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VETRUN No. 481 SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER 2014 Mullaloo Magic before the storm broke! Page 1 VETRUN You just had to be there! In My View … No. 481 SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER 2014 ANOTHER glittering night at the Hockey Club rooms! Beneath the chandeliers, and all along the red carpet, beautiful people in exotic gowns and hired tuxedos jostled for prime positions as the flash-bulbs popped. Dazzled by the array of golden Life Membership badges (where else can you flash them?) the crowds rubber-necking Perry Lakes in the hope of seeing their athletic heroes were treated to … well, David Carr was Mullaloo Magic there. before the storm broke! Page 1 Ho-hum, another year, Who’s here? by the Editor another Patron’s Trophy, he David was most animated Mullaloo was magical again, might have thought. before the meeting, while until the promised 9am rains But no, he was gracious as perusing the attendance and came. ever, accepting the familiar apologies book. Wot! No Report – page 7 old thing from Patron John “Everyone here is alive,” Gilmour. he told me, cryptically. Club Sec? NEXT EDITION Handicap I’m used to his verbal short- Vetrun will next publish The only chance of snatch- hand, but struggled with this THIS was a worry, revealed at the start of December ing the PT from the grasp bit. at the AGM. and include your 2015 of Carr is a tightening of his “As there are no cadav- We lost the services of the membership form. handicap. ers propped up on the club’s excellent Val Millard and Car- We can’t do it on age/per- luxurious, stacking chairs, I mel Meyer, her short-term formance, of course. But, per- must agree with you, David,” replacement during the year – In this edition ... said I. although Carmel kindly took My View of the AGM P2 haps he should be made to carry the thing with him, in a Clue: we have been us- the chair for the AGM, and Joan and Margaret back-pack, for each of the Tro- ing the same book since the produced incredibly detailed Minutes. join Committee P3 phy events? 1980s. Dave was checking Unfortunately she could Jorgensen X/C Champs (Bit like the Lonsdale belt, back through the names listed not be persuaded to stay on. World Champs entry P4 though I don’t recall seeing year by year. Few have been The committee promised to Committee Report any boxers actually wearing collected by the grim reaper. continue searching for a club Kings Park X/C one in the ring, even though Good sign; staying fit and at- Racecourse Run P5 member to take on the task – they had won it outright, to tending the AGM makes you and succeeded in short order! Mattagarup keep for ever and ever.) live longer. n Nedlands Delia Baldock has stepped Whiteman P6 up – as shown in this month’s LIFE HONOUR Committee Report – and we Whiteman Park welcome and thank her. Mullaloo Magic P7 FOR LES Darlington Dash Leavers THERE was no happier face at Gillian Young, Damien More Magic! P8 the AGM than that of Les Hansen and Carol Bowman Pioneering Runners Beckham, this year’s sole recip- stepped down from commit- Perth’s first Marathon P9 ient of Life membership. Having tee duties this year, and left News, contacts P10-11 spent more than ten years in the with the warm gratitude of Helpers – and a pits – long and triple jump, that the whole club for their gener- New event P12 is – he’s certainly earned his ous contributions of time and medal. For years before that service. n CLUB CONTACTS time Les ran the jumps for the club, even though he wasn’t Delia Editor: even a club member. Don’t Baldock Victor Waters know him? You will. He’s now [email protected] Pic: Carmel Meyer first on site at every Sunday General enquiries: meet, to help, of course. Email: enquiries@ mastersathleticswaorg.au Website: Communications improving www.mastersathleticswa.org It’s good to see progress on the Committee Report idea, as mentioned last month. When it’s timely – like this month – Secretary: those notes will appear in Vetrun. [email protected] But every month they will Vetrun President: be on the website shortly af- Paul Hughes I hope that more members ter each committee meeting. will read Vetrun now that a [email protected] So, if you can, take a look and line. Read it there, or down- reminder is emailed as soon load it to your own computer. Clothing: comment on any of the points as it is published, every two Paper copies will still be Colin Smith to a committee member. months. available if you want one. [email protected] That way, we can all benefit The email carries a link. Patron: from regular two-way talk be- Click on it and you will Savings John Gilmour tween members and the com- go directly (you don’t collect I pointed out to the AGM t mittee working for us. $200, though) to Vetrun on- that the club will save money Page 2 at the AGM … Talking about WORLDS 2016 Joan and Margaret on A SPECIAL singlet, awarded New to anyone who has competed at ten World Championships; Committee that’s the idea floated by T&F enthusiast Barry IT’s rude to mention age and women in the same sen- Kernaghan. MAWA will raise the idea tence so I’ll simply say that our newest committee mem- with WMA, our world body. bers bring a wealth of experience to the team. Progress towards the big Joan Pellier and Margaret 2016 event in Perth is boosted Bennett have worked togeth- ‘Margaret has by news of a new Coker Park er before, of course, sharing track, Lynne and Bob the responsibility for some of taken on one Schickert told the AGM. our weekend camps, before Events will be spread Margaret went solo, and then of the club’s between Coker and the new handed over the task to De- stadium. nise Viala. biggest jobs’ The Schickerts’ depth of “I do not remember exactly international organisational when, but I took over from knowledge and competition Joan. We did it together for “We do enjoy the weekends will be invaluable to our local a year and then I continued very much and would be a Over the years the pair have organising committee. up until a couple of years ago pity if they are scrapped for directed many events and are But the LOC will need a when Denise Viala volun- lack of help.” currently RDs for Whiteman host of volunteer helpers; be prepared! teered to take over. Park. “Last year Denise wanted Sunday co-ordinator Keep up-to-date with the to go on an extended overseas Right now Margaret has Historical Joan Worlds at www.perth2016. holiday, so I decided to orga- taken on one of the club’s big- Newer members will know com – there’s a link on the nise them again, until I can gest jobs – fixing locations for Joan best for recent literary ef- club website home page. hand over to someone else, our Sunday events with local forts, exemplified by her per- hopefully, in the future. authorities, and co-ordinating sonal take on the club’s histo- race directors and their help- ry. It was a big job, calling for ers. detailed reading of every Vet- Communications Helpers are a constant prob- run published since the 1970s, lem! (My words, not hers.) and she handled it diligently. now Vetrun is bi-monthly. But No matter how many times Of course, Joan has always it still costs plenty and we are we appeal to you, people still enjoyed writing, has contrib- wasting thousands of dol- fail to turn up, contact or no- uted many member-profiles lars if we don’t do our best to tify directors, or find replace- to the magazine, and contin- make sure it is read. ments when they can’t make ues to do so. Survey a date. More relevant to her cur- I was asked about the Com- Bardon Park rent committee role, though, at returning to committee du- munications Survey that led Many members will associ- is previous experience as club ties after such a long break. As to Vetrun dropping results ate Brian and Margaret with President, in 1991 and ’92. I remember telling her, before and going bi-monthly. the Bardon Bash, which they Joan and John Pellier are she first stood as President, ‘of The survey questioned 97 moulded into a safer and more some of our earliest members, course you can do it’ and she members (that’s about 20 per scenic run, and directed of joining the Vets in 1979, and did – very well. cent of the club) and about 70 course. 1980. Expect more of the same. per cent of them supported Having joined the Vets, now John is an inveterate mara- Joan will be taking espe- the change. I understand that Masters, in 1992, they liked thoner; Joan’s greatest tri- cial interest in communica- professionals who conduct Bardon Park so much that they umph came on the track, as tions, as well as expanding surveys believe that a seven were married there, under the part of the 24-hour world and improving the social side per cent sample of any group trees by the riverside, in 1997. record-setting squad of Vets of Masters. There are already gives a fair indication of the I remember it well; I took the women in 1984.