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(Handicap report for 27th April 2008 by Geoff Barker) home in 19th position to claim the bronze medal. Emma found it rewarding to receive a medal especially after her Even though the balloons could not fly, the ACT Vets increased new handicap, and hopes it is an indication that (Masters?) flew around the Majura course like there was no her fitness level is improving each month. It was the most tomorrow. It was a cool, crisp morning with a bit of a chill challenging run Emma has attempted in her three months wind reminding us all that winter is here. Everyone also of running. She found the start the most difficult and warmed to see Marco Falzarano – albeit briefly do a bit of a thought the last bit before the turn ‘cruel’. However she jog/walk up the first 100 metres. And the absence of Alan enjoyed the end. She now feels competitive with Anthony, Duus, Jane Bell, Ros Pilkinton and John Littler has been Mike and Robyn and hopes it will not be too long before she noted! overtakes them all in the family medal tally. Daughter Mollie, who uses the childcare facilities, is not included. FRYLINK series Heather Koch, who was first over the line in April, First over the line was Carol Bennett, who became came home in 25th position. another of these women who simply ran off into the pale Tony Harrison, one of the most important people at blue cold day, and has not been seen since. the handicaps – he assists with the Port-a-Loo - came home There were a number of “not eligibles” because the in the middle of the pack. Tony is an ex rugby league medal places went to 12th, 17th and 19th over the line. player and while he realises the importance of training, his Incredibly the three medallists were all having only their work as a kitchen manufacturer limits his time to train. fourth run in the handicaps. He also considers himself as not having the build of a run- Being 12th over the line Leanne Steinman didn’t real- ner, but he wants to improve and one of his main motiva- ise she won the gold medal and says it was fantastic espe- tions for doing so is to beat Melissa Reddy and Ken and cially because it was only her fourth run in the handicaps, Deb Gordon. In his two years with the Vets he has had having joined the Vets in late 2007, when she was intro- mixed success in this. Regardless he finds the handicaps duced by her friend Jodie Simms. Leanne comes to the very enjoyable, well organised with everyone helping out Vets without a sporting background of any sort and until and ‘hates missing a month’. running in the handicaps her main exercise had been ‘dog John Bakker claimed the wooden spoon, and didn’t sledding’ with her three dogs in the wintertime. She found mind at all. John has been with the Vets since it began the Majura course challenging but tries hard in her runs, and is proud of being member number nine, and in that saying the handicaps have a great atmosphere; she has a time has won six medals. He says he has always loved the great time, and finds everyone very encouraging. She is long runs but is reluctantly saying good-bye to them. He is especially pleased to make use of the childcare facilities for recovering from a “busted” knee and now runs with a knee her boy Josh. That means she is free to worry about beat- strap for support. John still plays tennis and enjoys bush- ing her husband Troy, and she did at Majura! A part time walking. student Leanne manages to get a couple of training runs in each week. WADDELL series We finally caught up with the elusive Alison Taylor First over the line was Peter Kallio. Peter is very con- who came 17th to receive the silver medal. Alison claims scious of the fact that there is a technique to race walking. her first medal also only having her fourth run with the Even though the Vets caters for fitness walkers Peter was Vets. Alison is a tennis and squash player and only started concerned he did not fit into the category of walker for the running with the Vets because of the constant harassing Majura handicap, and being the true sportsman that he is, from her mum-in-law Margaret, but she has no regrets and DQ’d himself from the event. Nevertheless he was still first finds the handicap runs a great motivator to help her keep across the line. fit. She found the Majura course hard even though she Second across the line was Marion Buckley who was runs a couple of times a week and does up to eight kilome- first across the line in the same ‘Waddle’ series in Febru- tres on a tread mill in the gym, all of which she fits in ary. In April Marion came 46th in the Frylink series. around her work as a vet. Alison says she also uses the Third over the line and taking the gold medal was childcare facilities, for her sons Jack and Hugh, and says Marilyn Banfield. Marilyn has only been in the Vets for the Vets is a “very well run event”. three months and really loves it saying she is only sorry Another first time medal winner after only her fourth that she didn’t do anything about it sooner. Marilyn is run with the Vets was Emma Kennedy. Emma came Continued on Page 5

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Waddell Series winners: From left: Sue Counsel (Bronze), Ray Bramwell (Silver) and Marilyn Banfield (Gold)

Thomas Series winners: Anne Young (Gold) and Elle Knight (Silver). Daniel Buckley (Bronze) (Absent)

Gwen Gleeson (Just missed out on the Bronze) with Alison Taylor (Silver).

Frylink Series Winners: Leanne Steinman (Gold) absent, Alison Taylor (Silver), Emma Kennedy (Bronze) absent. June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 3

PLEASE CONSIDER PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE You are reading this after the Club’s Annual General Meeting. I wrote it before the AGM. At time of writing, no think? member had expressed interest in being Secretary or Treasurer to last year’s committee. These are important and You will recall that the AIS track was upgraded in late critical jobs for the health of the club. Hopefully, the AGM 2007, and Mr Matrahazi approved and certified the AIS for has resolved these appointments; if not, please consider!!! the Australian Classics meet in late January. We now understand that the grassed area at the AIS will replanted Federal and local governments have delivered budgets. the centre area with drought resistant grass later this year, Early days to assess impacts for athletics, although prior to necessitating a different venue for our track and field season Tuesday 13 May the Federal Minister for Sport, the Hon competition. Kate Ellis announced five new board appointments for the Australian Sport Commission (ASC), including indigenous The IAAF has 212 members and many of them lack hurdling great Kyle Vander Kuyp, as part of a broader proper athletics facilities. Dennis Wilson, who has worked directions paper looking at the future of sport in Australia. with local engineers and the Australian Defence Force Academy - the accredited IAAF lab - to develop a new ASC Chair Peter Bartels talked up the Federal hammer cage, said that Athletics ACT is keen to work with Government for their commitment to sport at all levels in the ACT Government to develop events at Stromlo Forest this Australia as outlined in new sport directions document Park and Mr Matrahazi’s visit and first hand knowledge will Australian Sport: emerging challenges, new directions. assist any future bids by Canberra. We know but as locals do Something for the club and AWA to consider. not always appreciate the world class facilities in Canberra. Getting access to them is sometimes difficult!!! The Stromlo In January senior IAAF official, Mr Imre Matrahazi, Forest Park development is certainly one of a kind and an spent a week in Canberra working with former IAAF attraction for Canberra and many of the club’s members, Technical Committee member and retired Australian official who find the cross country track very useful. Denis Wilson in updating the Track and Field Facilities Manual. Mr Matrahazi inspected the new AIS Athletics Athletics Australia held March’s national selection trials track and the Stromlo Forest Park cross country facility. The for the 2008 World Cross Country Championships at Stromlo facility is one of only a few purpose built cross country Forest Park. venues in the world. The ACT Government’s budget included new funding for other facilities at Stromlo Forest Christopher Lang, President Park.

It may be time for the Club to consider making Stromlo Park the venue for its Sunday runs at 9 am. What do you

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Also Supporting ACTVAC are: The Western Districts Rugby Union Club Belconnen Stationery Pty Ltd June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 5 Continued from Page 1 est outside the house. Anne thought he was talking about grateful to her son Toby – a high jumper – for pestering her ‘knitting or something like that.’ But as chance would have into joining. Her plan now is to do the Waddell series for 12 it she met Mike Adler who introduced her to running and months and at the same time start running so she can she “has never looked back.” This was her second gold and graduate to the Frylink series. It is all very exciting for her if she gets a third one in the same time frame as the first as Marilyn says she has no sporting background whatso- two Anne will be 85 years old, so she is really aiming for it. ever. She liked the Majura course and was pleased with She was a bit daunted at the thought of the ten kilometres how she handled the hills and says it is the furthest she at Majura but found she was in a good rhythm once she got has ever walked – the previous being three and a half kilo- over the top of the main hill. Anne’s other interest is bad- metres. An Admin Officer, Marilyn walks daily and attends minton, which she still plays. gym weekly. Sixth over the line and receiving silver was Elle Noticed crossing the line in a very comfortable fourth Knight. This was Elle’s first ever medal in the handicaps. position was Bob Parker. A convert to walking? Elle recently completed the Six Foot Track Marathon. She Ray Bramwell came fifth over the line winning the also pays tribute to Mike Corlis with whom she trains silver medal. Ray got the gold in February and thought he about five days a week, and is reaping the benefits of his was to get a toffee apple or something! He was disap- expertise. Elle joined Vets about five years ago, after play- pointed. He is still hoping for a toffee apple, but he has ing hockey for many years, for which her particular skills been warned not to be too hopeful! Ray was happy to go as are still spoken about. Her first competitive run was as a well as he did because he will be having a forced period of team member in the Weston Creek half-marathon. She was time off soon due to a visit to hospital. hooked. She thought the Majura course was a ‘nice course’ Sixth over the line to receive the bronze medal was Sue and just had a really good day. Her daughter Tiarn had a Counsel. This is Sue’s third medal and she normally com- good time in the child care facilities and Elle enjoys run- petes in the Thomas series. Sue does not consider herself a ning with the Vets and likes the social atmosphere after- walker and was only doing it because of a ‘hammy’ prob- wards. lem, which is currently preventing her from running. In Seventh over the line and claiming the bronze medal fact Sue says she is not really a competitive person and was was Daniel Buckley, who didn’t realise he had won a competing because she “just likes the handicaps” – they are medal because he was unable to stay for the presentations. her “favourite event” and most of Majura was simply He was surprised to win a medal, but is really pleased also, ‘walking and talking’ all the way with Naoko Lamb. Sue and would like to pay tribute to Peter Hogan who is the one has been a member since 1985 but had heard of the Vets responsible for introducing him to the Vets. Daniel, a local through Runners Week when she lived in Thredbo. When Telstra manager in normal life, says the Vets is a very well Sue is not running she can be seen swinging very nicely on run organisation and you don’t have to be a “gun runner” to the Pitch and Putt golf course. be included. Daniel says he has no athletic background, Monika Short came home in the middle of the pack. although he did play football for many years, and his goal Monika walked with a cast on her arm but did not let that at Majura was to ‘run without stopping’ and this he interfere with her effort, as she always tries her hardest achieved. His next goal is the Vets half marathon in August and is usually able to find a bit extra for the finish, and and with the camaraderie of the Vets, encouragement of Majura provided a good finish for her – being downhill. people like Peter Hogan, and his own competitiveness Even though she had been walking with friends for about Daniel is growing in confidence every day. Daniel, and his ten years Monika did not join the Vets until 2000 and has wife Marion became members early this year. done all the handicaps in the Waddell series. Before join- Pam Faulks didn’t know she came home in the middle ing Vets Monika had an interesting life as a diplomat, of the pack because she doesn’t “read the results”. It was teacher, gym junkie and squash player. Since joining she actually Pam’s first run in the handicaps for about 12 has become one of the very important social committee or- months as she has been extremely busy with her work as a ganisers, a Walking Club committee member, a regular lecturer in Tourism at Canberra Uni and completing her Tuesday morning participant, one of the keen bushwalkers PhD on “bicycle touring”. Pam doesn’t read the results and a cook extraordinaire. because she does not consider herself competitive, only After desperately trying to win it Narelle Blackaby con- doing the handicaps because it helps her stay fit and means ceded the wooden spoon to Carmen Carlon. Carmen likes she can join in with her husband Richard, who often passes competing and was glad she did the Majura course because her, so they do in fact run together. Pam has been in the she was fighting against a sore leg and was limping a bit. Vets for about 18 years. (Obviously put her age up!). Before that she did some running as part of her training for touch THOMAS series football but also was a keen triathlete, and in fact now still First over the line was Jenny Walton. Jenny says it is regularly competes in triathlons. She liked the Majura a nice change to the wooden spoon, and is vindication that course and regularly runs it on a Saturday morning. Pam her ankle rehabilitation is working. She loved the course also participates in Greg Stretton’s Sunday morning train- and enjoyed being out in front all the way. Jenny went off ing group. early because she did not want to over stress her ankle and Peter Hogan claimed his first wooden spoon. He liked the plan worked perfectly, saying it was really good fun the course because it was not too steep and he likes being out in front of everyone on such a nice cool morning. distance running. He is not surprised he won the wooden Fifth over the line to win gold was the young Anne spoon because he says he has been “handicapped” the Young. Anne was very pleasantly surprised, and says it is wrong way. He underwent an operation a while back and is a great feeling to win, as these days she doesn’t really race still getting back to full recovery. Peter has only been run- the handicaps any more. She leaves that for the track. ning for about four years having been a long time partici- Anne has been in the Vets for 23 years and started because pant in the art of ‘potato couching’. One day he decided he her husband, Chuck, suggested she needed to get an inter- Continued Page 6 Page 6 — June 2008 Vetrunner

Continued from Page 5 ment from the sport he was a very competitive volleyball player. wanted to get fit so started going to the gym with walks on Adrian is a medical scientist which is what brought him a treadmill. This led to running on the treadmill. His first to the ACT in the first place. He says there are a lot of sci- real run out doors was in a Canberra Times fun run. Not entists who are good runners. long after that a chance meeting with Maria White and a few others running around Mt Taylor, and he has never looked back.

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ADRIAN KRAUSS

Adrian ran his first handicap on the old Lake Ginninderra circuit in November 1994 and to date has won six medals (1 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze). All his runs have been in the Frylink series. He did not start running until he moved to the ACT from the northern beach suburbs of Sydney. He joined the Vets in order to get fitter but like so many others - agrees that he finds the friendship a very enjoyable aspect. While admitting he is not built for long distance run- ning he has completed two ACT Vets’ Half Marathons, his first in 1996 but then waited another 10 years to attempt it again. Adrian now only does the short courses, which he enjoys, especially when they are only three kilometres. He did run the track for a while in the 90s but is now happy doing the monthly handicaps. Prior to becoming a member Adrian had been involved in the surf club movement as an enthusiastic surfboat rower and until chronic knee problems forced his retire- Adrian Krauss cracks the century

A story of some FANTASTIC 6-FOOTERS who completed the “The Six Foot Track Marathon”

“A 45 Kilometre run from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves, NSW” by Geoff Barker run three weeks before the Six Foot. This run is a 50 kilometre run – excellent training for the Six Foot! Living There they were, Royal Lady and Yapping Puppy, like Legend was getting ready for his sixth attempt. This year two schoolkids, basking in the glory of both having just one of his motivations was that runners receive a special come third in their respective races in the 18 kilometre “buckle” for completing six runs. Even so he likes the event Deep Space Mountain Marathon, feeling rather proud and wants to run it well “into his 60’s”. Accident Prone was because both had come home in front of runners half their determined to prove her doctor wrong. He had told her she age. It was a beautiful December day in 2007 and all was should not “run again”, but not to be beaten Accident Prone well. Royal Lady and Yapping Puppy needed a new prepared for her fifth run with a determination only she challenge! Somehow the Six Foot Track Marathon was possesses. Also focussing on his fifth attempt was Young mentioned, and with an air of pompous arrogance Yapping Bearded One, who “can’t help himself” because “something Puppy was able to say to Royal Lady “You should have a go keeps drawing him back”. Being experienced he did not do at least once! It’s such a great event.” Royal Lady was any specific training and even limited his long runs to convinced and forthwith started her training, which about 16 kilometres, but he did do many hard middle focussed on hill work and long (two at seven hours) runs. distance track runs. Mad Photographer “just loves it” and Her aim was to “increase her physical and mental really looked forward to his third attempt. There is also toughness”. stubbornness in Mad Photographer’s approach because he In the meantime several other ACT Vetrunners had suffered cramps on his previous runs and was determined started their training for this truly monumental run. Apple to beat “them”. Unfortunately all didn’t go according to Seed does it because it presents a unique challenge in plan for him as three weeks before the run he badly twisted running. Preparing for his tenth run he ran up Mt Rob Roy his ankle while running up Mt Taylor. Wire Man and and Mt Tennent “many times”. He likes to have a big base Organiser were eagerly looking forward to their second of kilometres in his legs before starting the hill work. Core attempt. Wire Man using his experience from his first run Promise got ready for his tenth run without any particular did lots more off-road training and some runs up Mt Taylor training but did do several “up hill runs.” Both Apple Seed and Mt Tennent. Organiser, also attempting the run for a and Core Promise competed in the Maroonda Dam AURA second time, did lots of bike riding to complement his running. June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 7 him said ‘whoa on there laddie’, to which Mad Photographer taught him a few Australian adjectives so loud that runners still at the top of Nellies Glen thought there was a terrorism attack. The others all found the start different to any other run they had ever done. Persian Beauty, Organiser, Wire Man and Timekeeper all found the congestion at the start very frustrating. Young Bearded One was surprised to see a girl with ski poles passing him while going down Nellies Glen. Once down Nellies Glen the run proved to be the most challenging for all runners. Young Bearded One just went along at a steady pace except when he got caught in a Above: The Six Foot Track profile There were four first ‘Woollies like queue’ not long before the Cox’s River, which timers. Pink Arrow, thankfully only lasted a couple of kilometres. He reports he Country Singer, Persian Beauty and Timekeeper. Pink ‘of course walked up the bloody hills’. He also fell in love Arrow did her training by doing long runs through the with two girls from the Northside Running Group, but lost Cotter Hills every Saturday. Organiser often joined in these out because they ran away from him. Country Singer just runs too. Country Singer, being a country girl at heart, enjoyed herself and didn’t really try hard, just smiled to the wanted to get to know the Australian bush really closely. crowd. She did do a fair bit walking up, and down the hills, What better way than to run the “6 Foot Track”, and so she but ran fast chasing the boys who had jelly snakes at the prepared by running around the Canberra hills. Persian aid stations. Persian Beauty found herself admiring the Beauty was only doing it because Country Singer had views “that you could kill for” and settled into a good steady talked her into it. But with the typical characteristic of a pace, which allowed her to walk “up and down” the hills. person who likes things “right” she had some individual Royal Lady (an elite runner) liked the young ones passing help in her training from Core Promise, and to whom she is her as a lot of them gave her encouraging words such as very grateful. Timekeeper was only doing it because Pink “going well darl”, or “on your right darl”. On one occasion Arrow was. He did not do any special training but made when she was doubled over with cramps, she heard a very himself do “about four ‘three hour’ runs”. young male voice along side her saying “are you OK darl?” The first Saturday in March, race day, arrived with all The ‘darl’ made her forget her cramps and she found herself the associated pre-race nerves and jitters. Wire Man was in trying to follow him. Pink Arrow was one of the few trouble for a while because while travelling to the start runners who decided to from Jenolan Caves he got caught behind a broken down remove her shoes to cross bus that had the road completely blocked. He eventually Cox’s River. She soon made the start with 20 minutes to spare. With 762 runners discovered there were there are seeded starts. There is a special start for men another three ankle deep over 60 and women over 55. They are able to start one hour creeks to cross so she before the first of the seeded runners. Those in this group ended up with saturated call themselves the “elite”. However some people cruelly shoes anyway. Organiser refer to them as the “old farts”. couldn’t help but notice In the ‘elite’ start there were four ACT Vetrunners. some of the distance They were Accident Prone, Pink Arrow, Royal Lady and markers were incorrect. Yapping Puppy. Yapping Puppy was able to get to the top He says at one stage he of Nellies Glen first and consequently was first down the was running so slow that bottom and was actually the first runner all the way till not some walkers passed him. long before the Pluviometer. There was a certain amount of The highlight came when prestige associated with this, because he got to hear all the a fireman volunteer told volunteers at the aid stations calling “here comes the first him he only had ten Diana & Ewen at Nellies Glen runner!” The disadvantage was that on occasion the track kilometres to go. Turns was so overgrown he lost his way, and being the first out he was wrong! A runner with a camera on his head through, he had to open a couple of gates, that were closed filmed Wire Man, and he can be seen in the video, which is on the track just before Cox’s River. Royal Lady was very on the Cool Running Website. Wire Man got caught in a happy with her run down Nellies Glen, especially after long ‘Samba’ line just before the Cox’s River but was fairly admiring an older runner who fell a couple of times. She happy with his run only walking the really steep hills. Mad admired how he “fell softly” then picked himself up with Photographer had to battle with the thought of pulling out remarkable good humour, - not a curse, wince or grimace, because of his ankle. The cool waters of Cox’s River actually just a smiling face. As Royal Lady carefully picked her way helped to make progress more tolerable, especially as he down she hoped that “if she did fall, she wanted to do it like had decided to power walk up the hills. Besides he was him!” She later learned that this runner was legally blind enjoying the camaraderie of all the runners and the and was completing his 18th Six Foot! Pink Arrow thought support from the volunteers, especially the banana man the steps would never end, and Accident Prone was just dressed only in bananas. There were times when Country happy to get down with her ankle holding up. Singer and Pink Arrow wanted to stop and break into song, When the main waves got going Living Legend did his but thankfully they resisted. Timekeeper was another best to stay with the leading runners and was happy to be runner who apparently just paced himself because the next amongst the leaders at the bottom of Nellies Glen. Mad day he ran the Weston Creek Half Marathon, and the Sri Photographer however had more bad luck when he twisted Chinmoy Ten Kilometres run two days later. his bad ankle going down Nellies Glen. A Scotsman behind Continued on Page 13 Page 8 — June 2008 Vetrunner Run / Walk Handicap Results 26 April 2008 - Majura THOMAS SERIES OVER 10km Difficulty Factor 1.08 Place Name Age Grp StGrp Start Gross Net GrpRate Rate CorRt AST%Pts Elig Comment New Grp 1 Jenny Walton W40 12 1 00:00 1:13:01 1:13:01 6:00-6:10 7:18 6:45.6 47.9 0 G Auto Rvw 11 2 Ken Smith M50 1 27 33:40 1:22:26 0:48:46 7:50-8:00 4:53 4:30.9 69.9 0 0 Auto Rvw 30 3 Helen Kehoe W45 22 22 29:05 1:24:00 0:54:55 5:10-5:15 5:29 5:05.1 64.0 0 1 Auto Rvw 23 4 Lorraine Stevens W55 25 15 22:45 1:24:17 1:01:32 4:55-5:00 6:09 5:41.9 65.6 0 G Auto Rvw 24 5 Anne Young W70 11 11 18:10 1:24:31 1:06:21 6:10-6:20 6:38 6:08.6 78.8 150 Y Gold 15 6 Elle Knight W35 27 27 33:40 1:24:48 0:51:08 4:45-4:50 5:07 4:44.1 67.7 149 Y Silver 30 7 Daniel Buckley M50 11 11 18:10 1:24:56 1:06:46 6:10-6:20 6:41 6:10.9 51.5 148 Y Bronze 13 8 David Webster M55 34 34 40:00 1:25:10 0:45:10 4:10-4:15 4:31 4:10.9 78.5 147 Y Review 35 9 Milton Valentine M55 38 38 43:40 1:25:22 0:41:42 3:50-3:55 4:10 3:51.7 84.1 0 1 Review 39 10 Gabrielle Brown W40 1 21 28:10 1:25:32 0:57:22 7:50-8:00 5:44 5:18.7 61.2 0 N Auto Rvw 21 11 Ian McDonald M45 38 38 43:40 1:25:36 0:41:56 3:50-3:55 4:12 3:53.0 77.4 0 1 Review 39 12 Ruth Baussmann W55 22 22 29:05 1:25:39 0:56:34 5:10-5:15 5:39 5:14.3 72.9 146 Y 13 Geoff Barker M60 26 26 32:45 1:25:44 0:52:59 4:50-4:55 5:18 4:54.4 70.4 145 Y 14 Karen Daniels W45 25 25 31:50 1:25:54 0:54:04 4:55-5:00 5:24 5:00.4 67.5 144 Y 15 Lachlan Lewis M70 17 17 24:35 1:25:58 1:01:23 5:35-5:40 6:08 5:41.0 67.0 0 1 16 Peter Clarke M55 39 39 44:35 1:26:00 0:41:25 3:45-3:50 4:08 3:50.1 86.5 143 Y 17 Jill Naidoo Lees W40 23 23 30:00 1:26:07 0:56:07 5:05-5:10 5:37 5:11.8 62.4 142 Y Auto Rvw 22 18 Paul Archer M55 35 35 40:55 1:26:08 0:45:13 4:05-4:10 4:31 4:11.2 81.0 141 Y 19 David Baussman M55 31 31 37:15 1:26:11 0:48:56 4:25-4:30 4:54 4:31.9 73.2 0 1 Auto Rvw 30 20 Debbie Cowell W45 34 34 40:00 1:26:14 0:46:14 4:10-4:15 4:37 4:16.9 80.4 140 Y 21 Richard Faulks M45 40 40 45:25 1:26:16 0:40:51 3:40-3:45 4:05 3:46.9 80.9 139 Y 22 Norma Lindemann W65 17 17 24:35 1:26:21 1:01:46 5:35-5:40 6:11 5:43.1 75.5 138 Y Auto Rvw 16 23 Steve Bradford M50 39 39 44:35 1:26:26 0:41:51 3:45-3:50 4:11 3:52.5 82.2 137 Y 24 Terry Giesecke M60 21 21 28:10 1:26:28 0:58:18 5:15-5:20 5:50 5:23.9 63.8 136 Y Auto Rvw 20 25 Howard Hollow M60 28 28 34:35 1:26:32 0:51:57 4:40-4:45 5:12 4:48.6 71.6 135 Y 26 Richard Scutter M60 23 23 30:00 1:26:32 0:56:32 5:05-5:10 5:39 5:14.1 65.6 134 Y Auto Rvw 22 27 Mike Kennedy M65 27 27 33:40 1:26:35 0:52:55 4:45-4:50 5:17 4:54.0 72.2 133 Y Auto Rvw 26 28 Kevin O'Keeffe M55 33 33 39:05 1:26:38 0:47:33 4:15-4:20 4:45 4:24.2 77.0 132 Y 29 Ewan Brown M60 17 17 24:35 1:26:45 1:02:10 5:35-5:40 6:13 5:45.4 59.5 131 Y Auto Rvw 16 30 Julie Triggs W30 19 19 26:25 1:26:47 1:00:22 5:25-5:30 6:02 5:35.4 54.1 130 Y Auto Rvw 18 31 Wayne Berry M65 26 26 32:45 1:26:48 0:54:03 4:50-4:55 5:24 5:00.3 69.3 129 Y 32 Jill Brown W55 19 19 26:25 1:26:49 1:00:24 5:25-5:30 6:02 5:35.6 68.9 128 Y Auto Rvw 18 33 Peter Kenna M30 1 38 43:40 1:26:50 0:43:10 7:50-8:00 4:19 3:59.8 66.8 0 N Auto Rvw 37 34 Alan Mallory M50 31 31 37:15 1:26:52 0:49:37 4:25-4:30 4:58 4:35.6 69.3 127 Y 35 Nick Blackaby M50 26 26 32:45 1:26:56 0:54:11 4:50-4:55 5:25 5:01.0 63.5 126 Y Auto Rvw 25 36 Craig Wisdom M45 38 38 43:40 1:26:56 0:43:16 3:50-3:55 4:20 4:00.4 76.3 125 Y Auto Rvw 37 37 Bryan Thomas M65 27 27 33:40 1:26:57 0:53:17 4:45-4:50 5:20 4:56.0 71.7 124 Y 38 Jenny Davies W50 18 18 25:30 1:26:59 1:01:29 5:30-5:35 6:09 5:41.6 63.2 123 Y Auto Rvw 17 39 Christopher Lang M55 25 25 31:50 1:27:06 0:55:16 4:55-5:00 5:32 5:07.0 64.8 122 Y 40 Wilf Deck M70 1 1 00:00 1:27:06 1:27:06 7:50-8:00 8:43 8:03.9 48.2 0 N 41 Neville Madden M50 33 33 39:05 1:27:07 0:48:02 4:15-4:20 4:48 4:26.9 71.6 121 Y Auto Rvw 32 42 Colin Farlow M45 41 41 46:20 1:27:10 0:40:50 3:35-3:40 4:05 3:46.9 80.0 120 Y 43 Jim White M55 36 36 41:50 1:27:12 0:45:22 4:00-4:05 4:32 4:12.0 80.7 119 Y Auto Rvw 35 44 Peter Cullen M45 38 38 43:40 1:27:14 0:43:34 3:50-3:55 4:21 4:02.0 74.5 118 Y Auto Rvw 37 45 Bruce Wight M40 37 37 42:45 1:27:20 0:44:35 3:55-4:00 4:28 4:07.7 72.1 117 Y 46 Christopher Yardley M65 10 10 16:25 1:27:25 1:11:00 6:20-6:30 7:06 6:34.4 56.9 116 Y 47 Sally McCabe W30 18 18 25:30 1:27:32 1:02:02 5:30-5:35 6:12 5:44.6 53.9 0 1 48 Steve Appleby M50 39 39 44:35 1:27:34 0:42:59 3:45-3:50 4:18 3:58.8 80.8 115 Y Auto Rvw 38 49 Pam Faulks W45 21 21 28:10 1:27:35 0:59:25 5:15-5:20 5:57 5:30.1 62.5 0 0 50 Lloyd Donnelly M55 31 31 37:15 1:27:37 0:50:22 4:25-4:30 5:02 4:39.8 69.6 114 Y Auto Rvw 30 51 Sandra Stockman W40 1 30 36:20 1:27:38 0:51:18 7:50-8:00 5:08 4:45.0 68.2 0 N Auto Rvw 28 52 Kevin Chapman M60 24 24 30:55 1:27:40 0:56:45 5:00-5:05 5:41 5:15.3 65.9 113 Y Auto Rvw 23 53 Robyn Saunders W55 13 13 20:55 1:27:41 1:06:46 5:55-6:00 6:41 6:10.9 61.7 112 Y Auto Rvw 12 54 Maree Coldrick W45 25 25 31:50 1:27:43 0:55:53 4:55-5:00 5:35 5:10.5 66.5 111 Y 55 Eric Lindemann M65 10 10 16:25 1:27:51 1:11:26 6:20-6:30 7:09 6:36.9 56.5 110 Y 56 Simon Wall M40 1 37 42:45 1:27:54 0:45:09 7:50-8:00 4:31 4:10.8 68.9 0 0 Auto Rvw 34 57 Peter Thomson M45 38 38 43:40 1:27:57 0:44:17 3:50-3:55 4:26 4:06.0 74.1 109 Y Auto Rvw 37 58 Jeffrey Symmes M45 39 39 44:35 1:28:06 0:43:31 3:45-3:50 4:21 4:01.8 75.0 108 Y Auto Rvw 38 59 Sherryl Greathead W55 17 17 24:35 1:28:08 1:03:33 5:35-5:40 6:21 5:53.1 64.2 107 Y Auto Rvw 16 60 Bruce Graham M45 48 48 52:45 1:28:14 0:35:29 3:00-3:05 3:33 3:17.1 92.0 106 Y Auto Rvw 47 61 Charlie Modrak M55 31 31 37:15 1:28:16 0:51:01 4:25-4:30 5:06 4:43.4 71.0 105 Y Auto Rvw 30 62 Diana Schneider W60 28 28 34:35 1:28:18 0:53:43 4:40-4:45 5:22 4:58.4 81.3 104 Y 63 Megan Haylock W40 25 25 31:50 1:28:28 0:56:38 4:55-5:00 5:40 5:14.6 61.8 103 Y 64 Carol Ey W45 32 32 38:10 1:28:35 0:50:25 4:20-4:25 5:02 4:40.1 73.7 102 Y 65 Maria White W55 22 22 29:05 1:28:43 0:59:38 5:10-5:15 5:58 5:31.3 67.7 101 Y 66 Bob Lowry M60 33 33 39:05 1:28:45 0:49:40 4:15-4:20 4:58 4:35.9 74.7 0 1 67 Dave Southgate M55 24 24 30:55 1:28:51 0:57:56 5:00-5:05 5:48 5:21.9 63.2 0 1 Auto Rvw 23 68 George Quarmby M50 30 30 36:20 1:28:52 0:52:32 4:30-4:35 5:15 4:51.9 65.5 100 Y Auto Rvw 29 69 Brett Morrison M35 32 32 38:10 1:28:52 0:50:42 4:20-4:25 5:04 4:41.7 60.2 99 Y Auto Rvw 31 70 John Kennedy M55 38 38 43:40 1:28:54 0:45:14 3:50-3:55 4:31 4:11.3 79.2 98 Y Auto Rvw 37 71 Terri Jones W70 7 7 10:55 1:28:54 1:17:59 6:50-7:00 7:48 7:13.2 65.6 97 Y 72 George Hanzar M65 28 28 34:35 1:29:04 0:54:29 4:40-4:45 5:27 5:02.7 71.5 96 Y 73 Charlie McCormack W40 33 33 39:05 1:29:13 0:50:08 4:15-4:20 5:01 4:38.5 69.8 95 Y 74 John Alcock M60 28 28 34:35 1:29:16 0:54:41 4:40-4:45 5:28 5:03.8 68.0 94 Y 75 Clive Glover M65 28 28 34:35 1:29:20 0:54:45 4:40-4:45 5:29 5:04.2 71.1 93 Y Auto Rvw 27 76 Margaret McSpadden W60 19 19 26:25 1:29:26 1:03:01 5:25-5:30 6:18 5:50.1 68.4 92 Y Auto Rvw 18 77 Nigel Coldrick M45 33 33 39:05 1:29:32 0:50:27 4:15-4:20 5:03 4:40.3 65.8 91 Y Auto Rvw 32 78 Prue Bradford W45 24 24 30:55 1:29:34 0:58:39 5:00-5:05 5:52 5:25.8 63.3 90 Y Auto Rvw 23 79 Tony Booth M65 27 27 33:40 1:29:38 0:55:58 4:45-4:50 5:36 5:10.9 72.2 89 Y June 2008 Vetrunner – Page 9

Place Name Age Grp StGrp Start Gross Net GrpRate Rate CorRt AST%Pts Elig Comment New Grp 80 Cathy Newman W45 34 34 40:00 1:29:39 0:49:39 4:10-4:15 4:58 4:35.8 73.5 88 Y 81 Nadine Thomlinson W35 34 34 40:00 1:29:50 0:49:50 4:10-4:15 4:59 4:36.9 69.0 87 Y 82 Kathy Sims W55 30 30 36:20 1:30:05 0:53:45 4:30-4:35 5:22 4:58.6 75.9 86 Y 83 Mick Horan M45 39 39 44:35 1:30:06 0:45:31 3:45-3:50 4:33 4:12.9 72.6 85 Y Auto Rvw 38 84 Mary Ann Busteed W55 27 27 33:40 1:30:10 0:56:30 4:45-4:50 5:39 5:13.9 74.5 84 Y Auto Rvw 26 85 Mick Charlton M55 25 25 31:50 1:30:10 0:58:20 4:55-5:00 5:50 5:24.1 60.8 83 Y Auto Rvw 24 86 Maria O'Reilly W50 34 34 40:00 1:30:18 0:50:18 4:10-4:15 5:02 4:39.4 78.7 82 Y Auto Rvw 33 87 Roger Pilkington M45 37 37 42:45 1:30:18 0:47:33 3:55-4:00 4:45 4:24.2 69.8 81 Y Auto Rvw 36 88 Joan Mallory W75 6 6 09:05 1:30:20 1:21:15 7:00-7:10 8:07 7:31.4 68.7 80 Y Auto Rvw 5 89 Rad Leovic M80 12 12 20:00 1:31:13 1:11:13 6:00-6:10 7:07 6:35.6 67.5 79 Y 90 Peter McDonald M50 30 30 36:20 1:31:18 0:54:58 4:30-4:35 5:30 5:05.4 63.2 78 Y Auto Rvw 29 91 Jennie Blake W50 22 22 29:05 1:31:19 1:02:14 5:10-5:15 6:13 5:45.7 61.8 77 Y Auto Rvw 21 92 Sarah Jane McDonnell W30 30 30 36:20 1:31:20 0:55:00 4:30-4:35 5:30 5:05.6 60.1 0 1 93 Alan Williams M60 27 27 33:40 1:32:03 0:58:23 4:45-4:50 5:50 5:24.4 63.4 76 Y 94 Roger Abbott M70 29 29 35:30 1:32:35 0:57:05 4:35-4:40 5:42 5:17.1 72.5 0 1 Auto Rvw 28 95 Bernie Rogers M65 12 12 20:00 1:34:45 1:14:45 6:00-6:10 7:28 6:55.3 50.1 75 Y Auto Rvw 11 96 Garry Hand M60 33 33 39:05 1:35:57 0:56:52 4:15-4:20 5:41 5:15.9 65.4 0 1 97 Beryl Lowry W60 13 13 20:55 1:36:01 1:15:06 5:55-6:00 7:31 6:57.2 57.4 74 Y Auto Rvw 12 98 Peter Hogan M60 29 29 35:30 1:36:16 1:00:46 4:35-4:40 6:05 5:37.6 61.0 73 Y

FRYLINK SERIES OVER 5km Difficulty Factor 1.12 Place Name Age Grp StGrp Start Gross Net GrpRate Rate CorRt AST%Pts Elig Comment - New Grp 1 Carol Bennett W35 1 4 02:50 34:37 31:47 7:50-8:00 6:21 5:40.5 54.0 0 N Auto Rvw 16 2 Kathy Bell W45 1 4 02:50 36:43 33:53 7:50-8:00 6:47 6:03.0 55.4 0 N Auto Rvw 12 3 Narelle Harrison-Heard W50 1 1 00:00 37:23 37:23 7:50-8:00 7:29 6:40.5 53.0 0 N Auto Rvw 8 4 Christine Lee W35 1 10 08:25 39:13 30:48 7:50-8:00 6:10 5:30.0 55.7 0 N Auto Rvw 18 5 Garry Lee M50 1 10 08:25 39:15 30:50 7:50-8:00 6:10 5:30.4 56.2 0 N Auto Rvw 18 6 Frank Stevens M60 1 9 07:30 39:15 31:45 7:50-8:00 6:21 5:40.2 57.5 0 0 Auto Rvw 16 7 Melissa Reddy W30 15 15 11:40 42:28 30:48 5:45-5:50 6:10 5:30.0 54.5 0 1 Auto Rvw 19 8 Charles Van Tongeren M30 24 24 15:55 42:30 26:35 5:00-5:05 5:19 4:44.8 54.8 0 N Auto Rvw 28 9 Pam Van Tongeren W30 1 25 16:20 42:34 26:14 7:50-8:00 5:15 4:41.1 62.5 0 N Auto Rvw 28 10 Jackie Phillips W40 1 27 17:20 42:48 25:28 7:50-8:00 5:06 4:32.9 67.5 0 N Auto Rvw 30 11 Mike Breen M50 1 15 11:40 42:53 31:13 7:50-8:00 6:15 5:34.5 55.0 0 0 Auto Rvw 18 12 Leanne Steinman W35 18 18 13:05 43:13 30:08 5:30-5:35 6:02 5:22.9 56.6 75 Y Gold 23 13 Sam Skrzypek M55 1 27 17:20 43:18 25:58 7:50-8:00 5:12 4:38.2 67.4 0 0 Auto Rvw 29 14 Jodie Sims W30 31 30 18:40 43:21 24:41 4:25-4:30 4:56 4:24.5 65.6 0 G Auto Rvw 32 15 Faye Todd W30 1 8 06:35 43:26 36:51 7:50-8:00 7:22 6:34.8 45.6 0 N Auto Rvw 9 16 John Burns M75 3 3 01:55 43:27 41:32 7:30-7:40 8:18 7:25.0 57.7 0 1 Auto Rvw 4 17 Alison Taylor W30 27 27 17:20 43:33 26:13 4:45-4:50 5:15 4:40.9 61.8 74 Y Silver 30 18 Natalie Parker W30 1 15 11:40 43:34 31:54 7:50-8:00 6:23 5:41.8 52.7 0 N Auto Rvw 16 19 Emma Kennedy W30 19 19 13:35 43:46 30:11 5:25-5:30 6:02 5:23.4 53.7 73 Y Bronze 22 20 Gwen Gleeson W75 3 3 01:55 43:52 41:57 7:30-7:40 8:23 7:29.5 70.6 72 Y Auto Rvw 4 21 Troy Steinman M35 35 35 21:00 43:57 22:57 4:05-4:10 4:35 4:05.9 64.0 71 Y 22 Carol Baird W55 31 31 19:10 44:00 24:50 4:25-4:30 4:58 4:26.1 85.7 70 Y 23 Consie Larmour W70 11 11 09:20 44:03 34:43 6:10-6:20 6:57 6:12.0 75.9 69 Y 24 Katie Forestier W40 39 39 22:55 44:15 21:20 3:45-3:50 4:16 3:48.6 81.8 68 Y 25 Heather Koch W55 15 15 11:40 44:16 32:36 5:45-5:50 6:31 5:49.3 61.7 0 N 26 Bill Egan M70 25 25 16:20 44:18 27:58 4:55-5:00 5:36 4:59.6 74.8 67 Y 27 Keith Johnson M65 15 15 11:40 44:19 32:39 5:45-5:50 6:32 5:49.8 57.1 0 1 28 Paul Noone M45 17 17 12:40 44:23 31:43 5:35-5:40 6:21 5:39.8 51.6 66 Y 29 Ian Bowden M55 26 26 16:50 44:35 27:45 4:50-4:55 5:33 4:57.3 64.0 65 Y 30 Claire Perry W40 2 2 01:00 44:37 43:37 7:40-7:50 8:43 7:47.3 39.7 64 Y 31 Tony Harrison M35 23 23 15:25 44:46 29:21 5:05-5:10 5:52 5:14.5 50.9 63 Y 32 Amanda Walker W40 36 36 21:30 44:49 23:19 4:00-4:05 4:40 4:09.8 73.7 62 Y Auto Rvw 35 33 Ken White M50 40 40 23:20 44:59 21:39 3:40-3:45 4:20 3:52.0 80.0 61 Y Auto Rvw 39 34 Gary Bowen M50 38 38 22:25 45:03 22:38 3:50-3:55 4:32 4:02.5 74.4 60 Y 35 Bob Chapman M70 30 30 18:40 45:04 26:24 4:30-4:35 5:17 4:42.9 80.1 59 Y 36 Ken Gordon M45 40 40 23:20 45:07 21:47 3:40-3:45 4:21 3:53.4 74.6 58 Y Auto Rvw 39 37 Ewen Thompson M50 37 37 22:00 45:17 23:17 3:55-4:00 4:39 4:09.5 72.3 0 1 38 Deb Gordon W40 30 30 18:40 45:18 26:38 4:30-4:35 5:20 4:45.4 65.0 57 Y Auto Rvw 29 39 Cilla Chapman W60 9 9 07:30 45:21 37:51 6:30-6:40 7:34 6:45.5 57.0 56 Y 40 Brad Osborn M30 34 34 20:35 45:28 24:53 4:10-4:15 4:59 4:26.6 58.6 55 Y Auto Rvw 33 41 Jenny Galvin W65 8 8 06:35 45:37 39:02 6:40-6:50 7:48 6:58.2 64.7 54 Y 42 Michael Roche M65 19 19 13:35 45:41 32:06 5:25-5:30 6:25 5:43.9 59.4 53 Y Auto Rvw 18 43 Amanda Chew W45 11 11 09:20 45:45 36:25 6:10-6:20 7:17 6:30.2 52.3 0 N 44 Carmel Lynch W55 11 11 09:20 45:47 36:27 6:10-6:20 7:17 6:30.5 56.0 52 Y 45 Adrian Krauss M50 9 9 07:30 45:51 38:21 6:30-6:40 7:40 6:50.9 43.9 51 Y Auto Rvw 8 46 Val Chesterton W65 8 8 06:35 45:56 39:21 6:40-6:50 7:52 7:01.6 62.3 0 0 Auto Rvw 7 47 Michael Freer M75 10 10 08:25 46:03 37:38 6:20-6:30 7:32 6:43.2 62.0 0 1 48 Kathleen Bleakley W35 32 32 19:40 46:04 26:24 4:20-4:25 5:17 4:42.9 64.6 50 Y Auto Rvw 31 49 Steve Gray M50 1 27 17:20 46:07 28:47 7:50-8:00 5:45 5:08.4 59.1 0 N Auto Rvw 23 50 Audrey Gormley W40 25 25 16:20 46:10 29:50 4:55-5:00 5:58 5:19.6 58.5 0 1 Auto Rvw 24 51 Stuart J Reid M70 18 18 13:05 46:17 33:12 5:30-5:35 6:38 5:55.7 64.1 49 Y Auto Rvw 17 52 John Lamb M55 42 42 24:20 46:22 22:02 3:30-3:35 4:24 3:56.1 81.2 48 Y Auto Rvw 41 53 Cory Collins W70 18 18 13:05 46:39 33:34 5:30-5:35 6:43 5:59.6 77.4 0 0 Auto Rvw 17 54 Pamela Weiss W65 9 9 07:30 46:53 39:23 6:30-6:40 7:53 7:02.0 64.1 0 0 Auto Rvw 8 55 Merv Collins M80 17 17 12:40 47:06 34:26 5:35-5:40 6:53 6:08.9 76.4 47 Y Auto Rvw 16 56 Gabrielle Hurley W45 23 23 15:25 47:07 31:42 5:05-5:10 6:20 5:39.6 57.2 0 N 57 Maureen Rossiter W55 25 25 16:20 47:40 31:20 4:55-5:00 6:16 5:35.7 66.1 46 Y Auto Rvw 24 58 Wanda Stewart W55 14 14 11:15 47:42 36:27 5:50-5:55 7:17 6:30.5 57.6 45 Y Auto Rvw 13 59 Josephine Kulesz W55 7 7 05:40 47:43 42:03 6:50-7:00 8:25 7:30.5 49.2 44 Y Auto Rvw 6 60 David Meyers M60 18 18 13:05 48:18 35:13 5:30-5:35 7:03 6:17.3 51.8 0 1 Auto Rvw 17 61 George Kubitzky M50 29 29 18:15 48:40 30:25 4:35-4:40 6:05 5:25.9 57.0 43 Y Auto Rvw 28 62 Rosemary Parker W60 24 24 15:55 48:50 32:55 5:00-5:05 6:35 5:52.7 66.9 42 Y Auto Rvw 23 63 John Bakker M70 3 3 01:55 49:47 47:52 7:30-7:40 9:34 8:32.9 43.9 41 Y Auto Rvw 2

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WADDELL SERIES OVER 5km Difficulty Factor 1.07 Place Name Age Grp StGrp Start Gross Net GrpRate Rate CorRt AST%Pts Elig Comment New Grp 1 Peter Kallio M70 30 30 18:10 49:41 31:30 6:30-6:35 6:18 5:53.5 92.2 0 N Review 34 2 Marion Buckley W45 16 16 11:50 51:41 39:50 7:40-7:45 7:58 7:26.9 64.6 0 1 Auto Rvw 19 3 Marilyn Banfield W55 19 19 13:15 51:45 38:30 7:25-7:30 7:42 7:11.8 74.3 40 Y Gold 25 4 Bob Parker M60 14 14 10:55 51:55 41:00 7:50-7:55 8:12 7:39.8 60.4 0 1 Auto Rvw 17 5 Ray Bramwell M70 18 18 12:45 52:30 39:45 7:30-7:35 7:57 7:25.8 73.8 39 Y Silver 21 6 Sue Counsel W65 5 5 03:40 52:34 48:54 9:10-9:20 9:47 9:08.4 62.3 38 Y Bronze 8 7 Naoko Lamb W55 5 5 03:40 52:35 48:55 9:10-9:20 9:47 9:08.6 55.7 37 Y Auto Rvw 6 8 Susan Symmes W40 1 9 07:20 52:43 45:23 9:50-10:00 9:05 8:29.0 55.5 0 N Review 10 9 Janine O'Flynn W30 9 9 07:20 52:53 45:33 8:30-8:40 9:07 8:30.8 48.0 0 1 10 Rhonda Blackman W60 25 25 15:55 53:34 37:39 6:55-7:00 7:32 7:02.2 77.3 36 Y 11 Terry Munro M70 28 28 17:20 53:34 36:14 6:40-6:45 7:15 6:46.4 79.8 35 Y Auto Rvw 27 12 Sylvia Mackay W50 7 7 05:30 53:43 48:13 8:50-9:00 9:39 9:00.7 56.1 34 Y 13 Bev Breen W50 1 7 05:30 53:44 48:14 9:50-10:00 9:39 9:00.9 56.1 0 0 Auto Rvw 6 14 Dave Mackenzie M75 28 28 17:20 53:55 36:35 6:40-6:45 7:19 6:50.3 81.9 33 Y 15 John Suiter M75 31 31 18:40 54:00 35:20 6:25-6:30 7:04 6:36.3 87.0 32 Y Auto Rvw 30 16 Robyn Kennedy W65 24 24 15:30 54:13 38:43 7:00-7:05 7:45 7:14.2 75.5 31 Y Auto Rvw 23 17 Janelle Thomson W45 5 5 03:40 54:28 50:48 9:10-9:20 10:10 9:29.7 50.0 0 0 Auto Rvw 4 18 Monika Short W60 33 33 19:35 54:43 35:08 6:15-6:20 7:02 6:34.0 82.4 30 Y Auto Rvw 32 19 Linda Bone W50 13 13 10:30 54:48 44:18 7:55-8:00 8:52 8:16.8 59.3 29 Y Auto Rvw 12 20 Jean Heath W65 10 10 08:15 54:49 46:34 8:20-8:30 9:19 8:42.2 64.6 0 1 21 Trish Thomas W60 16 16 11:50 54:49 42:59 7:40-7:45 8:36 8:02.1 67.6 28 Y Auto Rvw 15 22 Otmar Dorfer M75 18 18 12:45 54:59 42:14 7:30-7:35 8:27 7:53.6 70.1 27 Y Auto Rvw 17 23 Robin Whyte M65 40 40 22:45 55:03 32:18 5:40-5:45 6:28 6:02.2 84.4 0 1 Auto Rvw 39 24 John Macleod M70 11 11 09:05 55:32 46:27 8:10-8:20 9:17 8:40.9 62.3 26 Y 25 John Busteed M60 8 8 06:25 55:32 49:07 8:40-8:50 9:49 9:10.8 50.4 25 Y 26 Neil Gentle M70 23 23 15:00 55:41 40:41 7:05-7:10 8:08 7:36.3 71.1 24 Y Auto Rvw 22 27 Helen Munro W60 8 8 6:25 55:46 49:21 8:40-8:50 9:52 9:13.5 58.9 23 Y Auto Rvw 7 28 Diann Bramwell W60 18 18 12:45 55:57 43:12 7:30-7:35 8:38 8:04.5 67.2 22 Y Auto Rvw 17 29 Rod Gilchrist M60 35 35 20:30 56:03 35:33 6:05-6:10 7:07 6:38.7 72.6 21 Y 30 Dez Wildwood M50 1 1 00:00 56:23 56:23 9:50-10:00 11:17 10:32.3 41.2 0 0 Auto Rvw 1 31 Helen Modrak W55 9 9 07:20 56:25 49:05 8:30-8:40 9:49 9:10.5 55.5 20 Y Auto Rvw 8 32 John Hunt M65 28 28 17:20 56:26 39:06 6:40-6:45 7:49 7:18.5 70.8 0 1 Auto Rvw 27 33 Faye Green W60 13 13 10:30 56:48 46:18 7:55-8:00 9:16 8:39.3 62.7 19 Y Auto Rvw 12 34 Jenny Gilchrist W55 1 10 08:15 1:00:11 51:56 9:50-10:00 10:23 9:42.4 53.1 0 0 Auto Rvw 2 35 Robert Kennelly M55 2 2 00:55 1:01:18 1:00:22 9:40-9:50 12:05 11:17.2 39.8 0 1 36 Narelle Blackaby W40 1 1 00:00 1:08:42 1:08:42 9:50-10:00 13:44 12:50.5 36.4 18 Y 37 Carmen Carlon W55 10 10 08:15 1:25:22 1:17:07 8:20-8:30 15:25 14:24.9 35.8 0 1

Run / Walk Handicap Tallies

Top 20 in each category where applicable Michael Gardner 175 171 4 John Richardson 93 93 Ewan Brown 175 175 Joe Mayer 93 93 Over 250 Merv Collins 175 56 101 18 Alan Anderson 92 77 15 Name Tot T F W Tony Booth 174 167 5 2 Chris Booth 90 33 30 27 George Hanzar 259 259 Bronwyn Gardner 172 164 7 1 Michael Clancy 90 62 26 2 Laurie Robinson 90 89 1

Graham Burke 89 89 Approaching 150 Approaching 250 Phillip Toomey 89 20 67 2 Neil Boden 148 38 108 2 Bryan Thomas 242 236 5 1 Tanya Colyer 89 10 35 44 Nigel Coldrick 148 142 6 Greg O'Neill 241 139 74 28 Tony Cavuoto 89 89 Kevin O'Keeffe 147 146 1 Bob Parker 239 218 19 2 Jack Perry 88 88 John Alcock 145 142 3 Stuart J Reid 239 191 37 11 Anitra Kenny 88 13 75 Alan Williams 216 216 Alice Scott 142 80 54 8

Peter Freeman 215 165 3 47 Steve Appleby 141 141 John Bakker 212 155 55 2 Peter Kallio 140 132 8 Approaching 50 Sue Counsel 211 206 5 Thelma Reddy 140 124 15 1 Desma Butler 49 42 2 5 John Macleod 211 185 12 14 Lynn Williams 140 118 21 1 Richard Hilhorst 49 49 Rosemary Parker 207 57 142 8 Brian Austin 139 139 Kathy Sims 49 48 1 John Busteed 205 171 13 21 Alan Mallory 139 139 Jane Bell 49 49 Jim O'Donnell 203 94 61 48 Judi Edwards 136 132 4 Mike Kennedy 49 49 Charlie Modrak 203 203 Dave Mackenzie 135 7 44 84 Megan Haylock 49 11 38 Terry Levings 200 199 1 Kent Williams 135 135 Narelle Blackaby 49 11 38 John Dimitriou 134 134 Alan Green 47 46 1

Maree Coldrick 133 115 18 Deslie Kubitzky 47 46 1 Approaching 200 Alan Duus 130 129 1 Ken Gowans 47 46 1 Doug Fry 198 198 Ray Bramwell 129 41 74 14 Jean Heath 47 27 20 Otmar Dorfer 196 164 2 30 Cilla Chapman 127 40 84 3 Ian Dundas 46 15 31 Anne Young 196 169 25 2 David Meyers 127 52 75 Annette Sugden 45 40 5 Roger Abbott 193 183 8 2 Keith Perroux 127 74 53 Ron Ford 45 45 Trish Thomas 193 29 114 50 Neil Gentle 45 27 2 16 Mary Ann Busteed 193 188 2 3 Chris Higgins 45 45 Approaching 100 Joan Mallory 192 192 Pauline Rohan 45 9 36 Karen Daniels 99 13 86 Bernie Rogers 191 191 Vicki Matthews 45 44 1 Ian Kenny 99 98 1 Bob Chapman 190 106 84 Geoffrey Herring 44 44 Rod Gilchrist 98 65 4 29 Michael Freer 190 173 8 9 Susan Archer 44 44 Wayne Berry 98 98 Colin Bridge 184 184 Pat Fisher 44 15 29 Alan Burdon 182 124 13 45 Frank Nugent 98 28 70 Mike Dwyer 180 62 116 2 Jo Cullen 97 97 Jim White 178 177 1 Russell Lutton 96 85 11 Bill Leyden 178 178 Keith Butler 95 95 John Suiter 176 158 2 16 Diann Bramwell 93 18 75 June 2008 Vetrunner – Page 11 Run / Walk Pointscores THOMAS SERIES Jill Brown 337 3 106 128 Brenda Ford 98 3 43 Total of best 8 Events Kathy Sims 336 3 86 Carmel Lynch 96 2 52 Name Tot Evts Mar Apr Mick Corlis 332 3 80 Adrian Krauss 89 2 38 51 Nick Blackaby 554 4 150 126 Kerry Boden 88 2 39 Howard Hollow 535 4 139 135 FRYLINK SERIES John Bakker 87 2 41 Debbie Cowell 531 4 133 140 Name Tot Evts Mar Apr Jamie Macgregor 75 1 Steve Bradford 516 4 126 137 Katie Forestier 269 4 69 68 Richard Faulks 514 4 140 139 Ian Bowden 258 4 71 65 WADDELL SERIES Steve Appleby 500 4 110 115 Ken White 250 4 63 61 Name Tot Evts Mar Apr Jim White 491 4 134 119 Michael Roche 244 4 67 53 Dave Mackenzie 121 4 31 33 Peter Cullen 491 4 127 118 Gwen Gleeson 241 4 65 72 Alan Burdon 103 3 36 Chris Yardley 486 4 130 116 Gary Bowen 239 4 53 60 Rosalie Pilkinton 103 3 28 Maree Coldrick 486 4 119 111 Brad Osborn 238 4 49 55 John Busteed 101 4 23 25 Terry Giesecke 472 4 103 136 Carol Baird 207 3 70 Terry Munro 100 3 35 Mick Charlton 460 4 131 83 Neil Boden 204 3 66 Monika Short 99 3 30 Bruce Wight 445 4 107 117 Jodie Sims 201 4 64 0 John Suiter 97 3 35 32 Brett Morrison 441 4 101 99 Maureen Rossiter 198 4 41 46 Helen Modrak 92 3 20 Robbie Costmeyer 409 3 146 144 Cathy Montalto 194 3 58 Neil Gentle 89 3 24 Alan Mallory 406 3 143 127 Lorna Burdon 190 3 73 Narelle Blackaby 84 4 22 18 Peter Clarke 403 3 130 143 Tony Harrison 187 3 63 John Macleod 80 3 30 26 Craig Wisdom 400 3 135 125 George Kubitzky 185 4 46 43 Ray Bramwell 79 3 39 Margaret McSpadden 395 4 86 92 Stuart J Reid 183 4 47 49 Otmar Dorfer 79 3 27 27 Joan Mallory 393 4 84 80 Bob Chapman 179 3 61 59 Trish Thomas 77 3 28 Karen Daniels 387 3 146 144 Paul Noone 178 3 52 66 Sue Counsel 75 4 37 38 Alan Wilson 387 3 104 141 John Lamb 165 3 44 48 Edward Towner 75 2 38 Norma Lindemann 387 3 123 138 Consie Larmour 163 3 69 Robyn Kennedy 71 4 40 31 Kevin O'Keeffe 385 3 124 132 Jenny Holmes 162 3 37 Rick Hatcher 69 2 Jenny Davies 384 4 117 123 Cilla Chapman 160 3 50 56 Rhonda Blackman 68 2 32 36 Christopher Lang 383 3 132 122 Jenny Galvin 156 3 45 54 Greg O'Neill 68 3 24 Judi Edwards 381 3 138 Wanda Stewart 153 3 45 John Littler 64 2 33 Roger Pilkington 379 4 73 81 Alison Taylor 146 4 72 74 Tammy Gerrard 64 3 21 Charlie Modrak 373 4 92 105 Emma Kennedy 143 4 70 73 Jane Bell 63 2 34 Geoff Herring 372 3 96 Brian Mclachlan 140 2 68 Diann Bramwell 61 2 22 Anne Young 363 4 115 150 Roger Stewart 138 3 45 48 Linda Bone 58 2 29 29 Miranda Rawlinson 360 3 120 Bev Forbes 134 3 60 Tony Fenotti 57 2 Colin Farlow 359 3 116 120 Ken Gordon 132 3 74 58 Rod Gilchrist 53 2 21 Bernie Millett 359 3 125 Josephine Kulesz 132 3 42 44 Faye Green 46 2 19 Tony Cavuoto 357 3 93 Leanne Steinman 129 3 54 75 Marilyn Banfield 40 3 40 Nadine Thomlinson 356 3 87 Doug Carney 123 2 51 Peter Kallio 39 3 39 0 Sherryl Greathead 356 3 111 107 Merv Collins 122 4 75 47 Naoko Lamb 37 3 0 37 Di Schneider 349 3 104 Anitra Kenny 118 2 Peter Hann 35 1 Maria White 347 3 101 Judy Forbes 118 2 62 Sylvia Mackay 34 2 34 Warren Butler 347 3 105 Margaret Taylor 116 2 61 55 Alice Scott 28 2 Tony Booth 346 4 104 89 Bill Egan 114 2 67 Chris Mahe 27 1 Eric Lindemann 346 3 145 110 Deb Gordon 113 2 56 57 Barry Seedsman 26 1 26 Martin Butterfield 345 3 102 Ian Lavering 108 2 Ray Blackmore 26 1 Ruth Baussmann 344 3 89 146 Jillian M Clark 107 2 59 Dorothy Seedsman 25 1 25 Prue Bradford 340 4 87 90 John Parker 105 2 Helen Munro 23 3 23 Ewan Brown 339 3 100 131 Rosemary Parker 100 2 42

Run / Walk Handicap Medalists

After 27/04/08 Lesley Hamilton 10 2 4 4 David Alden 7 2 4 1 Listed those with a total of 7 medals or more Beryl Lowry 10 5 1 4 Kerry Boden 7 1 5 1 Jamie Macgregor 10 6 3 1 Bev Breen 7 3 4 Name Tot G S B Al Mallory 10 4 4 2 Jillian M Clark 7 3 3 1 Trish Thomas 20 6 6 8 John Stenhouse 10 4 6 Will Foster 7 2 2 3 Rosemary Parker 18 5 6 7 Roger Stewart 10 2 3 5 Michael Gardner 7 3 3 1 Nola De Chazal 16 3 4 9 Neil Boden 9 2 5 2 George Hanzar 7 1 6 Peter Freeman 16 5 7 4 John Busteed 9 2 3 4 Peter Kallio 7 2 2 3 Rick Hatcher 16 3 7 6 Duane Lowry 9 4 3 2 George Kubitzky 7 5 1 1 Thelma Reddy 15 4 6 5 Geoff Moore 9 4 5 John Macleod 7 2 2 3 Terry Levings 14 6 4 4 Terry Munro 9 1 7 1 Kevin Matthews 7 3 2 2 Ken Daniels 13 4 2 7 Alan Norden 9 4 1 4 Brian Mclachlan 7 1 6 Greg O'Neill 13 9 2 2 Andrina Norden 9 4 4 1 Stuart N Reid 7 2 3 2 Nigel Coldrick 12 5 4 3 Frank Nugent 9 6 1 2 Pauline Rohan 7 2 1 4 Merv Collins 12 6 3 3 Robin Whyte 9 4 1 4 Dorothy Seedsman 7 2 2 3 Alice Scott 12 6 2 4 Alan Burdon 8 2 2 4 Lorraine Stevens 7 2 2 3 Jim Tucker 12 4 4 4 Cory Collins 8 3 2 3 Bryan Thomas 7 1 2 4 Alan Williams 12 4 6 2 Mike Dwyer 8 2 3 3 Raine Thompson 7 1 2 4 Tony Booth 11 4 4 3 Mick Horan 8 2 4 2 Trevor Vogler 7 2 3 2 Diann Bramwell 11 3 3 5 Gregory Lewis 8 3 5 Pamela Weiss 7 2 4 1 Lorna Burdon 11 2 5 4 Dave Mackenzie 8 1 4 3 Maria White 7 3 1 3 John Littler 11 5 4 2 David Meyers 8 3 5 Lynn Williams 7 2 2 3 Jack Thackray 11 3 2 6 Maureen O'Shea 8 2 2 4 Anne Young 7 2 5 Lucille Warth 11 6 4 1 Monika Short 8 3 5 Carmen Carlon 10 4 2 4 Peter Ward 8 3 3 2 Page 12 — June 2008 Vetrunner Age Standard Average Percentages Top 50 in each series Avg Evts Jan Feb March April Sam Skrzypek 67.4 1 67.4 THOMAS SERIES Bev Forbes 66.5 2 66.7 66.2 Average of best 8 Lorna Burdon 65.7 3 64.9 65.7 66.5 Name Avg Evts Jan Feb March April Deb Gordon 65.5 2 65.9 65.0 Bruce Graham 91.3 3 89.4 92.4 92.0 Kathleen Bleakley 64.6 2 64.6 64.6 Kent Williams 88.8 2 88.9 88.6 Pamela Weiss 64.1 1 64.1 Susan Archer 85.8 1 85.8 Jenny Galvin 63.8 3 63.3 63.3 64.7 Peter Clarke 85.1 3 84.6 84.1 86.5 Jamie Macgregor 63.7 1 63.7 Bernie Millett 83.0 3 81.3 84.3 83.5 Michael Freer 62.9 2 63.7 62.0 Diana Schneider 82.3 3 82.5 83.1 81.3 Ian Bowden 62.8 4 62.0 62.2 63.1 64.0 Milton Valentine 82.2 2 80.3 84.1 Brenda Ford 62.4 3 62.1 63.6 61.5 Robbie Costmeyer 81.9 3 80.7 82.5 82.6 Jodie Sims 62.3 4 61.5 60.5 61.5 65.6 Rae Palmer 81.6 1 81.6 Val Chesterton 62.3 1 62.3 Rod Lynch 81.5 2 81.2 81.9 Stuart J Reid 62.2 4 61.0 59.8 63.9 64.1 Steve Bradford 81.5 4 79.9 82.3 81.7 82.2 Colleen North 61.6 1 61.6 Steve Appleby 80.7 4 81.4 81.6 79.1 80.8 Troy Steinman 61.4 3 58.8 61.4 64.0 Maria O'Reilly 80.5 3 81.9 81.0 78.7 Anitra Kenny 60.4 2 59.1 61.7 Paul Archer 80.0 2 78.9 81.0 Michael Roche 59.7 4 58.6 60.2 60.5 59.4 Richard Faulks 79.9 4 80.0 79.2 79.6 80.9 Wanda Stewart 59.6 3 60.9 60.4 57.6 Colin Farlow 79.9 3 81.4 78.2 80.0 George Kubitzky 59.3 4 60.2 58.8 61.1 57.0 Jim White 79.8 4 78.7 79.6 80.3 80.7 John Parker 58.8 2 59.2 58.3 Debbie Cowell 79.7 4 79.3 80.4 78.6 80.4 Alison Taylor 58.7 3 56.7 57.6 61.8 Wayne Gregson 79.6 1 79.6 Kim Sweeney 58.4 1 58.4 Judi Edwards 78.9 3 76.8 80.4 79.6 Kevin Matthews 58.1 1 58.1 Kathy Sims 78.6 3 80.0 80.0 75.9 Graham Burke 78.0 2 77.6 78.3 Desma Butler 77.5 3 77.7 78.2 76.7 WADDELL SERIES Mick Corlis 77.3 3 81.1 79.0 71.8 Name Avg Evts Jan Feb March April Paul Lees 76.8 2 75.7 77.9 John Suiter 86.7 3 85.8 87.4 87.0 Caroline Campbell 76.8 2 83.0 70.7 Robin Whyte 84.4 1 84.4 Ian McDonald 76.2 2 74.9 77.4 Monika Short 83.2 3 84.3 82.9 82.4 Kevin O'Keeffe 76.1 3 76.4 75.0 77.0 Dave Mackenzie 82.0 4 83.9 80.5 81.6 81.9 Craig Wisdom 76.0 3 76.0 75.8 76.3 Rhonda Blackman 77.0 2 76.6 77.3 Norma Lindemann 75.5 3 76.8 74.3 75.5 Peter Kallio 76.8 2 75.5 78.1 Anne Young 75.3 4 71.9 75.8 74.7 78.8 Terry Munro 76.8 3 76.9 73.6 79.8 Barbara Williams 75.0 2 73.4 76.6 Alice Scott 76.2 2 77.0 75.4 Richard Hilhorst 75.0 2 75.5 74.5 Alan Burdon 76.1 3 75.1 75.8 77.3 Cathy Newman 75.0 3 74.1 77.5 73.5 Rick Hatcher 75.8 2 76.8 74.9 Mary Ann Busteed 75.0 2 75.4 74.5 Jen Bourke 75.4 1 75.4 Carol Ey 74.8 3 74.5 76.3 73.7 Rod Gilchrist 74.6 2 76.6 72.6 Bob Lowry 74.7 1 74.7 Rosemary Parker 73.6 1 73.6 Anthony Kennedy 74.3 2 72.8 75.9 Michael Freer 70.7 1 70.7 Peter Cullen 73.8 4 73.4 73.9 73.4 74.5 John Hunt 70.2 2 69.6 70.8 David Webster 73.4 3 67.5 74.1 78.5 Chris Mahe 70.1 1 70.1 Jeffrey Symmes 73.3 3 73.5 71.4 75.0 Marilyn Banfield 69.9 3 64.5 70.8 74.3 Mick Horan 73.2 2 73.8 72.6 Otmar Dorfer 69.7 3 70.3 68.7 70.1 Annette Sugden 73.1 1 73.1 Robyn Kennedy 68.9 4 64.0 61.7 74.3 75.5 Cory Collins 72.7 2 74.4 71.0 Neil Gentle 68.5 3 69.8 64.6 71.1 Alan Green 72.6 1 72.6 Diann Bramwell 68.2 2 69.3 67.2 Clive Glover 72.4 3 73.7 72.4 71.1 Ray Blackmore 67.8 1 67.8 Bruce Wight 71.8 4 73.6 70.3 71.2 72.1 Ray Bramwell 67.6 3 61.8 67.1 73.8 George Hanzar 71.8 2 72.1 71.5 Trish Thomas 66.7 3 65.4 67.2 67.6 Charlie McCormack 71.5 2 73.1 69.8 John Littler 66.5 2 67.0 66.1 Tony Booth 71.5 4 71.7 67.9 74.4 72.2 Barry Seedsman 66.3 1 66.3 Jean Heath 66.0 2 67.4 64.6 Roger Abbott 65.9 2 64.0 67.8 FRYLINK SERIES Peter Hann 65.9 1 65.9 Average of best 8 Marion Buckley 64.6 1 64.6 Name Avg Evts Jan Feb March April Faye Green 64.3 2 65.9 62.7 Geoff Moore 84.5 1 84.5 Edward Towner 63.9 2 63.2 64.5 Carol Baird 84.1 3 84.0 82.7 85.7 Dorothy Seedsman 63.7 1 63.7 Barbara Williams 82.8 1 82.8 Jane Bell 63.7 2 63.9 63.5 John Lamb 82.3 3 84.9 80.8 81.2 John Macleod 61.3 3 60.1 61.5 62.3 Katie Forestier 80.9 4 81.6 80.1 80.2 81.8 Sue Counsel 61.1 4 60.7 60.1 61.4 62.3 Bob Chapman 79.7 3 78.9 80.2 80.1 Rosalie Pilkinton 60.6 3 60.3 61.8 59.7 Ken White 79.1 4 81.2 76.2 78.9 80.0 Colin Farlow 60.5 1 60.5 Judy Forbes 78.2 2 78.6 77.9 Bob Parker 59.5 2 58.5 60.4 Cathy Montalto 77.5 3 77.6 78.4 76.4 Tony Fenotti 59.5 2 60.5 58.5 Cory Collins 77.4 1 77.4 Helen Munro 59.4 3 60.2 59.0 58.9 Gwen Gleeson 74.8 4 74.9 78.2 75.5 70.6 Linda Bone 58.0 2 56.7 59.3 Gary Bowen 74.4 4 76.2 73.8 73.2 74.4 Melissa Reddy 56.6 1 56.6 Merv Collins 74.0 4 69.2 69.9 80.5 76.4 Bev Breen 56.1 1 56.1 Neil Boden 73.9 3 74.0 74.0 73.7 Sylvia Mackay 56.0 2 55.9 56.1 Amanda Walker 73.6 3 75.4 71.6 73.7 Helen Modrak 55.8 3 55.0 56.8 55.5 Ken Gordon 73.5 3 71.4 74.5 74.6 Greg O'Neill 55.3 3 54.9 56.2 54.7 Ewen Thompson 73.3 2 74.4 72.3 Marco Falzarano 55.2 1 55.2 Consie Larmour 71.9 3 68.1 71.6 75.9 Naoko Lamb 54.9 2 54.1 55.7 David Holmes 71.2 1 71.2 Bill Egan 70.8 2 66.7 74.8 Rosemary Parker 70.5 2 74.2 66.9 Maureen Rossiter 70.4 4 74.5 74.5 66.4 66.1 Brian Mclachlan 69.7 2 69.6 69.7 Jillian M Clark 69.5 2 68.4 70.7 Margaret Taylor 69.2 2 70.0 68.5 Kerry Boden 67.5 2 69.8 65.3 June 2008 Vetrunner – Page 13 Continued from Page 7 atmosphere of the after race. After the run there is a lot of mingling amongst the Persian Beauty’s main drawback came when a fellow crowd. Runners like Living Legend, Core Promise, Young runner told her his life history and problems, saying he Bearded One, Accident Prone and Apple Seed, who have “ran to get away from it all”. She was able to run fast done the run several times, have an opportunity to catch up enough to get ‘away from him’. Her other problem was her with other runners of similar experience. The main topic of ‘chip’ rubbing her ankle causing some bleeding and pain. conversation, especially among runners who had never met Accident Prone unfortunately managed a fall with her left before, is a genuine inquiry about the soreness, or knee taking the brunt of it. She blames “a bloke” who otherwise, of the leg muscles. Accident Prone had a nice started talking causing her to lose concentration. Her knee beer with her incredible support team – husband Bobbie. caused real problems on the last down hill sections forcing Persian Beauty felt a bit dizzy, and had to sit down for a her to walk a fair bit. Living Legend watched his splits and while. Country Singer just continued smiling at everyone. the further he went the more confident and strong he felt Timekeeper made sure he had everyone’s times. and really enjoyed the cooler weather. Even ‘legends’ have Pink Arrow could not believe she had done it, but is not their moments and not long before the finish Living Legend committed to running next year because she will be ‘older had a slight cramp problem but says the finish is “terrific”. and wiser’. This is not the case with Core Promise, Wire Man also watched his splits and was generally Accident Prone, Mad Photographer, Timekeeper and Living pleased with his run. Apple Seed was very happy with his Legend who all say “roll on 2009”. Yapping Puppy, Royal combined running, “fast jog”, “fast shuffle”, and “slow jog”. Lady and Persian Beauty have all adopted a ‘wait and see’ He only walked about a 100 metres in total, because he approach, while Country Singer is going overseas to avoid often had to run to try and stay with the younger, more making a decision! Apple Seed and Young Bearded One attractive (female) runners in front of him. He thought the don’t make any secret that they will find themselves finish was fantastic clearly hearing the announcer’s voice getting ready for the 2009 run before they realise it. Two from the top of the hill about 200 metres from the finish. hours after he had finished Organiser changed his mind Eventually all the fast runners overtook Yapping Puppy about “never again”, and was thinking of his tactics for but he proudly boasts that he actually ran part of the Six 2009. Likewise Wire Man was meshing together all the Foot Track with Living Legend and Smiling Vanessa. Both positives of his run to make sure there is no tangling in his runners cheerfully net in 2009. greeted him as The presentations had a number ACT runners figuring they ran the half- prominently. Core Promise and Timekeeper headed back to meter along the ACT immediately because Timekeeper had a half marathon track with him. to run while Core Promise had promised to help with the Smiling Vanessa, organization of the same run. Buses carried most runners from the ACT went back to Katoomba. Despite sore leg muscles a number of on to be the Vetrunners went dining and dancing at the local RSL that women’s winner. night. Yapping Puppy did not seem to have sore leg At this stage muscles when seen dancing with Persian Beauty! Next day Organiser had Living Legend actually went for a run, but most enjoyed a decided he would bit of a sleep in. After that Young Bearded One, Mad never do it again. Photographer, Royal Lady, and Organiser indulged at the With the run behind us it was time to Core Promise ran Schwartz bakery in Wentworth Falls. At the same time party. his usual steady no Persian Beauty and Country Singer indulged in “Blue nonsense run, Mountains” type shopping with a Yapping Puppy in tow. although he says he rolled his ankle a couple of times. He thinks the finish is fantastic, and enjoys the festive

6 Foot Track RUNNERS in Alphabetical Order - 762 finishers Runner Real name Time Overall Gender Category Position position position No of runs Accident Prone Carol Baird 5:50:19 528 58 5 5 Apple Seed Steve Appleby 4:50:40 145 133 8 10 Core Promise Mike Corlis 4:57:16 193 178 59 9 Country Singer Emma Adams 5:23:18 361 40 15 1 Living Legend Trevor Jacobs 3:39:34 8th 8 1st 6 Mad Photographer John Kennedy 5:15:58 304 270 21 3 & PB Organiser Roger Pilkington 5:33:45 426 376 124 2 & PB Persian Beauty Elle Knight 5:54:39 555 74 30 1 Pink Arrow Maria White 6:26:10 678 106 12 1 Royal Lady Diana Schneider 6:19:35 654 97 2 1 Smiling Vanessa Vanessa Haverd 4:00:30 19 1st 1st ? Timekeeper Jim White 5:34:02 428 378 48 1 Wire Man Nick Mesher 5:39:26 453 401 131 2 & PB Yapping Puppy Geoff Barker 5:21:45 346 308 4 3 Young Bearded One Ewen Thompson 5:41:07 469 415 57 5 & PB

Postscript: Any runner who may wish to face the “6-foot” challenge in 2009 is invited to do so as a member of “Gramps Army”. The captain of Gramps Army is Trevor Jacobs and he welcomes new team members. Page 14 — June 2008 Vetrunner EWEN JUST KEEPS ON DOIN’ 179th Monthly Throwing Handicap on 26 April 2008 By the time you read this Ewen Drummond will be an Ray 34.25 (refer to comments associated with shot put), M85 and probably well on the way to setting a heap of Jayne 33.24, Geoff 32.83, Sharon Gibbins 32.75 and throwing records in his new age group. Ewen looked as Duncan Macnicol 31.02m. Winners of the handicapped pleased as punch to don his special ‘150 monthly handicaps’ discus section were Sharon Gibbins from Diann Bramwell vest. Ewen is the sixth person to achieve this remarkable and Margaret Taylor. feat, others in this exclusive group are - Jen Bourke and When the combined distances of both throws were Trish Thomas have both participated in all 179 handicaps, added to each person’s handicap the perpetual trophy and Mary Wahren 165, Ray Green 161 and Wendy O’Brien 155 gold medal for this month’s competition went to Sharon handicaps. Gibbins. Diann Bramwell won the silver medal and Janice Ewen is an ‘Original’ as he participated in the Banens the bronze. It was a good weekend for the inaugural handicap way back in June 1990. To-date he has Bramwells as husband Ray medaled in the monthly walk won five gold medals, his last being in February 2004, the handicap the following morning. others were in July and August 1990, March 1995 and This is Sharon’s third win from 64 competitions. Her September 1996 and of course he has also won several previous wins were in April and September two years ago. silver and bronze medals. He has won the Consistency What makes Sharon’s victory even more special is that she Medal for his age group every year since 1990 and our lives at Wangi Wangi overlooking Lake Macquarie and was annual club-person award, the Clohessy Trophy, in 1995. working at Newcastle Hospital Friday night and only Ewen will soon celebrate his 85th birthday. Will he repeat arrived in Canberra at 3am that morning. that remarkable episode that followed soon after he became After only three competitions; the top ten in the 2008 an M80? In a weight pentathlon he set six new ACT Connell Series point score are: Wendy O’Brien 134 points, Records (one for each of the five throwing disciplines and Duncan Macnicol 131, Jen Bourke 127, Jean Heath 126, another for the pentathlon itself) so he set a new record Janice Banens and Frank Nugent 121 each, Bob Banens every 22½ minutes. and Ewen Drummond 120 each and Joan Mallory and Although Ewen was very involved in Canberra athletics Bryan Thomas each with 114 points. during the 1960s (he was once even president of ACTAA) As there was no one from the executive to assist at he did not make an appearance with the vets until just presentations Trish Thomas, event organiser, jokingly before the 1984 Oceania Championship conducted here in asked who wanted to be president for the day? Attila Spaits Canberra. He was, and remains, a talented all-round jumped to his feet saying “I’ve always wanted to be El athlete participating in sprints, jumps, throws and even Presidento” and drew the winning token in this month’s pole vault and pentathlon. Over the years Ewen has set lucky draw for the bottle of red wine kindly donated by numerous ACT Records (he currently holds 11) and after Bjarne Kragh of Southside Physiotherapy and Sports becoming an M85 is bound to add many more. He was Injury Centre in Tuggeranong and Fyshwick. Trish was the awarded the bronze level Fristad Award for athletics lucky winner. excellence in 1998-99 and the following season was the Twelve stayed to participate in the optional heavy recipient of the National Heart Foundation Trophy. In 2001 weight throw. Geoff threw the weight furthest 14.60m he was presented a Commonwealth Recognition Award for marginally better than Bob who tossed it 14.26. Other long Senior Australians for the Fraser Electorate. Ewen has a throws were by Jayne 13.23, Janice Banens 13.07 and special aptitude and interest in statistics and an excellent Raylea Rudov 12.74m. Ten backed up to heave the 56lb knowledge of athletics. Years ago he constantly lobbied to super heavy weight. Geoff again lobbed the very heavy ball change the scoring system then used in veterans’ men and furthest (7.79m). Bob heaved the object 6.18 while Jayne women’s pentathlons to a much fairer system. and Frank Nugent tossed it 4.28 and 4.04m respectively. Congratulations Ewen on a magnificent athletics career Next month’s handicap will be 1.00pm on 24 May at and long may it continue. Masson Street Throwing Field and will be in hammer and Congratulations also to both Attila Spaits and Margaret javelin. Then it will be shot and discus 28 June, 19 July Taylor who because of recent significant birthdays enjoyed (hammer and javelin) (note Oceania Championships in their first competition using lighter implements. Frank Townsville Q July 27 – August3), 30 August (shot and Nugent was unfortunately a day shy of his Big Five O discus), 27 September (hammer and javelin), 25 October birthday so he had to throw the largest shot, discus and (shot and discus) and finally 22 November followed by our heavy weight for the last time. Congratulations also to annual presentations. Jayne Hardy who recently graduated as a black belt Our duty roster has been working well this year. Nev exponent of the White Dragon Kung Fu and to Rad Leovic Madden, Duncan Macnicol and Peter Neill did such a for being nominated for ACT Sport Masters Sportsperson of sterling job this month they have set a high standard for the Month (March). duty teams in the months ahead. Roster for rest of year – Again an excellent field of 34 vets participated in this May (Kevin Blewitt, Tanya Colyer and Joan Mallory), June month’s handicap competition in shot put and discus with (Bob and Janice Banens and Tim Gulliver), July (Narelle both heavy weight and the 56lb super heavy weight throws Blackaby, Diann Bramwell and Duncan Macnicol), August being optional extras. (Robert Kennelly, John Parker and Mary Wahren), Biggest puts in the shot were by Geoff Crumpton September (Fran Harris, Phil Toomey and Chris Yardley), 11.19m, George Mencik 11.16, Bob Banens10.89, Brad October (Rad Leovic, Frank Nugent, Attila Spaits and Osborn 10.58, Jayne Hardy 10.02, Colin Robbie 9.74 and Margaret Taylor) and November (Sharon Gibbins, Ray Ray Green 9.69m (obviously battling injuries). Winners of Green and George Mencik). the handicapped shot put section were Janice Banens from Jean Heath and Bob Banens (tied). Your throws reporter Bryan Thomas. Longest discus throws were by Bob 38.26m, Brad 35.73, June 2008 Vetrunner – Page 15 THROWING HANDICAP RESULTS 26 April 2008

#179 SHOT AND DISCUS

NAME AGE SHCP SHOT TOT PL DHCP DISC TOT PL TOTAL PL PTS Sharon Gibbins W45 12.44 8.49 20.93 12 22.60 32.75 55.35 1 76.28 1 50 Diann Bramwell W60 15.79 5.32 21.11 9 42.75 11.36 54.11 2 75.22 2 49 Jan Banens W65 12.94 8.47 21.41 1 33.96 19.70 53.66 8 75.07 3 48 Colin Robbie M70 11.27 9.74 21.01 11 24.64 29.40 54.04 4 75.05 4 47 Bob Banens M55 10.47 10.89 21.36 2 15.42 38.26 53.68 7 75.04 5 46 Margaret Taylor W60 13.75 7.15 20.90 13 35.72 18.36 54.08 3 74.98 6 45 Fran Schiller W55 14.73 6.50 21.23 6 36.68 16.97 53.65 9 74.88 7 44 Geoff Crumpton M50 9.28 11.19 20.47 24 21.19 32.83 54.02 5 74.49 8 43 Jean Heath W65 15.56 5.80 21.36 2 41.88 11.20 53.08 12 74.44 9 42 Bryan Thomas M65 13.26 7.24 20.50 22 32.84 21.00 53.84 6 74.34 10 41 Wendy O'Brien W55 17.21 3.97 21.18 7 44.85 7.91 52.76 15 73.94 11 40 Ewen Drummond M80 13.49 7.30 20.79 18 38.16 14.99 53.15 11 73.94 11 40 Jen Bourke W65 13.86 7.00 20.86 15 34.11 18.93 53.04 13 73.90 13 38 Nola De Chazal W65 16.11 4.51 20.62 20 41.30 11.96 53.26 10 73.88 14 37 Mary Wahren W70 15.05 6.11 21.16 8 39.49 13.19 52.68 16 73.84 15 36 Raylea Rudov W60 13.59 7.71 21.30 4 32.78 19.50 52.28 19 73.58 16 35 Peter Neill M70 12.28 8.58 20.86 15 30.99 21.37 52.36 18 73.22 17 34 Neville Madden M50 14.07 6.19 20.26 26 34.11 18.85 52.96 14 73.22 17 34 Duncan Macnicol M55 12.22 8.50 20.72 19 21.46 31.02 52.48 17 73.20 19 32 Narelle Blackaby W40 17.19 3.60 20.79 17 41.60 10.55 52.15 21 72.94 20 31 George Mencik M75 9.27 11.16 20.43 25 23.51 28.70 52.21 20 72.64 21 30 Joan Mallory W75 16.29 4.20 20.49 23 42.52 9.55 52.07 22 72.56 22 29 Chris Yardley M65 14.86 6.18 21.04 10 31.65 19.70 51.35 24 72.39 23 28 Frank Nugent M45 14.58 6.70 21.28 5 35.33 15.48 50.81 26 72.09 24 27 Tanya Colyer W45 16.56 3.95 20.51 21 38.78 12.73 51.51 23 72.02 25 26 Jayne Hardy W45 10.88 10.02 20.90 13 17.76 33.24 51.00 25 71.90 26 25 Kevin Blewitt M65 12.09 7.76 19.85 29 20.83 29.69 50.52 27 70.37 27 24 Trish Thomas W60 13.77 6.28 20.05 27 35.80 14.42 50.22 28 70.27 28 23 Atilla Spaits M70 11.09 8.95 20.04 28 19.64 29.83 49.47 29 69.51 29 22 Ray Green M60 8.62 9.69 18.31 30 7.27 34.26 41.53 30 59.84 30 21 John Hunt M65 6.64 20.59 N/E 1 Claire Perry W40 4.56 12.18 N/E 1 Brad Osborn M30 10.68 35.73 N/E 1 Rad Leovic M80 7.38 14.60 N/E 1

Left: Throws winners: Sharon Gibbins (Gold), Diann Bramwell (Silver) and Jan Banens (Bronze)

Above: Trish Thomas wins the wine this month Page 16 — June 2008 Vetrunner Throws Handicap WEIGHT THROW Pointscore 26 April 2008

Name Events Total Feb Mar Apr NAME AGE WEIGHT DISTANCE Wendy O'Brien 3 134 44 50 40 Standard Weights Duncan Macnicol 3 131 50 49 32 Frank Nugent M45 15.880kg 5.71 Jen Bourke 3 127 45 44 38 Geoff Crumpton M50 11.340kg 14.60 Jean Heath 3 126 38 46 42 Bob Banens M55 11.340kg 14.26 Frank Nugent 3 121 47 47 27 Ewen Drummond M80 5.449kg 9.06 Jan Banens 3 121 30 43 48 Rad Leovic M80 5.449kg 8.84 Ewen Drummond 3 120 32 48 40 Jayne Hardy W45 9.072kg 13.23 Bob Banens 3 120 49 25 46 Sharon Gibbins W45 9.072kg 11.36 Joan Mallory 3 114 48 37 29 Raylea Rudov W60 5.449kg 12.74 Bryan Thomas 3 114 35 38 41 Trish Thomas W60 5.449kg 8.26 Mary Wahren 3 113 36 41 36 Jan Banens W65 5.449kg 13.07 Raylea Rudov 3 107 42 30 35 Jean Heath W65 5.449kg 6.25 Nola De Chazal 3 107 37 33 37 Nola De Chazal W65 5.449kg 5.57 Peter Neill 3 105.5 40.5 31 34

Narelle Blackaby 3 104 31 42 31 Heavy Weight Margaret Taylor 3 103 33 25 45 Frank Nugent M45 56lb 4.04 Geoff Crumpton 3 96 34 19 43 Geoff Crumpton M50 56lb 7.79 Neville Madden 3 95.5 40.5 21 34 Bob Banens M55 56lb 6.18 George Mencik 3 95 39 26 30 Jayne Hardy W45 56lb 4.28 Jayne Hardy 3 94 29 40 25 Sharon Gibbins W45 56lb 3.52 Chris Yardley 3 93 26 39 28 Raylea Rudov W60 56lb 3.17 Colin Robbie 3 93 1 45 47 Trish Thomas W60 56lb 2.73 Diann Bramwell 2 92 43 49 Jan Banens W65 56lb 2.69 Ray Green 3 87 46 20 21 Jean Heath W65 56lb 1.62 Sharon Gibbins 3 87 1 36 50 Nola De Chazal W65 56lb 1.57 Tanya Colyer 3 80 25 29 26 Fran Schiller 2 76 32 44 Trish Thomas 3 72 22 27 23 Kevin Blewitt 3 69 27 18 24 Ann Travis 2 51 23 28 Atilla Spaits 2 43 21 22 Tim Gulliver 2 36 1 35 Rad Leovic 2 35 34 1 Phil Toomey 1 28 28 Fran Harris 2 25 24 1 Grahame Taylor 1 23 23 Robin Whyte 2 23 1 22 John Hunt 2 2 1 1 Claire Perry 2 2 1 1 Christine Freeman 1 1 1 Peter Freeman 1 1 1 Brad Osborn 1 1 1

Above: Ewen Drummond receives his new 150 throws vest.

Left: The red shirters or the 100 handicaps club. June 2008 Vetrunner – Page 17 Throws Handicap Tallies

Name 2006 2007 2008 Total Narelle Blackaby 8 10 3 72 Margaret Dando 23 Approaching 200 Phillip Toomey 1 5 1 67 Roy Jones 23 Jen Bourke 10 10 3 179 Al Mallory 66 Christopher Yardley 7 6 3 23 Trish Thomas 10 10 3 179 Carmen Carlon 1 2 65 John Burns 20 Mary Wahren 9 8 3 165 Sharon Gibbins 10 7 3 64 Geoff Crumpton 8 9 3 20 Ray Green 10 8 3 161 Charlie Rann 64 Richard Dann 20 Wendy O'Brien 9 8 3 155 Jan Banens 8 8 3 62 Christine Freeman 4 1 19 Ewen Drummond 10 9 3 150 George Mencik 3 4 3 62 Lesley Hamilton 19 John Hunt 3 3 2 58 Colin Robbie 1 5 3 19 Approaching 150 Grahame Taylor 5 4 1 56 Pamela Weiss 4 19 Fran Schiller 7 7 2 141 Ken Daniels 52 Judith Dann 18 Peter Freeman 8 1 139 Allan Morris 17 Attila Spaits 6 5 2 139 Approaching 50 Robin Whyte 3 3 2 16 Raylea Rudov 8 9 3 128 Robert Kennelly 7 7 46 Mick Dando 14 Bryan Thomas 10 10 3 121 Delia Quigley 1 45 Rob Hathaway 13 Nola de Chazal 9 6 3 119 Tim Gulliver 7 5 2 43 Jim Tucker 13 Frank Nugent 10 8 3 113 Alice Scott 41 Martin Crowe 12 Tanya Colyer 10 9 3 112 Diann Bramwell 7 9 2 39 Lawrie Kendall 12 Margaret Taylor 10 7 3 111 Claire Perry 4 1 2 38 Neville Madden 3 6 3 12 Jayne Hardy 9 10 3 108 Andrena Norden 35 Barry Mitchell 12 Bob Banens 9 7 3 103 Val Chesterton 33 Madeline Moss 12 Audun Fristad 102 Rad Leovic 5 6 2 32 Peter O'Brien 12 Anni Schiworski 32 Len Childs 11 Approaching 100 Greg Laws 31 Duncan Macnicol 8 3 11 Peter Neill 8 10 3 96 Kathe O'Brien 30 Marie Plunkett-Cole 11 Irene Mitchell 2 86 Peter Schiworski 29 Ray Bramwell 10 Kevin Blewitt 10 8 3 80 David Haggith 4 28 Kocho Damjanovski 10 Jean Heath 5 8 3 80 Janet Erickson 25 Joan Mallory 6 3 75 Tanya Nosworthy 24

Rad Leovic missed the AMA Championships as he was over in France competing at the WMA indoors. Here is Rad with his medals, including a gold for the M80 triple jump. Four silver and three bronze are displayed. His story was in last month's Vetrunner.

Above: Ewen Drummond shares his 150 throws handicap (and new vest) with Jayne Hardy — Black Belt fellow 150s Jayne Hardy now has a new name: Sifu Fei Mao (meaning spear chucker).

Jayne recently completed her examinations for the Kung Fu Black Belt. Her first attempt last year was going to be made in the USA, but a few days prior to take off, her "favourite" brother managed to stop her going by accidently breaking her arm in combat. The trip was cancelled. Jayne, as we know, is very determined, so with the plating still in her arm, she kung fued her way to a black belt. This time it was video taped and the tape was instead sent to the USA for grading.

CONGRATS SIFU FEI MAO from all of us at ACTVAC. Page 18 — June 2008 Vetrunner BEING A COACH: A PERSONAL JOURNEY

by John Hunt and improving their best height and performing under pressure. I rejoiced in their successes, consoled them after There can be few greater privileges than to teach an- their disappointments, encouraged them to do their best at other human being. all times, and enjoyed great satisfaction in shaping these We all remember someone who taught us: a mother who young people’s characters. introduced us to reading; a father who showed us how to After working overseas in England and Christmas Is- ride a bike; a music teacher who patiently showed us how land – where I always seemed to find myself surrounded by to play an instrument; or a coach who taught us to hurdle, teenagers at a high jump pit – I lost touch with coaching for or throw a shot, or do the triple jump. a decade. My wife and I established a home in Canberra Yes, a coach is a teacher, a teacher of a very unusual and when our son showed some talent in little athletics kind. The coach’s achievement is measured not by exami- (including the high jump) I was bitten by the bug again. nation results, diplomas or postgraduate degrees. The re- By this time (1990) the coaching scene had changed. sults are seen in the physical performance of the athlete, in The Australian Track and Field Coaches’ Association was the grace and power shown in the pressure of competition, running coaching courses, including specific event skills. and expressed in microseconds and centimetres. So I attended the courses and gained formal accreditation as a Level 2 Athletics Coach (Jumps). At around the same Odyssey time I joined ACTVAC as an M45 and presented myself at My journey in coaching began over 50 years ago, as a the high jump area. But the event had changed. The working-class boy in suburban Melbourne. Like my mate, Straddle had been replaced by the Fosbury style. And Graeme Morrish, I was inspired by the Melbourne Olympic there was no-one to teach me. So again I had to teach my- Games, when Australian Charles ‘Chilla’ Porter battled for self (this explains my poor technique). I established a high honours in the High Jump on the opening day of the track jump training group, this time including veteran athletes and field , 23 November 1956. ‘Chilla’ improved his per- as well as young people.** sonal best three times to 2.10 metres (6 ft 10 5/8 inches) before conceding the gold medal to Charlie Dumas, the The Successful Coach black American who had become the first man to clear 7 Let me start by saying how fortunate we are in ACT- feet (2.132 metres) in June that year. VAC in the people we have as coaches. One of the very best We decided that we wanted to be high jumpers, but we features in Vetrunner is Geoff Moore’s monthly article on faced a problem. There were no high jump coaches coaching. Geoff brings both a keen analytical mind as well around.. There was no coaching accreditation scheme; no as real practicality to his coaching. No-one who joins the coaches’ association. The only full-time professional ACVAC throwers in regular competition can fail to be im- coaches in Victoria were Percy Cerutty and Franz Stampfl, pressed by the friendly and supportive atmosphere and the and they specialised in distance running. perceptive tips that Jen Bourke and Ray Green and Sharon So we coached ourselves. We read every book we could Gibbins and Bob Banens pass on to beginners and experi- find about track and field. We rifled through American, enced throwers both. And what about the dedication of British and foreign-language magazines, looking for arti- Fran Harris to her weekly group of 20 vets who meet, cles and photos of high jumpers to paste in our scrapbooks week-in/week-out, winter and summer, to train at the AIS?. and sometimes (magic discovery) found photo series depict- I have not even mentioned the range of other coaching ing the Straddle style, the technique used by Dumas and offered to ACVAC members and published in every Vetrun- Porter and all the world’s top jumpers. ner. Thirteen persons were listed in the May issue as con- To the amazement of our parents, we constructed high ducting training groups. jump landing pits of wood-shavings in our backyards. We What do all these coaches have in common? watched each other jumping. We commented; We criti- First, they love what they are doing. Why? Because cised. We experimented. And all the while we were im- they like dealing with people and helping them. proving, and learning to be coaches. Next, they have a wide and detailed knowledge of Graeme and I had great times as high jumpers.* He their event or events. went on to become an outstanding criminal lawyer; I pur- As a result, they have a very clear mental image of sued a career as a secondary schoolteacher (English and the desired technical model which their athletes should History, not Physical Education). I found opportunities to aspire to. This skill is particularly important in the more coach at my various postings in country Victoria and subur- technical events such as the throws, the hurdles, the high ban Melbourne. I would go out into the schoolyard every jump and the pole vault. lunchtime, set up the stands, high jump bar and foam rub- The coach has excellent observational skills, that is, ber landing bags and invite all comers to try the event. I he/she can watch an athlete performing and can identify often jumped myself, long trousers, dress shirt, street shoes the strengths as well as the weaknesses of that perform- and all, to demonstrate the Straddle style. ance. Many of my youngsters caught the high jump bug. I Most importantly, the coach has superior powers of still remember one of my earliest finds, Vlady, a tiny 12 communication. She/he can convey the observations ver- year old, not even 5 feet (1.52 metres) tall. But could he bally or by physical demonstration and can recommend jump! He was able to clear the bar with his Straddle style remediation activities, or drills, or strengthening processes two or three centimetres above his head – an exceptional in order to correct the identified faults. performance for a child his age, even now. These are skills found in the methods of every experi- My youngsters learned to love the thrill of the event, enced coach. achieving control and co-ordination of their bodily strength, If the above list of coaching qualities sounds too difficult June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 19 for an ordinary mortal to acquire, do not despair. Coaches are human beings too. We have become coaches because of Note* Graeme Morrish broke ‘Chilla’ Porter’s Austra- persistence and lots of experience. Coaching athletics is lian All Schools record in 1959 and eventually cleared 2.09 not rocket science. I will go further and say that coaching metres (6 feet 10 ¼ inches) in 1965 before retiring. He re- athletics is really applied common sense. turned as a veteran athlete in 1982 and set an M40 Austra- lian record of 1.95 metres, which still stands. He died in What does it all mean? 1993, only 50 years old. It is a great privilege to be a teacher – and a coach is a teacher, make no mistake. We stand in a long and honour- Note** Two of my girls have won national titles; one of able tradition. Socrates the philosopher, Thomas Arnold, the boys won his Sydney GPS event four years in a row; six headmaster of Rugby School, and every other great teacher athletes have achieved national ranking status (broadly, have this in common. They did not simply convey informa- reaching the top 20 in the country in their age-group); tion to their pupils: they also taught them how to live. ACTVAC jumpers like Margaret Taylor and Matthew As coaches we may, in a small way, do the same. That Muell have won national titles; and I myself won the World is an honourable calling. M55 title in 1997. 2008 ACTVAC Cross Country Titles (To be held in conjunction with the AACT Cross Country Championships)

Where: Stromlo Forest Park When: Saturday 21st June, 2008 Event times: To be confirmed (normally between midday and 2.00pm)

For Veteran Women and Veteran Men 60+ the distance is 8 kilometres (4 x 2km loop) For Veteran Men 30-59 the distance is 12 kilometres (6 x 2km loop)

Men 30-59 are welcome to participate in the 8 kilometre event but will not be considered eligible for ACTVAC medals.

Come and run on one of the best cross country running courses in Australia. Medals to first three placegetters in 5 year age groups e.g. M30-34; F30-34; M35-39; F35-39.

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Clockwise left to right - Graeme Burke, Rafael Seti, Nick Mesher, Bruce Graham, Sue Archer, Peter Thompson, Peter Clarke, Bernie Millet, Gary Bowen, Geoff Moore, Caroline Campbell, Robbie Costmeyer, Mick Corlis, Norma Wallet, Richard Faulks, Trevor Jacobs, Jackie Fairweather Page 20 — June 2008 Vetrunner Pre Race Rituals and Post Race Pain! By Geoff Moore Badly fatigued at 22k so immediately adjusted pace from <4:30 to <5 min per k. This worked like a charm and I Our lives are filled with all kinds of ritualistic maintained that pace right to the end, save for a short behaviours. Runners employ many different rituals which burst up Kings Avenue when I temporarily felt better. prepare them mentally and emotionally for their training Unfortunately at the top of Kings Avenue the second set of as well as their racing. Different running groups have very wheels fell off, and I reverted to the slower pace 5 minute different rituals too; I am amazed to watch the rituals of pace. That pace continued to the very end, which was someone with a triathlon background for example, it’s pleasing and resulted in a satisfactory final time. almost like a foreign culture. It makes me realise how ingrained some of our activities can become. And how What rituals have I dispensed with? difficult it would be to merge cultures, and why some One was to do with protecting the feet: I didn’t put athletes seeking out training groups are very quick to cast bandaids around the toes, as I had for 33 previous judgment and move on. The rituals differ so much. marathons, and I didn’t use Vaseline or body glide or Preparing for April’s marathon, I start settling into a equivalent, and I wore Nike Free 7.0s, a very new kind of familiar routine. I always get up hours before the race shoe. NO blisters were experienced other than a couple of starts – the alarm was set for 4:30 – and after a warm minor toenail blood blisters that I didn’t feel, but the road shower have my normal breakfast, which consists of muesli surface did feel hard as you’d expect with Frees, and there (dry) with bananas, something I have had daily since 1963. was some bruising on the soles of the feet and at the Then I go through the checklist I prepared the previous bottom of the toes. I still cannot recommend a perfect road day, so even half asleep nothing is missed, making sure shoe! Later on I ended up losing only one toenail, whereas everything is packed and accessible for when I need it. last year I ended up losing nine. Off to the race venue, in the dark (this year the The other was to do with carbo loading: I didn’t deplete darkness was punctuated with ominous lightning) and a and I didn’t load. If I had I might have finished with a handy parking spot close to the race finish line. One hour faster time, but I think I would have paid for it with post before start a coffee (black no sugar), then walk around the race fatigue and health risks I was no longer prepared to start and check-in areas to see that there are no surprises. take at my age. I believe depleting/loading is extreme and I Then a toilet stop or two, and on go the racing shoes and would recommend more long training runs as a better way singlet followed by a very slow warm-up. For most races of running a faster marathon! the warm-up starts an hour before, but for the marathon a Lessons Learnt? compromise and a start 30 minutes before. A stretch or The previous sentence is the key. I tired at 22k for one two, a last gulp of a sports drink, a last toilet stop, make simple reason – I had not run sufficient single long training sure the shoe laces are just right not too loose not too tight, runs. If ever I decide to run another marathon, I must do and with ten minutes to go I am lurking around the start those longer runs. My total weekly distances were good, but line. single long runs are also essential. Then when the race starts, start conservatively being happy to be behind schedule at 1k and being prepared NOT Running and training advice at http:// to take off at that point to make up any “lost ground”. It geoffmoore.blogspot.com worked well, target pace was 4:30 and I eased through in Remember to check the ACTVAC website’s news page 4:28. Downhill (worth a few seconds) versus the time from http://www.actvac.com.au/mainframe/news.html regularly gun to start line (5 seconds) makes that about right. Drink – it contains a lot of additional information not contained in electrolytes at every drink station. Gel liquid at 25k. The this newsletter. gel provided was good, it didn’t stick in the throat!

Rad (second from right) competing in the M80 60m Hurdles at the WMA Indoor Championships. The M80 second from the left won. Rad was third. June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 21 Run Easy - A book review by Jack Pennington

I found a book by Ron Clarke at a recent Angus and been because in 1965 at the same conference Percy told the Robertson book sale that I did not know existed. assemble throng, “there’s only one bloke here who knows The book of the above title has no foreword by an emi- what he is talking about and that’s the pom Pennington nent person who knew of the author’s exploits as the and the rest of you are bloody no-hopers”, end of that story. world’s greatest distance runner, which surprises me. Also, So in 1966 at Narrabeen I found myself on the platform there is not one photograph, not even of the author, except with Ron Clarke and he said to me, “You do the talking on the loose cover which shows Clarke’s backside as he and I will answer the questions.” finishes one of his nineteen world records. That surprised In 1972, Ron was a speaker at a conference at the ANU me too. Even his preface is not by the author as he simply and I asked him if he would like me to interview him for introduces as a preface thirteen pages from a book titled the Athletics Weekly, UK. And so next morning we did just Ten Greatest Races by Derrick Young, 1972, and of course, that and I broached what Percy had told me about telling I found the book unusual. him to get lost. Clarke said, “That was Percy’s bad luck Clarke begins with the premise that running should be because I was there to interview him”. [How could he have easy and enjoyable even for champions and that anyone interviewed Percy without an invitation?] So when I sent could be and should be a runner because we were born to Ron the hard copy of the interview he edited it and mad a run. He believes that champions are born and all they need note to say that he did not want his remarks about Cerutty to do is to run daily in the bush and charge up hills so that or Elliott published and so the Athletics Weekly published 20-40 kms should become easy and common. the entire interview without a mention of his opposition. I He extends this theme by saying most coaches are shall give Doug Fry the original copy for his perusal and / wrong but he never explains why. He does explain that he or publication with the remarks still in Ron’s handwriting. was coached as a junior to a world mile record by the ad- Of course, the interview was published around the world in viser of Roger Bannister and Franz Stampfl and he was many other publications including my Veteran Athlete also the coach of our second greatest miler, Merv Lincoln magazine. and of course the coach of Ralph Doubell, the Olympic Clearly as I have written many times, Ron Clarke was 800m champion and world record holder (at 1m 44.3s the world’s greatest distance runner. He was the first un- [shared with Peter Snell]. der 28 minutes for 10km and the first under 13 minutes for Stampfl was the coach at Melbourne University who the three miles. All his records were set on cinder tracks, believed in flat out 400m interval training. Stampfl was which were one second slower per lap than the modern hated by Herb Elliott’s coach, Percy Cerutty, who did not tracks, which were only introduced at the Mexico Olympics believe in interval training or training to a schedule or stop in 1968. Of course, the favourite Ron Clarke had no hope at watch. that altitude and he finished behind Gamoudi of Morocco, Clarke could not tolerate the interval training and be- Temu and Keino of Kenya, in ninth place. He then dropped fore he entered the senior ranks he lit the Olympic flame at unconscious and our team’s medical officer, while applying the 1956 Games in Melbourne and he then retired to study oxygen, was in tears. and marry. Clarke, in a couple of idle years, became over- Ron Clarke was the world’s greatest pace maker and in weight and in 1961, he was encouraged by a neighbour and the Olympics of 1964 and the Commonwealth Games of real runner Les Perry, to join him on a weekend run. Perry 1966 and 1970, the pace maker did not win. His best per- had run in the 5km in the 1952 Olympics and he soon had formance which he details in his book, was in London in Ron struggling. Ron Clarke, at this stage, had no ambition July 1965 when he ran away from a world class field in the except to get fit and soon found the Dandenong trails en- three miles. The result being extraordinary and the first joyable and began to put in surges especially up hills and time under 13 minutes for three miles unpaced but chased. eventually became the pack leader and so got back into the The result was: Ron Clarke 12m52.4s, Gerry Linden (USA) habit of winning races again. 13m04s. Clarke had taken about 30 seconds off the World His training hints in this book are very sparse but there Record and it was a better performance than Bannister’s are some common sense tips for beginners and he only says mile or Elliott’s 1500m. Clarke was feted around the world that he did not believe in interval training but he believed but he remained modest and unboastful and he was a true in sessions of weight training. gentleman of the track. It is no wonder that Emil Zatopek He then contradicts himself by publishing several pages gave him one of his Olympic medals. from Arthur Lydiard’s book Run and says they fitted his Those who beat Clarke in the Olympics and Common- own ideas especially the weight training. There we have it, wealth Games were themselves beaten by him in subse- Clarke was a closet Cerutty runner. I can now tell you that quent races many times over many distances. Clarke’s just before he left Franz Stampfl, Clarke attended a Sun- method was to run hard and win or lose he always ran his day afternoon lecture at Percy’s Portsea training camp. best. Percy Cerutty told me personally that Clarke attended one Elliott and Bannister got more than their share of rec- of his lectures at Portsea, uninvited and as soon as Percy ognition which still lingers on. Clarke was in a class of his spotted him, he yelled “Piss off Clarke back to Franz own because he had the “genes” and all he needed was fit- Stampfl” and so Clarke left. ness. Later, Percy found out that Ron had told Herb Elliott He set World Records for 3km, 2 miles, 3 miles, 5km, that he was fed up with the interval training on the track 6miles, 10km, 15km and one hour. In the Tokyo Olympics and so Herb had invited him and had forgotten to tell in 1964, after finishing third in the 10km and having made Percy. Percy told me “the day I knocked back Clarke was the pace to 300m to go, he led to half way in the marathon the worst day of my life”. fading to ninth with 2hrs 20min 27secs. In 1966, this reviewer was invited to talk about dis- tance running at a National coaches conference at Narra- Continued on Page 25 Page 22 — June 2008 Vetrunner Australian Veteran Mountain Running Championships - 11 May 2008

Lanyon to Mt Rob Roy, ACT 16 Tony Krantzcke 72 NSW 77.46 Sunday 11 May 2008 17 Rad Leovic 80 ACT 81.46 18 Max Scherleitner 77 NSW 106.08 Weather: Perfect. Still, overcast, a slight chill at the summit. Women's 9kms Distance: 9kms. Elevation gain: 550 metres. 1 Michelle Elmitt 46 ACT 63.42 2 Caroline Campbell 65 ACT 77.12 Pennant Hills runner Richard Roberts slashed three minutes from the course record in a powerful exhibition of uphill running in taking out today’s Australian Veteran Mountain Running Championship on Mt Rob Roy in Tuggeranong. He is now contemplating a start in the World Veteran Championship in the Czech Republic in September, inspired by the world M55 title won by Canberra’s Trevor Jacobs last year. Forty year old Roberts completed the 9 km course from Lanyon homestead to Mt Rob Roy in 40 mins 27 secs. Equally as impressive in second place was Berrima’s Paul Bruce, the fastest M50, in 44:28. Third and fourth were Canberra’s David Hosking, the second M40, in 45:16, and Trevor Jacobs, the M55 world champion, in 45:51. Both were backing up after brilliant runs the previous day in finishing 5th and 4th respectively in the Australian open championships on Mt Tennent. Tuggeranong’s Peter Brown won the M45 championship in 48:03, Wayne Bartley from Lake Macquarie M60 in 56:51, Bob Chapman from Farrer in the ACT M70 in 1:05:33, Max Scherleitner from Albury M75 in 1:46:08, and Rad Leovic from Hughes in the ACT M80 in 1:21:46. Australian Mountain Running Association President John Harding said, “We have high hopes of Rad Leovic winning the world M80 title in September. Rad regularly runs up both Mt Ainslie and Black Mountain in only 22 minutes and he has already won world championship medals in both triathlon and duathlon. He is one of Canberra’s most inspiring veteran athletes”. The women’s field up Mt Rob Roy was small because of Mother’s Day commitments. Michelle Elmitt from Tuggeranong was first finisher and W45 champion in 1:03:42. Another inspirational athlete, W65 Caroline Campbell of Yarralumla, was second in 1:17:12.

Men's 9km up 1 Richard Roberts 40 NSW 40.27 2 Paul Bruce 50 NSW 44.28 3 David Hosking 40 ACT 45.16 4 Trevor Jacobs 56 ACT 45.51 5 Peter Brown 47 ACT 48.03 6 Dennis Wylie 55 NSW 48.43 7 Milton Valentine 55 ACT 49.27 8 Peter Clarke 57 ACT 49.57 9 Mick Corlis 49 ACT 53.33 10 Wayne Bartley 61 NSW 56.51 11 Jim White 59 ACT 61.48 12 Geoff Barker 63 ACT 62.14 13 Bob Chapman 73 ACT 65.33 14 Nick Blackaby 54 ACT 69.43 15 Des Cannon 57 NSW 74.22 June 2008 Vetrunner – Page 23 ACT Veterans Mountain Running Championships “JACOBS POISED FOR THIRD WORLD VETERAN TITLE” Lanyon to Mt Rob Roy - 19 April 2008

9km up 18km 9km down 1 Vanessa Haverd 31 F 46.07 1.22.31 36.24 2 Kathy Southgate 51 F 50.03 1.48.03 58.00 3 Jo Allison 31 F 51.57 1.48.07 56.10 4 Kelley Flood 47 F 57.32 1.46.20 48.48 5 Elle Knight 39 F 1.06.48 1.59.46 52.58 6 Prue Bradford 48 F 1.14.51 2.20.28 1.05.37

1 Martin Fryer 46 M 43.27 1.16.58 33.31 2 Trevor Jacobs 56 M 43.59 1.16.20 32.21 3 David Hosking 40 M 45.10 1.19.39 34.29 4 Steve Sitko 47 M 46.38 1.22.06 35.28 5 Milton Valentine 54 M 47.23 1.34.54 47.21 6 Tony Swan 43 M 47.45 1.23.49 36.04 7 Peter Brown 46 M 48.57 1.40.51 51.54 8 Steve Bradford 53 M 51.18 2.20.28 1.29.10 9 Ian Wright 53 M 51.48 1.31.09 39.21 10 Patrick Kluth 39 M 52.30 1.31.52 39.22 11 Anthony Olliffe 53 M 52.46 1.33.05 40.59 12 Mick Corlis 49 M 54.22 1.59.46 1.05.23 13 Dave Hromow 40 M 54.51 1.35.58 41.07 14 Hugh Moore 59 M 56.47 1.41.40 44.53 15 Chris Huet 38 M 58.06 1.40.31 42.25 16 Jan Budinsky 46 M 59.57 1.43.10 43.13 17 Robert Moyse 50 M 1.00.14 1.59.07 58.53 18 Matthew Hole 34 M 1.00.35 1.46.34 45.59 19 Geoff Barker 63 M 1.03.10 1.49.54 46.44 20 Richard Hilhorst 66 M 1.05.57 21 Bob Chapman 73 M 1.08.16 2.18.28 1.10.12 22 Nick Blackaby 53 M 1.08.46 2.20.05 1.11.59 23 Michael Burt 49 M 1.11.37 3.05.35 1.53.58 24 Steve Gray 52 M 1.13.55 2.15.42 1.01.47 25 Eric Wainwright 62 M 1.19.45 2.39.19 1.19.34 26 Tony Krantzcke 71 M 1.20.39 2.18.35 57.56 27 Rad Leovic 80 M 1.22.52 28 Sin Yong Ho 57 M 1.44.55 2.55.00 1.10.05

Canberra’s veteran mountain running ace Trevor in 43 mins 27 secs, half a minute ahead of Jacobs, with Jacobs is poised next weekend to secure his third world Brindabella Classic champion David Hosking, an M40, a veteran title in as many years after a scintillating run in further minute back in 45:10. today’s ACT championship. In 2006 he won the M50 world Fryer, an M45, held on to the lead on the descent for long distance mountain running championship in the USA more than 3 kms before Jacobs gained the ascendancy and and last year took out the M55 short distance title in went on to win the 18 km run in 76:20, just over half a Germany by over a minute after placing third in the long minute ahead of Fryer, with Hosking third in 79:39. distance championship two weeks earlier in Switzerland. Open age group runner Vanessa Haverd, 28th in last Next Saturday Jacobs contests the world long distance year’s world long distance championship, was fastest mountain running championship in the Three Peaks race female to the summit in 46:07 and also for the return in England as a member of the Australian team after journey in 82:31. Fastest veteran to the summit was W50 winning the national selection race at the Deep Space Kathy Southgate in 50:03, with W45 Kelley Flood second in marathon at Honeysuckle Creek in the ACT last December. 57:32 and W35 Elle Knight third in 66:48. The Australian veterans mountain running Today’s ACT veteran championship had two championships will be conducted over the same course from components, a 9km ascent of Mt Rob Roy from Lanyon Lanyon to Mt Rob Roy on Sunday 11 May, the day after the historic homestead and a return 18km. Australian ultra Australian senior and junior championships on Mt th running supremo Martin Fryer, 11 in the world 24 hour Tennent. title in 2006 and last month only one km short of the world John Harding record for 24 hours on a treadmill, was first o the summit Page 24 — June 2008 Vetrunner Canberra Runners steal the day at Nail Can Hill, Albury

A team of 18 represented Canberra at the Nail Can Hill Run in Albury on Sunday 4 May 2008. Most of us busted our age with Kathy Southgate and Diana Schneider breaking their age without the 20% allowance for women thus joining Carol Baird in this remarkable achievement. So far in the history of the race only four women have broken their age us- ing the male standard, ie without the 20% loading. The results are:

31 Michael Gosman 45:53 49 Hayley Gosman 47:49 50 Peter Clarke 47:54 62 Kathy Southgate 48:34 108 John Kennedy 50:58 187 Jim White 54:11 Right: At Albury: 218 Anne Southgate 55:35 Rad Leovic, Ewen 258 Ewen Thompson 56:53 Thompson, Anne 365 Diana Schneider 60:04 Southgate, Anne 403 Geoff Barker 61:26 Young and Kathy 415 Bob Chapman 61:47 Southgate in front. 418 Clive Glover 61:53 469 Roger Abbott 63:53 482 Richard Hilhorst 64:13 750 Rad Leovic 74:14 803 Anne Young 77:30 1053 Joy Hilhorst 91:28 1527 Dave Mackenzie 140.22

A total of 1551 runners / walkers completed the race. The weather was cold and foggy at the start followed by a beau- tiful sunny day of 20 degrees. In addition to most of the Canberra athletes breaking their age Kathy Southgate broke the over 50 women’s record with her run of 48:34. Hayley Gosman won the under 20 women’s age group with a run of 47:49. Peter Clarke was first in the male 50+ age category. Anne Southgate was a member of Charles Sturt University team which won the team category. I thank Doug Fry, Bryan Thomas, Kathy Southgate and Clive Glover for their input into this report.

Rad Leovic Corrections for May 2008 ACTVAC Membership statistics Vetrunner As at 17 May 2008

Some errors in last Month's Vetrunner as noted Age group Men Women Total by Sharon Gibbins: 30 6 15 21

P19 (AMA Championships) - Bryan wrote that 35 14 11 25 Jayne won all the W45 throws. I won the discus, 40 14 23 37 but it wasn't entered on the web results. 45 39 29 68 P21 (Sharon’s take on the AMA Championships) 50 37 19 56 - Sharon wrote that Bob was walking around 55 41 39 80 with his fly down. Bob denies any memory of this. My information was second hand, so perhaps they 60 45 32 77 were mistaken. 65 31 17 48

P31 (Notice on World Masters Athletics 2009, 70 24 10 34 Sydney) - The World Masters Athletics 75 13 4 17 Championships 2009 are being held in Lahti, Finland. They are our World Championships, as 80 4 1 5 the ones in Italy were last year. The event in 85 2 0 2 Sydney is the World Masters GAMES. It includes many other sporting events. (Ed: Note has been Age not provided 0 3 3 amended for this Vetrunner) Total 270 203 473 June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 25 Continued from Page 21 miler only but then again he has never broken 53 seconds for the 400m and as i have noted , his first World Record At the back of his book he lists all his races from 1953 to was a junior mile in 4min 06.8s. It is obvious to me that if 1970 a total of 325 of which he won 222 and the rest he he had specialised he would have run faster than that. The mostly placed. Australian (and World) Record for the 10km was set by The book reminds me that Ron was a true amateur nev- Clarke in 27m 37.9s and this stood until 1996 when Sean ertheless there is much common sense in 140 pages and he Creighton ran 27m 31.9s on a modern track and on 5 May may well be right that if you have the genes, like the Ken- 2008 Craig Mottram has run 27m 34s in the USA to be our yans, all you need is to run every day and enjoy it but very second fastest. the distance. This, in the old days was called Swedish For the reader it would be fruitful to read his earlier Fartlek and for the ambitious he does recommend altitude book the Unforgiving Minute written for him by Alan Ten- training. grove in 1966. The title tells it all and in my copy Ron has Since writing Run Easy he has been the Mayor of the written, “Best wishes Jack, keep at it, another fellow run- Gold Coast and has a training camp on Stradbroke Island ner”. which is a commercial venture. Ron would now be a sev- Run Easy was published by Information Australia in enty year old and still running but of course we have never 2001. seen him in veteran competition. In my view if he had stuck with his original coach he may well have been a great Jack Pennington, Patron ACTVAC

Camino de Santiago Robert Kennelly’s walking tour of northern Spain

(Note: This email was received recently from Robert and phone, and he spoke passable Spanish (this is a true story) his wife Moya on their tour of the road to Santiago in He said it was E15 for a one hour massage in his rooms and northern Spain) 19 in the hotel (we are currently staying in a Parador 4\5 star) I thought this was a good price and made a feeble Friends\Amigos attempt at repeating it in Spanish. I asked Moya and she said she would have one to in the hotel room. He duly came So how has the walking trip of a life time been! about 20m late, set up his table, used our towels and half way through my first hour said that he would do an a half Stage 2: 180kms from Burgos to Leon has been entirely hour for each of us. I said is that still the same price using successful and Spanish champagne was drunk last night at English, E19. HE said yes. The massage on the legs a suitable restaurant. My Hypochondria has not deserted was very good for both of us. HE then instructed us the me. I have a pain in my calf, knee, feet, hips, back and go to the bath room and put the hot shower on our legs for brain, shoulders [which is] alternating. All is holding 2 mins followed by the cold shower and to repeat this together. Moya is going great guns. On the flat I hold her several times. Which we did. At the end he packed up, as I back a bit. In the main we have had great accommodation thanked him profusely offering E20 Euro and insisting he even in refughios [hostel]. I have conquered the snoring keep the change. He said several things in Spanish which I masses so far. I spend a lot of energy on the actual walk did not understand and returned my E20. and the meditation has been a little perfunctory. We have I looked at him dumbfounded and he insisted that it been to 4 masses including one at a Benedictine church on was E19!!!. I struggled with my deice nova, but eventually mother´s day. Boy was I popular. For much of this stage of defaulted to a pen and paper and wrote down E19...... to the Camino we have been paralleling the Seedsmans, which he wrote down E90 and at the same time repeated Dorothy and Barry. They are from ACT vets and are young E19...... but it did not matter I had fainted and my wallet like Moya and I!! Well in their mid 70´s, so not quite as was taken to hospital and put on life support. young. We have shared many things together; meals, I am just so lucky do have done 4 courses in Spanish!!! bedrooms, handkerchiefs and many good times. They have We enjoy the simple life; of getting up early in our helped us and encouraged us on the way. waling clothes, though Moya and I still in PJs, massaging My Spanish, well there is another story. The positive is and then walking. We have breakfast on the way. Then that i am much more confident to give the basics a go. But stop at a bar and get something more. Find somewhere for they still speak much too fast and I cannot conjugate my lunch normally our own, pan, atun and Queso. Find verbs or all the other things you have to conjugate. accommodation, shower, wash clothes, massage each others Currently we are walking at 18kms per day, slightly feet, lie down, walk around, have drink and dinner with more 17.8kms than we did last time. But really this is an other pilgrims, prepare the pack for the next day and go to easy stage, mainly flat. Though I am not as fit or as agile as bed. last time, I am much better prepared and have long stops, For those with a map. WE are leaving Leon tomorrow putting my feet up and exercising and massaging my 16 May, and expect to be in Ponferrada on 20 May and calves. Moya seems to be going as well as last time. Though Santiago, God willing, on 30 May. she has some minor blisters. She is very caring about her little boy. Buen Camino A story. We got to Leon dead beat and had a card for a masseur. I was too tired to talk to him in Spanish on the Love Robert and Moya Kennelly Page 26 — June 2008 Vetrunner THE WAY WE WERE 20 YEARS AGO (June 1988). Busteed, W50 Jo Cullen, W55 Suzanne Counsel, W60 211 runners finished our 7th ACT Vets’ Half Marathon. Anne Young AST 77.4% (best female performance), W65 Age group winners were – W30 Deborah Stokes, W35 An- Gwen Gleeson, W70 Juani O’Reilly 139.56 (record), M30 nette McNeill 82.20 (fastest woman), W40 Jo Cullen, W45 Geoff Munro, M35 Gary Molineux, M40 Andy Horsburgh, Joan Sutton, W50 Anne Young, W55 Joan Mallory, W60 M45 Eamonn Moloney, M50 Des Brown, M55 Bernie Mil- Pat Mullins (first 60year-old woman to run), M35 Trevor lett, M60 Peter Kallio 82.13 (record) AST 89.9% (best male Jacobs, M40 Tony Murray 69.45 (fastest), M45 Ron Vines, performance) and M65 Ernie Warner. M50 Peter Kallio, M55 Ernie Warner, M60 Peter Tessey- ‘Survivor” T/shirts, for having completed 10 Vets’ man and M70 Joe Mayer. Halves, were presented to Des Brown, Doug Fry (official), John Bakker M50, John Casey M35, John Lightfoot Sue Kesson, Richard Morcom, John Richardson and Trevor M40, Peter Kallio M50, John Kemp M50, Bernie Millett Vogler. M60 John Bakker and M55 Dan Reddy had com- M45, Dan Reddy M45 and Peter Tesseyman M60 had now pleted all 17 halves. completed all seven. Bitterly cold wintry conditions made it difficult for the 22nd annual LBG Race Walk Championships attracted 31 participants in this month’s throwing handicap in dis- 328 athletes including 67 veterans. Gwen Vines 2nd and cus and shot put. Alice Scott won the monthly trophy from Trish Dalziel 5th in 5000m; Robin Whyte 2nd, Dave Thomp- Jayne Hardy and Mary Wahren. Raylea Rudov earned her son 3rd and Trevor Vogler 7th in the 20mile (32km) Classic. ’50 handicaps’ T/shirt. Frank Nugent and Tanya Colyer Very cold and foggy morning greeted the 98 partici- proudly introduced their new baby daughter. pants in the 9km monthly handicap that started and fin- Hospital Jetty was the start/finish area for this month’s ished at Chisholm Shops. Brian Stirling won from Lucille running handicap. 138 ran the 9km course won by Anna Warth just ahead of Joan Mallory. Geoff Moore and Mary Farnham from Stuart Reid and Kon Sotiropoulus. A record Ann Busteed were fastest. Mike Adler earned his ’50 field of 70 ran the short course won by Robyne Kellett from handicaps’ T-shirt. Jenny Galvin and Cathy Newman. Michael Freer, Michael Gardner and Bernie Rogers were presented with their ‘100 10 YEARS AGO (June 1998). handicap runs’ T-shirts. John Bell wrote an article on the benefits of Deep Wa- ter Training. Nigel Coldrick reported on the history of the BBQ Stakes and some of the personalities associated with this popular weekly lunch-time run. 17th annual ACT Vets’ Half Marathon started and fin- ished at Weston Park. 160 runners enjoyed the cool but very still conditions. Age winners were – W30 Glenda Regan, W35 Carol Ey, W40 Michelle Davis, W45 Mary Ann TWO MORE PROMINENT MEMBERS CELEBRATE SPECIAL JUNE BIRTHDAYS.

Bryan Thomas continues his profiles of members the international level he liked to compete in many events celebrating three score and ten years (plus) birthdays such as the 400H, steeplechase, 5000m, 10000m, cross- during the year. Last month Ewen Drummond turned 85, country, marathon, long jump and triple jump. Although David Hall 74, Consie Larmour 73, Kerry Thew 75, Mary he now lives on a property at Ballina he remains a Wahren 74, Pamela Weiss 70 and Anne Young 73. This member and is as likely as not to turn up at a national month we welcome our two most recent septuagenarians – championship or Masters Games proudly wearing his old Arthur Brown and Tony Booth. ACT uniform.

ARTHUR BROWN is now a septuagenarian. TONY BOOTH is our second new M70 this month. Arthur is one of our ‘Originals’ in that he joined the club at Tony is guaranteed to run down almost any opponent if he its very beginning and earned the nick-name ‘Iron Man’ is within a couple of metres with 100m or less to run in a because of the number and variety of events he would race. His most memorable races have been when he broke participate in one session of athletics. Many long time Jack Pennington’s ACT M50 800m record, winning a gold members have their own favourite stories of Arthur. One medal in the 1500m at an Australian Championships, might be of the day he rolled his ute on the way to Bruce winning a trophy in our half marathon and some exciting Stadium and after cleaning up his wounds rode his bicycle battles with Terry Munro in the Street Mile. However, to the track just making it in time to start a 10,000m race. perhaps his most remarkable efforts have been in the Or of the many occasions he would arrive unannounced at annual Higgins Memorial 800m Handicap that he has won a major championships with no accommodation arranged twice (1993 and 98), finished runner-up twice (1994 and but always happy to park his truck in front of a hotel or at 95) and third in 1999 from his 14 runs, including the the track and sleep rough. Arthur has participated in inaugural event in 1991. Tony is a regular participant in national championships in all capital cities as well as five both track and field and monthly running handicap World Championships (Christchurch 1981, San Juan 1983, programs. He won the 2002 point score for the long course Rome 1985, Melbourne 1987 and Brisbane 2001). Even at and has now completed 175 handicaps. Tony has June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 27 participated in middle distance and cross-country events at Masters Games (1997) and in 2006 was manager of all two World Championships (Melbourne 1987 and Brisbane volunteers working at the AMA National Championships. 2001). In 1990 Tony came up with the concept of spiraling Dave is a regular participant and helper at our monthly out a lane at the end of each lap in our unique Adler Track run / walk handicaps; he was the inaugural winner of the Handicaps. He also proposed a middle distance (800m, Waddell Series point score (2000), the following year was 1500m and 3000m) track handicap series (Pennington recipient of the Encouragement Award and in 2004 won the Series first conducted in February 2000) in which the Mullins Trophy for finishing exactly mid field as well as starting order is based on WMA age standards. Tony served having the best average walk performance throughout the two years on the executive committee (1996 and 2003). series. Dave has now completed 135 monthly handicaps.

MICHAEL FREER, 79 is a talented long distance COLIN ROBBIE, 71 has a long history in athletics; runner still able to keep pace with many athletes more being the inaugural secretary of South Canberra AAC than twenty years his junior. He has completed 13 vets’ (1955) and part of the team that selected runners to carry half marathons, winning nine and currently holds the M75 the 1956 Olympic Torch through the region. Colin record. Michael waited until he was 71 before making his continued to be actively involved in track and field both as marathon debut by winning the M70 class of the 2001 athlete and administrator until 1967. That year he was Canberra Marathon in a time of 4.07. He is a regular NSW pole vault champion (11’3”). Because he has moved participant in our monthly running handicaps having back to Canberra from the South Coast he is now a more completed 190 so he should earn his ‘200 runs’ T/shirt next regular participant in club events. Colin is a genuine all- year. He is also a member of the handicap sub-committee. rounder in that he is very competitive, even at national level, in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws so of course DAVE MACKENZIE, now 77, joined in 1993 after a his favoured event is the pentathlon. 44year lay-off from athletics and immediately demonstrated a flair for administration and accepted responsibility of athletics convener for the 6th Australian

World Masters Games - Sydney 2009

ATHLETICS Proposed Competition Dates: 11-18 October 2009 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre Age Categories: Men: 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90-94, 95-99,100+ Women: 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, 85-89, 90-94, 95-99, 100+ Relay Age Categories Men/Women: <160, 160-199, 200-239, 240+ Age determined at 11 October 2009. Competitors may only compete in their age group. Competition Details: Road Events: The following events will be offered: ∗ 10 km Road Race Walk ∗ 20 km Road Race Walk ∗ 10 km Road Race ∗ Half Marathon ∗ 8 km Cross Country ∗ Wheelchair Road 10 km (TBC) Track and Field Events: The following events will be offered: ∗ Pentathlon: Men: Long Jump, Javelin, 200m, Discus, 1500m Women: 80m/100m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump, 800m ∗ Weight Pentathlon: Men: Hammer, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, Weight Throw Women: Hammer, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, Weight Throw ∗ Sprints: 100m and 200m ∗ Runs: 400m, 800m, 1,500m and 5,000m ∗ Walks: 5,000m Track Race Walk ∗ Hurdles: 80m, 100m, 110m, 300m, 400m ∗ Steeplechase: 2,000m, 3,000m ∗ Relay: 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m ∗ Wheelchair Track: 100m, 800m (TBC) ∗ Field: High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot Put, Weight Throw ∗ All information is proposed and subject to change as at November 2007. Additional information will be posted on the website when confirmed. From the website http://www.2009worldmasters.com/default.aspx Page 28 — June 2008 Vetrunner COURSE DESCRIPTION 29 June 2008 Mt Ainslie Course Description Mt Ainslie

How to get there The start is at the end of Phillip Avenue Dickson. Turn off the Fed- eral Highway into Phillip Avenue and then follow the avenue right till the end of the road. There is a round-about approximately half way along the avenue, but just keep going straight through to the end. By this time you will be able to observe to your right-hand side a car parking area. Many others familiar with the Downer, Dickson, Ainslie, Hackett area will no doubt approach Phillip Avenue from a different direction, perhaps from Antill Street or Majura Avenue.

Course Description The best word to describe the course would be "undulating". Both the long and short courses run around the base of Mt Ainslie, passing behind the suburb of Ainslie and War Memorial. The Frylink/Waddell Series short course turns at the 2.25km mark and return the same way to the start area. The Thomas Series long course runners continue to "undulate" along past the shooting range and after than down. That is until the last section, the pass crossing the Mount Ainslie Road proceed along be- between Ainslie and Majura where there is a very hind the Campbell Offices. There is a sharp left-hand large wave up followed by the relief of about a kilo- turn taking the path up to the pass between Mount metre down to the finish, which is ideal for those who Ainslie and Mount Majura before continuing down to have anything left in their "tanks". the finish area. I took the opportunity to look up the Course length measured to AA Certification require- meaning of the word "undulating" and found that the ments by Terry Levings. explanation was to have a wavy form or appearance, this would accurately describe Mount Ainslie with the rider that the waves are considerably more up

EDITORIAL STYLE AND FORMATTING Stories Photos

All stories submitted for inclusion in Vetrunner should be When taking photos of award ceremonies, please ensure created in Word with Century Schoolbook Font at 9 point. that the awardees are looking in your direction and the Any member’s story which is of an athletic theme, or that background and foreground of the photo do not detract member has achieved an important milestone or award, or from the importance of the moment. All in all, check your just has a story to tell is welcome. surroundings before clicking. Action photos are very wel- come. June 2008 Vetrunner — Page 29

JUNE 2008 Weekly, Bi-Weekly and Monthly Events Please check with organisers to confirm details Sun 1 June Women's and Girls' ACTVAC General Committee Meetings monthly on the second Wednesday of the month at Jogalong Weston Park 9:00am Western Districts Rugby Club, Catchpole Street, Macquarie at 7pm. Contact Secretary Rod Mon 2 June Schools Cross Country Lynch on 62427071 (h). ACTVAC Weight Pentathlons at 9am at Masson Street, Turner — 18 November, 16 (TBA) December - Contact Jayne 0421610053. Sat 7 June ACTCCC Stromlo Customs Joggers meet every Friday at Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park at 12.15pm. Nick Forest Park 1/3.25/6.5km Blackaby 62756506 (w). Lake Tuggeranong Stakes every Tuesday on the lake edge near KFC at 12.20pm. Lloyd Sat 14 June ACTCCC Longstaff / Edwards 62313733 (h). Pennington 1/4/8/12km Weston BBQ Stakes Handicap every Wednesday from the Senior Citizens Club in Woden at 12.20pm. Park Yarralumla Adrian Plunkett 62832388. Round the Lake (Burley Griffin) every second Wednesday (off PS pay week) from beside Lake Sun 15 June Weight Burley Griffin in Commonwealth Park at Nerang Pool bridge from 12.20pm. Ken Eynon Pentathlon, Masson St, Turner, 62546548. 9:00am ACTCCC Women’s and Girls Jogalong at Weston Park on the first Sunday of the month at 9am. Sun 22 June Canada Day Fun Run Kerrie Tanner (h) 62850130. Lake Ginninderra Handicap, last Tuesday of the month, from outside the Lighthouse Bar at 10:00am 12.20pm. Ian Clout 62526737. Sat 28 June ACTCCC Mount Ainslie Run Up, first Tuesday of the month, from Treloar Crescent behind the War Goorooyarroo 1/4/8 km Horse Park Memorial at 12.45pm. John Harding 62441153. Black Mountain Run Up held on the third Tuesday each month at 12.45pm, Clunies Ross St, Drive Gungahlin (Novice Champs) 100m east of Botanic Gardens Entrance. Sat 28 June Throwing Handicap 1:00pm 1/3/6 km Matina Street Marathon Events Sun 29 June Vets Run/Walk Narrabundah Sun 27 July Vets Run / Walk Handicaps Mt Ainslie, Sun 6 July Women's and Girls' Handicaps Mt Taylor, 4.5km/9.3km. 9:00am Roster: Jogalong Weston Park 9:00am 3.5km/7.5km. 9:00am. Roster: Nick Blackaby, Linda Botterill, Ray Sat 12 July ACTCCC Googong Half Bryce Anderson, Steve Appleby, Jane Bramwell, Jillian Clark, Sue Counsel, Marathon 11:00am includes 2 Bell, Alan Burdon, Lorna Burdon, Jenny Davies, John Dimitriou, Martin person relay, 1km 11:15am, 4.2km Marco Falzarano, Terry Giesecke, Butterfield, Jean Herring, Howard 11:30am Sherryl Greathead, John Littler, Beryl Lowry, Bob Lowry, Charlie Modrak, Hollow, Jenny Holmes, Roy Jones, Elle Sun 13 July Weight Pentathlon, Helen Modrak, Brett Morrison, Helen Knight, Consie Larmour, Ian Lavering, Masson St, Turner, 9:00am Charlie McCormack, John McMillan, Munro, Terry Munro, Roger Pilkington, Sat 19 July ACTCCC Cooleman Frank Nugent, Melissa Reddy, Bernie Rogers, Peter Sinfield, Nadine Maureen Rossiter, Richard Faulks, Jill Ridge 1/5/8km Eucumbene Drive Thomlinson, Peter Thomson, Bruce Naidoo-Lees, Paul Lees Duffy Wight, Ruth Baussmann, Jim White. Sat 19 July Throwing Handicap JULY 2008 1:00pm Oceania in Townsville in July 27th- Sat 26 July Bush Capital Aug 3rd Sat 5 July ACTCCC Mill Creek JOIN A TRAINING GROUP — IMPROVE YOUR FITNESS Groups of veterans conduct training sessions all over Thursdays, 5:30pm. Dickson Oval, Antill Street. Call for details. Canberra. If you are interested in training for a particular event GREG STRETTON 62958474 (h) 62576127 (w) At Grammar you should contact one of the many groups that are listed. It’s School (corner of Mugga Way/Flinders Way) on Sundays (no always fun to train with others, to share skills and knowledge. long weekends) at 9am. Call for details. Runners, throwers, jumpers and walkers of all levels are LONG DISTANCE RUNNING welcome. CHRIS LANG 62317353 (h) 62612826 (w). Sundays (when no SPRINTING handicaps are scheduled) at Weston Park and Tuesdays at JOHN BURNS 62319511 (h) Call for details. Black Mountain Peninsula from 9am. Saturdays at 7am from FRAN HARRIS 62302341 (h) Strength work, hurdle training. the Acton Ferry Terminal. (These venues till further notice). Call Twice weekly at the AIS track. Call for details. for details. ROY JONES 62510148 (h) (Marathon Training) Call for details. JUMPS JOHN HUNT 62748035 (w) Sundays 11am at the AIS track. WATER STRENGTHENING/CONDITIONING JOHN BELL 0438381425 (m) Deep water training at the AIS THROWING TRAINING: Jen Bourke, 6296 3909 (h), email: Pool. Call for details. [email protected]. Call for details. FEMALES IN TRAINING RACE AND FITNESS WALKING KATHERINE FITZPATRICK 62141239. Tuesday at the AIS ROBIN WHYTE 0414279639 (m) Call for details. Track (Various distances) at 12:15pm. RAINE THOMPSON 62901857 (h) Mondays at 5.30pm at Parliament House. All athletes wishing to join a training group phone the contact. If ALAN BURDON 62862411. Mountain walking. Call for details. you train regularly and you would like some company please let us know. MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNING GEOFF MOORE Training Groups Coordinator GEOFF MOORE 62544753 (h) 0410544753 (m). Meet at 62544753 (H) or [email protected] Parliament House underground car park Mondays 5.30pm, . Page 30 — June 2008 Vetrunner

ACT VETERANS ATHLETIC CLUB INC Membership/Renewals

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS AND RENEWALS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE It is less expensive for the club and is secure and easy to use Go to actvac.com.au, click on Memberships and follow the prompts

The Club’s membership year is now 1 January to 31 December

Membership Fees for 2008 are $34 single or $57 double

To renew your annual membership, join as a new member, or even change your membership details, please enter the relevant details below. When completed, please send to ACTVAC, GPO Box 2356, Canberra City, ACT 2601, or bring to any ACTVAC Club Event.

First Name………………………………Family Name………………………………………………Membership No (if known)…………….

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