The Newsletter of Victorian Masters Athletics Inc. www.vicmastersaths.org.au August 2010 IFIF YOUYOU WWANTANT THISTHIS ?? YYYou’ll have to break into Fort Knox 2 EDITORIAL Index P.3 Calendar Some important notices in this edition P.4 News of Footprints, perhaps the most important P.5 The Browne Shield being Graeme Rose’s call for Volunteers for P.6 VMA X Country the A.M.A. Championships that we will be P.8 Eric Greaves 10k. hosting at the proposed new Victorian P.10 X-Country Photos Athletic Centre in Albert Park at Easter P.11 Call for Volunteers 2012. P.14 20k. Walk Champs. It is very important that we start P.16 Vale Andy Smith planning straight away and put the sub - P.17 Vale Mark Benjamin committees of the Local Organising P.18 AMA Half Marathon Committee in place so that we can plan for P.19 Letter to Editor a great carnival. Having been to the recent P.20 The Sixty Minutes games in Hobart, Adelaide and Perth ( I P.21 Tony Doran didn’t make it to Sydney), I know what P.22 Fred Lester great events they put on. It would be P.24 WMA Sacramento unacceptable for a bigger club like ours to P.25 Accept the Challenge not put on as good a show. P.26 Event Guidelines It’s important that you make yourself P.27 Info. Required available, whether or not you have some P.28 John Gosbell Teams particular skills or just want to help out. I P.29 New Record Report think it would be fun to volunteer, either P.30 Oceania Games Results on your own, or with a friend from your P.32 VMA Officials Venue. Think of the pride you’ll take from P.34 VMA Venues playing your part in staging a great event. I’ve paraphrased John F. Kennedy on P.13, but this occasion requires lots of Members Heats of the Doug Orr Memorial Half who may not be competing in the games. Mile Handicap begin this month at some Some sad news with the passing of Venues with the Final being held at East VMA stalwarts Andy Smith and Mark Burwood on 28th October, the week Benjamin as well as an article by Len before the Melbourne Cup. This is a great Johnson on someone known to many of our night and well worth attending, even if members, Fred Lester. you don’t qualify for the main event. David Sheehan and Peter Black are We should congratulate Croydon putting together a VMA team to compete in Joint Venue Manager, Ken Walters on the Athletics Victoria events, and information success he is having in coaching young on this can be found on P.25. walker Rhydian Cowley. Ken has coached As our cover suggests, Knox Venue is some very talented athletes, including doing it’s usual great job in dominating the Paul Van Kopplen (who went within 1.85 Browne Shield. This looks like being four seconds of making the Seoul Olympics), wins in a row, what’s more, that’s four out and we are all hoping that this will be of four. I’ve published the results on P.5, Rhydian’s destiny, “going forward” (sorry, but only included the top 11 or 12 in the couldn’t help that). He has in recent individual results. I’ll pass the rest on to months, represented Australia in Mexico Ralph Bennett after my calculations have and Canada with great distinction. been checked, so that he can put them on the website. Needless to say, the scoring in this competition means that it is essential that each Venue has at least 3 finishers in Russ Dickenson each event. 3 People moving into a New Age Group MARGARET PROWSE into W90 WILLIAM PAGE into M80 HARRY J.SUMMERS into M75 DAVID MEIKLEJOHN into M70 BRIAN HOLCOMBE into M65 KEITH HOWDEN into M65 NATALIE IRVINE into W65 FRANK MANING into M65 ROBERT SEAMER into M65 GARY STEWART into M65 JUNE REEVES into W65 ANTHONY BIRD into M60 JOHN ALLAN MOORE into M60 JOHN ZELEZNIKOW into M60 DORN JENKINS into W55 LOU BUCCIERI into M55 MICHAEL MEANEY into M55 GILBERT OLSEN into M55 RUDOLF SKRUCANY into M55 JAMES TENNANT into M55 I really don’t want you to think I’ve EDWIN BLACKWOOD into M50 got a “Page 3 Girl” mentality, but I CHRISTIE FAULKS into W50 thought this was an interesting way JOHN SCHUIJERS into M50 to carry a relay baton. GARTH DARTNELL into M50 The fact that it’s a pretty girl is JANEEN McKERRAN into M50 TREVOR McCANN into M45 purely incidental JENNIFER BALDWIN into W45 CARMEL PAPWORTH into W45 CALENDAR 2010 22nd August 9.30am V.M.A. 10 Mile Championship Princes Park Contact Peter Black 5th September 8.00am V.M.A. Half Marathon Championship Burnley Contact Lavinia Petrie 9728 3929 27th September 7.00pm One Hour Run (The Sixty Minutes) Doncaster Venue Entry form and details on P.20 28th. October 7.30pm The Doug Orr Memorial 1/2 Mile Hcp. East Burwood Venue Contact Alan Lucas 9758 9345 2011 9th January 7.00am A.M.A.Half Marathon Championship Tasmania Contact Michael Walker 03 62446229 6th - 17th July World Masters Championships Sacramento Calif. 4 NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS Three members have responded to our call to join the V.M.A. Committee and we are pleased that two of them are women. They are :- Liz Feldman - World Masters Record Holder and multiple World Champion from the Lahti games. Barry Murley - Ex VFA Footballer and Field Umpire, Barry took up running again to help his grandkids in Little Aths. Won Gold in the M70 Steeplechase at the Sydney World Masters Games. Pam Tindal - World Masters Games Gold medallist and holder of most Victorian W50 racewalking records. Here’s something that other venues can also look at, recently East Burwood Venue were successful in winning a prize in the Leader Newspapers Grass Roots Competition. They had to submit an entry in 100 words or less saying why they needed new equipment. Jenny Scholtz drafted and lodged the entry and won a $1000 voucher for use at Rebel Sports which will be used to purchase new javelins, discuses and shot puts. Well done Jenny and East Burwood. From Dawn Hartigan We want to let our family, friends and associates know that Ross and I are taking on a charity challenge of a five day trek ( 6-7 hours per day) along the Great Wall of China to raise funds for children with Diabetes One. My partner Ross was hit by a car about 10 years ago, whilst cycling, and was told he would never walk again. Despite two hip replacements and some knee problems, he is back cycling, training in the gym and even plays pennant level squash. Walking distances is going to be a significant challenge for him, on rugged terrain and particularly going downhill, however he too, is driven to do something larger than himself. We ask that you support us and make a difference in the lives of these children. The money will go specifically to children with Diabetes 1 to give them the opportunity to attend a special camp to develop independence through adventure. The camps are run in partnership with the Royal Children’s Hospital and Southern Health. Our goal is to raise $20,000 for Diabetes Australia and remember, we only get to make a real difference if a lot of well meaning and caring people in our community are willing to support the cause. Everthing counts and is greatly appreciated and all donations are fully tax deductable. Donations can be entered on either of the websites below or a cheque made out to Diabetes Australia Vic can be forwarded to Dawn. http://www.everydayhero.com.au/dawn_hartigan or http://www.everydayhero.com.au/ross_edwards Kevin Irons of Frankston Venue recently had a pacemaker fitted and would like to hear from other runners who have had the same procedure. Kevin can be contacted on 97873323. 5 The Browne Shield Looks to once again be in Knox’s keeping with a comfortable lead over four closely grouped venues. What’s more, Knox has the individual leaders in both the Mens and Womens sections. POINTS STANDINGS AFTER 10k ROAD RACE WOMEN Name Venue 10k Track 10k CC 10k Road Cumulative Lavinia Petrie Knox 95.96 94.02 98.78 288.76 Bronwen Cardy No Venue 94.23 88.61 94.44 277.28 Petrina Trowbridge Collingwood 84.17 76.35 84.74 245.26 Julie Norney Knox - 78.40 78.33 156.73 June Petrie Knox - 73.92 79.40 153.32 Pauline Allan Glen Eira - 71.99 74.60 146.59 Sharon Higgins Glen Eira - 68.8 72.11 140.91 Yvonne Webster Aberfeldie 68.77 - 70.68 139.45 Wendy Grace-Williams Coburg 72.72 66.27 - 138.99 Kylie Doyle Collingwood 64.83 59.47 - 124.30 Jenny Kisler Aberfeldie 60.82 55.00 - 115.82 MEN Name Venue 10k Track 10k CC 10k Road Cumulative Bert Pelgrim Knox 85.22 84.71 86.62 256.55 Andrew Edwards Glen Eira 83.54 78.47 84.8 246.81 Gary Stewart Knox 81.83 78.7 82.81 243.34 Ernie Stewart Aberfeldie 78.04 74.79 80.02 232.85 Bill Page Aberfeldie 79.82 74.22 76.23 230.27 Rod Neal Croydon 78.12 74.07 77.49 229.68 Tony Dell Croydon 76.29 74.75 77.63 228.67 Frank Prowse East Burwood 73.5 71.34 78 222.84 Ian U’Ren Knox 71.99 71.6 70.4 213.99 Mick Carr Knox 69.59 68.43 71.27 209.29 Mal Grimmett Springvale 69.38 68.24 71.63 209.25 Andrew Tunne Croydon 70.24 63.11 69.45 202.8 VENUES Venue 10k Track 10k CC 10k Road Cumulative Knox 263.01 257.43 268.21 788.65 Collingwood 243.48 231.13 233.22 707.83 Aberfeldie 235 225.71 234.22 694.93 Glen Eira 232.64 219.26 234.97 686.87 Croydon 224.65 213.97 232.18 670.08 Springvale 221.97 147.25 227.41 596.63 East Burwood 224.93 199.31 64.08 488.32 Coburg 216.61 134.58 66.61 417.8 Mentone 142.27 133.32 226.21 501.8 Geelong 131.23 0 0 131.23 6 VMA Cross Country Championship Yarra Bend Park June 6, 2010 As the saying goes, “What a difference a day makes”.