19 Australian Masters Athletics Winter Throwing Championships

VETRUNNER ISSN 1449-8006 Vol. 36 Issue 5 — November 2014

Patron: Jack Pennington OAM

19th Australian Masters Athletics Winter Throwing Championships - Canberra 2014

Convenor and Reporter: Ray Green 30) with a CR 42.17m Javelin; Todd Davey (WA 45) with a This major annual event was held at the Masson Street 41.00m Discus and 13.40m Shot; Graeme Rose (Vic 70) ground on 4-6 October 2014. A record equalling 62 athletes with 16.53m Weight; and Jamie Muscat (NSW 35) 13.48m entered the Championships this year, confirming the Shot. popularity of this annual “THROWSFEST”. WA, SA, Qld, Day two also had a picture perfect blue sky, strong Vic, NSW and ACT were represented with 23 from NSW, winds and high 20s temperature. This day is dedicated to 21 from ACT and 12 from Vic. The ratio of males to the Throws Pentathlon (TP). The women provided the females was 56% to 44%, an excellent representation for day’s outstanding competitors. Helen Searle bettered her women. The ground was in pristine condition (albeit Saturday Hammer AR with 32.27m and a new AR total for decorated with Capeweed Daisies). the TP of 4363 points. Not to be outdone, Mary Thomas Championships Convenor Ray Green opened the bettered her Saturday AR Javelin mark with 22.74m and competition, welcoming everyone and announcing the an AR total of 4231. Mary Wahren gained another CR names of 15 first-time competitors. Ten-year T-shirts were with her 1907 total. Other very good performances came presented to Judy Brown (NSW), Nola de Chazal (ACT) from Melissa Holahan with a 3044 total, Samantha and Phil Frkovic (NSW) signifying their attendance at 10 Latanis totalling 3028, Christine Shaw (NSW 55) reaching Winter Championships. Ray then announced the creation a 3311 total, and Jan Banens (ACT 70) gaining 3663 of the Thomas-Frith Award, a perpetual trophy for points. It is worth noting that Helen Searle’s TP Hammer ‘Sportsmanship’, commemorating the lives of two gained her 1257 points and her Shot 1019. Jan Banens’ extraordinary Veterans/ Hammer scoring 1163 Masters athletes who died in points was the only other 2014 – Trish Thomas, ACT, female over 1000 points for and Ruth Frith, Qld. The a single event. Local Organising Committee In the men’s competitions (LOC) members, Sharon CRs were set by Warren Gibbins, Raylea Rudov and Benbow with 2420 points Jayne Hardy were then and Todd Davey with 3582 introduced to the crowd by points. Further standout Ray, receiving a warm performances came from reception. Then each Graeme Rose(Vic 70) with athlete, in turn, was Shot: Gina Hammer: Sharon 56lb weight: Kevin 3859 points after a introduced to the crowd as reasonably close tussle with they received their Participation Certificate and Ray Green( ACT70) on 3576. Bob Banens (ACT 65) on Championship Medal. 3394 had the next highest score. No male achieved 1000 With a large crowd of spectators, families and friends, points or more for a single discipline. Saturday’s events got under way at 10am under a perfect Day three’s weather was a replica of the previous two as Canberra blue sky. During the day the wind was quite the athletes arrived to weather the Heavy Weight strong from the west as the temperature rose into the mid Pentathlon (HWP) and the 56lb and 100lb super heavy 20s. All five major disciplines were held on the first day in Weights after two very strenuous days. In the HWP random order so as not to replicate the Throws Pentathlon. competitors throw their age related weight, the two In the women’s events on day one there were two immediately below in weight and the two immediately outstanding individuals – Mary Thomas (NSW 70) and above in weight, in ascending order of weight. While some Helen Searle (Qld 75). Mary set an Australian Record (AR) women scored well there were no ARs or CRs in their of 22.50m in the Javelin and a Championship Record (CR) divisions. Melissa Holahan’s 4556 points score was very of 23.28m in the Discus. Helen threw an AR 9.76m Shot, a good and included 1018 points for her 16lb throw, and 32.26m AR Hammer, a CR 11.55m Weight and a 19.23m Althea Mackie (Qld 40) threw well for 4382 points. Mary CR Discus. Other notables in the women were Mary Thomas with 3823 points beat Jan Banens on 3567 points

Wahren (ACT 80) with a CR 11.85m Javelin, a 10.96m CR in a close contest. Discus, a 5.69m CR Weight and a 14.09 CR Hammer; In the men’s section Graeme Rose was the standout Samantha Latanas (NSW 40) with a very good 10.46m averaging 1000 points per event for a 5032 total. Other Shot; and June Lowe (NSW 60) 13.49 Weight. For the good scores came from Ken Priestly (Vic 75) with 4628 men, an unwell Stuart Gyngell (NSW 50) was very good points, Todd Davey on 4323 points, John Reynolds (ACT with a CR 45.95m Discus and a CR 16.08m Shot. Other 70) with 4106 points and Kevin Bartlett (ACT 75) gaining admirable performances came from Wayne Benbow (Vic 3949 points. (Continued page 5) Page 2 — November 2014 Vetrunner 19th Winter Throwing Championships, 4-6 October 2014

Photos from Sharon Gibbins

Opening: Brett Kingston, Rad Leovic & Ray Green 56 lb: Jan Banens Weight: John Reynolds

Officials: She’ Hawke & Jayne Hardy Shot: Lorna England Weight: Robin Whyte ACTVAC Half Marathon - 24 August 2014

Photos: Belinda Bounty & George Kubitzky

Half marathon report on page 8 November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 3 It’s good to see the warmer weather upon us once more, with the track season for 2014/2015 ready to go for another summer. I hope this year we will see an increase of numbers PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE in attendances at our regular Thursday night meetings, which fantastic annual event. I personally think is the best event this club holds as well as At the recent AMA AGM held in Melbourne, which I and the least recognised. The Competition Sub-committee have Phill Toomey attended, I was given the privilege of being made sure everything is ready for a well-balanced and free elected as Vice-President of AMA. There were many positive flowing track and field program. So if you haven’t been to the things to come out of the two-day meeting and there will be a track for a while, or have never tried, it’s time to come out on detailed report on the AMA AGM in the next issue of the a Thursday night and give track and field a go. It caters for all Vetrunner. It has been a while since ACTVAC has had a levels and is a lot of fun. member on the AMA executive, so I will be using my position I’d like to send a big thank you out to Ray Green, Sharon on the AMA to help ACTVAC be at the forefront of the future Gibbins, Jayne Hardy, and Raylea Rudov, for organising the progression of masters athletics in Australia. 19th AMA Winter Throwing Championships. With a record 62 I’d like to wish all the members travelling up to the Gold entries, the championships were attended by entrants from Coast for the Pan Pacs a safe trip and hope they have a six states and territories. As usual it was great fun with many successful competition at the Griffith University track. It national and state records being set. A lot of thanks go to the would be great if anyone could email me some photos of the organisers for ensuring perfect weather for the weekend. It action up there, so I can put them on the Facebook page. was very pleasing to see so many members helping out, I hope to catch up with everyone at an ACTVAC event setting up and officiating over the three days. It was also soon, especially at our track and field meetings. wonderful to see so many new faces at the championships this year. Now it’s time to look forward to the 20th AMA Winter Brett Kingston Championships next year, which will be a great celebration President and a big thank you to the LOC for starting and continuing a

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Members are entitled to discounts on prices for The Club is grateful for the generous support of goods purchased from The Runners Shop and for the following local businesses: services from Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Go Troppo Fyshwick Markets for a discount on Injury Centre. Please inform The Runners Shop fruit for our regular athletic events; that you are a club member when you make a purchase, and inform the Kingston Physiotherapy Southside Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic and Sports Injury Centre that you are a club for donating a prize at our monthly throwing member when you book a session. handicaps and for providing a $5.00 discount per consultation to our members. As part of their sponsorship arrangements with Garry Maher of Manuka Drafting Service for the Club, The Runners Shop and Kingston donating prizes for the King and Queen of the Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre each Mountain in both the Thomas and Frylink remit to the Club a payment equivalent to a Series. percentage of their sales to members. Nick Walshe, of The Runners Shop, and Craig Wisdom, Belconnen Soccer Club for their support of the of the Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury 200th Throwing Handicap and providing a Centre, are club members. venue for the AGM and committee meetings. November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 5 (Continued from page 1) first event, on the first day of competition, severely tore a There was a very close competition in the M30 section groin muscle. Without hesitation, after some first aid, he where Warren Benbow on 2583 points outscored Warren approached the Convenor, Ray Green, and asked if he could Jones (NSW 30) with 2543 points, an average margin of 8 officiate. For the full three days David provided his points per discipline. services at many events both in the field and recording. On In the women’s 56lb contests there were some fine numerous occasions he finished one event and went to results and close contests. Melissa Holahan set a new AR another to assist. David is a worthy winner of the with 4.45m beating Karyn de Marco’s old record by 38cm! inaugural Thomas-Frith Award. Mary Thomas and Raylea Rudov now share a new CR of 2015 will be the final year in which the present ACTVAC 2.50m after tying in their event. Althea Mackie’s 4.73m LOC of Jayne Hardy, Raylea Rudov, Sharon Gibbins and I, wasn’t far from her own AR of 5.00m. Ray Green—Convenor, will organise the AMA Winter Todd Davey’s 8.98m was the longest 56lb throw of the Throwing Championships. It will be the 20th occasion on day. The closest battle was between John Reynolds with which ACTVAC has hosted them. The AMA Board will 4.62m and Ray Green with 4.61m! Other good throws were select a state body to hold the Championships for the Jamie Muscat’s 8.58m, Roger Glass’s (Vic 60) 6.50m and following three years some time in the near future. Bob Banens’ 5.49m. Throwers from the ACT inaugurated this event with an The women’s 100lb throw again saw Melissa Holahan to ad hoc program in 1995. The Championships were the fore with an excellent 2.31, only 20cm below the AR. formalised in 1996 through AAVAC Board agreement after Samantha Latanis showed she is very capable with 2.15m, application from the ACTVAC to hold them. It has run only 9cm behind the AR, while Kellie Watson’s (NSW 40) them continuously since. We are looking forward to 2.00m was also very good. Lesley Dawson (SA 55), who had providing a special event in 2015 including a booklet made a rush trip from the Philippines to compete (with no outlining the evolving history of the Championships and preparation), threw 1.44m to be only 18cm from the AR. displays of photographs and other records accumulated For the men Jamie Muscat’s 4.19m was the longest 100lb over the years. You may be able to help. If you have any throw of the day, while Ray Green’s 2.51m was only 23cm material that may add to the celebrations next year please from the AR. contact us on the usual addresses. At the completion of the day’s events the crowd gathered Finally, a huge thank you to all participants in this to hear who would be announced Best Male Athlete, Best year’s event. It was a wonderful success. Whether you Female Athlete and recipient of the inaugural Thomas- participated as athlete, official, spectator or coach we are Frith Award for Sportsmanship. Stuart Gyngell was indebted to you for your attendance. There are no named Best Male Athlete for two very good CRs, with Championships if you don’t turn up! Helen Searle being declared Best Female Athlete for her Sharon, Jayne and Raylea, you make my role easy. four ARs. The Thomas-Frith Award was won by David Thank you. Wookey (Vic 70). David in his first warm up throw in the Ray Green, Convenor For the Record

Mary Wahren holds a large cache of Club throwing (hammer, shot, discus, javelin and weight), he performed records as a W75 (Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, Hammer, consistently well across the board. As a result his score Weight and Weight Pentathlon). Recently, Mary moved smashed the previous Club record of 2702 set back in 2002. into the W80 age group and has now started to make her Congratulations Kevin on a really strong and consistent mark on those throwing records. Mary competed at the performance. Throws Pentathlon on 14 September and set new W80 Jan Banens was able to fly the newly introduced 500g records in the Hammer (14.84m) and an inaugural Javelin even beyond her recent record in the W70 Javelin. record in the Weight (5.03m). I suspect Mary will be Her not so old mark set earlier this year of 15.22m was setting new W80 records in the other implements this extended to 15.84m. coming T&F season and keeping me very busy as a result. Mary Wahren set another two Club records in the Recurring record breakers, Ray Green and Bob W80 age group. She was able to extend her earlier Weight Banens, were at it again at the monthly Weight Throw on record of 5.03m to 5.69m. And then, Mary was able to 27 September in the ‘Super’ Heavyweight (100lb break the Javelin record with a throw of 11.85m. As implement). Ray Green set a new M70 record of 2.67m, anticipated at the outset of this article, it came as no improving the mark of 2.46m previously set by John surprise that Mary would start amassing a suite of records Reynolds. However, Ray cannot, it seems, rest on his in the throwing events as a W80. laurels because Bob Banens is following close behind in the Bob Banens continued to chase down some of the M65 M65 age group and overtaking some of the records set records set by Ray Green, this time in the Heavy Weight there by Ray. Specifically, Bob set a new M65 record of (56lb implement). Having earlier overtaken Ray’s mark 2.76m with the 100lb implement, replacing the previous in the 100lb Super Heavy Weight (see above) Bob has now record held by Ray of 2.66m which he only set earlier this extended the record for the Heavy Weight to 5.49m from year before turning 70. the earlier 5.39m set by Ray. AMA Winter Throwing Championships So that now takes us up to the new T&F season which The AMA Winter Throwing Championships were held should result in yet more records to report in my next on 4-6 October and, as expected, our very strong contingent (December Vetrunner) article. of ACT throwers not only won many medals but also set a number of new local Club records: Philip White Kevin Blewitt scored a record breaking 2956 points [email protected] in the M75 Throws Pentathlon. While Kevin didn’t set Records and Statistician officer any individual records with the five different implements Page 6 — November 2014 Vetrunner AMA Winter Throwing Championships: 4-6 October 2014

Men’s Results

NAME AGE STATE HAMMER SHOT DISCUS JAVELIN WEIGHT 56LB 100LB Warren Benbow 30 VIC 30.98 11.74 30.96 41.17 10.97 7.32 2.66 Warren Jones 30 NSW 34.84 9.01 26.04 27.21 10.61 6.07 2.05 Shane Benbow 35 VIC 35.77 11.49 34.45 34.64 11.44 7.00 3.06 Jamie Muscat 35 NSW 40.32 13.48 37.68 32.59 12.37 8.58 4.19 Rodney Watson 40 NSW 34.17 11.40 30.56 38.63 11.06 6.70 2.83 Brett Kingston 40 ACT 5.68 3.01 Todd Davey 45 WA 38.79 13.40 41.00 35.98 13.62 8.98 3.46 Stuart Gyngell 50 NSW 44.02 16.08C 45.95C 15.26 Phil Frkovic 50 NSW 43.35 12.47 36.28 15.08 Paul Olsson 55 VIC 33.94 11.74 Robert Hanbury-Brown 55 NSW 36.28 10.19 36.28 37.29 12.59 John West 60 NSW 17.81 7.64 24.55 27.96 8.44 Duncan Macnicol 60 ACT 35.41 9.35 32.33 29.62 Roger Glass 60 VIC 40.47 10.00 29.90 23.62 15.87 6.50 2.85 Bob Jones 60 NSW 15.57 5.38 15.08 12.04 5.91 Peter Greenland 60 NSW 25.38 26.96 Bob Banens 65 ACT 30.46 10.50 38.92 33.20 12.45 5.49 2.70 Peter Young 65 VIC 29.48 10.92 35.01 30.03 11.59 4.48 2.16 Robert Holzer 65 VIC 37.85 Mills Lafferty 65 QLD 29.00 8.23 22.73 26.04 10.68 3.69 1.73 Llewellyn Jenkins 65 VIC 17.61 7.89 20.28 25.11 8.30 3.65 1.70 Robin Whyte 70 ACT 24.28 7.27 20.90 25.91 10.43 David Wookey 70 VIC Didimo Tonelli 70 VIC 22.72 9.27 24.38 29.37 11.20 Ray Green 70 ACT 35.50 11.15 37.63 26.35 14.74 4.61 2.51 Bruce Wiggins 70 NSW 19.78 6.70 17.82 13.82 9.03 John Reynolds 70 ACT 31.87 8.74 29.26 12.65 4.62 2.34 Graeme Rose 70 VIC 39.36 11.48 30.21 34.06 16.53 Noel Donohoe 70 ACT 3.97 1.85 Brian Rix 70 NSW 16.66 6.59 21.29 18.46 7.31 Ken Priestley 75 VIC 32.71 13.58 Kevin Blewitt 75 ACT 31.04 7.34 25.53 23.82 12.24 3.04 Ron Simcock 75 NSW 34.18 9.67 27.57 26.61 14.27 John Burns 85 ACT 16.17 11.89 Rad Leovic 85 ACT 16.22 6.00 12.97 14.10 7.35

Women’s Results

NAME AGE STATE HAMMER SHOT DISCUS JAVELIN WEIGHT 56LB 100LB Melissa Holahan 30 NSW 49.02 10.77C 28.30 23.92 15.94 4.45A 2.31 Audrey Thomson 35 NSW 33.99 9.95 28.72 17.53 10.91 3.44 1.79 Kellie Watson 40 NSW 24.65 9.13 3.66 2.00 Samantha Latanis 40 NSW 33.58 10.46 30.54 24.35 10.70 2.15 Althea Mackie 40 QLD 40.16 7.94 26.54 20.52 12.36 4.73 1.96 Gina Etienne 45 ACT 7.58 18.50 Jayne Hardy 50 ACT 20.01 7.38 17.08 14.49 7.00 Lorna England 50 ACT 22.51 6.59 17.28 She’ Hawke 50 ACT 15.37 12.07 Tanya Colyer 50 ACT 17.61 Lesley Dawson 55 SA 25.81 7.73 17.03 13.71 8.65 2.62 1.44 Sharon Gibbins 55 ACT 35.30 8.58 27.21 10.66 Kate Clarke 60 NSW 23.22 7.39 20.69 14.32 9.13 June Lowe 60 NSW 32.60 9.17 24.65 20.02 13.49 Judy Brown 60 NSW 14.52 5.35 14.21 12.33 5.65 Karen Jones 60 NSW 4.69 12.67 8.03 Astrid Rose 70 VIC 23.23 15.22 15.52 8.94 Irene Mitchell 70 ACT 25.37 5.43 13.59 8.97 8.77 Mary Thomas 70 NSW 27.75 8.30 23.28C 22.50A 10.98 2.50C 1.02 Raylea Rudov 70 ACT 21.80 6.12 14.89 11.91 10.51 2.50C 1.10 Anne Lang 70 SA 5.95 11.12 14.75 Jan Banens 70 ACT 29.89 6.83 17.94 15.84 11.54 2.37 Helen Searle 75 QLD 32.26 9.76A 19.23C 11.55C Nola de Chazal 75 ACT 16.36 4.83 10.53 5.78 1.24 Mary Wahren 80 ACT 14.09C 5.34 10.96 11.85C 5.69C

Records: C = Championship A = Australian

AMA Winter Throwing Championships - Throws Pentathlon

Women’s Results

NAME AGE HAMMER SHOT DISCUS JAVELIN WEIGHT TOTAL

NSW Melissa Holahan W30 46.33 851 10.36 553 33.18 523 20.67 301 15.23 816 3044 1 NSW Audrey Thompson W35 33.97 649 9.91 547 27.83 441 17.63 265 10.53 585 2487 1 NSW Samantha Latanis W40 35.33 745 10.17 614 31.29 555 23.56 420 11.21 694 3028 1 QLD Althea Mackie W40 40.11 870 7.40 413 25.48 433 16.98 279 12.56 794 2789 2 ACT Jayne Hardy W50 19.06 374 7.36 482 15.24 278 14.36 268 7.28 408 1810 2 ACT She' Hawke W50 20.73 420 3.37 161 14.97 271 13.18 239 7.91 453 1544 3 ACT Lorna England W50 22.45 468 6.59 419 17.28 326 12.51 223 6.85 377 1813 1 NSW Christine Shaw W55 30.63 773 9.07 690 25.10 580 25.88 619 9.72 649 3311 1 SA Leslie Dawson W55 21.84 505 7.62 558 18.13 390 14.34 303 7.34 461 2217 2 (Continued next page) November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 7

NAME AGE HAMMER SHOT DISCUS JAVELIN WEIGHT TOTAL NSW Judy Brown W60 14.16 316 5.05 372 14.86 345 12.27 268 5.45 287 1588 1 VIC Astrid Rose W70 23.99 843 5.95 598 15.34 491 14.62 453 8.62 655 3040 3 ACT Jan Banens W70 31.47 1163 7.12 741 16.84 550 12.65 380 10.54 829 3663 2 ACT Irene Mitchell W70 23.79 834 5.34 524 12.87 396 8.95 244 9.53 737 2735 5 NSW Mary Thomas W70 27.05 973 8.30 888 23.02 797 22.74 A 757 10.39 816 4231 A 1 ACT Raylea Rudov W70 21.78 749 5.75 573 14.99 477 11.99 355 8.56 649 2803 4 QLD Helen Searle W75 32.27A 1257 9.47 1019 19.15 679 15.54 580 10.19 828 4363 A 1 ACT Mary Wahren W80 0.00 0 5.52C 624 11.60C 448 10.63 454 4.80 381 1907 1

Men’s Results

NAME AGE HAMMER SHOT DISCUS JAVELIN WEIGHT TOTAL VIC Warren Benbow M30 29.43 341 11.54 579 32.30 510 41.96C 471 11.20 519 2420 C 1 NSW Warren Jones M30 34.32 420 9.06 429 26.06 388 29.78 296 10.49 479 2012 2 NSW Jamie Muscat M35 39.57 524 13.59 734 38.63 648 29.56 298 12.39 601 2805 1 VIC Shane Benbow M35 31.35 387 11.33 591 33.90 551 27.65 271 10.67 501 2301 2 NSW Rodney Watson M40 32.16 450 10.86 612 30.98 546 37.42 451 10.54 535 2594 1 WA Todd Davey M45 37.00 608 12.95 824 40.81 853 37.67 502 13.72 795 3582 C 1 VIC Paul Olsson M55 32.40 554 9.63 620 30.87 549 27.81 402 12.12 655 2780 2 NSW Rob Hanbury-Brown M55 33.15 571 10.15 661 31.71 568 30.80 460 10.03 522 2782 1 NSW John West M60 17.37 235 7.53 449 25.43 406 24.29 361 6.76 288 1739 3 ACT Duncan Macnicol M60 36.28 635 9.11 568 32.05 545 29.66 470 10.09 481 2699 2 VIC Roger Glass M60 39.01 694 10.09 642 28.43 469 23.92 353 13.95 709 2867 1 NSW Bob Jones M60 15.77 202 5.23 279 14.62 190 12.37 128 5.90 240 1039 4 VIC Peter Young M65 27.12 508 10.61 755 29.61 553 27.56 486 11.55 614 2916 2 QLD Mills Lafferty M65 29.09 555 8.76 601 22.66 393 25.93 449 10.63 556 2554 3 ACT Bob Banens M65 31.33 609 10.60 754 37.05 728 34.05 636 12.38 667 3394 1 VIC Llewellyn Jenkins M65 16.70 262 7.73 516 19.61 325 20.41 326 7.96 389 1818 4 ACT Robin Whyte M70 24.83 472 7.07 457 21.12 406 25.42 481 9.63 507 2323 5 VIC Didimo Tonnelli M70 20.43 365 9.60 663 23.32 461 24.84 467 10.07 535 2491 4 ACT Ray Green M70 34.76 719 10.65 749 36.57 803 24.61 462 13.89 783 3516 2 NSW Bruce Wiggins M70 18.54 319 7.21 468 17.66 321 13.98 209 8.13 411 1728 6 ACT John Reynolds M70 34.35 709 8.59 580 30.64 648 18.34 311 12.82 713 2961 3 VIC Graeme Rose M70 38.87 822 11.43 814 30.47 643 32.07 646 16.18 934 3859 1 NSW Brian Rix M70 14.97 234 5.96 367 18.49 341 18.18 307 7.71 385 1634 7 ACT Kevin Blewitt M75 29.64 696 7.57 557 24.87 577 23.05 495 10.72 631 2956 1

Records: C = Championshiip A = Australian

Thank You Lauren

By Bryan Thomas Until Bronwyn Gardner took over as editor in 1986, the Vetrunner was a fairly amateurish newsletter, although a I think I reflect the views of all members when I write this Thank very popular and valued source of information. Most You to Lauren Watt. Over the last two years Lauren has done a articles were written by the editor and given to typists to magnificent job putting together our popular monthly magazine—the prepare the stencils. Peter Frylink then ran the stencils Vetrunner. through our, sometimes cantankerous and messy, club An interesting fact is when Lauren accepted this task she was spirit duplicator and spread the printed sheets to dry before only 28 years-of-age and 15 months too young to even be a member a working bee of family and friends collated and stapled the of our club. Lauren says she has enjoyed being editor but is now pages to form the new edition ready for distribution. happily looking forward to becoming a mother. I hope Lauren can Bronwyn made the first tentative steps towards making the add this experience to her already impressive CV when applying for Vetrunner a more professional production, firstly by using a future jobs. PC to help her type and organise material and later She has done a superb job maintaining the quality of our always interesting and informative Vetrunner and is currently working arranging for it to be commercially printed and collated. alongside Mick Saunders, editor in waiting, for a smooth transition Bronwyn produced 107 issues from June 1986 to February towards 2015. 1995. Thank you Lauren—all the best for the future. Jim O’Donnell, 128 issues from March 1995 to October 2006, continued the evolution through his knowledge and Bryan Thomas skill in desk-top publishing that allowed greater variety of font and lay-out of articles, statistics and photographs. A brief history of Vetrunner Cathy Montalto, Graeme Small and Annie Van Herk produced two issues, in October and November 2000, while We have always been proud of our popular and newsy Jim enjoyed a rare overseas holiday. Immediately following club magazine even in its early days when it was a crude Jim’s retirement the club had difficulty finding a four or six page ‘Gestetner’ production. The term Vetrunner replacement and both the November and December 2006 was first used as the magazine’s banner in its third edition editions were compiled by a small team including club (volume 1, number 3, November 1979). president Geoff Sims, treasurer Will Foster and Alan Duus. The Vetrunner has had a number of editors starting The January 2007 edition was not produced but Narelle with Ken Daniels and Peter Frylink who from 1979 to 1981 Blackaby volunteered to coordinate production of the next produced 21 issues. They handed over to Terry Munro in Vetrunner and continued until November 2012 for a total of 1981 for five issues then in 1982 Terry was joined by Bryan 65 issues. Thomas as joint editors for seven issues. Bryan Thomas For the next two years, 2013-2014, Lauren Watt was was editor from 1983 to 1986 (12 issues). responsible for 20 editions. Page 8 — November 2014 Vetrunner Trish Thomas (Trish Connell)

Last month we published, as part of a tribute to Trish Thomas, a 1989 article from the former newspaper The Veteran Athlete. It was written by Mike Adler and submitted by members. Unfortunately, as the columns were photocopied images of the original article it provided a challenge in terms of layout and sequence. We understand this resulted in a disjointed reading experience for which we apologise. To correct this error, and provide a lasting accurate record, the article has been retyped and reproduced below.

Athletic competition held in Sydney late last year, and Throwing like a champion which attracted some 3,500 competitors from around the Sunday morning, February 26, 1989 dawned clear Pacific Rim. and pleasant for the ACT Club’s Pentathlon and Trish has two children, a son Francis 19, who was until 10,000 metre Track Championships, held in the main recently a keen gymnast, and a daughter Louise nearly 17, stadium at the AIS complex at Bruce. Both events who is into Aussie Sports. got under way at 9 am, and the final event on the Among Trish’s many early successes was a 13m65 shot programme was the 800 metre race for women. put set on 12-2-1966. Twenty-one years that was still As the field raced down the finishing straight, W40 ranked the 28th best throw by an Australian woman. At Trish Connell was a conspicuous last. But then she would around that time, competing for Canterbury-Bankstown be the last to claim, these days, to be an outstanding talent AA Club, Trish “won” the State Open Shot put title “twice” as a runner. Her forte is throwing. in the one season. The event had been held on the opening That effort, unfortunate as it is for Australian Athletics day of the Championships, but a successful protest was to have to place the fact on record, gives lasting fame to lodged as to the weight of the implement, and the event was Trish Connell as the last person ever to finish in a Veterans’ then re-run several weeks later. In 1966 she placed 3rd in race on that magnificent track in which Marita Koch and the Open Australian Championships with the Shot. the GDR Women’s Relay Team set world records at the One year she captained the NSW State team for the R. 1985 World Cup of Athletics meet, and on which Kerry H. North Cup – an Athletic Competition then contested Saxby walked a world record 10,000 metres on Australia between Sydney and Melbourne metropolitan teams. And Day this year. The track is now no more, and the stadium twice she won Sports Medicine Awards, in 1966 and 1967, is currently being converted into a football venue for the the criteria for which were not merely winning a State Title, Canberra Raiders Rugby League team. but also achieving the biggest improvement over two State Trish is a school teacher, specialising in Physical Titles. Education, and is one of the Assistant Principals at There were some illustrious fellow competitors Canberra’s Stirling College. She was born in Sydney in surrounding Trish in those days. One group photograph June 1945 and has been a Canberra resident since 1970. she proudly posses is of a NSW State team of which she was Sport has always featured prominently and with plenty part (with Mary Thomas, both then still juniors in 1963), of success for Trish who, as a 10-year-old in 4th class at and included legendary Betty Cuthbert. Lakemba Primary School was a member of a championship In 1971 after moving to Canberra, Trish joined South relay team that won a school, a zone and a state sprint title. Canberra AA Club. Her best Shot effort in that year was That was a rare venture into athletics at that stage. Her just over 39 feet (11m89), and in 1972 she threw 12m27. At primary interests as a youngster were gymnastics first, the end of that year she dropped out of Athletics then netball. As a junior, she also played A grade mixed competition for 12 years while her family was growing up, tennis. but continued to play Volleyball and Basketball during that Athletics only entered into her lifestyle on a serious time. basis in her final year at High School, when she tried the In 1984 Trish returned to Athletics, joining the ACT Javelin in a PE class. She did achieve representation Veterans after seeing club results published in the Press, honours to NSW Combined High School Athletics where a and also re-joined the South Canberra AA Club, competing taste of the direction in which her skills would lead were at the Australian/Oceania Games in Canberra that year. successes there in the throws – with a 2nd in Javelin, a 2nd Trish also went to Brisbane for the 1988 Nationals st in Shot Put and a 1 with the Discus. where she was 4th W40 with the Hammer (28m48), 3rd Shot At that stage she was showing sufficient promise, put (9m29) and 2nd Javelin (28m08). All those events were particularly with the shot, to be encouraged to join an won by Mary Thomas. Athletic Club, however, it was not until she was doing first At the VII World Games her results were 4th with the year at Teachers’ Training College where she was studying Hammer 29m56 in a field of 15, and only 1½ metres from Phys Ed, that she joined Canterbury-Bankstown AA Club. the winning throw, 11th of 23 with the Discus 24m56, 10th of At that time she was solidly into gymnastics, as well as 16 with the Javelin 27m30, and 10th of 25 with the Shot playing hockey and netball. 9m60. Effectively then, Trish has a continuous record of The Hammer is a major Landmark in Women’s participation in sport, but her preoccupation with throwing athletics. I was a spectator at North Hobart Oval in the was not the result of a conscious decision – rather that she early 1950s when West Australia’s Dixie Willis won the 800 tried the disciplines and discovered a natural aptitude. metres at the Australian Athletic Championships – the first A most rewarding feature of her occupation is her time women were considered capable of running such a involvement with school sports teams and one of her career “vast” distance! It is history how Kathy Switzer first highlights was to coach the successful NSW schoolgirls “sneaked” into the Boston Marathon field, and that event volleyball state team when the ACT was still part of the ultimately becoming an Olympic event for women in 1984. NSW domain for team purposes. Yet another highlight was It was not until the VI World Games at Rome in 1985 to manage the ACT team to contest the National School that the Hammer followed that progression and was Cross Country Championships at Brisbane last year, and to included as a “Demonstration” event for women, and then yet an even bigger event when she was one of the Managers included officially at Melbourne, in 1987. of the ACT team contesting the Schools Pacific Games November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 9 The Hammer throw is Trish Connell’s big challenge. was plenty of pace in those legs as a youngster – Trish says Preparing for the competition in Melbourne, she exceeded she could skim over an 80 yards Hurdle course in a smart the then World Record of 28m84, throwing 29m02, and then 14.7 seconds. bettering that with a throw of just over 31 metres during a Time constraints sometimes restrict Throwers to only Canberra Veterans competition. Unfortunately, her efforts three attempts at ACT VETS T & F, and Trish competes in were not ratified before Melbourne’s Christine Battersby Interclub specifically to gain further practice. In this Open bettered them at the World games, otherwise with W45 competition in the past season she won the ACT title with Irene Mitchell and W50 Mary Wahren, the ACT club could the Hammer, and was runner-up with both the Shot and have proudly boasted having a trio of Women World Javelin, earning open ACT State representation with the hammer record holders. Hammer and Shot to the East Coast Challenge meet. The Trish practises Hammer Throwing on Tuesday and South Canberra-Tuggeranong Club recognised her Thursday evenings and on Saturday mornings under the achievements with the Hammer during the season with a guidance of top ACT Throwing Coach Albert Magassy. In Special Award. 1967, long before his period as Supremo at the AIS, John ACT Veteran Records currently to Trish’s credit include: Cheffers did coach Trish for several weeks for Shot and Shot – W35 10m28, W40 10m29; Discus – W35 31m16, W40 Discus during a vacation when she stayed at his home in 27m56; Javelin – W35 25m84, W40 28m08; Hammer – W40 Melbourne. 34m22. The Hammer schedule is the only Throw for which Trish Trish was elected to the ACT Vets Club committee in has had specific coaching. The other Throws have all been May. She was delighted to see NSW’s Kerry Macey score a achieved on the basis of natural talent, latent ability and top W30 2,687 points when visiting the ACT to compete in arm strength. She expected to have a lot more confidence at our Pentathlon this year as, when in her first year in Eugene. “So much is involved with correct leg use, it is still teaching at Sydney’s East Hills High School in 1966, she a new, and learning experience”, she says, and in training is introduced Kerry, then a 12-year-old, to athletics. still coming to terms with differentiating between Her philosophical approach to athletic provides the best controlling, say, 50 and 75 per cent efforts in training. of two worlds – the deadly seriousness with which she The Watson 7km Monthly Handicap in August 1987 was approaches her Throwing, particularly the Hammer, as she Trish’s first distance race. She has since run about 15 of feels “hungry” with that implement, specifically to achieve these events. Prior to that she had never run 7km in her by technique rather than brute force – and her Running, life, and a 4km, a 5km and a 6km jog, rather than run, were which is definitely for fun, recreation and enjoyment. She her only lead-up preparation for that race. She was happy expresses no particular preference in running for “women to get around the course without having to stop. The only” events, other than to comment that she gains Canberra Times Fun Run that year was her first try over satisfaction from the obvious fact that so many women are 10km, and she has never run further than that. attracted to competing in these events, who otherwise may She now trains over a 5.5km forest loop at least four not. times a week, and the Handicapper has reduced her And how did Trish Connell fare at Eugene? She had expected performance from a 7 minutes per km rate to a 6 entered the four Throws, plus the 10km Cross Country, but minutes per km rate. Trish has so far scored two placings had the misfortune to incur an injury in her first event, the in the 100-plus fields that contest these monthly handicaps Javelin, so conserved herself until the penultimate day of – a 2nd in the hilly 7km Coppins Crossing course in muddy the competition to contest her favourite event – the conditions in May 1988 in a nett 47.13, and a 3rd in the 7km Hammer Throw. Her great performance was to earn her a Lake Ginninderra race (the club’s 100th Handicap) in W40 gold medal with a superb heave of 34 metres 22 at her November 1988 netting 43.22. 2nd attempt to end with a margin of almost 5 metres clear of Trish has also been placed twice in the ACT Cross- the nearest rival. Her exultation (when rationalisation country Club’s Monthly Women’s Jogalong over 6km, which finally sank in) was fortified with the realisation that every has attracted as many as 150 starters. She was 2nd in May one of her six Throws had exceeded her previous best. That 1988 in 37.50 and 3rd in September 1988 in 37.22. There win was patently no fluke. Committee News and Views The ACTVAC Committee meets monthly and is supported by several Sub-Committees which also meet regularly. Please contact representatives listed in the Vetrunner on page 3 if you would like to raise issues for consideration. Did you know that:  Total renewals/new memberships for 2014 were 444. All applications received after 1 October 2014 will provide membership from the date of receipt through to the end of 2015.  The Marketing & Membership Sub-Committee has prepared a new brochure to inform potential new members about the Club and its activities. The brochure will soon be on the ACTVAC website, and will be distributed to day members at ACTVAC events, at ACT Park Runs, and at other similar athletics events and marketing opportunities.  The President and Secretary represented our Club at the Australian Masters Athletics Annual General Meeting in Melbourne over 20-21 September 2014. Outcomes will be detailed in a future Vetrunner.  Construction of the Woden/Southside Athletics Facilities is progressing but the Club will need to use the AIS facilities for at least the first part of our T&F Season. While there is, as yet, no firm completion date for the Woden Facilities, it is anticipated that they may be available by early 2015.  Work on the new Campbell Throwing Facility appears to have stalled. The Committee is seeking to meet with the ACT Government to obtain more details about this project.  A Sub-Committee chaired by Bob Banens is looking into the options and benefits for ACTVAC to affiliate with Athletics ACT through a Memorandum of Understanding. The Committee is liaising with a number of other State Masters Athletics Clubs which have affiliated with their corresponding State Athletics organisations and will keep Members informed of progress.  An article about options for new Club tracksuits will be included in a future Vetrunner. Page 810 — — November November 2014 2014 Vetrunner Vetrunner ‘The Runners Shop – New Balance’ 33rd Vets’ Half Marathon

Race Director and Reporter: Belinda Bounty with the top four each earning gold in their respective age groups. Fastest female over the course was Kim Sunday 24 August was the running of the 33rd Vets’ Wilmshurst (W35 gold), and the only female to crack the Half Marathon – and what a glorious day it was. The sun hour and a half in a time of 1:27.32 (earning her fourth was shining, the birds were singing, the volunteers hard at quickest female of any age group for the history of the work in the early hours as the runners began arriving in event). Kylie Malone was second quickest overall, earning anticipation. For my first time as Race Director, and the W40 gold, in a time of 1:30:53. Michelle Beattie (W45 gold) first time with race HQ at Rond Terrace (entirely exposed came in third fastest in 1:37:41, with fourth fastest, Cathy to the elements), the weather could not have been better. I Crompton earning W55 gold in 1:39:08. Well done ladies. speak not on behalf of the participants, who may have The best female performance of all time is 1:19:10, held found it a tad on the warm side! by Jackie Fairweather as a W40 in 2008. The volunteers Of the age group percentage results, not only was To start with I would like to acknowledge the time Anthony Kennedy (M40) the fastest over the course, he also commitment and effort of the hardworking volunteers. I took out the best age group performance for the men with a really cannot express how thankful I am that you all knew percentage of 78.12%. exactly what to do and how to do it, and needed no The best result for the women was Susan Archer (W65) instruction from a ‘newbie’ like me (you made my job so with an impressive 81.32%, and setting the only new age easy!). percentage record for the event. Sue now has three age On behalf of myself, and all participants on the day, group percentage records, for the W55, 60 and 65, and also sincere thanks to: Terry Levings (accredited course has four ‘Best Performance’ trophies. Her age performance measurer), Ken Gowans (placement of km markers), Merv for 2014 is the sixth best ever in the 33-year history of the Collins (lead cyclist 8am), Mick Saunders (lead cyclist 9am), event. Rod Gilchrist (sweep cyclist), John Suiter (timer), Lauren A special year Watt and Robert Kennelly (announcers from go to whoa), The 2014 event was particularly special, with the first Dave Mackenzie (drink station 1), Sherryl Greathead, Long ever runner to reach the amazing milestone of completing Nguyen (drink station 2), Geoff Barker (drink station 3), 30 Vets’ halves—congratulations Bernie Millett (M70). John Littler, Cory Collins, Barry and Dorothy Seedsman, Bernie ran the first ever Vets’ half in 1982, and since Eric Lindemann, John Hunt, Roger Abbott, Peter Kallio, then has only missed the event three times in 1990, 1995, Craig Wisdom, Josephine Kulesz, Lynn Williams, Neil and 2012. Bernie’s best time was in 1983 as an M40, Boden, Robyn Saunders, Bob and Rosemary Parker, Beryl running the event in a time of 1:13:03. His best age group Lowry, Bernie Millet (for the chuck wagon), Ken Smith, percentage is an impressive 83.7% achieved in 2003 as an Ken White and Katie Forrestier (finalising entries/start M60. Bernie continues to perform well across the half groups and processing results), George Kubitzky and Carol marathon distance, taking out the gold medal in the M70 Baird (for supplying and processing the fruit). Sorry if I category again this year, and earning best age group missed anyone. percentage for the 16th time over the 33-year history of the From those above, I would like to especially event (amazing stats!). Well done Bernie, the first ever acknowledge the following volunteers having provided their recipient of the perpetual ‘Millett’ Trophy. services for more than 10 years: Neil Boden, Cory Collins, The other perpetual trophy for the event – the ‘Bakker’ Sherryl Greathead, John Hunt, George Kubitsky, Terry – in recognition of having completed 25 Vets’ half Levings, John Littler, Dave MacKenzie, Barry Seedsman, marathons requires only the one additional name this year: Bob and Rosemary Parker, with Merv Collins, Lynn Jim White (M65). Jim ran his first Vets’ half in 1990. His Williams, Lauren Watt and Robert Kennelly having fastest time for the event is 1:30:57, and best age volunteered 20 or more times (such amazing commitment, percentage of 72.9%. Congratulations Jim. thank you!). It was a particularly special year for the Whites, with The event and the records Maria (W60) raising her status to ‘Legend’, reaching the Total numbers for the event were down, with 54 male milestone of 20 Vets’ halves. Maria also ran her first Vets’ participants and 42 women, for a total of 96. The biggest half in 1990 and has a quickest time of 1:53:42 and best age age group for the men was the M40, and for the women the percentage of 65.81%. Well done Maria. W45. Out of 18 possible ‘Survivors’ (completing 10 Vets’ The top four men came in under the magic hour and a halves), just three more participants joined the category in half, with Anthony Kennedy going one better than last year 2014: Michael Leahey (M60), Robin Whyte (M70), and Elle to take out the M40 gold, coming in fastest overall in Knight (W45). Well done on your accomplishment. 1:20:36, ahead of second quickest Peter James (taking the The all-time most number of runs contains a list of M50 gold) in 1:26:32. Third placed overall was Jeff Grey prestigious runners (some still working on their tallies, (earning M50 silver), hot on the heels of Peter, just 5 some not having been seen for a while!): Bernie Millett (30), seconds behind, in 1:26:37. David Beaven came in fourth Ken Eynon (29), Bernie Rogers (28), Sue Counsel (26), Anne quickest (taking the M40 silver), and also under the hour Young (26), John Bakker (25), Bob Chapman (25), Jim and a half, at 1:27:20. White (25), Peter Clarke (24), Kevin O'Keeffe (24), Peter The best men’s performance of all time is 1:08:01, held Freeman (22), John Wells (22), Bryan Thomas (21), Nick by Gary Hand as an M40 in 1986 – a formidable record that Blackaby (21), John Casey (21), John Suiter (21), Maria has stood the test of time. White (20), Peter Kallio (20), Des Brown (19), Hugh Placings were split across the age groups for the ladies, Crawley (19). Well done to all participants. November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 11 2015 and beyond My husband and I are expecting our first bub in March It has been suggested that a permanent ‘home’ for the next year and I expect to have my hands full. Only time event (start/finish area) could be the recreational area at will tell what capacity I have, so we will see, but if there is Black Mountain Peninsula. someone with a keen interest to take it on I would be Advantages of making the move include: ample onsite grateful to hand-over my notes and knowledge (with the parking, shelter and toilets, the ability to instigate a backing of all of Bryan’s prior records and Audrey/Peter’s permanent course for the future (negating the current from the last couple of years). impact of the Floriade ‘lock-down’), and that the date for I’ll sign-off for now, with one final thanks to the the event would be limited only by a clash of dates with volunteers and a final ‘congratulations’ to all participants other events on the calendar (rather than start/finish/race in 2014. HQ access and restrictions on the course). Your feedback on this prospect is most welcome. Belinda Bounty As for me as Race Director… I may be a one-hit-wonder! 2014 Race Director

Anthony Kennedy Susan Archer Bernie Millett

Note: Page 2 has more photos of this event. 2014 ACTVAC Half Marathon Results

Sunday 24 August 2014 Start Gp Net Time Age Std Age Group Results M60 DAVID WEBSTER 3 1:35:50 76.4 Start Gp Net Time Age Std MICHAEL LEAHEY 3 1:36:49 74.1 M30 TREVOR JACOBS 2 1:37:17 75.3 TIM ROBBINS 1 1:44:24 57.1 PETER CLARKE 2 1:38:28 75.1 STEPHEN HUNTER 1 2:12:31 54.7

M35 LAURIE ILJAZOV 1 1:45:11 56.7 M65 DAN CARTON 1 1:53:29 53.5 ROBBIE COSTMEYER 3 1:40:23 76.8 CHARLIE MODRAK 2 1:49:47 68.7 KEVIN OKEEFFE 2 1:52:26 67.8 M40 JIM WHITE 2 1:53:34 66.4 ANTHONY KENNEDY 3 1:20:36 78.1 KEN EYNON 2 1:57:10 66.6 DAVID BEAVEN 3 1:27:20 71.0 GARY MOSS 1 2:00:23 64.1 PHILLIP HOGLIN 3 1:31:21 67.4 KENT WILLIAMS 1 2:22:30 55.4 STEVE MACKENZIE 3 1:40:11 61.9 PETER FREEMAN 1 3:38:37 35.7 GREG ELLIOT 2 1:46:41 58.1

PAUL JEFFERY 2 1:47:20 57.8 MATTHEW HOLE 2 1:48:28 56.8 M70 ANDREW DIMOFF 1 1:51:25 56.5 BERNIE MILLETT 2 1:47:30 76.2 ERIC GLENN 1 2:32:03 40.5 DAN DAWES 2 2:05:20 63.7 KEVIN CHAPMAN 1 2:14:01 59.5 HUGH CRAWLEY 1 2:15:45 59.5 M45 BRYAN THOMAS 1 2:22:28 58.2 GEOFF MONRO 3 1:32:55 70.3 ROBIN WHYTE 1 2:22:57 57.3 CRAIG WURTZ 2 1:51:12 58.8 BERNIE ROGERS 1 3:10:07 43.0 NICK LAFFEY 2 1:58:13 54.9

JAIME LAPUS 1 1:59:03 54.1 PETER LOCKEY 1 1:59:27 54.7 M75 ROY PHILPOTT 1 2:32:04 42.3 DEREK ROBINSON 1 2:31:46 59.6 JOHN SPOONER 1 2:37:22 41.5 PETER TROTTER 1 2:52:58 51.5

M50 W30 PETER JAMES 3 1:26:32 78.0 JESSICA FAULKS 2 2:02:23 53.7 JEFF GREY 3 1:26:37 76.1 GEORGIA COOKE 1 2:29:14 44.0 PETER THOMSON 3 1:36:03 70.3 STEPHEN GRAHAM 3 1:39:46 66.0 W35 HAYDEN MARSHALL 2 1:41:20 65.5 KIM WILMSHURST 3 1:27:32 75.4 NIGEL ENGLAND 2 1:43:10 64.4 GABRIELLE FOLLETT 2 1:44:48 62.9 PETER FOSTER 2 2:03:30 55.1 MELANIE SYKES-BRIDGE 1 1:55:08 57.3 GREG BOWRA 1 2:57:04 37.8 VERITY LE MAITRE 1 2:22:00 47.2

M55 W40 LAURIE IRVINE 2 1:58:20 60.1 KYLIE MALONE 3 1:30:53 75.5 ROGER PILKINGTON 2 1:59:29 57.4 JULIE MCGREGOR 1 1:54:37 60.9 BRIAN PEADON 1 1:59:35 57.4 CHARINE BENNETT 2 1:59:12 57.1 MICK HORAN 2 2:05:10 54.8 JANE DIMOFF 1 2:07:01 54.0 MIKE SIERS 1 2:06:11 55.4 DENISE LOWE-CARLUS 2 2:13:49 52.2

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Start Gp Net Time Age Std DIANN BRAMWELL 1 3:34:00 42.2 W45 MICHELLE BEATTIE 3 1:37:41 74.0 W70 ELLE KNIGHT 2 1:41:35 69.9 SUZANNE COUNSEL 1 2:56:5 55.6 ANNIE SCHOFIELD 2 1:46:40 66.6 VAL CHESTERTON 1 3:03:52 53.5 JOANNA WILSON 1 1:54:32 62.0 KATE PALISI 1 1:54:53 62.3 W75 MARGOT MCGINNESS 1 1:58:46 60.8 ANNE YOUNG 1 3:02:38 58.8 MEGAN CARTERS 1 2:02:42 58.4 SUZANNE EAMES 1 2:09:15 55.9 Performance Results - Men ALLISON DUNCAN 1 2:11:27 55.9 Age % Name

78.1 ANTHONY KENNEDY W50 78.0 PETER JAMES ELIZABETH BENNETT 2 1:43:33 72.3 76.8 ROBBIE COSTMEYER LORRAINE ERIKSON 1 2:16:00 56.7 76.4 DAVID WEBSTER GINA DE PRETTO 1 2:19:57 54.0 76.2 BERNIE MILLETT CARMEL STOLK 1 2:43:11 46.8 76.1 JEFF GREY 75.3 TREVOR JACOBS W55 75.1 PETER CLARKE CATHY CROMPTON 2 1:39:08 80.1 74.1 MICHAEL LEAHEY MARIA OREILLY 2 1:43:18 78.5 71.0 DAVID BEAVEN CLARE WALL 2 1:47:16 75.6 LINDA MACKAY 1 1:57:40 68.9 Performance Results - Women JENNIE BLAKE 1 2:14:09 59.2 Age % Name KAY WIDDOWS 1 2:26:55 53.5 81.3 SUSAN ARCHER MORANDA STEWART 1 2:41:42 48.1 80.5 KATHY SIMS 80.1 CATHY CROMPTON W60 78.5 MARIA OREILLY KATHY SIMS 2 1:45:24 80.5 75.6 CLARE WALL JULIE BELL 1 2:01:29 70.6 75.5 KYLIE MALONE RUTH BAUSSMANN 1 2:10:20 65.8 75.4 KIM WILMSHURST MARIA WHITE 1 2:21:57 59.1 74.0 MICHELLE BEATTIE WANDA STEWART 1 2:55:08 49.0 72.3 ELIZABETH BENNETT 70.6 JULIE BELL W65 SUSAN ARCHER 2 1:46:52 81.3 JUDI EDWARDS 1 2:13:00 66.1 Springtime in the Hills O'Connor Ridge Run/Walk Handicap—29 September

Reporter: Colin Simpson as inspirational as in previous years. He had had a hard Springtime was in full bloom, with a beautiful sunny run the day before but finding himself in the company of day, on Sunday morning 29 September when over 100 Martin Butterfield, they were both off in the same group, athletes gathered for the monthly handicap. Numbers may was motivated to put his best foot forward. He thought he have been down because of a long distance event on the was going well towards the finish when Maria O'Reilly same Sunday. An initial problem was readily overcome: the "went steaming past" to get the silver. Kevin has recently public address system decided to be difficult but Steve moved into a new age group and is trying to capitalise on Appleby was up to the challenge and we weren't held up. that comparative advantage. He generally runs about three The course was 8km for the Thomas Series and 4km for the times a week and likes distances of about the half Frylink and the Waddell Series. Most of the course was marathon, although with his daughter's wedding in Sydney undulating with some steady climbs and descents through in October it looks as if his training may be slowed a bit. typical Canberra bushland—a really pleasant setting which Frylink Series: Gold—Anne Young; Silver—Katie deserves further use. Forestier; Bronze—Alan Wilson. Thomas Series: Gold—Martin Butterfield; Silver— Anne Young, winning the gold, found the course to her Maria O'Reilly; Bronze—Kevin Chapman. liking. Anne got a cold a week or so prior to the event, and Martin found the course much as it usually is, with her plan initially was to do the Waddell Series rather than steady uphill work, but a course that seems to bring out the the Frylink. However when she arrived on Sunday morning best in him. There is a variety to the course that he likes she found that the day had turned out so well that she and it just doesn't go on in a straight line. Martin enjoys decided to throw caution to the winds, do the Frylink and the bushland setting and even had time to identify the just "give it a go". All was going well, until Anne calling of a Gang-Gang Cockatoo, twice, during his run. As unfortunately fell over just before the 2km turn, but she a member of Canberra's ornithologists club which is picked herself up and was surprised to find that she was currently looking at this particular bird, Martin was still up towards the front of the field. The injury wasn't certainly multi-tasking. He has been putting in a little serious although she did get some attention from the St more training recently which has paid off. His most recent John staff after she crossed the finish. Pushing on from the win was at Mt Stromlo in March 2011 and he won a silver fall, she next heard noisy voices just behind and was medal in November 2010. resigned to being overtaken in the last kilometre, but was Maria O'Reilly, winning the silver, used her local surprised to be passed by two loud cyclists. Anne last year knowledge to good effect. Living not far away, she trains had been competing in the Waddell Series, but after around the O'Connor Ridge area and is familiar with the receiving a heart pacemaker about a year ago, has gone course and its challenges. It is a course she knows and back to the Frylink Series. Anne did speak to her doctor to likes, and the day's result reflect that. She found the see if he would turn her pacemaker up a bit to get an weather conditions to her liking as well. advantage, but fortunately for other competitors, this was Kevin Chapman won the bronze medal. Kevin generally not to be. likes the course, but found the wildflowers and wattles not November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 13

Katie Forestier received silver in the Frylink. Katie Margaret says she and Barry chatted for the first bit of the had an inkling she might place in this event. She sees the event, but it wasn't long before Barry "took off". Even so, O'Connor Ridge as a good back marker course—Katie went Margaret came in behind Barry with only one, ineligible, off Group 36 and was happy with the event being slightly participant separating them, so she was quite pleased with longer giving more youthful participants an advantage. She her silver medal. Having recently finished work, Margaret modestly thinks that with the Frylink pool being a little will have more opportunity to devote to outdoor activities. smaller than the Thomas she had an advantage. John Suiter won the Bronze Medal. John sees the Nonetheless Katie puts the work in for each run and feels course as one of the better ones we do—the surface is good she is very consistent and doesn't leave anything on the and the gradients challenging but acceptable. John tries to track. Even so, she said she couldn't catch up with Anne walk every day and three times a week has a hit out, Young. Katie won the points score last year and is looking shorter and faster. John said he feels the need for a little pretty good again for this year. She does like the O'Connor extra work these days as he turned 85 a week after the Ridge course and finds it good underfoot, with no rocks etc. event. John believes that he has been able to put in a Alan Wilson received bronze in the Frylink. Alan knows consistent effort over time, but did indicate that after a the general area of the course from way back and has never recent slight down-turn it has taken him a bit longer than found it easy. However he likes the course, but feels he usual to get back to his usual competitive form. In his didn't deserve the bronze. His time was exactly one minute words it took him "a couple of months to get the spring slower than last year, so feels that his bronze may in part back in my step". He commented on the beautiful day we be due to the handicapper looking kindly on him. Alan tries had, which he thought may have brought out some non to run every day, but as time rolls along is finding it not as eligible starters. John also is responsible for organising the easy to meet that commitment. He is a regular Tuesday timekeeping of the Monthly Handicap events, a task he morning runner at Black Mountain Peninsula and finds took over from Doug Fry, a long time Vet member who that a very positive and rewarding experience. For him, unfortunately had some health issues. Timekeeping is one training involves mixing hard days with easy days. Alan of the crucial tasks but under John's supervision it goes off confesses to an element of competitiveness on the track, at every event without drama. hates to do badly and doesn't like giving in. He is getting Frank and Lorraine Stevens and team are to be knee twinges from time to time these days, and feels that thanked for their excellent organising skills for the day's his running action is being thrown out by this, although, activity. Frank and Lorraine are long time Vets and have for the moment, the medicos are giving him the green light been organising the O'Connor Ridge event for years and to continue. He enjoys jogging and so plans to do just that. Alan has been a runner for many years and last year was have certainly got it well sorted. The course was really able to catch up with some of his old running comrades well set out and it was a pleasure to participate. Frank is a whilst overseas. long time participant and is just about to receive his 50 T- Waddell Series: Gold—Barry Seedsman; Silver— shirt. It can be noted that some Vets come some distance Margaret Fenotti; Bronze—John Suiter. to take part, including from down the south coast: Neville Barry Seedsman won the gold after having started from Madden and Jill Brown are familiar faces. At least three Group 8 and crossing in fifth place. Barry is delighted with competitors actually walk the long Thomas Series, one of the course and enjoys it for being in "the genuine Canberra bush". This in fact was a view quite commonly expressed whom recently got the Bronze medal. I'm sure Bob Parker by other participants. Barry has had some fitness issues has his eyes on a different colour. And we wouldn't know over the last year or so, mostly with his back, but any of these results without the back-room, or should that fortunately this is now under control. Part of Barry's be the backtent efforts, of Dave Mackenzie and success on Sunday he has put down to his new running particularly Kent Williams. Whilst most of us are enjoying shoes. His old training shoes (he says they were really the refreshments provided by Bernie Millett, John Alcock, boots) were quite heavy, 500 grams the weight of each Carol Baird and others, Kent and Dave are overcoming shoe. His new shoes weigh just 226 grams each, and so with that advantage he was able to really push on. Barry is technical challenges, and working against time to give us a long time runner, and also has bushwalking as part of his the placings. If we all put in our place cards before we fitness regime. He says that the last time he won a gold relax with a cup of tea that would certainly be a great help. medal was way back in 1996 at the old Coppins Crossing Next stop Goorooyaroo. course and so he is delighted with his win. Margaret Fenotti won the silver medal after having started off Group 8, the same group as Barry Seedsman.

Bushland setting Happy walker Lorna Hard working runner Mike Page 14 — November 2014 Vetrunner Photos from O’Connor Ridge Run/Walk Handicap on 28 September 2014 (by John Kennedy)

Thomas series medallists Frylink series medallists Having a good day

Waddell series medallists On the track It’s not all hard work

In 2011 Alan enjoyed a “purple T-shirt Honours patch” for example he ran his By Bryan Thomas second ACT Veterans’ Half Alan Mallory: 200 Marathon after having run his first The enthusiasm and involvement in all aspects of our 20 years earlier—in 1991. Then at club by both his parents, Al and Joan, obviously impressed the end of the year he collected two Alan so much that he too became a regular participant in trophies in the Thomas Series— the running handicaps. one for finishing third in the He ran his first handicap on the no longer used course annual pointscore and another as from Hospital Jetty in Acton in June 1991. Like his Mum King of the Mountains. In 2012 he all of Alan’s runs have been on the long course. To date he won the Mullins Trophy for the has won one silver and two bronze medals. long course. This was a symbolic Alan is now a member of the first family to complete win for Alan because his parents more than 600 monthly handicaps as this was his 200th, had organised the first three or four Reg Mullins Memorial this morning his mother Joan completed number 251 and Handicaps held in Stromlo Forest in the mid and late his father Al ran exactly 150 before retiring: therefore 200 1990s. + 251 + 150 = 601. End of year trophies

By Bryan Thomas Will Foster has the amazing record of having won the We are drawing to the end of another year of our annual Thomas Series pointscore four times (1990, 1993, popular monthly run/walk and throwing handicap 1997 and again in 2004). Charlie Modrak has won three programs. Immediately following both November events (1989, 1996 and 1998) and was runner-up on three other their annual trophies will be presented. Most of the occasions and third once. Steve Appleby 1999 and 2006, trophies have a long and fascinating history but only the Steve Bradford 2000 and 2007 and Roger Pilkington 2005 recipients for the past decade have been listed in this and 2011 have each won twice. Thelma Reddy, who won in article. 1982, is the only woman to have won the long course series. Please stay around after you have completed your Katie Forestier has won the Frylink Series three times event to socialise, reflect on your efforts over the year (2008, 2011 and 2013) while Ray Bramwell and Margaret and honour those who have earned the awards. Taylor have each won twice in 2009 and 2010 and 2002 and MONTHLY RUN/WALK HANDICAPS 2006 respectively. Ray’s victories were in consecutive years. 1. Annual Pointscore Trophies for Thomas (long Katie and Garry Lee tied for first in 2011. course), Frylink (short course) and Waddell (walk) Series. John Suiter has won the Waddell Series three times The Thomas Series pointscore was first held in 1980 and (2007, 2008 and 2010) and amazingly on all three occasions was won by Keith Hodgson. The Frylink Series commenced he was also the Consistently Fastest AST% for the series. in 1991 and the inaugural winner was Keith Perroux. The Margaret Taylor has enjoyed three annual pointscore Waddell Series was introduced in 2000 and was won by victories—two in the Frylink Series and one in the Waddell Dave Mackenzie. Series. November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 15

2. Consistently fastest awards for quickest as On three occasions the award has been presented to a determined by AST % in each series. family combination—in 1994 to Rob and Gayle Eaves, in Kent Williams and Peter Kallio have dominated this 2004 to Kent and Lynn Williams and in 2011 to a trio award for the Thomas Series winning four and three times consisting of husband and wife John and Pauline while respectively. Kathy Southgate is the only woman to have John and Bernie are cousins. been the best performer in the long course handicaps. Bob Chapman and Carol Baird have had the best MONTHLY THROWING HANDICAPS average performances in the Frylink Series four and three The three major annual trophies presented for the victories respectively. Bruce Graham has achieved an throwing handicaps are similar to those for the monthly unusual ‘double’ having won both the Thomas and the running handicaps. Frylink Series in which he has enjoyed back-to-back wins. 1. Annual Pointscore Trophy for the Connell Series— John Suiter has an impressive record of six consecutive named for Trish Connell (Thomas) who was the originator wins, over two age groups in the Waddell Series while and driving force behind the monthly throwing handicap Robin Whyte has been the consistently fastest walker on program from 1990 to 2014. The first throwing handicap two occasions. pointscore was conducted in 1990 and was won by Judy 3. Mullins Trophy: Pat Mullins donated trophies to Dann. runners finishing closest to the 50th percentile as a fitting Of the 23 winners of the Connell Series since 1990 only way to remember husband Reg who died in 1996. Although six have been males. Tanya Colyer (1999, 2004 and 2007) Reg was a talented long distance runner he rarely finished and Trish Thomas (1993, 1995 and 2003) have each won better than mid-field in most of his 75 handicap runs. the annual trophy on three occasions while Narelle Dave Mackenzie (Waddell Series) has a ‘hat trick’ of Blackaby has won twice (in 2005 and 2011). wins in the Mullins, including back-to-back victories. Alan 2. Consistently best awards for the best thrower, as Duus (Thomas Series), Brian McLachlan and Brenda Ford determined by their average performance in all throwing (both Frylink Series); Rod Gilchrist and Robert Parker disciplines, in each age group. (Thomas and Waddell Series) have each won the Mullins Last year’s winners were: W35 Sharon Kingston, W45 Trophy twice. Alan has the additional honour of having Narelle Blackaby, W50 Jayne Hardy, W65 Margaret consecutive wins. Taylor, W70 Janice Banens, W75 Mary Wahren; M40 Brett 4. King and Queen of the Mountains: Although Kingston, M55 Frank Nugent, M60 Bob Banens, M65 Ray these awards, determined by averaging the best three Green, M70 Bryan Thomas and M75 Colin Robbie. performances of four designated ‘mountain courses’, are 3. Clohessy Trophy is one of our prestigious club- decided earlier in the year they are presented at the person awards. Although Pat Clohessy, club patron 1989- November handicap. 1994, was best known as a national distance running coach Carol Baird has won the Frylink Series on three (especially of ‘Deek’), he was so impressed with the occasions while Bruce Graham has also been crowned three enthusiasm and friendliness of the participants in our times—once in the Thomas Series and back-to-back monthly throwing handicaps that in 1992 he donated a victories in the Frylink Series. Both Katie Forestier and trophy for the competition. The trophy is presented to “a Diana Schneider have been crowned twice in the Frylink member who has not only benefited through their and Thomas Series respectively. participation but also contributed to the success of the 5. Encouragement Award may be an odd title for this throwing handicap program.” club-person of the year award but it is one of our three The inaugural recipient of the Clohessy Trophy was most prestigious awards, the others being the Clohessy and Peter Schiworski in 1992. Seven of the winners before 2004 Johnson Trophies for service and participation in the are still regular participants in the monthly throwing monthly throwing handicaps and track and field handicap. They are: Wendy O’Brien who won in 1993, respectively. Attila Spaits 1994, Ray Green 1998, Jayne Hardy 1999, This award was proposed and donated by life member Peter Freeman 2000, Raylea Rudov 2001, Peter Neill 2002 Mike Adler in 1980. The first recipient was Duane Lowry. and Bryan Thomas in 2003. Over time its criteria has gradually changed to honour “a Jayne Hardy (1999 and 2004), Raylea Rudov (2001 and member who has contributed to the success of the run/walk 2005), Ray Green (1998 and 2009) and Trish Thomas (2006 handicap program as well as benefitting through their own and 2010) have each been awarded the club-person of the participation.” year twice. Of the 35 recipients of this special award, 18 are still participating in our popular monthly run/walk handicap WHO WILL WIN OUR 2014 MONTHLY HANDICAP program. Recipients before 2004 and still regulars are: TROPHIES? Rosemary Parker, who was the recipient in 1983, Laurie Robinson 1992, Alice Scott 1993, Steve Appleby 1996, Jim Please stay and celebrate with this year’s winners. White 1998, Terry Levings 1999, Dave Mackenzie 2001, Prue Bradford 2002 and Roy Jones in 2003. Vetrunner Online Did you know you can download the Vetrunner from the ACTVAC website? http://www.actvac.com.au/index.php?module=Vetrunner&action=Vetrunner.ListView Did you know that ACTVAC has a facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/pages/ACT-Veterans-Athletic-Club/154445671239308 We also have some avid photographers amongst our members who take wonderful photos at monthly run/walk handicaps and make them available via their own websites and blogs: John Harding—http://hardingjohn.smugmug.com/Sports/Running/June-2014-ACT-Veterans/ Martin Butterfield—http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ Page 16 — November 2014 Vetrunner O’Connor Ridge Run/Walk Handicap Results 28 September 2014

THOMAS SERIES Over 8.0km Difficulty Factor 1.12 Pl Name Age Group St Gp Start Gross Net Gp Rate Rate Corr Rt WR% Points Elig Comment New Gp 1 Kent Williams M65 35 1 00:00 0:37:47 0:37:47 4:05-4:10 4:43 4:13.0 87.3 0 G 2 Robert Ey M50 32 1 00:00 0:45:37 0:45:37 4:20-4:25 5:42 5:05.5 61.4 0 G 3 Chris Yardley M75 2 1 00:00 1:00:30 1:00:30 7:40-7:50 7:34 6:45.1 57.7 0 G Auto Rvw 2 4 Alan Duus M65 17 1 00:00 1:00:30 1:00:30 5:35-5:40 7:34 6:45.1 53.6 0 G Auto Rvw 16 5 Annie Schofield W45 23 24:40 1:06:06 0:41:26 5:11 4:37.5 69.5 0 0 Auto Rvw 29 6 Geoff Barker M70 7 1 00:00 1:09:03 1:09:03 6:50-7:00 8:38 7:42.4 48.7 0 G 7 Trevor Jacobs M60 31 30:40 1:09:17 0:38:37 4:50 4:18.6 78.5 0 0 Auto Rvw 33 8 Martin Butterfield M65 17 17 20:10 1:09:32 0:49:22 5:35-5:40 6:10 5:30.6 63.3 150 Y Gold 22 9 Elizabeth Mountbatten W55 36 25 26:10 1:09:42 0:43:32 4:00-4:05 5:27 4:51.5 75.9 0 N Auto Rvw 35 10 Maria O'Reilly W55 31 31 30:40 1:09:54 0:39:14 4:25-4:30 4:54 4:22.7 86.9 149 Y Silver 34 11 Kevin Chapman M70 17 17 20:10 1:10:00 0:49:50 5:35-5:40 6:14 5:33.7 67.4 148 Y Bronze 20 12 Rad Leovic M85 5 5 06:00 1:10:38 1:04:38 7:10-7:20 8:05 7:12.8 80.5 147 Y 13 Roger Pilkington M55 31 31 30:40 1:10:47 0:40:07 4:25-4:30 5:01 4:28.6 70.3 146 Y 14 Jennie Blake W55 18 18 20:55 1:10:49 0:49:54 5:30-5:35 6:14 5:34.2 66.9 145 Y 15 Ian McDonald M50 35 35 33:40 1:10:52 0:37:12 4:05-4:10 4:39 4:09.1 74.4 144 Y 16 David Baussmann M60 29 29 29:10 1:10:55 0:41:45 4:35-4:40 5:13 4:39.6 73.1 143 Y 17 Helen Larmour W55 32 32 31:25 1:11:06 0:39:41 4:20-4:25 4:58 4:25.7 82.5 142 Y 18 Charlie Modrak M65 28 28 28:25 1:11:08 0:42:43 4:40-4:45 5:20 4:46.0 71.7 141 Y 19 Bryan Thomas M70 14 14 18:00 1:11:10 0:53:10 5:50-5:55 6:39 5:56.0 64.7 140 Y 20 Steve Bradford M60 36 36 34:25 1:11:26 0:37:01 4:00-4:05 4:38 4:07.9 81.2 139 Y Auto Rvw 35 21 Neville Madden M60 25 25 26:10 1:11:32 0:45:22 4:55-5:00 5:40 5:03.8 66.3 0 0 Auto Rvw 24 22 Bernie Millett M70 29 29 29:10 1:11:34 0:42:24 4:35-4:40 5:18 4:43.9 80.5 138 Y 23 Peter Cullen M50 30 30 29:55 1:11:35 0:41:40 4:30-4:35 5:13 4:39.0 66.0 0 0 Auto Rvw 29 24 Robin Whyte M70 12 12 16:30 1:11:36 0:55:06 6:00-6:10 6:53 6:09.0 61.9 137 Y 25 Robbie Costmeyer M65 34 34 32:55 1:11:37 0:38:42 4:10-4:15 4:50 4:19.2 82.2 136 Y 26 Rod Lynch M50 41 41 38:05 1:11:38 0:33:33 3:35-3:40 4:12 3:44.7 83.5 135 Y 27 Jenny Hefford W60 15 15 18:40 1:11:46 0:53:06 5:45-5:50 6:38 5:55.6 67.5 134 Y Auto Rvw 14 28 Jeff Grey M50 40 40 37:20 1:11:58 0:34:38 3:40-3:45 4:20 3:51.9 78.9 133 Y Auto Rvw 39 29 Judi Edwards W65 17 17 20:10 1:12:11 0:52:01 5:35-5:40 6:30 5:48.3 72.3 132 Y 30 Nigel England M50 35 35 33:40 1:12:14 0:38:34 4:05-4:10 4:49 4:18.3 71.3 131 Y Auto Rvw 34 31 Samantha Rampant W30 23 23 24:40 1:12:19 0:47:39 5:05-5:10 5:57 5:19.1 56.3 130 Y Auto Rvw 22 32 Marilyn Banfield W65 13 13 17:15 1:12:26 0:55:11 5:55-6:00 6:54 6:09.5 66.6 129 Y 33 Terry Giesecke M65 14 14 18:00 1:12:27 0:54:27 5:50-5:55 6:48 6:04.6 60.6 128 Y Auto Rvw 13 34 Craig Wurtz M45 30 30 29:55 1:12:28 0:42:33 4:30-4:35 5:19 4:44.9 63.8 127 Y 35 Mike Siers M55 22 22 23:55 1:12:42 0:48:47 5:10-5:15 6:06 5:26.7 59.3 126 Y Auto Rvw 21 36 Andina Faragher W50 36 36 34:25 1:12:57 0:38:32 4:00-4:05 4:49 4:18.0 83.0 125 Y Auto Rvw 35 37 Bernie Rogers M70 1 1 00:00 1:12:58 1:12:58 7:50-8:00 9:07 8:08.6 46.8 124 Y 38 Kevin O'Keeffe M65 32 32 31:25 1:13:04 0:41:39 4:20-4:25 5:12 4:38.9 75.0 123 Y Auto Rvw 31 39 Val Chesterton W70 1 1 00:00 1:13:05 1:13:05 7:50-8:00 9:08 8:09.4 59.6 122 Y 40 Angel Marina M50 30 30 29:55 1:13:12 0:43:17 4:30-4:35 5:25 4:49.8 64.7 121 Y Auto Rvw 29 41 Prue Bradford W55 15 15 18:40 1:13:14 0:54:34 5:45-5:50 6:49 6:05.4 60.0 120 Y Auto Rvw 14 42 Peter Thomson M50 35 35 33:40 1:13:26 0:39:46 4:05-4:10 4:58 4:26.3 70.5 119 Y 43 Bob Harlow M65 27 27 27:40 1:13:31 0:45:51 4:45-4:50 5:44 5:07.0 69.4 0 1 44 Jacqueline Millard W60 16 16 19:25 1:13:36 0:54:11 5:40-5:45 6:46 6:02.8 63.5 118 Y Auto Rvw 15 45 Mary Ann Busteed W65 21 21 23:10 1:13:43 0:50:33 5:15-5:20 6:19 5:38.5 72.7 117 Y Auto Rvw 20 46 Craig Wisdom M50 39 39 36:40 1:13:46 0:37:06 3:45-3:50 4:38 4:08.4 75.5 116 Y Auto Rvw 38 47 George Quarmby M55 24 24 25:25 1:14:05 0:48:40 5:00-5:05 6:05 5:25.9 61.0 115 Y Auto Rvw 23 48 Richard Scutter M65 14 14 18:00 1:14:16 0:56:16 5:50-5:55 7:02 6:16.8 56.6 114 Y Auto Rvw 13 49 Stephen Gray M55 15 15 18:40 1:14:19 0:55:39 5:45-5:50 6:57 6:12.7 52.7 113 Y 50 Alan Newton M70 21 21 23:10 1:14:27 0:51:17 5:15-5:20 6:25 5:43.4 66.5 112 Y 51 Ian Kenny M75 10 10 13:30 1:14:34 1:01:04 6:20-6:30 7:38 6:48.9 57.2 111 Y Auto Rvw 9 52 Bob Parker M65 10 10 13:30 1:14:54 1:01:24 6:20-6:30 7:41 6:51.2 51.8 110 Y Auto Rvw 9 53 Maree Coldrick W50 25 25 26:10 1:14:59 0:48:49 4:55-5:00 6:06 5:26.9 66.3 109 Y Auto Rvw 24 54 Sherryl Greathead W60 12 12 16:30 1:15:47 0:59:17 6:00-6:10 7:25 6:37.0 59.7 108 Y Auto Rvw 11 55 Margaret McSpadden W65 12 1 00:00 1:16:16 1:16:16 6:00-6:10 9:32 8:30.7 50.4 0 G Auto Rvw 11 56 John Kennedy M60 33 33 32:10 1:16:18 0:44:08 4:15-4:20 5:31 4:55.5 69.2 107 Y Auto Rvw 32 57 Diana Schneider W65 29 29 29:10 1:16:42 0:47:32 4:35-4:40 5:57 5:18.3 82.6 106 Y Auto Rvw 28 58 Hugh Crawley M70 22 22 23:55 1:17:03 0:53:08 5:10-5:15 6:38 5:55.8 63.7 105 Y Auto Rvw 21 59 Desma Butler W70 12 12 16:30 1:17:04 1:00:34 6:00-6:10 7:34 6:45.6 70.9 104 Y 60 Terry Levings M65 24 24 25:25 1:17:33 0:52:08 5:00-5:05 6:31 5:49.1 58.8 103 Y Auto Rvw 23 61 Jill Brown W65 18 18 20:55 1:17:48 0:56:53 5:30-5:35 7:07 6:20.9 64.6 102 Y Auto Rvw 17 62 Alan Mallory M55 28 28 28:25 1:19:04 0:50:39 4:40-4:45 6:20 5:39.2 58.6 101 Y Auto Rvw 27 63 Steve Appleby M60 25 25 26:10 1:19:42 0:53:32 4:55-5:00 6:41 5:58.5 56.4 100 Y 64 Jennie Gilchrist W60 12 12 16:30 1:20:59 1:04:29 6:00-6:10 8:04 7:11.8 54.9 99 Y Auto Rvw 11 65 Lachlan Lewis M75 12 10 13:30 1:21:17 1:07:47 6:00-6:10 8:28 7:33.9 53.2 0 G Auto Rvw 11 66 Simon Hruza M45 22 22 23:55 1:25:33 1:01:38 5:10-5:15 7:42 6:52.7 43.0 98 Y Auto Rvw 21 67 Brian Austin M75 3 3 03:00 1:32:12 1:29:12 7:30-7:40 11:09 9:57.3 39.8 97 Y Auto Rvw 2

FRYLINK SERIES Over 4.0km Difficulty Factor 1.10 Pl Name Age Group St Gp Start Gross Net Gp Rate Rate Corr Rt WR% Points Elig Comment New Gp 1 Nadine Morrison W45 31 2 00:45 0:21:10 0:20:25 4:25-4:30 5:06 4:38.4 67.6 0 G Auto Rvw 30 2 Ken Gordon M50 34 21 11:25 0:32:11 0:20:46 4:10-4:15 5:12 4:43.2 63.1 0 G 3 Anne Young W75 1 1 00:00 0:33:08 0:33:08 7:50-8:00 8:17 7:31.8 69.0 75 Y Gold 6 4 Frank Kresse M55 30 30 14:40 0:33:40 0:19:00 4:30-4:35 4:45 4:19.1 72.7 0 1 Auto Rvw 36 5 Katie Forestier W45 36 36 16:55 0:34:13 0:17:18 4:00-4:05 4:19 3:55.9 82.4 74 Y Silver 40 6 Alan Wilson M70 21 21 11:25 0:34:18 0:22:53 5:15-5:20 5:43 5:12.0 70.7 73 Y Bronze 25 7 Gary Bowen M55 33 33 15:50 0:34:27 0:18:37 4:15-4:20 4:39 4:13.9 73.5 72 Y Auto Rvw 34 8 Stuart Todd M40 27 21 11:25 0:34:32 0:23:07 4:45-4:50 5:47 5:15.2 53.1 0 G Auto Rvw 26 9 Faye Todd W40 30 30 14:40 0:34:35 0:19:55 4:30-4:35 4:59 4:31.6 67.8 0 1 Auto Rvw 31 November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 17

Pl Name Age Group St Gp Start Gross Net Gp Rate Rate Corr Rt WR% Points Elig Comment New Gp 10 Judy Forbes W80 1 1 00:00 0:34:44 0:34:44 7:50-8:00 8:41 7:53.6 80.8 71 Y 11 Brenda Ford W65 1 1 00:00 0:34:46 0:34:46 7:50-8:00 8:42 7:54.1 52.6 70 Y 12 Claire Perry W45 2 2 00:45 0:34:53 0:34:08 7:40-7:50 8:32 7:45.5 41.4 69 Y 13 Ken White M60 33 33 15:50 0:34:54 0:19:04 4:15-4:20 4:46 4:20.0 73.9 68 Y 14 Deb Gordon W45 26 26 13:15 0:35:01 0:21:46 4:50-4:55 5:27 4:56.8 64.9 67 Y 15 Bruce Graham M50 47 47 20:55 0:35:03 0:14:08 3:05-3:10 3:32 3:12.7 92.7 66 Y Auto Rvw 46 16 Tony Harrison M40 12 12 08:05 0:35:12 0:27:07 6:00-6:10 6:47 6:09.8 45.3 65 Y 17 Consie Larmour W75 5 5 03:00 0:35:15 0:32:15 7:10-7:20 8:04 7:19.8 70.9 64 Y 18 Cory Collins W75 6 6 03:40 0:35:22 0:31:42 7:00-7:10 7:56 7:12.3 70.7 63 Y Auto Rvw 5 19 Carol Baird W65 30 30 14:40 0:35:24 0:20:44 4:30-4:35 5:11 4:42.7 84.6 62 Y Auto Rvw 29 20 Phillip Toomey M65 9 9 05:55 0:35:26 0:29:31 6:30-6:40 7:23 6:42.5 51.9 61 Y Auto Rvw 8 21 Pat Murray M65 11 11 07:20 0:35:29 0:28:09 6:10-6:20 7:02 6:23.9 53.5 0 1 22 Joan Cockwill W60 16 16 09:35 0:35:35 0:26:00 5:40-5:45 6:30 5:54.5 64.7 60 Y Auto Rvw 15 23 Robyn Saunders W60 15 15 09:10 0:35:38 0:26:28 5:45-5:50 6:37 6:00.9 64.5 59 Y Auto Rvw 14 24 Gary Moss M65 28 28 14:00 0:36:17 0:22:17 4:40-4:45 5:34 5:03.9 67.5 58 Y Auto Rvw 27 25 Michael Clapper M60 33 33 15:50 0:36:20 0:20:30 4:15-4:20 5:07 4:39.5 69.5 57 Y Auto Rvw 32 26 Bob Chapman M80 8 8 05:10 0:36:23 0:31:13 6:40-6:50 7:48 7:05.7 58.4 56 Y 27 Carol Ey W50 29 29 14:20 0:36:37 0:22:17 4:35-4:40 5:34 5:03.9 68.4 55 Y Auto Rvw 28 28 Theresa Macgregor W50 23 23 12:10 0:36:51 0:24:41 5:05-5:10 6:10 5:36.6 61.1 54 Y Auto Rvw 22 29 Gwen Gleeson W85 1 1 00:00 0:37:12 0:37:12 7:50-8:00 9:18 8:27.3 84.0 53 Y 30 Ian Bowden M60 20 20 11:00 0:37:16 0:26:16 5:20-5:25 6:34 5:58.2 54.9 0 1 Auto Rvw 19 31 Nigel Coldrick M55 11 11 07:20 0:37:27 0:30:07 6:10-6:20 7:32 6:50.7 44.5 52 Y Auto Rvw 10 32 Anitra Kenny W55 7 7 04:25 0:37:32 0:33:07 6:50-7:00 8:17 7:31.6 47.7 51 Y 33 Diann Bramwell W65 1 1 00:00 0:37:34 0:37:34 7:50-8:00 9:23 8:32.3 49.7 50 Y 34 Pamela Weiss W75 2 2 00:45 0:37:43 0:36:58 7:40-7:50 9:15 8:24.1 58.3 49 Y Auto Rvw 1 35 Merv Collins M85 12 12 08:05 0:38:14 0:30:09 6:00-6:10 7:32 6:51.1 83.1 48 Y Auto Rvw 11 36 Doug Carney M70 4 4 02:15 0:38:26 0:36:11 7:20-7:30 9:03 8:13.4 45.1 47 Y 37 Wilf Deck M75 1 1 00:00 0:38:39 0:38:39 7:50-8:00 9:40 8:47.0 46.3 0 1 38 Joan Mallory W80 3 01:30 0:38:51 0:37:21 9:20 8:29.3 70.9 0 0 Auto Rvw 1 39 Jamie Macgregor M60 22 22 11:45 0:41:17 0:29:32 5:10-5:15 7:23 6:42.7 47.7 46 Y Auto Rvw 21 40 Wanda Stewart W60 8 11 07:20 0:44:13 0:36:53 6:40-6:50 9:13 8:23.0 46.9 45 Y Auto Rvw 7 41 Brett Morrison M45 30 50 22:00 0:45:45 0:23:45 4:30-4:35 5:56 5:23.9 53.0 44 Y Auto Rvw 29 42 Susan La Flamme W40 33 15:50 0:53:15 0:37:25 9:21 8:30.2 36.3 0 Auto Rvw 1

WADDELL SERIES Over 4.0km Difficulty Factor 1.07 Pl Name Age Group St Gp Start Gross Net Gp Rate Rate Corr Rt WR% Points Elig Comment New Gp 1 Chris Lang M60 10 06:30 0:37:11 0:30:41 7:40 7:10.1 65.0 0 0 Auto Rvw 22 2 Carol Oates W65 5 5 02:55 0:38:59 0:36:04 9:10-9:20 9:01 8:25.6 65.7 0 N Auto Rvw 16 3 Steve Mogan M60 2 5 02:55 0:39:00 0:36:05 9:40-9:50 9:01 8:25.8 55.3 0 N Auto Rvw 20 4 Peter Kallio M75 12 12 07:55 0:40:15 0:32:20 8:00-8:10 8:05 7:33.3 75.3 0 1 Auto Rvw 24 5 Barry Seedsman M80 8 8 05:00 0:41:00 0:36:00 8:40-8:50 9:00 8:24.7 71.2 75 Y Gold 15 6 Janelle Thomson W50 1 00:00 0:41:07 0:41:07 10:17 9:36.4 48.8 0 0 Auto Rvw 3 7 Margaret Fenotti W65 8 8 05:00 0:41:32 0:36:32 8:40-8:50 9:08 8:32.1 65.9 74 Y Silver 12 8 Lynn Williams W65 20 20 10:45 0:41:34 0:30:49 7:20-7:25 7:42 7:12.0 79.4 0 1 Auto Rvw 25 9 John Suiter M80 26 26 12:55 0:41:48 0:28:53 6:50-6:55 7:13 6:44.9 95.0 73 Y Bronze 31 10 Warren Butler M70 13 13 08:15 0:41:49 0:33:34 7:55-8:00 8:23 7:50.6 68.7 72 Y Auto Rvw 15 11 Colin Simpson M70 28 28 13:35 0:42:04 0:28:29 6:40-6:45 7:07 6:39.3 77.0 71 Y Auto Rvw 29 12 John Alcock M65 21 21 11:05 0:42:05 0:31:00 7:15-7:20 7:45 7:14.6 68.9 0 1 Auto Rvw 23 13 Lorna England W50 6 6 03:35 0:42:08 0:38:33 9:00-9:10 9:38 9:00.4 52.7 70 Y 14 John Littler M65 24 24 12:10 0:42:12 0:30:02 7:00-7:05 7:31 7:01.0 69.2 69 Y 15 John Busteed M65 6 6 03:35 0:42:13 0:38:38 9:00-9:10 9:40 9:01.6 55.3 0 1 16 Jan Banens W70 1 1 00:00 0:42:13 0:42:13 9:50-10:00 10:33 9:51.8 62.9 0 1 17 Maureen Scutter W65 11 11 07:10 0:42:14 0:35:04 8:10-8:20 8:46 8:11.6 70.9 68 Y 18 Tony Fenotti M60 19 19 10:25 0:42:24 0:31:59 7:25-7:30 8:00 7:28.4 63.2 67 Y 19 Dave Mackenzie M80 20 20 10:45 0:42:28 0:31:43 7:20-7:25 7:56 7:24.6 84.6 66 Y 20 Jill Pearson W55 12 12 07:55 0:42:31 0:34:36 8:00-8:10 8:39 8:05.0 59.9 65 Y 21 Bob Banens M65 12 12 07:55 0:42:32 0:34:37 8:00-8:10 8:39 8:05.3 59.2 64 Y 22 Dorothy Seedsman W75 14 14 08:35 0:42:34 0:33:59 7:50-7:55 8:30 7:56.4 87.0 63 Y Auto Rvw 13 23 Rosalind Gentle W40 1 1 00:00 0:42:44 0:42:44 9:50-10:00 10:41 9:59.1 45.1 62 Y 24 Rod Gilchrist M65 28 28 13:35 0:42:50 0:29:15 6:40-6:45 7:19 6:50.0 74.0 61 Y Auto Rvw 27 25 Marian Hill W60 25 25 12:30 0:42:58 0:30:28 6:55-7:00 7:37 7:07.1 75.0 60 Y Auto Rvw 24 26 Monika Short W65 30 30 14:20 0:43:05 0:28:45 6:30-6:35 7:11 6:43.0 82.4 59 Y Auto Rvw 29 27 Alan Burdon M75 23 23 11:50 0:43:11 0:31:21 7:05-7:10 7:50 7:19.5 76.7 58 Y Auto Rvw 22 28 Jane Bennett W60 6 6 03:35 0:43:15 0:39:40 9:00-9:10 9:55 9:16.1 57.6 57 Y Auto Rvw 5 29 Sue Cassidy W60 13 13 08:15 0:43:29 0:35:14 7:55-8:00 8:49 8:13.9 64.8 56 Y Auto Rvw 12 30 Rosemary Parker W65 25 25 12:30 0:43:40 0:31:10 6:55-7:00 7:47 7:16.9 77.2 55 Y Auto Rvw 24 31 Linda Bone W55 17 17 09:40 0:43:42 0:34:02 7:35-7:40 8:30 7:57.1 60.9 54 Y Auto Rvw 16 32 Helen Munro W65 6 6 03:35 0:44:03 0:40:28 9:00-9:10 10:07 9:27.3 61.4 53 Y Auto Rvw 5 33 Josephine Kulesz W60 4 4 02:10 0:44:32 0:42:22 9:20-9:30 10:36 9:53.9 54.5 52 Y Auto Rvw 3 34 Carmel Lynch W60 4 4 02:10 0:44:34 0:42:24 9:20-9:30 10:36 9:54.4 53.9 51 Y Auto Rvw 3 35 Keith Johnson M70 19 19 10:25 0:45:57 0:35:32 7:25-7:30 8:53 8:18.1 62.5 50 Y Auto Rvw 18 36 Suzanne Counsel W70 13 13 08:15 0:46:00 0:37:45 7:55-8:00 9:26 8:49.2 73.7 49 Y Auto Rvw 12 37 Cilla Chapman W65 10 10 06:30 0:46:10 0:39:40 8:20-8:30 9:55 9:16.1 59.7 48 Y Auto Rvw 9 38 Terry Munro M75 12 12 07:55 0:47:43 0:39:48 8:00-8:10 9:57 9:17.9 59.5 47 Y Auto Rvw 11 39 Margaret Taylor W65 16 16 09:20 0:48:36 0:39:16 7:40-7:45 9:49 9:10.5 60.3 46 Y Auto Rvw 15 40 John Hunt M70 16 16 09:20 0:48:37 0:39:17 7:40-7:45 9:49 9:10.7 58.0 45 Y Auto Rvw 15 41 Val Bland W65 1 1 00:00 0:49:26 0:49:26 9:50-10:00 12:21 11:33.0 47.9 44 Y 42 Lorna Burdon W75 19 19 10:25 0:49:41 0:39:16 7:25-7:30 9:49 9:10.5 73.9 43 Y Auto Rvw 18 43 Helen Modrak W60 1 1 00:00 0:49:59 0:49:59 9:50-10:00 12:30 11:40.7 44.8 0 0 44 Margaret Pender W70 1 1 00:00 0:50:00 0:50:00 9:50-10:00 12:30 11:40.9 50.5 0 1 45 John Bakker M75 1 1 00:00 0:51:35 0:51:35 9:50-10:00 12:54 12:03.1 47.2 0 1 46 Narelle Blackaby W50 1 7 04:20 1:18:57 1:14:37 9:50-10:00 18:39 17:26.0 26.8 42 Y 47 Nick Blackaby M60 1 7 04:20 1:19:02 1:14:42 9:50-10:00 18:41 17:27.2 25.5 41 Y

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THOMAS SERIES Total of best 8 events Name Total Events 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Robbie Costmeyer 1107 8 140 144 135 142 137 132 141 136 Charlie Modrak 1097 8 117 138 134 143 137 141 146 141 Jim White 1095 8 138 146 136 128 145 145 131 126 Rod Lynch 1093 8 142 138 138 138 143 141 118 135 Roger Pilkington 1089 8 150 148 106 142 135 147 115 146 John Kennedy 1065 8 147 149 100 133 143 142 144 107 Diana Schneider 1027 8 136 132 98 129 133 144 149 106 Stephen Gray 1023 8 141 124 122 135 134 138 116 113 Jon Donovan 1018 8 123 133 110 124 122 138 135 133 Jennie Blake 999 8 149 107 115 109 126 134 114 145 Alan Mallory 982 8 128 141 141 104 121 119 127 101 Angel Marina 951 7 139 147 125 132 147 140 121 Richard Scutter 932 8 108 112 108 110 119 133 128 114 Bruce Wight 931 7 124 130 127 147 128 130 145 Terry Levings 915 8 115 126 147 104 106 104 110 103 Jeff Grey 915 7 107 131 141 139 126 138 133 Bernie Rogers 912 8 102 97 95 137 139 110 108 124 Peter Clarke 899 7 119 128 124 123 124 133 148 Bernie Millett 891 8 96 106 91 102 112 116 130 138 Kevin Chapman 876 7 130 133 116 111 127 111 148 Judi Edwards 874 8 0 137 139 94 108 117 147 132 John Anderson 873 7 148 109 132 112 126 123 123 Bryan Thomas 860 7 106 122 105 113 130 144 140 Peter Thomson 851 7 109 129 103 130 125 136 119 Hugh Crawley 851 8 112 0 120 148 99 122 145 105 Craig Wurtz 838 7 99 102 140 116 115 139 127 Robin Whyte 828 7 95 117 112 108 142 117 137 George Quarmby 806 8 0 113 126 149 96 107 100 115 Ian McDonald 800 6 118 106 140 146 146 144 Paul Archer 783 7 0 119 142 120 131 121 150 Maria O'Reilly 780 6 125 117 129 125 135 149 Robert Ey 765 8 98 99 86 93 129 124 136 0 Peter Bourgaize 765 6 83 127 143 134 150 128 Alan Newton 757 8 0 0 121 144 148 110 122 112 Bob Parker 750 8 0 0 113 134 141 148 104 110 Steve Appleby 729 7 144 98 96 87 102 102 100 Margaret McSpadden 727 7 94 115 118 122 146 132 0 Martin Butterfield 718 6 131 101 117 118 101 150 Jennie Gilchrist 683 6 103 136 148 90 107 99 Kevin O'Keeffe 668 6 93 89 119 148 96 123 Steve Bradford 662 5 126 129 136 132 139 Andina Faragher 658 5 131 127 136 139 125 Maree Coldrick 655 5 120 136 140 150 109 Brian Austin 652 7 90 80 99 88 105 93 97 George Kubitzky 649 5 132 149 103 131 134 Chris Yardley 646 7 87 96 84 127 109 143 0 Marilyn Banfield 645 5 116 123 140 137 129 Terry Giesecke 639 6 97 93 94 114 113 128 Carol Harding 637 5 110 143 111 144 129 Ruth Baussmann 636 6 90 104 107 106 117 112

FRYLINK SERIES Total of best 8 events Name Total Events 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Katie Forestier 562 8 68 70 71 70 71 69 69 74 Tony Harrison 525 8 67 61 69 65 66 68 64 65 Alan Wilson 512 8 60 59 56 60 71 66 67 73 Judy Forbes 511 8 54 65 68 68 69 58 58 71 Carol Baird 502 8 65 67 75 56 64 60 53 62 Brenda Ford 478 9 75 42 51 47 55 62 61 57 70 Ken White 468 7 50 73 67 72 73 65 68 Gary Moss 460 7 71 74 55 74 62 66 58 Merv Collins 454 8 48 43 54 60 70 56 75 48 Michael Clapper 441 7 64 57 71 63 75 54 57 Anne Young 438 8 0 51 67 43 72 63 67 75 Bruce Graham 430 7 54 59 50 65 75 61 66 Gwen Gleeson 430 8 47 44 48 64 57 57 60 53 Gary Bowen 423 7 45 60 49 58 69 70 72 Consie Larmour 415 7 56 53 61 66 59 56 64 Claire Perry 373 6 74 52 70 53 55 69 Joan Cockwill 362 7 51 47 64 67 73 0 60 Wanda Stewart 355 6 50 58 64 73 65 45 Anitra Kenny 348 6 58 45 59 65 70 51 Ray Bramwell 339 5 69 69 65 62 74 Graeme Patrick 334 5 72 63 66 74 59 Carol Ey 332 6 0 73 62 68 74 55 Nerelle Harrison-Heard 331 5 73 60 72 75 51 Doug Carney 324 6 52 49 52 61 63 47 Deb Gordon 318 6 62 0 57 64 68 67 Theresa Macgregor 316 7 0 49 42 54 55 62 54 Roy Jones 308 7 0 75 46 38 50 51 48 Diann Bramwell 303 6 53 46 52 53 49 50 Cathy Montalto 293 5 53 50 58 61 71 Cory Collins 285 5 55 64 51 52 63

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WADDELL SERIES Total of best 8 events Name Total Events 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 John Suiter 555 8 69 64 70 72 67 71 69 73 Dave Mackenzie 537 9 69 73 51 61 68 61 72 67 66 Maureen Scutter 485 8 54 56 50 58 63 68 68 68 John Littler 470 7 60 60 69 75 69 68 69 Monika Short 464 7 71 72 54 64 70 74 59 Suzanne Counsel 460 8 70 75 44 52 53 60 57 49 Linda Bone 429 7 75 57 49 63 73 58 54 Barry Seedsman 427 7 52 47 68 59 64 62 75 Marian Hill 409 6 65 69 72 73 70 60 Rosemary Parker 408 7 61 58 58 59 65 52 55 Rod Gilchrist 403 6 74 64 66 69 69 61 Alan Burdon 403 6 66 65 74 74 66 58 Rosalind Gentle 386 6 65 63 67 66 63 62 Lorna England 375 6 68 51 64 61 61 70 Keith Johnson 374 6 67 73 60 64 60 50 John Hunt 373 6 62 52 72 67 75 45 John Harding 367 6 50 61 53 71 75 57 Colin Simpson 346 6 0 68 73 63 71 71 Warren Butler 342 5 67 70 63 70 72 Michael Freer 339 6 0 72 74 58 71 64 Dorothy Seedsman 339 5 71 73 59 73 63 Josephine Kulesz 338 6 58 57 50 62 59 52 Margaret Taylor 294 6 48 42 55 52 51 46 Cilla Chapman 291 6 0 63 62 65 53 48 Margaret Fenotti 282 5 72 71 65 0 74 Caroline O'Clery 281 4 73 68 75 65 Peter Freeman 265 5 55 52 46 54 58 Neil Gentle 263 4 64 70 62 67 Val Bland 262 7 0 0 47 62 60 49 44 Graeme Small 250 4 56 66 62 66 Run/Walk Handicap Age Standard Competition

THOMAS SERIES Average of best 8 Age standard scores Qualifiers (8 or more events) Name Avg Evts 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Rod Lynch 84.85 8 84.6 84.9 86.2 84.5 84.5 87.1 83.5 83.5 Diana Schneider 84.74 8 84.3 84.1 82.5 85.8 83.6 85.4 89.6 82.6 Robbie Costmeyer 82.97 8 81.4 81.7 82.5 85.1 81.5 85.7 83.7 82.2 Bernie Millett 80.46 8 81.4 82.0 81.5 78.7 75.4 82.4 81.8 80.5 John Kennedy 75.12 8 74.5 76.6 73.9 77.0 75.7 75.3 78.8 69.2 Jim White 71.34 8 69.3 70.4 71.2 71.2 72.6 72.4 73.3 70.3 Judi Edwards 71.31 8 72.3 74.4 74.5 66.4 63.8 73.0 73.8 72.3 Alan Newton 70.06 8 68.8 69.5 70.7 71.4 72.7 70.3 70.6 66.5 Charlie Modrak 69.71 8 67.1 68.6 69.3 70.7 68.7 69.1 72.5 71.7 Roger Pilkington 67.22 8 62.5 68.0 63.8 68.6 66.5 70.4 67.7 70.3 Alan Mallory 66.88 8 67.8 68.4 70.1 65.4 66.5 69.9 68.3 58.6 Robert Ey 66.86 8 67.9 67.0 65.9 62.8 68.2 71.1 70.6 61.4 Jennie Blake 65.10 8 65.2 63.6 66.4 63.2 64.4 67.4 63.7 66.9 Terry Levings 62.36 8 63.7 64.0 68.1 65.0 54.7 60.8 63.8 58.8 George Quarmby 59.89 8 55.6 57.1 58.5 64.5 60.1 63.9 58.4 61.0 Richard Scutter 59.33 8 60.7 60.3 60.5 58.5 58.8 58.5 60.7 56.6 Stephen Gray 54.89 8 55.6 54.3 55.1 55.6 54.0 57.0 54.8 52.7 Jon Donovan 51.12 8 50.8 51.7 50.4 51.0 50.4 50.7 52.3 51.7 Bob Parker 50.99 8 49.1 49.3 50.1 51.6 51.2 53.2 51.6 51.8 Bernie Rogers 46.71 8 47.9 45.9 46.2 48.3 47.4 44.5 46.7 46.8 Less than 8 events Name Avg Evts 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Susan Archer 88.90 1 88.9 Kent Williams 85.39 7 78.6 84.0 87.2 84.2 90.4 86.0 87.3 Maria O'Reilly 84.37 6 83.1 84.4 83.0 85.1 83.7 86.9 Andina Faragher 84.36 5 85.0 83.2 83.2 87.4 83.0 Anthony Kennedy 82.70 1 82.7 Steve Connor 82.50 1 82.5 Caroline Campbell 81.35 2 79.2 83.5 Peter Clarke 81.17 7 80.2 82.0 81.7 80.2 77.5 83.7 82.9 Jeff Grey 80.46 7 78.0 80.7 82.6 79.9 81.9 81.2 78.9 Steve Bradford 80.38 5 79.2 80.5 80.3 80.7 81.2 Debbie Cowell 79.62 5 80.5 81.8 83.0 77.8 75.0 Helen Larmour 78.80 5 77.8 77.0 75.3 81.4 82.5 Trevor Jacobs 78.50 1 78.5 Ron Vines 78.10 1 78.1 Craig Wisdom 76.73 3 75.6 79.1 75.5 Amanda Ruffin 76.00 1 76.0 Rae Palmer 75.78 4 76.5 75.7 75.0 75.9 David Webster 75.67 3 71.5 77.8 77.7 Peter Bourgaize 75.47 6 56.3 74.2 77.8 79.9 81.9 82.7 Joan Mallory 75.45 6 72.4 76.8 74.7 79.3 78.1 71.4 Paul Archer 75.01 7 71.3 71.9 76.5 75.8 76.1 75.5 78.0 Rad Leovic 74.90 4 74.9 72.0 72.2 80.5 George Mason 74.75 4 75.3 76.3 71.5 75.9 Desma Butler 74.72 5 77.8 79.8 77.8 67.3 70.9 Mary Ann Busteed 74.34 5 76.5 73.6 71.2 77.7 72.7 Ian McDonald 73.62 6 70.9 71.9 74.7 74.8 75.0 74.4 Roger Abbott 73.55 4 73.0 76.9 80.1 64.2 Bruce Wight 73.54 7 71.7 72.6 72.5 76.4 70.4 75.9 75.3 Page 20 — November 2014 Vetrunner

Name Avg Evts 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Julie Bell 72.80 1 72.8 Peter Thomson 72.51 7 72.1 73.8 72.6 73.2 69.8 75.6 70.5 Carol Harding 72.32 5 70.1 73.3 71.0 75.1 72.1 Nigel England 72.16 5 71.5 73.0 71.0 74.0 71.3 Mick Saunders 71.87 6 69.0 74.2 77.2 71.6 70.4 68.8 David Clarke 71.86 5 71.2 75.7 75.1 64.2 73.1 Gabrielle Brown 71.70 2 71.9 71.5 Elle Knight 71.47 4 71.4 70.6 72.8 71.1 Kevin O'Keeffe 71.35 6 68.5 69.1 73.1 75.9 66.5 75.0 Kym Chisholm 71.20 2 69.1 73.3 David Baussmann 70.98 5 70.7 69.7 68.8 72.6 73.1 Hugh Moore 70.46 5 69.1 65.6 70.4 72.4 74.8 Karen Daniels 69.63 3 75.7 73.2 60.0 Robyn McClelland 69.60 2 72.0 67.2 Annie Schofield 69.50 1 69.5 George Kubitzky 68.74 5 64.3 68.4 66.8 71.7 72.5 Lynn Williams 68.67 3 66.3 70.3 69.4 Ruth Baussmann 67.80 6 66.2 67.5 70.4 67.8 66.3 68.6 Bob Harlow 67.32 5 63.8 67.8 67.8 67.8 69.4 Alison Senti 67.30 1 67.3 Richelle Turner 67.10 1 67.1 Hugh Crawley 66.66 7 64.4 65.5 69.4 64.3 67.0 72.3 63.7 Marilyn Banfield 66.66 5 63.8 66.4 67.2 69.3 66.6 Lorraine Jansen 66.40 2 66.3 66.5 Mick Horan 66.37 3 67.3 66.1 65.7 Margaret McSpadden 66.23 7 64.6 69.2 70.1 69.5 71.0 68.8 50.4 Angel Marina 66.20 7 66.1 66.8 66.3 64.8 66.6 68.1 64.7 Kevin Chapman 66.19 7 67.2 68.3 66.5 65.6 65.1 63.2 67.4 Jenny Hefford 66.00 5 65.4 64.1 67.7 65.3 67.5 Ken Smith 65.90 2 68.0 63.8 Ken Eynon 65.50 1 65.5 Michael Gardner 65.45 2 66.5 64.4 Jacqueline Millard 65.18 5 64.6 65.0 67.7 65.1 63.5

FRYLINK SERIES Average of best 8 Age standard scores Qualifiers (8 or more events) Name Avg Evts 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Gwen Gleeson 84.29 8 78.2 82.4 91.2 82.9 84.0 80.9 90.7 84.0 Carol Baird 82.35 8 79.8 82.3 85.6 89.0 76.3 82.4 78.8 84.6 Katie Forestier 81.21 8 82.3 79.9 85.1 81.6 78.6 79.6 80.2 82.4 Merv Collins 79.01 8 73.6 78.8 78.7 79.3 78.6 76.7 83.3 83.1 Judy Forbes 78.38 8 78.2 77.7 81.1 76.4 76.2 75.5 81.1 80.8 Alan Wilson 68.80 8 67.6 70.8 64.3 71.7 68.9 67.7 68.7 70.7 Anne Young 63.01 8 57.3 63.2 63.5 61.8 66.0 59.0 64.3 69.0 Brenda Ford 52.48 9 54.1 51.5 52.9 54.3 51.7 48.5 50.9 51.8 52.6 Tony Harrison 45.41 8 45.7 46.0 46.4 47.1 45.0 43.1 44.7 45.3 Less than 8 events Name Avg Evts 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Bruce Graham 87.56 7 91.0 84.6 83.9 86.1 87.9 86.7 92.7 Steve Rohan-Jones 77.20 1 77.2 Cathy Montalto 75.94 5 74.2 74.4 72.5 79.5 79.1 Bob Wright 75.00 1 75.0 Barbara Williams 74.37 3 75.9 75.6 71.6 Ray Bramwell 74.34 5 73.1 75.1 71.5 76.8 75.2 Joan Mallory 70.90 1 70.9 Ken White 70.83 7 60.2 72.8 72.1 71.5 72.1 73.2 73.9 Michael Clapper 70.63 7 70.7 70.2 71.0 72.5 72.6 67.9 69.5 Graeme Patrick 70.60 5 70.5 70.6 69.1 73.3 69.5 Frank Kresse 70.40 2 68.1 72.7 Jill Pearson 69.83 3 70.6 71.1 67.8 Gwen Vines 69.80 1 69.8 Gary Bowen 69.60 7 67.8 69.9 69.5 66.7 67.9 71.9 73.5 Peter Kallio 69.53 4 67.0 69.6 67.5 74.0 Consie Larmour 69.41 7 67.4 69.5 66.9 73.5 69.4 68.3 70.9 Carol Robinson 69.30 2 68.7 69.9 Paul Archer 69.00 1 69.0 Garry Lee 68.83 3 64.9 71.3 70.3 Maureen Rossiter 67.90 2 65.6 70.2 Rae Palmer 67.50 1 67.5 Cory Collins 67.50 5 67.3 71.9 62.2 65.4 70.7 Faye Todd 67.40 2 67.0 67.8 Jill Brown 67.20 1 67.2 Nadine Morrison 67.04 5 65.2 64.2 68.0 70.2 67.6 Gary Moss 66.87 7 59.3 65.6 65.1 69.9 68.8 71.9 67.5 Carol Ey 66.30 6 63.4 66.1 64.7 66.0 69.2 68.4 Hugh Ford 65.50 1 65.5

WADDELL SERIES Average of best 8 Age standard scores Qualifiers (8 or more events) Name Avg Evts 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 John Suiter 93.55 8 96.6 92.6 96.5 94.3 89.2 92.0 92.2 95.0 Dave Mackenzie 83.51 9 81.6 84.6 81.2 84.1 83.6 80.3 85.3 83.1 84.6 Suzanne Counsel 72.61 8 72.5 75.9 72.4 71.1 73.4 71.5 70.4 73.7 Maureen Scutter 68.36 8 67.1 66.0 68.8 68.1 69.3 68.2 68.5 70.9 November 2014 Vetrunner – Page 21 Less than 8 events Name Avg Evts 26/01 23/02 30/03 27/04 25/05 29/06 27/07 31/08 28/09 Mary Fox 84.50 1 84.5 Dorothy Seedsman 83.00 5 84.1 82.5 76.0 85.4 87.0 Monika Short 80.90 7 80.6 83.8 79.4 81.7 78.0 80.4 82.4 Lynn Williams 78.55 2 77.7 79.4 Alice Scott 77.85 2 79.6 76.1 Rosemary Parker 77.79 7 78.2 79.1 81.2 76.7 78.7 73.4 77.2 Michael Freer 77.53 6 73.7 76.9 80.4 76.1 79.2 78.9 Lorna Burdon 77.04 5 80.1 85.2 71.9 74.1 73.9 Colin Simpson 75.56 5 74.2 77.3 73.5 75.8 77.0 Marian Hill 75.30 6 75.9 74.5 76.2 74.1 76.1 75.0 Alan Burdon 74.97 6 72.9 73.0 76.1 75.8 75.3 76.7 Robyn Saunders 74.90 2 73.2 76.6 Caroline O'Clery 73.92 4 72.1 73.1 74.9 75.6 Rod Gilchrist 73.85 6 74.7 76.0 73.3 73.5 71.6 74.0 Peter Kallio 72.25 2 69.2 75.3 Ray Bramwell 71.40 2 75.7 67.1 Barry Seedsman 67.83 7 65.3 67.3 72.1 66.5 66.7 65.7 71.2 John Alcock 67.50 3 68.5 65.1 68.9 Desma Butler 67.10 1 67.1 Neil Gentle 67.05 4 65.8 68.2 66.0 68.2 Keith Johnson 66.67 6 69.2 69.8 68.0 64.5 66.0 62.5 John Littler 66.44 7 64.9 63.9 66.0 66.6 66.6 67.9 69.2 Warren Butler 66.12 5 66.2 68.1 61.5 66.1 68.7 Cathy Montalto 65.50 1 65.5 John Harding 65.37 6 58.7 68.1 63.7 69.4 66.4 65.9 Shona Prince 65.27 3 62.5 67.7 65.6 Graeme Small 65.12 4 63.0 65.1 65.9 66.5 Christopher Lang 65.00 1 65.0 Run/Walk Handicap Tallies

After 28/09/14 Name Total T F W Name Total T F W Run/Walk Handicap rules prevent the addition of Nearly 150 Lorraine Stevens 93 74 13 6 more than 10 events to any individual's tally in a Val Bland 149 137 3 9 Grahame Taylor 93 72 21 calendar year. This applies even to those who have Doug Carney 149 52 95 2 Alan Anderson 92 77 15 handicap duty exemption. In a small number of Jack Thackray 149 9 101 39 Tanya Colyer 91 10 35 46 cases the tally shown below will be different from the Dorothy Seedsman 148 70 5 73 Martin Butterfield 90 83 6 1 total shown in archived results. Ian Kenny 146 142 1 3 Lachlan Lewis 90 88 2 Val Chesterton 145 59 64 22 Nearly 50 Name Total T F W Pamela Weiss 145 115 23 7 Dawn Casey 49 49 George Hanzar 303 300 3 Thelma Reddy 140 124 15 1 Annette Sugden 49 42 6 1 Bryan Thomas 301 295 5 1 Bruce Wight 140 140 Maureen Scutter 48 48 Nearly 300 Nearly 100 Ken Gowans 47 46 1 Bob Parker 295 226 22 47 Desma Butler 99 86 3 10 Deslie Kubitzky 47 46 1 Stuart Reid * 280 195 67 18 Jo Cullen 99 99 Frank Stevens 47 13 20 14 Nearly 250 Ewen Thompson 99 87 12 Ian Dundas 46 15 31 Michael Freer 245 203 21 21 Katie Forestier 98 1 97 Beverley Forbes 46 4 42 Mary Ann Busteed 244 236 5 3 Gary Bowen 97 4 93 Marilyn Banfield 45 24 9 12 Greg O'Neill 244 139 74 31 Carmen Carlon 97 33 64 Andina Faragher 45 45 Roger Abbott 240 227 8 5 George Quarmby 97 94 3 Ron Ford 45 45 Peter Freeman 240 165 3 72 Russell Lutton 96 85 11 N Harrison-Heard 45 45 Chris Higgins * 45 45 Nearly 200 Brian McLachlan 96 96 Vicki Matthews 45 44 1 Steve Appleby 197 197 Keith Butler 95 95

Dave Mackenzie 195 7 44 144 Jamie Macgregor 95 34 61 * Deceased Kevin O'Keeffe 193 192 1 John Richardson 95 93 2 Lynn Williams 193 148 25 20 Raine Thompson 94 22 27 45 John Littler 192 102 90 Warren Butler 93 54 5 34 Alan Duus 190 184 5 1 Joe Mayer * 93 93 Run/Walk Handicap Medallists After 28/09/14 Name Total G S B Name Total G S B Name Total G S B Jack Thackray 13 4 2 7 Al Mallory * 10 4 4 2 Rosemary Parker 25 8 8 9 Ian Bowden 12 4 5 3 Geoff Moore 10 4 6 Trish Thomas * 21 6 7 8 Diann Bramwell 12 4 3 5 Terry Munro 10 1 7 2 Peter Freeman 19 8 7 4 Will Foster 12 5 4 3 Roger Pilkington 10 3 4 3 Nola de Chazal 18 4 5 9 Dave Mackenzie 12 2 5 5 Barry Seedsman 10 4 4 2 Terry Levings 18 8 4 6 Bob Parker 12 3 4 5 John Stenhouse 10 4 6 Lorna Burdon 17 3 10 4 John Suiter 12 2 2 8 Roger Stewart 10 2 3 5 John Busteed 16 3 5 8 Jim Tucker 12 4 4 4 Maria White 10 4 2 4 Nigel Coldrick 16 8 4 4 Robin Whyte 12 4 3 5 Lynn Williams 10 3 3 4 Rick Hatcher 16 3 7 6 Anne Young 12 4 3 5 Geoff Barker 9 1 2 6 Merv Collins 15 7 3 5 Alan Burdon 11 2 4 5 Neil Boden 9 2 5 2 John Littler 15 6 6 3 Michael Gardner 11 6 4 1 Gary Bowen 9 3 6 Thelma Reddy 15 4 6 5 Peter Kallio 11 3 5 3 Tony Fenotti 9 3 2 4 Alice Scott 15 7 3 5 Jamie Macgregor 11 7 3 1 Duane Lowry * 9 4 3 2 Dorothy Seedsman 15 2 6 7 Lucille Warth 11 6 4 1 Alan Norden 9 4 1 4 Monika Short 15 1 8 6 Carmen Carlon 10 4 2 4 Andrina Norden 9 4 4 1 Tony Booth 14 7 4 3 Cilla Chapman 10 2 4 4 Frank Nugent 9 6 1 2 Ray Bramwell 14 2 9 3 Cory Collins 10 4 2 4 Pauline Rohan 9 3 2 4 George Kubitzky 14 8 5 1 Mike Dwyer 10 3 4 3 Bryan Thomas 9 1 3 5 Alan Williams 14 4 7 3 Katie Forestier 10 1 4 5 Jane Bennett 8 2 5 1 Ken Daniels 13 4 2 7 Michael Freer 10 3 4 3 Chris Booth 8 3 3 2 Beryl Lowry 13 5 3 5 Lesley Hamilton 10 2 4 4 Bev Breen 8 3 5 Greg O'Neill 13 9 2 2 Mick Horan 10 3 5 2 Ewan Brown 8 2 5 1 Margaret Taylor 13 5 5 3 Anitra Kenny 10 6 4 Page 22 — November 2014 Vetrunner

Name Total G S B Name Total G S B Name Total G S B Maree Coldrick 8 4 2 2 Lorraine Stevens 7 2 2 3 Colin Bridge 5 1 2 2 Suzanne Counsel 8 3 1 4 Wanda Stewart 7 3 3 1 Jill Brown 5 2 3 Karen Daniels 8 5 3 Grahame Taylor 7 3 1 3 Mary Ann Busteed 5 5 Robert Ey 8 2 4 2 Kaye Thorpe 7 4 2 1 Caroline Campbell 5 2 1 2 Rod Gilchrist 8 3 5 Phillip Toomey 7 2 5 Peter Clarke 5 1 1 3 George Hanzar 8 1 1 6 Trevor Vogler 7 2 3 2 Debbie Cowell 5 2 1 2 Gregory Lewis 8 3 5 Pamela Weiss 7 2 4 1 Hugh Crawley 5 2 2 1 Brian McLachlan 8 1 7 Mike Worsley 7 6 1 Brenda Day 5 3 2 David Meyers 8 3 5 Roger Abbott 6 2 2 2 Grahame Delaney 5 2 1 2 Maureen O'Shea 8 2 2 4 Carol Baird 6 3 2 1 Brenda Field 5 1 2 2 Claire Perry 8 5 3 Kathleen Bleakley 6 2 2 2 Lloyd Field * 5 3 1 1 Graeme Small 8 2 3 3 Tony Cavuoto 6 2 3 1 Christine Freeman 5 2 3 Raine Thompson 8 1 2 5 Bob Chapman 6 1 3 2 Audun Fristad 5 4 1 Peter Ward 8 3 3 2 Paul Considine 6 4 2 Jenny Galvin 5 3 1 1 Ken White 8 3 1 4 Steve Crane 6 1 2 3 Neil Gentle 5 3 1 1 David Alden 7 2 4 1 Mick Dando 6 4 2 Terry Giesecke 5 3 1 1 Ruth Baussmann 7 2 3 2 Beverley Forbes 6 2 3 1 Jennie Gilchrist 5 3 1 1 Kerry Boden 7 1 5 1 Megan Haylock 6 2 2 2 Bill Ginich * 5 3 2 Prue Bradford 7 3 2 2 Peter Hogan 6 2 4 Faye Green 5 2 3 Steve Bradford 7 3 1 3 David Holmes 6 5 1 John Hunt 5 3 1 1 Jillian Clark 7 3 3 1 Adrian Krauss 6 1 4 1 Margaret Johnson 5 2 3 John Dimitriou 7 3 1 3 Garry Lee 6 3 3 Josephine Kulesz 5 4 1 Otmar Dorfer * 7 3 1 3 Bill Leyden 6 1 3 2 Ian Lavering 5 2 3 Deb Gordon 7 4 3 Sylvia Mackay 6 2 3 1 Lachlan Lewis 5 4 1 Ken Gordon 7 2 1 4 John McMillan 6 2 4 Gary Moss 5 3 2 Bruce Graham 7 5 1 1 Bernie Millett 6 2 1 3 Pat Mullins 5 2 3 Nerelle Harrison-Heard 7 2 5 Brian Paxman 6 4 2 Jim O'Donnell 5 3 2 Keith Johnson 7 3 3 1 Bernie Rogers 6 3 2 1 Juani M O'Reilly 5 3 2 Roy Jones 7 6 1 Maureen Rossiter 6 2 4 Graeme Patrick 5 2 3 John MacLeod 7 2 2 3 Bev Scown 6 4 2 Rosalie Pilkinton 5 4 1 Joan Mallory 7 2 2 3 Faye Todd 6 2 2 2 Julie Triggs 5 2 3 Kevin Matthews 7 3 2 2 Edward Towner 6 2 4 Gwen Vines 5 1 3 1 Cathy Montalto 7 3 4 Glenda Wood 6 1 5 Brian Wenn 5 3 2 Brett Morrison 7 2 2 3 John Bakker 5 2 2 1 Stuart Reid * 7 1 3 3 Jennie Blake 5 3 2 * Deceased Stuart Reid 7 2 3 2 Linda Bone 5 4 1 Maureen Scutter 7 2 2 3 Throwing Handicap—27 September 2014

Reporter: John Reynolds a club record in the M65 100lb weight with a throw of Twenty-six throwers gave up the opportunity to 2.76m. Bob continued to close in on the M65 club javelin watch the AFL grand final live to take part in the monthly record with his best throw in that age group of 35.83m. throws handicap at Masson St. The hammer throw and Raylea Rudov was the only woman to tackle the javelin were the throws on the agenda and some good demanding 100lb weight event. Her best effort was 1.09m. performances were recorded in both disciplines. Frank Leading woman hammer thrower was Jan Banens who Nugent took the lead in the hammer handicap and held on landed the implement at the 28.87m mark. Jayne Hardy, in the javelin to eventually win by just over a metre from recovering from an operation on her right shoulder, simply Duncan Macnicol. Frank almost scored a double as he switched throwing arms and led the women javelin was also a nominee for the Oscar. Narelle Blackaby throwers with a toss of 14.30m. In the standard weight finished close behind Duncan to claim third place. throw, John Reynolds’ best effort of 13.45m led the men It is Frank’s 11th win in the monthly throwing competitors. A throw of 10.32m by Jan Banens was the handicap. His first victory was way back in October 1996. best of the women throwers. Closely following Frank in number of victories in the 25- The winner of the bottle of wine this month was Kevin year history of the handicap are Tanya Colyer and Trish Blewitt. The wine was once again kindly donated by Thomas both with nine wins. Bob Banens and Ray Green Southside Physiotherapy. have both won the event on eight occasions. The November monthly throwing events will be the With only two handicaps remaining for the year Nola hammer and javelin. No weight throws will be conducted de Chazal has increased her lead in the yearly pointscore. as this will be the annual presentation day and the final She will be very hard to catch as she has a lead of 16 points event for 2014. Volunteers for the 29 November events are over John Reynolds with Duncan Macnicol close by in Ray Green, Sharon Gibbins, Robin Whyte & Peter third place. The winner of this month’s Oscar was Duncan Freeman. Remember if for some reason you are unable to Macnicol for his efforts in the hammer throw. In Duncan’s volunteer on that date please ensure that you swap your own words “I nearly wrapped the hammer around my duties with someone. neck”. Frank Nugent was also a worthy nominee for the ______Oscar. Preparing to ‘unleash’ a big javelin throw it slipped from his hand and landed flat around the four metre mark. Correction—October Vetrunner page 15 Peter Neill also deserved a mention for his throw of On the subject of the Throwing Handicap, in the 28.63m in the hammer which exactly matched his club no. October edition of the Vetrunner, mentioned but of 2863. An unusual occurrence. mistakenly omitted was another item by Mike Adler from Ray Green continued his good form in the new age The Veteran Athlete newspaper in 1990 about the group with the leading hammer throw of 38.27m and a new involvement of Trish Thomas (then known as Trish club record in the M70 100lb weight. He recorded a Connell) in establishing the ACTVAC Throwing Handicap. distance of 2.67m in that event. Bob Banens also claimed The item is reproduced on the next page. November 2014 Vetrunner – Page 23

ACT’s FIRST THROW

HANDICAP

Following the outstanding support that eventuated from the introduction of distance handicaps on the track over the past two seasons,

Trish Connell successfully introduced the handicap concept to the ACT Throwing scene when a standard

Discus and a handicap Shot event were contested on

Saturday, June 23 at the Masson Street oval.

Based on throwers’ best efforts during the 1989- 90 T & F season and designed to produce a 20 metre result, the Shot competition proved an outstanding success with 16 throwers taking part. Excellent handicapping by Trish brought forth a very tight competition and her assessment of her own capability brought forth a one centimetre variant. Only those who had not thrown the implement during the season threw without a handicap, gaining a nett mark alone.

RESULTS Hcp Distance Total Thrown G. Sims M35 12.02 8.81 20.83 J. Dann W40 13.53 7.15 20.68 G. Boag M70 12.03 8.46 20.49 K. Daniels M50 12.20 8.28 20.48 J. Bourke W50 13.38 6.69 20.07 E. Dundas W35 13.50 6.57 20.07 T. Connell W45 11.13 8.86 19.99 J. Erickson W30 13.32 6.64 19.96 M. Wahren W55 12.62 7.31 19.93 C. Rann M60 8.12 11.58 19.70 R. Dann M40 12.53 7.14 19.67 R. Green M40 7.94 11.66 19.60 P. Schiworski M50 8.70 10.61 19.31 A. Norden W35 0.00 6.06 06.06 E. Drummond M65 0.00 8.40 08.40

Javelin and Hammer Handicap Results—27 Sep 2014

Name Age JHcp JDist JTotal JPl HHcp HDist HTotal HPl Total Pl Pts Frank Nugent M55 25.11 18.69 43.80 3 27.63 20.01 47.64 1 91.44 1 50 Duncan Macnicol M60 15.21 29.53 44.74 1 12.81 32.82 45.63 7 90.37 2 49 Narelle Blackaby W50 35.19 6.97 42.16 7 31.86 15.71 47.57 2 89.73 3 48 John Hunt M70 28.04 13.44 41.48 10 28.35 19.02 47.37 3 88.85 4 47 Raylea Rudov W70 29.92 12.61 42.53 4 23.42 22.58 46.00 6 88.53 5 46 Nola de Chazal W75 33.67 7.81 41.48 10 29.60 16.84 46.44 4 87.92 6 45 Kevin Blewitt M75 22.42 19.77 42.19 6 13.86 31.35 45.21 10 87.4 7 44 Bob Banens M65 8.13 35.83 43.96 2 11.57 31.61 43.18 18 87.14 8 43 John Reynolds M70 22.70 18.77 41.47 12 11.13 34.34 45.47 8 86.94 9 42 Jan Banens W70 27.53 13.83 41.36 13 16.53 28.87 45.40 9 86.76 10 41 Nick Blackaby M60 33.10 9.15 42.25 5 38.77 5.66 44.43 14 86.68 11 40 Peter Neill M80 24.77 16.83 41.60 9 16.34 28.63 44.97 11 86.57 12 39 Tanya Colyer W50 34.62 7.03 41.65 8 27.43 17.47 44.90 12 86.55 13 38 Ray Green M70 17.38 23.95 41.33 14 6.63 38.27 44.90 12 86.23 14 37 Bryan Thomas M70 20.37 19.64 40.01 16 26.43 19.66 46.09 5 86.1 15 36 Margaret Taylor W65 29.82 11.51 41.33 14 26.58 17.63 44.21 15 85.54 16 35 Diann Bramwell W65 30.83 8.43 39.26 17 26.28 16.97 43.25 17 82.51 17 34 Claire Perry W45 32.50 3.58 36.08 19 31.20 12.23 43.43 16 79.51 18 33 Grant Blewitt M50 4.23 32.29 36.52 18 20.76 22.04 42.80 19 79.32 19 32 Rad Leovic M85 20.69 13.89 34.58 20 19.96 17.21 37.17 20 71.75 20 31 Jayne Hardy W50 11.39 14.30 25.69 21 0.63 19.76 20.39 21 46.08 21 30 Lorna England W50 11.91 21.36 N/E 1.0 George Mencik M80 10.47 36.22 N/E 1.0 Robin Whyte M70 24.81 24.19 N/E 1.0 Phillip Toomey M65 18.39 21.74 N/E 1.0 Shé Hawke W50 11.60 18.98 N/E 1.0 Page 24 — November 2014 Vetrunner 2014 Monthly Throw Handicap Pointscore

Total of best 8 Events Name Total Evts Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nola de Chazal 352.5 8 41.5 44 48 44 44 42 44 45 John Reynolds 336 8 40 50 39 36 46 45 38 42 Duncan Macnicol 334 8 50 35 45 39 41 46 29 49 Raylea Rudov 328 8 35 40 41 43 50 43 30 46 John Hunt 325 8 36 32 44 34 45 44 43 47 Diann Bramwell 322.5 8 41.5 38 43 47 48 38 33 34 Peter Neill 322 8 39 45 46 46 33 42 32 39 Tanya Colyer 307 8 37 37 37 42 43 39 34 38 Bryan Thomas 307 8 44 34 38 41 37 32 45 36 Nick Blackaby 296 7 46 46 33 49 40 42 40 Frank Nugent 291 7 47 33 49 33 33 46 50 Attila Spaits 281 7 38 36 40 49 49 34 35 Narelle Blackaby 276 7 33 48 31 38 50 28 48 Kevin Blewitt 273 7 30 30 32 39 48 50 44 Ray Green 254 7 41 1.0 50 42 47 36 37 Claire Perry 244 7 48 1.0 50 36 37 39 33 Trish Thomas * 216 6 34 43 34 35 35 35 Margaret Taylor 213 6 42 1.0 45 49 41 35 Wendy O'Brien 170 5 1.0 47 35 40 47 Jan Banens 157 5 39 1.0 40 36 41 Mary Wahren 153 4 42 32 32 47 Peter Freeman 151 4 45 31 37 38 Jayne Hardy 149 5 32 28 30 29 30 Lorna England 137 4 49 47 40 1.0 Sharon Gibbins 111 4 1.0 30 31 49 Tim Gulliver 108 3 43 34 31 Joan Mallory 91 3 31 29 31 Carmen Carlon 65 3 1.0 36 28 Rad Leovic 60 4 1.0 1.0 27 31 Colin Robbie * 58 2 29 29 Phillip Toomey 50 3 1.0 48 1.0 Robin Whyte 50 2 49 1.0 Bob Banens 45 3 1.0 1.0 43 Robert Kennelly 38 2 1.0 37 Grant Blewitt 34 3 1.0 1.0 32 Shé Hawke 2.0 2 1.0 1.0 George Mencik 1.0 1 1.0 Kerry Atkins 1.0 1 1.0 Brett Kingston 1.0 1 1.0 * deceased Monthly Weight Throw Results - 27 Sep 2014

Standard Weights Heavy Weights

Name Age Weight Distance Name Age Weight Distance Frank Nugent M55 11.340kg 8.10 Frank Nugent M55 100lb 1.75 Bob Banens M65 9.072kg 11.62 Bob Banens M65 100lb 2.76 John Reynolds M70 7.258kg 13.45 Ray Green M70 100lb 2.67 Shé Hawke W50 7.258kg 7.13 John Reynolds M70 100lb 2.45 Jayne Hardy W50 7.258kg 6.20 Raylea Rudov W70 100lb 1.09 Diann Bramwell W65 5.449kg 7.24 Jan Banens W70 5.449kg 10.32 Raylea Rudov W70 5.449kg 7.42 Throw Handicap Tally

After 27/09/14 Name Total 2012 2013 2014 Name Total 2012 2013 2014 Margaret Taylor 167 10 7 6 Trish Thomas * 242 10 10 6 Jayne Hardy 166 10 9 5 Ray Green 222 9 9 7 Peter Freeman 160 9 8 4 Jen Bourke 217 1 Bob Banens 153 9 9 3 Mary Wahren 216 4 10 4 Peter Neill 152 10 8 8 Wendy O'Brien 211 9 6 5 Narelle Blackaby 133 9 10 7 Attila Spaits 196 10 10 7 Kevin Blewitt 123 6 6 7 Bryan Thomas 186 10 10 8 Joan Mallory 117 4 7 3 Raylea Rudov 184 8 10 8 Jan Banens 115 9 9 5 Nola de Chazal 177 9 8 8 John Hunt 103 9 7 8 Tanya Colyer 175 10 10 8 Audun Fristad * 102 Ewen Drummond * 175 Jean Heath * 102 Frank Nugent 174 10 10 7 Diann Bramwell 98 9 10 8 November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 25 Name Total 2012 2013 2014 Name Total 2012 2013 2014 Claire Perry 90 10 7 7 Sharon Parker 18 5 Sharon Gibbins 84 3 2 4 Pauline Armstrong 16 10 1 George Mencik 83 6 6 1 Frances Harris 14 3 1 Carmen Carlon 80 2 2 3 Grant Blewitt 13 3 Tim Gulliver 80 9 4 3 Lorna England 13 9 4 Grahame Taylor 77 1 Garry Maher 13 1 3 Phillip Toomey 76 1 3 3 Nick Blackaby 11 4 7 Robert Kennelly 75 7 2 Sharon Kingston 9 9 Al Mallory * 66 Anatoly Kirievsky 5 3 2 Duncan Macnicol 63 8 9 8 Kerry Atkins 4 1 Rad Leovic 61 5 5 4 Charlie Bastecky 3 1 Colin Robbie 60 1 7 2 Glenys Whitehead 3 3 Geoff Crumpton 50 8 1 Leslie Dawson 2 2 Christopher Yardley 50 2 Gina Etienne 2 2 Robin Whyte 36 2 4 2 Shé Hawke 2 2 John Parker 33 6 1 Jane McGlew 2 2 Jean Thew 21 6 2 Jamie Muscat 2 1 1 Brett Kingston 20 6 9 1 Paul Campbell 1 1 John Reynolds 20 4 8 8 Raelene Campbell 1 1 Kerry Thew 20 6 2 Noel Donohoe 1 1 * Deceased Canberra Centenary Track 2014 Not a run but a ride and a half

By Geoff Barker each other because 1) we were only training, and 2) on the Not sure how l sounded but l certainly felt a bit anxious actual day we would not be stopping to take photos or have when l asked the organiser – “is it do-able?” long lunch breaks etc. “Yes it certainly is, although it will be a long day” he At last the day arrived and we were very nervous as we answered confidently. “Last year we did it in two halves eyed all the ‘mountain bikers’ for a 6.30am start at Stromlo and we had complaints saying it should have been done in Park. Clare was a little surprised, intrigued, worried and one day, and so we have gone to the day option this year” even concerned at noticing there did not seem to be many We were talking about the 145km Canberra Centenary other women lining up to do the 145km. She expressed Track Mountain Bike Blaze, being held virtually on the day her anxiety to another female rider who simply said “l live l reached a big ‘0’ in years, 14 September, and l was looking at Ainslie and if l feel like it l will pull out there”. Simple! for something to really remember my big day. Riding I was a little surprised, intrigued, worried and even 145km off road on a mountain bike seemed like a good way, concerned at noticing there didn’t seem to be many other but l had my doubts re my capability. men over the age of 40! They all seemed to be young guns. I had competed in several Sri Chinmoy off road events, We soon had all the official cautions, from a Pedal Power and competed as a mountain biker in legs of the Sri official regarding keeping on the track; we were sharing Chinmoy triple tri. Earlier this year l had also done an with others, so give warnings; what to do in emergency etc epic 475km bike ride from Canberra to Dubbo over three and when all over he called ‘start’. It was not a race so he days, but that was on a road bike on bitumen. All day on a didn’t call ‘go’. mountain bike was a whole new ask. Could l do it? It only seemed like a few hundred metres when it was I did a training ride up over One Tree Hill past Hall clear that Clare and l were going to be in the race for the and actually felt relatively OK. Then l did a training ride Moulin Rouge. It wasn’t too long before we hit some real on an official section of the track from Black Mountain to off road stuff and we had a very clear ride because most Hall and did it half an hour quicker than the official other riders had left us. However we were heartened brochure says it takes to ride it. My confidence soared. I because going through the Arboretum and across Black worked out that if l did all sections at the same rate l would Mountain, we actually caught a few others. We felt we finish within the cut off time of 11 hrs. were holding our own at this early stage. We did see two I started boasting to my family about how l was going to riders repairing flat tyres, which of course made us hope it celebrate my big ‘0’ birthday. When to my surprise – and wouldn’t happen to us! absolute delight – my ‘just married’ daughter Clare said Then while following Clare along the Frith Road track l she would like to join me. I thought what a great way to had to brake quickly because Clare had pulled up really celebrate the big ‘0’, and l could boast about it for suddenly. She saw a mother duck and about 10 ducklings years! all sitting in the middle of the track and so we ‘had’ to stop Clare had been doing some running until a foot injury and make sure they got off the track safely—or they might had forced her to seriously curtail her efforts. She was be hit! I was just anxious to keep going. We progressed on riding a bike fairly regularly to work which was about two towards Hall when we passed another female rider who hours daily. But still riding all day on off road on a had stopped to shed her warm top. We subconsciously took mountain bike was a real challenge for her also. So we note of her to see when she would pass us. At the end of organised some training rides to be ‘bike’ ready for the big the day we realised we did not see her again! We also day. We did several rides and always ensured we rode over passed another fellow, on a black bike, who seemed to be as much of the Centenary Track as possible. Our longest struggling even at that early stage, although he didn’t drop day, when we covered well over a third of the track, was too far back. At Hall as we started up One Tree Hill he seven hours riding. On face value that was way too slow to caught us and went in front up the hill. cover the whole track in the cut off time but we encouraged Page 26 — November 2014 Vetrunner

Going up One Tree Hill – our first mishap – Clare’s seemed almost impossible for Clare so we walked up to bike slipped on the edge of the track and she fell off! She the turn-off, before mounting our bikes again for the was a bit in front of me and l didn’t even know until I downhill section to track around Isaacs Ridge and Mt ‘found’ her on the side of the track. Fortunately, apart Wanniassa, eventually coming onto a bike path which from a slight graze on her leg, she was not too badly hurt seemed to take forever. At key intersections there was and was able to continue up the hill. Once on top it was usually a marshal and we always stopped to say ‘hello’ very easy going down the other side. This time l was in and ‘thank you’. We also asked if we were the wooden front and – our second mishap – I fell off, while trying to spooners! More often than not we were told that they negotiate a very sharp right hand bend. Apart from my thought we were! pride I was not hurt, and with a bit of help from Clare to The bike path into Tuggeranong seemed to take get up right again, was able to continue down the Hill forever. Later l realised it is nearly eight kilometres long, unscathed. which explains why it seemed to take us forever! By this We must have been doing something right as we time it was getting close to 5pm so we had lost a lot of actually caught the man on the black bike after we got time. Finally we came to the last marshalling point before down the other side of One Tree Hill and rode with him the final section across Red Rocks Gorge, described in the till we reached the camping area. He said to us “Are all ride brochures as ‘challenging!’ The marshals were just the hills this bad?” I assured him that there was only one packing up as they thought the last riders had already really bad hill and that was just past the ‘campsite’. I gone through, but they quickly bought out the bananas inquired as to his place of abode and he told us he had and lolly snacks when they saw me approaching. I say come up from Bright in Victoria especially to do the ride, ‘me’ because Clare had really hit the wall along the bike so said he should be able to handle hills! He took off and path and was literally struggling to keep going. However we actually caught him after crossing Horse Park Drive the welcome the marshals gave Clare was almost as and passed him. We didn’t see him again. though she was the leader! – after 119km of off road Just at the entrance to Mulligans Flat we saw an cycling. echidna on the side of the track and of course we had to Double checking as to our plans regarding continuing stop and admire it. Going around Mt Majura we saw two on or not, it was obvious the marshals felt relieved they riders on the ground doing repairs to one of their bikes. weren’t going to be faced with the possibility of having to On inquiry they said the rear chain cog had simply fallen tell us we couldn’t continue because of the high likelihood to pieces and they were trying to make it at least rideable. of it getting dark before we could finish. With our plan to I didn’t like their chances. We didn’t see them again stop established they had no hesitation in organising either. We arrived at the bottom of Mt Ainslie behind the transport for us and our bikes back to the start where our War Memorial and decided it was a good place to have our vehicle awaited us, and we were certainly relieved and 15-minute lunch break. We also decided we must be very very grateful for their very willing assistance. close to the wooden spooners. Not that we minded because We arrived back to our vehicle not too long before dark at that stage we felt confident we would make the finish which vindicated our decision to stop. We also learnt that before cut off time. of approximately 75 starters in the full distance After our refreshing break we headed off down to the approximately 35 withdrew. We actually felt better lake over Kings Avenue bridge towards Parliament hearing that. We also learnt that the fastest rider— House. After Parliament House we headed up Melbourne although very unofficial as it was not a race—covered the Avenue, which is where it all started to fall apart. full distance in 5.5 hours! Clare finished with a win Despite having climbed the worst hill on the entire track though. Two days after the event we learned she had won the bitumen Melbourne Avenue just seemed a bit too one of six riding jackets in a lucky draw prize. much for Clare and she struggled. We made it though and enjoyed the ride around Red All in all a great way to celebrate turning my big ‘0’. Hill but again the bitumen roads past Red Hill shops and Clare and l have already decided to tackle it next year, up across Hindmarsh Drive seemed to really tire Clare. but with a bit more training! Across Hindmarsh Drive the hill Mt Mugga Mugga

Cross Training Advocated for Runners Club member Lachlan Lewis M75 is a keen advocate of with a bronze medal in the M75 Aquathlon – an event com- cross training for runners, especially triathlons. Lachlan bining a swim and a run. Cross training certainly seems to has run 60 marathons all round the world and is now just work for Lachlan . as keen on other disciplines. He competes in triathlons and this year he travelled to Canada to compete in the World Triathlon Championships in Edmonton. He came away November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 27

THE WAY WE WERE - NOVEMBER

By Bryan Thomas annual awards were presented following the handicap competition. The 1994 pointscore was won by Fran Schiller, Al 30 YEARS AGO (November 1984) Mallory and Wendy Freeman tied as runners-up. Several members were honoured with major awards at The final running handicap was a lap of Lake the ACTCCC annual presentation; W35 Annette Perkins Ginninderra. The 7.6km long course was won by Bronwyn (McNeill) was female distance runner of the year (Jan Wil- Gardner from Anna Farnham and Michael Gardner. Jillian liams and Jo Cullen second and third respectively), M35 Clark was the best of 38 runners in the 3.3km short course Garry Hand was third best male distance runner of the event just ahead of Roger Stewart and Duane Lowry. Jim year and M40 Ron Vines was the most improved. O’Shea and Lucille Warth earned their ‘100 runs’ T-shirt Our third season of track and field commenced at Bruce while Connie Clements, John Dimitriou, Ian McFarling Stadium with large fields in most events; for example 62 and Richard Scutter ran their 50th. participated in the 3000m. Major award winners were: 1994 Pointscore (long The inaugural Sprint Marathon Relay was created and course) Stuart N Reid first, Bill Rendall second and Alan organized by John Kemp. Eight teams, each of seven run- Williams third; (short course) Vic Hessell, Jillian Clark and ners, participated in this unusual and unique relay Maree Coldrick. Gayle and Robert Eaves were presented through the middle of Stromlo Forest. John MacLeod’s with the Encouragement Award. team were the winners in 2:44 while pre-race favourites the ‘Ladies’ team led by Rosemary Parker finished eighth. 10 YEARS AGO (November 2004) The final running handicap of the year was at Lake The final running handicap of the year was held at Ginninderra. A record field of 84 ran the 7.1km loop of the Weston Park. Roy Jones won the long course event from lake. Rene Lays was the winner in front of Cilla Byrne Caroline Campbell and Geoff Moore. Frank Nugent won (Chapman) and Bev Scown. The two major trophies were the Frylink event from Bev Breen and Ken Gordon. The presented—1984 pointscore was won by Ron Vines and walk handicap was won by Chris Booth in front of Maureen Bronwyn Muller (Gardiner) was the recipient of the En- Scutter and Carmen Carlon. Five T-shirts were presented couragement Award. to recognize significant handicap milestones; they were to – Consistently Fast Medals, proposed by Stuart Reid, Tony Booth for 150 handicaps, Cilla Chapman 100 and were presented for the first time to: W30 Bronwyn Muller Peter Hann, Rick Hatcher and Maureen Rossiter for 50 4.42 average km rate, W35 Jo Cullen 4.02, W40 Thelma each. Reddy 5.17, W45 Maureen O’Shea 5.21, W55 Lucille Warth The 2004 pointscore winners and the consistently fast- 6.02, M35 Keith Butler 3.46, M40 Frank Green 3.22, M45 est (by age standard percentages) for each of the Thomas, John MacLeod 3.50, M50 Stuart Reid 4.00, M55 Lloyd Frylink and Waddell Series were: Will Foster and Kent Field 4.25 and M70 Joe Mayer 5.18. Williams, Michael Roach and Bob Chapman, and Pat Fisher and Dave Mackenzie in the walks. Kent and Lynn 20 YEARS AGO (November 1994) Williams were joint recipients of the Encouragement Jim O’Donnell was writing a series of member profiles Award as sportspersons of the year for the run/walk handi- for Vetrunner, this month it featured Jim and Marie White caps. and their family. The final throwing handicap, in hammer and javelin, The Daniels Sprint Handicap Series was introduced to was won by Jen Bourke from Ray Green and Tanya Colyer. our track and field program. Records set at our athletics Kevin Blewitt earned his 50th monthly handicap T-shirt. meets during the month were by: Mark Silins M30 800m The Connell Series point score was won by Tanya Co- 2.00.5 and 1500m 4.10.3; Elaine Cooper W35 400m 63.4, lyer from Narelle Blackaby and David Haggith. Medals for 800m 2.18 and 400hurdles 70.6; Bob Wright M35 400m the consistently best throwers in each group were pre- 51.9 and Margaret Taylor W45 400hurdles 73.0. sented to: W35 Claire Perry, W40 Jayne Hardy, W45 The 11th annual Sprint Marathon Relay was again or- Sharon Gibbins, W50 Fran Schiller, W55 Trish Thomas, ganized by John Kemp. Only three members, Alan Wil- W60 Jen Bourke, W65 Nola de Chazal and M45 Frank Nu- liams, Maureen and Jim O’Shea had completed all 11. Alan gent, M50 David Haggith, M55 Peter Freeman, M60 Ray was so keen to continue his unbroken participation that he Green, M65 Kevin Blewitt, M75 John Burns and M80 mailed his entry from London and returned just in time to Ewen Drummond. captain the winning team. Jayne Hardy was the recipient of the 2004 Clohessy The final throwing handicap of the year, in hammer Trophy for sportsperson of the monthly throwing handicap and javelin, was held on a Wednesday afternoon. It was program. won by Wendy Freeman from Attila Spaits while Al Mal- lory and Peter Freeman tied for third. Gordon Boag hurled the javelin 19.46m for a new ACT M75 record. The major Page 28 — November 2014 Vetrunner Announcements/Snippets page If anyone has any announcements or small items on Veterans athletics please email them to [email protected].

ACTVAC SOCIAL FUNCTION FOR NOVEMBER 2014

Date: Wednesday 5 November Venue: The George Harcourt Inn Location: 3 Gold Creek Road, Nicholls ACT 2913 Time: 7pm Food: Varied range of meals – check website - www.georgeharcourt.com Alchohol: Purchase from the bar

You are invited to meet with fellow members of the Club for an informal social dinner. If you would like to attend this dinner, could you please contact one of the following members of the Social Team by 12 noon Tuesday 4 November to enable them to advise final numbers. We look forward to seeing you there.

Sherryl: 6272 4170(w) [email protected] Robyn: 6288 4787(h) [email protected]

Start Time Change - Summer Jogalong

The YMCA Runners Club monthly JOGALONG will start at 8am instead of 9am over the next few months to avoid the summer heat The change of time will apply to JOGALONG on Sunday 7 December 2014, Sunday 4 January 2015 and Sunday 1 February 2015.

Josephine Kulesz On behalf of the organising committee

Women and Girls Fun Run 2015

SAVE THE DATE – Annual YMCA Runners Club Women and Girls Fun Run 2015 – Sunday 1 March 2015

SUBMISSIONS FOR DECEMBER 2014 VETRUNNER Due by: Saturday 8 November 2014 All copy and queries to: [email protected]

All submissions MUST go to the Vetrunner email address to ensure they are included in the next edition. (Late submissions may only be accepted if space allows)

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 from member has achieved an important milestone or award, or 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 welcome. November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 29 Calendar ACTVAC events are shown in bold, other events are run by different organisations, mostly YMCA Runners Club of Canberra (YCRC). Please check with organisers to confirm details especially for non ACTVAC events Weekly, Bi-Weekly and Monthly Nov 2014 Events Sat 2 Nov: YCRC Women’s Jogalong Please check with organisers to confirm details Tue 4 Nov: YCRC Spring Series 5km, Weston Park Wed 5 Nov: Social Dinner at the George Harcourt ACTVAC General Committee Meetings monthly on the Inn, Nicholls second Wednesday of the month at Belconnen Soccer Club, Thu 6 Nov: Track and Field Belconnen Way, Hawker at 7.00pm. Contact Secretary Tues 11 Nov: YCRC Spring Series 5km, Barrenjoey Drive Phill Toomey at [email protected]. Thu 13 Nov: Track and Field Sun 16 Nov: Throws Pentathlon ACTVAC Monthly Weight Pentathlons at 9am at Tues 18 Nov: YCRC Spring Series 5km, Boathouse East Masson Street, Turner — Contact Jayne Hardy 0421610053. Thu 20 Nov: Track and Field Tues 25 Nov: YCRC Spring Series k5m, Black Mt Customs Joggers meet every Friday at Stage 88 in Peninsula Commonwealth Park at 12.15pm. Mike Stracey 6258 8756 Thu 27 Nov: Track and Field Sat 29 Nov: Throwing Handicap Lake Tuggeranong Stakes every Tuesday on the lake Sun 30 Nov: Run/Walk Handicap and presentations, edge near KFC at 12.20pm. Peter Thomson 0407 702 683 Weston Park BBQ Stakes Handicap every Wednesday from the Dec 2014 Senior Citizens Club in Woden at 12.10pm. Adrian Plunkett 62832388. Tues 2 Dec: YCRC Spring Series 5km, Stromlo Forest Park YCRC Women’s and Girls Jogalong at Weston Park on Thu 4 Dec: Track and Field the first Sunday of the month at 9am (8am in summer). Sun 7 Dec: YCRC Women’s Jogalong Tues 9 Dec: YCRC Christmas Relays, Lennox Gardens Lake Ginninderra Handicap, last Tuesday of the Thu 11 Dec: Track and Field month, from outside the Lighthouse Bar at 12.20pm. Simon Wall 0404 859 404. Sun 14 Dec: Throws Pentathlon Thurs 18 Dec: Track and Field Mount Ainslie Run Up, first Tuesday of the month, from Treloar Crescent behind the War Memorial at 12.45pm. Jan 2015 John Harding 62441153. Sun 4 Jan: YCRC Women’s Jogalong Thu 8 Jan: Joint Track & Field meet with ACT Athletics. Black Mountain Run Up held on the third Tuesday each 10 - 17 Jan: YCRC Thredbo Fun and Fitness Week month at 12.45pm, Clunies Ross St, 100m east of Botanic Thu 15 Jan: Joint Track & Field meet with ACT Athletics. Gardens Entrance. John Harding 62486905 Thu 22 Jan: Track and Field Sun 25 Jan: Run/Walk Handicap, Campbell Park Thu 29 Jan: Track and Field

JOIN A TRAINING GROUP — IMPROVE YOUR FITNESS

Groups of veteran athletes conduct training sessions 7:00am in summertime at Treloar Crescent Campbell. around Canberra. To train with any one of the groups you 7:30am in wintertime at Cotter Reserve. 6231 7353 (h), should contact the group coordinator listed. It’s always fun 6261 2826 (w) to train with others, to share skills and knowledge. Geoff Moore: Distance training. Mondays 5.30pm at Runners, throwers, jumpers and walkers of all levels are Parliament House underground car park—intervals. welcome. Saturdays 8:00am at Acton Ferry Terminal—easy run. Sundays 8:00am at Stromlo Forest Park when no other Val Chesterton: Strength, Speed & General Fitness for event is scheduled—intervals. 6254 4753 (all hours) runners, jumpers & walkers, Calwell Playing Fields, Brad Osborn: Sprints and Hurdles training. Saturdays Fridays 9am 6292 8994, 8.30am in summer. 10:00am at the AIS when no other track meets. 6241 5592 Katherine Fitzpatrick: FIT (Females In Training). Greg Stretton: Middle distance training. Sundays Tuesdays 12.15pm at the AIS Track. 6214 1239. except long weekends, 9.00am, Grammar School, corner of Fran Harris: Strength, sprints and hurdles training Mugga Way / Flinders Way. 6295 8474 (h), 6257 6127 (w) at the AIS track.6230 2341 (h) Raine Thompson: Race and fitness walking. John Hunt: Jumps. Sundays, 11:00am at the AIS track. Mondays, 5:30pm, Parliament House underground car 6241 9392 (h) park. 6290 1857 (h) Chris Lang: Long distance pack runs. Sundays, ‘Tuesday group’: long distance running and walking. 9:00am (8:00am November thru February) Stromlo Forest Tuesdays 9:00am at Black Mountain Peninsula (8:30am in Park when no ACTVAC events are scheduled. Saturdays summer). Page 30 — November 2014 Vetrunner COURSE DESCRIPTION Weston Park - 30 November 2014

How to get there In Weston Park - take the second road on the right off Weston Park Road. Yellow Pages Map 18, H/J 8/9

Course Description Both courses are out and back on the new cycle path and start and finish about 40m East of the toilet block. The Short Course turn is at 1.5km. Return the same way. Course distance 3km. The Long Course continues on the cycle path past the short course turnaround and follows the lake edge - there is a short gravel section near the playgrounds. Continue alongside the lake, still on the cycle path, then go straight ahead on a short gravel section near the Oaks Brasserie to the turnaround at 3km. Do not turn right and follow the bitumen cycle path. Return the same way to the finish. Course distance 6km. November 2014 Vetrunner — Page 31

ACT Veterans Athletic Club - Renewal and New Membership 2014

Option 1 – credit card on-line This is the Club’s Preferred Option – please use if possible (you need a credit card). It is quick, easy to use and se- cure. Go to www.actvac.com.au. Click on ‘club pages’ then ‘membership’ and follow the prompts. Option 2 – cheque or postal order Complete the ‘member details’ below, attach your payment and post to: ACTVAC, GPO Box 2356, Canberra City ACT 2600. Option 3 - cash Pay by cash at an ACTVAC event. Complete the ‘member details’ below, hand it and your payment to the volunteers at any ACTVAC event. Option 4 - credit card direct This is the club’s least preferred option – please consider paying with your credit card on-line (Option 1). To use Option 4, complete the form below, fill in your credit card details and the amount paid, sign and post to: ACTVAC, GPO Box 2356, Canberra City ACT 2600. Payment details Visa MasterCard

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