HISTORY OF THE NSW SHORT COURSE CROSS COUNTRY

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "HISTORY OF THE NSW SHORT COURSE CROSS COUNTRY"

Barbara Ryan
5 years ago
Views:

1 HISTORY OF THE NSW SHORT COURSE CROSS COUNTRY Now known as the Short Course Cross Country Championships, this race has had a diverse history, since the inaugural race was held on August 4, Note no race held in 1992 & 1993 and state titles were not held during world war one 1914 to 1918 For the first 76 years, it was conducted over a longer distance than the main NSW Cross Country Championships, now run over the universal distance of 12 km. Different event titles have included: 10 mile track championships 10 mile Team race 2nd NSW Cross Country Championship After 59 years of being conducted over 10 miles (16km), in the 70s the distance changed to 20km, then 15km and finally 16km. The major change for the event was in 1988 when the distance dropped to 8km and it was given its current title Short Course Since the inaugural women s race in 1979, their distance has changed from 10km to 12km, then 6km and in 2010 to 5km. Venues The venue for the first men s race was the Kensington Racecourse. The race was over 10 miles and much of the race was held on the road. It was an out and back course to the La Perouse Cemetery. Amazingly, the venues for the first 59 years, until 1970, were racecourses, those being: Randwick, Victoria Park, Ascot, Gosford, Canterbury, Gosford, Rosebery. From 1971 the venues have included: Centennial Park, Macquarie Uni, Auburn, Springwood, HMAS Nirimba, Narrabeen, The Crest, Nowra, Galston, Campbelltown Uni, Mt Penang, Abbotsbury & Upjohn Park.. The inaugural winner was H Morgan from the Marrickville Club who clocked 58:20 for victory. Second was J Hunter (Marrickville), 50 yards behind the winner in a time of 58:30, while third was Aberline (South Sydney) third, 300 yards behind second. East Sydney won the team s event, each team comprising six runners, with 70 points, ahead of Marrickville Harriers (75 points) and Sydney Harriers. Other clubs competing were: Birchgrove Harriers, South Sydney, St George and Western Suburbs. The first women s race was held in July 1979, when Sue Muir (Sutherland) ran 37:01 to win the race over 10km at Auburn. Many of the greats of NSW distance running have claimed titles, including: Andrew Wood, Alleyn Gainsford, Jack Sheaves, Donald and George Campbell, John Plummer, Dave Power, Alan Lawrence, Bob Vagg, Tony Manning, John Farrington, Rob McDonald, Lawrie Whitty, Andrew Lloyd and Jamie Harrison. Women s winners have included: Jenny Walker, Annette Dwyer, Annette Ricardo and Michelle Dillon. In 1949, after four consecutive wins by Donald Campbell (Botany), 21-year-old John Bromley (Western Suburbs) claimed the title in a time of 55:55. Held at Randwick Racecourse Bromley beat visiting Victorian 10mile champion E Evans. Many of the Short Course Champions have represented Australia at Olympic and Commonwealth Games level, Dave Power represented Australia 1956 &1960 Olympic Games and 1958 & 1962 Commonwealth Games. David Tarbotton and Ron Bendall for Athletics NSW Following the NSW state Champions from 1944, unfortunately records are not available before this date. The columns lists the year and date of the event, champion, club, time in minutes & seconds and the race venue. 1

2 The men s list is followed by the women s champions then venue information and key to club abbreviation with present club abbreviation. Names in bold print & underlined have claimed distance titles, while those with green print & yellow highlite are Olympians. Blue printed names have special meaning to the recorder. As this is an ongoing document there will be changers & updates, they may be errors. Corrections and info to - David Archbold UTN (life member) / BLA / ANSW (Life member) catswhisker@optusnet.com.au NSW Short Course Champions MEN 10 MILE 1944 Aug 19 th B Silver Doyle SOS 55:39 Victoria Park Racecourse 1945 Aug 11 th Donald Campbell RK 56:37 Randwick Racecourse 1946 Aug 17 th Donald Campbell RK 54:55 Victoria Park Racecourse 1947 Aug 9 th Donald Campbell RK 54:35 Victoria Park Racecourse 1948 Aug 14 th Donald Campbell RK 55:51 Randwick Racecourse 1949 Aug 20 th John E. Bromley WS 55:55 Randwick Racecourse 1950 Aug 12 th John Plummer WS 54:52 Randwick Racecourse 1951 Aug 18 th John Plummer WS 54:36 Randwick Racecourse 1952 Aug 16 th George Campbell RK 52:55 Randwick Racecourse 1953 Aug 1 st Allan Lawrence BOT 51:46 Rosebery Racecourse 1954 Aug 21 st Keith Ollerenshaw WS 53:13 Rosebery Racecourse 1955 July 16 th John H Piece WS 50:13 Randwick Racecourse 1956 June 30 th Dave Power WS 49:53 Randwick Racecourse 1957 July 13 th John H Piece WS 49:59 Randwick Racecourse 1958 Aug 9 th Allan Lawrence BOT 50:15 Randwick Racecourse 1959 Aug 8 th Bob Vagg AEA 50:07 Randwick Racecourse 1960 Sept 10 th Bob Vagg AEA 49:37 Randwick Racecourse 1961 July 22 nd Bob Vagg AEA 49:33 Randwick Racecourse 1962 July 14 th Bob Vagg AEA 48:00 Randwick Racecourse 1963 July 13 th Bob Vagg AEA 51:10 Randwick Racecourse 1964 Aug 18 th Tony Manning MW 49:21 Randwick Racecourse 1965 Aug 15 th Laurie Toogood NS 50:24 Randwick Racecourse 1966 July 30 th Dave Power AEA 51:42 Randwick Racecourse 1967 July 1 st Laurie Toogood NS 51:24 Canterbury Racecourse 1968 June 29 th Alan Harrison WS 50:33 Canterbury Racecourse 1969 July 12 th Dave Lotty RBH 50:07 Gosford Racecourse MEN 20 km 1970 June 20 th John Farrington NS 61:20 Gosford Racecourse 1971 June 26 th Alan Harrison WS 63:48 Gosford Racecourse 1972 June 17 th Robert Talay AEA 63:29 Gosford Racecourse 1973 June 2 nd Alan Robinson RH 61:53 Hawksbury Racecourse MEN 15 km 1974 June 1 st John Farrington RH 47:48 Gosford Showground 1975 July 26 th John Farrington RH 46:19 Centennial Park 1976 July 17 th Dave McInnes SC 46:21 Centennial Park 1977 July 9 th Lawrie Whitty STG 45:37 Centennial Park 1978 July 9 th Jim Murphy WV 49:39 Macquarie University MEN 16 km 1979 July 21 st Jim Murphy WV 50:20 Wyatt Park - Auburn 1980 July121 th Rob McDonald SU 49:41 Newcastle Uni 1981 June 28 th Lawrie Whitty BS 51:36 Macquarie Uni 1982 April 25 th Lawrie Whitty BS 53:19 Macquarie Uni 1983 July 3 rd Quentin Morley WS 51:52 Springwood 1984 July 22 nd Lawrie Whitty ES 52:20 Macquarie Uni 1985 June 30 th Quetin Morley WS 50:36 Macquarie Uni 1986 July 19 th Jamie Harrison NSU 51:23 Macquarie Uni 1987 May 2 nd Jamie Harrison NSU 51:12 HMAS Nirimba MEN 8km 1988 June 25 th John Andrews SGD 23:57 Narrabeen 1989 July 8 th Jamie Harrison NSU 26:12 Crest 1990 July 14 th Paul Arthur SEC 25:37 Nowra 1991 Aug 4 th Paul Arthur SEC 24:20 Crest 1992 Not Held 2

3 1993 Not Held 1994 July 23 rd David Lightfoot ASW 24:43 Galston 1995 Aug 19 th Paul Arthur EBB 22:57 Galston 1996 July 13 th David Evans REE 24:31 Centennial Park NSW Short Course Champions cont 1997 Aug 16 th Kim Gillard AEA 25:44 Centennial Park 1998 June 6 th Paul Arthur RBH 26:07 Nowra 1999 July 3 rd D. Green NSU 25:53 Nowra 2000 Aug 15 th D. Evans SGD 25:41 Nowra 2001 June 16 th Daniel Green NSU 25:09 Nowra MEN 7km 2002 July 13 th D. Byrne ASW 21:45 Campbelltown 2003 July 19 th D. Byrne SYU 22:05 Campbelltown MEN 7.5 km 2004 July 17 th Blair Martin SGD 23:35 Mt Penang 2005 July 16 th Glen Guzzo SSR 23:43 Mt Penang 2006 July 15 th Benjamin Trewin AEA 23:03 The Crest MEN 8.5 km 2007 July 14 th Jeffrey Hunt RBH 26:57 Abbotsbury 2008 July 19 th J Rolf RBH 00:00 Abbotsbury MEN 7.5 km 2009 July 19 th Scott Westcott MHA 22:19 Upjohn Park 2010 July 17 th James Nipperess SYU 23:36 Upjohn Park 2011 July 30 th Scott Westcott MHA 23:26 Upjohn Park 2012 July 14 th Jeffrey Hunt RBH 23:05 Upjohn Park 2013 Aug 3 rd Ben Moreau RBH 23:17 Upjohn Park Aug 2 nd Brad Milosevic GIR 23:26 Upjohn Park 2015 Aug 1 st Scott Westcott MHA 23:32 Upjohn Park 2016 July 30 th Harry Summers RBH 22:43 West Dapto Note Course mostly flat 2017 July 2 nd Edward (Ed) Goddard UTN 23:41 Upjohn Park Combined LANSW Notes 2017 Was a combined event with LANSW Cross Country Championships and ANSW Short - Course. Ed Goddard is possible the youngest to win this event, age 20 in Oct while Laurie Toogood also from North s Club was age 20 in November in WOMEN WOMEN 10km 1979 July 21 st Sue Muir SUH 37: July 12 th Therese Walsh BS 38: June 28 th Jenny Walker MW 39: April 25 th Jenny Ganzevoort BS 41:20 WOMEN 12km 1983 July 3 rd Penny Just BS 47: July 22 nd Tania Adams CRH 46: June 30 th Jenny Walker MW 45: July 19 th Annette Ricardo ES 46: May 2 nd Annette Dwyer ESN 48:14 WOMEN 6km 1988 June 25 th Annette Dwyer ESN 21: July 8 th Annette Dwyer ESN 22: July 14 th Annette Dwyer SEC 22: Aug 4 th Wendy Ticehurst YSS 19: NOT HELD 1993 NOT HELD 1994 July 23 rd Samantha Hall BRT 19: Aug 19 th Michelle Dillon SUH 18: July 13 th Elizabeth Miller AEA 17: Aug 16 th Liz Miller AEA 17: June 6 th Lyndal Wood SUT 22: July 3 rd M. Beardslee TUG 23:28 3

4 2000 Aug 15 th E. Miller AEA 21: June 16 th Sarah Mycroft KEJ 23:45 WOMEN 5 km 2002 July 13 th Liz Miller AEA 17: July 19 th E. Poppett SUT 17: July 17 th Emma Rilen SYU 18: July 16 th Elizabeth Miller RBH 18: July 15 th Belindar Wilsher SUT 17: July 14 th Lara Tamsett SYU 18: July 19 th Emma Rilen SYU 17: July 19 th M Ponton SSR 17:28 Upjohn Park 2010 July 17 th Brooke Simpson SUT 18:21 Upjohn Park 2011 July 30 th Milly Clark BAN 17:43 Upjohn Park 2012 July 14 th Lara Tamsett SYU 17:08 Upjohn Park 2013 Aug 3 rd Milly Clark SYU 17:48 Upjohn Park 2014 Aug 2nd Delaney Bridey SGD 17:50 Upjohn Park 2015 Aug 1 st Milly Clark SYU 17:32 Upjohn Park WOMEN 7.5 km 2016 July 30 th Kate Spener RBH West Dapto Note Course mostly flat July 2 nd Angela Leadbeatter MHA 28:02 Upjohn Park Records Upjohn Park Race records - Men -Scott Westcott MHA 22:19 Y Scott has run the fastest Short Course time for7.5km distance introduced at Mt Penang in Y2004 Women - Lara Tamsett SYU 17:08 Y2012 Lara has run the fastest Short Course for 5km & 6km (yes faster then the 6km) 7.5km introduced at Mt Penang in Y2004. Distance of 6km Y1988 to Y2001 courses during those years Narrabean, Crest, Nowra, Galston, Centennial Park, Campbelltown, & Abotsbury. COURSES CENTENNIAL PARK, Sandstone Ridge Section Centennial Parklands Foundation (Trust includes E.S. Marks Athletic Field). Host Club AEA. MACQUARIE UNI - Epping. Campus Grounds. NOWRA - Willandra, Browns Mount Road Cambewarra. (Ron & Jan Gibb Farm, ANSW Official) Host Club Nowra THE CREST - Bass Hill, Bankstown- Farmland, T&F Facilities USA Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Host Club Bankstown Sports ABBOTSBURY - Greater Western Sydney Parklands (GWSP Trust). Host Club, Bankstown Sports ASCOT RACECOURSE, was near Ascot Ave a continuation of General Homes Drive crossing Mascot Bridge (Cooks River) Now a small reserve Dr Darragh Reserve. With Sydney Domestic and main extension to Sydney Airport runway into Botany Bay, General Holmes Drive & Southern Cross Drive have altered the landscape somewhat. KENSINGTON RACECOURSE - Was Zetland, Now University of New South Wales Campus Kensington. RANDWICK RACECOURSE Randwick. ROSEBERY PARK RACECOURSE - Now East Lakes and Leon Lachal Reserves and housing. VICTORIA PARK RACECOURSE - Now Victoria Park and Johnston Park MT PENANG - Central Coast, Part of the Youth Correctional Centre grounds. SPRINGWOOD Info missing AUBURN - Wyatt Park, Host ASW Athletic Club HMAS NIRIMBA - Former Schofields Aerodrome Now Western Education Centre (GWS Uni, TAFE, Primary & Secondary Schools. GALSTON - Fagan Park, Arcadia Road UPJOHN PARK - Rydalmere, back section Dundas. Was a Private Golf Course (Upjohn Pharmaceuticals) Host Club UTN 2009, 10, 11 West Met XC Clubs 2012, 13, 14. CLUBS ABBREVIATION BRT Info missing BS - Bankstown Sports BAN CRH - Cumberland Ryde Hornsby RYD EBB Info missing ES - Eastern Suburbs AEA NS - Northern Suburbs UTN NSU - NSW Uni MW - Manly Warringah SYP RH Ryde Hornsby EPP RK - Randwick Kensington. RBH Note by late 1960 s Randwick Kensington & Botany had amalgamated thus Randwick Botany Harriers RBH SEC Info missing SU - Sydney Uni SYU SUT - Saucony Sutherland SUT WS - Western Suburbs ASW WV- Woden Valley 4

5 YSS - Yass Issue 2 Rev 2-21st July 2014 Issue 3 Rev3 27 th June 2017 Issue 3 Rev4 11 th July 2017 update Information Sources - Hand Books Athletics NSW 1998 to 2005, West Met XC Clubs Files, SMH & Telegraph Papers, Western Suburbs 100 th Year History, NSW Web Site & Gregorys Street Directory 1934 David Archbold. 5

West Met X C Clubs. WEST METROPOLITAN CROSS COUNTRY CLUBS INC WINTER SERIES 2016 JULY AUGUST START

West Met X C Clubs. WEST METROPOLITAN CROSS COUNTRY CLUBS INC WINTER SERIES 2016 JULY AUGUST START West Met X C Clubs WEST METROPOLITAN CROSS COUNTRY CLUBS INC www.westmetxcclubs.com.au WINTER SERIES 2016 JULY AUGUST START JULY 2nd Sat # WEST METROPOLITAN XC EVENTS No 11 GIPPS RD SPORTING COMPLEX GREYSTANES