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History of the Nsw Short Course Cross Country HISTORY OF THE NSW SHORT COURSE CROSS COUNTRY Now known as the Short Course Cross Country Championships, this race has had a diverse history, since the inaugural race was held on August 4, 1906. Note no race held in 1992 & 1993 and state titles were not held during world war one 1914 to 1918 For the first 76 years, it was conducted over a longer distance than the main NSW Cross Country Championships, now run over the universal distance of 12 km. Different event titles have included: 10 mile track championships 10 mile Team race 2nd NSW Cross Country Championship After 59 years of being conducted over 10 miles (16km), in the 70s the distance changed to 20km, then 15km and finally 16km. The major change for the event was in 1988 when the distance dropped to 8km and it was given its current title –Short Course Since the inaugural women’s race in 1979, their distance has changed from 10km to 12km, then 6km and in 2010 to 5km. Venues The venue for the first men’s race was the Kensington Racecourse. The race was over 10 miles and much of the race was held on the road. It was an out and back course to the La Perouse Cemetery. Amazingly, the venues for the first 59 years, until 1970, were racecourses, those being: Randwick, Victoria Park, Ascot, Gosford, Canterbury, Gosford, Rosebery. From 1971 the venues have included: Centennial Park, Macquarie Uni, Auburn, Springwood, HMAS Nirimba, Narrabeen, The Crest, Nowra, Galston, Campbelltown Uni, Mt Penang, Abbotsbury & Upjohn Park.. The inaugural winner was H Morgan from the Marrickville Club who clocked 58:20 for victory. Second was J Hunter (Marrickville), 50 yards behind the winner in a time of 58:30, while third was Aberline (South Sydney) third, 300 yards behind second. East Sydney won the team’s event, each team comprising six runners, with 70 points, ahead of Marrickville Harriers (75 points) and Sydney Harriers. Other clubs competing were: Birchgrove Harriers, South Sydney, St George and Western Suburbs. The first women’s race was held in July 1979, when Sue Muir (Sutherland) ran 37:01 to win the race over 10km at Auburn. Many of the greats of NSW distance running have claimed titles, including: Andrew Wood, Alleyn Gainsford, Jack Sheaves, Donald and George Campbell, John Plummer, Dave Power, Alan Lawrence, Bob Vagg, Tony Manning, John Farrington, Rob McDonald, Lawrie Whitty, Andrew Lloyd and Jamie Harrison. Women’s winners have included: Jenny Walker, Annette Dwyer, Annette Ricardo and Michelle Dillon. In 1949, after four consecutive wins by Donald Campbell (Botany), 21-year-old John Bromley (Western Suburbs) claimed the title in a time of 55:55. Held at Randwick Racecourse. Bromley beat visiting Victorian 10mile champion E Evans. Many of the Short Course Champions have represented Australia at Olympic and Commonwealth Games level, Dave Power represented Australia 1956 &1960 Olympic Games and 1958 & 1962 Commonwealth Games. David Tarbotton and Ron Bendall for Athletics NSW Following the NSW state Champions from 1944, unfortunately records are not available before this date. The columns lists the year and date of the event, champion, club, time in minutes & seconds and the race venue. 1 The men’s list is followed by the women’s champions then venue information and key to club abbreviation with present club abbreviation. Names in bold print & underlined have claimed distance titles, while those with green print & yellow highlite are Olympians. Blue printed names have special meaning to the recorder. As this is an ongoing document there will be changers & updates, they may be errors. Corrections and info to - David Archbold UTN (life member) / BLA / ANSW (Life member) [email protected] NSW Short Course Champions MEN 10 MILE 1944 Aug 19th B “Silver” Doyle SOS 55:39 Victoria Park Racecourse 1945 Aug 11th Donald Campbell RK 56:37 Randwick Racecourse 1946 Aug 17th Donald Campbell RK 54:55 Victoria Park Racecourse 1947 Aug 9th Donald Campbell RK 54:35 Victoria Park Racecourse 1948 Aug 14th Donald Campbell RK 55:51 Randwick Racecourse th 1949 Aug 20 John E. Bromley WS 55:55 Randwick Racecourse 1950 Aug 12th John Plummer WS 54:52 Randwick Racecourse 1951 Aug 18th John Plummer WS 54:36 Randwick Racecourse 1952 Aug 16th George Campbell RK 52:55 Randwick Racecourse 1953 Aug 1st Allan Lawrence BOT 51:46 Rosebery Racecourse st 1954 Aug 21 Keith Ollerenshaw WS 53:13 Rosebery Racecourse 1955 July 16th John H Piece WS 50:13 Randwick Racecourse 1956 June 30th Dave Power WS 49:53 Randwick Racecourse 1957 July 13th John H Piece WS 49:59 Randwick Racecourse 1958 Aug 9th Allan Lawrence BOT 50:15 Randwick Racecourse th 1959 Aug 8 Bob Vagg AEA 50:07 Randwick Racecourse 1960 Sept 10th Bob Vagg AEA 49:37 Randwick Racecourse 1961 July 22nd Bob Vagg AEA 49:33 Randwick Racecourse 1962 July 14th Bob Vagg AEA 48:00 Randwick Racecourse 1963 July 13th Bob Vagg AEA 51:10 Randwick Racecourse th 1964 Aug 18 Tony Manning MW 49:21 Randwick Racecourse 1965 Aug 15th Laurie Toogood NS 50:24 Randwick Racecourse 1966 July 30th Dave Power AEA 51:42 Randwick Racecourse 1967 July 1st Laurie Toogood NS 51:24 Canterbury Racecourse 1968 June 29th Alan Harrison WS 50:33 Canterbury Racecourse 1969 July 12th Dave Lotty RBH 50:07 Gosford Racecourse MEN 20 km 1970 June 20th John Farrington NS 61:20 Gosford Racecourse 1971 June 26th Alan Harrison WS 63:48 Gosford Racecourse 1972 June 17th Robert Talay AEA 63:29 Gosford Racecourse 1973 June 2nd Alan Robinson RH 61:53 Hawksbury Racecourse MEN 15 km 1974 June 1st John Farrington RH 47:48 Gosford Showground 1975 July 26th John Farrington RH 46:19 Centennial Park 1976 July 17th Dave McInnes SC 46:21 Centennial Park 1977 July 9th Lawrie Whitty STG 45:37 Centennial Park 1978 July 9th Jim Murphy WV 49:39 Macquarie University MEN 16 km st 1979 July 21 Jim Murphy WV 50:20 Wyatt Park - Auburn 1980 July121th Rob McDonald SU 49:41 Newcastle Uni 1981 June 28th Lawrie Whitty BS 51:36 Macquarie Uni 1982 April 25th Lawrie Whitty BS 53:19 Macquarie Uni 1983 July 3rd Quentin Morley WS 51:52 Springwood nd 1984 July 22 Lawrie Whitty ES 52:20 Macquarie Uni 1985 June 30th Quetin Morley WS 50:36 Macquarie Uni 1986 July 19th Jamie Harrison NSU 51:23 Macquarie Uni 1987 May 2nd Jamie Harrison NSU 51:12 HMAS Nirimba MEN 8km 1988 June 25th John Andrews SGD 23:57 Narrabeen th 1989 July 8 Jamie Harrison NSU 26:12 Crest 1990 July 14th Paul Arthur SEC 25:37 Nowra 1991 Aug 4th Paul Arthur SEC 24:20 Crest 1992 Not Held 2 1993 Not Held rd 1994 July 23 David Lightfoot ASW 24:43 Galston 1995 Aug 19th Paul Arthur EBB 22:57 Galston 1996 July 13th David Evans REE 24:31 Centennial Park NSW Short Course Champions cont 1997 Aug 16th Kim Gillard AEA 25:44 Centennial Park 1998 June 6th Paul Arthur RBH 26:07 Nowra rd 1999 July 3 D. Green NSU 25:53 Nowra 2000 Aug 15th D. Evans SGD 25:41 Nowra 2001 June 16th Daniel Green NSU 25:09 Nowra MEN 7km 2002 July 13th D. Byrne ASW 21:45 Campbelltown 2003 July 19th D. Byrne SYU 22:05 Campbelltown MEN 7.5 km 2004 July 17th Blair Martin SGD 23:35 Mt Penang 2005 July 16th Glen Guzzo SSR 23:43 Mt Penang 2006 July 15th Benjamin Trewin AEA 23:03 The Crest MEN 8.5 km 2007 July 14th Jeffrey Hunt RBH 26:57 Abbotsbury 2008 July 19th J Rolf RBH 00:00 Abbotsbury MEN 7.5 km th 2009 July 19 Scott Westcott MHA 22:19 Upjohn Park 2010 July 17th James Nipperess SYU 23:36 Upjohn Park 2011 July 30th Scott Westcott MHA 23:26 Upjohn Park 2012 July 14th Jeffrey Hunt RBH 23:05 Upjohn Park 2013 Aug 3rd Ben Moreau RBH 23:17 Upjohn Park London OG 2014. Aug 2nd Brad Milosevic GIR 23:26 Upjohn Park IAAF London Marathon 2015 Aug 1st Scott Westcott MHA 23:32 Upjohn Park RIO OG 2016 July 30th Harry Summers RBH 22:43 West Dapto 2017 July 2nd Edward (Ed) Goddard UTN 23:41 Upjohn Park Combined LANSW 2018 July 8th Jordan Gusman BAN 22:31 West Dapto LANSW Country MEN 6.0 km 2019 Notes 2017 Was a combined event with LANSW Cross Country Championships and ANSW Short - Course. Ed Goddard is possible the youngest to win this event, age 20 in Oct while Laurie Toogood also from North’s Club was age 20 in November in 1965. 2016 Under ANSW & LANSW Combined event, LANSW alternate season – country, thus West Dapto. WOMEN WOMEN 10km 1979 July 21st Sue Muir SUH 37:01 1980 July 12th Therese Walsh BS 38:07 1981 June 28th Jenny Walker MW 39:47 1982 April 25th Jenny Ganzevoort BS 41:20 WOMEN 12km 1983 July 3rd Penny Just BS 47:45 1984 July 22nd Tania Adams CRH 46:54 1985 June 30th Jenny Walker MW 45:58 1986 July 19th Annette Ricardo ES 46:50 1987 May 2nd Annette Dwyer ESN 48:14 WOMEN 6km 1988 June 25th Annette Dwyer ESN 21:01 1989 July 8th Annette Dwyer ESN 22:40 1990 July 14th Annette Dwyer SEC 22:03 1991 Aug 4th Wendy Ticehurst YSS 19:59 1992 NOT HELD 1993 NOT HELD 1994 July 23rd Samantha Hall BRT 19:10 3 1995 Aug 19th Michelle Dillon SUH 18:51 1996 July 13th Elizabeth Miller AEA 17:39 1997 Aug 16th Liz Miller AEA 17:56 1998 June 6th Lyndal Wood SUT 22:34 1999 July 3rd M.
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