Volume 20 Issue 4 VETRUNNER NOW ON THE WEB September 1999

The official newsletter of the ACT MY FIRST MARATHON Veterans Athletic Club Inc. All Correspondence to GPO Box 2356, Canberra, ACT 2601 ‘It had to be before I was 50’ Vetrunner on line at: http://www.tip.net.au/~jimod Editor’s E-mail: [email protected] CATHY MONTALTO gives an insight fairly challenging run, that was enough into what it was like to make the decision for me for one day. After we got back to to run that first marathon then go on to the Cotter and had some breakfast and achieve that ambition up at the Gold relaxed with the group I decided to have Coast last month. another go the next week. I was hooked!!. For some time I had been considering It was to take me eight months to run running a marathon. I made an agreement “The Cotter” (18miles with Jelly Legs) with myself that if I was going to do it, it just three weeks before the marathon. I had to be before I was 50. I don’t know would never have achieved this without why but the middle of last year I decided the support and advice from this the Gold Coast wonderful group INSIDE THIS ISSUE Marathon’99 was of people, who President’s Message 2 going to be it gave up a Winter Throwing Series 4 (maybe it was the Saturday out at Winter Throwing Champs 4 thought of some the Cotter to run Throwing Handicap 6 warm weather and around Lake Heath Feature 9 seeing my mother Burley Griffin and sister who live with me to help Running Handicap 11 in Brisbane). I had with my training. Handicap Rules 14 run some half Another group Comments 19 marathons but of vets to help me Cross Country 20 where do you was the Monday Half Marathon History 22 begin when and Thursday Letters to the Editor 23 training for a full night group run Social News 25 one! The answer, by Geoff Moore. World Championships 25 “The Cotter”. His help and Committee Corner 26 I had heard all advice has been sorts of stories invaluable and about the “The again the support AUGUST BIRTHDAY DINNER Cotter” and when from these groups The August Birthday Dinner will Mick (Dando) was wonderful. be held in ‘The Vienna’ at the suggested it Of course, The Chifley Shops on Tuesday, would be good Tuesday Group August 31. 7 for 7.30pm - $20 Cathy Montalto showing her style at the training for my provided the BYO, no corkage track during the Australian Masters marathon, I much-needed Games. decided to give it encouragement a try. that led to my ANNUAL HALF MARATHON Driving out on that first Saturday tackling the marathon. Don’t forget the 18th Annual Half morning I wondered what I had let myself On the Saturday before the marathon I Marathon on Sunday, September in for. I was assured that there were all flew to the Gold Coast, picked up a hire 12. Three starts - 8, 8.30 and 9am. different runs. My first run on that car and then drove to my mum’s place. Pre-entries close on September 7. Saturday was from “The top of the We then went to Southport where the See Bryan Thomas for entry Bitumen” to “Bullocks Paddock”, a 7km (Continued on page 3) forms. Page 2 Vetrunner NEW MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE Members impute an overwhelming success

The planning day to update the President’s Message on a testy course in Yarralumla was I believe Development Plan, and keep the Club on a great success. Medals were presented for track, was an overwhelming success. The was much better to try the on side which the first time for championship age winners. facilitator Rob Brennan was excellent; Sally fell away about one in six. The famous It was great to see so many of the Club’s Couglan (Tennis) and Tammy Bennett Australian poet Henry Lawson died on 2 runners competing. Some age groups had (Track and Field) from UC Sports Studies September 1922 in a small cottage opposite good numbers, in the men 7 M40, 13 M45, very ably assisted him. We did the usual the Primary school in Great North Road 10 M50, 4 M55, 4 W35 and 5 W50. Some SWOT analysis and developed a basis for Abbottsford and the park is named after age groups not so good, 1 M30, 1 M35, 1 the development of the Club over the next him. M60, 1 M65, no W30, 2 W40, 2 W45, 2 five years. As a matter of fact, the President Back to Mulligans Flat, there was a W55, 1 W60, 1 W65 and 1 W70. and Treasurer of the Canberra West Bowling fairly good turnout but not as good as had Many thanks to Col Bridge and Doug Fry Club, where we held the meeting, were very been hoped for this first out of town run. for keeping the results from Gateshead impressed by the way our Club works. One The feelings about the course were mixed. flowing across the internet, hopefully we way we can repay the CWBC is to become Some short course runners were not happy, will get full results in the near future either associate members, at $5.00 you can have others were and the same applied to the from our representatives or through the full use of the bar and pokies if you wish. long course, but hey what do you do when Courier. What an innovative move by the there is a difficult course, be an official or To keep the Club running (no pun Handicap sub-committee to move to helper, and it only comes around once a intended) the sub-committees has been Mulligans Flat, the place must have been year. The course was tough for those like slaving away into the night, these Club named by the same character who named the myself who have not trained for it, and members are doing a great job. If you want park where I used to play cricket as a young those who have been training did pretty to be part of one of these committees or boy. Henry Lawson Park, in the Sydney well. Congratulations to the placegetters think you have something to offer, ask or tell suburb of Abbottsford, affectionately known and congratulations to Dave Mackenzie and a committee person. With Peter Neil taking to us kids as “The Flat”, not because it was, his team who must have been out there on the Treasury portfolio, there is a position but because it wasn’t. The park had a cricket before sun up to mark the course. available on the general committee. Any pitch in the middle and it was almost Our Cross Country Club Championship takers? impossible to hit a four on the off side as the event conducted in conjunction with the Colin and I will be going to Melbourne ground had a rise of about one in six, so it Cross Country Club on Saturday the July 31 at the expense of AAVAC to represent the Club at the AGM of AAVAC on the September 11-12. We will be supporting the THE WAY WE WERE . . . motions that Ray Green put forward at our own AGM. Unfortunately, this clashes with 20 YEARS AGO (September 1979). running handicap which started and finished Tony Andrews, Bob Mee, Peter Wadell and near the Chisholm Shops. Lloyd Field scored a the half marathon. Jim O’Donnell will Robin Whyte travelled to Adelaide to compete in rare and remarkable double by winning both the handle Colin’s results job and Neil Boden the Australian Walking Clubs 20km gold medal and earning his 50 run Tshirt in the mine in registration. Please offer them heaps Championships. event. Peter Freeman fellowed ahead of Terry of support. Bryan Thomas is once again the Ken Daniels was encouraging sprinters to Giesecke. Race Director. join him in sprint training and handicap races at Our first ever indoor track meet held in the Bruce (the main stadium) each Sunday morning. old Tally Room at NATEX was a huge success. A Thought for the month, “Take rest, a Our first ever track events (100, 200, 400, quote from Mike Adler in Vetrunner at the time field that has rested gives a beautiful crop”. 1500 and 5000m races; note that there were no said, “Praise! Pats on the back! Congratulations Till next month, “Fitness through field events) were held at Bruce Stadium on all round! What an unqualified success! What Fellowship”. KEN Sunday morning September 2. A cloth badge Bob Turner did for basketball in Canberra, with the ACT coat of arms surrounded by the perhaps Bryan Thomas’s idea and Alan words ACT Veterans Athletics Club costing 50c William’s execution could well have paved the was inlcuded in the Newsleter #2. way for athletics to become a high profile 10 YEARS AGO (September 1989) spectator sport in the National Capital.” The CONDOLENCES The Vets Fun Run (really a very fast road program consisted of races of varying distances race), attracted 108 runners for a 9.4km loop around the 180m track which Alan had painted The club offers condolences to through Floriade and around Central Basin. on the bitumen floor. Thirty runners two prominent club members who Age group winners were - M35 Phil Garvin participated in the several divisions of the 50m had deaths in their families (fastest man), M40 Colin Bridge, M45 Eric dash, thirty four in the two lap 360m, 43 in the recently. Hodge, M50 Ron Weir, M55 Bob Chapman, 900m and 35 in the 3600m. Six teams of ten Both Ken Daniels and Chris M60 Peter Tesseyman, W30 Shirley Rake, W35 (minimum age of 425 years which must include Mahe lost their mothers over the Lorraine Stevens, W40 Annette McNeill (fastest at least two over 50 years and three women) took past month. Ken’s mother died woman), W45 Bev Peedom, W50 Anne Young, part in an exciting 10 lap relay. Al Mallory had W55 Joan Mallory and W60 Juani O’Reilly. the honour of winning the first indoor track race here in Canberra and Chris’s 110 participated in the 9km monthly held in Canberra (and even perhaps Australia?). mother passed away in Adelaide. Vetrunner Page 3 MY FIRST MARATHON ‘It had to be before I was 50’

(Continued from Page 1) Paradise Point I saw Gillian Lee heading never seen this before I thought how could marathon was to start and checked out the back towards Southport, she looked great. I keep going if he couldn’t. route/start. Standing there I thought - I It was at this point that the sun appeared I don’t remember much about the last couldn’t believe I’m actually going to do and I thought “oh no! I’m not going to 2km, only that crossing the bridge there this. survive in this heat”. It was humid, but didn’t seem to be a lot of runners and Next morning my husband rang me for fortunately by the half way mark the thinking “god, I’m going to come in last”. I my pre-arranged wakeup call at 4.30am clouds had come over again. was running on auto-pilot. and to wish me good luck, everything At the 21km mark I was still on target It was at this point I heard my name ready, got there about 5.45am. The but my splits were a little difficult to read called and saw Chris and Lyn and then a bit morning was overcast but not cold and I with the rain and sweat, next time I will further on Duane and Jenny all cheering me hoped it would be like this for most of the use a waterproof pen! I was now back at on - thanks for the support. way. Southport and there were the Mallorys I can’t explain what it felt like crossing I felt anxious about the run, with the cheering me on as they were waiting for the finish line - I had made it! usual fears of whether I would finish, the start of the 10km run. I had tears rolling down my cheek, would my time be good, would I embarrass I was just past Surfers when the rain (thank goodness for sunglasses) and I myself! Al and Joan Mallory were the first came (that was the end of checking my thought, “come on get a grip of yourself vets I saw, they were there to run in the splits). you’ve made it”. The full realisation did 10km, it was really great to see them. Saw I was now running on my own heading not hit me until some time later. At this Mary Ann Busteed on her way to the start towards Broadbeach with a strong stage I was just so glad to have finished. of the half. We wished each other good- headwind but I thought this is not too bad Waiting for me at the finish were Al luck. as I will have the wind behind me on the and Joan, along with my mum and sister, At last it was time for the start of the way back. No such luck!! who tell me that my first words to them marathon. It was around the 38km, I was now were “never again”. I was standing there recalling Ernie’s feeling pretty tired and knew I was behind The support from the vets was great and (Warner) words- don’t go out fast when I time. very much appreciated. looked to my left and saw Robbie I did get a shock at seeing a man And yes, now that I am home, I will be Costmeyer was standing almost beside me, sitting on the gutter absolutely devastated, back next year - after all I now have a PB he wished me good luck, then a wave to Al I guessed he had “hit the wall” as I have to achieve. McLucas and Chris Gamble who were standing on my right. It was now 7.00am, the starter’s gun MORE GOLD COAST DETAILS had gone, we had been issued with a Gold Coast updates in the Marathon, W35 Elaine Coper 37.09 (1st W35) Half Marathon and the 10km races. W55 Val Chesterton 63.12 microchip that triggered sensors at the start W65 Joan Mallory 69.53 (3rd W65) line to commence your timing. What a Marathon: M65 Al Mallory 79.36. W40 Gillian Lee 3:18.30 (PB) great idea the chip is, as your time does not M45 David Hinds 4:06.07 Also listed last month were Krishna start until you across the line. M50 John Henderson 3:17.31 Stanton and Jenny Galvin. Although their I was no longer nervous. I was doing Half marathon: individual times were listed, at the time of what I had trained so long for with the help W35 Fiona MacLeod 98.20 W45 Robyn Cavuoto 113.55 going to print their places were not of so many people. Lyn Gamble 129.49 known. Krishna won the W30 age group The first 10kms were good, I had W50 Gwenda Brokenshire 97.24 (2nd W50) Judi Edwards 98.50 (3rd W50) in the half and Jenny was the second W55 Annie’s splits written on the inside of my Gwen Vines 107.54 in the 10km. DUANE LOWRY W55 Sue Counsel 111.13 arm and I was ahead of time. At this stage See “Gold Coast Trivia” in the 10km I was running with Al and there was a fine Letters to the Editor column on Page 24. drizzle. As we were running towards W30 Melanie Collins 38.41

ACTVAC is Supported by Page 4 Vetrunner WINTER THROWING SERIES A HUGE SUCCESS Athletes warm-up for the World Championships

RAY GREEN gives his final report on the Bob Banens, always late for the start championships. Bob has now broken the first winter throwing competition. The of the competition, got in a rushed 38.49 Australian record with a throw of 54.19 series was originally organised for all and was no match for his M50 protagonist while competing in the British Veterans those intending to compete at the World Ray Green who got in a substantial 42.85. Championships at Edinburgh, Scotland. Championship at Gateshead in England. Attila Spaits who is also off to Europe in (See story on Page 22). Jayne was also Saturday, July 3 the coming weeks, but not competing at right up there near her best at 36.18 with This was the seventh week of the winter the World’s, got his hammer out to 36.77 Ray, the other of the trio heading for throwing series to help all the throwers with Jenny Bourke making it to 27.71. Gateshead, getting a reasonable throw of keep competition sharp for the world Tim Gulliver made a rare appearance at 39.36. championships. these Saturday meetings and reached Others to perform well were Jenny This week we were at Masson Street on 20.14 and Raylea Rudov got her ball out getting her spear out to 23.40, Tim a fantastic Canberra winter day, blue sky, to 29.75. Gulliver 24.75, Raylea 20.20 and Trish bright sunshine and nine throwers. Others in the competition were Ewen 16.80. Attila Spaits, not renowned for his The hammer was first on the agenda Drummond and Trish Thomas, Ewen style at the javelin, even got in a throw that and with Gateshead only a month away all throwing a 23.05 and Trish somewhat looked like a javelin throw. His best was was looking well for Jayne Hardy, who, for disappointed with her effort of 27.94. 21.52. the second time in a row broke her own Next up was the javelin with Bob Only six started the heavy weight with ACT record. Her W35 mark now stands at Banens, now ranked No1 in the world, Attila coming out on top with a sound 36.08 and is looking good to break the 40m getting in a fantastic 47.65 before heading 14.32, Bob making a 12.32, Raylea mark in the near future. off to take on the best at the world reached 10.68, Jenny a 7.03, Jayne 10.71 and last but not least Ray a 13.54. The results: ENTER THE FOURTH NATIONAL Ham Jav Weight M75 E Drummond 23.05 -- -- M60 Attila Spaits 36.71 21.52 14.32 WINTER THROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS M50 Ray Green 42.85 39.36 13.54 Bob Banens 38.49 47.65 12.32 Tim Gulliver 20.14 24.75 -- AT THE MASSON STREET THROWING AREA W55 Jenny Bourke 27.71 23.40 7.03 Raylea Rudov 29.75 20.02 10.68 OVER THE OCTOBER LONG WEEKEND W50 Trish Thomas 27.94 16.80 -- W35 Jayne Hardy 36.08* 36.188 10.71 *ACT record Saturday, October 2 Discus, Hammer, Standing Triple Jump Sunday, October 3 Weight Pentathlon, 40m Sprint Saturday, July 10 Monday, October 4 Javelin, Shot, Heavy Weight, Tug-of War Week eight of the winter throwing series, the second last in the competition, The Championships are open to veterans of all age group categories. showed that this extra throwing series proved to be a great success. Saturday, July The enrty fee details: 10 once again was a tremendous winter Day One Hammer $4, Discus $4, Standing Triple Jump No Fee Day Two Weight Pentathlon $10, 40m Sprint No Fee afternoon in Canberra and it must have Day Three Javelin $4, Shot $4, Heavy Weight $4, Tug-of-War No Fee been a wonderful sight for passers by to see AAVAC Fee$5 13 vets adorning the lawns of the Kambah BBQ at $10 per person oval in the late afternoon sunshine, Commemorative T-Shirt $20 (Sizes XL, L, M, S) afternoon tea in hand, exchanging small Entry forms available at all vets events. You may also enter by E-mail talk. to Colin Bridge at [email protected] indicating your name, sex, This week the first item on the throwing address, phone number(s), age on day of competition, veterans agenda, the shot, got underway with an air association, total cost of all events entered including AAVAC fee and of great expectation. Ray Green was going BBQ and T-shirt if required. Payment by credit card. to have a go at George Mencik’s Australian Entries may also be written without a form (indicating your choices), M50 record of 13.99. He had been ever so cheques payable to ACT Veterans Athletic Club Inc, and sent to: close so many times over the last 18 months and this seemed as good a time as RAY GREEN, any to get a throw over that magic 14- 34 URAMBI VILLAGE, CROZIER CIRCUIT, KAMBAH, ACT 2902 metre mark. However, it was not to be as the best he could manage was 13.85. Jayne Vetrunner Page 5

Hardy for the second time in as many weeks got over the 10m mark with her effort of 10.06 with Bob Banens coming up with his best throw since the Australian Championships with his throw of 12.61. It was Bob’s last competition before leaving for Europe. Also off overseas soon was Attila Spaits coming up with a 10.52. Jenny Bourke and Raylea Rudov, the two W55’s came head to head once more, with Jenny throwing a 9.23 and Raylea 8.51. Newcomer to the series, Jenny Davies got in a 6.28 and Peter Neill reasonably happy with his 9.52. For the others Sharon Gibbons made a 8.78, and Ewen Drummond a fair 7.76 with Bryan and Trish Thomas in a domestic Nola de Chazal, left, now joins the ‘50 T-shirt’ group after competing in her duel, Bryan edging in front with 8.08 to fiftieth handicap on July 26. Trish’s 7.85. Some great throwing came to the fore at the discus with Jayne pushing the “boys” scheduled was in the weight pentathlon. 9.69 and although Attila got in 10.23 he all the way and coming out not that far Although it was a notorious foggy start to felt he could do better as did Raylea with adrift. Jayne got in a 37.20 and then saw the day, the fog cleared to some rather her effort of 9.33. throws of 42.74 from Attila, a 41.63 from pleasant sunshine and gave no warning of The excitement returned with Alex in Ray and a 40.89 from Bob. what was to happen. the circle and he made a very good 12.10. For the others Raylea made it to 20.99 Nine athletes lined up for the Others to throw included Jenny 8.91, Ewen falling once again to her compatriot exhausting five event competition. As per 7.74 and Peter 8.31. Jenny’s 23.98. Ewen was having a good the norm the hammer was first on the The pack then moved over to the discus day and happy with his 19.58. Up over the agenda with Jayne Hardy making a with Jayne making up for her disappointing 29 metre mark were Peter and Sharon. promising start with a heave of 34.17 previous effort in the shot with a terrific Peter, who doesn’t get in much training followed by what Attila described as a 35.28 and although Trish wanted to get in these days due to a “crook” knee, got a disappointing effort of 35.56. Trish was 20 something she had to settle for 19.31. 29.94 with Sharon making a 29.59. another athlete that wasn’t too happy with The W55 pair of Jenny Bourke and Raylea Only eight of the 13 made it to the her hammer of only 24.20. Things began Rudov threw, with Jenny’s 21.36 just heavy weight with Jayne getting in a very to warm up with Ray Green and Raylea falling short of Raylea’s effort of 22.42. presentable 10.70 and looking good for a Rudov up next with sound efforts of 42.24 For the men Ray was away out in front medal at the world’s. Raylea had a very and 30.17 respectivley. Alex Turbin, with his big throw of 41.70 followed by good 10.96 well ahead of Jenny’s 7.17, taking an afternoon off his normally heavy Attila 40.50, Alex once again over the Raylea would almost certainly improve Saturday schedule, got in a fair 31.48 with moon with his heave of 35.00. Peter was frighteningly with training. Another with a Jenny Bourke reasonably pleased with her next in line with a 20.77 and Ewen had to ton of potential was Sharon with her effort 28.31. Last to throw were Ewen settle for a 19.02. of 9.69. Others to throw were Ewen at 7.53 Drummond and Peter Freeman, Ewen Three down and two to go! The and Ray 14.31. The results: throwing a 22.67 to Peter’s 19.64. For the throwers must have begun to feel worse for Shot Discus Weight pointscore see table. the wear as most of the competitors felt M75 E Drummond 7.76 19.58 7.53 M60 Peter Neill 9.52 29.94 -- The shot followed and with no one that they should have done better. Jayne Attila Spaits 10.52 42.74 13.86 expecting it out of the blue came an could only manage a mark of 34.90 as did M55 Bryan Thomas 8.08 -- -- M50 Ray Green 13.85 41.63 14.31 Australian record. After chasing George Jenny with a 22.44 and Trish with 17.89. Bob Banens 12.61 40.89 13.81 Mencik’s 13.99 for many months Ray Even Ray who was pretty pumped up W55 Jenny Bourke 9.23 23.98 7.17 Raylea Rudov 8.51 20.99 10.96 Green finally came up with the goods. His after his shot record and would normally W50 Trish Thomas 7.85 -- -- throw of 14.03 adding a second Australian get up near or over the 40m mark could W40 Sharon Gibbins 8.78 29.59 9.69 mark to his tally, he already holds the only manage a 36.72. A pretty close tussle Jenny Davies 6.28 -- -- W35 Jayne Hardy 10.06 37.20 10.70 discus M50 record. It was almost the last between Alex and Peter with Alex coming gasp for Ray as he moves up to the M55 out on top with a 23.22 to Peter’s 22.78. Saturday, July 17 age group on August 4. Their scores were followed by Attila 20.36 This was the final week of the current All the excitement must have affected and Ewen 16.67. winter series and the competition Jayne as she threw a quite disappointing (Continued next page) Page 6 Vetrunner

(Continued from previous page) 13.41 with Attila a seemingly unhappy vet all over the 18m mark, Peter’s best throw The final of the five throws was the as he could only record a 12.88. Then was measured at 13.68. heavy weight and this event was again Alex was on top of the world with A final wrap-up of this, the first winter particularly notable with the presence of his throw of 11.62. Ewen didn’t throw throwing competition, is that this series has former Commonwealth Games gold with Peter making a 4.05. beyond all doubt proved to have been a medallist Peter Framer and current Games Just for the sake of recording the huge success with all the throwers gold medallist Stuart Rendall. Is there any throws of the “champions”, Stuart had welcoming the extra chance for training at other place in the world where such three no throws although his efforts were the competition level. illustrious throwers would politely ask if they were in our way and indeed ask if they PENTATHLON RESULTS could join our competition. That’s the way Age Name Ham Pts Shot Pts Discus Pts Jav Pts Weight Pts Total W35 Jayne Hardy 34.17 623 9.69 509 35.28 563 34.90 680 10.89 691 3066 vets like things – down to earth and W50 Trish Thomas 24.20 460 9.58 502 19.31 390 17.89 401 8.25 492 2245 unpretentious. Well done fellahs! W55 Raylea Rudov 30.17 694 9.33 729 22.42 544 18.60 494 10.35 707 3168 Jenny Bourke 28.31 641 8.91 690 21.36 512 22.44 611 7.20 456 2810 For the vets Jayne made a 10.98, M45 Alex Turbin 31.48 492 12.10 746 35.00 630 23.32 303 11.62 628 2799 Raylea a good 10.35 with Trish’s effort M50 Ray Green 42.224 717 14.03 899 41.70 766 36.72 615 13.41 668 3675 Peter Freeman 19.64 261 8.31 482 20.77 317 22.78 335 8.87 405 1800 falling at the 8.25 mark. M60 Attila Spaits 35.56 671 10.23 720 40.50 772 20.36 332 12.88 671 3166 Ray topped the competition with a M75 E Drummond 22.67 491 7.74 666 19.02 453 16.67 37 -- -- 19.82 NEAR RECORD ATTENDANCE AT HANDICAP All enjoying the warm and sunny weather

BRYAN THOMAS reports on the July Name Age Jhcp Jav Tot Pl Hhcp Ham Tot Pl Total Pl Pts Kevin Blewitt M60 28.68 30.12 58.80 4 36.26 24.82 61.08 1 119.88 1 50 throwing handicap held at the Masson Joan Mallory W65 48.86 10.50 59.36 2 46.25 11.33 57.58 8 116.94 2 49 Street throwing area in Turner on a Jenny Bourke W55 34.01 23.89 57.90 12 27.92 30.63 58.55 3 116.45 3 48 Jean Heath W55 46.62 11.42 58.04 11 42.01 16.14 58.15 4 116.19 4 47 glorious Canberra winter afternoon. Mary Wahren W65 38.75 19.49 58.24 9 32.12 25.63 57.75 7 115.99 5 46 Raylea Rudov W55 37.97 21.49 59.46 1 23.62 32.34 55.96 22 115.42 6 45 A near record attendance of thirty-five Audun Fristad M75 44.11 14.39 58.50 6 39.42 17.32 56.74 13 115.24 7 44 Tanya Colyer W35 50.42 7.96 58.38 8 43.81 12.64 56.45 15 114.83 8 43 vets enjoyed glorious warm and sunny Jayne Hardy W35 22.89 35.88 58.77 5 22.33 33.71 56.04 20 114.81 9 42 weather as they threw the hammer and Nola de Chazal W60 47.36 9.87 57.23 16 40.75 16.62 57.37 10 114.60 10 41 Phil Toomey M50 35.81 22.57 58.38 8 35.38 20.80 56.18 18 114.56 11 40 javelin in the July, 92nd in the monthly Val Chesterton W55 45.86 12.21 58.07 10 43.33 13.10 56.43 16 114.50 12 39 throwing handicap series. Non-vets Marg Taylor W50 40.55 16.70 57.25 15 37.01 20.17 57.18 11 114.43 13 38 Peter Freeman M50 31.61 25.16 56.77 18 36.77 20.74 57.51 9 114.28 14 37 (children of some of the competitors) also Rob Hathaway M40 32.92 24.57 57.49 13 34.80 21.88 56.68 14 114.17 15 36 enjoyed the beautiful weather by practising Al Mallory M65 41.88 14.37 56.25 21 39.18 18.62 57.80 6 114.05 16 35 Kathe O'Brien W30 40.06 14.49 54.55 24 35.29 24.13 59.42 2 113.97 17 34 their soccer skills, or like Amy Hathaway Ray Green M50 17.23 38.66 55.89 23 14.80 43.01 57.81 5 113.70 18 33 did an excellent job of recording Peter Neill M60 35.34 23.78 59.12 3 28.77 25.69 54.46 26 113.58 19 32 throughout the afternoon. Attila Spaits M60 37.17 21.32 58.49 7 16.18 38.58 54.76 25 113.25 20 31 A Morris M50 35.41 20.87 56.28 20 40.49 16.47 56.96 113.24 N/E Although a couple of the “regulars” W Freeman W50 50.44 6.42 56.86 17 43.07 12.96 56.03 21 112.89 21 30 were absent, it was good to see the return Trish Thomas W50 38.89 17.45 56.34 19 29.61 26.06 55.67 24 112.01 22 29 Alice Scott W50 43.56 12.52 56.08 22 38.98 16.89 55.87 23 111.95 23 28 of Joan and Al Mallory from their Peter O'Brien M30 26.39 27.78 54.17 25 29.59 27.36 56.95 12 111.12 24 27 caravanning jaunt to Queensland and Fran Schiller W45 45.49 11.94 57.43 14 26.43 27.17 53.60 27 111.03 25 26 E Drummond M75 38.78 15.18 53.96 26 32.16 23.94 56.10 19 110.06 26 25 Audun Fristad home from Norway and a Bryan Thomas M55 27.53 24.89 52.42 29 36.74 19.54 56.28 17 108.70 27 24 reunion of his WWII unit in Scotland. The John Hunt M55 33.97 19.06 53.03 28 32.52 20.80 53.32 28 106.35 28 23 Frank Nugent M35 34.53 18.80 53.33 27 32.81 19.67 52.48 29 105.81 29 22 trips away were obviously beneficial as Sharon GibbonsW40 23.51 32.60 Joan ended up with the silver medal, Ken Daniels M65 34.59 21.50 Audun finished seventh because of very Lesley Hamilton W55 16.20 16.12 Laurie Nolen M70 12.42 16.98 good throws in both the javelin and Tim Gulliver M50 26.36 18.51 hammer while Al came in just above the fiftieth percentile with a most pleasing Topping the scoring of the javelin Jenny 30.63m heaved the hammer furthest. 18.62m in the hammer. section, on handicap, were Raylea Rudov However, perhaps the most satisfying The most pleasing of the javelin from Joan Mallory and Peter Neill. In the performances in the hammer were the PBs throws (PBs, near PBs or their best at hammer best scores, also on handicap, by both Kathy and Peter O’Brien who are Masson Street this year) were by Jayne went to Kevin from Kathy O’Brien and demonstrating the benefits of improved Hardy (W35) 35.88, Ken Daniels (M60) Jenny. technique. 34.59, Kevin Blewitt (M60) 30.12, Jenny Ray Green (M50) 43.01, Atilla Spaits Their improved form has come about Bourke (W55) 23.89 and Raylea Rudov (M60) 38.58, Jayne Hardy 33.71, Sharon through training sessions under the astute (W55) 21.49m. Gibbons (W40) 32.60, Raylea 32.34 and eye and enthusiastic encouragement of Vetrunner Page 7

coach Jenny Bourke. When the combined distances of both throws were added to each participant’s handicap distance the winner was announced as Peter Neill. However, when Trish Thomas (the handicapper) got home to process the results she discovered a “typo” and realised she had keyed in an extra 10 metres for Peter’s javelin throw. This left the embarrassed handicapper having to phone and apologise to our newly elected Treasurer that he was in fact not the winner and could he return the gold medal and the shield. As a result the overall medal winners this month were Kevin Blewitt from Joan Mallory (silver) and Jenny Bourke (bronze). Val Chesterton is still well out in front of the pointscore on 260 and retains the honour of wearing the coveted lime green Above left, Kevin Blewitt took the bib for at least another month. Following Record in the shot put when he sent the gold medal for his first win in the Val is a tightly bunched group consisting of heavy metal ball 14.03m. Ray has now handicaps. Tanya Colyer 248, Phil Toomey 244, Peter two Australian records to his credit, Above, Joan Mallory who won the Freeman 242 and Trish Thomas on 241. adding the shot to his discus mark of silver medal. This was the final competition for Ray 45.06. Ray used this month’s handicap Below, Jenny Bourke who took Green and Jayne Hardy before they flew competition to simulate some of the out the bronze medal. out to Gateshead, England to participate in conditions he might experience in the XIII World Veterans Athletics Gateshead, so instead of having all 6 Championships. Both have been in attempts he took only every second throw excellent form this winter and should which meant having only three attempts perform well overseas. The weekend with a long wait between. before, Ray set a new M50 Australian Our other local thrower competing at the World Championships, Bob Banens left earlier in order to compete in a couple of other veterans meets in Europe. He was also in great shape and threw a new M50 Australian Record in the javelin when he send the 800gm spear more than 54 metres in the British Championships. (See separate report next page). Nola de Chazal earned her prestigious “50 Monthly Throwing Handicaps” T- Shirt and joins a select group of vets who can sport both the “50 Throwing and Running Handicaps” shirts. The “lucky draw” bottle of port, once again kindly donated by Joe of Wanniassa ICA Supermarket, was won by Bryan All participants receive a handicap Thomas. distance, which is added to the distance The October handicap, on Saturday they throw, so everyone has a chance of 26th, will also have competition in discus getting into medal contention. We would and shot. like to have you join us. All handicaps are held at Masson Peter O’Brien in fine form at the Street Throwing Field and the cost of $3 The rest of the handicap details can be javelin. includes afternoon tea and birthday cake. seen on the next page. Page 8 Vetrunner

THROWING HANDICAP POINTSCORE (after six events) Name Age Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Total THROWER FINDS FORM Val Chesterton W55 46 47 50 44 34 39 260 Tanya Colyer W35 48 50 31 38 38 43 248 Record at British Championships Phil Toomey M50 50 32 36 46 40 40 244 Peter Freeman M50 43.5 43 34.5 45 39 37 242 Trish Thomas W50 42 34 48 47 41 29 241 A short note from Bob Banens who went to Dublin after competing Nola de Chazal W60 28 37 41 39 46 41 232 Marg Taylor W50 45 33 40 33 42 38 231 at the British Vets Championships in Edinburgh: Jayne Hardy W35 47 46 32 32 32 42 231 There were quite a number of Australians at Edinburgh with all W Freeman W50 41 35 34.5 41 48 30 229.5 doing very well, most winning medals. Of the Canberra contingent Kathe O'Brien W30 49 44 50 47 34 224 Raylea Rudov W55 32 36 45 27 36.5 45 221.5 there were Fran Harris, John Stenhouse, Robin White, Bob Chapman Jean Heath W55 39 39 40 45 47 210 and myself, of these Fran being injured was only there as a spectator. Mary Wahren W65 29 40 29 36 29 46 209 Ray Green M50 31 48 33 29 33 33 207 The weather left something to be desired, with temperatures, rain Joan Mallory W65 27 41 49 37 49 203 and gales not dissimilar from a Melbourne winter and rain on and off, Attila Spaits M60 24 29 26 48 43 31 201 Audun Fristad M75 30 38 44 43 44 199 gales on and off, temperatures definitely off (in the order of 12-13C) Rob Hathaway M40 43.5 49 34.5 35 36 198 with a grey overcast sky. We did see one half of an octa (a Jenny Bourke W55 34 28 30 25 31 48 196 measurement of cloud cover) of blue sky for about five minutes during Bryan Thomas M55 35 27 42 23 44 24 195 Al Mallory M65 26 45 37 26 35 169 the first week in Scotland. An explanation of an octa is one eighth of Fran Schiller W45 33 38 31 36.5 26 164.5 cloud cover therefore eight octas means total cloud cover, four octas Bob Banens M50 25 31 25 49 28 158 E Drummond M75 26 39 28 27 25 145 means half cloud cover etc.) Alice Scott W50 43 30 30 28 131 Results that have so far come to hand, some without times: Peter Neil M60 0 42 50 32 124 3000 and 5000m Walks: M45 John Stenhouse Gold Frank Nugent M40 40 27 22 22 111 3000 and 5000m: M55 Robin Whyte Silver Lesley Hamilton W55 38 47 0 85 3000m: Walk: M60 Bob Chapman Gold Ken Daniels M60 36 46 0 82 Javelin: M50 Bob Banens 54.19m Gold (Championship, British and Australian records) Grahame Taylor M50 30 24 24 78 Discus: Bob Banens 41.75m Silver Peter O'Brien M30 0 34.5 27 61.5 Shot: Bob Banens 12.09m Bronze Kevin Blewitt M60 0 0 50 50 Long Jump: Bob Banens 5.19m Bronze 100m: Bob Banens 13.04 THROWING HANDICAP TALLIES AT JULY (third in heat but did not compete in final as it clashed with the javelin) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total Fran Harris also picked up a gold medal but Trish Thomas 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 92 Jenny Bourke 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 6 92 unfortunately not for her efforts on the track. She got Mary Wahren 6 7 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 6 86 her medal in the bag watching (six and a raincoat). Ray Green 6 9 7 10 9 10 9 8 9 6 83 Fran Schiller 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 5 81 She was also winner of the Meritorious Award for her E Drummond 6 7 10 9 9 10 9 7 8 5 80 new Scottish accent in the shortest possible time; it Attila Spaits 1 10 10 6 10 9 9 9 9 6 79 was of course by general acclaim! W Freeman 5 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 6 79 Peter Freeman 3 4 7 8 10 9 6 9 10 6 72 The championships were generally well run and Audun Fristad 9 8 10 7 3 8 9 8 5 67 the people were friendly. However, people brought Charlie Rann 6 5 8 10 10 8 8 9 64 Joan Mallory 8 9 10 9 7 4 5 7 5 64 their own throwing equipment, especially in the Al Mallory 8 9 10 9 7 4 5 7 5 64 hammer, and unlike the international rules they did Raylea Rudov 2 7 9 9 9 9 10 6 61 Irene Mitchell 4 10 8 9 5 7 7 4 54 not share. Not a good move! Anyway it riled me Nola de Chazal 10 6 9 10 9 6 50 sufficiently to be determined to kill them in the javelin Ken Daniels 5 10 10 4 1 3 6 1 5 3 48 Delia Quigley 3 9 7 3 7 7 2 3 41 with whatever was available, and consequently won Bob Banens 7 7 7 5 9 5 40 by about 10m. Throwing circles were originals from George Mencik 3 2 2 10 3 6 6 5 37 the 1932 Commonwealth games and deeply Frank Nugent 3 10 9 10 4 36 Bryan Thomas 10 10 10 6 36 weathered, pitted and in the case on one with several Alan Norden 6 8 7 8 5 1 35 WW II bomb craters in the middle. Jean Heath 10 10 10 5 35 Marg Taylor 1 8 10 9 6 34 Everyone is keen and eager to go on to do well at Tanya Colyer 1 9 10 8 6 34 Gateshead. I trained with the Irish throwing team for Carmen Carlon 2 9 5 6 6 4 1 33 Greg Laws 2 10 8 8 3 31 Seville and Sydney at Dublin, and showed them P Schiworski 5 10 9 5 29 throwing techniques they had never seen before, and A Schiworski 4 8 8 7 27 Alice Scott 7 8 8 4 27 may not wish to see again! Jan Erickson 5 8 6 6 25 RESULTS OF THE WEIGHT THROW HELD ON JULY 24 T Nosworthy 8 7 8 23 Alex Turbin M45 11.69 Marg Dando 5 7 5 4 2 23 Ray Green M50 13.93 Jayne Hardy 7 10 6 23 Bob Banens M50 12.35 Phil Toomey 1 1 6 8 6 22 Peter Freeman M50 8.13 Grahame Taylor 1 5 4 7 3 20 Attila Spaits M60 14.45 R Dann 6 10 3 19 Audun Fristad M75 6.88 Peter Neill 5 6 4 4 19 JayneHardy, W35 11.26 John Hunt 4 3 8 3 18 Sharon Gibbons W40 9.41 Judy Dann 6 8 3 17 Raylea Rudov W55 10.60 Lesley Hamilton 2 3 1 3 2 2 3 16 Jean Heath W55 4.97 Kathe O'Brien 2 9 5 16 Jenny Bourke W55 8.19 Tim Gulliver 1 1 4 2 2 3 2 15 Mary Wahren W60 8.09 Mick Dando 2 7 3 1 1 14 Nola de Chazal W60 6.36 Vetrunner Page 9 HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LOOK AFTER YOUR SKIN Damage and premature ageing can be prevented

As one of our runners said at a recent running handicap, ‘Looking after your skin is vitally important’. Now with the onset of the warmer weather, coupled with the fact that many veterans compete and train out of doors here are some facts about how to look after your skin. The material was supplied by the ACT Cancer Society.

SKIN CANCER Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Australia - if it hasn't affected you personally, it has probably affected one of your friends or family members. You can find out more about skin cancer and what it looks like by looking at some of the Anti-Cancer Council's other publications, including the Spot the Difference and Skin Cancer and You. Here are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about skin cancer. · Two out of three Australians will experience skin cancer in their lifetime. The disease has reached epidemic proportions in this country. · Australia has the highest skin cancer rates in the world - and the highest rates of the deadliest type of skin cancer, melanoma. Incidence by regions are as follows (highest to lowest): Queensland- Northern Territory, NSW, New Zealand, Victoria/Tasmania, USA, Canada, Italy, England, Colombia, China and Japan. (Source: Canstat, published by the Anti Cancer Council of Victoria, March 1995) · About 720,000 lesions are removed from the skins of Australians every year because they are suspected skin cancers. · 1.4 million Australians get sunburnt each summer. · Most people who get sunburnt do so when the temperature is between 18 and 27 degrees. Being SunSmart is essential even when temperatures are relatively low. · The percentage of people who get sunburnt is higher when people are engaged in any kind of water sports or activities. However, in Top, Melanoma. The most dangerous skin cancer. If terms of numbers, more people get sunburnt in and around their untreated, cancer cells spread to other parts of the own homes. body. If treated early, 95% are cured. · Skin cancer is the costliest cancer on the national health system. It Middle, Basal Cell Carcinoma. Most common and costs at least $234 million per year. least dangerous skin cancer. Appears as a lump or · More than 1200 Australians die each year from skin cancer - all but scaling area. about 300 of those are from melanoma. Bottom, Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Not as · Of those who die, most are over 50 years of age, with mortality rates dangerous as melanoma but may spread to other peaking at an average age of about 75 years. parts of the body if not treated. · Childhood exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UV) in the sun's rays is the highest risk factor when determining a person's likelihood of developing the disease. It is believed that the tendency for · The deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma, tends to develop on Australians to spend their childhoods in the "great outdoors" is the body along gender lines! If you're a woman, the most common responsible for our high skin cancer rates. sites are the lower legs, for men, it's the upper back. · It is the UV radiation which cause skin cancer. UV cannot be felt or seen - it is not like radiant heat - and it is present in the sun's rays all SELECTION AND USE OF SUNSCREENS year round. The Australian Cancer Society has prepared this policy statement in · Skin cancer is the most common cancer in young people. light of the revised Australian/New Zealand Standard ASINZ 2604:1997 · Each year over 30,000 skin cancers are treated in Victoria at an which allows sunscreens to be labelled with a SPF up to 30+. Previously estimated cost of $100 million. sunscreens could be labelled with a SPF up to 15+. · Skin cancer is one of the few almost totally preventable cancers. The Australian Cancer Society recommends that when purchasing a · Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in men and the third sunscreen, consumers should select one that is labelled: most common in women. · at least SPF15 broad-spectrum water-resistant (Note: Water- · 1996 research shows that, for the first time since records began, resistant sunscreen should be used for swimming, outdoor activities deaths due to melanoma in women is on the decline. Men's death and outdoor work, or in humid climates, where sweat or water is rates have slowed, but were still increasing. This trend is reflected in likely to wash off the sunscreen making it less effective. most Australian states. (Continued next page) Page 10 Vetrunner

(Continued from previous page) conditions" while SPFl5 still provides effective, "very high For most people, in most situations a SPF15 sunscreen will provide protection". high protection. However people with particularly sun-sensitive skin, or · Sunscreen is not the best form of sun protection and needs to be those who find themselves unavoidably in “extreme conditions” (e.g. in used with a range of sun protection measures: wearing a wide situations where they are required to spend extended periods outdoors) brimmed hat, long sleeved shirt, sunglasses and using shade in the may prefer the slightly higher protection offered by a SPF30+ sunscreen. middle of the day. No matter what the SPF on a tube of sunscreen, If people do decide to use a SPF30+ sunscreen, they should be aware that it cannot completely shield you from the effects of UV and people it does not enable them to spend twice as long outdoors. can still get sunburnt. No sunscreen offers 100% protection from the sun's damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays. SPFl5 means that a sunscreen will filter out 93.3% HATS of the UV rays, while SPF30+ means that it will filter out at least 96.7%. The purpose of a hat is to protect the face, ears, top of the head and the For this reason sunscreen should never be relied upon as the only means back of the neck from the ultraviolet radiation (UV) from the sun. Most of sun protection. skin cancers appear on the head and neck, and are linked to your lifetime Maximum sun protection is obtained when sunscreen is used in exposure to UV, although melanoma and some common skin cancers conjunction with a range of measures: also appear on other parts of the body. Wearing a broad-brimmed hat and sunglasses, covering up with A hat should stay on your head as much as possible, be comfortable and sun-protective clothing, planning activities for outside the peak UV not interfere with your activities. It is no good having a hat with a very times of 10am to 3pm and staying in the shade where possible. broad brim that flies off as you hit the golf ball, or a work hat that makes Regardless of whether a sunscreen is SPF15 or SPF3O+, it will not be it hard to see things above your head. effective unless it is applied correctly, and then re-applied to replace that Types of hats which has been wiped, sweated, washed-off or otherwise removed. A hat with a broad brim - at least 8-10 centimetre brim (about 3”-4”) - Sunscreen should be applied generously and evenly on clean, dry skin at will provide the greatest amount of shade for your head and neck. The least 20 minutes before going outdoors. It should be re-applied every two next best choice is a legionnaire hat which covers the top of your head, hours, or more often when swimming or exercising. ears and neck, but may not be quite as protective for your cheeks and lower face. Hats with narrower brims will provide proportionately less SPF 30+ shade. The Australian Cancer Society (ACS) and its members (Anti-Cancer Fabrics and fibres Council of Victoria, NSW State Cancer Council, Anti-Cancer Council of the Universities of SA, Queensland Cancer Fund, Cancer Foundation of Chose a hat made of closely woven fabric or fibre. If you can see through WA, Cancer Council of Tasmania, Northern Territory Anti-Cancer it, so can the sun. Loosely woven straws which create a dappled pattern Foundation and ACT Cancer Society) are supportive of sunscreens, on the wearer's face are letting through a great deal of UV; they are not which raises the limit of sun protection factors to SPF30+. good sun hats. However, tightly woven broad-brimmed straw hats offer However, there are a range of issues concerning SPF30+ which are likely excellent protection from the sun's rays and are generally light and cool to cause some confusion with consumers this summer. The ACS is keen to wear. to clarify a few points about the use of SPF30+: The limitations of a hat · SPF30+ does not offer "double the protection", nor does it mean Even when you are wearing a hat, some ultraviolet radiation will be people who use it can spend "twice as long" outside without getting reflected on to your face from the surrounding environment. And in some sunburnt or skin damage. situations the angle of the sun will mean sunlight is hitting your face. It · A SPF30+ does not mean the guidelines about application and is a good idea to use a sunscreen for added protection. reapplication of sunscreen have changed. People should still apply Schools and Children the sunscreen 20 minutes before they go outside, and reapply every The same rules apply, schools should be encouraging their students to two hours. wear broad-brimmed or legionnaire style hats. · ACS still also recommend that sunscreen is only used with other means of sun protection (hats, shirts, shade) and never as the only Baseball caps and visors do not offer adequate protection from harmful form of sun protection. UV rays, therefore we do not recommend them. Students wearing these · What it actually means is that SPF30+ can block out around 96% of caps should be encouraged to apply SPFl5 or higher sunscreen to the ultraviolet rays, whereas SPFl5 blocks out 93%. exposed skin on the face, neck and ears. · Consumers also need to be aware that a higher SPF number (such as ACT Cancer Society Inc., a SPF30) requires a higher chemical content than lower SPF 159 Maribyrnong Ave, Kaleen, ACT 2617. numbers. This might be of concern to some people who are Phone: (02) 62622222 sensitive to chemicals in sunscreens. · For queries relating to sunscreen use on young children and babies, WORLD’S NEW MINUTE MAN refer to the approved statement on “sunscreen use in babies”. OK, so it's not the four-minute mile. But, when you’re 96 years old, · Anyone who has used a SPFl5+ in the past has probably been using a sub-minute 200 is something to crow about. Or at least that's what a higher SPF than 15. The ACCV SPF15+ brand sunscreen, for Honolulu's Erwin Jaskulski thought after covering 200 non-motorized example, had a SPF of around 25. metres in 57.58 seconds at the USA Track and Field Hawaii · The reason that Australian sunscreens can only be branded up to championship. Jaskulski wants his feat recognized as a world record. SPF3O+ (and not higher as in some overseas countries) is because His time is being submitted to the Association of Veteran Athletes as the Australian authorities are only satisfied that current testing a record for the 95-99 age group. There currently is no recognized mark practices can reliably measure up to this level. The percentage for that age group (which has a limited number of participants, to be difference in blockout provided by sunscreens with a SPF over 30 is sure). This isn’t Jaskulski’s first record -- he covered 100m in 24.01 so small that it takes extremely sophisticated procedures to actually seconds in May -- but it could be his last. “I don’t think I’m going to get measure the difference. any faster,” he said. · The ACS recommends that SPF3O+ be used "in extreme Vetrunner Page 11 NOT SO FLAT OUT AT MULLIGANS IN GUNGAHLIN Surface at times did not lead to smooth running

When I first heard about the new handicap course at Mulligans Flat I wasn’t in the least apprehensive and welcomed the idea of another run that would be off the hard bitumen surfaces. I have always been a protagonist of the fact that running on the hard surfaces is one of the leading causes of joint and back injuries. The fact is as the name implies (veterans) we are all getting older and the wear and tear of running on more hard surfaces takes its toll, eventually. The first impression of a new course, in my opinion, is the one that seems to stick in ones mind, quite often even before the run has even started. This is what happened on that first morning on the familiarisation run for Mulligans Flat. Although I had been Taking home the points and the trophies at Mulligans Flat were John Hart, warned that the name of the course wasn’t left, in the Thomas Series and Rosemary Parker in the Frylink Series. a true reflection of the nature of the terrain it didn’t seem to matter if the run had hills, after all the majority of the runs of the though I was informed that the gate into two gates to clamber through. handicap series have hills in them the adjacent field would be open on the At this point we were given a somewhere. day and runners could drive up closer to description of where both runs would start My first impression was that it was the start area said to be about 250m and the directions the short and long runs quite far out, even for me, and I live in further up the road. That was a misnomer would take. The surroundings were Belconnen. Then when I drove into the as after “jogging” for about 11 minutes we picturesque and the view from the top of “small” car park I was quite surprised, did arrive at the start that included at least (Continued next page)

Michael Daly, left, sporting the silver medal for the Thomas Series. Neil Harrigan, centre, celebrates by donning his 50 run T-shirt at Mulligans Flat. Margaret McSpadden coming up to the finish line to win her first medal in the handicap races, she picked up a silver in the Frylink Series. Page 12 Vetrunner

(Continued from previous page) indeed very scenic it lacked infrastructure quick as Gwen yet, but only time will tell. the hill was quite impressive. for amenities for setting up, the placement She started this month from group six and Then after taking off down the track, of the “Porta-loo”, the catering and the car ran the distance in 26.20 for her silver not quite a goat track but not all that far off parking was far from ideal. Some of the medal. it, and after about 200m I thought this is people who didn’t live in the immediate Jack Thackray moves up among the not going to do me any good at all. The area had quite a distance to travel. I did leaders on the medal tally with his third camber of the grassy track was far from hear one runner say it was nearly 40 placing at Mulligans Flat. His bronze here level and the underfoot conditions were to kilometres from his place and it took boosts his total to seven overall with a say the least very rough. Then I thought nearly an hour to get there. Then there gold, two silver and now four bronze. Jack this is not what I hoped for and at least were the conditions of the track which who now lives down at Bateman’s Bay when running on recreation paths or other although all right this time, what would it seldom misses a handicap race traveling up hard surfaces you don’t have to keep your be like if there had been some inclement here once a month and even more in the head down watching where your next weather prior to race day. As far as the summer during the track season. Although footfall is going to land and although organiser and assistants go, I would think he is no slouch at the handicap, he is better Mulligan, whoever he was, might have that the next time around it might be a bit known as a “quickie” over the sprints of thought these were idyllic and serene difficult for the handicap committee to 100, 200 and 400m. Jack got off from surroundings, I didn’t get much time to find volunteers. group nine and ran the course in 24.30. admire the scenery as I was constantly I recall one runner saying after the race How about running this course in the watching the ground. Nevertheless I got that if they wanted to run cross-country pretty smart time of 14.34? Impossible down to the half way point of the short they could easily go the Saturday runs some may say. But that is what happened course just before the longer course with the Cross Country Club. with Steve Hughes seemingly treating the runners took a sharp left hand turn onto To the races now and I had the hills on the return journey as if they what looked like a much flatter and better impression that this would be a back weren’t there. Steve also has the distinction section of the track, maybe the goats didn’t markers paradise and how wrong I was of being the only runner this year to have venture down this far. when the results came in. run a handicap course quicker than Elaine Back up the hill and of course walking On the short course all the medal Cooper. Carol Baird was the quickest of up the harder sections I eventually got back winners came from the lower half of the the women on the day with an 18.40. the start/finish area. starting groups with the ultimate back Incidentally Ray Bramwell, on the road Runners who went the whole way said marker only managing to get up to 12th to recovery after a heart bypass operation, that after getting onto that better section of place. The winner this month, Rosemary ran a second consecutive first across the the track, the course though undulating, Parker, is right up there at the top of the line. He was ineligible for a medal as he was relatively easy and would be a fast table as far as medal winning is concerned started from group one. section on race day. Then about 6km into in the Frylink Series. Indeed she now has In the all important overall pointscore the 9.3km run the runners were faced with amassed a total of eight medals, four gold, tallies Cathy Montalto has increased her the prospect of getting back up to the two each of silver and bronze, over the lead at the top of the table to 44 points higher reaches along the fence line where years. The win today put her one ahead of from Alice Scott. Cathy is on 522 to the finish was located. Indeed there was Greg Lewis (2, 5, 0), Trish Thomas (2, 3, Alice’s 478. Mick Dando, third after about a 3km gradual climb up to a 2), Roger Stewart (2, 3, 2) and Nola de Fadden Pines, was on “duty” here and slips farmhouse about 300m to go to the finish. Chazal (1, 2, 4) on the table. Rosemary back to 10th with Gwen Gleeson taking Once again the scenic beauty of the area has also three medals to her credit in the over his spot on 469. Still looking good are was very impressive. longer races with a silver and two bronze Graham Delaney 5th on 453 and Neil On race day I arrived fairly early and under her belt. Her race time over the 4km Boden 13th on 411, both have a zero low managed to drive almost right up to the was 22.18 after starting from group 12 points against their names. However, with first gate about 400m from the start area. right in the middle of the handicap some new rules coming into play, and with One of the first things that struck me was groupings. the handcapper’s new system putting many how did the organisers get all the In only her first legitimate handicap runners, not just those that win medals, paraphernalia that is required for the run run, that is far as eligibility for points is back several groups there could be a few and the setting of the course up there. It concerned, Margaret McSpadden interesting runs leading up to the final must have been a logistic nightmare as managed to get herself onto the medal handicap in December. there is quite a considerable amount of podium. Margaret only joined the vets The Thomas Series runners had the gear that is needed for the efficient running recently, just after her almost identical tougher task on the day, and although of a handicap. So my first impressions on twin Gwen (Vines) decided to move to having a good down hill start for the first that familiarisation day came back to me Brisbane. Gwen sometimes makes a visit 2km, many found it difficult because of the and I thought that compared to other back to Canberra and we might see how rough terrain to get into any kind of courses that we run handicaps on, this many people could identify who is the real rhythm. They also had to face the 3km course had some major drawbacks. Margaret, or as the case may be, who is climb towards the end of the race. Though it was ideally placed and the real Gwen. Margaret is not quite as Alan Williams was the first over the Vetrunner Page 13

line, but as he is recovering from a stress fracture in his foot was compelled to walk the course starting from group one, therefore ineligible. Alan was one of our athletes that entered the World Championships at Gateshead but because of his injury had to withdraw from the competition, though he is still making the trip to England. After expecting one of the backmarkers to come storming through the field to take the honours this month it was a delight to hear John Hart’s name called out at the presentations as the winner over this tough 9.3km circuit. Its been a long time between drinks as John said as he proudly held aloft his gold medal, as he recalled it has been almost ten years since he last got into the placings and indeed his only other medal in the 15 years of running the handicaps. His first gold medal came at the old Forest Drive course, a delightful two-lapper in Stromlo Forest. John has been under an injury cloud over the past 12 to 18 months and it has only been recently that he has managed to get back into any regular decent training. It sure paid off out at this month. Probably shows how hard the Mulligans Flat with John covering the longer race was over this new course. distance in 44.48 after getting off from The fastest on the day were John group 25. Woodall and Elaine Cooper. They both Next over the line was one of the higher started from right at the back on group 44, groups that I thought would have led the John running a very good 35.35 and runners home. Michael Daly started in Elaine impressive with her 36.44 the Top left, Alan Williams recovering group 36 and although it’s not right at the second fastest overall for the day. from a stress fracture walked the back it is among the tougher of the A slight change in the order at the top 9.3km course at Mulligans Flat. handicap groups with an estimated km run of the table for the overall pointscore with Top, Annie Van Herck leads Sue rate of 3.50. Michael’s nett time for the the top six in contention swapping places. Counsel home in the long race. race was 37.51 with his silver medal his Steve Appleby takes over the lead, albeit Above, Jim Tucker powers his first in a handicap race. narrowly, from Mick Corlis. way up the hill to the finish line in Up popped the name of Nigel Coldrick Jim White holds onto third place with the 4km race for a second consecutive bronze medal in Bernie Millett in fourth, Ruth Baussmann the series. This shows that he is running fifth and Geoff Moore dropping to sixth. very well at present and showing a marked Steve is on 889, Mick 885, Jim 860, Entries and recording – Cindy Stewart, Jillian improvement. Maybe he will repeat this in Bernie 849, Ruth 832 and Geoff 806. Clark, Ewan Brown, Paulette Montaigne. the August run and become the first runner However, with similar rules applying here Course marshal – Elizabeth Thompson, Nick Blackaby, Deslie and George Kubitzky. to win a medal in three consecutive races. it could be an interesting scenario over the Parking arrangements – Al Mallory (senior Nigel has now two complete sets of medals next races. and junior), Alice Scott, Frank Nugent. as this one was added to his previous two Only one T-shirt was presented this Coures layout – Simon Mackenzie (under gold, two silver and a bronze. Looks like month with Neil Harrigan now the proud duress). wife Maree will have to pull something out owner of the blue 50 run T-shirt. We should not forget the regular stalwarts of the bag now to catch up with her partner. The man who had the difficult and who bring the equipment: Catering – Steve Appleby and Mick Corlis. It looks like a pretty daunting task that lies arduous task of being race organiser this First aid – George Kubitzky. ahead of her. Nigel ran the course in 39.43 month was Dave Mackenzie. His Timing gear – Doug Fry. after starting from group 32. assistants and their individual tasks were: Tents – Clive and Joan Glover. When checking through the run rates Starting and timekeeping – Judi Edwards, Porta-Loo – Roger Stewart. this month I discovered that no runner Kon Sotiropoulos, Frank Nugent and Handicap boards – Colin Bridge managed to get under their group rating Roger Stewart. Display boards – Mick Dando Sweep cyclist – Bill Rendall. JIM O’DONNELL Page 14 Vetrunner

Thomas series - No. 217 – Mulligan’s Flat 9.3k Age Hc St Grp No. ID Name Grp Gp Gp Result Adjust Rate Rate Pts % E Comments & Regroup 1 1496 Alan Williams M50 38 1 1:10:28 1:10:28 7.35 3.45 0 1 G Handicap Review 38 2 2566 Milton Valentine M45 1 32 1:15:05 0:37:05 3.59 8.00 0 2 G 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 45 3 4704 Steve Bradford M45 1 34 1:16:29 0:37:39 4.03 8.00 0 3 G 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 44 4 4701 David Hinds M40 1 26 1:17:13 0:43:58 4.44 8.00 0 4 G 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 30 5 1201 John Hart M60 25 25 1:17:17 0:44:48 4.49 4.35 150 5 Y Gold Medal 32 6 3596 Michael Daly M40 36 36 1:17:23 0:37:49 4.04 3.50 149 6 Y Silver Medal 45 7 3671 Gary Rolfe M30 1 38 1:17:38 0:37:13 4.00 8.00 0 6 G 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 45 8 2196 Nigel Coldrick M40 32 32 1:17:43 0:39:43 4.16 4.00 148 7 Y Bronze Medal 41 9 2560 Steve Appleby M45 36 36 1:17:47 0:38:13 4.07 3.50 147 8 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 42 10 1057 Colin Bridge M50 34 34 1:17:49 0:38:59 4.12 3.55 146 9 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 40 11 2832 Mick Konemann M30 1 38 1:17:56 0:37:31 4.02 8.00 0 10 G 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 44 12 2420 Jenny Davies W40 9 9 1:18:08 0:58:18 6.16 5.55 145 11 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 12 13 1326 Bernie Millett M55 38 38 1:18:18 0:37:53 4.04 3.45 144 12 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 43 14 2565 John Woodall M40 44 44 1:18:20 0:35:35 3.50 3.30 0 12 1 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 49 15 1984 Peter Clarke M45 39 39 1:18:23 0:37:33 4.02 3.42 143 13 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 44 16 1842 Michael Mills M35 30 30 1:18:25 0:42:00 4.31 4.10 142 14 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 33 17 4057 Susan Archer W50 26 26 1:18:30 0:45:15 4.52 4.30 141 15 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 29 18 2697 Annie Van Herck W45 30 30 1:18:33 0:42:08 4.32 4.10 140 16 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 33 19 4065 Bruce Wight M35 37 37 1:18:35 0:38:35 4.09 3.47 139 17 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 41 20 2135 Kevin O'Keeffe M50 35 35 1:18:38 0:39:23 4.14 3.52 138 17 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 39 21 1869 Rick Hatcher M50 1 19 1:18:41 0:50:56 5.29 8.00 0 18 G 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 21 22 1109 Sue Counsel W55 21 21 1:18:45 0:49:25 5.19 4.55 137 19 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 23 23 3577 Stephen Kellett M45 26 26 1:18:49 0:45:34 4.54 4.30 136 20 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 28 24 2149 Robert Ey M35 38 38 1:18:51 0:38:26 4.08 3.45 135 21 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 42 25 1242 Peter Kallio M60 37 37 1:18:52 0:38:52 4.11 3.47 134 22 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 41 26 4088 Michelle Glanville W35 17 17 1:18:56 0:52:46 5.40 5.15 133 23 Y 27 2503 Rod Gilchrist M50 29 29 1:18:57 0:43:17 4.39 4.15 132 23 Y 28 1997 Rob Thorpe M40 29 29 1:18:57 0:43:17 4.39 4.15 131 24 Y 29 2174 Neil Harrigan M55 12 12 1:18:59 0:56:49 6.07 5.40 130 25 Y 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 14 30 1486 Peter Ward M50 33 33 1:19:00 0:40:35 4.22 3.57 129 26 Y 31 1329 Charlie Modrak M50 34 34 1:19:06 0:40:16 4.20 3.55 128 27 Y 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 37 32 2086 Jim White M50 32 32 1:19:06 0:41:06 4.25 4.00 127 28 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 35 33 1395 Laurie Robinson M50 23 23 1:19:06 0:48:12 5.11 4.45 126 28 Y 34 1458 Bryan Thomas M55 30 30 1:19:12 0:42:47 4.36 4.10 125 29 Y 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 32 35 2759 Mick Corlis M40 41 41 1:19:22 0:37:48 4.04 3.37 124 30 Y 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 43 36 3417 Ken Gowans M45 24 24 1:19:26 0:47:46 5.08 4.40 123 31 Y 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 25 37 3478 Ruth Baussmann W45 17 17 1:19:29 0:53:19 5.44 5.15 122 32 Y 38 1974 Elaine Cooper W35 44 44 1:19:29 0:36:44 3.57 3.30 0 33 1 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 46 39 4059 Mick Saunders M50 29 29 1:19:34 0:43:54 4.43 4.15 121 34 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 30 40 1002 John Alcock M50 26 26 1:19:35 0:46:20 4.59 4.30 120 34 Y 41 1282 Russell Lutton M50 31 31 1:19:36 0:42:21 4.33 4.05 119 35 Y 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 32 42 1773 John Littler M50 31 31 1:19:38 0:42:23 4.33 4.05 118 36 Y 43 2023 Kent Williams M50 43 43 1:19:39 0:37:14 4.00 3.32 117 37 Y 44 1195 George Hanzar M55 25 25 1:19:39 0:47:10 5.04 4.35 116 38 Y 45 1335 Richard Morcom M45 30 30 1:19:43 0:43:18 4.39 4.10 115 39 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 31 46 1389 John Richardson M50 26 26 1:19:43 0:46:28 4.60 4.30 114 39 Y 47 2480 Gillian Lee W40 30 30 1:19:44 0:43:19 4.39 4.10 113 40 Y 48 1270 Terry Levings M50 26 26 1:19:46 0:46:31 5.00 4.30 112 41 Y 49 3661 David Morewood M40 44 44 1:19:47 0:37:02 3.59 3.30 111 42 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 45 50 3657 Maria O'Reilly W40 26 26 1:19:48 0:46:33 5.00 4.30 110 43 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 27 51 1073 John Busteed M50 20 10 1:19:48 0:59:13 6.22 5.00 0 44 G 52 1338 Bronwyn Gardner W45 11 11 1:19:49 0:58:24 6.17 5.45 109 45 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 12 53 3622 Peter Cullen M35 39 39 1:19:51 0:39:01 4.12 3.42 108 45 Y 54 2142 Robbie Costmeyer M50 37 37 1:19:53 0:39:53 4.17 3.47 107 46 Y 55 2043 Lynn Williams W50 15 15 1:19:56 0:55:21 5.57 5.25 106 47 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 16 56 2006 John Carmody M45 22 22 1:19:59 0:49:55 5.22 4.50 105 48 Y 57 1191 Garry Hand M50 30 30 1:20:03 0:43:38 4.42 4.10 104 49 Y 58 1891 Heather Allsopp W45 11 11 1:20:08 0:58:43 6.19 5.45 103 50 Y 59 2483 Steve Crane M45 32 32 1:20:11 0:42:11 4.32 4.00 102 50 Y 60 3454 Cathy Newman W35 24 24 1:20:13 0:48:33 5.13 4.40 101 51 Y 61 1197 Bob Harlow M50 40 40 1:20:15 0:39:06 4.12 3.40 100 52 Y 62 4089 Sabrina Sonntag W30 26 26 1:20:15 0:47:00 5.03 4.30 99 53 Y 63 1172 Michael Gardner M50 26 26 1:20:22 0:47:07 5.04 4.30 98 54 Y 64 2631 Clive Glover M55 29 29 1:20:24 0:44:44 4.49 4.15 97 55 Y 65 1169 Doug Fry M60 19 19 1:20:27 0:52:42 5.40 5.05 96 56 Y 66 2032 Kevin Chapman M55 19 19 1:20:28 0:52:43 5.40 5.05 95 56 Y 67 2609 Ian Bowden M45 19 19 1:20:29 0:52:44 5.40 5.05 94 57 Y 68 1074 Mary Ann Busteed W50 27 27 1:20:30 0:46:26 4.60 4.25 93 58 Y 69 1386 Stuart J Reid M65 26 26 1:20:31 0:47:16 5.05 4.30 92 59 Y 70 1110 Hugh Crawley M55 29 29 1:20:36 0:44:56 4.50 4.15 0 60 1

THOMAS SERIES HANDICAP RULES Finish better than 20th percentile in last event - is required to compete in 2 more events before Handicapper's Discretion adjust to group which participant would need to becoming eligible again. All group allocations and adjustments are subject have competed from to finish below 50th percentile. 150 points are awarded to the first eligible to the Handicapper's discretion. Finish better than 35th percentile in last 2 participant, reducing by 1 point for each eligible The Handicapper reserves the right to make events - adjust to group which participant would participant thereafter to a minimum of 1 point. movements beyond those indicated below in the need to have competed from to finish below 50th All eligible participants receive at least one interests of fair play, sportsmanship and of the percentile. point. Ineligible participants receive no points. credibility of Handicap events. Finish better than 50th percentile in last 3 A person must compete from the stated Group Allocation events - adjust to group which participant would group, otherwise the participant is deemed not Each new participant is allocated a group determined need to have competed from to finish below 50th eligible to score points. by the handicapper, based on the participant's stated percentile. Awards will be made to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ability. Thereafter Group adjustments are made for a Pointscore highest aggregate Pointscorers at the end of the participant according to the Group Adjustment Rules A participant must compete in 2 events to be series. indicated below which are based on a participant's eligible for points. If two participants finish with equal points the Finish Place. Eligible participants receive points for every trophy will be awarded to the older participant. Group Adjustments event. Consistently Fast for Age Group 1st place - adjust to group which participant The participant's best 8 events will be counted Handicap events are sorted by fastest rate per would need to have competed from to finish below toward the participant's series aggregate Pointscore. kilometre. 50th percentile + 3 groups. If 3 consecutive events are missed a participant is The total time for a participant’s BEST 6 events 2nd and 3rd place - adjust to group which required to compete in 1 more event before is divided by the total distance for these events to participant would need to have competed from to becoming eligible again. arrive at an average rate per kilometre. finish below 50th percentile + 2 groups. If 6 consecutive events are missed a participant (Coninued on Page 16) Vetrunner Page 15

Frylink Series - No. 94 – Mulligan’s Flat 4.0k Age Hc St Grp No. ID Name Grp Gp Gp Result Adjust Rate Rate Pts % E Comments & Regroup

1 2191 Ray Bramwell M60 1 1 0:26:00 0:26:00 6.30 8.00 0 2 N Handicap Review 1 2 4702 Peter Hann M50 1 8 0:32:03 0:24:03 6.01 8.00 0 3 G Handicap Review 15 3 1341 Terry Munro M60 1 1 0:32:11 0:32:11 8.03 8.00 0 5 N Handicap Review 1 4 3258 Janelle Parks W40 1 1 0:32:23 0:32:23 8.06 8.00 0 6 N Handicap Review 1 5 4703 Prue Bradford W40 1 7 0:32:46 0:25:27 6.22 8.00 0 8 G Handicap Review 13 6 3571 Ann Staunton W35 1 14 0:32:52 0:20:52 5.13 8.00 0 9 G Handicap Review 20 7 1356 Rosemary Parker W50 12 12 0:32:57 0:22:18 5.34 5.20 75 11 Y Gold Medal 18 8 1606 Margaret McSpadden W50 6 6 0:33:00 0:26:20 6.35 6.20 74 12 Y Silver Medal 11 9 1871 Lorraine Stevens W45 3 3 0:33:02 0:28:22 7.05 6.50 0 14 2 Handicap Review 9 10 1682 Jack Thackray M65 9 9 0:33:09 0:24:30 6.07 5.50 73 15 Y Bronze Medal 14 11 2067 Jim Tucker M45 17 17 0:33:12 0:19:12 4.48 4.30 72 17 Y 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 20 12 3619 Steve Hughes M35 24 24 0:33:14 0:14:34 3.38 3.20 0 18 1 Handicap Review 29 13 2444 Jenny Eneberg W40 10 10 0:33:18 0:23:58 5.59 5.40 0 20 1 1 Events Above Percentile 20% 13 14 1367 Jack Perry M65 7 7 0:33:27 0:26:08 6.32 6.10 71 21 Y 15 2563 Phillipa Rowland W35 13 13 0:33:33 0:22:13 5.33 5.10 0 23 1 Handicap Review 17 16 2219 Kevin Matthews M40 17 17 0:33:35 0:19:35 4.54 4.30 70 24 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 19 17 2029 David Holmes M40 22 22 0:33:36 0:16:16 4.04 3.40 69 26 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 24 18 1138 Ian Dundas M45 18 18 0:33:49 0:19:10 4.47 4.20 68 27 Y 19 1453 Margaret Taylor W50 15 15 0:33:50 0:21:11 5.18 4.50 67 29 Y 20 2042 Kaye Thorpe W40 13 13 0:33:51 0:22:31 5.38 5.10 66 30 Y 21 2170 Brian Mclachlan M35 21 21 0:33:55 0:17:16 4.19 3.50 65 32 Y 2 Events Above Percentile 35% 23 22 3704 Carol Baird W50 19 19 0:34:00 0:18:40 4.40 4.10 64 33 Y 23 2224 Neil Boden M45 20 20 0:34:05 0:18:05 4.31 4.00 63 35 Y 24 2658 Adrian Krauss M40 9 9 0:34:09 0:25:30 6.22 5.50 62 36 Y 25 1355 Bob Parker M50 1 15 0:34:13 0:21:34 5.24 8.00 0 38 G Handicap Review 18 26 1066 Alan Burdon M60 11 11 0:34:16 0:24:16 6.04 5.30 61 39 Y 27 2647 Cathy Montalto W45 18 18 0:34:21 0:19:42 4.55 4.20 60 41 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 19 28 1123 Ken Daniels M60 15 15 0:34:23 0:21:44 5.26 4.50 59 42 Y 29 4050 Barbara Tucker W50 17 17 0:34:26 0:20:26 5.07 4.30 58 44 Y 30 2728 Jenny Galvin W60 10 10 0:34:27 0:25:07 6.17 5.40 57 45 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 11 31 1849 Graham Delaney M50 12 12 0:34:28 0:23:49 5.57 5.20 56 47 Y 3 Events Above Percentile 50% 13 32 1142 Mike Dwyer M60 14 14 0:34:32 0:22:32 5.38 5.00 55 48 Y 33 4022 Ian Daley M35 13 13 0:34:41 0:23:21 5.50 5.10 0 50 1 Handicap Review 14 34 2426 Sherryl Greathead W45 15 15 0:34:46 0:22:07 5.32 4.50 0 51 1 Handicap Review 16 35 2471 Gwen Gleeson W70 3 3 0:34:48 0:30:08 7.32 6.50 54 53 Y 36 2460 Val Chesterton W55 7 7 0:34:50 0:27:31 6.53 6.10 0 54 2 Handicap Review 8 37 2484 Carolyn Behm W50 7 7 0:34:55 0:27:36 6.54 6.10 53 56 Y 38 1290 Chris Mahe W60 8 8 0:34:57 0:26:57 6.44 6.00 52 57 Y 39 1924 Wendy Cook W45 4 4 0:34:59 0:29:40 7.25 6.40 51 59 Y 40 2691 Bev Breen W45 11 11 0:35:12 0:25:12 6.18 5.30 50 60 Y 41 2567 Debra Carroll W40 1 2 0:35:16 0:31:16 7.49 8.00 0 62 G Handicap Review 1 42 3667 Robyne Kellett W45 14 14 0:35:18 0:23:18 5.49 5.00 49 63 Y 43 2150 Alice Scott W50 13 13 0:35:21 0:24:01 6.00 5.10 48 65 Y 44 2874 Gai Webster W45 11 11 0:35:22 0:25:22 6.20 5.30 47 66 Y 45 2303 Phil Toomey M50 13 13 0:35:27 0:24:07 6.02 5.10 46 68 Y 46 1354 Maureen O'Shea W60 2 2 0:35:30 0:31:30 7.53 7.00 0 69 1 47 1192 Helen Daly W50 14 14 0:35:35 0:23:35 5.54 5.00 45 71 Y 48 2466 Nola De Chazal W60 2 2 0:35:51 0:31:51 7.58 7.00 44 72 Y 49 2088 Greg Lewis M50 15 15 0:35:58 0:23:19 5.50 4.50 43 74 Y 50 2250 David Holland M40 20 20 0:36:08 0:20:08 5.02 4.00 42 75 Y 51 1280 Duane Lowry M65 13 13 0:36:12 0:24:52 6.13 5.10 41 77 Y 52 2704 Raine Thompson W50 7 7 0:36:13 0:28:54 7.14 6.10 0 78 1 53 2648 Mike Breen M40 1 12 0:36:14 0:25:35 6.24 8.00 0 80 G 54 2646 Anna Sutherland W50 9 9 0:36:14 0:27:35 6.54 5.50 40 81 Y 55 2311 Diann Bramwell W50 1 1 0:36:17 0:36:17 9.04 8.00 0 83 N 56 1129 Peter L Davies M55 14 14 0:36:40 0:24:40 6.10 5.00 0 84 1 57 1012 Margaret Dalheim W70 5 5 0:36:48 0:30:48 7.42 6.30 0 86 2 58 2158 John Burns M70 10 10 0:36:53 0:27:33 6.53 5.40 39 87 Y 59 1067 Lorna Burdon W60 3 3 0:37:00 0:32:20 8.05 6.50 0 89 1 60 1293 Al Mallory M65 1 2 0:37:42 0:33:42 8.26 8.00 0 90 G Handicap Review 2 61 2536 Michael Clancy M40 1 1 0:38:04 0:38:04 9.31 8.00 0 92 0 62 1104 Trish Thomas W50 2 2 0:38:34 0:34:34 8.39 7.00 38 93 Y 63 2864 Faye Greene W50 8 8 0:38:51 0:30:51 7.43 6.00 37 95 Y 64 2016 Julie Carmody W40 6 6 0:39:16 0:32:36 8.09 6.20 0 96 2 65 2359 Carmen Carlon W45 4 4 0:39:29 0:34:10 8.32 6.40 36 98 Y 66 2540 Tanya Colyer W35 1 1 0:41:33 0:41:33 10.23 8.00 0 99 N 67 4072 Claire Perry W30 5 5 0:41:54 0:35:54 8.59 6.30 35 100 Y Page 16 Vetrunner

Thomas series No. 217 – Mulligan’s Flat 9.3k (cont) Age Hc St Grp No. ID Name Grp Gp Gp Result Adjust Rate Rate Pts % E 71 1945 Stuart N Reid M45 36 36 1:20:44 0:41:10 4.26 3.50 91 61 Y 72 2694 Frank Kresse M40 35 35 1:20:46 0:41:31 4.28 3.52 90 62 Y 73 1927 Chris Lang M45 23 23 1:20:56 0:50:02 5.23 4.45 89 62 Y 74 2478 Craig Wisdom M35 39 39 1:21:07 0:40:17 4.20 3.42 88 63 Y 75 2089 Chris Vincent M45 31 31 1:21:07 0:43:52 4.43 4.05 0 64 2 76 3651 Kerry O'Neill W35 26 26 1:21:08 0:47:53 5.09 4.30 87 65 Y 77 2040 Alan Green M50 38 38 1:21:12 0:40:47 4.23 3.45 86 66 Y 78 1444 John Suiter M65 19 19 1:21:13 0:53:28 5.45 5.05 85 67 Y 79 2606 Mick Charlton M45 27 27 1:21:19 0:47:15 5.05 4.25 84 67 Y 80 1167 Michael Freer M70 25 25 1:21:20 0:48:51 5.15 4.35 0 68 1 81 2052 Bernie Hackett M50 17 17 1:21:22 0:55:12 5.56 5.15 83 69 Y 82 1332 Geoff Moore M50 37 37 1:21:24 0:41:24 4.27 3.47 82 70 Y 83 1573 Will Foster M55 28 28 1:21:32 0:46:42 5.01 4.20 81 71 Y 84 3501 Damian Rutledge M30 45 45 1:21:37 0:38:28 4.08 3.27 80 72 Y 85 1352 Greg O'Neill M65 7 7 1:21:47 1:04:22 6.55 6.10 79 73 Y 86 2641 Joanne Hastings W40 9 9 1:22:05 1:02:15 6.42 5.55 78 73 Y 87 2532 Jill Brown W50 21 21 1:22:07 0:52:47 5.41 4.55 77 74 Y 88 2163 Alan Mallory M40 29 29 1:22:11 0:46:31 5.00 4.15 76 75 Y 89 2013 Robert Marshall M55 35 35 1:22:24 0:43:09 4.38 3.52 75 76 Y 90 1882 Brenda Day W50 18 18 1:22:24 0:55:30 5.58 5.10 74 77 Y Bronze medal winners: Above, 91 1520 Anne Young W60 22 22 1:22:32 0:52:28 5.38 4.50 73 78 Y 92 2106 Maria White W45 16 16 1:22:33 0:57:13 6.09 5.20 72 78 Y Nigel Coldrick, Thomas Series. 93 3609 Bob Eames M50 26 26 1:22:37 0:49:22 5.18 4.30 0 79 1 94 2872 Paul Macgowan M35 25 25 1:22:38 0:50:09 5.24 4.35 71 80 Y Below, Jack Thackray, Frylink 95 1023 John Bakker M60 11 11 1:22:52 1:01:27 6.36 5.45 70 81 Y 96 1353 Jim O'Shea M60 9 9 1:23:03 1:03:13 6.48 5.55 0 82 1 Series. 97 1825 Carol Stevenson W35 12 12 1:23:09 1:00:59 6.33 5.40 69 83 Y 98 2116 Robert Bushell M55 21 21 1:23:42 0:54:22 5.51 4.55 68 84 Y 99 1186 David Hall M65 7 7 1:23:46 1:06:21 7.08 6.10 67 84 Y 100 1887 Juani M O'Reilly W70 7 7 1:24:00 1:06:35 7.10 6.10 66 85 Y 101 2243 Sue Bowden W40 19 19 1:24:24 0:56:39 6.05 5.05 65 86 Y 102 4705 Tony Paterson M45 1 23 1:24:28 0:53:34 5.46 8.00 0 87 G 103 2435 Maree Coldrick W35 26 26 1:24:28 0:51:13 5.30 4.30 64 88 Y 104 1044 Tony Booth M60 29 29 1:24:44 0:49:04 5.17 4.15 63 89 Y 105 2403 Doug Carney M55 17 17 1:24:59 0:58:49 6.19 5.15 62 89 Y 106 2386 Pamela Weiss W60 18 18 1:25:12 0:58:18 6.16 5.10 61 90 Y 107 1926 David Cook M40 25 25 1:25:22 0:52:53 5.41 4.35 60 91 Y 108 1019 Brian Austin M60 28 28 1:26:06 0:51:16 5.31 4.20 59 92 Y 109 1294 Joan Mallory W65 7 7 1:26:13 1:08:48 7.24 6.10 58 93 Y 110 1272 Bill Leyden M50 25 25 1:26:20 0:53:51 5.47 4.35 57 94 Y 111 1135 Otmar Dorfer M65 19 19 1:27:07 0:59:22 6.23 5.05 0 95 1 112 1165 Peter Freeman M50 8 8 1:27:11 1:08:11 7.20 6.00 56 95 Y 113 4035 David Shore M40 23 23 1:28:03 0:57:09 6.09 4.45 55 96 Y 114 2037 Beryl Lowry W50 14 14 1:28:19 1:04:34 6.57 5.30 54 97 Y 115 2701 Val Bland W50 2 2 1:28:37 1:19:07 8.30 7.00 53 98 Y 116 2069 Glenda Moss W45 18 18 1:29:01 1:02:07 6.41 5.10 52 99 Y 117 2564 Belinda Thompson M45 4 4 1:30:06 1:17:27 8.20 6.40 51 100 Y 118 1931 Ron Weir M60 28 28 1:35:00 1:00:10 6.28 4.20 50 100 Y

(Continued from Page 14) Group Adjustments participant, reducing by 1 point for each eligible A participant is placed in the Age Group for 1st place - adjust to group which participant participant thereafter to a minimum of 1 point. which the participant is eligible. would need to have competed from to finish below All eligible participants receive at least one If a participant changes Age Groups during the 50th percentile + 3 groups. point. series, the participant is not eligible for the 2nd and 3rd place - adjust to group which Ineligible participants receive no points. Consistently Fast for Age Group Award for the higher participant would need to have competed from to A person must compete from the stated group, Age Group until the participant has competed in 5 finish below 50th percentile + 2 groups. otherwise the participant is deemed not eligible to events in that higher Age Group. Finish better than 20th percentile in last event - score points. Starting Procedures adjust to group which participant would need to Awards will be made to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Participants should be aware of their start Group have competed from to finish below 50th percentile. highest aggregate Pointscorers at the end of the and be ready to compete when that group is called. Finish better than 35th percentile in last 2 series. Comments/suggestionsto: events - adjust to group which participant would If two participants finish with equal points the or need to have competed from to finish below 50th trophy will be awarded to the older participant. percentile. Handicap events are sorted by fastest rate per Finish better than 50th percentile in last 3 kilometre. events - adjust to group which participant would The total time for a participant’s BEST 6 events need to have competed from to finish below 50th is divided by the total distance for these events to FRYLINK SERIES HANDICAP RULES percentile. arrive at an average rate per kilometre. A participant is placed in the Age Group for Handicapper's Discretion Pointscore which the participant is eligible. All group allocations and adjustments are subject A participant must compete in 2 events to be If a participant changes Age Groups during the to the Handicapper's discretion. eligible for points. series, the participant is not eligible for the The Handicapper reserves the right to make Eligible participants receive points for every Consistently Fast for Age Group Award for the higher movements beyond those indicated below in the event. Age Group until the participant has competed in 5 interests of fair play, sportsmanship and of the The participant's best 8 events will be counted events in that higher Age Group. credibility of Handicap events. toward the participant's series aggregate Pointscore. Group Allocation If 3 consecutive events are missed a participant Starting Procedures Each new participant is allocated a Groups, is required to compete in 1 more event before Participants should be aware of their start Group determined by the handicapper, based on the becoming eligible again. and be ready to compete when that group is called. participant's stated ability. Thereafter Group If 6 consecutive events are missed a participant Adjustments are made for a participant according to is required to compete in 2 more events before Comments/suggestions to: the Group Adjustment Rules indicated below which becoming eligible again. >[email protected]> or are based on a participant's Finish Place. 75 points are awarded to the first eligible >[email protected]> Vetrunner Page 17

Thomas Series Frylink Series Consistency for Consistency for Agegroup Award Agegroup Award ID Name Rate ID Name Rate ID Name Rate ID Name Rate M30 W30 M30 W30 1 Damian Rutledge 4.01 1 Sabrina Sonntag 4.49 1 Brian Mclachlan 4.13 1 Shelley Bissett 5.10 M35 2 Carolyne Kramar 4.59 2 Michael Ward-Pearson 4.52 2 Claire Perry 7.38 1 Mick Corlis 3.44 W35 M35 3 Narelle Blackaby 2.44 2 Peter Cullen 3.51 1 Carol Ey 4.07 1 David Holmes 3.49 W35 3 Craig Wisdom 3.52 2 Anna Farnham 4.42 2 Jim Mclean 4.07 1 Karen Daniels 4.35 4 Robert Ey 3.54 3 Kerry O'Neill 4.55 3 David Holland 4.38 2 Terri Henderson 7.52 5 Bruce Wight 3.57 4 Maree Coldrick 4.56 4 Kevin Matthews 4.50 3 Tanya Colyer 10.56 6 Paul Considine 4.11 5 Cathy Newman 4.57 5 Adrian Krauss 5.45 W40 7 Michael Mills 4.18 6 Janelle Parks 5.03 6 Frank Nugent 5.50 1 Ros Bauer 4.21 M40 7 Deslie Kubitzky 5.21 M40 2 Kaye Thorpe 4.57 1 David Morewood 3.40 8 Michelle Glanville 5.24 1 Neil Boden 4.03 3 Robyne Kellett 5.17 2 Glenn Coward 3.40 9 Elaine Slater 5.41 2 Robert Barbaro 4.09 4 Gai Webster 5.25 3 Michael Daly 3.52 10 Joanne Hastings 6.22 3 Jim Tucker 4.26 5 Anitra Kenny 5.54 4 Bill Rendall 3.54 W40 4 Ian Dundas 4.52 6 Wendy Cook 6.36 5 Frank Kresse 3.58 1 Gillian Lee 4.18 5 Roger Stewart 5.26 W45 6 David Dickson 4.01 2 Maria O'Reilly 4.44 M50 1 Carol Baird 4.17 7 Chris Cunningham 4.12 3 Sue Bowden 5.37 1 Grahame Taylor 4.22 2 Cathy Montalto 4.26 M45 4 Jenny Davies 6.22 2 Bob Banens 4.45 3 Maureen Rossiter 5.10 Eamonn Moloney 3.39 W45 3 Greg Lewis 5.13 4 Bev Breen 5.34 1 Steve Appleby 3.54 1 Annie Van Herck 4.19 4 Phil Toomey 5.24 5 Cindy Stewart 6.06 2 Peter Clarke 3.56 2 Elizabeth Thompson 4.32 5 David Meyers 5.27 6 Carmen Carlon 6.55 3 Charlie Modrak 4.04 3 Jenny Hefford 4.42 6 Graham Delaney 5.32 W50 4 Richard Morcom 4.11 4 Jill Brown 5.10 M55 1 Barbara Tucker 4.47 5 Ken White 4.21 5 Ruth Baussmann 5.23 1 Keith Johnson 5.38 2 Margaret Taylor 4.57 6 Clive Beeson 4.21 6 Maria White 5.26 M60 3 Helen Daly 5.06 7 Steve Crane 4.31 7 Brenda Day 5.35 1 Bob Chapman 4.03 4 Alice Scott 5.28 M50 8 Helen King 5.42 2 Mick Dando 4.32 5 Anna Sutherland 5.52 1 Graham Burke 3.35 9 Bronwyn Gardner 5.49 3 Ken Daniels 4.46 6 Rosemary Parker 6.05 2 Kent Williams 3.44 10 Heather Allsopp 5.50 4 Mike Dwyer 5.16 7 Carolyn Behm 6.10 3 Peter Ward 4.05 W50 5 Alan Burdon 5.46 8 Faye Greene 6.16 4 Geoff Moore 4.06 1 Judi Edwards 4.25 6 Ray Bramwell 7.29 9 Cilla Chapman 6.20 5 Jim White 4.06 2 Susan Archer 4.29 7 Terry Munro 8.35 10 Dianne Lane 6.40 6 Kevin O'Keeffe 4.08 3 Jo Cullen 4.31 M65 W55 7 Bob Harlow 4.09 4 Mary Ann Busteed 4.39 1 Dave Mackenzie 4.54 1 Jillian Clark 5.12 M55 5 Lynn Williams 5.34 2 Jack Thackray 5.51 2 Jenny Galvin 5.35 1 Bernie Millett 3.49 6 Maureen Marshall 5.43 3 Duane Lowry 6.05 3 Lesley Hamilton 5.49 2 Wayne Berry 4.07 7 Beryl Lowry 6.12 4 Jack Perry 6.08 4 Jean Heath 8.47 3 Robert Marshall 4.12 8 Raine Thompson 6.24 5 John Burns 6.28 W60 4 Ian Kenny 4.18 9 Gabrielle Wright 6.26 6 Jim O'Donnell 7.22 1 Chris Mahe 6.17 5 Bryan Thomas 4.20 10 Val Bland 8.16 7 Al Mallory 7.23 2 Nola De Chazal 7.03 6 Mike Kennedy 4.26 W55 M70 W70 7 Clive Glover 4.31 1 Sue Counsel 4.58 1 Keith Perroux 4.41 1 Gwen Gleeson 6.38 M60 2 Caroline Campbell 5.28 M80 2 Lucille Warth 8.27 1 Peter Kallio 4.10 3 Norma Lindemann 5.48 1 Allan Sherriff 6.18 2 Roger Abbott 4.27 4 Val Chesterton 6.11 3 Marco Falzarano 4.35 5 Thelma Reddy 7.39 4 Ron Weir 4.38 W60 5 Tony Booth 4.38 1 Anne Young 5.14 6 Brian Austin 4.39 2 Pamela Weiss 5.21 7 John Hart 4.58 3 Cory Collins 5.27 M65 4 Dorothy Seedsman 5.47 1 Stuart J Reid 4.57 5 Lorna Burdon 7.32 2 John Suiter 5.12 W65 3 Michael Freer 5.32 1 Joan Mallory 6.38 4 Otmar Dorfer 5.59 W70 5 Greg O'Neill 6.31 1 Juani M O'Reilly 6.22

CLUB EQUIPMENT AUDIT NEW BOOK Karren Sutcliffe’s new book “The The club has estimated that it possesses over $20,000 worth of equipment Pegasus Touch” was launched by and the Committee and members have a duty to look after any such Marion Halligan, the 1999 nominee for properly. As a result we have appointed an Equipment Officer who is the Miles Franklin Literary Award on compiling an Assets Register. He has already identified and catalogued the Wednesday, August 11 at the most highly visible assets. Daramalan College Library. BUT HE NEEDS YOUR HELP The book is a 390 page heroic If you have any ACTVAC property under your control, e.g. throwing fantasy novel with packed adventure, implements, etc. or if you know the location of any gear can you please magic, romance, and a flying horse. contact the equipment officer so that he can complete a correct stocktake. Copies of the book are available Contact: KEN GOWANS, 62881651 (h) 62652961 (w) direct from E-mail: kengowans@ cbr.defence,gov.au or from N.B. The Organising Committee of the Nationals has advised that a number the publishers, IrrePRESSible Press at of Safety Tops donated by a sponsor are missing. Please make a search at PO Box 821, Woden, ACT 2606. home (and in the boot of your car) for these items. The cost is $16.95 plus postage of $2. Page 18 Vetrunner

Thomas Series - Pointscore Frylink Series - Pointscore No. ID Name E Gross Net Low No. ID Name E Gross Net Low 1 2560 Steve Appleby 7 889 889 71 1 2647 Cathy Montalto 7 522 522 60 2 2759 Mick Corlis 7 885 885 111 2 2150 Alice Scott 7 478 478 47 3 2086 Jim White 7 860 860 105 3 2471 Gwen Gleeson 7 469 469 50 4 1326 Bernie Millett 7 849 849 53 4 1367 Jack Perry 7 454 454 30 5 3478 Ruth Baussmann 7 832 832 69 5 1849 Graham Delaney 7 453 453 0 6 1332 Geoff Moore 6 806 806 81 6 2067 Jim Tucker 6 449 449 41 7 1842 Michael Mills 6 783 783 88 7 2728 Jenny Galvin 6 434 434 57 8 1486 Peter Ward 7 775 775 57 8 2029 David Holmes 6 427 427 38 9 1329 Charlie Modrak 7 766 766 42 9 2484 Carolyn Behm 6 424 424 48 10 2149 Robert Ey 6 746 746 108 10 1122 Mick Dando 6 422 422 41 11 2478 Craig Wisdom 6 746 746 87 11 2658 Adrian Krauss 6 419 419 42 12 2043 Lynn Williams 6 733 733 105 12 2691 Bev Breen 6 416 416 50 13 2697 Annie Van Herck 6 717 717 70 13 2224 Neil Boden 7 411 411 0 14 1169 Doug Fry 7 706 706 72 14 2489 Bob Banens 6 406 406 44 15 2586 Anna Farnham 5 695 695 134 15 2449 Dave Mackenzie 5 392 392 57 16 2196 Nigel Coldrick 6 691 691 82 16 1924 Wendy Cook 6 390 390 44 17 1109 Sue Counsel 7 690 690 77 17 2466 Nola De Chazal 6 380 380 42 18 1074 Mary Ann Busteed 6 673 673 38 18 2303 Phil Toomey 6 376 376 39 19 1984 Peter Clarke 5 668 668 120 19 1142 Mike Dwyer 6 368 368 0 20 3577 Stephen Kellett 7 665 665 59 20 2677 Ros Bauer 5 367 367 54 21 1389 John Richardson 7 664 664 63 21 1290 Chris Mahe 5 366 366 52 22 3622 Peter Cullen 6 664 664 79 22 2720 Karen Daniels 5 365 365 43 23 1145 Judi Edwards 6 661 661 87 23 1356 Rosemary Parker 6 353 353 0 24 2023 Kent Williams 6 647 647 89 24 1089 Bob Chapman 5 352 352 44 25 2609 Ian Bowden 6 646 646 90 25 1453 Margaret Taylor 5 351 351 48 26 1398 Bernie Rogers 6 645 645 68 26 2401 Jillian Clark 5 343 343 34 27 1197 Bob Harlow 6 628 628 29 27 2874 Gai Webster 5 338 338 45 28 3651 Kerry O'Neill 6 621 621 85 28 2864 Faye Greene 6 330 330 37 29 3657 Maria O'Reilly 6 617 617 65 29 2359 Carmen Carlon 7 330 330 0 30 2293 Ken White 6 614 614 44 30 2646 Anna Sutherland 7 328 328 0 31 1338 Bronwyn Gardner 7 611 611 0 31 3599 Maureen Rossiter 4 322 322 46 32 1172 Michael Gardner 6 607 607 47 32 3667 Robyne Kellett 5 296 296 49 33 2077 Eliz Thompson 6 606 606 74 33 1104 Trish Thomas 6 292 292 29 34 2631 Clive Glover 6 599 599 89 34 3441 Terri Henderson 6 288 288 28 35 2762 Nick Blackaby 5 599 599 61 35 1961 Anitra Kenny 4 271 271 37 36 1773 John Littler 6 597 597 0 36 1123 Ken Daniels 5 270 270 0 37 2318 Bill Rendall 6 590 590 85 37 1513 Lesley Hamilton 4 267 267 37 38 2483 Steve Crane 6 590 590 30 38 2725 Jim Mclean 4 265 265 43 39 1057 Colin Bridge 7 584 584 0 39 1090 Cilla Chapman 4 259 259 33 40 1458 Bryan Thomas 7 574 574 0 40 1682 Jack Thackray 4 248 248 29 41 2106 Maria White 7 573 573 57 41 1438 Roger Stewart 5 237 237 32 42 1335 Richard Morcom 5 565 565 77 42 1066 Alan Burdon 5 237 237 0 43 1001 Roger Abbott 6 557 557 69 43 2825 Cindy Stewart 5 233 233 39 44 1019 Brian Austin 5 550 550 58 44 1606 Marg McSpadden 4 220 220 0 45 2606 Mick Charlton 5 550 550 83 45 2042 Kaye Thorpe 4 212 212 0 46 1520 Anne Young 6 549 549 72 46 3432 Dianne Lane 3 211 211 0 47 2480 Gillian Lee 5 543 543 0 47 2088 Greg Lewis 5 194 194 0 48 2163 Alan Mallory 6 539 539 64 48 1735 Grahame Taylor 3 184 184 52 49 1064 Ewan Brown 5 532 532 94 49 1192 Helen Daly 4 181 181 0 50 2503 Rod Gilchrist 6 528 528 54 50 1366 Keith Perroux 3 175 175 52 51 1997 Rob Thorpe 5 526 526 67 51 2158 John Burns 5 174 174 0 52 2032 Kevin Chapman 6 520 520 0 52 1026 Robert Barbaro 3 171 171 0 53 2083 Carol Ey 5 514 514 76 53 4072 Claire Perry 5 165 165 0 54 2694 Frank Kresse 5 512 512 0 54 1236 Keith Johnson 5 163 163 0 55 4034 Jon Donovan 6 506 506 0 55 1322 David Meyers 3 161 161 0 56 2117 Marco Falzarano 5 505 505 47 56 2834 Allan Sherriff 4 156 156 0 57 1496 Alan Williams 6 504 504 0 57 3578 Shelley Bissett 3 153 153 45 58 2052 Bernie Hackett 7 502 502 53 58 2250 David Holland 4 153 153 0 59 2386 Pamela Weiss 7 499 499 59 59 2582 Frank Nugent 3 149 149 0 60 1270 Terry Levings 6 496 496 39 60 1280 Duane Lowry 3 147 147 0 61 1355 Bob Parker 6 491 491 45 61 1750 Marlene Reid 2 144 144 0 62 1423 Graeme Small 5 481 481 0 62 1238 Margaret Johnson 3 129 129 0 63 1282 Russell Lutton 4 477 477 86 63 3428 M Ward-Pearson 3 129 129 0 64 4065 Bruce Wight 6 475 475 0 64 2474 Francis Harris 2 126 126 60 65 2522 Adrian Plunkett 6 466 466 59 65 1138 Ian Dundas 3 121 121 0 66 4059 Mick Saunders 6 465 465 0 66 2258 John Parker 2 121 121 0 67 1444 John Suiter 5 463 463 71 67 3704 Carol Baird 4 112 112 0 68 2006 John Carmody 6 463 463 58 68 1293 Al Mallory 4 108 108 0 69 2517 Alan Duus 5 461 461 75 69 1103 Merv Collins 2 107 107 36 Vetrunner Page 19 THE RUNNING HANDICAP POINTSCORE Comments on the allocation system

Over the past month or so there has been some remain anonymous. others. Are you suggesting that perhaps what is debate, especially on the net, about the relativity What a good idea! Will you have a link from needed is a loosening of the events to count rule to between the handicap pointscore and those that are the roster to the pointscore (tongue in cheek) say 7 or 6? rostered for duty in any handicap. Below was a This maybe said the wrong way around what I ****** query from a runner who was rostered on duty at mean is when the points for an event are being I agree that people who organise and run the July handicap and her relative position on the awarded will the system run off to search the should not receive points. As you say. I think there pointscore table along with Colin Bridge’s reply. roster for a date. are very few in this category. However to Answer - a lot of programming effort for the encourage people to organise why not give them Before Mulligan’s Flat I was eighth overall in occasional problem. points (although they don’t run). This could be the pointscore. As I was rostered to help I didn’t ****** based on a weighted average of the times that they acquire any points for Sunday and am now I was rostered to help on Sunday, and also do run. twenty-third in the pointscore. Doesn’t seem like ran. I offered to help, (even checking with Dave Answer - I am only able to allocate (or deny) much of an incentive to volunteer for duty - I about 15 minutes before the start) but my points to a finisher. know only a certain number of events are taken services were not required. I only found out that ****** into account for the final tally but those who never I was a rostered helper, on the Wednesday night Nothing stirs the blood more than a good help would seem to have an advantage because before (4 days earlier) by chance when I debate about handicapping. As far as I’m aware, they end up with more chances to score points. Is returned a phone call by Dave to Frank (who was this has been the process that you’ve had in place there some method for evening up the score? a rostered helper). I don’t get any points any for several years, so I’m surprised by some of the Signed - Judi way, but would I have been ineligible if I was in responses. I would think that the only problem Answer - Everyone who runs regularly is group 2 or higher?. with this system has been the people who run rostered to help. We just discussed this last night Answer - under the proposed new rules - Yes when rostered. Personally, I’m too inconsistent to at a meeting of the Membership and ****** ever be in contention for the pointsore awards but Communications sub-committee about those who In the past I have volunteered to help for I would think that the approach of “if you run are rostered and yet still run (frowned upon). The certain runs, there was a board where a runner when rostered, you don’t score points” might take decision being that rostered helpers who run wrote their name on a sheet for the month. Does some pressure off race directors who are (extremely rare) will be deemed ineligible and that system still exist and I missed the sometimes badgered into letting a helper run. By score no points. opportunity or are runners volunteered? the way, you might have noticed that I was The pointscore is for the best 8 runs of 11 Answer - Yes wearing a brand new pair of racing shoes last during the year. The reasons for 8 are: ****** Sunday and still couldn’t get near the front, so I 1 month off as helper. I’m glad this issue has been raised and think that proves that my handicap is too hard. 1 month off for your annual holidays. resolved at sub-committee level. Over the past PS Regardless of my sometimes pathetic 1 month off to recover from injury. few years some members who are well up in the pleadings, I think you’ve done (and continue to In October/November a roster volunteer sheet point score (both long and short course), and are do) a tremendous job. is available for all handicap participants to coincidentally rostered to help at one of the last You are looking at it from the system point of nominate which event they would like to help at. couple of handicap runs, have both run and few. The wrong perspective. Re: I am only able to After the November handicap I take this sheet officiated to stay in the hunt for an end-of-season allocate (or deny) points to a finisher. Why can’t from the board and conscript to the roster list medal!! This action has caused some discontent you include the organisers as pseudo finishers and (taking note of preferences of those who have been amongst other members, especially those who then get the system to allocate points on a kind enough to write their names on the sheet) all have happily sacrificed any points to help out weighted average (or other basis). those people who ran handicaps more than four earlier in the year. My understanding was that Answer - Data corruption is never the way to times during the year. At the October/November when the policy was changed to best 8 race resolve this issue. handicaps. I advise people to volunteer and make results (out of 11 possible events) from the ****** known their preferences, as they will be previous best 10. It was understood that the large Go for it, Colin. I am behind you 100 percent. conscripted should they fail to note their majority of handicap runners would only be able Judging from the comments received on this preferences. to score points in a maximum of 10 events (i.e. no aspect, I can only imagine the responses (or The Roster is usually pinned to the board so points for helping out!). If members are unhappy should I say “whining/whinging”) when the effects people can make changes (and many do). with this arrangement maybe we should consider of the new group reallocation system are realised Now I am not about to hold a gun to people’s allocating an ‘average’ number of points to those when the “burglars” read the next Vetrunner. heads about this, but the bottom line remains i.e. who actually help out! Instead of the customary one group movement, I the handicaps cannot be organised without Answer - I am only able to allocate (or deny) am sure several well-placed runners (e.g. 4th to helpers and everyone has a responsibility to assist points to a finisher. 20th) will be moved 3 to 5, or even 6, groups. Alas, at one event during the year. How people organise ****** my burglar days are over. themselves to do this around injuries, illness, I’m a bit alarmed about this decision. I travel ****** holidays etc is their own business but there have quite a lot for my work and often can only get to Sorry, Colin. I have just looked at the been enough murmurings in recent times to 8 runs a year, sometimes fewer. Consequently I Mulligan’s Flat results on your home page, and I warrant a strengthening of support for the roster often ask if I can run when I’m rostered to help. now realise that you have moved back 6 groups list. This doesn’t seem to cause problems for the for the next handicap. At least you can now PS - The system is a result processing system. organisers if I give them plenty of notice deflect the whining (sorry, constructive The computer does all calculations. I cannot (perhaps it helps that I always do the short run). comments) by pointing out that the Handicapper allocate points unless you are a finisher. This new ruling, which hasn’t been generally is not exempt or immune from the “draconian and discussed, could end up discouraging some of the unreasonable system”. Maybe a frontmarker will The following are more comments and busier runners from regular participation in the finally win the Thomas Series consistency award suggestions that have been coming across the net handicaps, which is undesirable. next year. and where appropriate the handicappers reply. For Answer - It would be unfair to treat one I can’t believe the fuss that is being made obvious reason [the comments and suggestions] section of the membership differently from (Continued next page) Page 20 Vetrunner

(Continued from previous page) rehandicapped up. When this happens I am go back to zero? about the points scoring system. I think the points stoked. Conversely, if I finish in the top 35% in two system should reward the runner who tries their Fortunately ACTVAC’s system means we events separated by a period of officiating do I get hardest in every race they take part in over the don’t have to officiate often. When I do officiate regrouped? year. Reducing the number of runs that count I enjoy the experience. While others are drinking Answer - yes. The computer is looking at your towards total points will favour the “tactical tea I sneak off and run the course so I can history i.e. officiating is not recorded as a result. strategist” who either doesn’t run or runs dead in compare my results with the people who ****** selected races over the year. Personally I would competed. How about awarding all volunteers at like to see more runs counting but I accept the I am getting to my point, which is perhaps, at handicap events 150 points for the event in which current number as a fair compromise between the end of the event and when the finishers are they help out each year. This should make sure running and other commitments. recorded, we could have an officials time trial enough people volunteer for all events. No one will Obviously your day was a bit flat before (Le Mans start) which is recorded and reported run instead of helping out. stirring the ether with this one! The comments separately. Answer - see above. I cannot corrupt my data reflect the live wire nature of Vets - some of us can A second point about officiating and the by including people who did not run. huff and puff even when not running. I’ve run a pointscore. I know that if I don’t compete for ******* few times when rostered, but have in those cases, three events I have to compete one event to Any plans for a Bulletin Board on your with the agreement of the organiser, always set up regain eligibility for points and six missed means server? Seems to be no shortage of argumentative the course. This task involves considerably more two. I have been suffering a number of injuries people to fill it up! work (by way of course familiarisation, setting up that prevented me from participating but now I Answer - yes, if I can ever find the time. early in the morning, and retrieving signage am on the road to recovery and was able to ******* where necessary after the event) than some of the struggle around the course at Mulligan’s Flat After reading all this, all I can say is, please other tasks on the day. I have also organised as hoping for better performances in the coming don’t feel discouraged - and keep up your requested and would be quite happy to continue in months. If I officiate next month is that counted wonderful work (there seems to be no shortage of this manner. as participation for the sake of eligibility or do I it!). In the last few years I frequently struggle to make eight runs and regular attendance could be influenced by the possibility of a top 10 finish in CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS the series. Obviously I feel OK about everyone being able to run and obtain points but this is also obviously impossible - setting up is about the only Combined races a success roster job that allows this. From a fairness perspective, the series still uses best 8 runs, and if The vets Cross Country Championships the drink stations and supplied many of the the workload responsibilities are met, equity have always led an unusual existence and it volunteer officials to the race. It has been a prevails. Do you want to auction off run set-ups? I note also that a few people help out on duties wasn’t until the last few years that the similar situation at the Brindabella, even when not rostered, but injured etc., which course at Fadden Pines was being regarded although there are no veterans medals in helps smooth out gaps from non-arrivals on the at its ‘home’. the race down from the Brindabellas to the day. These people often also undertake their One of the great difficulties was Cotter rostered duty. This is one reason my run count is low early in season over the last few years. attracting ‘numbers’ to any of the cross One of the big difficulties is that many The bottom line is that it’s all voluntary - to country events, despite publicity and even vets would have run the Cross Country do otherwise would be rather expensive, and if it’s at one stage calling the event a carnival Club’s event regardless, and vice versa felt that this is the only way to enforce roster rather than a championship as well as with even some cross country club responsibility, so be it. As far as the rules for the points are concerned, one accepts them or puts adding a shorter 3km race which did little members in the vets race which would forward better options. I suspect that an to attract club members to participate. most likely have been held at Fadden alternative of some points penalty for non- This year we have a new innovation. Pines. That is if a suitable date could have fulfillment of roster obligations would work For the first time the ACT Cross Country been organised in an overloaded calendar equally well for those affected by this decision (8+ runs) - you could have a clamour for jobs late in Club and the ACT Vets have held joint of events. Just look at the trouble our club the season, and those rostered but not perturbed cross country championships. The success had in trying to find a date for the annual about points could retire early! Is there any of this venture is still being evaluated and half marathon. problem with those with eight runs? at first it seems as a master stroke, only Subsequently in conjunction with the Congrats on your run last weekend - that time will tell. ACTCCC the ‘New Cross Country close to a medal should attract handicapper attention. See you at the cross-country. Though this is the first time both clubs Championships’ were held on July 31 at For the record, I think it’s a fair cop and a have been in a joint venture the vets over the Stirling Park course in Yarralumla. good decision. the years been involved with the ACTCCC There were only two races available for This has started a chat room. Perhaps in both the Canberra Marathon and the vets, the women taking part in the Open ACTVAC should host a list server so we can all have a say and share any gossip. I notice that in Brindabella Classic. The marathon doubles Women’s race over 8km and men in the the past few weeks you and Doug Fry have taken as the Australian Veterans Marathon Open Men’s race over 12km. the brunt of the communication flow. Wouldn’t it Championships as well as the ACT The course included 2km and 3km be easy if this happened automatically, moderated Veterans Marathon Championships. circuits, neither very easy, with, as many or not? The topic really has raised some ire. I am AAVAC and our club have supplied described all the hills seemed to be up and surprised, perhaps because I have never been medals to all the age group winners with mainly over a rough grassy terrain. near the lead in the pointscore. I have never the only stipulation being that they had to The women were first to face the starter considered the pointscore to be of relevance, more be members of a veterans association. As with their course over one lap of 2km and like a novelty to promote added interest. My motivation is the start group. I try to be well the vets have always organised one of two of 3km with 25 official veteran Vetrunner Page 21

marathons, the Brindabella Classic, etc. Andy Horsburgh was also well up there with a 12th over the line in 43.55 and taking out the M40 gold medal. Gary Rolfe with his 23rd placing took out the M30 gold as did Bob Harlow in the M50s as he crossed the line in 27th place. Gary ran a 46.58 and Bob, who has only recently returned from Europe after successfully competing in world-class duathlons, ran a 48.12. Other top runs were noted by Bernie Millett and Peter Kallio. Bernie got the gold medal in the M55s and Peter the M60s, running 49.14 and 50.11 respectively. The other age group winners were M35 Peter Cullen 49.45 and M65 Stuart J Reid 62.33. Action from the joint Cross Country The only other comment worth Championships with the ACTCCC mentioning was the fact that there was no at Stirling Park in Yarralumla. 3km race for vets that had been one of the Top left, Miriam McCarthy leads the features of the old cross country carnival. vet women home in the 8km race. Maybe this could be one of the items to be taken up before the 2000 championships. Above, Kent Williams at the finish Many vets helped out on the day with line in the men’s 12km. both Doug Fry and myself at the finish line, Left, Juani O’Reilly and Joan Steve Appleby and Mick Corlis set up the Mallory passing the finish area with catering which was most welcome and one lap to go. Clive Glover organised the tent. Several others helped organiser for the day Brian starters, though many did also run for their Also performing with distinction were McCarthy out on the course. individual clubs. Cathy Montalto and Anne Young. Cathy The following are the results of the We had two mother and daughter who only a couple of weeks ago ran her Open Men’s and Women’s events, pairings with Maria and Juani O’Reilly as first marathon up at the Gold Coast won including all the veterans results. Veterans well as Sally and Alice Scott, though not the W45s and Anne, one of the top W60 Championship medals were awarded to quite sure of Sally’s age. It ended up one runners in the ACT also took a gold financial members of ACTVAC. Some win for each with Maria well in front of her medal. Cathy ran a 41.04 and Anne 45.25. runners ran for their clubs as well as the mother, though to be fair Juani was the The other age group winner was Carol Vets. oldest woman in the field at 72. Even then Harding in the W35s. Carol is well-known Women 8km: Pl Name Time Age Club she only ran after she had persuaded Joan in the ACT for her mountain running. 1. Mary Jane Harding 31.29 CU Mallory to take part. As it turned out, Joan 59 runners out of a field of 81 were 2. Joy Terry 32.14 WH who has been on an extended holiday for eligible for the veterans category medals 3. Fiona Jorgensen 33.19 SCT 4. Jane Zeller 34.43 W30 the past few weeks and was sadly lacking in the men’s race. They had the tougher 5. Kim Sainsbury 35.06 in race fitness, even having the ignominy of task of running four legs of the 3km 6. Miriam McCarthy 36.21 W40 WH 7. Carol Harding 37.26 W35 NC her friend Juani having to stop and wait for course and although conditions seemed 8. Julie Ellett 37.38 W35 her on the course. Both incidentally won ideal, there was quite a cool breeze, 9. Judi Edwards 37.42 W50 WH 10. Annette Sugden 38.18 W35 WC their age groups, Joan in the W65 and though with most of the course in the 11. Chris Pauling 38.26 W35 WC Juani the W70. shelter of the trees its was only the race 12. Jeni Greenland 39.00 QBN 13. Sue Archer 39.46 W50 WH The first vet over the finish line was officials that had to contend with the 14. Jela Zotovic 39.48 W35 WH Miriam McCarthy, sixth overall in 36.21. wind. 15. Michelle Wells 39.53 WC A great run by Miriam taking out the W40s The first vet over the line was Trevor 16. Cathy Montalto 41.04 W45 WC 17. Maria O'Reilly 41.34 W40 VETS and less than five minutes behind the Jacobs finishing eighth overall in 42.49 18. Sue Counsel 42.09 W55 VETS overall winner Mary Jane Harding. easily winning the M45 gold medal. 19. Caroline Campbell 43.01 W55 VETS 20. Karen Daniels 43.46 W35 SCT Another great run came from Judi Trevor is well known among the running 21. Robyn McClelland 45.07 W45 VETS Edwards with a ninth overall finish in community for his expertise in distance 22. Jill Brown 45.09 W50 VETS 23. Anne Young 45.25 W60 VETS 37.42 and taking the W50 gold medal. running especially marathons, ultra (Continued next page) Page 22 Vetrunner

(Continued from previous page) 19. Alan Towill 45.43 M50 WC 51. Nigel Coldrick 52.04 M40 VETS 24. Gillian Boyd 45.38 W45 WH 20. Mick Whybrow 45.58 M50 WC 52. Ian Leves 52.13 M45 WC 25. Jillian Pratten 46.13 W45 WH 21. Des Brown 46.32 M50 WH 53. Dave Hobson 52.28 M50 WH 26. Barbara Bayliss 47.23 W50 WC 22. Ian Boyd 46.49 M45 WH 54. John Struik 52.58 M50 VETS 27. Lynn Williams 47.29 W50 VETS 23. Gary Rolfe 46.58 M30 WH 55. Luke Jeffrey 53.01 BEGA 28. Alice Scott 48.45 W50 VETS 24. David Baldwin 47.14 M30 56. Stephen Brown 53.48 M50 WH 29. Sally Scott 49.03 25. David Morewood 47.48 M40 VETS 57. Jim White 54.10 M50 SCT 30. Juani O'Reilly 60.28 W70 VETS 26. Peter Clarke 48.01 M45 VETS 58. Phil Coggins 54.13 M30 VETS 31. Joan Mallory 60.33 W65 VETS 27. Bob Harlow 48.12 M50 VETS 59. Steve Crane 54.38 M45 VETS 32. Belinda Thompson 65.40 W45 VETS 28. Neil Hamilton 48.14 M40 VETS 60. Chris Vincent 54.57 M45 WC 29. Steve Bradford 48.32 M45 VETS 61. John McInnes 55.12 Men 12km: 30. Hugh Jorgensen 48.35 M30 SCT 62. Ewen Thompson 55.20 M40 SCT Pl Name Time Age Club 31. Martin Fryer 48.37 M35 63. Garry Hand 56.32 M50 WC 1. Paul Imhoff 40.04 WC 32. Tom Marshall 48.46 M50 64. Rod Gilchrist 57.26 M50 VETS 2. Rod Higgins 40.47 WH 33. John Weeks 48.51 VIC WH 65. Neil Boden 57.54 M45 VETS 3. Gerard Ryan 41.11 WH 34. Doug Limbrick 48.54 M55 WH 66. Max Chapman 58.13 M45 VETS 4. Glenn Paterson 42.00 WH 35. Luke Tierney 49.13 SCT 67. Terry Levings 58.15 M50 VETS 5. Ben Crabb 42.28 NC 36. Bernie Millett 49.14 M55 VETS 68. Stephen Kellett 58.21 M45 VETS 6. Mark Maslen 42.39 37. Richard Jeffrey 49.14 M40 69. Ian Kennedy 58.32 M35 7. Stuart Doyle 42.46 SCT 38. Mick Corlis 49.14 M40 WC 70. Ken Eynon 59.19 M50 WC 8. Trevor Jacobs 42.49 M45 WC 39. Gordon Nightingale 49.17 M50 SCT 71. Robert Woodrow 60.13 WC 9. Peter Haynes 42.50 WC 40. Kent Williams 49.37 M50 VETS 72. Clive Glover 60.17 M55 VETS 10. Greg Webster 43.15 NC 41. Peter Cullen 49.45 M35 WC 73. Pat Fisher 60.25 M50 WC 11. Vince Craig 43.47 42. Geoff Hawke 49.50 M40 74. Wayne Taylor 60.56 M40 VETS 12. Andy Horsburgh 43.55 M40 VETS 43. Michael Daly 50.04 M40 WC 75. Mick Charlton 61.10 M45 WH 13. Adrian Sheppard 43.57 44. Peter Kallio 50.11 M60 VETS 76. Kevin Chapman 61.18 M55 WC 14. Geoff Monro 44.08 SCT 45. Jim Murphy 50.23 M45 WH 77. Adam Robinson 61.59 WC 15. Scott Imhoff 44.26 WC 46. John Neil 50.28 M45 WH 78. Stuart J Reid 62.33 M65 VETS 16. Colin Neave 44.39 SCT 47. Lane Masterton 50.59 79. Nick Blackaby 62.49 M45 WC 17. Perry Blackmore 44.55 M35 48. Dan Dawes 51.31 M55 WC 80. Alan Norden 72.10 M55 VETS 18. Shaun McCabe 45.25 SCT 49. Robbie Costmeyer 51.40 M50 WC 81. Peter Freeman 82.24 M50 WC 50. Stuart N Reid 51.58 M45 WH JIM O’DONNELL THE 18th ANNUAL HALF MARATHON IN SETEMBER A complete rundown of what has happened over the years

BRYAN THOMAS, the Race Director for Keith Johnson, Sue Kesson, Bill Leydon, Richard The Most Wins nearly all of the seventeen previous races, Morcom, John Richardson, Robert Sword, Peter Tesseyman, Peter Trotter, Craig Tucker and Trevor Over the years many runners have won writes about the history of the ‘Half’, one of Vogler. their age group more than once. The most the most prestigious events on the veterans 9: Roger Abbott, Colin Bridge, MaryAnn Busteed, prolific winners of all are our two sixty year race calendar. Max Carter, Peter Clarke, Jo Cullen, Terry Giesecke, old “Super-Vets” Peter Kallio and Anne Lachlan Lewis, Geoff Moore, David Richards, Gwen Vines, Peter Ward, Brian Wenn, Jim White and Roy Young who have each won a dozen first The Stayers Yeeles. place trophies. Two vets have demonstrated a toughness 8: Nick Backaby, Tony Booth, Graham Burke, 12 wins: Peter Kallio M45 1982, 83, 84, 85, 86. M50 Marco Falzarano, Liam Hanna, Trevor Jacobs, John 1987, 88. M55 1993, 95, 96. M60 1997, 98. Anne Young and a determination to withstand the effects Lightfoot, John Littler, Joe Mayer, Patrick McNeil, Gary W50 1986, 87, 88, 89. W55 1991, 92, 93, 94. W60 of growing older and the vagaries of Moss, Terry Munro, Steve Nichols, Alan Norden, Kevin 1995, 96, 97, 98. Canberra’s winters to have survived all O’Keefe, Greg O’Neill, Jim O’Shea, Graham Small, 9 wins: Joe Mayer M65 1982, 83. M70 1984, 85, 86, Alan Wilson and Maria White. 88. M75 1989, 90, 91. seventeen Halves to date. 8 wins: Bob Chapman M50 1985, 86. M55 1990, 91, Thirty-five runners have already 92, 94. M60 1995. The Helpers completed ten Vets Halves and another 6 wins: Trevor Jacobs M35 1988, 90, 91. M40 1993, Ten Vets have already earned their “10” 94. M45 1997. Bernie Millett M40 1984. M45 1989. M50 fourteen could earn their “10 Runs” T-shirts T shirt because of their having officiated for 1992, 93. M55 1997, 98. if they finish this year’s Half Marathon. 5 wins: MaryAnn Busteed W40 1991, 92. W45 ten or more Vets Half Marathons: they They are – Roger Abbott, Colin Bridge, 1994, 96, 98. Jo Cullen W35 1983, 84, 85. W40 1988. include Quentin Anthony, Merv Collins, W50 1998. Garry Hand M35 1983,85. M40 1986,87. MaryAnn Busteed, Peter Clarke, Jo Cullen, M45 1991. Joan Mallory W55 1987, 88, 89, 90. W60 Ken Daniels, Neil Donohoe, Doug Fry, Terry Giesecke, Lachlan Lewis, Geoff 1994. Pat Mullins W60 1988. W65 1991, 92, 93, W70 Robert Kennelly, Jim O’Donnell, Adam 1997. Juani O’Reilly W60 1990, 91, 92. W65 1995. W70 Moore, David Richards, Gwen Vines, Peter Robinson, Bryan and Trish Thomas. 1998. Peter Tesseyman M50 1982. M55 1983, 84, 85. Ward, Brian Wenn, Jim White and Roy M60 1988. Michael Gardner and Lesley Hamilton Yeeles. 4 wins: Hal Dalheim M65 1986. M70 1989, 90 M75 have each served as helpers and officials on 1997. Tony Murray M35 1986. M40 1988, 89, 92. Jill The list of completed ‘Halfs’ include: nine occasions. Reich W30 1992, 93, 94, 95. Bill Seton M55 1986, 87. 17 runs: John Bakker and Dan Reddy. M60 1990, 91. Joan Sutton (Boltz) W40 1986. W45 15 out of 17: John Casey, John Kemp and Bernie 1987, 88, 89. Ernie Warner M55 1988. M60 1993, 94. Millett. The Role Models M65 1998. 14 out of 17: Bob Chapman and Ken Eynon. 3 wins: Sue Counsel, Phil Garvin, Lyndall Hatch, 13 runs: Peter Freeman, Peter Kallio, Stuart Reid, Hal Dalheim is the oldest finisher. He Annette McNeill, Gary Molineux, Reg Mullins and Gwen Bernie Rogers and John Suiter. was a sprightly 79 when he ran 2:21.23 in Vines. 12 runs: Bronwyn Gardner, Derek Quinto, John 1997. 2 wins: Gwen Gleeson, Bob Hammond, Eric Hodge, Wells and Anne Young. Dennis Kennedy (wheelie), Margaret L’Huillier, Norma 11: Connie Clements, Sue Counsel, Garry Hand, Pat Mullins was 71 years of age when Lindermann, George Mein (wheelie), Geoff Munro, Terry Duane Lowry, Ernie Warner and Alan Williams. she took 3:06.00 to run the 21.1km also in Munro, Jack Pennington, Keith Perroux, Walter Stibbs, 10: Des Brown, Mick Charlton, Wendy Davidson, 1997. Pamela Weiss and Michael Whipp. Vetrunner Page 23

The Record Holders Fastest runs for each age group are: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR M30 Peter James 74.12 1992 W30 Sue Deverman 84.16 1985 Membership Structure important functions at the national and M35 Garry Hand 68.10 1985 international level. Many of the club’s members Dear fellow vets, W35 Annette McNeill 81.52 1987 have, and continue to provide their time and I have written this letter to address the M40 Garry Hand 68.01 1986 service in support of AAVAC. However in the last concerns Tony Booth expressed in his letter W40 MaryAnn Busteed 85.42 1992 few years this organisation has lost its focus on M45 Peter Kallio 72.52 1983 published in the Vetrunner in June. It comments providing its services to the clubs and their W45 Joan Boltz 89.22 1987 on the proposed membership structure I had membership at a reasonable cost. Tony, there may M50 Peter Kallio 75.35 1987 outlined earlier in the April edition. be a few people willing to abuse the clubs’ W50 Colleen McArdle 97.17 1991 Firstly, thanks Tony for showing an interest. M55 Peter Kallio 81.16 1995 fellowship and provision of events, but compared Your response confirms that at least five people W55 Anne Young 101.25 1992 to the freeloading nature of AAVAC they are not have read the original letter. As originally M60 Peter Kallio 82.13 1998 of any consequence. W60 Anne Young 106.02 1995 outlined there are only three levels of membership Yours in Fitness and Fellowship, M65 Reg Mullins 91.14 1990 proposed, the fourth grouping of people Roger Stewart W65 Juani O’Reilly 133.48 1995 mentioned are participants not members. Higher Chair, Membership and Marketing Sub- M70 Hal Dalheim 106.00 1989 participation and record rights are what Tony W70 Juani O’Reilly 139.56 1998 Committee, presumes ie if the $8 from Marg Taylor’s M75 Joe Mayer 137.18 1989 121 Kalgoorlie Cres., membership fee was not paid to AAVAC her Wheelchair Dennis Kennedy Fisher. ACT 2611 Peter Thompson world record triple jump effort would not be PS. The letter before Tony’s was Kevin Both finished on 69.38 in 1992. recognised. As to rostered duties, clearly only Chamberlain’s acknowledgment of Geoff Sims members can be rostered for duty (this is one of But who have been the very best? performance in the nationals. One champion Chris Mahe’s more onerous duties as on many gentleman’s accolades of another champion The performance of every finisher can be occasions some members will drop out on her at gentleman. Unfortunately, like many of us in compared as a percentage (%) of the WAVA the next to last minute). middle age, work demands more of Geoff’s time Age Standards. These are extremely high As stated in point two of my original letter, “it and we see less of this great runner at the track is a disadvantage to be a member as you will be standards calculated by experienced athletics than in the past. Well done Geoff. statisticians, and an Age Standard of 100% is rostered for event helper duties.” This was the state up until January this year when the a time better than the current World Record. executive committee adopted the differential Commendations This method of comparing performances recommendation for members and non-members. Dear fellow vets, over different age groups is widely used That is, those non-members pay a higher event I would like to commend both Jim O’Donnell overseas, especially in the USA where it is fee. Prior to this year anyone could participate, and Doug Fry on behalf of members for the used to determine distribution of prize only pay the entry fee and never be rostered for excellent report on the history of our club that money. We have used the tables since the duty. But ironically there is no evidence that any appeared in the Panorama section of The significant number of people did this. It may be beginning. Canberra Times on July 24. Two whole pages plus something about our community of runners/ photographs was indeed an excellent insight on Garry Hand enjoyed perfect conditions throwers, but it seems that everyone, who is really veterans athletics in Canberra. (cool, still with a light drizzle) in Race 5 in interested, joins the club. The differential fee is a Both Doug and Jim are stalwarts in our club, 1986 to run an Australian Record of 68.01 small step to discourage “avoidance” but only a but also continue to edit and produce excellent earning him a magnificent AS of 92.6%. small one, as there is no evidence to show greater club magazines, Doug the quarterly ACTCCC One year later (1987) we had another action is required. If any trend of this nature was magazine “The Canberra Runner” and Jim the to emerge, increasing the differential non- perfect morning for long distance running veterans monthly newsletter “Vetrunner”. members fee should provide adequate The club is a model for other organisations enabling Annette McNeill to run the half suppression. because we have a team of people like Doug and marathon in 81.52 for an AS of 83.1%. This plan is definitely not about the club Jim who have that certain expertise. Garry Hand has four of the top ten male becoming a ‘service provider’. What we do and At the open ACT Cross Country events, I performances while Tony Murray and Peter how we share the burden is one of the great things have noticed that more than half of the Kallio each own three of the top ten. Annette about the club. This is in complete contrast to participants are veterans over the age of 40. There AAVAC who take one-third of membership McNeill has three of the best five female maybe also be 30 or so under 40, but where are subscription monies and provide a small service to the under twenties? performances while MaryAnn Busteed and a very limited group of the club membership. I would also like to bring to notice an error in Anne Young both listed twice in the top ten. The proposed membership structure “The New Way We Were” column that was 92.6% Garry Hand M40 1986 (presuming that most members adopted the $25 published in the July Vetrunner. The error was 83.1% Annette McNeill W35 1987 membership) provides a mechanism to throttle not the fault of the author, because in 1977 the 90.3% Tony Murray M40 1988 82.6% Annette McNeill W35 1988 back the amount of members’ monies payed to result of the World Veterans Championships, held 90.0% Garry Hand M40 1987 AAVAC. No doubt AAVAC would squeal when in Hanover, I was listed as fourth in the M55 82.1% Mary Ann Busteed W40 1992 the money stops. The club could then say “if you 1500m. It was later found that the winner, 89.9% Peter Kallio M60 1998 want more money then you make a case by ‘Torres” of Portugal, was aged 52 at the date of 81.9% Mary Ann Busteed W40 1991 showing how it will be spent.” For over two years the championships. Subsequently all medals were 89.6% Garry Hand M35 1985 AAVAC have treated this club and its reallocated and I was place third. 81.9% Annette McNeill W35 1986 89.4% Peter Kallio M45 1983 membership with contempt. They are not The official results are now: 1 Basil Nielsen 81.7% Joan Boltz W45 1987 interested in letting us know how our money is (UK) 4:36.7, 2 Toivo Vikman (Finland) 4:39.0, 3 89.3% Peter Kallio M50 1987 spent. Because, I suspect it is squandered on a Jack Pennington (Australia) 4:40.6. I was also 79.7% Jo Cullen W35 1984 pointless AAVAC magazine, and overseas and seventh in the 5000m with a 17.58. 89.1% Tony Murray M40 1989 national airfares (including expenses) to achieve For the record I dealt with the honorable 79.4% Debbie Sewell W30 1996 what could easily be achieved, at a fraction of the Professor in my book “Life on the Run”. 88.9% Garry Hand M35 1983 However, I thoroughly enjoy reading Bryan 79.3% Anne Young W60 1995 cost through electronic video conferencing and 88.9% Tony Murray M35 1986 plain hard work. From this you may get the idea I Thomas’s snippets of history. 78.2% Anne Young W55 1992 am anti AAVAC, I am not. AAVAC perform (Continued next page) Page 24 Vetrunner

(Coninued from previous page) several times, despite being involved in distance booklet. It was open to all runners but was based On the topic of history, Dennis Wilson a running for only 10 years. My collection of on a handicap system. A novel part was that current AA board member and former ACT running medals and certificates also attests to events were all run over “odd” distances e.g. President of ACTAA was the first President of numerous half marathons, 10km and other 60m, 150m, 300m, 600m (something the vets the NSW Veterans Athletic Club. He chaired the distance events both overseas and locally in this could consider for a bit of variety). inaugural meeting in 1971. timeframe. One of the stars in terms of absolute It is also pleasing to note that Margaret I always await the latest Vetrunner eager to performance was Ken Lorraway who often put Dalheim, an W70 and former Canberra vet who see who has competed in recent events, and how his blocks behind the designated scratch position now lives in Victoria, now competes in well they performed. I am always keen to ask to make thing more challenging for himself. In everything from sprints upwards at the other members about their running. terms of the overall handicap I was lucky enough Collingwood venue in Melbourne. During the Gold Coast Marathon I was to get the silver medal. Jack Pennington, surprised when another Vets member, whom I The interesting thing from a vets point of 24 Alberga Street, have known for several years, said to me ... “I view is that the winner was Joe Tenant. We never Kaleen, ACT 2617 didn’t know you ran marathons”. Reflecting were able to get from Joe exactly what his age [Editor’s note: The article that appeared in the upon Vetrunner’s comprehensive omission of my was, but he was always counted as 55. I have Canberra Times was written by yours truly. name from mention in the context of distance never heard about him since 1978 and I wonder However, most of the material came from the events over all the years I have been a ‘member’ if he continued running as a vet (he would be history of the club, written by Doug Fry, hence of the Vets. I now appreciate the significance of about 76 now)? the attribution. Because of the space restrictions that comment. The view expressed in this letter Cheers, imposed by the newspaper that material was reflects disturbing comments I have heard made Andrew Sutcliffe rewritten from over 12,500 words with the by several members over a reasonably long PS thanks for the get well card from the “vets” finished article (about 2,500 words) also period of time. while I was in hospital last year. including an introduction and some snippets Vets consider this ... not all members are from former club President Bryan Thomas’s “20 capable of breaking records, running sub 3- Pentathlon Results Significant Milestones of ACTVAC”. The hour marathons, or even being placed in their Dear fellow vets, complete History of the ACTVAC has been age group. But, there are many members out This is an appeal to pentathlon scorers to be appearing in the Vetrunner over the past three there regularly ‘having a go’. They do so to the much more careful in their calculations or to months.] best of their ability, and in some cases within double check with another scorer before physical disability limitations. It seems that, as a publishing results. Are the Handicaps Fair club, the Vets finds it distasteful to mention the In single events there is no problem. After efforts of some, especially if they are not a Dear fellow vets, the event just zero your stopwatch or wind up member of the clique ... it seems the club would How fair are our monthly handicaps? your tape and pull out the pegs and nobody will categorise some members as ‘also rans’, and Unless you start in groups two or three you ever know how many mistakes you have made. forget about them totally. most probably think they are great and you With five events this is more difficult. You Wake up Vets ... ‘having a go’ has merit in simply poke fun at the handicapper when you only have to make one mistake in five and the itself. Remember, even the ‘also rans’ pay their perceive you have either received a handicap for total is wrong. The worst thing you can do is membership fees. Obviously, ‘also rans’ are not winning or being in the top 20% or 50% too publish the performances and the calculated considered to be ‘real members’. many times. scores together in one table. Vets might acknowledge the significance of But if you started, as some of us did last year, Then there is the danger that some busybody ‘having a go’ before those ‘having a go’, go! in groups three, four or five it is very unfair. or anxious athlete can recalculate your scores Alan McLucas, When we all received a two handicap group and find out all your mistakes. Calculating scores 2 Burrowa Street, bonus in the reshuffle earlier this year, three to in a pentathlon is not a simple task. It involves Palmerston, ACT 2913 one or four to two. Suddenly group one runners reading tables and a lot of keystrokes and lots of are not eligible for points, therefore two of us [Editor’s note: Thanks for your letter Alan. chances for errors. The only safe way to avoid decided to run off group two to be eligible for However, despite having a reliable source of some of these mistakes is to use two independent medals or points. But eligible for what? We were information from several members of our club, scorers who compare scores and recalculate now penalised again having only the benefit of who in turn compile details of events from all when they disagree. This should avoid a lot of receiving one group instead of two. over Australia and overseas through word of mistakes. Alas recently we all received another two mouth, newspapers and the internet, no one has Of course, the best method is to have two handicap group bonus. The result once again put supplied any details of your performances. It scorers with two reliable computer programs. those on group three back to group one (as well has always been the policy of the club to Then errors only occur when both scorers enter as group two) and therefore more of us once recognise ALL members performances, the same wrong distance. Some day, computers again not eligible. including ‘the also rans’. If you could forward will rule the world, but at present, there are Nola de Chazal was started in group three any of your performances in any recent events more tables than computers so tables are the and finished in the top 50% in her last handicap they will certainly be published in the standard and computer programs should exactly before the reshuffle and now finds herself back newsletter.] mimick the tables. Also, athletes need to see the in group one and not eligible in the last handicap. results after each event so a fast print out of Please handicapper address this problem The Sprinters Club several copies is also necessary. When this before many more of us are deemed too slow to happens, I will stop complaining. Dear Editor, Ewen Drummond, be competitive in the handicaps. It was interesting to read at the start of Trish Thomas, 8 Sherwin Place, Doug Fry’s Track and Field history, of the Melba, ACT 2615. 53 Langdon Ave, “sprinters club” meetings at Bruce Stadium on Wanniassa, ACT 2903. Sunday mornings. In 1978 the year before the Vets track was Gold Coast Trivia Veteran Missing Out started a “sprinters club” organised events at Dear fellow vets, Dear fellow vets, Bruce Stadium on winter Sunday mornings. In the August issue of Vetrunner there was World Trail Running Championships - It was in many respects very similar to the listed some of our members' performances at the “South Downs Way 80 Miles”, London Vets format of today in that all rules, judging Gold Coast runs. There were 1601 finishers Marathon, Gold Coast Marathon, Canberra etc were done by the athletes themselves, and recorded in the Marathon with 53 “runners” Marathon are all events I have competed in final results of all races were put in a neat taking over six hours (8mins 30sec per km). The Vetrunner Page 25

last to finish recorded 8:09:42.95. In the Half Marathon there were 3376 CHRISTMAS IN JULY DINNER finishers recorded with 95 “runners” taking over three hours (8mins 30sec per km). The last “Whose are these legs?” competition finisher taking 4:29:37.9. 1829 finishers were recorded in the 10km with 48 “runners” taking over 90 minutes (9mins per RAINE THOMPSON in her km). The last finisher taking 2:27:29.5 (Joan was social column reports on the 1500th finisher in 69:52.7 while I finished in recent Christmas in July 1710th place in 79:35.4). dinner at the ANU. There were 2349 finishers recorded in the Thanks to all those who 10km walk with 47 walkers taking over two hours commented sympathetically (12mins per km). The last finisher recorded took on my musings last month 3:11:00.7 (19mins per km). about the need to do some These statistics should encourage potential training in order to improve to starters in future years. Al Mallory, achieve. It is nice to know I Ainslie, ACT 2602 am not alone. Some of the comments were about how we all like to win but that it does WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS take effort and determination. 20k Race Walk: M65 Bob Chapman 2:10.04 (9th). Meanwhile those who have Celebrating Christmas in July and birthday’s are, M65 team silver - Ken Walters, Bob Chapman, Colin put in the effort have reaped Hainsworth. form the left, Brenda Day, George Kubitzky, Cathy the benefits at the Gateshead Montalto, Al Mallory and Margaret Dalheim. 5000m Race Walk: M45 John Stenhouse 24:22.20 Games. Well, done to everyone (8th), M55 Robin Whyte 26:47.67 (13th). participating at Gateshead, and 10km Cross Country: W50 Jo Cullen 43.36 (15th), fun night! M55 Roy Jones 46.09 (67th), M65 Bob Chapman 44.40 thanks to Doug Fry who has so quickly copied (28th). the results out to those on e-mail. It’s amazing what talents lurk in our fellow 300m Hurdles: W55 Fran Harris 64.79 (4th). July Dinner: You may have seen Maria vets besides athletics. Recently, several of us 800m: Gold - M60 Alan Bradford (Qld) 2:10.42 (wr) White taking photos at some unusual angles at went to a trivia night at the Belconnen Fruit 5000m: W50 Jo Cullen 20:56.6 (10th), M55 Roy Jones recent handicaps. Well, all was revealed at the Markets. It was conducted by David Kilby and 21:27.5 (10th) Christmas in July Dinner with the “Whose legs Mark Carmody (ABC radio 2CN listeners will 10000m: W50 Jo Cullen 42:48.16 (12th) M55 Roy Jones 45:31.28 (49th). are these” competition. Maria had taken lots of know them from the Saturday morning Shot: W35 Jayne Hardy 9.47 (19th), M50 Ray Green photos of the backs of peoples? Legs. She had gardening show). One of the questions involved 12.95 (9th), M50 Bob Banens 12.31 (17th). also taken some photos of the front of the calculating the numerical value of the name of Hammer: W35 Jayne Hardy 36.94 (8th), M50 Bob whole person and then had a competition to a singer using a code A=1 B=2, Z=26 etc. Well, Banens 38.29 (14th), M50 Ray Green 36.95 (17th). see who could match the legs with the person. one of your fellow vets, Damien Rutledge, is an Discus: W35 Jayne Hardy 35.45 (12th), M50 Ray absolute mathematical whiz. David Kilby Green 40.82 (15th), M50 Bob Banens 39.24 (21st). It was a challenge, but Cathy Montalto picked barely got the name of the singer out before Javelin: W35 Jayne Hardy 38.13 (9th), M50 Bob them all and was last seen dancing with her Banens 51.25 (bronze), M50 Ray Green 40.82 (13th). prize, a lovely bottle of white wine, to the Damien jumped up and gave the correct Marathon: W50 Jo Cullen 4:00.57 (13th), M55 Roy strains of Abba's Dancing Queen (and the answer. He did this for every one of the 10 Jones 4:36.59 (72nd). bottle was still full). questions. He was wrong only once when he [Editor’s note: The results service out of Gateshead is misspelled a name. David and Mark and the rest far from satisfactory. It is extremely difficult to get onto Our resident DJ Peter played a great the Gateshead website and even then information is selection of dance music and most of the 46 of the audience didn’t know what hit them. Oh, quite limited. The WAVA results site has no results for diners got up and danced most of the time. No and for his efforts, Damien scored a raw prawn Gateshead. The only other news was around a sex one matched Pat Mullins? Splits at the 20th and a giant potato! I bet you never knew that scandal involving a US athlete heavily published in the David Essex=120. Well, Damien did. local medal. Thanks to web searching by Colin Bridge, Anniversary dinner, but there was plenty of Doug Fry and myself to get the results that we have so stepping the light fantastic. John and Donna On to August: I would like to offer you a far]. Bakker gave us a great display of real ballroom hot August Night but, as the average night time dancing. (Colin and I actually met at Ballroom temperature is a mere one degree Celsius, I can dancing classes but quit when we realised we offer you some great Austrian food and THE RAZORBACK RUN were much better at abseiling than dancing). scintillating company at the Vienna Austrian Results from the Razorback Run held The rest of us made do with great renditions of Restaurant in Chifley on Tuesday, August 31. at Camden on May 2 this year. A total of the Chicken Dance, the Makkarena, the Dinner is 7pm for 7.30pm and the cost is $20 240 completed the 7km event, and 202 Nutbush and got as good a work out as a each. BYO is available at no charge. And, of finished the 14.66km. Cotter 15. course, there will be birthday cake. 7km: 1 J Barker 21.26, 2 N Howarth 22.07, Apart from celebrating Christmas we also September: Thursday, September 30 - 3 C Truscott 23.00. celebrated the birthdays of Cathy Montalto the Dinner at la Cucina at the Tuggeranong 14.66km: 1 B Sisay 47.12 (record), 2 D legs watcher; Brenda Day who was sporting Southern Cross Club in Scollay Street. Dinner Green 49.09, 3 M Dent 49.49, 27 Alan Williams will be 7 for 7.30 and drinks are available at the (M50) 64.01, 37 Jim White (M50) 68.50, Steve the best tanned legs after a holiday in Crane (M45) 69.24, Stephen Kellett (M45) 73.57, Queensland; Al Mallory who had also been on bar. 66 Rod Gilchrist (M50) 75.03, 92 Belinda Gilchrist holiday, but didn’t show his legs. Margaret October: The Sukothai Thai restaurant in 78.55 (2nd U20), 136 Jennie Gilchrist (W45) Yarralumla, Friday, October 29, for dinner 94.45 (3rd W45), 138 Robyne Kellett (W45) Dalheim was also there visiting Canberra from 95.18, 153 Andrew Gilchrist (U20) 109.29 (won a Melbourne where she now lives. Then there and Thai dancing (entertainment). $20 bet with his Dad). was George Kubitzky, who obviously works Book early with Raine on 62901857 (h) too hard and hasn’t been anywhere. It was a or any member of the Social Committee. Page 26 Vetrunner

The following reports were presented at the RE SHERPA Colin reported that the final committee meeting of July 19, 1999. COMMITTEE data conversion had been carried out and that The Treasurer reported receipts of the July handicap will be processed using the $7532.03 and payments of $6487.87 with CORNER new system. unpresented cheques totalling $1932.64, leaving the current account balance (as Registrar reconciled) of $10,302.00. As Peter Neil was planned as a matter of urgency. The sub- As Registrar Colin reported a record early off to the World Championships he briefed committee is also to take on the task of renewal of memberships which stood as at July Paulette Montaigne to act as his assistant in his completing the application form (book length) 1 at 292. Renewal on the Internet available at: absence, Paulette will attend to any receipt of to confirm our membership of Active memberships, banking and write any urgent Australia, cheques. A paper outlining the Duty of Care owing Running Handicaps Chris Mahe (Administration Officer) to members of a sporting club was placed Colin reported that the Running Handicaps reported on her usual activities of handling of before the sub-committee to reassess our sub-committee had advised that the SHERPA the Minutes, replying to inquiries on Vets club’s performance in this area. David further introduction would mean a change in rules to

activities7 preparation of meeting papers and reported to the meeting on the success of the provide greater competition. All those caught collection of mail together with preparation of Planning Day held on the previous day. 25 by the rules will move to “Group they should notes for the Administration and Club Structure members had attended with the outcome being have started from to finish 50th percentile”. sub-committee and preparing and submitting an an excellent framework that the sub-committee There will also be a change in the procedure to application for funding from Womensport and will be developing further at its next meeting. collect money. Those not showing a 99/00- Recreation ACT. The facilitator and students gave their time at member card must pay $4.00 or may renew on no charge to the club. the spot. Equipment Ken Gowans our Equipment Officer Competition Membership and Communication attended the meeting and reported that a Neil Boden reported that Bryan Thomas Raylea Rudov reported that a great number preliminary audit has been completed of the will again organise the clubs half-marathon of suggestions were put forward for discussion known pockets of equipment but that and that the new date for this is September 12. with the aim of improving member retention. outstanding equipment located in private The sub-committee supported Bryan’s request The suggestions were tabled for later residences was not all audited. Ken also made that the start times be brought forward by 30 discussion or passing on to the relevant sub- suggestions as to possible solutions for our minutes to 8, 8.30 and 9am due to the committee for comment. It was announced that storage problems that would give security and likelihood of warmer weather. Keith Johnson has volunteered to assist with accessibility. Ken will be glad to hear from With respect to the Annual Fun Run an Vetrunner distribution for the next year. Cathy anyone in the club who may hold equipment in advertisement has been placed in the Montalto (a new recruit to the sub-committee) their home that has not yet been audited. Vetrunner for an organiser for this event that has actioned new distributions point for the may be run on December 12. Vetrunner and membership applications at the Social and Ceremonies The Track and Field survey was assessed Canberra Centre. Other matters raised were an Paulette Montaigne reported on her first with 72% of the membership indicating a Expo Day, the Club Book, Monthly Run meeting with the very successful Social & preference for retaining Track and Field Location Booklet, Coaching Coordination, Ceremonies sub-committee. She advised us of a meetings on a weeknight. The subcommittee Promotion Infrastructure and a Monthly list of upcoming events (see Social Page), and members have been looking at many possible Running Handicap Trailer. placed before us a submission regarding venues around Canberra - Woden is the only alternative banking arrangements for the sub- field with facilities for combined Track and Other matters committee seen as necessary because of the Field meetings and a meeting was held with John Bell a Level 2 Coach at the AIS and handling of large amounts of cash in and out. ACT Sport representatives to inspect facilities the coach of our Pool Training Group on The Sub-committee also put forward and to lobby for improvements. Wednesday nights attended to outline of a plan suggestions regarding “Outreach of New An Awards for Championship events for a weekend seminar to cover such issues as Members” where the new members would be submission was discussed and it was agreed understanding energy systems and building identified from the Registrar and a special that the sub-committee should further body strength using alternative methods. effort would be made to welcome them at the investigate the introduction of a fair and The final business of the evening was a next event and to mention them in a special equitable set of achievement standards and motion moved by Peter Neil and carried “That column in the Vetrunner. The sub-committee is also that medallions should be presented to all ACTVAC place before the AAVAC Annual also looking at its structure and membership. placegetters at the upcoming Cross Country General Meeting that the AAVAC capitation Championships. fee for family memberships be 150% of the Administration and Club Structure. individual capitation fee”. Dave Mackenzie reported that the Sub- IT Infrastructure The equipment trailer is now located with committee had met most particularly to discuss Colin Bridge reported that the August Alice Scott while the resurfacing of the AIS is the formulation of the new Development Plan. Vetrunner went on-line with colour pictures. taking place. It was agreed to obtain the services of an He has placed an advertisement in Vetrunner Note: If you have any news of Births, independent Facilitator to lead the club asking members on line whether they still Deaths, Marriages or illness among the members in their discussion and to offer want to receive the printed version. Vetrunner members of our club will you please notify positions to Sports Administration students as can be found at: Lesley Hamilton or Ken Daniels so that they assistants if they desired, A date and venue was >http://www.tip.net.au/~cbridge> or may send the appropriate cards. decided upon and advertising to the members ALICE SCOTT - Secretary Vetrunner Page 27

Club pack runs are held most Sundays at Sun 26 – ACTVAC Monthly Running 1999 - 2000 OFFICE BEARERS the Deek Recreation Area in Stromlo Forest Handicap at Stromlo West. Start area off Mt Patron: Jack Pennington. starting at 9am (the exception is when Stromlo Road just before the gate into the Mt President: there is an organised club event scheduled Stromlo Observatory area. First race over 8km Ken Daniels 62814193 (h) for that Sunday). Entrance to the forest is starts at 9am and the shorter race of 4km at E-mail: [email protected] on Uriarra Road about 50 metres from the 9.10am. Organiser Garry Hand 62885584 (h). Vice President: Cotter Road turn-off. The Tuesday group Handicapper Colin Bridge. Colin Bridge 62901857 (h) 61216569 (w) also meets weekly from the same area Thurs 30 - ACTVAC Social Dinner at La E-mail: [email protected] starting at 9am. In both cases the training Cucina at the Tuggeranong Southern Cross Registrar, Running Hcp Sub-Committee runs are suitable for all types of runners, Club, Scollay Street, Tuggeranong Town Secretary: with various distances and speeds. Centre. 7 for 7.30pm. Alice Scott 62549460 (h) 62514381 (w) E-mail: [email protected] For information on these runs, or any of October Competition Sub-Committee ACTVAC listed events, contact the club’s Sun 3 - ACTCCC Women’s and Girls’ Treasurer: development officer, Chris Mahe, on Jogalong at the Deek Recreation Area starting Peter Neill 62314992 (h) at 9am. Entrance on Uriarra Road 50m from 62951440 (h). Assets register, Insurance. the corner of Cotter and Uriarra Roads. Also the BBQ Stakes are run every Committee: Contact Alice Scott 62514361 (w). Wednesday from Woden at 12.20pm. Start Neil Boden 62414023 (h) 62014269 (w) Sat 9 - ACTAA Track at Macquarie Oval at are at the Melrose Drive underpass near E-mail: [email protected] 2pm. Jumps and throws at the AIS (throwing the Woden Library. Contact Adrian Plunkett E-mail: [email protected] field) at 4pm. 62832307 (w). Competition Sub-Committee Sat 16 - ACTAA Track at Macquarie Oval at Peter L Davies 62606760 (h) 62716572 (w) 2pm. Jumps and throws at the AIS (throwing Dave Mackenzie 62885891 (h) 62881844 (w/fax) August field) at 4pm. Administration and Club Structure Sub- Oct 18 - ACTVAC Committee Meeting. Committee Tues 31 - ACTVAC Social Dinner at the Canberra West Bowling Club, Kent Street, Paulette Montaigne 62959840 (h) 62733844 (w) Vienna Austrian Restaurant, Chifley. 7 for Deakin. 7pm to 10pm. Contact Secretary on E-mail: [email protected] 7.30pm. $20 BYO. 62549460 (h) 62514381 (w). Coaching Sub-Committee September Thurs 21 - ACTVAC Track and Field at the Raylea Rudov 62475219 (h) 62076338 (w) Sat 4 – ACTCCC Carillon Relays at Woden Athletic Field off Ainsworth Street, E-mail: [email protected] Wendouree Drive, Parkes. Contact Hugh Woden. With the AIS track being relaid the Communications and Marketing Sub- Jorgensen 62861252 (h). opening of the track season will be held at Committee Woden. The meets will continue every Sun 5 - ACTCCC Women’s and Girls’ Development Officer: Thursday at this location until the AIS track Jogalong at the Deek Recreation Area starting Chris Mahe 62951440 (h) comes back on line, most likely around the end at 9am. Entrance on Uriarra Road 50m from E-mail: [email protected] the corner of Cotter and Uriarra Roads. of December. Because Woden has no lights Contact Alice Scott 62514361 (w). the first meet will commence at 5.30pm. The Other contacts: progam: Javelin, shot, 1500m, 60m, Triple Quentin Anthony 62863885 (h) Statistician, records, sprint Sun 12 – ACTVAC Annual Half Marathon Jump, 1000m Walk, 200m 2000m. and hurdle coaching. around 21.1km course on the recreation paths Colin Bridge: Running Handicap details at: of Lake Burley Griffin. The race starts and Sat 23 - ACTAA Track at Macquarie Oval at http://www.tip.net.au/~cbridge finishes from Weston Park. Three individual 2pm. Jumps and throws at the AIS (throwing Steve Appleby 62914853 (h) Catering/Lost Property. starts to accommodate all standards of field) at 4pm. Glen Coward 62885841 (h) Middle distance coaching/ runners. The first at 8am for runners who will Thurs 28 - ACTVAC Track and Field training. take more than two hours to complete the run. continues at the Woden Athletic Field off Nigel Crew 62417154 (h) Walks and endurance coaching/ Ainsworth Street, Woden. 5.30pm start. training. Then comes the 8.30am start for runners who Ken Daniels 62814193 (h) Sprint coaching/training. intend to complete the course between 100 Program: Discus, Heavy Weight, 100m, Long Mike Dwyer 62583258 (h) Vetrunner production team. minutes and two hours. The final group will get Jump, 1500m Walk, 4x100m Relay, 3000m. Doug Fry 62886439 (h) Running handicap sub- off at 9am, this is for the remainder of the field Thurs 29 - ACTVAC Social Dinner at The committee, Vetrunner production team. who intend to complete the distance in less Sukothai Thai Restuarant at Yarralumla. 7 for Ray Green 62316712 (h) Throws coaching/training. than 100 minutes. Race Director Bryan 7.30pm. Fran Harris 62302341 (h) Sprint training. Thomas. Sat 30 – ACTVAC Monthly Throwing Annie Van Herck 62382324 (h) Vetrunner production team. Sun 19 – Canberra Times Fun Run. 10km Handicap at Masson Street, Turner. John Hunt 62748035 (w) Jumps coaching/training. from Woden to Commonwealth Park. Start Competition in discus and shot starts at 1pm. George Kibutzky 62945407 (h) Resuscitator, First Aid Kit. from Woden at 10am. Handicapper Trish Thomas. Terry Levings 62824190 (h) Course measurement. Sept 20 - ACTVAC Committee Meeting at the Sun 31 – ACTVAC Monthly Running Duane Lowry 62925294 (h) Vetrunner production team, Canberra West Bowling Club, Kent Street, Handicap at Lake Tuggeranong. Start area at Vetrunner distribution, marathon records. Geoff Moore 62544753 (h) Distance coaching/training. Deakin. 7pm to 10pm. Contact Secretary on the edge of the lake adjacent to the Jim O’Donnell 62513016 (h) E-mail [email protected] 62549460 (h) 62514381 (w). Tuggeranong Swimming Centre off Anketell Vetrunner editor. Sat 25 – ACTVAC Monthly Throwing Street, Tuggeranong Town Centre. First race Rosemary Parker 62882508 (h) Uniform, badge sales. Handicap at Masson Street, Turner. over 6km starts at 9am and the shorter race of Greg Stretton 62958474 (h) Middle distance coaching/ Competition in hammer and javelin starts at 3km at 9.10am. Organiser Dan Reddy training. 1pm. Handicapper Trish Thomas. 62411430 (h). Handicapper 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; THE RUNNERS SHOP contact. IN PHILLIP; THE NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION (ACT BRANCH); Robin Whyte 62973438 (h) Walks coaching/training. WANNIASSA FESTIVAL SUPERMARKET; WORMALD FIRE SYSTEMS; Disclaimer: The views in this INSTANT COLOUR PRESS; THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE; THE magazine are not necessarily the CANBERRA WEST BOWLING CLUB. views of the ACTVAC.