffic there Kennedy, Rita Mee, Jonne Yabsley, John assisted tremendously in the organisation is on the Brindabella Road which was Bakker, Arthur Brown, Ken Daniels, Bob and running of this event. dusty and very rough in those days. Mee, Peter Frylink, Terry Munro, Brian In the 1987 Half Marathon two Bryan Thomas also contributed his Paxman, Pat Robertson, Roy Yeeles and wheelchair entrants competed. They were description of the Cotter Run in the Nigel Spurling (pre-vet). Dennis Kennedy and George Mein. Dennis February 1992 Vetrunner, setting out the In 1980 seven members travelled to and George competed regularly up until reason why the landmarks e.g. Jelly Legs New Zealand to compete in the 4th World 1992. In 1993 Peter Thompson competed. and Goblin’s corner, are so called. Other Veterans Championships. Medals were The tenth Half Marathon in 1991 was landmarks are Wimps Way, Bullocks, won by Judy Johnson, Wendy Davidson, the first where WAVA age graded tables Nine-Mile Tree, Padovan’s Crossing, Rita and Bob Mee and Jack Pennington. 10 were used to compare performances across Cliff Road, Babbling Brook, Heartbreak members competed in the Oceania Games different age groups, and it was the first Hill, Ma and Pa, and The Gate. in Auckland, New Zealand in November time that M30 youngsters were invited to Many stories abound about The 1990, Phil Garvin, Trevor Vogler, Len race (the pre-vets age being lowered to 30 Cotter. Joan Mallory is the oldest female Childs, Mick and Margaret Dando, Ken for both men and women). at 65 to have run it, while Reg Mullins and Daniels, Lesley Hamilton, Derek Quinto, Vets Cross-Country Championships Bob Hammond were approaching 70 Peter Waddell and Joy Bannister. This event was first held on May when they ran the Cotter 15. Jo Cullen Ken and Lesley also competed in the 26,1985 over the Ken Daniels 10km loop completed her 100th Cotter run on Seventh Oceania Games in Fiji, and in The in Stromlo Forest. Jim O’Shea was the race Monday, April 27, 1999 and has the most World Masters Games in Eugene Oregon director. Ken Daniels measured the course Cotter runs by any female. Bill Leyden ran in 1998, as did Gordon Nightingale. . with the wheel, and marked the km points. it in 1991, after coming straight from the Others competed in World Masters There were 83 finishers out of 82 job after working very late into the Championships in Buffalo, in 1995, registered starters (one wag out for a evening on shift. Charlie Rann, Tony Cavuoto, Jo Cullen, morning run got caught up in the race, There are often large crowds starting Bronwyn Gardner, Bob Chapman, Fran picked up his pace and crossed the finish the run at 7am on a Saturday morning. On Harris, Graeme Small, Bob Hunter, Duane line, then stopped to chat). one Saturday morning in 1994, there were Lowry, Len Childs, Alan and Andrina The first Cross Country Club organised 49 runners ready to start. Norden. 5 vets represented our club at the Championships for Vets was held on Mick Dando and his Tuesday group of World Veterans Athletic Championships at August 16, 1980, and attracted a field of runners have demystified the Cotter runs Miyazaki in 1993, Bronwyn Muller (Team 26. The race was won by Peter Kallio. and have made it easier for marathon Manager), Tony Cavuoto, Len Childs, debutant’s to get the feel of long hard Trish Connell and Bryan Thomas. Bryan In 1988 the Championships were held runs. They have organised a shuttle has competed at four World Games. on a three-lap course in Woden Park in the system of cars to take runners to various Alan Anderson has contributed articles surrounds of the Woden Cemetery. John starting points along the course, in this on The Comrades Marathon in South Mahoney suggested the course, and many way many newcomers have been Africa, having lived there for more than 18 hours were spent pushing the measuring introduced and these methods have years, he competed in many and has now wheel in all possible directions. The course allowed those coming back from injury to graduated to Mountain Bike Riding in front even included a hurdle of hay bales. Bob again join in this delightful run. Bill of the field in The Brindabella classic, Mee, stepping in at short notice after John Leyden wrote in October 1998 of the riding the entire course. Bob Harlow and Mahoney underwent a hip operation, took “New Cotter Group”; the group Trevor Jacobs have also completed the charge of the 1990 event. subsequently featured as cover stories on Comrades. The Cotter Runs two successive Vetrunners. National Competitions By tradition began in late January, to Canberra Street Mile ACTVAC was host to the Australian enable those in training for the Canberra First held on Saturday, March 10, Veteran Track and Field Championships in Marathon to train together. The Cotter has 1990, with John Harding the driving force 1984. Paul Rudkin organised the cross retained the old terminology of 15, 18, 21 behind bringing it to fruition after Bryan Country 10km course. Dennis Wilson was and 24 miles to describe the four basic Thomas had been advocating the holding (Continued next page) Page 6 Vetrunner

(Continued from previous page) energetic group of Directors comprising handicapper for three years, and the the Chief Track referee, and John Muir the Peter Neil, Frank Kresse, Ken Daniels, Women’s and Girls’ Fun Run. Officials Co-ordinator. Raine Thompson, Colin Bridge, Ewan When numbers began to increase, an Brown, Chris Mahe, and Jim O’Donnell. approach was made to Colin Bridge to Westpac Australian Veterans Track and develop a computer system to handle the Field Championships 1991 VII World Veterans Games processing. Colin modified his highly John Kemp had the honor and the Held in Melbourne from November 26 successful ACTVAC handicap system and responsibility of being the chief Executive to December 6, 1987. The club spirit was implemented it for the Jogalong. This for this Carnival. These championships evident at Melbourne, our contingent system has been operated by Julie Fitch, were held in Canberra, the organising returned with 37 medals (19 Gold, 8 Beryl Lowry and is currently managed by committee was dedicated and hard working Silver and 10 Bronze) thus experiencing Ivan Neville. and ably led by John Kemp. Mary Silver, a the rewards of top performances, one of The Jogalong now offers a handicap talented runner and graphic designer which was the spectacular tie between event over 6km for women only, a 3km produced the logo, which was made in the Tony Murray and Dick Telford in the mixed event, and also conducts the ACT colours of blue and gold. That logo 1500m. Minijog 1.6km event for children. A recent was similar to the one chosen for the Easter Bronwyn Muller organised the travel, milestone was reached in that the Jogalong Nationals in 1999. The club gained Quentin Anthony, Geoff Moore and Ken has now been running for 21 years. Special significant sponsorship for the event, Daniels collated the results, and Charlie 21st birthday celebrations being held on thanks to John Mahoney. Rann was always there to provide advice Sunday, May 2, 1999. Ken Daniels got the ACT’s first medal to the throwers, and cheer on the track in the javelin, and Maryann Busteed was competitors. Individual Performances. the first track medallist winning gold in the A prelude to this event was an article It would only be proper to conclude 10,000m. The officials especially non-club by Trevor Vogler who reported on his with a couple of individual performances members, youngsters and interstaters just competing at the National Championships by club members. A proper history would came forward and asked “I am here, what at Easter, “having three laps to go when extend to many, many more fine efforts by can I do to help.” These included a number everyone else had finished the 10km, was club members. of highly qualified senior AA officials who a little worrying, but the ACT Cheer worked tirelessly all day, often on some squad dragged me through. I’m now World Champions and World record menial task. preparing to take on the rest of the world holders in Melbourne”. Trevor competed in the John Hunt (HJ) and Fran Harris (Hur) The Sixth Australian Masters Games 20km Race Walk, the Cross Country became World Champions at the World 1997 (October 24 to November 1) event and the 5000m Walk Final. A full Veterans Games in Durban South Africa, The Convener of the very successful list of ACT results can be found in 1997. Tony Murray ran 4:12.56 for a Mile athletic component of this event was Dave January 1988 Vetrunner. World Record in Melbourne in 1988. Mackenzie. A host of 305 Volunteers Other World Record Holders are Trish helped make this event successful. About Jogalong Thomas in the Hammer 1989, Irene 960 competitors enjoyed the variety of This event has been part of the Vets Mitchell also the Hammer 1987, and events, including a full program of track history, for in 1983, the first three placed Margaret Taylor in the Triple Jump 1999. and field, road walks, fun run, street mile were Vets club members, while Lucille and half marathon. Deputy Convener was and Sue Warth, Gwen and Julie Vines, Jo 100km Track Race Bob Banens with Secretary Bronwyn and Kerri Cullen have been mother and Stuart Reid, urged on by his clubmates, Gardner, Treasurer Pamela Weiss, Track daughter winners. including well known ultra runners Ernie and Field Director Stuart Reid, Outside Vets have been involved in the Warner and Derek Quinto (who also events Miriam and Bryan McCarthy, organisation of this event, Peter Freeman, competed), decided to have a go at an Events Support Jenny Hefford and Judi Keith Perroux, Wendy Davidson, Ultra. Stuart was a strong marathon runner Edwards, Registration Program and Lorraine Stevens, Beryl Lowry, Annette with a PB of 2:52:00 and won the 50 years Results Ken Daniels and Lesley Hamilton, Sugden have all been prominent division of the Australian Veterans Public Relations Jim O’Donnell, Socials contributors to the success. Lucille Warth marathon championships in 1984. and Awards Raine Thompson, and IT suggested the warm up and stretching The race took place at the AIS track on Coordinator Colin Bridge. session prior to each Jogalong. Lucille is Saturday, October 1, 1988. Stuart was We have just seen the completion of the an accomplished instructor. Annette supported by many Vets and wife Kay and 1999 Australian Veterans Athletic Sugden, Beryl Lowry, Wendy Davidson was the Veteran winner (after a massage at Championships which are considered to be (and Butch) have been closely associated 75km). the best organised and most innovative with the Jogalong, Beryl recently being DOUG FRY is grateful for the valuable input championships ever held in Australia. The awarded Life Membership of the ACT from Colin Bridge, Ken Daniels, Duane Convener for these championships was Cross Country Club for her involvement Lowry and Bryan Thomas (who also loaned Neil Boden ably assisted by another in both the Jogalong, including being his early copies of Vetrunner). Vetrunner Page 7 FAREWELL TO A MATE The world is a poorer place with the tragic loss

The autopsy found that he died of a more biking had appeared to make him Although not a member of the vets Chris massive heart attack, caused by the worst superbly fit. In December he had won the Cook was well known to the distance case of a blocked artery the doctor had Tour de Mountain race in the Woden runners in the club, in particular those ever seen. Perhaps because of his parental Valley and on May 1 he finished 3rd in the who competed at inter-club with ACT history, but more likely from his sheer zest ACT Mountain running championship on Athletics and in winter with the ACT Cross for life and enjoyment at training with his Black Mountain behind David (Osmond) Country Club. JOHN HARDING, mates. and Australian orienteering champion Rob President of the Australian Mountain Chris trained regularly and was an Walter. He had also been performing well Running Association, writes about his outstanding athlete from his school days. in the monthly Mt Ainslie Run Up series, friend and mate who tragically collapsed In his early twenties he had become one of winning the June 1 race. and died while competing at the Australian the top few 3,000m steeplechase runners Only a week before his death, he had Mountain Running Championships in in Australia, with a best time of around purchased a new mountain bike and was Brisbane on June 26, 1999 8mins 50secs. He was also an excellent relishing the opportunity to try it out after middle distance track and a cross-country the mountain running championships were I have never written an obituary before. runner who excelled on rugged courses over. Although a resident of Queanbeyan, It is so very hard. I had expected instead to with fence crossings. His only frustration Chris had been a member of North be writing that the recipient had gained was the marathon, which he failed to Canberra Athletics Club and the ACT Australian selection. Instead the world is a conquer, as his bouncy running action was Cross Country Club for about 20 years, much poorer place for the loss of a man not conducive to a 42km slog on bitumen. serving on the athletics club committee for who was a great mate to many and a After the introduction of some years during the 1980s. devoted husband and father to his family. championships for mountain running in He was a prime mover of the On Saturday afternoon June 26, on Australia in 1992, Chris took to the new foundation of the Australian Mountain Camp Mountain in Brisbane, Chris Cook discipline with enthusiasm, winning more Running Association in 1997 and was the collapsed unconscious only two kilometres ACT championships than any other. In foundation Vice President, relinquishing after the start of the open men’s Australian 1993 he built up a commanding lead in the that job to become Treasurer in 1998. On Mountain Running Championship. Within Australian Championship on Mt Saturday, as well as being a competitor, he seconds he had turned blue and half an Wellington in Hobart, only to go off was manager of the ACT mountain running hour of CPR from a trained race official course on a narrow track during the last team. During the summer months he and a nurse, followed by further attempts kilometre, finishing a close second to his coached his son Daniel’s cricket team and by ambulance paramedics, failed to revive North Canberra club mate Anthony Scott. also took Daniel to the AIS track for a him. At the World Championship in France weekly race. He was delighted only a Representing the ACT, Chris, a 40 year that year he was running in the top 15 in fortnight ago when Daniel finished in the old from Queanbeyan, was running 4th in the field in the middle stages of the race top five at the NSW regional secondary the field at the time, and, as the 1997 before fading to 36th. schools cross country carnival at Nowra national champion and a former Australian In 1994 he easily won the ACT and became eligible to compete in the representative, was one of the race championship but fell ill during the last NSW Championships in Sydney next favourites. week before the national championship on month. It was only the previous Sunday (June Mt Coree in the ACT and missed national Known as “Cookie”, he was perhaps 20) he had comfortably won the 5km Terry selection. In 1995 he was back in the best known to his mates for the many times Fox Fun Run and told friends he was medals in the national championship, he helped out putting in a new drive way, feeling good. After watching his son finishing 3rd. Two years later he achieved laying a back garden, or doing some other Daniel compete in an athletics meet at the his greatest triumph, a runaway win in the major domestic home handyman task. He AIS Athletics Field the following Australian championship on Mt was a man with a keen sense of humour, a Wednesday morning, Chris had left Wellington in Tasmania. ready laugh, and never an ill word to say Canberra with wife Emily for the drive After that victory he experienced about anyone. He had excellent carpentry north. persistent lower leg injuries and turned to skills and produced many fine trophies for On the day of the race, he had driven mountain bike riding with his mates Rod both North Canberra Athletics Club and for about five hours with Emily after Higgins and David Osmond, also the Mountain Running Association. A staying overnight with relatives at Byron Australian mountain running champions. public servant with the Customs Bay. Before the start, he mentioned having During the last 12 months he has Department, he is survived by Emily, Heidi a bit of a headache and not feeling 100 per competed regularly in mountain bike races and Daniel. He will be sadly missed by cent. and the combination of less running and many. Page 8 Vetrunner DO YOU HAVE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE? How to stay young at heart

Be a Non-Smoker physical activity should be part of your day With the recent tragic death of Chris Cook Almost everybody is aware of the throughout life. an approach was made to the ACT Branch health dangers of smoking. Smoking is a The Heart Foundation recommends that of the National Heart Foundation through major risk factor for heart disease and for people include 30 minutes or more of Brigid Walsh for some guidance in regard many other diseases, including cancer. moderate intensity physical activity (such of the ongoing dangers of heart disease. There’s no safe level of smoking. It as brisk walking) on most, if not all days of In response the Foundation’s SELINA doubles the risk of heart attack and is a the week. This can be accumulated in three RAWSON wrote this informative article. major risk factor for stroke, cancer and 10-minute bouts. Participation in activity many other diseases. It is never too late to of increased intensity (for those who are Do you have a healthy lifestyle? You benefit from giving up, and the good news able and choose to do it, such as the may think you do, however have you ever is the risk of heart disease drops quickly veteran runners) may provide additional thought about your personal risk of having after you quit. benefit in terms of cardiovascular health. a heart attack or stroke? Keep a Check on your Blood Pressure So remember – even if you think you Cardiovascular disease is the leading High blood pressure (hypertension) are particularly fit and healthy, you could cause of death in Australia, claiming a life means the pressure on the blood in the still be at risk of heart disease. Be sure to every 10 minutes. This equates to over arteries is too high. Over time this puts a have regular checkups with your doctor. 1000 people dying every week and strain on the heart because it has to work For further information thousands more being affected. harder to pump blood around the body. The Heart Foundation has recently There are many factors, which may High blood pressure also puts extra stress established ‘Heartline - Your direct line to contribute to your personal risk of heart on the walls of the arteries, causing them matters of the heart. It’s a new telephone disease. Genetics is a major factor, as it is to thicken and become blocked. service that offers professional information well established that a history of coronary High blood pressure usually has no about dealing with heart disease and artery disease in a first-degree relative symptoms until it has caused serious stroke. For the cost of a local call, you can increases one’s own risk. From case damage, so ask your doctor to regularly obtain information on issues like risk control studies, heart attack is 2 to 4 times check your blood pressure. Reducing high factors, nutrition and healthy eating, blood more common in individuals with an blood pressure can prevent strokes, reduce pressure, cholesterol smoking, physical affected relative than in those without. It the possibility of heart failure and reduce activity and heart surgery. Call 1300 36 27 also seems that the younger the age at your chance of heart attack. 87. which one’s relative is affected the greater Eat a variety of Healthy Low Fat is your personal risk. In families with Foods, and know your Cholesterol DEVELOPMENT young coronary cases, high blood pressure Level and cholesterol are often also important Healthy eating is enjoying a regular PLAN factors. (Rissanen, AM & Epstein FH) sensible eating pattern, which provides all The club held the first meeting of the So even if you lead a healthy lifestyle, the essential nutrients, as well as being ACTVAC 2000-2004 Development Plan you may still be at risk of heart disease, low in fat and salt. It also helps to keep as the Canberra West Bowling Club on heart attack or stroke. If you are a smoker our blood cholesterol and weight at Sunday, July 18. or have high blood cholesterol or high healthy levels. Among the items that were on the blood pressure, your risk is greatly High blood cholesterol is common as agenda to be discussed at the workshop increased again. we get older and greatly increases the risk were the direction the club will take over Through healthy lifestyle choices, the of heart attack because it is the primary the next five years. risk of heart attack and stroke can be cause of artery clogging. For most people If you were unable to attend that greatly reduced. A healthy lifestyle is the the main cause of high blood cholesterol meeting and would like to have your say key to a healthy heart. It’s not always easy is eating too much saturated fat, the kind on what direction you consider the club but it’s worth making the effort. A healthy found in animal products, full cream dairy should take please make your coments heart is vital. It works non-stop for 70 products and many processed foods. known to the Sub-Committee formed to years or more, pumping blood to all parts The Heart Foundation’s ‘Tick of foster the Development Plan. of the body. It helps give you the energy to approval’ will help you in choosing foods, It is headed by Dave Mackenzie and enjoy a fuller and longer life. But you can’t which are low in saturated fat and salt. he can be contacted at 62885891 at home take your heart for granted. There’s a lot Be Physically Active or 62881844 at work. You can also fax you can do to keep it in shape. By The more active you are the better for your ideas to Dave at his work number. following these 4 steps, you will be well on your heart and health generally. Whether DAVE MACKENZIE your way to having a happy healthy heart. you are young or old, in or out of shape, Vetrunner Page 9 FADDEN PINES HANDICAP RACES ‘No mountains to climb’

(Continued from Page 1) so well he was the first over the line in just had my only medal success in the longer under 29 minutes. Well done Ray! handicap races finishing with a silver Although I managed to keep Teresa in medal. On another occasion at the Fadden sight I didn’t have the strength in my legs Pines run I managed to get under that to catch her. Teresa was second over the magical four minutes per kilomtere mark line in 33.26. Just in that last few hundred for the journey. It reminds me of Bryan metres after the wooden bridge I thought I Thomas’s “Way We Were” column would be swamped by the hordes trying to introduction, “The older we get the faster I get their hands on some of those double used to be”. points that were on offer. However, only This month we again attracted over 220 three more runners got past me. Steve to our handicaps, showing that these races Hughes went by like I was standing still are very popular with club members with followed by Sherryl Greathead who gave even the short race attracting an almost me a friendly pat and words of record field of 84 and 131 got off in the encouragement, then Robyn Kennedy. longer race. Steve ran a very smart 15.36 the quickest I got off for my usual start on “Go” for on the course even beating Elaine the 4.5km run in the Frylink Series. Cooper’s 15.59, the first to do so at the Newcomer Teresa Symonds shot off down short handicap for some time. Looks like the track with Ray Bramwell and myself Steve may be starting a bit further back following in her wake. Ray incidentally the next time he runs, with Elaine was making his first all the way run since dropping her usual one group. his heart bypass last February although he I had enough left to hold onto sixth told me he was doing about 20 minutes a place just ahead of Alice Scott the first This month’s gold medal winners. day to ease into running again. Anyway he eligible runner over the line. Alice, of Above, Geoff Moore took out the looked good and after about 10 minutes off course, is involved in many aspects of the Thomas Series and below, Alice Scott he went disappearing into the pines, going vets having just taken over the role as the Frylink Series. Secretary. She is also heavily involved in the Womens’ and Girls Jogalong, and it’s a wonder that she still has any time to train, though I’m led to believe she is one of the mainstays of the Tuesday morning group and seldom misses that run. She no doubt likes the picnic breakfast that always follows that outing. Anyway the gold medal and trophy is now hers with her race time of 24.36. Alice who started from group nine will, like Steve, no doubt be running from a harder group next time. This was Alice’s fourth gold medal in the series which brings her total to 4 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, added to that are 2 bronze in the longer race series. A pretty good tally when you think of it. The silver medal spot this month went to Frank Nugent. Frank is no stranger to the medal podium picking up many medals over the years, not only at the the bronze medal winner, Dianne Lane, running handicaps but knocks off several except like Alice and Frank she also ran Bronwyn Gardner with Greg O’Neill with the throwers as well. Frank gets off well under her group rating. Dianne was 20 after being presented with her 150 run from group 10 and his time for the 4.5km seconds per km under with Alice 22 and T-shirt. was 23.57. Don’t know a great deal about (Continued next page) Page 10 Vetrunner

(Continued for previous page) home in the longer event were ineligible handicaps, doesn’t get into the first spot Frank 21. Dianne’s nett time for the race with Glenda Moss first in with a race time that often, indeed it is only his second gold was 28.34. Frank’s medal tally is now 1 of 48.03 followed by Ann Reid with a in the longer races since 1984. Geoff’s gold and 1 silver as well as a gold in the 53.09 time for the race was 35.32 giving him a Thomas Series. For Dianne she now has a Another of the club identities came 3.56 km rating, the first time he has done silver and a bronze to her credit. storming home in third spot to be the first under the four minutes mark for some time. Now the all-important pointscore. eligible runner in the Thomas Series Geoff’s overall medal tally is also quite Despite Mick Dando’s challenge to the getting the maximum double points that impressive with a total of seven, 2 gold and leader Cathy Montalto that he was after were up for grabs. Geoff really pushed 2 bronze in the longer races to go with 2 that leaders bib he slipped back a few more himself to the limit, especially in that last gold and a bronze in the shorter runs. points. Cathy is in superb form at present. couple of kilometres which although by The silver medal went to one of the We all wish her well in her debut marathon no means a steep gradient is certainly newcomers to the running scene and the up at the Gold Coast on July 11. Here at uphill a few degrees. After crossing the vets. Though the name of O’Neill is well Fadden Pines, despite losing yet another line Geoff fell to his knees looking quite known to many of the older runners in the spot on the group starts she still managed distressed. However, after talking to him club with Greg’s involvement over many to run into 34th place, grabbing another 66 he said that although his legs felt fine it years with the club, it was his daughter points to add to her already impressive was the lungs that seemed to be on fire as Kerry that took the honours for the tally. She is holding onto a 32-point lead he gasped for air. He did recover quite O’Neills this time around. Kerry, a W35, from her nearest rival. Alice Scott by virtue quickly realising that he was in with a ran the distance in 42.17 from group 21 of picking up the maximum points for her chance for a medal with his third placing and was placed sixth over the line. Like win and jumps up to second spot on 355 across the line, although at that time he Geoff, she was well under her group km with Mick Dando, although losing out here did not know that the two runners ahead of rating, Geoff 19 seconds under and Kerry at Fadden Pines still not out of it by any him were ineligible. 17 seconds. This was Kerry’s first medal in means, he is on 347. With two more runs Many of the new club runners would the handicap races. before the low pointscore is taken into not know that Geoff served as club The bronze this month went to another consideration all three have reasonably secretary for a period of seven years and of the club’s well-known family names, the high low points. Cathy on 57, Alice 47 and was, and probably still is, one of the best Coldricks. Both Maree and Nigel are seen Mick 41. The one they will have to keep an administrators that served on the vets at almost every club event and many of the eye on is Graham Delaney lying in sixth committee. I certainly remember his great pack runs from Deek’s Recreation Area on place on the table with 317 points. organisational ability as secretary and as the Sundays when there are no handicaps However, he has the magical low score of the club track and field coordinator. His scheduled. Both have been among the zero and will be able to collect his ability to plan both the weekly program medals over the years and this time it was maximum points right up to his ninth run, and the track and field championships, Nigel who took the honours when he came assuming of course he is able to finish well especially when we switched to the two in just behind Kerry O’Neill. His time for up in the field on that day. Neil Boden is day weekend format, was nothing less the 9km was 36.45 after starting from another runner not out of the equation. than magical. This, as you can realise, is a group 29, the same group as Geoff Moore Although he is lying in 18th spot with 273 heinous task as it is difficult to please all and like the other two medal winners his points, over 100 points adrift at present, his of the athletes all of the time. But Geoff kilometre rating was well under his group low score is also zero. somehow managed to come up with rating, 10 seconds to be exact. Nigel has While all this drama was taking place programs that were acceptable to, if not now a total of five medals in the handicap with the short course runners the action all athletes, the majority. It certainly put races, 2 gold, 2 silver and a bronze, all in was well underway in the longer race over me on the right track when I took on the the Thomas Series. This puts him well 9km. One of the unusual features of the job as track and field coordinator in later ahead of Maree who can only claim a Fadden Pines course in both the long and years. Geoff’s exploits as an athlete are solitary bronze to her credit. short courses is the fact that the turnaround also not to be scoffed at and even to this The honour for quickest runners of the points for both races is in fact not the day his name is still on the record books longer Fadden Pines course went to John halfway point. This is because the outward with his 8:47.3 over 3000m as a M35. Woodall for the men in his first run in the loop before passing the wooden bridge is Over the last couple of year’s Geoff has handicaps and Annie Van Herck for the much longer than when runners cross that struggled with recurrent injuries and it’s ladies. John ran a 32.59 and Annie a 38.22. bridge on the return journey. One of the only recently that he has managed to get On the all-important pointscore race runners mentioned that she had looked at back into full time training. Geoff is also there is not a lot in it between the leading her watch at the turn and saw that her time well regarded as a middle to long distance contenders. Mick Corlis leads on 911 from for what she thought was 4.5km (halfway) coach with many prominent runners Steve Appleby on 892, Jim White 883 and was well down on what she had expected benefiting from his experience. He Geoff Moore 875. The all important low only to find later that her overall km time conducts sessions at Dickson Oval most points that will come into consideration was up to what she had expected. Tuesdays throughout the year. Geoff, like over the next few months has Steve in the Like the short races the first runners many of the runners on the harder best position with 71 with the other three Vetrunner Page 11

well over the 100 mark. Though in both short and long races the handicapper is going to find some difficulty when he has to distinguish between the low for the double points race and the normal allocation that is used for the other races. It should be an interesting time by the run up to the last races in November. This month the club presented T-shirts of three different hues, blue, red and green. First up came Cory Collins and Ian Kenny to don their blue T-shirts earned as this was their fiftieth run in the handicaps. Cory started back in 1992 and Ian in pointed out that a relatively simple couple Clockwise from the top left: Kerry 1990. Then came a red T-shirt presented to of centimetre mole that had to be removed O’Neill the silver, Nigel Coldrick the Will Foster for his 100th outing at the vets from her arm turned out to be a large bronze, both in the Thomas Series. handicaps. Will is well known to the longer ten-centimetre scar. Once again, as our Frank Nugent with daughter Heather races having over the years managed to past President, Bryan Thomas always got the silver in the Frylink Series. Ian elude the handicapper’s eye on three stressed to all vets, listen to what our Kenny has now run 50 handicaps and occasions with wins in the overall bodies are saying and act accordingly. Will Foster has taken part in 100, both pointscore tally. Will started racing in the The Fadden Pines races this month seen with handicapper Colin Bridge. handicap series in July 1984. The final were organised by Laurie Robinson and presentation went to Bronwyn Gardner his crew who carried out the following Robinson and Michael Clancy. who, since her first race in May 1983, has tasks: Registrations and recording – Gabrielle managed to chalk up a remarkable tally of Course marking – Laurie. Wright, Tim Wright, Terry Lewis, Neil 150 runs. Congratulations Bronwyn, really Timekeepers – Michael Gardner, Reid and John Suiter. great effort. Bronwyn, as she paused to don Merek Milewski, Bill Leyden and Not forgetting Steve Appleby and his her new green T-shirt, gave a timely Eamonn Moloney. catering crew as well as Dave Mackenzie, reminder all athletes that, although we as a Course Marshals – Ewen Thompson, Clive and Joan Glover who, it seems have group are supposed to be fitter than the Peter Greenbaum, Jeremy Spencer, Max been landed with the tent marshalling average, we are not invincible. Bronwyn Chapman, Carol Robonson, Adam duties. JIM O’DONNELL Page 12 Vetrunner

Thomas series – No. 216 – Fadden Pines 9.0k Internet Url http://www.pcug.org.au/~cbridge Age Hc St Grp No. Name Grp Gp Gp Result Adjust Rate Rate Diff Pts % E Comments & Regroup

1 GLENDA MOSS W45 1 8 66.03 48.03 5.20 6.00 -0.40 0 1 N Top 20% - 18 2 ANN REID W40 6 6 68.09 53.09 5.54 6.20 -0.26 0 2 1 Top 20% - 11 3 GEOFF MOORE M50 29 29 69.17 35.32 3.56 4.15 -0.19 150 2 Y First Place - 37 4 LEE LEWIS W45 8 8 69.27 51.27 5.43 6.00 -0.17 0 3 X Top 20% - 13 5 MAREE SMITH W40 8 8 69.27 51.27 5.43 6.00 -0.17 0 4 X Top 20% - 13 6 KERRY O'NEILL W35 21 21 70.02 42.17 4.41 4.55 -0.14 149 5 Y Second Place - 26 7 NIGEL COLDRICK M40 29 29 70.30 36.45 4.05 4.15 -0.10 148 5 Y Third Place - 32 8 CAROLINE CAMPBELL W55 18 18 70.45 45.15 5.01 5.10 -0.09 147 6 Y Top 20% - 19 9 JON DONOVAN M35 23 23 71.01 41.46 4.38 4.45 -0.07 146 7 Y Top 20% - 24 10 LYNN WILLIAMS W50 14 14 71.02 48.32 5.23 5.30 -0.07 145 8 Y Top 20% - 15 11 JENNY DAVIES W40 7 7 71.10 54.40 6.04 6.10 -0.06 0 8 1 Top 20% - 9 12 ELAINE SLATER W35 12 12 71.17 50.17 5.35 5.40 -0.05 144 9 Y Top 20% - 13 13 FAY STENHOUSE W45 15 15 71.18 48.03 5.20 5.25 -0.05 143 10 Y Top 20% - 16 14 NEIL HARRIGAN M55 11 11 71.23 51.08 5.40 5.45 -0.05 142 11 Y Top 20% - 12 15 CATHY NEWMAN W35 23 23 71.28 42.13 4.41 4.45 -0.04 141 11 Y Top 20% - 24 16 MICHAEL MILLS M35 29 29 71.29 37.44 4.11 4.15 -0.04 140 12 Y Top 20% - 30 17 MARY ANN BUSTEED W50 26 26 71.34 40.04 4.27 4.30 -0.03 139 13 Y Top 20% - 27 18 MICK CHARLTON M45 26 26 71.36 40.06 4.27 4.30 -0.03 138 14 Y Top 20% - 27 19 BRONWYN GARDNER W45 10 10 71.38 52.08 5.47 5.50 -0.03 137 15 Y Top 20% - 11 20 KEN GOWANS M45 23 23 71.40 42.25 4.42 4.45 -0.03 136 15 Y Top 20% - 24 21 MURRAY HILL M35 37 37 71.43 33.48 3.45 3.47 -0.02 0 16 X Top 20% - 39 22 ANNA FARNHAM W35 23 23 71.46 42.31 4.43 4.45 -0.02 135 17 Y Top 20% - 24 23 ANNE YOUNG W60 21 21 71.48 44.03 4.53 4.55 -0.02 134 18 Y Top 20% - 22 24 BRYAN THOMAS M55 29 29 71.49 38.04 4.13 4.15 -0.02 133 18 Y Top 20% - 30 25 STEVE SMITH M35 27 27 71.50 39.35 4.23 4.25 -0.02 0 19 X Top 20% - 29 26 PARIS PANGALOS M40 26 26 71.53 40.23 4.29 4.30 -0.01 0 20 X Top 20% - 30 27 GRAEME SMALL M55 25 25 71.56 41.11 4.34 4.35 -0.01 132 21 Y Top 35% last 2 - 26 28 JOHN WOODALL M40 40 40 71.59 32.59 3.39 3.40 -0.01 0 21 X Handicap Review - 44 29 BOB PARKER M50 20 20 72.06 45.06 5.00 5.00 0.00 131 22 Y 30 HELEN KING W45 15 15 72.06 48.51 5.25 5.25 0.00 130 23 Y 31 ANNIE VAN HERCK W45 29 29 72.07 38.22 4.15 4.15 0.00 129 24 Y Top 50% last 3 - 30 32 MIKE BREEN M40 15 15 72.10 48.55 5.26 5.25 +0.01 128 24 Y 33 SUSAN ARCHER W50 26 26 72.11 40.41 4.31 4.30 +0.01 127 25 Y 34 NICK BLACKABY M45 25 25 72.11 41.26 4.36 4.35 +0.01 126 26 Y Top 35% last 2 - 26 35 COLIN BRIDGE M50 33 33 72.12 35.47 3.58 3.57 +0.01 125 27 Y Top 35% last 2 - 34 36 STEVE APPLEBY M45 35 35 72.15 35.05 3.53 3.52 +0.01 124 27 Y Top 35% last 2 - 36 37 TERRY LEVINGS M50 26 26 72.23 40.53 4.32 4.30 +0.02 123 28 Y 38 JOHN LIGHTFOOT M55 24 22 72.25 43.55 4.52 4.50 +0.02 0 29 2 Handicap Review - 24 39 CHARLIE MODRAK M50 33 33 72.27 36.02 4.00 3.57 +0.03 122 30 Y Top 35% last 2 - 34 40 BOB EAMES M50 25 21 72.40 44.55 4.59 4.55 +0.04 0 31 2 Top 50% last 3 - 26 41 RICHARD MORCOM M45 29 29 72.42 38.57 4.19 4.15 +0.04 121 31 Y Top 35% last 2 - 30 42 PETER CLARKE M45 38 38 72.43 34.28 3.49 3.45 +0.04 120 32 Y Top 35% last 2 - 39 43 SUE COUNSEL W55 21 21 72.44 44.59 4.59 4.55 +0.04 119 33 Y 44 MICHAEL DALY M40 36 36 72.45 35.15 3.54 3.50 +0.04 118 34 Y 45 MICK CORLIS M40 40 40 72.53 33.53 3.45 3.40 +0.05 117 34 Y Top 35% last 2 - 41 46 JOHN STENHOUSE M45 28 28 72.54 39.54 4.26 4.20 +0.06 116 35 Y Top 35% last 2 - 29 47 JIM WHITE M50 31 31 72.57 37.42 4.11 4.05 +0.06 115 36 Y Top 50% last 3 - 32 48 ELAINE BISSAKER W35 14 14 72.58 50.28 5.36 5.30 +0.06 0 37 X Handicap Review - 15 49 RICHARD SCUTTER M50 27 27 72.59 40.44 4.31 4.25 +0.06 114 37 Y 50 ROGER ABBOTT M60 28 28 73.00 40.00 4.26 4.20 +0.06 113 38 Y 51 JEFF DAY M50 19 19 73.01 46.46 5.11 5.05 +0.06 112 39 Y 52 PETER KALLIO M60 36 36 73.03 35.33 3.57 3.50 +0.07 111 40 Y Top 50% last 3 - 37 53 ROBERT EY M35 37 37 73.03 35.08 3.54 3.47 +0.07 110 40 Y Top 50% last 3 - 38 54 MARIA O'REILLY W40 25 25 73.04 42.19 4.42 4.35 +0.07 109 41 Y Top 50% last 3 - 26 55 IAN BOWDEN M45 19 19 73.06 46.51 5.12 5.05 +0.07 108 42 Y 56 CLIVE GLOVER M55 29 29 73.07 39.22 4.22 4.15 +0.07 107 43 Y 57 RUTH BAUSSMANN W45 17 17 73.08 48.23 5.22 5.15 +0.07 106 44 Y 58 MICK SAUNDERS M50 28 28 73.09 40.09 4.27 4.20 +0.07 105 44 Y Top 50% last 3 - 29 59 ALAN WILLIAMS M50 38 1 73.14 73.14 8.08 0.00 +8.08 0 45 G Top 50% last 3 - 38 60 BERNIE MILLETT M55 38 38 73.14 34.59 3.53 3.45 +0.08 104 46 Y 61 CRAIG WISDOM M35 38 38 73.16 35.01 3.53 3.45 +0.08 103 47 Y Top 50% last 3 - 39 62 DAMIAN MCGRATH M30 6 32 73.17 37.17 4.08 4.00 +0.08 0 47 2 Handicap Review - 34 63 EWAN BROWN M50 20 20 73.18 46.18 5.08 5.00 +0.08 102 48 Y Top 50% last 3 - 21 64 BILL RENDALL M40 37 37 73.19 35.24 3.55 3.47 +0.08 101 49 Y 65 JIM O'SHEA M60 6 8 73.20 55.20 6.08 6.00 +0.08 0 50 2 Handicap Review - 9 66 TONY BOOTH M60 29 29 73.21 39.36 4.24 4.15 +0.09 100 50 Y Eligibility Code Y = Eligible, 1 = missed three runs, 2 = missed six runs, G = Ran off wrong group

ORGANISER WANTED ORGANISER WANTED The Competition Sub-Committee is looking The Marketing and Communications Sub- for an Organiser for the club’s annual fun Committee is seeking an organiser to co- run. ordinate the production of a club book. The person, with the co-operation of the The person, with the co-operation of the sub-committee, will have imput to where sub-committee, will have imput to what and when the fun run is held and its would be suitable for a club book as well as composition. the selection of that material. Interest club members should in the first instance Interested club members should in the first instance contact Neil Boden on 62014269 (w) 62414023 (h). contact Roger Stewart on 62882798 (h) 62656096 (w). Vetrunner Page 13

Frylink Series – No. 94 – Fadden Pines 4.5k Internet Url http://www.pcug.org.au/~cbridge Age Hc St Grp No. Name Grp Gp Gp Result Adjust Rate Rate Diff Pts % E Comments & Regroup

1 RAY BRAMWELL M60 1 1 28.57 28.57 6.26 8.00 -1.34 0 1 N Top 20% - 1 2 TERESA SYMONDS W40 1 1 33.26 33.26 7.25 8.00 -0.35 0 2 X Top 20% - 1 3 STEVE HUGHES M35 20 20 33.36 15.36 3.28 4.00 -0.32 0 4 X Top 20% - 24 4 SHERRYL GREATHEAD W45 11 11 33.38 22.23 4.58 5.30 -0.32 0 5 1 Top 20% - 15 5 ROBYN KENNEDY W55 6 6 33.53 26.23 5.51 6.20 -0.29 0 6 2 Top 20% - 10 6 JIM O'DONNELL M65 1 1 34.12 34.12 7.35 8.00 -0.25 0 7 N Top 20% - 1 7 ALICE SCOTT W50 9 9 34.21 24.36 5.28 5.50 -0.22 75 8 Y First Place - 13 8 LORNA BURDON W60 1 1 34.22 34.22 7.38 8.00 -0.22 0 10 N Top 20% - 1 9 FRANK NUGENT M40 10 10 34.27 23.57 5.19 5.40 -0.21 74 11 Y Second Place - 13 10 DIANNE LANE W50 4 4 34.34 28.34 6.20 6.40 -0.20 73 12 Y Third Place - 7 11 ROSEMARY PARKER W50 11 11 34.48 23.33 5.13 5.30 -0.17 72 13 Y Top 20% - 12 12 MARGARET MCSPADDEN W50 5 5 35.06 28.21 6.17 6.30 -0.13 71 14 Y Top 20% - 6 13 WENDY COOK W45 3 3 35.16 30.01 6.40 6.50 -0.10 70 15 Y Top 20% - 4 14 MARLENE REID W40 16 16 35.17 20.17 4.30 4.40 -0.10 69 17 Y Top 20% - 17 15 JIM TUCKER M45 16 16 35.21 20.21 4.31 4.40 -0.09 68 18 Y Top 20% - 17 16 JENNY ENEBERG W40 8 8 35.22 26.22 5.51 6.00 -0.09 0 19 X Top 20% - 10 17 JILLIAN CLARK W55 11 11 35.28 24.13 5.22 5.30 -0.08 67 20 Y Top 20% - 12 18 ELAINE COOPER W35 22 22 35.30 15.60 3.33 3.40 -0.07 0 21 1 Top 35% last 2 - 25 19 MAUREEN ROSSITER W45 10 10 35.32 25.02 5.33 5.40 -0.07 66 23 Y Top 35% last 2 - 11 20 BEV BREEN W45 10 10 35.33 25.03 5.33 5.40 -0.07 65 24 Y Top 35% last 2 - 11 21 BRIAN MCLACHLAN M35 19 19 35.35 18.20 4.04 4.10 -0.06 0 25 1 Top 35% last 2 - 21 22 JONNE YABSLEY W55 6 13 35.35 22.50 5.04 5.10 -0.06 0 26 2 Top 35% last 2 - 15 23 NOLA DE CHAZAL W60 2 2 35.38 31.08 6.55 7.00 -0.05 64 27 Y 24 GRAHAM DELANEY M50 11 11 35.41 24.26 5.25 5.30 -0.05 63 29 Y Top 50% last 3 - 12 25 DAVE MACKENZIE M65 13 13 35.42 22.57 5.05 5.10 -0.05 62 30 Y Top 35% last 2 - 14 26 BARRY SEEDSMAN M65 9 9 35.50 26.05 5.47 5.50 -0.03 0 31 1 Top 35% last 2 - 11 27 BOB CHAPMAN M60 18 18 35.51 19.21 4.17 4.20 -0.03 61 32 Y Top 50% last 3 - 19 28 OTMAR DORFER M65 9 9 35.57 26.12 5.49 5.50 -0.01 0 33 1 Top 35% last 2 - 11 29 JENNY GALVIN W60 10 10 36.02 25.32 5.40 5.40 0.00 60 35 Y 30 KATE CHAPMAN W40 8 8 36.04 27.04 6.00 6.00 0.00 0 36 2 Handicap Review - 9 31 ALAN BURDON M60 11 11 36.05 24.50 5.31 5.30 +0.01 59 37 Y 32 PHILLIPA ROWLAND W35 12 12 36.06 24.06 5.21 5.20 +0.01 0 38 X Handicap Review - 13 33 CAROLYN BEHM W50 6 6 36.06 28.36 6.21 6.20 +0.01 58 39 Y Top 50% last 3 - 7 34 CATHY MONTALTO W45 17 17 36.07 20.22 4.31 4.30 +0.01 57 40 Y Top 50% last 3 - 18 35 KEVIN MATTHEWS M40 16 16 36.10 21.10 4.42 4.40 +0.02 0 42 1 Top 50% last 3 - 17 36 KEITH JOHNSON M55 12 12 36.12 24.12 5.22 5.20 +0.02 56 43 Y 37 CHRIS MAHE W60 7 7 36.13 27.58 6.12 6.10 +0.02 55 44 Y Top 50% last 3 - 8 38 MICHAEL WARD-PEARSON M35 16 16 36.17 21.17 4.43 4.40 +0.03 54 45 Y Top 50% last 3 - 17 39 ADRIAN KRAUSS M40 9 9 36.18 26.33 5.53 5.50 +0.03 53 46 Y 40 MICK DANDO M65 16 16 36.20 21.20 4.44 4.40 +0.04 52 48 Y Top 50% last 3 - 17 41 ANITRA KENNY W40 7 7 36.21 28.06 6.14 6.10 +0.04 51 49 Y 42 DAVID HOLMES M40 21 21 36.22 17.37 3.54 3.50 +0.04 50 50 Y Top 50% last 3 - 22 43 GAI WEBSTER W45 11 11 36.25 25.10 5.35 5.30 +0.05 49 51 Y 44 ROS BAUER W40 17 17 36.29 20.44 4.36 4.30 +0.06 48 52 Y 45 BOB BANENS M50 15 15 36.35 22.20 4.57 4.50 +0.07 47 54 Y 46 JOHN PARKER M40 13 13 36.37 23.52 5.18 5.10 +0.08 46 55 Y 47 KAREN DANIELS W35 17 17 36.40 20.55 4.38 4.30 +0.08 45 56 Y 48 KEN DANIELS M60 15 15 36.41 22.26 4.59 4.50 +0.09 44 57 Y 49 JACK PERRY M65 7 7 36.44 28.29 6.19 6.10 +0.09 43 58 Y 50 ANNA SUTHERLAND W50 9 9 36.45 27.00 6.00 5.50 +0.10 42 60 Y 51 ROBERT BARBARO M45 21 21 36.46 18.01 4.00 3.50 +0.10 41 61 Y 52 JOHN BACKHOUSE M35 8 14 36.47 23.17 5.10 5.00 +0.10 0 62 2 53 ANNETTE COLONNA W35 2 2 36.56 32.26 7.12 7.00 +0.12 0 63 1 54 JIM MCLEAN M40 18 18 36.58 20.28 4.32 4.20 +0.12 40 64 Y 55 NEIL BODEN M45 20 20 37.00 19.00 4.13 4.00 +0.13 39 65 Y 56 JACK THACKRAY M65 9 9 37.02 27.17 6.03 5.50 +0.13 38 67 Y 57 GWEN GLEESON W70 3 3 37.03 31.48 7.03 6.50 +0.13 37 68 Y 58 DAVID HOLLAND M40 20 20 37.05 19.05 4.14 4.00 +0.14 36 69 Y 59 RAINE THOMPSON W50 7 7 37.07 28.52 6.24 6.10 +0.14 0 70 2 Handicap Review - 7 60 MIKE DWYER M60 14 14 37.09 23.39 5.15 5.00 +0.15 35 71 Y 61 CILLA CHAPMAN W50 4 4 37.15 31.15 6.56 6.40 +0.16 34 73 Y 62 MARGARET TAYLOR W50 16 16 37.20 22.20 4.57 4.40 +0.17 33 74 Y 63 KAYE THORPE W40 13 13 37.32 24.47 5.30 5.10 +0.20 0 75 1 64 LESLEY HAMILTON W55 9 9 37.40 27.55 6.12 5.50 +0.22 32 76 Y 65 DUANE LOWRY M65 13 13 37.49 25.04 5.34 5.10 +0.24 31 77 Y 66 PETER L DAVIES M55 14 14 37.52 24.22 5.24 5.00 +0.24 0 79 1 67 MAUREEN O'SHEA W60 2 2 37.58 33.28 7.26 7.00 +0.26 0 80 2 68 CARMEN CARLON W45 4 4 38.21 32.21 7.11 6.40 +0.31 30 81 Y 69 DOUG CARNEY M55 8 13 38.35 25.50 5.44 5.10 +0.34 0 82 2 70 FAYE GREENE W50 8 8 38.46 29.46 6.36 6.00 +0.36 29 83 Y 71 JOHN BAKKER M60 5 5 39.12 32.27 7.12 6.30 +0.42 0 85 1 72 LUCILLE WARTH W70 1 1 39.30 39.30 8.46 8.00 +0.46 0 86 N 73 PHIL TOOMEY M50 13 13 39.52 27.07 6.01 5.10 +0.51 28 87 Y 74 JEAN HEATH W55 1 1 40.12 40.12 8.55 8.00 +0.55 0 88 N 75 CLAIRE PERRY W30 5 5 40.14 33.29 7.26 6.30 +0.56 27 89 Y 76 TRISH THOMAS W50 2 2 40.45 36.15 8.03 7.00 +1.03 26 90 Y 77 DAVID ALDEN M35 17 17 41.00 25.15 5.36 4.30 +1.06 0 92 X 78 TERRI HENDERSON W35 2 2 41.57 37.27 8.19 7.00 +1.19 25 93 Y 79 DAVID MEYERS M50 12 12 42.43 30.43 6.49 5.20 +1.29 24 94 Y 80 MARGARET JOHNSON W50 3 3 45.37 40.22 8.58 6.50 +2.08 23 95 Y 81 TANYA COLYER W35 1 1 46.03 46.03 **** 8.00 +2.13 0 96 N 82 DOROTHY SEEDSMAN W60 1 1 46.38 46.38 **** 8.00 +2.21 0 98 N 83 FRANK KRESSE M40 22 22 47.33 28.03 6.14 3.40 +2.34 0 99 1 84 NARELLE BLACKABY W30 1 1 54.00 54.00 **** 8.00 +4.00 0 100 N

Eligibility Code Y - Eligible, 1 - missed three runs, 2 - missed six runs, G - Ran off wrong group Page 14 Vetrunner

Thomas series – No. 216 – Fadden Pines 9.0k (cont) Internet Url http://www.pcug.org.au/~cbridge VETRUNNER Age Hc St Grp No. Name Grp Gp Gp Result Adjust Rate Rate Diff Pts % E Comments & Regroup NOW ONLINE Each month the Vetrunner will 67 JOHN RICHARDSON M50 26 26 73.23 41.53 4.39 4.30 +0.09 99 51 Y 68 BRUCE WIGHT M35 37 37 73.24 35.29 3.56 3.47 +0.09 98 52 Y be online from the editor’s 69 STEPHEN KELLETT M45 26 26 73.29 41.59 4.39 4.30 +0.09 97 53 Y home page at: 70 MIKE KENNEDY M55 29 29 73.31 39.46 4.25 4.15 +0.10 96 53 Y 71 PETER SKINNER M50 32 32 73.35 37.35 4.10 4.00 +0.10 95 54 Y www.pcug.org.au/~jimod/ 72 ADRIAN PLUNKETT M45 24 24 73.38 43.38 4.50 4.40 +0.10 94 55 Y 73 KEVIN O'KEEFFE M50 35 35 73.39 36.29 4.03 3.52 +0.11 93 56 Y 74 KEVIN CHAPMAN M55 19 19 73.40 47.25 5.16 5.05 +0.11 92 56 Y Members should take 75 DOUG FRY M60 19 19 73.42 47.27 5.16 5.05 +0.11 91 57 Y 76 JUDI EDWARDS W50 29 29 73.44 39.59 4.26 4.15 +0.11 90 58 Y advantage of this opportunity 77 KENT WILLIAMS M50 43 43 73.52 33.42 3.44 3.32 +0.12 89 59 Y to see all the pictures in full 78 BERNIE HACKETT M50 17 17 73.53 49.08 5.27 5.15 +0.12 88 60 Y 79 PETER WARD M50 33 33 73.56 37.31 4.10 3.57 +0.13 87 60 Y colour, especially those with 80 ROD GILCHRIST M50 29 29 73.57 40.12 4.27 4.15 +0.12 86 61 Y access to a colour printer. 81 VAL CHESTERTON W55 7 7 73.58 57.28 6.23 6.10 +0.13 85 62 Y 82 JOHN LITTLER M50 31 31 74.00 38.45 4.18 4.05 +0.13 84 63 Y 83 ALAN MALLORY M40 29 29 74.03 40.18 4.28 4.15 +0.13 83 63 Y 84 PETER CULLEN M35 39 39 74.07 35.27 3.56 3.42 +0.14 82 64 Y Your newsletter will still be 85 BARRY VINEY M45 24 24 74.11 44.11 4.54 4.40 +0.14 0 65 X available at the monthly 86 STUART STEELE M35 24 24 74.12 44.12 4.54 4.40 +0.14 0 66 1 87 SUE BOWDEN W40 19 19 74.14 47.59 5.19 5.05 +0.14 81 66 Y running and throwing 88 ROBBIE COSTMEYER M50 37 37 74.14 36.19 4.02 3.47 +0.15 80 67 Y handicaps and it should be 89 MIKE WORSLEY M55 28 28 74.21 41.21 4.35 4.20 +0.15 79 68 Y 90 IAN KENNY M60 30 30 74.30 40.00 4.26 4.10 +0.16 78 69 Y available about five days prior 91 ALAN GREEN M50 38 38 74.33 36.18 4.01 3.45 +0.16 77 69 Y to the printed version. 92 MARC WILSON M40 23 23 74.36 45.21 5.02 4.45 +0.17 76 70 Y 93 ALAN DUUS M50 27 27 74.38 42.23 4.42 4.25 +0.17 75 71 Y However, in order to cut cost 94 ELIZABETH THOMPSON W45 28 28 74.39 41.39 4.37 4.20 +0.17 74 72 Y 95 PAUL MACGOWAN M35 25 25 74.42 43.57 4.53 4.35 +0.18 0 73 1 those with internet access and 96 JOANNE HASTINGS W35 9 9 74.44 55.59 6.13 5.55 +0.18 73 73 Y who do not require a printed 97 ROB THORPE M40 29 29 74.45 41.00 4.33 4.15 +0.18 72 74 Y 98 KEN WHITE M45 29 29 74.46 41.01 4.33 4.15 +0.18 71 75 Y copy of Vetrunner should get 99 WILL FOSTER M55 28 28 74.50 41.50 4.38 4.20 +0.18 70 76 Y in touch with the Club 100 NORMA LINDEMANN W55 15 15 74.52 51.37 5.44 5.25 +0.19 69 76 Y 101 BERNIE ROGERS M55 18 18 74.52 49.22 5.29 5.10 +0.19 68 77 Y Registrar either by phone or 102 JUANI M O'REILLY W70 7 7 74.54 58.24 6.29 6.10 +0.19 67 78 Y E-mail at: 103 JOHN CARMODY M45 22 22 74.56 46.26 5.09 4.50 +0.19 66 79 Y 104 DAMIAN RUTLEDGE M30 45 45 74.58 34.03 3.46 3.27 +0.19 65 79 Y 62901857 (h) 61216569 (w) 105 GREG O'NEILL M65 7 7 74.59 58.29 6.29 6.10 +0.19 64 80 Y 106 PAMELA WEISS W60 18 18 75.01 49.31 5.30 5.10 +0.20 63 81 Y [email protected] 107 JOHN HART M60 25 25 75.03 44.18 4.55 4.35 +0.20 62 82 Y 108 STEVE CRANE M45 32 32 75.10 39.10 4.21 4.00 +0.21 61 82 Y 109 CHRIS LANG M45 23 23 75.20 46.05 5.07 4.45 +0.22 60 83 Y The club will over the next 110 BRENDA DAY W45 18 18 75.34 50.04 5.33 5.10 +0.23 59 84 Y couple of months be 111 JO CULLEN W50 33 33 75.37 39.12 4.21 3.57 +0.24 58 85 Y 112 MARIA WHITE W45 16 16 75.46 51.46 5.45 5.20 +0.25 57 85 Y establishing a home page 113 KEVIN BLEWITT M60 26 26 75.47 44.17 4.55 4.30 +0.25 56 86 Y where all vets club 114 JUANI B O'REILLY W35 16 16 75.50 51.50 5.45 5.20 +0.25 0 87 1 115 CAROL STEVENSON W35 12 12 75.54 54.54 6.05 5.40 +0.25 55 88 Y information will be available. 116 SABRINA SONNTAG W30 26 26 76.03 44.33 4.57 4.30 +0.27 54 89 Y 117 GILLIAN LEE W40 30 35 76.25 39.15 4.21 3.52 +0.29 0 89 G More on that as it comes to 118 MAREE COLDRICK W35 26 26 76.30 44.60 5.00 4.30 +0.30 53 90 Y hand. 119 STUART N REID M45 36 36 76.41 39.11 4.21 3.50 +0.31 52 91 Y 120 JOHN MCMILLAN M45 20 20 76.44 49.44 5.31 5.00 +0.31 51 92 Y 121 STUART J REID M65 26 26 76.55 45.25 5.02 4.30 +0.32 50 92 Y Just a note on the July edition 122 RON WEIR M60 28 28 77.07 44.07 4.54 4.20 +0.34 49 93 Y 123 BILL KOLENTSIS M40 24 28 77.34 44.34 4.57 4.20 +0.37 0 94 G and poor quality of the 124 BERYL LOWRY W50 14 14 77.36 55.06 6.07 5.30 +0.37 48 95 Y pictures. There has been 125 JOHN DIMITRIOU M55 15 15 78.21 55.06 6.07 5.25 +0.42 0 95 1 126 DAVID SHORE M40 23 23 79.10 49.55 5.32 4.45 +0.47 0 96 1 some difficulty with the 127 MARCO FALZARANO M60 27 27 79.26 47.11 5.14 4.25 +0.49 47 97 Y 128 GEORGE HANZAR M55 25 30 80.35 46.05 5.07 4.10 +0.57 0 98 G screen values of the pictures 129 BELINDA THOMPSON W45 1 4 82.02 70.02 7.46 6.40 +1.06 46 98 Y which I hope is now resolved. 130 PETER FREEMAN M50 8 8 82.06 64.06 7.07 6.00 +1.07 45 99 Y 131 JOHN BUSTEED M50 20 20 83.26 56.26 6.16 5.00 +1.16 44 100 Y Eligibility Code Y = Eligible, 1 = missed three runs, 2 = missed six runs, JIM O’DONNELL - EDITOR G = Ran off wrong group Vetrunner Page 15

Thomas Series Consistency for Agegroup Award

No Name Events Rate No Name Events Rate W30 M30 1 SABRINA SONNTAG 5( 5/W30) 4:56.53 1 DAMIAN RUTLEDGE 3( 3/M30) 3:58.56 2 CAROLYNE KRAMAR 3( ) 4:59.02 M35 W35 1 MICK CORLIS 6( 3/M40) 3:49.89 1 CAROL EY 5( 5/W35) 4:16.81 2 CRAIG WISDOM 5( 5/M35) 3:54.76 2 ANNA FARNHAM 5( 5/W35) 4:52.83 3 PETER CULLEN 5( 5/M35) 3:54.81 3 MAREE COLDRICK 5( 5/W35) 4:58.86 4 ROBERT EY 5( 5/M35) 3:59.29 4 KERRY O'NEILL 5( 5/W35) 5:03.25 M40 W40 1 GLENN COWARD 3( 3/M40) 3:55.20 1 GILLIAN LEE 4( 4/W40) 4:23.87 2 MICHAEL DALY 4( 4/M40) 3:59.75 2 MARIA O'REILLY 5( 5/W40) 4:51.70 3 FRANK KRESSE 4( 4/M40) 4:00.51 3 SUE BOWDEN 3( 3/W40) 5:26.46 4 DAVID DICKSON 3( 3/M40) 4:01.36 W45 M45 1 ANNIE VAN HERCK 5( 5/W45) 4:26.56 1 EAMONN MOLONEY 3( 3/M45) 3:39.33 2 ELIZABETH THOMPSON 6( 6/W45) 4:40.30 2 PETER CLARKE 4( 4/M45) 3:53.69 3 JENNY HEFFORD 4( 4/W45) 4:56.30 3 STEVE APPLEBY 6( 6/M45) 4:01.94 4 JILL BROWN 3( ) 5:17.33 4 CHARLIE MODRAK 6( 1/M50) 4:11.84 W50 M50 1 JUDI EDWARDS 6( 6/W50) 4:33.20 1 KENT WILLIAMS 5( 5/M50) 3:49.01 2 SUSAN ARCHER 4( 4/W50) 4:34.76 2 GRAHAM BURKE 3( 3/M50) 3:49.50 3 JO CULLEN 5( 5/W50) 4:42.12 3 KEVIN O'KEEFFE 4( 4/M50) 4:05.65 4 MARY ANN BUSTEED 5( 5/W50) 4:45.13 4 GEOFF MOORE 5( 5/M50) 4:09.77 W55 M55 1 SUE COUNSEL 6( 6/W55) 5:08.98 1 BERNIE MILLETT 6( 6/M55) 3:57.17 2 CAROLINE CAMPBELL 4( 4/W55) 5:27.66 2 WAYNE BERRY 3( 3/M55) 4:23.60 3 NORMA LINDEMANN 3( 3/W55) 5:48.22 3 MIKE KENNEDY 3( 3/M55) 4:25.66 4 VAL CHESTERTON 6( 6/W55) 6:23.02 4 CLIVE GLOVER 5( 5/M55) 4:27.28 W60 M60 1 ANNE YOUNG 5( 5/W60) 5:07.94 1 PETER KALLIO 3( 3/M60) 4:09.03 2 PAMELA WEISS 6( 6/W60) 5:31.49 2 ROGER ABBOTT 6( 6/M60) 4:35.38 3 CORY COLLINS 3( 3/W60) 5:48.93 3 BRIAN AUSTIN 4( 4/M60) 4:37.37 4 DOROTHY SEEDSMAN 4( 4/W60) 6:04.43 4 TONY BOOTH 3( 3/M60) 4:40.31 W65 M65 1 JOAN MALLORY 4( 4/W65) 6:44.34 1 JOHN SUITER 4( 4/M65) 5:17.25 W70 2 MICHAEL FREER 3( ) 6:02.50 1 JUANI M O'REILLY 5( 5/W70) 6:25.77 3 GREG O'NEILL 5( 5/M65) 6:40.08 Frylink Series Consistency for Agegroup Award

No Name Events Rate No Name Events Rate W30 M35 1 SHELLEY BISSETT 3( 3/W30) 5:39.05 1 MICHAEL WARD-PEARSON 3( 3/M35) 4:51.74 2 CLAIRE PERRY 4( 4/W30) 7:46.58 M40 3 NARELLE BLACKABY 3( 3/W30) 12:44.00 1 DAVID HOLMES 5( 5/M40) 3:58.47 W35 2 JIM MCLEAN 4( 4/M40) 4:23.73 1 KAREN DANIELS 5( 5/W35) 4:49.73 3 DAVID HOLLAND 3( 3/M40) 4:29.75 2 TERRI HENDERSON 6( 6/W35) 8:12.80 4 FRANK NUGENT 3( 3/M40) 5:50.00 3 TANYA COLYER 3( 3/W35) 11:07.00 M45 W40 1 ROBERT BARBARO 3( 3/M45) 4:08.87 1 ROS BAUER 5( 5/W40) 4:34.65 2 NEIL BODEN 6( 6/M45) 4:13.82 2 KAYE THORPE 3( 3/W40) 5:09.22 3 JIM TUCKER 5( 5/M45) 4:34.74 3 ROBYNE KELLETT 4( 3/W45) 5:30.00 4 ROGER STEWART 5( 5/M45) 5:43.72 4 GAI WEBSTER 4( 1/W45) 5:32.27 M50 W45 1 GRAHAME TAYLOR 3( 3/M50) 4:46.27 1 CAROL BAIRD 3( 1/W50) 4:32.00 2 BOB BANENS 6( 5/M50) 4:57.33 2 CATHY MONTALTO 6( 6/W45) 4:37.69 3 GREG LEWIS 4( 4/M50) 5:25.00 3 MAUREEN ROSSITER 4( 4/W45) 5:31.13 4 PHIL TOOMEY 5( 5/M50) 5:33.53 4 BEV BREEN 5( 5/W45) 5:42.31 M55 W50 1 KEITH JOHNSON 5( 5/M55) 5:55.03 1 BARBARA TUCKER 3( 3/W50) 5:06.73 M60 2 MARGARET TAYLOR 4( 4/W50) 5:11.16 1 BOB CHAPMAN 5( 5/M60) 4:16.16 3 HELEN DALY 3( 3/W50) 5:16.27 2 MICK DANDO 6( 4/M65) 4:44.31 4 ALICE SCOTT 6( 6/W50) 5:43.24 3 KEN DANIELS 4( 4/M60) 4:54.87 W55 4 MIKE DWYER 5( 5/M60) 5:28.31 1 JILLIAN CLARK 5( 5/W55) 5:28.16 M65 2 JENNY GALVIN 5( 3/W60) 5:44.26 1 DAVE MACKENZIE 5( 5/M65) 5:09.89 3 LESLEY HAMILTON 4( 4/W55) 6:11.87 2 JACK THACKRAY 3( 3/M65) 6:14.42 4 JEAN HEATH 4( 4/W55) 9:20.52 3 JACK PERRY 6( 6/M65) 6:26.44 W60 4 JOHN BURNS 4( 3/M70) 6:48.79 1 CHRIS MAHE 4( 4/W60) 6:09.80 M70 2 NOLA DE CHAZAL 5( 5/W60) 7:14.54 1 KEITH PERROUX 3( 3/M70) 5:05.48 W70 M80 1 GWEN GLEESON 6( 5/W70) 6:56.13 1 ALLAN SHERRIFF 4( ) 6:44.21 2 LUCILLE WARTH 5( 5/W70) 8:52.82 Page 16 Vetrunner

Thomas Series Agegroup Ranking Pointscore

TOT NET LOW NO NAME BEST WHEN NO NAME BEST WHEN POS NAME EVENTS PTS PTS PTS M30 W30 1 MICK CORLIS 6 761 761 111 1 CRAIG WISDOM 33.50 04/94 1 BRONWYN HANNS 34.45 04/94 2 STEVE APPLEBY 6 742 742 71 2 DAMIAN RUTLEDGE 34.03 06/99 2 FIONA JORGENSEN 36.20 07/93 3 JIM WHITE 6 733 733 105 3 ROBERT EY 34.51 04/94 3 CHRISTINE TOOHEY 38.56 09/89 4 GEOFF MOORE 5 725 725 141 4 MICK HORAN 36.05 07/92 4 ANNETTE SUGDEN 40.31 07/96 5 RUTH BAUSSMANN 6 710 710 69 5 TONY ROGERS 36.06 07/92 5 SHIRLEY RAKE 40.47 05/87 6 BERNIE MILLETT 6 705 705 53 6 BRIAN MCGLYNN 36.19 07/97 6 ELAINE JELLEFF 40.56 09/91 7 ANNA FARNHAM 5 695 695 134 7 GARY PATTEL 36.31 09/91 7 JUANI B O'REILLY 42.27 09/91 8 JUDI EDWARDS 6 661 661 87 M35 8 CAROLINE MENZEL 43.20 07/97 9 CRAIG WISDOM 5 659 659 103 1 TREVOR JACOBS 29.26 09/90 9 LOUISE VIZARD 43.36 06/88 10 PETER WARD 6 646 646 57 2 PAUL RAKE 29.58 09/90 W35 11 BERNIE ROGERS 6 645 645 68 3 JEFF O'BRIEN 30.37 06/88 1 MARY ANN BUSTEED 34.55 06/88 12 MICHAEL MILLS 5 641 641 88 4 PETER BOURGAIZE 31.20 09/91 2 ADAIR FERGUSSON 35.41 04/94 13 CHARLIE MODRAK 6 638 638 42 5 KEITH BUTLER 31.31 05/87 3 DEBBIE COWELL 38.08 07/96 14 LYNN WILLIAMS 5 628 628 113 6 ROGER BOSELEY 31.34 04/94 4 JOSIE LOUDON 38.46 07/93 15 KEN WHITE 6 614 614 44 7 BRIAN TEMPLETON 31.36 06/88 5 BRONWYN GARDNER 39.15 06/88 16 DOUG FRY 6 611 611 72 8 BRIAN WENN 31.38 06/88 6 CHRISTINE PAULING 39.25 07/97 17 ROBERT EY 5 611 611 108 M40 7 PAM USHER 39.32 09/91 18 ELIZABETH THOMPSON 6 606 606 74 1 TONY MURRAY 28.55 09/90 8 LINDA JAMIESON 39.36 09/89 19 NICK BLACKABY 5 599 599 61 2 GEOFF MOORE 29.32 06/88 9 ELIZABETH THOMPSON 39.41 07/92 20 BILL RENDALL 6 590 590 85 3 IAN TOWILL 30.33 09/89 W40 21 MARY ANN BUSTEED 5 581 581 38 4 PETER BOURGAIZE 30.54 07/92 1 MARY ANN BUSTEED 34.50 09/89 22 ANNIE VAN HERCK 5 577 577 70 5 KEN EYNON 31.16 05/87 2 ANNETTE MCNEILL 36.13 09/89 23 ROGER ABBOTT 6 557 557 69 6 PETER WARD 31.27 06/88 3 ROSEMARY PARKER 36.46 06/88 24 PETER CULLEN 5 557 557 79 7 GARY MOSS 31.42 09/90 4 JUDI EDWARDS 38.39 09/89 25 SUE COUNSEL 6 553 553 77 8 COLIN BRIDGE 31.45 09/89 5 JO CULLEN 38.47 09/91 26 IAN BOWDEN 5 553 553 90 M45 6 GWEN VINES 39.12 06/88 27 JOHN RICHARDSON 6 550 550 63 1 GARY MOSS 31.40 07/92 7 GILLIAN LEE 39.15 06/99 28 NIGEL COLDRICK 5 543 543 82 2 CHRIS HIGGINS 31.52 06/88 8 GLENDA MOSS 41.02 09/91 29 KERRY O'NEILL 5 535 535 85 3 WILL FOSTER 32.01 09/90 9 AMY PRYOR 41.41 05/87 30 EWAN BROWN 5 532 532 94 4 JOHN FRANZE 32.21 07/95 W45 31 KENT WILLIAMS 5 530 530 89 5 BERNIE MILLETT 32.27 09/91 1 ANNIE VAN HERCK 38.22 06/99 32 BOB HARLOW 5 529 529 29 6 COLIN BRIDGE 32.40 09/90 2 MARY ANN BUSTEED 38.23 07/95 33 STEPHEN KELLETT 6 529 529 59 7 KENT WILLIAMS 32.40 09/91 3 JO CULLEN 38.34 04/94 34 PETER CLARKE 4 525 525 120 8 BRYAN THOMAS 32.57 05/87 4 NORMA LINDEMANN 38.38 05/87 35 CAROL EY 5 514 514 76 M50 5 JUDI EDWARDS 39.03 04/94 36 MICHAEL GARDNER 5 510 510 47 1 TERRY MUNRO 32.48 06/88 6 SUE COUNSEL 40.22 06/88 37 MARIA O'REILLY 5 507 507 65 2 COLIN BRIDGE 32.52 07/95 7 GWEN VINES 40.49 04/94 38 JON DONOVAN 6 506 506 0 3 ROGER ABBOTT 33.14 05/87 8 ELIZABETH THOMPSON 41.39 06/99 39 MARCO FALZARANO 5 505 505 47 4 WILL FOSTER 33.28 04/94 9 JENNY HEFFORD 42.56 07/96 40 ALAN WILLIAMS 5 504 504 0 5 KENT WILLIAMS 33.29 07/96 W50 41 CLIVE GLOVER 5 503 503 89 6 BOB CHAPMAN 34.20 06/88 1 JO CULLEN 39.12 06/99 42 BRONWYN GARDNER 6 503 503 0 7 BERNIE MILLETT 34.38 07/93 2 JUDI EDWARDS 39.59 06/99 43 MARIA WHITE 6 502 502 57 8 MIKE RUDWICK 35.05 09/90 3 MARY ANN BUSTEED 40.04 06/99 44 BRIAN AUSTIN 4 492 492 115 M55 4 SUE COUNSEL 40.04 09/90 45 BOB PARKER 6 491 491 45 1 PETER KALLIO 34.26 07/95 5 ANNE YOUNG 40.17 06/88 46 STEVE CRANE 5 489 489 30 2 BERNIE MILLETT 34.59 06/99 6 SUSAN ARCHER 40.41 06/99 47 GRAEME SMALL 5 481 481 0 3 BOB CHAPMAN 35.18 09/90 7 FRANCIS HARRIS 40.60 04/94 48 JOHN LITTLER 5 479 479 0 4 JOHN MAHONEY 36.04 06/88 8 ALICE SCOTT 44.12 07/95 49 ANNE YOUNG 5 477 477 74 5 STUART J REID 36.09 09/90 9 NORMA LINDEMANN 44.52 09/91 50 MICK CHARLTON 4 467 467 86 6 TONY BOOTH 36.45 07/93 W55 51 ADRIAN PLUNKETT 6 466 466 59 7 RON WEIR 37.06 07/95 1 ANNE YOUNG 41.29 09/90 52 ALAN MALLORY 5 464 464 64 8 CLIVE GLOVER 37.39 07/97 2 SUE COUNSEL 41.49 07/95 53 ALAN DUUS 5 461 461 75 M60 3 CAROLINE CAMPBELL 45.15 06/99 54 MAUREEN MARSHALL 4 455 455 99 1 PETER KALLIO 35.33 06/99 4 PAMELA WEISS 46.57 07/97 55 GEORGE KUBITZKY 5 451 451 54 2 BOB CHAPMAN 36.57 07/96 5 NORMA LINDEMANN 47.13 07/96 56 RICHARD MORCOM 4 450 450 77 3 STUART J REID 37.15 07/95 6 JOAN MALLORY 48.43 09/89 57 BRYAN THOMAS 6 449 449 0 4 MICHAEL FREER 37.28 09/89 7 CORY COLLINS 49.07 07/95 58 PAMELA WEISS 6 439 439 59 5 KEITH PERROUX 37.44 05/87 8 VAL CHESTERTON 51.41 07/95 59 COLIN BRIDGE 6 438 438 0 6 ROGER ABBOTT 39.26 07/97 9 DOROTHY SEEDSMAN 53.26 04/94 60 IAN KENNY 4 437 437 78 7 MIKE ADLER 39.28 05/87 W60 61 GILLIAN LEE 4 430 430 0 8 TONY BOOTH 39.36 06/99 1 ANNE YOUNG 43.41 07/95 62 KEVIN CHAPMAN 5 426 426 0 M65 2 JUANI M O'REILLY 49.11 09/91 63 TIM WRIGHT 4 425 425 83 1 HAL DALHEIM 40.10 05/87 3 PAMELA WEISS 49.31 06/99 64 FRANK KRESSE 4 423 423 0 2 MICHAEL FREER 40.32 07/97 4 DOROTHY SEEDSMAN 51.37 07/96 65 BERNIE HACKETT 6 420 420 53 3 REG MULLINS 40.36 09/89 5 LUCILLE WARTH 53.00 06/88 66 MIKE BREEN 5 419 419 56 4 KEITH PERROUX 40.39 04/94 6 JOAN MALLORY 54.37 07/92 67 JEFF DAY 5 408 408 40 5 JOHN SUITER 43.47 07/95 7 MARESA LAIRD 55.56 09/89 68 RICHARD SCUTTER 4 400 400 61 6 STUART J REID 45.25 06/99 8 CORY COLLINS 56.18 07/96 69 BILL LEYDEN 5 399 399 53 7 BOB HAMMOND 52.01 04/94 9 PAT MULLINS 57.15 05/87 70 ROD GILCHRIST 5 396 396 54 8 GREG O'NEILL 58.29 06/99 W65 71 ROB THORPE 4 395 395 67 M70 1 JUANI M O'REILLY 53.22 07/95 72 MAX CHAPMAN 3 392 392 119 1 KEITH PERROUX 45.57 07/97 2 PAT MULLINS 55.49 09/90 73 DESLIE KUBITZKY 4 387 387 48 2 HAL DALHEIM 47.54 07/92 3 GWEN GLEESON 63.49 07/96 74 TERRY LEVINGS 5 384 384 39 3 REG MULLINS 49.07 04/94 W70 75 JOHN SUITER 4 379 379 71 4 JOE MAYER 50.27 06/88 1 JUANI M O'REILLY 58.24 06/99 76 DAVID DICKSON 3 375 375 115 M75 77 EAMONN MOLONEY 3 371 371 121 1 JOE MAYER 58.10 09/90 78 MAREE COLDRICK 5 368 368 50 79 JOHN CARMODY 5 359 359 58 Vetrunner Page 17

Frylink Series Agegroup Ranking Pointscore

TOT NET LOW NO NAME BEST WHEN NO NAME BEST WHEN POS NAME EVENTS PTS PTS PTS M30 W30 1 CATHY MONTALTO 6 387 387 57 1 MICK HORAN 16.40 04/94 1 MAREE COLDRICK 21.58 04/94 2 ALICE SCOTT 6 355 355 47 2 VIC HESSELL 17.54 07/92 2 PRISCILLA WADHAM 23.01 07/92 3 MICK DANDO 6 347 347 41 M35 3 TONI BRENNAN 23.29 07/97 4 GWEN GLEESON 6 340 340 37 1 STEVE HUGHES 15.36 06/99 4 KAREN O'HALLORAN 26.05 07/97 5 BOB BANENS 6 331 331 44 2 BRIAN MCLACHLAN 18.20 06/99 5 CLAIRE PERRY 33.29 06/99 6 GRAHAM DELANEY 6 322 322 0 3 PETER O'HALLORAN 19.10 07/97 6 TANYA COLYER 41.60 04/94 7 DAVE MACKENZIE 5 317 317 57 4 EWEN THOMPSON 19.26 07/93 7 NARELLE BLACKABY 54.00 06/99 8 JACK PERRY 6 308 308 30 5 FRANK NUGENT 20.01 07/95 W35 9 JENNY GALVIN 5 302 302 57 6 KEVIN MATTHEWS 20.29 07/97 1 ELAINE COOPER 15.60 06/99 10 JIM TUCKER 5 302 302 41 7 MICHAEL WARD-PEARSON 21.17 06/99 2 KATHY SOUTHGATE 17.42 07/95 11 CAROLYN BEHM 5 296 296 48 8 GEOFF GOOK 21.52 09/91 3 CAROL EY 18.15 07/97 12 ROS BAUER 5 292 292 48 9 VIC HESSELL 21.59 04/94 4 MARLENE REID 19.42 04/94 13 BEV BREEN 5 291 291 51 M40 5 LOUISE VIZARD 20.51 07/92 14 KAREN DANIELS 5 290 290 43 1 GEOFF MOORE 14.49 09/91 6 KAREN DANIELS 20.55 06/99 15 DAVID HOLMES 5 283 283 38 2 GARRY LEE 17.11 07/97 7 BEVERLEY FORBES 21.19 09/91 16 ADRIAN KRAUSS 5 282 282 42 3 ROBERT BARBARO 17.34 07/97 8 KAYE THORPE 23.11 04/94 17 BOB CHAPMAN 5 277 277 44 4 DAVID HOLMES 17.37 06/99 9 GAYLE EAVES 23.46 04/94 18 NEIL BODEN 6 273 273 0 5 MICHAEL CLANCY 18.24 07/96 10 PHILLIPA ROWLAND 24.06 06/99 19 JILLIAN CLARK 5 268 268 34 6 DAVID HOLLAND 19.05 06/99 W40 20 WENDY COOK 5 264 264 44 7 IAN DALZIEL 19.11 07/92 1 MARLENE REID 19.57 07/95 21 NOLA DE CHAZAL 5 261 261 42 8 JIM TUCKER 19.28 07/92 2 GLENDA MOSS 20.30 07/93 22 PHIL TOOMEY 5 255 255 28 9 TOM USHER 19.55 09/91 3 ROS BAUER 20.44 06/99 23 MAUREEN ROSSITER 4 247 247 46 M45 4 ROSEMARY PARKER 21.40 09/91 24 ROBYNE KELLETT 4 247 247 54 1 ROBERT BARBARO 18.01 06/99 5 ANNE MCNEILL 22.05 07/92 25 CHRIS MAHE 4 239 239 52 2 NEIL BODEN 18.49 07/97 6 SHERRYL GREATHEAD 22.09 07/93 26 MIKE DWYER 5 238 238 0 3 GARRY HAND 19.31 07/95 7 KATE BRIDGE 22.24 07/92 27 ROGER STEWART 5 237 237 32 4 JIM TUCKER 20.21 06/99 8 SUE QUAYLE 22.48 04/94 28 CINDY STEWART 5 233 233 39 5 TREVOR VOGLER 20.52 07/92 9 CATHY MONTALTO 23.27 07/95 29 CARMEN CARLON 6 219 219 0 6 ALAN NORDEN 21.12 07/93 10 GAI WEBSTER 23.56 07/97 30 FAYE GREENE 5 218 218 29 7 GREG LEWIS 21.19 07/96 W45 31 GAI WEBSTER 4 216 216 45 8 BOB PARKER 21.29 04/94 1 CATHY MONTALTO 20.22 06/99 32 ANNA SUTHERLAND 6 213 213 0 9 DAVID MEYERS 22.08 04/94 2 MARGARET TAYLOR 20.47 07/97 33 TERRI HENDERSON 6 213 213 25 M50 3 ANNA SUTHERLAND 21.33 07/96 34 MARGARET TAYLOR 4 209 209 33 1 JIM SAWKINS 17.21 09/91 4 ROSEMARY PARKER 21.50 07/95 35 ROSEMARY PARKER 5 203 203 0 2 BOB MEE 17.35 07/92 5 JILL BROWN 21.56 07/95 36 ANITRA KENNY 4 196 196 37 3 ALAN WILSON 18.39 07/95 6 GLENDA MOSS 22.01 07/96 37 LESLEY HAMILTON 4 192 192 32 4 KEN DANIELS 20.14 09/91 7 SHERRYL GREATHEAD 22.23 06/99 38 JIM MCLEAN 4 190 190 40 5 GRAHAME TAYLOR 21.24 07/97 8 LESLEY HAMILTON 22.55 09/91 39 GRAHAME TAYLOR 3 184 184 52 6 BOB BANENS 22.20 06/99 9 LYNN WILLIAMS 23.58 07/92 40 CILLA CHAPMAN 4 184 184 33 7 PHIL TOOMEY 22.44 07/97 10 RAINE THOMPSON 24.27 07/96 41 TRISH THOMAS 5 179 179 26 8 JOHN BAKKER 23.26 04/94 W50 42 KEITH PERROUX 3 175 175 52 9 GRAHAM DELANEY 24.26 06/99 1 MARGARET TAYLOR 22.20 06/99 43 ALLAN SHERRIFF 4 156 156 0 M55 2 ROSEMARY PARKER 23.21 07/97 44 SHELLEY BISSETT 3 153 153 45 1 MICK DANDO 18.15 09/91 3 MARIE PLUNKETT-COLE 23.31 04/94 45 GREG LEWIS 4 151 151 0 2 BOB CHAPMAN 18.30 07/93 4 LESLEY HAMILTON 23.53 04/94 46 KAYE THORPE 3 146 146 0 3 KEN DANIELS 19.47 07/97 5 ALICE SCOTT 24.36 06/99 47 KEN DANIELS 4 136 136 0 4 RON MAXWELL 21.55 07/97 6 BARBARA CURRAN 24.38 04/94 48 HELEN DALY 3 136 136 0 5 MIKE DWYER 22.21 04/94 7 JILLIAN CLARK 24.47 04/94 49 DIANNE LANE 3 136 136 0 6 KEITH JOHNSON 24.12 06/99 8 VAL CHESTERTON 24.54 04/94 50 JOHN BURNS 4 135 135 0 7 PETER L DAVIES 24.22 06/99 9 GAEL BROOK 26.48 07/93 51 FRANCIS HARRIS 2 126 126 60 8 RAY BRAMWELL 25.42 04/94 10 THELMA REDDY 26.59 07/97 52 AL MALLORY 3 108 108 0 9 DOUG CARNEY 25.50 06/99 W55 53 MERV COLLINS 2 107 107 36 M60 1 FRANCIS HARRIS 21.57 07/96 54 ALAN BURDON 4 101 101 0 1 BOB CHAPMAN 18.54 07/97 2 JONNE YABSLEY 22.50 06/99 55 JACK THACKRAY 3 100 100 29 2 PETER TROTTER 19.18 07/96 3 MAUREEN O'SHEA 24.12 09/91 56 ROBERT BARBARO 3 96 96 0 3 DAVID MORGAN 19.27 04/94 4 JILLIAN CLARK 24.13 06/99 57 KEITH JOHNSON 5 88 88 0 4 DUANE LOWRY 19.30 07/93 5 BEV SCOWN 24.15 04/94 58 DAVID MEYERS 3 86 86 0 5 MICK DANDO 19.41 07/95 6 JENNY GALVIN 25.10 07/97 59 FRANK NUGENT 3 74 74 0 6 DAVE MACKENZIE 20.43 04/94 7 ROBYN KENNEDY 26.23 06/99 60 MARGARET MCSPADDEN 3 71 71 0 7 STUART J REID 21.21 07/96 8 CORY COLLINS 27.03 07/92 61 MARLENE REID 2 69 69 0 8 KEN DANIELS 22.26 06/99 9 LESLEY HAMILTON 27.55 06/99 62 BEVERLEY FORBES 1 67 67 67 9 LLOYD FIELD 22.34 09/91 10 CHRIS MAHE 29.31 07/97 63 SHIRLEY TONKIN 2 64 64 0 M65 W60 64 BERNADETTE BAKER 2 63 63 0 1 KEITH PERROUX 19.25 09/91 1 JENNY GALVIN 25.32 06/99 65 MEL DOWD 2 56 56 0 2 MICK DANDO 21.20 06/99 2 CHRIS MAHE 27.58 06/99 66 CLAIRE PERRY 4 55 55 0 3 MERV COLLINS 22.15 07/93 3 MARGARET DANDO 30.09 07/93 67 MARGARET JOHNSON 3 54 54 0 4 DAVE MACKENZIE 22.28 07/96 4 MAUREEN O'SHEA 30.44 07/97 68 MICHAEL WARD-PEARSON 3 54 54 0 5 MIKE ADLER 24.27 09/91 5 NOLA DE CHAZAL 31.08 06/99 69 IAN DUNDAS 2 53 53 0 6 DUANE LOWRY 25.04 06/99 6 MARGARET DALHEIM 31.58 07/92 70 ALAN WILSON 1 50 50 50 7 JACK THACKRAY 25.28 07/96 7 LORNA BURDON 34.22 06/99 71 ADAM BARTLETT 2 48 48 0 8 BARRY SEEDSMAN 26.05 06/99 8 DOROTHY SEEDSMAN 46.38 06/99 72 CAROL BAIRD 3 48 48 0 9 OTMAR DORFER 26.12 06/99 W65 73 JOHN PARKER 2 46 46 0 10 JACK PERRY 27.17 07/96 1 GWEN GLEESON 28.17 07/95 74 BILL DENT 1 39 39 39 M70 2 LUCILLE WARTH 31.57 07/92 75 DAVID HOLLAND 3 36 36 0 1 KEITH PERROUX 21.59 07/96 3 MARGARET DALHEIM 41.57 07/97 76 JIM O'DONNELL 6 35 35 0 2 AUDUN FRISTAD 32.04 07/92 W70 77 BARBARA TUCKER 3 35 35 0 M75 1 GWEN GLEESON 31.48 06/99 78 DUANE LOWRY 2 31 31 0 1 HAL DALHEIM 33.39 07/97 2 LUCILLE WARTH 38.37 07/97 Page 18 Vetrunner AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE VETS Competed in several National Championships

Thirty-two vets participated in the 91st THROWING HANDICAP FOR JUNE – SHOT AND DISCUS Name Age Shcp Shot Tot Pl Dhcp Disc Tot Pl Total Pl Pts Monthly Throwing Handicap on a cool June Peter Neill M60 10.47 9.20 19.67 1 25.56 29.25 54.81 2 74.48 1 50 Saturday afternoon the 26th. The competition Delia Quigley W35 10.02 7.85 17.87 11 31.06 24.08 55.14 1 73.01 2 49 was in shot put and discus. W Freeman W50 14.15 3.91 18.06 7 40.75 10.74 51.49 3 69.55 3 48 We welcomed three newcomers to their Kathe O'Brien W30 11.92 6.65 18.57 2 29.76 21.17 50.93 6 69.50 4 47 Nola de Chazal W60 13.09 4.91 18.00 9 36.46 14.58 51.04 5 69.04 5 46 first throwing handicap event, although it was Jean Heath W55 12.36 5.51 17.87 11 38.32 12.44 50.76 9 68.63 6 45 hard to believe that big Alex Turbin was Bryan Thomas M55 10.34 7.33 17.67 16 31.30 19.60 50.90 7 68.57 7 44 competing for the first time. Alex has been an Attila Spaits M60 7.20 10.61 17.81 13 5.76 44.89 50.65 10 68.46 8 43 Marg Taylor W50 10.09 7.17 17.26 22 30.47 20.61 51.08 4 68.34 9 42 active member of the vets for many years and Trish Thomas W50 9.10 8.26 17.36 19 31.24 19.55 50.79 8 68.15 10 41 has even thrown in several national Phil Toomey M50 10.69 7.24 17.93 10 26.63 23.42 50.05 14 67.98 11 40 championships and the World Masters Peter Freeman M50 9.48 8.25 17.73 15 28.76 21.48 50.24 11 67.97 12 39 Tanya Colyer W35 13.99 3.79 17.78 14 37.62 12.47 50.09 13 67.87 13 38 (Brisbane 1994) but because of his job as a car Raylea Rudov W55 8.65 8.65 17.30 21 28.07 22.15 50.22 12 67.52 14 36.5 salesman he has not been free to participate on Fran Schiller W40 11.91 6.17 18.08 6 31.41 18.03 49.44 15 67.52 14 36.5 a Saturday afternoon. Rob Hathaway M40 10.18 7.99 18.17 5 27.29 21.82 49.11 16 67.28 16 35 Some weeks ago I received a phone call Val Chesterton W55 13.16 5.04 18.20 4 36.56 12.29 48.85 19 67.05 17 34 Ray Green, M50 4.95 13.39 18.34 3 7.32 41.13 48.45 20 66.79 18 33 from a Mark Lewis wanting to find out about Jayne Hardy W35 7.78 9.74 17.52 17 16.19 32.70 48.89 18 66.41 19 32 veterans athletics. He was quick to point out Jenny Bourke W55 8.35 8.76 17.11 23 24.87 24.21 49.08 17 66.19 20 31 that he wasn’t much of a runner but thought he Alice Scott W50 11.35 5.70 17.05 24 33.82 14.16 47.98 21 65.03 21 30 Mary Wahren W65 11.09 6.42 17.51 18 31.88 15.57 47.45 22 64.96 22 29 would like to have a try at throwing, so I Bob Banens M50 5.94 12.12 18.06 7 5.96 40.53 46.49 24 64.55 23 28 extolled the benefits of being involved in our E Drummond M75 9.78 7.57 17.35 20 27.52 19.36 46.88 23 64.23 24 27 popular monthly throwing handicap. M35 Mark Rob Keneally M45 8.89 7.82 16.71 25 22.12 20.15 42.27 25 58.98 25 26 and M70 Laurie Nolen turned up at the Alex Turbin M45 11.33 33.50 Mark Lewis M35 7.24 17.31 Kambah throwing area the following Saturday John Hunt M55 8.30 24.61 afternoon for one of our low key winter Laurie Nolen M70 6.71 14.17 competitions and training sessions, had a few A Morris M50 6.46 21.13 Kevin Blewitt M60 8.97 33.00 throws and received lots of encouragement Gary Maher M50 8.37 21.47 from the members present. Now that they have had a taste of competing with us we hope they become “regulars”. three years ago she spent time in Haiti with an while waiting for their turn to throw most Although not a newcomer, Delia Quigley AFP unit. participants rugged up in warm clothing and has not competed regularly for a long time so it Even though the “official” temperature for only stripped to shirt-sleeves as they entered the was good to see her back in action again. Delia the afternoon wasn’t too bad a breeze blowing throwing circle. is a reserve for the AFP contingent recently in fits and starts across the open fields of the Despite the conditions there were some deployed to East Timor as part of a UN Masson Street Throwing Field created a very excellent discus throws from Attila Spaits M60 peacekeeping force. Delia has already had unpleasant chill factor. A breeze (even if it is 44.89m, Ray Green M50 41.13m, Bob Banens overseas experience in this type of operation as cold) can be of assistance to discus throwers if M50 40.53m, Alex Turbin M45 33.50m, Jayne it is a head wind but this was from behind. So (Continued next page)

THROWING HANDICAP POINTSCORE 1999 THROWING HANDICAP TALLIES AT JUNE 1999 Name Age Feb Mar Apr May Jun Total 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total Val Chesterton W55 46 47 50 44 34 221 Trish Thomas 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 91 TrishThomas W50 42 34 48 47 41 212 Jenny Bourke 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 91 Tanya Colyer W35 48 50 31 38 38 205 Mary Wahren6 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 5 85 Peter Freeman M50 43.5 43 34.5 45 39 205 Ray Green 6 9 7 10 9 10 9 8 9 5 82 Phil Toomey M50 50 32 36 46 40 204 Fran Schiller 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 4 80 W Freeman W50 41 35 34.5 41 48 199.5 E Drummond 6 7 10 9 9 10 9 7 8 4 79 Marg Taylor W50 45 33 40 33 42 193 Attila Spaits 1 10 10 6 10 9 9 9 9 5 78 Nola de Chazal W60 28 37 41 39 46 191 W Freeman 5 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 5 78 Kathe O'Brien W30 49 44 50 47 190 Peter Freeman 3 4 7 8 10 9 6 9 10 5 71 Jayne Hardy W35 47 46 32 32 32 189 Audun Fristad 9 8 10 7 3 8 9 8 4 66 Raylea Rudov W55 32 36 45 27 36.5 176.5 Charlie Rann 6 5 8 10 10 8 8 9 64 Ray Green M50 31 48 33 29 33 174 Joan Mallory 8 9 10 9 7 4 5 7 4 63 Bryan Thomas M55 35 27 42 23 44 171 Al Mallory 8 9 10 9 7 4 5 7 4 63 Attila Spaits M60 24 29 26 48 43 170 RayleaRudov 2 7 9 9 9 9 10 5 60 Mary Wahren W60 29 40 29 36 29 163 Irene MitchelI 4 10 8 9 5 7 7 4 54 Jean Heath W55 39 39 40 45 163 Nola De Chazal 10 6 9 10 9 5 49 Rob Hathaway M40 43.5 49 34.5 35 162 Ken Daniels 5 10 10 4 1 3 6 1 5 2 47 Bob Banens M50 25 31 25 49 28 158 Delia Quigley 3 9 7 3 7 7 2 3 41 Audun Fristad M75 30 38 44 43 155 Bob Banens 7 7 7 5 9 5 40 Joan Mallory W65 27 41 49 37 154 George Mencik 3 2 2 10 3 6 6 5 37 Jenny Bourke W55 34 28 30 25 31 148 Frank Nugent 3 10 9 10 3 35 Fran Schiller W40 33 38 31 36.5 138.5 Alan Norden 6 8 7 8 5 1 35 Al Malloryy M65 26 45 37 26 134 Bryan Thomas 10 10 10 5 35 E Dummond M75 26 39 28 27 120 Jean Heath 10 10 10 4 34 Alice Scott W50 43 30 30 103 Carmen Carlon 2 9 5 6 6 4 1 33 Peter Neill M60 0 42 50 92 Marg Taylor 1 8 10 9 5 33 Vetrunner Page 19

Delia Quigley in action at the shot, she took out the silver medal with her overall score. Left, Peter Neill the winner of the handicap with Wendy Freeman the bronze. quality bottle of port kindly donated each (Continued from previous page) Delia Quigley 73.01m and the bronze Wendy month by Joe of Wanniassa ICA Supermarket. Hardy W35 32.70m and Jen Bourke W55 Freeman 69.55m. The first name out was Phil Toomey, but 24.21m. PB’s or near personal bests in the It turned out to be a big weekend for Peter unfortunately he had wandered off early and so discus were thrown by W30 Kathe O’Brien because as well as winning gold he was to the cries of “redraw” the next name out was 21.17m, Margaret Taylor W50 20.16m and Phil elected club Treasurer at a Special General Tanya Colyer. Many thanks to Joe of Toomey M50. Meeting which was held the following Wanniassa ICA Supermarket for his continued The winners of the discus were Delia Quigley morning at the end of our monthly running support of our monthly throwing handicap. W35 from Peter Neill M60 and Wendy handicap. Congratulations Peter, we know that Next month’s event will be on Saturday Freeman W50. you will do an excellent job as our “money August 28 for shot and discus, then September The shot put was taken out by: Peter Neill from man”. Peter comes to the position with a lot of 25 hammer and javelin, then October 23 in Kathe O’Brien and Ray Green recent experience in this sort of job, as he was discus and shot. M50. Ray Green 13.39m, Bob Banens treasurer of the Organising Committee for the All handicaps are held at the Masson Street 12.12m, Alex Turbin 11.33m, Jayne Hardy 1999 Australian Veterans Track and Field Throwing Field (near the ANU) and the cost of 9.74m, Jen Bourke 8.76m and Raylea Rudov Championships. $3 includes afternoon tea and birthday cake. All W55 8.65m had the longest puts of the steel Val Chesterton still maintains a healthy participants receive a handicap distance to add ball. lead at the top of the 1999 Point Score with to the distance that they throw, so everyone has When the combined distance of both 221 points from a tightly bunched group made a chance of being a medallist. If you haven’t tried it yet, why not have a go? We would like throws were added to each participant’s up of Trish Thomas 212, Tanya Colyer and to have you. BRYAN THOMAS handicap distance another very close and even Peter Freeman both on 205 and Phil Toomey competition resulted. only one point adrift on 204. RESULTS OF WEIGHT THROW - JUNE 26 This month the medals went to Peter Neill, At the end of the presentations it is Name Age Dist gold, with a total distance of 74.48m; silver to customary to draw a name from the “hat” for a Mark Lewis M35 7.00 Alex Turbin M45 11.69 Bob Banens M50 12.35 Peter Freeman M50 8.13 A Morris M50 6.98 John Hunt M55 8.81 Attila Spaits M60 13.6 Kathe O'brien W30 7.01 Jayne Hardy W35 11.53 Marg Taylor W50 5.83 Raylea Rudov W55 10.41 Jean Heath W55 4.97 Jenny Bourke W55 8.21 Mary Wahren W60 8.09 Nola de Chazal W60 6.25

Three new throwers that have joined the handicap over the last couple of months. In action in the shot are, from the left, Kevin Blewitt, Gary Maher and Laurie Nolan. Page 20 Vetrunner WINTER THROWING PROGRAM CONTINUES New competitors come out of the woodwork

was aiming to settle for an even 20 metres Mark Lewis, the other male in the RAY GREEN reports on the continuing but fell just fractionally short at 19.79. competition, got in a 16.03. In the process winter program set up to assist the Ray was pretty happy with his effort of he hit himself on the back of the leg and as throwers that were going to the World 41.30. Next up were Raylea, Jayne and Ray noted, “He hasn’t seen such a limp Championships at Gateshead, England in Jenny, with Raylea settling for a 22.21, since MacAtwell and Jack Sheedy from the August. Jayne got in good one out to 33.85 and Perth Football Club ruined John Todd’s Jenny’s effort of 23.72 wasn’t bad either. knee, and career, in Oz football back in the June 5 The big throw of the competition came 1950’s”. This week the new winter throwing from Attila with his effort of 43.35 with In the women’s competition Jayne sessions brought two new members, they Peter endeavouring to get over the 30- Hardy came in as the hot favourite but she came right out of the woodwork in the form metre mark had to settle for a 29.18. didn’t reckon on the efforts of specialist of Mark Lewis a M35 and Laurie Nolan. Sharon up from the NSW capital threw a hammer thrower Sharon Gibbins. As it Mark has never competed with us before 29.93. turned out Sharon’s 34.54 was the best of but Laurie can be remembered for some The heavy weight came as a revelation the day with Jayne settling for a 33.88. spectacular activities during the athletics at to both Mark and Laurie non the less they Jenny Bourke was next in line and she was 1997 Australian Masters Games that the were quite pleased with their efforts of happy with her throw of 28.79 followed by club organised. And it wasn’t anything to 7.36 and 6.88 respectively. Bob as it a satisfied Mary Wahren on 25.40 and Jean do with the establishments at Fyshwick or turned out wasn’t all that excited with his Heath on 14.45. Mitchell either. Mark a newcomer to vets effort of 12.41, but at least he didn’t throw Great effort from Bob Banens in the athletics is keen to improve his it over the fence, as he has been known to javelin with a mighty throw of 45.29, capabilities. do up at the track. Not much between especially impressive considering that at Eleven throwers turned out on a terrific Raylea and Jayne with only a centimetre Masson Street the competitors have to sunny day down in the Tuggeranong in it at the end. Raylea finished on 10.55 throw from a carpet. Ray, though not at his Valley at the Kambah Oval. Actually and Jayne 10.54. Ray was the ‘winner’ best, had an acceptable 37.32. Going down seeing half-a-dozen of us sitting in lounge with a pretty good 14.76 with last but not the rest of the list Phil Toomey was ‘over chairs in the middle of Kambah Green least Jenny throwing a 8.10. the moon’ with his 23.03 but Mark was a presented quite a sight for passing traffic. The results: bit frustrated with his effort of 18.38 in his Name Age Shot Discus Weight first javelin competition. Last but not least At the shot Mark in his very first throw Mark Lewis 35 7.23 15.44 7.36 got in a 7.23 with the more ‘experienced’ Laurie Nolan 70 6.59 13.33 6.88 was Attila with a 20.75 and Ewen a 17.28. Laurie getting in a 6.59. Bob Banens had a Bob Banens 50 12.26 39.75 12.41 For the women Jayne had a presentable Trish Thomas 50 8.66 19.79 8.32 very good 12.26 with Trish Thomas Ray Green 50 13.74 41.30 14.76 34.28 with Jenny getting in a 22.84. Not reasonably pleased with her effort of 8.66. Raylea Rudov 55 9.30 22.21 10.55 much between Mary and Sharon throwing Jayne Hardy 35 10.83 33.85 10.54 Ray Green was not all that far off the M50 Jenny Bourke 55 9.37 23.72 8.10 18.90 and 18.65 respectively with Jean Australian record of 13.99 with a Attila Spaits 60 10.98 43.35 ---- happy with her effort of 14.45. Peter Neill 60 9.46 19.18 ---- Quite a battle for supremacy over at the legitimate throw of 13.74 after a foul on a Sharon Gibbins 40 8.80 29.93 ---- 13.92 effort. Next to throw were Raylea heavy weight between Bob, Attila and Ray. Rudov and Jayne Hardy, with Jayne June 12 In the end the honour went to Bob with a extremely pleased with her heave of 10.83 Again the weather was kind to the 14.31 from Attila’s 14.07 and Ray’s 13.86. her best shot for some time. Raylea, like throwers on this delightful Saturday This left Mark having to settle for his 7.09. Jenny Bourke who followed her, were also afternoon with 12 entering into For the women Jayne had by far the pleased with their efforts of 9.30 and 9.37 competition in hammer, javelin and the best throw of the competition with a 10.14 respectively. The final three into the circle heavy weight. from Mary’s 9.12 and Sharon’s 8.34 with were Attila Spaits, Peter Neill and Sharon First up at the hammer with Ray Green Jenny tossing a 7.25 and Jean a 5.03. Gibbins. Attila threw a 10.98 and Peter, getting in the best throw with his effort of The results: Name Age Ham Javelin Weight making a welcome return to competition, a 41.80 just ahead of Bob Banens’s heave Ray Green 50 41.80 37.32 13.86 9.46. Sharron a visitor from Sydney made of 40.50. Attila Spaits thought he should Jean Heath 55 14.45 12.18 5.03 it out to 8.80. Jenny Bourke 55 28.79 22.84 7.25 have done better but in the end had to Jayne Hardy 35 33.88 34.28 10.14 Over to the discus now with Mark settle for his mark of 39.96, and Ewen Phil Toomey 50 21.12 23.03 ---- showing some real potential throwing a Mary Wahren 65 25.40 18.90 9.12 Drummond, like Ewen, accepted stoically Mark Lewis 35 16.03 18.38 7.09 15.44 with Laurie having to settle for his his throw of 23.20. Phil Toomey joined us Attila Spaits 60 39.96 20.75 14.07 effort of 13.33. Although Bob got in a this week and got in what he thought was E Drummond 75 23.20 17.28 ---- Sharon Gibbins 40 34.54 18.65 8.34 39.75 he thought it was just ‘so so’. Trish a very acceptable effort for him at 21.12. Bob Banens 50 40.50 45.29 14.31 Vetrunner Page 21

July 19 her the top score of 699. Raylea was also the ‘cuppa’ at the end of the day was most This week 14 competitors turned out prominent with 662 points from a throw of welcome. Bob Banens overall score of for the weight pentathlon at Masson Street, 9.79. 3786 was only a mere 100 points short of and as Ray Green noted, “Someone up It is worth noting at this time that at Ray Green’s ACT record. Jayne Hardy got there certainly must like us”. It had been the weight pentathlon all scores are based over the magical 3000 points with her raining for the three previous days with on age and there are differentiated age effort of 3033 and is showing potential for almost 150mm drenching the throwing factors that apply across the age groups a mark of 3500 at the coming world area, but the Saturday turned out to be and between men and women. It provides championships at Gateshead in August. terrific, sunny and warm, though the shot a reasonable method for comparison Mary Wahren and Raylea Rudov also landing area was somewhat flooded. This between competitors of different age and scored well, both, like Jayne, getting over was the second of the weight pentathlons of sex. the 3000-point mark. Mary at 3156 and the winter throwing program. Overall it was a good competition and Raylea 3048. In the hammer Jayne Hardy set an ACT record at 35.81 with Delia Quigley The results: Name Age Ham Points Shot Points Discus Points Javelin Points Weight Points Total managing to get off work on time to dash Mary Wahren 65 25.78 731 6.85 700 16.36 499 19.60 703 8.57 523 3156 over and make a good 27.17. Attila got off Mark Lewis 35 20.30 298 7.13 315 17.71 229 24.11 243 707 277 1362 Delia Quigley 35 27.17 437 7.36 358 24.61 362 14.07 222 8.34 500 1879 to a good start in the pointscore with his Peter Neill 60 26.44 602 8.64 608 27.17 409 23.63 393 9.82 484 2496 effort of 37.93 pulling in 933 points. Bob Banens 50 39.88 860 11.35 703 41.47 761 45.81 820 12.96 642 3786 At the shot Ray Green notched up the Jayne Hardy 35 35.81 626 10.17 541 31.87 498 34.42 669 10.96 699 3033 Laurie Nolan 70 11.31 224 6.27 452 13.36 245 9.18 130 7.33 355 1406 best score of the competition of 772 with Jenny Bourke 55 23.47 504 7.83 591 22.20 537 21.84 593 6.83 426 2651 his throw of 12.30 while Raylea Rudov Phil Toomey 50 20.63 379 7.18 363 23.89 382 21.70 313 7.72 339 1776 Raylea Rudov 55 25.26 640 9.00 697 22.55 547 18.97 502 9.79 662 3048 was at the top of the pile for the women Ray Green 50 38.57 8827 12.30 772 39.83 725 29.73 478 13.60 680 3482 with her throw of 9.00 giving her 697. Peter Freeman 50 18.82 336 8.17 465 19.42 290 22.24 324 8.19 366 2370 Attila Spaits 60 37.93 933 10.47 741 43.02 830 21.23 352 - - 2856 Attila also scored well at 741 with his Trish Thomas 50 25.35 490 7.58 497 17.78 352 - - - - 1339 heave of 10.47. At the discus Attila continued his ‘hot’ streak with a top 43.02 which once again WAY WE WERE . . . gave him the top score of 830 points. After three events it looks like there is no What we did 20 and 10 years ago stopping Attila, though the next event on “The older I get the faster I used to be , the higher I could jump, the further I could the card, the javelin, is not one of his pet throw and leap.” events and this could pull him back a tad. BRYAN THOMAS in his new series reveals what you really did in the past. Bob Banens and Ray were also in there 20 YEARS AGO (August 1979). with big points, Bob threw a 41.47 to pick Peter Frylink (editor) and Ken Daniels (publisher) produced our first new sheet. up 761 and Ray 39.83 for 725. For the The news sheet consisted of three pages, the last page being a calendar of events women it was a closely fought competition suitable for vets for August, September and October (this has been our practise ever with Mary Wahren and Jayne only since). separated by a point and Raylea and Jenny Sunday morning jogs in the forest starting at 11am. had become popular. These Bourke equal on 547 with their throws of pack runs started and finished at the picnic area near the corner of Cotter and Uriarra 22.55. Mary scored a 499 from 16.36 and Roads (now Deek Recreational Area) and were followed by a picnic brunch. Jayne 498 from 31.87. Fun runs in country towns were a big thing at the time and many of our members At the javelin Bob once again got in a travelled far and wide to participate and to spread the word about the Canberra Vets. ‘big one’ getting the spear way out to 45.81 Mike Adler and Lucille Warth won a lot of trophies and prizes in their regular jaunts and for his effort collected a massive 820 throughout the region. points way ahead of the rest of the field. Our second handicap was a 7.7km variation of the “Jogalong” won by Jack Tonkin Once again Mary and Jayne went head to from Max Van Apeldorn and Mike Adler. head for the top pointscore, Mary just Tasmania formed a veterans athletics club. managing to stay on top with 703 points for her throw of 19.60 and Jayne getting 669 10 YEARS AGO (August 1989). from a 34.42. Geoff Moore M40 after a break of several years from running marathons ran an The final event was the heavy weight. excellent 2:33.40 in the Gold Coast Marathon. In the same race Mary Ann Busteed The top points this time came from Ray W40 finally broke the three hour barrier when she ran 2:59.32 to be seventh outright with his throw of 13.60 giving him a score and first veteran woman. of 680 just ahead of Bob’s 642 from a The 9.3km Mt. Ainslie course is considered by most vets to be the toughest throw of 12.96. running handicap of the year (and therefore the most challenging). Monty Momcilovic For the women Jayne backed up her top was the winner from a fast finishing Reg Johnson and Hans Kettniss. Geoff Moore hammer throw with a 10.96, which gave and Mary Ann Busteed held their marathon fitness well and were the fastest. Page 22 Vetrunner TENTH ANNUAL TERRY FOX FUN RUN 1600 runners raise $20,000 for the ACT Cancer Society

The Tenth Annual Terry Fox Fun Run, held Costello 19.03, 21 Daniel Cook 19.08, 22 Chris 35.23, 10 Nathan Spillane 35.26, 11 Michael Whipp in Canberra on June 20, raised just under Williams 19.15, 23 Liam Templeton 19.22, 24 Jason 35.31, 12 Dave Grattan 36.00, 13 Jon Woodall 36.01, 14 $20,000 with a record participation of more Pang 19.28, 25 Russell Lutton 19.38.5km (females): 1 Simon Crooke 36.04, 15 Ian Boyd 36.35, 16 Tony Stephanie Andrews 17.05, 2 Erin Sutcliffe 18.43, 3 Erin Cavuoto 36.43, 17 Alan Towill 36.52, 18 Robert Page than 1600. One of the highlights was the Lenon 18.57, 4 Kelly Roberts 19.09, 5 Kathy Southgate 37.07, 19 Des Brown 37.18, 20 Murray Hill 37.26, 21 participation of three local politicians. ACT 19.12, 6 Anna Neumaier 19.30, 7 Elise Cole 19.49, 8 David Shepherd 37.31, 22 Derek Bilney 37.34, 23 Tom Health Minister Michael Moore was one of the Justine Shepherd 19.58, 9 Adelaide Brown 20.09, 10 Walter 37.37, 24 Gary Rolfe 37.38, 25 Colin Neave lucky patients still managing to find a bed from Amy Rugendyke 20.14, 11 Noni Clarke 20.25, 12 Amy 37.41.10km (females): 1 Fiona Jorgensen 37.38, 2 Meg Martyn 20.29, 13 Gillian Hosking 20.35, 14 Nicole Harris 40.14, 3 Gillian Lee 41.54, 4 Tracy Harwood the Canberra Hospital albeit he was being Daley 20.48, 15 Samantha Wright 20.51, 16 Stephanie 42.30, 5 Kim Sainsbury 42.32, 6 Julie Ellett 43.01, 7 pushed in the 5km by the staff that included Dunn 20.54, 17 Morgan Eneberg 21.07, 18 Liz Hckey Jacki Kilner 44.03, 8 Kim Cauley 44.16, 9 Jane Roots vets John and Judi Walsh. However, their ‘bed’ 21.16, 19 Patricia McKibbin 21.18, 20 Rebecca 44.48, 10 Michelle Wells 44.58, 11 Vanda Quinn 45.10, Wevers 21.19, 21 Holly Hutton 21.35, 22 Leeann 12 Sue Archr 45.37, 13 Eloise Kelley 46.11, 14 Sam was gazumped by the mob from John James Weston 21.40, 23 Stephanie Bradford 21.43, 24 Reinhardt 46.19, 15 Akiko Yoshida 46.23, 16 Felicity who took full advantage of the fact that they Rebecca Haslam 21.54, 25 Annette Sugden Abotomey 46.31, 17 Ruth Kennedy 46.42, 18 Oenone had ‘doctored’ their bed’s wheels to make it 22.04.10km (males): 1 Adam Leane 31.45, 2 Mark Wood 46.43, 19 Cathy Newman 46.53, 20 Diane easier to push. It was remarkable that the Maslen 32.42, 3 Ben Crabb 33.31, 4 Vince Craig 34.10, Marceddo 47.44, 21 Helen Clarke 47.51, 22 Kerry 5 Kevin Eager 34.13, 6 Andy Horsburgh 35.10, 7 Peter O'Neill 47.57, 23 Caroline Menzel 47.58, 24 Vivienne Canberra Hospital bed was less than a minute James 35.12, 8 Geoff Munro 35.22, 9 Michael Leahey Sandrini 48.12, 25 Caroline Campbell 48.14. behind considering they had to make do with a bed that had standard wheels. The other politicians were Bill Stefaniak, the ACT Sports COMMITTEE CORNER Minister who started with the walkers and vets The committee held its first meeting in the re-surfacing at the AIS, but a program draft is club member Wayne Berry who ran in the 10km new venue of The Canberra West Bowling Club under way. The half-marathon was finally re- event. this month and we had a full complement located to the September 12, unfortunately A marvellous after-race brunch of pancakes attending. We are all very keen to learn our new taking the date previously allocated to the fun and genuine Canadian Maple Syrup was jobs and to work well as a whole and for an run. This is regretful but unavoidable and enjoyed by all. The Australian Rugby Choir encouraging start our new President is justly tentative dates are in the planning stage for a fun also got a warm reception from the many proud of bringing our two meetings so far to run a little later in the year. For various reasons listening to their fine renditions. conclusion on time – no easy task with the it was decided not to hold the Cross Country Robin Leeson from Rivett, ACT will amount of business we get through. Please note, Carnival at Fadden Pines but to combine with the remember this run for years to come. She was those of you who are interested, that all members Cross Country Club at their Championships on the lucky winner of two return airfares to are welcome to attend committee meetings as July 31 The events will be 12km for men and Vancouver/Toronto from Melbourne/Sydney observers. 8km for women with separate awards for our valued at $4500 donated by American Express Those of you who attended our Special members. Travel and Canadian Airlines. General Meeting at Fadden Pines will know we Membership and Communication Julie Davis won Microsoft products to the have a new Treasurer in Peter Neill. No report received at time of writing so value of $500, Akiko Yoshida, as well as Congratulations Peter and thank you Pamela for watch this space. finishing 15th in the 10km event, won carrying on until this time. Pamela advised that Social and Ceremonies accommodation for two at the Griffin from the end of May up to our June meeting she Speaks for itself with a great record of Apartments to the value of $300. Akiko is a had banked a further $3000.00 for membership successful occasions especially the 20th student at the Australian National University. fees. The Committee approved $2,500.35 in Anniversary dinner, it also speaks for itself in its Derek Bilney, who finished 22nd in the accounts to be paid own Social Page in this Vetrunner. 10km event also won a barrel draw prize with All your sub-committees are still meeting IT Infrastructure and still reporting: Colin Bridge brought the committee Liam Templeton winning the office chair, Administration and Club Structure members up to date with all the new computer valued at $160 from Instant Office Furniture. Are throwing most of its energy into the systems by handing out copies of the pages on He finished 23rd in the 5km event. drafting of the new Development Plan. By the his Web site and the first three reports of the. As The winners warmly received many other time this goes to print we will have held a Registrar, Colin reported on an unprecedented prizes with the others having to try again next meeting of all members to discuss the Club’s return of membership renewals following the year. There was also a mad kiddie scramble for future and the ideas raised at that meeting, will mail out of membership renewals with the Terry a large number of drink bottles thrown around form the nucleus of the new Development Plan. Fox Fun Run entry forms. at the end of the barrel draws. Coaching and Training The Nationals The only times that were recorded were the Are looking to enlarge in size and it is hoped Neil Boden has presented his final report on first 25 males and females in both the 5 and that all of you who are currently running training the Nationals and this has in turn been forwarded 10km races. and coaching groups will give some thought to to AAVAC. A detailed financial report for The results: joining this committee and giving our club the presentation to the Committee and members has 5km (males):1 Chris Cook 16.29, 2 Shaun McCabe benefit of your experience and organisational yet to be presented, as all 16.39, 3 Scott Imhoff 16.54, 4 Mark Shepherd 16.59, 5 skills. Those interested should contact Ken matters are not yet finalised. Casey Guthrie 17.04, 6 Paul Considine 17.22, 7 Luke Daniels. Equipment Officer Keogh 17.28, 8 Robert Lenon 17.30, 9 Craig Shepherd 17.53, 10 Roy Daniell 17.55, 11 Marc Williams 17.57, 12 Competition Ken Gowans is seeking direction with the Zane Carr 18.02, 13 Liam Stakelum 18.11, 14 Shane Are carrying an extra load this year, progress of his audit and as a result an Whipp 18.16, 15 Courtney McCabe 18.19, 16 Trevor investigating an alternative venue for the first advertisement appears elsewhere in this Ryan 18.20, 17 Michael Hosking 18.20, 18 Derek half of the track and field season due to the magazine. ALICE SCOTT, Secretary Rutherford 18.31, 19 Michael Cupitt 18.42, 20 Sebastian Vetrunner Page 23 SOCIALLY SPEAKING, A BUSY MONTH IN JUNE Wonderfull evening at O’Connor

RAINE THOMPSON reports on the club’s lights out. That certainly got our attention. social activities and what events are As well the great food, we also had birthday coming up. cake to celebrate the birthdays of Val Chesterton, Wendy Freeman, Lesley Do you find times when your running, Hamilton, Dave Mackenzie, John throwing or jumping is just not what you Richardson, Trish Thomas, Bryan Thomas, would like it to be, your motivation is low and Irene O’Donnell. and so is your performance. We also congratulated Miriam and Well, I have been going through one of Bryan McCarthy on their selection to work those periods, some niggling injuries and in the Call Room at the Sydney 2000 lack of training have meant that I am not Olympics. There were some aspersions casts finishing as high up in the handicaps as I as to exactly what this entailed, and most of fancy I should, that is high enough to win a the aspersions related to after hours medal. Well, I made mention of this to the activities. We will wait eagerly for their handicapper in the hope that once, just once, after-the-games report to hear just what they I might get a more favourable handicap. Ho did do. ho ho! No, he wasn’t playing Santa Claus; he Your Social Sub-committee had a was laughing at my suggestion. The upshot is meeting the other evening to discuss the that if I do not train enough to improve my sorts of things we can do for the members of performance in relation to all those who do club now that we are no longer involved in Social Sub-Committee gurus Jenny train I can not expect special treatment just championship preparation. Paulette Galvin and Maria White show that so I can win a medal. Oh well, there is Montaigne, our representative on the their talents are not only confined to nothing else for me to do but find some ACTVAC Committee, joined us and in organising the events. motivation and train. keeping with nature of our activities, Socially speaking, June was a busy brought the champagne. Needless to say the From this month notice of all events will month for activities. We started the month meeting went really well. We are now be e-mailed to members with addresses and with the fantastic 20th Anniversary Dinner seeking input from you for our calendar of payment will be available over the Internet and finished with a wonderful dinner at activities for 2000. There’s bound to be via Colin Bridge’s home page. (See below). Marinetti’s in O’Connor. For those who some very good ideas out there longing to August hadn’t been there before, it was a bit of a be aired. So, please let us know what There has been a move east challenge to find Marinetti’s. It is a very activities you would like see included in the gastronomically and south geographically unpretentious place located in the middle of calendar. You can do this by telephoning, from the previously advertised venue. We the O’Connor shops. There is no garish e-mailing or even talking in person to any of have gone from Dutch cuisine in Curtin to signage, simply the name on the window. your sub-committee. Favourites to date are Austrian cuisine in Chifley. Dinner on However, the unpretentious nature of the Christmas in Winter, afternoon tea at a posh Tuesday, 31 August will now be at the restaurant belies the quality of the food. We place, and bowling. Vienna in Chifley Square, Chifley. Cost had à la Carte service, no corkage, and the Now for coming attractions $20.00 for the lot, BYO and no corkage. menu included delicacies such as pea and July - Christmas in Winter September ham soup, sautéed mushrooms, spatchcock, On Thursday, July 29, join us for Christmas Dinner will be at La Cucina at the paprika pork and a mean goulash. This may in Winter at the Karmel Room upstairs in Tuggeranong Southern Cross Club in Scollay sound everyday, but they were just delicious. the Union Building at the ANU. This is Street, Tuggeranong. Watch this space for This was real food with good-sized servings, great night, mulled wine, steaming soups, more details, cost will be about $25.00. not avant-garde cuisine where the challenge turkey and ham with all the trimmings If you have ideas for events or social is to find the food and identify it on the plate. followed by the traditional Christmas Pud news that should be aired, let me know. A number of people commented it was one and Birthday cake. Coffee and tea are That’s your lot for this month of the best food and value we have received. included and drinks are at bar prices. And as Please book and pay for functions early: The owner, Damien, is a long lean person if that is not enough, yes Tim there is more, Val Chesterton - 6292 8994 and we spent sometime trying to talk him music! Our favourite DJ, Peter, fresh from [email protected] into doing some running. His response is that his success at the 20th Anniversary will be Maria White 6231 4168 he is flat out running a restaurant and since Raine Thompson 6290 1857 there to spin a few Chrissie tunes. All this [email protected] he does that very well we will let him for a mere $19.00. Book now and secure a Jenny Galvin 6292 5294 continue. There were 38 of us and we were place. If you are on-line and your e-mail Book and pay: >http://www.pcug.org.au/ seated in a smallish area and the noise level address is listed with the club you can book ~cbridge/paymentsocial.htm< was somewhat high. So to attract our and pay by clicking on the interest address View future activities: attention so he could tell us about the in my e-mail to you. >http://www.pcug.org.au/~cbridge/ evening’s specials, Damien simply turned the ACTVACsocial.htm< Page 24 Vetrunner

Dear Editor, with a time of 2mins 14sec. However, he did I would like to congratulate Bronwyn LETTERS TO THE not qualify for the final of the 1500m. I asked Gardner on achieving her “150 Monthly him why? His reply was, “I ran out of steam in Running Handicaps” T-shirt. Bronwyn the third lap, so I will get a stress test when I get becomes only the seventh person (and the first EDITOR home”. woman) to have the honour of wearing the As a result he had a heart by-pass and for prestigious blue and green commemorative top. wonder if you could mention it to the the next six years ran marathons after which he To have completed 150 runs is indeed a appropriate holder of the records. need yet another by-pass. Two days before the worthwhile accomplishment in itself as it Cheers, surgery he dropped dead at the end of his daily means she must have been a member for a long Merv Collins, jog. time and been able to maintain her health, 7 Getting Cres, Campbell, ACT 2612. Now the point is this. Wal, like Chris, was fitness and enthusiasm over many years. [Editor’s note: Sorry Merv. Although I a dedicated well-trained class runner, but Wal However, Bronwyn has been an exceptional submitted your nomination for that award had a perfectionist personality, which caused member of our club in many ways and has after your Australian record in the 2000m him to have hassles with his staff and retire contributed a lot to its success and steeplechase (Vetrunner P17, May 1998) from work at the age of 55. development. seems like I missed the report of the award.] Certainly running did not cause his death, Bronwyn joined the vets as a competitive but the competition for some is stressful. squash player looking for another way of Dear fellow vets, As far as veterans are concerned there have maintaining fitness and soon found a love of Our sport has been struck by lightning. been longitudinal studies in the USA and long distance running. She has participated in A forty-year-old mountain running Sweden which have shown that college athletes all sorts of competitions at all distances from champion had a heart disease and not even the have a longer life than those who do not 800m to 10,000m on the track through to half medical profession knows why. participate, and veterans in endurance sports and full marathons on the road. There is obviously a cause that overrides have a 20% higher oxygen uptake than those Bronwyn is an excellent administrator. She training and good dietary habits. So what is it? who do not participate. So clearly in some served nine years on the club’s committee, six In my experience there has been one people exercise and a balanced diet will not of those as vice president and was very common factor “Perfection”. Of course severe prevent heart disease. involved with the Organising Committees for exercise is not the cause, but can only be the I recommend the reading of “Treating ‘A’ both the 1991 and 1999 Nationals and the Sixth straw that broke the camel’s back. type behaviour and your heart” by Meyer Australian Masters Games. Her talents were We must remember that the death rate in Friedmann, MD and Dianne Ulmer RNMS recognised and rewarded by AAVAC when fun runs is one in forty-five thousand and in published by Alfred A Knoff at New York in they selected her to be a team manager of our well-trained runners the odds are vastly 1984. (A Borzio Book). Australian veteran athletes at the World greater. The medicos in our club may also want to Championships in Turku 1991, Miyazaki ’93, Remember Vladimir Kuts who outclassed consult Professor Roy Sheppard of Toronto in Buffalo ’95 and currently in Gateshead, the world in 1956, died at the age of 48 of a “Exercise and cardio vascular disease”, The England. (Because a sponsor reneged on an heart attack. But my classic case is closer and Australian Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol 14 agreement to pay the airfares of our managers to it was my friend Wal Sheppard, who in the No 1, 1982. Turku, Finland Bronwyn had to withdraw from early 1970’s was unbeatable in the M50 800 I changed my behaviour in 1980. that appointment). and 1500m races. In 1979 at the World Jack Pennington, Perhaps her most significant and certainly Veterans as an M55 he ran second in the 800m 24 Alberga Street, Kaleen, ACT 2617. the most obvious contribution to our club were as editor of Vetrunner. Her involvement began when she did most of the typing of stencils for me when I was editor from June 1985 to May UP AT THE GOLD COAST “96. Then she was co-editor with Peter Frylink Kenyan makes it two in a row at Gold Coast Hiromi Higharashi Japan 2:35.0 First woman for a year until she took over as editor in June marathon. Kenya's Fred Kiprop has won his Trevor Jacobs 2:41.37 Second 45 to 49 Age Group 1987 through to April 1995. second consecutive Gold Coast marathon. He Carolyn Schwallow 2:41.39 Bronwyn received the Encouragement surged away at the 34-kilometre mark to win Andrew Lloyd 2:57.15 this morning's race in just over 2:14 hours Neil Hamilton 2:57.25 Award (our Club Person Award for all non Carmel Kahlefeldt 2:59.31 First 40 to 44 Age Group track and field in 1984). beating South Africa's Johannes Maremane by Robbie Costmeyer 3:16.00 around a minute. Australia's Shaun Creighton Congratulations Bronwyn, enjoy your trip Jim Brokenshire 3:20.45 became the national marathon champion with Chris Gamble 3:26.22 to the UK. his fourth placing but his time of 2:16.01 hours Ernest Warner3:38.04 Second 60 to 65 Age Group Bryan Thomas, was well outside Olympic qualifying time. Cathy Montalto 3:46.05 53 Langdon Ave, Wanniassa, ACT 2903 Japan’s Hiromi Igarishi won the womens Paul Kahlefeldt 3:57.33 Half Marathon section, with Carolyn Schuwallow becoming Dean Cavuoto 63.55 Second 21 to 24 Age Group Dear Editor, Australian marathon champion with her third Elizabeth Miller 72.54 As you may remember I was awarded the placing, which was also well outside Olympic Krishna Stanton 73.20 ACT Master Sportstar of the Year Award for qualifying time. Susan Hobson 73.27 First 40 to 44 Age Group Andy Horsburgh 77.28 the month of March, 1998. However, I note that Former Ethiopian runner Sisay Bizabech claimed the half-marathon representing Tony Cavuoto 82.31 Peter Cullen 85.46 the article ‘Taking Us Through the Years’ by Australia while Nuta Olaru, representing Japan, Doug Fry (‘Sportstar Awards’ at page 3) does Maryann Busteed 95.10 First 50 to 54 Age Group took out the women's section. Michael Clancy 97.16 not list me as an award winner. Some results: Nick Blackaby 100.52 Come to think of it, I cannot remember Marathon Michelle Lomas-Travers 104.32 seeing any mention of the reward in the Fred Kiprop 2:14.02 First 10km Run Vetrunner so maybe it has been overlooked. I Shaun Creighton 2:16.01 Fourth Jenny Galvin 60.04 Vetrunner Page 25

ACT VETERANS ATHLETIC CLUB INC 18th ANNUAL HALF MARATHON

SUNDAY, SEPT 12, 1999

"A Half Marathon especially for VETS organised by VETS" by the ACT Veterans Athletic Club Inc.

Restricted to Men and Women over the age of 30.

Unique triple start - 3 start times: 8.00am - for runners who know they will take 2 hours or more, 8.30am - for runners who will take between 100 and 120 minutes, 9.00am - for runners who can run the course in less than 100 minutes.

STARTS AND FINISHES IN WESTON PARK, CANBERRA A safe and picturesque course all on cycle paths

CERTIFICATES to all finishers. TROPHIES for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in all 5-year age groups. PERPETUAL TROPHY to the first CANBERRA veteran female and male calculated against the AGE Standard Time. Presentation to be held at 11am. $10 PRE-ENTRY (Entries close Sept 7) $15 ENTRY ON DAY (see over page) Page 26 Vetrunner

Official entry form (PHOTOCOPIES ACCEPTED) OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Chest No. ENTRIES CLOSE SEPTEMBER 7, 1999

Please read the whole form carefully, fill in the relevant details and mail, with appropriate remittance, to the Race Secretary, GPO BOX 2356, Canberra, ACT 2601. (Make cheques payable to A.C.T.V.A.C.)

Preferred first name: Surname: ...... Postal Address: Suburb/Town: Date of Birth: ...... State: Postcode: TELEPHONE: E-MAIL:

...... (H) ...... (W) ......

Age on Sex: Estimated race time: I WILL START IN THE: (Please indicate) Race Day M F Hours Minutes FIRST START SECOND START THIRD START ......

NOTE: 1. Men and Women must be at least 30 years of age, 2. The unique 3 start times are designed for the safety of the slower and/or older runners. Make certain you have indicated your start time above, 3. $10.00 entry fee if received by the closing date. Numbers will be available 30 minutes before your start. $15.00 if you enter on the day.

DECLARATION

1 I, the undersigned, in consideration of and as a condition of my entry in this event for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, hereby waive all and any claim, sight or cause of action which I or they might otherwise have for or arising out of loss of my life or injury, damage or loss of any description whatsoever which I may suffer or sustain in the course of or consequent upon my entry or participation in this event. 2 This waiver release or discharge shall be and operate in favour of the A.C.T. Veterans Athletic Club Inc., and any other organising club or clubs, all officers, members and employees of the Australian Federal Police and all race sponsors and shall so operate whether the damage or cause is due to any act or neglect of any of them. 3 I have trained for this event, have no medical impairment which may be detrimental to my health, and will withdraw from the event if I suffer a viral complaint during the last seven days before the race.

Signed...... Date……………......

AGE STANDARD TIMES (Calculated from statistical tables produced by WAVA (World Association of Veteran Athletics)

A.S.T. = M30 59.25M55 70.23W30 65.57 W55 79-36 x 100% M35 61.06M60 73.55W35 68.01 W60 84.06 RACE TIME M40 63.00M65 77.57W40 70.22 M45 65.07M70 82-37W45 72.59 M50 67.29M75 87.56W50 76.57 Vetrunner Page 27

Club pack runs are held most Sundays at Mon 23 - ACTVAC Committee Meeting at the 1999 - 2000 OFFICE BEARERS the Deek Recreation Area in Stromlo Canberra West Bowling Club, Kent Street, Patron: Jack Pennington. Forest starting at 9am (the exception is Deakin from 7pm. Contact Secretary Alice President: when there is an organised club event Scott Ken Daniels 62814193 (h) scheduled for that Sunday). Entrance to Sat 28 – ACTVAC Monthly Throwing E-mail: [email protected] the forest is on Uriarra Road about 50 Handicap at Masson Street, Turner. Vice President: metres from the Cotter Road turn-off. The Competition in discus and shot starts at 1pm. Colin Bridge 62901857 (h) 61216569 (w) Tuesday group also meets weekly from Trish Thomas is the handiacpper. E-mail: [email protected] the same area starting at 9am. In both Registrar, Running Hcp Sub-Committee Sat 28 – ACTCCC at the Pinnacle. Start area cases the training runs are suitable for Secretary: in Springvale Drive, Hawker. Three races over all types of runners, with various Alice Scott 62549460 (h) 62514381 (w) 1km at 1pm, 4km at 1.15pm and 8km at 2pm. distances and speeds. E-mail: [email protected] Contact Hugh Jorgensen 62861252 (h). For information on these runs, or any of Competition Sub-Committee ACTVAC listed events, contact the club’s Sun 29 – ACTVAC Monthly Running Treasurer: development officer, Chris Mahe, on Handicap at Mt Ainslie. Start area off Phillip Peter Neill 62314992 (h) 62951440 (h). Avenue, Hackett. First race over 9.3km starts Assets register, Insurance. Also the BBQ Stakes are run every at 9am and the shorter race of 4.5km at Committee: Wednesday from Woden at 12.20pm. 9.10am. Organiser: Dan Reddy 62411430 (h). Neil Boden 62414023 (h) 62014269 (w) Start is at the Melrose Drive underpass The handicapper is Colin Bridge. E-mail: [email protected] west of the Woden Library. Contact E-mail: [email protected] Adrian Plunkett 62832307 (w). September Competition Sub-Committee Sat 4 – ACTCCC Carillon Relays at Peter L Davies 62606760 (h) 62716572 (w) Wendouree Drive, Parkes. Contact Hugh Dave Mackenzie 62885891 (h) 62881844 (w/fax) Jorgensen 62861252 (h). Administration and Club Structure Sub- July Committee Sun 5 - ACTCCC Women’s and Girls’ Sat 31 – ACTVAC and ACTCCC Combined Paulette Montaigne 62959840 (h) 62733844 (w) Jogalong at the Deek Recreation Area starting Cross Country Championships at Stirling Park, E-mail: [email protected] at 9am. Entrance on Uriarra Road 50m from Yarralumla. Women’s race over 8km at Coaching Sub-Committee the corner of Cotter and Uriarra Roads. 1.15pm. Men’s 12km race at 2pm. Contact Jim Raylea_Rudov 62475219 (h) 62076338 (w) Contact Alice Scott 62514361 (w). White for ACTVAC on 62314168 (h) and Hugh E-mail: [email protected] Jorgensen ACTCCC 62861252 (h). Sun 12 – ACTVAC Annual Half Marathon Communications and Marketing Sub- around 21.1km course on the recreation paths Committee of Lake Burley Griffin. The race starts and Development Officer: August finishes from Weston Park. Three individual Chris Mahe 62951440 (h) starts to accommodate all standards of E-mail: [email protected] Sun 1 - ACTCCC Women’s and Girls’ runners. The first at 8am for runners who will Other contacts: Jogalong at the Deek Recreation Area starting take more than two hours to complete the run. Quentin Anthony 62863885 (h) Statistician, records, sprint at 9am. Entrance on Uriarra Road 50m from Then comes the 8.30am start for runners who and hurdle coaching. the corner of Cotter and Uriarra Roads. intend to complete the course between 100 Colin Bridge: Running Handicap details at: Contact Alice Scott 62514361 (w). http://www.pcug.org.au/~cbridge minutes and two hours. The final group will get Steve Appleby 62914853 (h) Catering/Lost Property. Sat 7 – ACTCCC Powerhouse 10km. Start off at 9am, this is for the remainder of the field Glen Coward 62885841 (h) Middle distance coaching/ area at the Canberra Yacht Club, Alexandrina who intend to complete the distance in less training. Drive, Yarralumla. First race over 1km at 1pm, than 100 minutes. Race Director Bryan Michael Craig 62584564 (h) Pole vault coaching/training. 5km at 1.15pm and the main race over 10km Thomas 62963278 (h). Nigel Crew 62417154 (h) Walks and endurance coaching/ training. at 2pm. Contact Hugh Jorgensen 62861252 Sun 19 – Canberra Times Fun Run. 10km (h). Ken Daniels 62814193 (h) Sprint coaching/training. from Woden to Commonwealth Park starts at Mike Dwyer 62583258 (h) Vetrunner production team. Sat 14 – ACTCCC over the Eucalypt Trail. 10am. Doug Fry 62886439 (h) Running handicap sub- Start area in Purdie Street off Hayden Drive, Mon 20 - ACTVAC Committee Meeting at the committee, Vetrunner production team. Bruce. Three races over 1km at 1pm, 3.4kmat Ray Green 62316712 (h) Throws coaching/training. Canberra West Bowling Club, Kent Street, Fran Harris 62302341 (h) Sprint training. 1.15pm and 6.8km at 2pm. Contact Hugh Deakin from 7pm. Contact Secretary Alice Jorgensen 62861252 (h). Annie Van Herck 62382324 (h) Vetrunner production Scott team. Sun 15 – City to Surf in Sydney. 14km from Sat 29 – ACTVAC Monthly Throwing John Hunt 62748035 (w) Jumps coaching/training. George Kibutzky 62945407 (h) Resuscitator, First Aid Kit. Hyde Park to Bondi Beach. Handicap at Masson Street, Turner. Terry Levings 62824190 (h) Course measurement. Sat 21 – ACTCCC at the O’Connor Ridge Competition in hammer and javelin starts at Duane Lowry 62925294 (h) Vetrunner production team, course. Start area off Masterman Street, 1pm. Trish Thomas is the handiacpper. Vetrunner distribution, marathon records. Bruce. Three races over 1km at 1pm, 2.5km at Sun 30 – ACTVAC Monthly Running Geoff Moore 62544753 (h) Distance coaching/training. 1.15pm and 5km at 2pm. Contact Hugh Handicap at Stromlo West. Start area off Mt Jim O’Donnell 62513016 (h) E-mail [email protected] Jorgensen 62861252 (h). Vetrunner editor. Stromlo Road just before the gate into the Mt Rosemary Parker 62882508 (h) Uniform, badge sales. Sun 22 – Junee to Wagga Marathon and Stromlo Oberservatory area. First race over Greg Stretton 62958474 (h) Middle distance coaching/ Marathon Relays. Contact Duane Lowry on 8km starts at 9am and the shorter race of 4km training. 62925294 (h) for further details. at 9.10am. The handicapper is Colin Bridge. Bryan Thomas 62963278(h) Archive, Half Marathon Trish Thomas 62963278 (h) Throwing handicapper, ACTVAC acknowledges the following organisations who assist the running of the club Weight pentathlon in either financial or other form of support: Raine Thompson 62901857 (h) 62644176 (w) Socials. Jim White 62314168 (h) Relay teams, Cross Country THE ACT BUREAU OF SPORT, RECREATION AND RACING; THE contact. RUNNERS SHOP IN PHILLIP; THE NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION Robin Whyte 62973438 (h) Walks coaching/training. (ACT BRANCH); WANNIASSA FESTIVAL SUPERMARKET; WORMALD Disclaimer: The views in this FIRE SYSTEMS; INSTANT COLOUR PRESS; THE ALEXANDER magazine are not necessarily the TECHNIQUE. views of the ACTVAC.