VETRUNNER ISSN Vol. 33 Issue 9 April 2012 Patron: Jack Pennington OAM

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1 VETRUNNER ISSN Vol. 33 Issue 9 April 2012 Patron: Jack Pennington OAM vetrunner@actvac.com (By Michelle Wells) North Curtin and all that jazz 26 February 2012 Q: What do an IT worker, an orchard grower and a volunteer patient for university medical students have in common? A: They were all gold medallists in the run/walk handicap on 26 February at North Curtin of course! Grey skies, humidity, a hilly start, and the threat of rain did nothing to stop 107 competitors finish the long (6.2km) course as part of the Thomas Series. And the prospect of winning a gold medal on the course was far from IT worker, Peter McDonald's mind. I was just hoping that my knee would have enough cartilage in it to get to the top of the hill at the 2km mark, he joked. North Curtin can indeed be a tricky course to run well because a hilly start and a long downhill before you hit the flat means you need to ensure enough petrol in the tank to get you home. Perhaps Peter's regular running with the likes of Bruce Graham helped his performance? (Peter modestly says his training has been a little sporadic and his running generally is a few peaks with a lot of troughs in between ). Or maybe it was an extra caffeine hit that morning? Or - he was spurred on by the knowledge that his partner, Maria O'Reilly, won the silver medal on the same course a year earlier? We may never know. One thing we do know is that this is Peter's second gold medal, and he's also picked up a bronze on the hilly Campbell Park course in As a group 17 starter, he must have a pretty decent engine in him. Something that he discovered around 20 years ago when he quit smoking and ran the Canberra Times, City to Surf and the Vets Half Marathon. It was really the best thing I could've done, and part of my give-up therapy, he said. Peter enjoys cycling, reading, and travelling something he and partner Maria spent a lot of time doing three months of last year when they ventured to the US and Europe. Anne Young an inspiration to many female Vets was second over the line in the Thomas series to win silver (in 43:59 net time). Anne is well-known for her staying power in every sense of the word. You only have to look at her outstanding runs in the Vets Half Marathons over more than 20 years. Anne won in her W75 age group at the 2011 Vets Half Marathon which makes it 23 wins in her age group from 23 starts! John Anderson managed to edge out Joan Mallory by 8 seconds to claim the bronze medal in 30:20. John is currently top of the pointscore for the Thomas Series. Can he stay ahead in 2012? Anthony Kennedy was the fastest man on the Thomas Course clocking 23:52. He also holds the course records at North Curtin for M35 and M40 (22:48 and 23:29 respectively). Fastest woman over the line was yours truly, Michelle Wells, in 26:25 but I had Buckley's chance of catching David the whippet Webster he cruised past me to get over the line in 14 th place. David was pumped with his time of 26:42 he's currently training for this fifth marathon coming up on 15 April as part of the Australian Running Festival in Canberra - and is in the thick of hard training for the event, clocking up between km per week and feeling good. Two well-known track competitors dominated the 3km (Frylink Series) course at North Curtin. Tony Booth is renowned for his express finishes to races (and this handicap was no different starting off in group 19 and charging first over the line in 14:49). Tony started running when he was 44 and did a lot of PBs in his 50's. An active track competitor, he continued to smash records in his M70 age group (he took 17 seconds off the 1 mile record back in 2008) and is running strongly in 3000 metre events. He has regularly trained for many years with Geoff Moore's Speedygeese. He and wife Chris are also well known around the region, for their orchard out at Pialligo. Silver medallist Consie Larmour is no stranger to short course competition. She's been running with Vets since 2003 preferring the shorter Frylink courses which seem to complement her success on the track in the sprint events. As well as participating in the AMA Championships and Masters Games over the years, Consie competes at an international level and just seems to go from strength to strength. After turning 70 back in 2005 she broke several ACT and Australian Records on the track. More recently, she competed in February's Oceania Masters Athletics in Tauranga, Waikato/Bay of Plenty, New Zealand winning silver in the W75 100m (20.20), and picking up two bronze medals in the W75 60m final (12,79) and 200m final (44.91). Bill Egan crossed the line in eighth place to claim Frylink's bronze medal in a net time of 17:09. After being brought forward a group from the previous month, Bill Continued on Page 8 The Find Thirty every day campaign is an initiative of the Heart Foundation proudly funded by the Department of Health, Western Australia.

2 Page 2 April 2012 Vetrunner Thomas series winners: Mike Hurwitz (bronze), Peter McDonald (gold), Anne Young (silver) Frylink series winners: Bill Egan (bronze), Tony Booth (gold), Consie Lamour (silver) Waddell series winners: Josephine Kulesz (gold), Nola de Chazal (silver) Margaret Taylor (bronze)

3 It s amazing how quick time seems to fly nowadays. By the time most of you will be reading this President s Message we will be only a year away from hosting the 2013 AMA National Track and Field Championships from Friday 29 th March to Monday 1 st April. When I first put my hand up to be President last May the event was on the far horizon and I only tinkered on the edges of aspects such as venues and understanding the AMA requirements. Now as we hit 12 months from the Championships and I understand the quantum of work that will required over the next six months, I am starting to appreciate the complexity of event management and the importance of getting a functioning team on board quickly to deal with the magnitude of matters that we are confronting. You will have seen through the last few Vetrunner magazines and heard announcements at our various events that we are seeking people to volunteer to assist us in organising this important event. We now have Michael Thomson well and truly on board as the Convenor of our Local Organising Committee (LOC). Michael spent over an hour at the last Committee meeting and his attendance and participation was most welcome. Michael outlined his plans for the governance of the LOC and the various sub-committees that he would like to establish to oversight the management and conduct of the event. I am comforted by the number of people who have said they are willing to help out in some way. I think I said in last month s President Message that we are now at crunch time. Well I really mean it we need the chiefs to staff the LOC and the key sub-committees because all the well intentioned Indians won t do us any good unless we get the key work done over the next few months. If you can help please talk to anyone on the Committee or to Michael our contact details are elsewhere in the Vetrunner. March will mark the end of our track and field season. We have fallen prey to the weather over recent weeks with one Thursday meet cancelled and another washed out part way through. Despite this it has been an amazing season to be part of. There have been ACT and Australian records aplenty and it has been an effort for our Secretary and myself to keep up with the signing of record certificates. The ACTVAC championships are being held in conjunction with Athletics ACT on 24 th 26 th March 2012 so if you can get out and help with officiating or supporting your fellow ACTVAC members. The 5000m championship is being held on the last Thursday meet on 29 th March so if you haven t found time to get to a Patron: Jack Pennington OAM President: Jeff Grey president@actvac.com Vice President: Rachelle Ellis-Brownlee: (m) Secretary: Graham Burke (h) secretary@actvac.com Treasurer: Nick Blackaby (h) treasurer@actvac.com Main Committee: committee@actvac.com Janice Banens Fran Harris Paul Archer Ph (h) Kathy Sims Ph Craig Wisdom (h) (w) info@kingstonphysio.com.au Run / Walk Handicap Sub-Committee Public Officer: Graham Burke Registrar: Treasurer (h) Sub-Committee Contacts: Annual Awards: track meet yet that might be a good opportunity to come and see how much fun it is! We have a big contingent of over 40 athletes off to Melbourne for the 2012 Championships from 6 th 9 th April and I am sure they will do us proud. I will be making up the numbers is a few M45 events and have the honour of presenting on our progress for the 2013 championships to the AMA Board meeting on 5 th April... lucky me. We ve mentioned the need for volunteers for the Australian Running Festival on 14 th 15 th April Last year we managed one of the drink stations and the over 5 hour course. This year there are changes for slower participants which won t require us to look after that aspect but our volunteers will play another key role. We received a welcome financial contribution from undertaking this to help YMCA Canberra Runner s Club last year and this helps keep our fees low so if you can help out this year please let Graham Burke know. It s also an opportunity to support the many runners we will have competing as it also doubles as the ACTVAC marathon championship. The Track & Field award night will be held late in April and I encourage you to get along to this or the other ACTVAC social functions and events if you can. We are a strong club and have a great community so be part of it. Remember to Find Thirty Everyday it s not hard and the benefits are plenty. We have been able to keep our fees low and encourage participation thanks to the ACT Government Health Directorate Health Promotion Grant we received. Our membership has increased to over 540 but we hope we can do even more to promote healthy lifestyle messages to our membership and the broader ACT community next year if we can get another grant. If you have any ideas the Committee would appreciate hearing them. Jeff Grey President Bryan Thomas (h). brytrish@grapevine.com.au Half Marathon: tba Competition (T&F): Ken Smith. smith.kenneth.d@gmail.com Social Events: Sherryl Greathead (w), Lynn Williams , Rosemary Parker Run/Walk Handicaps: Alan Duus duus@iinet.net.au. Ph: (h) Handicap Rosters: Tony Fenotti (h) fenotti@hom .com.au Throwing Handicaps: Trish Thomas brytrish@grapevine.com.au Other Contacts: Member Protection Information Officers Geoff Barker Ph: Sue Bourke Ph: Catering/Lost Property: Mike Roche April 2012 Vetrunner Page 3 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE ACT VETERANS ATHLETIC CLUB Fitness Through Fellowship The Vetrunner is the official Newsletter of ACTVAC Inc, ISSN Postal Address: GPO Box 2356, Canberra, ACT Internet at: actvac.com.au Disclaimer: The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily the views of ACTVAC (h) AIS track. John Alcock (h) Bernie Millett (h) (Monthly Run / Walk Handicaps) Equipment Officer: Jayne Hardy (h) (m). Relays and Cross Country: Jim White (h). Statistician and Club Records: Neil Boden (h) (m) nboden@iprimus.com.au Uniforms: Sue Archer (h) suedarcher@gmail.com Vetrunner Editor: Narelle Blackaby (h), (m). vetrunner@actvac.com Vetrunner Distribution: Roger Abbott Nick/Narelle Blackaby (h).

4 Page 4 April 2012 Vetrunner CLUB Sponsors: SPONSORSHIP Members are entitled to discounts on prices for goods purchased from The Runners Shop and for services from Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre. Please inform The Runners Shop that you are a club member when you make a purchase, and inform the Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre that you are a club member when you book a session. As part of their sponsorship arrangements with the Club, The Runners Shop and Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre each remit to the Club a payment equivalent to a percentage of their sales to members. Nick Walshe, of The Runners Shop, and Craig Wisdom, of the Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre, are club members. Club Supporters: The Club is grateful for the generous support of the following local businesses: Go Troppo Fyshwick Markets for a discount on fruit for our regular athletic events; Southside Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic for donating a prize at our monthly throwing handicaps and for providing a $5.00 discount per consultation to our members. Garry Maher of Manuka Drafting Service for donating prizes for the King and Queen of the Mountain in both the Thomas and Frylink Series. Belconnen Soccer Club for their support of the 200th Throwing Handicap and providing a venue for the AGM and committee meetings.

5 (contributed by its members) There is a group, including some of the more senior women of the Club among others, quietly enjoying their athletics and developing and broadening their skills with little fanfare. It includes people of all abilities and some with handicaps other than age, all supporting one another. The group is centred around, you could say driven by, Fran Harris. Its "training" includes not only athletics, but for some also swimming, tennis and gym work, and even the athletics training has more stretches and routines than actual running - exercises punctuated with jokes and finished with coffee and averaging a lot more than 30 minutes a day. While Monday morning at the AIS is the athletics focus, on Tuesday and Friday a few do gym work; Wednesday is the throwing session at Masson St., and others of the group also play competition tennis. Cross-training with never a cross word, except maybe a few gripes about a devilish new stretching exercise Fran has devised. Fran s Group April 2012 Vetrunner Page 5 the clouds. One male member has worried about being sprung doing exercises on the floor of the AIS female change room! Quite a few of the group ventured to Tauranga and explored some of the amazing scenery of the north island of New Zealand, and quite a few were weighed down with extra baggage. Regular members (including Fran, Cory, Consie, Gwen, Jan, Jo, Jen & John) brought back between them 14 gold, 15 silver and 15 bronze medals, and if one includes occasional members/spouses (Bob & Gary) a total of 19 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze medals. They also set seven new ACT records, four Championship records and two Australian records. (awaiting official confirmation) Fran is keen to see members develop and extend themselves and to try new things, and perhaps in the future more will be seen doing pentathlons and hurdles, and undoubtedly a lot more will be using starting blocks in the sprints, but more than that you will surely observe a lot of happy, healthy bodies showing amazing flexibility for their age, quietly setting their own personal goals and encouraging each other. Bodies everywhere They are a tough lot, these veterans, who turn up whatever the weather and look for a dry spot or break in Off to another happy start YMCA Of Canberra Half Marathon (Incorporating 43 rd Annual Rex Foulkes Memorial Half Marathon) Half Marathon Sunday 20 th May 5k Fun Run/1.6k Mini Jog Saturday 19 th May Online entry/details

6 Page 6 April 2012 Vetrunner ACTVAC has been awarded the AMA National Athletics Championships in 2013, the centenary of Canberra. We urgently need the help of many members to fill a number of key roles required to organise the Championships. You don't have to know or compete in Track & Field to be fill some of these roles, in fact it may be an advantage to be new at the role and being available during the Championships. The Convener of our Local Organising Committee (CLOC) has full responsibility for the Championships. The Convener will also establish the Local Organising Committee (LOC) whose members will be responsible for organising and chairing a sub-committee that will take responsibility for a particular area(s) of the overall organisation of the championships and report regularly to the CLOC. The CLOC is the link between all sub-committees concerned with the planning, preparation, implementation and conduct of the Championships. The CLOC has regular meetings with sub-committee managers and reports progress to the Executive Committee. In the final three months, the CLOC is in regular contact with the AMA Director of Competition. The sub-committee managers organise the various components of the Championships, reporting directly to the CLOC. ** Will you help ACTVAC conduct a successful AMA National Championship in 2013? ** WE NEED YOU!! The sub-committees structure may include: Venues: including track and field cross country and road walks Sponsorship Program: including the Athletes' and Coaches' Forums and Awards Dinner Technical: including equipment, officials, medical and massage Communications: including Championship computer program (Hy-Tek Meet Manager), entries, results entry and dissemination Merchandise Social: including refreshments, official dinner and activities Medals/Awards: design, plus awards for special events Publications: including entry form, program booklet and results booklet Finance: including budget, handling of fees, sponsors donations etc Media: advertise the event, gather athlete profiles etc. Further details are available from any member of the Executive Committee. (See the full list on Page 3 of Vetrunner) We need many members to help us to make these ACTVAC organised AMA National Championships successful. Please consider filling one of the vital roles above We need YOUR HELP!!!!!! Would you like to be a Vetrunner Editor in training? Is anyone interested in becoming a backup for Narelle (the editor) in putting together Vetrunner? Here s your chance to learn how it all comes together. Training will be provided in all aspects of putting the Vetrunner together each month. Contact Narelle at vetrunner@actvac.com or call for more information. If no one comes forward, a tap on the shoulder to unsuspecting members may ensue. :-) ACTVAC is now on Facebook. ACTVAC is now on Facebook. You can post messages about any PBs, add photos of any championships you have been to, etc.

7 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 7 A W75 4x200m relay record acknowledged Track and Field photos January / February 2012 Beautiful sunset at Track and Field Raffle draws at Track and Field Yummy supper at Track and Field Carmen Carlon with some newbie track and fielders

8 Page 8 April 2012 Vetrunner Continued from Page 1 said he thought he'd at least have a crack at a medal this month. He says he started running before he turned 40 to stop himself becoming a couch potato and just to prove that he wasn't, went on to run at least 18 marathons, including two first place wins with the Vets. Perhaps a little known fact about Bill is he's an author of jazz books and has written one about the 1920s American jazz queen Florence Mills. He's also just published a chess book which should be released in March. Overall, there were 44 runners competing in Frylink, and the fastest man on the course was the unstoppable Bruce Graham in 10:30; and fastest woman Katie Forestier - in 12:02. Both have been training hard for the upcoming AMA National Track and Field Championships to be held in Melbourne in early April. And it was the women who dominated the Waddell event this month cleaning up the total medal prize pool. Former netballer, squash player, and swimmer, Josie Kulesz, celebrated her 50 th run/'walk handicap with the Vets in style crossing the line in first place in the 3km Waddell to take the gold medal in a net time of 28:16. Josie is very familiar with the North Curtin course (a good, straight-forward walk ) - this is the second gold medal she's won in the Vets handicap at North Curtin (the previous one in the Frylink series three years ago), and her third gold medal overall. Josie's smiling face is well known around the running traps as an active participant and volunteer of the YMCA of Canberra Runners Club events particularly at the Women and Girls' Jogalong held on the first Sunday of every month. A retired HR manager, Josie now also keeps herself busy by being a volunteer patient for ANU medical students! Popular Vets all-rounder, Nola de Chazal, picked up the silver medal in the Waddell in a net time of 29:27. Nola has been running vets handicaps for many years and has had a go at everything walking, running and throwing. She's ranked in the top three medallists for the Vet run/walk handicaps with an impressive 18 medals four gold, five silver and nine bronze. Bronze medallist for the Waddell in 22:06 was Margaret Taylor. A multiple handicap medallist, Margaret is another long-time Vet member of 26 years. She prefers the short course handicaps with most of her events in the Frylink series over the years. A former squash and tennis player, Margaret is another prolific track competitor including the throwing handicaps and pentathlon. There were 40 competitors in the February Waddell overall, with Robin Whyte clocking 19:20 as the fastest man in the event and Monika Short at 20:13 the fastest woman. Overall, North Curtin course provides a good challenge for many of us who enjoy running in Canberra's beautiful nature parks. But more importantly, it's the good-natured camaraderie that brings us out to the Vets run/walk handicaps each month. Long-time Vet runner Cilla Chapman, best sums this up: I've literally spent half my life with the Vets, starting out running as a 30 year old. I like the companionship, and being able to have the opportunity of competing at whatever you choose and the fact that we cater for all ages and abilities. A special thanks also to Lynn and Kent Williams for coordinating and the tireless team of volunteers on the day, who were not only responsible for another successful and enjoyable event, but kept a watchful eye on a spider lurking near Vets backpacks behind the recorder area in the long grass. That's NOT the kind of trophy you want to bring home! T-Shirts BERYL LOWRY: 150 Having a husband and a son who were both enthusiastic and successful long distance runners inspired Beryl to also have a go. Beryl soon became involved in the local running community being a regular participant with the Vets, Cross Country Club (CCC) and the Womens Jogalong. For several years she was the organizer of the Jogalong and in 1999 was made a life member of the CCC. Her debut running handicap was on the Weston Park course in March Most of her runs have been on the long course and to date she has won ten medals (five gold, two silver and three bronze medals). At Farrer Ridge in May 2005 Beryl had a double celebration by winning the gold medal for the short course on her one hundredth monthly handicap. On two occasions Beryl and her son Rohan have placed runner-up in the City to Surf mother and child category. Thrilled to see his mother doing so well in veterans athletics Rohan once gave her a pair of spikes as a birthday present, only to see her trip and fall the very first time she wore them. STEVEN BRADFORD: 100 Steve s first handicap was at Mulligans Flat in July Most have been in the long course and in 2000 he won the annual point score. However, several years ago ill health forced him to cease running and take up walking so he began participating in the Waddell Series in which he immediately enjoyed success; even winning four consecutive monthly medals. To date he has won six medals (three gold, a silver and two bronze medals). Injury prevented him from making his marathon debut with his wife Prue in the 2001 Canberra Marathon but he did manage to join her in the 2002 event. In January year-old Steve suffered what could have been a fatal heart attack but fortunately it occurred in the Canberra Hospital coronary care unit. Following treatment he returned to work in February and for many months limited his participation to walking in the Waddell Series. Steve reported on the symptoms and subsequent treatment of his heart attack and his rehabilitation in the February 2006 edition of Vetrunner. Steve s rehab was so successful that by mid 2007 he was again running well. He won the M50 title in our annual half marathon, his second victory in this event having previously been M45 champion in He then continued his remarkable recovery to clinch his second long course annual point score as well as being 2007 King of the Mountain for the series. ROD LYNCH: 100 Rod s first handicap was at West Stromlo in June All but two of his 100 handicap runs have been in the long course and to date he has won two medals a gold and silver. He was crowned 2006 King of the Mountains for his performances on the designated hilly courses. Rod is a regular at track and field where he used to prefer the sprints and middle distance races but in recent seasons he has favoured the longer events. Last December s 21st Higgins Memorial 800m Handicap last was his tenth run in this special annual event. Obviously feeling he was in good shape he made the 2006 ACT Veterans Half Marathon his long distance running debut. He was pleased

9 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 9 and surprised by placing third in the M45 age group in the good time of In 2006 Rod became our ninth club secretary when he was elected at a special general meeting. He was re-elected to the position the following year. JOSEPHINE KULESZ: 50 Whilst at school Josephine participated in a number of sports; such as netball, hockey, swimming and athletics. When she moved to Canberra she got involved in competition netball, squash and ten pin bowling and of course running in the Jogalong. She has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Jogalong for a number of years and served on the LOC for the Women and Girls Fun Run and managed the Jogalong volunteer roster for the last four years. Josephine was encouraged to join the Vets by Geoff Moore after she had completed the 2006 Vets Half Marathon. She has run this half marathon five times. Josephine s debut handicap was on the old Parkway course in October Most have been in the Frylink Series but because of a chronic hip problem she now participates in the walk handicaps. To date she has won three gold medals. Last year she was the winner of the Mullins Trophy for the Waddell Series. Milestoners: Rod Lynch, Beryl Lowry, Josephine Kulesz and Steven Bradford 31 st ACT VETERANS HALF MARATHON Two years ago I promised myself, and my wife Trish, the 30th ACT Veterans Half Marathon would be my last as race director. I have enjoyed my long involvement in this special event right from the time I suggested to the committee, way back in 1981, that our members would be attracted to a half marathon specifically designed for their age. I am again appealing for someone to take over for 2012 and beyond. The task is easier than it looks I have a complete planning kit that includes a schedule of tasks, documentation of previous events, the records and history all saved on computer file. I also have a list of valuable contacts and of course there is abundant experience amongst our members most of whom only need to be asked to assist. I will volunteer to continue to maintain the records and the history of the event if required and will be available to advise and help on race day. Perhaps I held onto the event for too long but I was proud of what it had become and I enjoyed feeling a fair degree of ownership. But it s now time for someone else to take over. You wouldn t be expected to do it for the next 30 years - perhaps for three or four. The date and venue for this year s half marathon have been booked. If interested please contact me and we can go through all the procedures for next year in preparation for the 31 st ACT Veterans Half Marathon 19 August Bryan Thomas H or brytrish@grapevine.com.au

10 Page 10 April 2012 Vetrunner Run / Walk Handicap Results North Curtin 26 February 2012 THOMAS SERIES Over 6.2km Difficulty Factor 1.05 Pl Name Age Grp StGrp Start Gross Net GrpRat Rate CorRt AST% Pts Elig Com - New Grp 1 Peter McDonald M :55 49:18 34:23 5:35-5:40 5:33 5: Y Gold 28 2 Anne Young W :35 49:34 43:59 7:00-7:10 7:06 6: Y Silver 11 3 Mark Hurwitz M :20 50:11 30:51 4:55-5:00 4:59 4: Auto Rvw 31 4 John Anderson M :56 50:16 30:20 4:50-4:55 4:54 4: Y Bronze 33 5 Joan Mallory W :00 50:24 50:24 7:50-8:00 8:08 7: Y Auto Rvw 2 6 Nigel Coldrick M :15 50:25 37:10 5:50-5:55 6:00 5: Y Auto Rvw 17 7 Marga Van Den Heever W :30 50:26 34:56 5:38 5: Auto Rvw 20 8 Maria White W :55 50:33 35:38 5:35-5:40 5:45 5: Y Auto Rvw 20 9 Dawn Casey W :10 50:39 38:29 6:00-6:10 6:12 5: Y Auto Rvw Peter Lindenmayer M :15 50:40 37:25 6:02 5: Auto Rvw Cathy Newman W :40 50:52 33:12 4:20-4:25 5:21 5: G Auto Rvw Carol Ey W :26 50:54 30:28 4:45-4:50 4:55 4: Y Auto Rvw Carol Masters W :50 51:01 32:11 5:00-5:05 5:11 4: Auto Rvw David Webster M :20 51:02 26:42 4:10-4:15 4:18 4: Y Auto Rvw Elle Knight W :30 51:06 29:36 4:46 4: N Auto Rvw Martin Butterfield M :35 51:12 34:37 5:20-5:25 5:35 5: Y Auto Rvw Colwyn Thomas M :40 51:14 28:34 4:36 4: Auto Rvw Michelle Wells W :50 51:15 26:25 4:05-4:10 4:16 4: Y Auto Rvw Gordon Calcino M :50 51:18 32:28 5:14 4: N Auto Rvw David Clarke M :30 51:21 29:51 4:35-4:40 4:49 4: Auto Rvw Ewen Thompson M :35 51:22 34:47 5:20-5:25 5:37 5: Y 22 Steve Appleby M :45 51:23 27:38 4:15-4:20 4:27 4: Y Auto Rvw Ruth Baussmann W :30 51:26 35:56 5:30-5:35 5:48 5: Y 24 Mary Ann Busteed W :00 51:35 35:35 5:25-5:30 5:44 5: Y 25 Kate McCallum W :15 51:38 33:23 5:05-5:10 5:23 5: Auto Rvw Martin Fryer M :35 51:40 24:05 3:53 3: Auto Rvw Kevin O'Keeffe M :40 51:41 29:01 4:25-4:30 4:41 4: Y 28 Ken Eynon M :00 51:44 41:44 4:10-4:15 6:44 6: G Auto Rvw Diana Schneider W :50 51:45 32:55 5:00-5:05 5:19 5: Y 30 Jeff Grey M :05 51:50 24:45 3:45-3:50 4:00 3: Y 31 Steve Bradford M :25 51:53 26:28 4:00-4:05 4:16 4: Y 32 Rod Lynch M :55 51:54 25:59 3:55-4:00 4:11 3: Y 33 Bernie Rogers M :00 51:55 51:55 7:50-8:00 8:22 7: Y 34 Karen Daniels W :50 51:56 33:06 5:00-5:05 5:20 5: Y Auto Rvw Prue Bradford W :45 51:57 39:12 5:55-6:00 6:19 6: Y 36 Charlie Modrak M :30 52:01 30:31 4:35-4:40 4:55 4: Y Auto Rvw Robbie Costmeyer M :50 52:06 27:16 4:05-4:10 4:24 4: Y 38 Peter Clarke M :30 52:08 25:38 3:50-3:55 4:08 3: Y Auto Rvw Roger Pilkington M :45 52:09 28:24 4:15-4:20 4:35 4: Y Auto Rvw Lloyd Donnelly M :15 52:10 33:55 5:05-5:10 5:28 5: Allison Duncan W :30 52:11 36:41 5:30-5:35 5:55 5: Y Auto Rvw Christopher Lang M :15 52:12 33:57 5:05-5:10 5:29 5: Y Auto Rvw Geoffrey Herring M :26 52:13 31:47 4:45-4:50 5:08 4: N Auto Rvw Terry Giesecke M :50 52:19 38:29 5:45-5:50 6:12 5: Y Auto Rvw Nadine Morrison W :05 52:21 30:16 4:30-4:35 4:53 4: Y Auto Rvw Jill Brown W :55 52:26 37:31 5:35-5:40 6:03 5: Y Auto Rvw Craig Wisdom M :55 52:28 26:33 3:55-4:00 4:17 4: Y Auto Rvw Bryan Thomas M :00 52:30 36:30 5:25-5:30 5:53 5: Y Auto Rvw Marilyn Banfield W :55 52:31 37:36 5:35-5:40 6:04 5: Y Auto Rvw Anthony Kennedy M :40 52:32 23:52 3:30-3:35 3:51 3: Y Auto Rvw Peter Thomson M :25 52:34 27:09 4:00-4:05 4:23 4: Y 52 Roy Jones M :40 52:36 34:56 5:10-5:15 5:38 5: Y Auto Rvw Bruce Wight M :30 52:40 26:10 3:50-3:55 4:13 4: Y 54 Michael Freer M :50 52:41 43:51 6:30-6:40 7:04 6: Auto Rvw 8 55 John Kennedy M :50 52:44 27:54 4:05-4:10 4:30 4: Y 56 Tony Cavuoto M :20 52:51 33:31 4:55-5:00 5:24 5: Y Auto Rvw Anton Van Den Heever M :30 52:55 31:25 5:04 4: Auto Rvw Sherryl Greathead W :15 53:05 39:50 5:50-5:55 6:25 6: Y Auto Rvw Robert Gibson M :40 53:07 30:27 4:25-4:30 4:55 4: Auto Rvw Alan Duus M :26 53:10 32:44 4:45-4:50 5:17 5: Y Auto Rvw Alan Williams M :10 53:14 36:04 5:15-5:20 5:49 5: Y 62 Peter Cullen M :20 53:23 29:03 4:10-4:15 4:41 4: Y Auto Rvw Alan Mallory M :20: 53:34 29:14 4:10-4:15 4:43 4: Y Auto Rvw Julie Triggs W :35 53:37 37:02 5:20-5:25 5:58 5: Auto Rvw Blair Phillips M :10 53:46 36:36 5:15-5:20 5:54 5: Y Auto Rvw Mike Siers M :40 53:49 36:09 5:10-5:15 5:50 5: Y Auto Rvw Jim White M :40 53:51 31:11 4:25-4:30 5:02 4: Y Auto Rvw Margaret McSpadden W :10 53:56 41:46 6:00-6:10 6:44 6: Y 69 Jenny Walton W :50 53:58 45:08 6:30-6:40 7:17 6: Jennie Gilchrist W :45 54:03 41:18 5:55-6:00 6:40 6: Y Auto Rvw Beryl Lowry W :00 54:09 44:09 6:20-6:30 7:07 6: Y Auto Rvw 9 72 Gordon Holgate M :10 54:11 26:01 3:35-3:40 4:12 3: Y Auto Rvw Janene Kingston W :40 54:13 31:33 4:25-4:30 5:05 4: Y Auto Rvw Norma Lindemann W :10 54:14 42:04 6:00-6:10 6:47 6: Y Auto Rvw Ian McDonald M :05 54:16 27:11 3:45-3:50 4:23 4: Y Auto Rvw Steve Johnstone M :30 54:17 27:47 3:05-3:10 4:29 4: G Auto Rvw Jones W :15 54:18 52:03 7:30-7:40 8:24 7: Auto Rvw 2 78 George Quarmby M :50 54:25 35:35 5:00-5:05 5:44 5: Y 79 Ewan Brown M :45 54:34 41:49 5:55-6:00 6:45 6: Y Auto Rvw Terry Levings M :00 54:36 33:36 4:40-4:45 5:25 5: Auto Rvw Ray Bramwell M :00 54:38 38:38 5:25-5:30 6:14 5: Y Auto Rvw 18

11 April 2012 Vetrunner Page Kerry Atkins M :40 54:39 36:59 5:58 5: Auto Rvw Caroline Campbell W :35 54:53 38:18 5:20-5:25 6:11 5: Y Auto Rvw Eric Lindemann M :45 54:56 47:11 6:40-6:50 7:37 7: Jennie Blake W :10 55:03 37:53 5:15-5:20 6:07 5: Y Auto Rvw Robert Ey M :25 55:10 29:45 4:00-4:05 4:48 4: Y Auto Rvw Richard Faulks M :30 55:13 28:43 3:50-3:55 4:38 4: Y Auto Rvw Bernie Millett M :50 55:28 30:38 4:05-4:10 4:56 4: Y Auto Rvw Hugh Crawley M :20 55:36 36:16 4:55-5:00 5:51 5: Y Auto Rvw Geoff Barker M :05 55:42 44:37 6:10-6:20 7:12 6: Y Auto Rvw Sue Counsel W :00 55:43 45:43 6:20-6:30 7:22 7: Y Auto Rvw 9 92 Belinda Bounty W :45 55:51 32:06 4:15-4:20 5:11 4: Y Auto Rvw Angel Marina M :45 56:35 32:50 4:15-4:20 5:18 5: Y Auto Rvw Garry Hand M :35 56:36 40:01 5:20-5:25 6:27 6: Y Auto Rvw Val Chesterton W70 2 1:10 56:37 55:27 8:57 8: Auto Rvw 1 96 Christopher Yardley M :50 56:43 47:53 6:30-6:40 7:43 7: Y Auto Rvw 8 97 Maree Coldrick W :40 56:51 39:11 5:10-5:15 6:19 6: Auto Rvw Charles Freer M :56 57:07 37:11 4:50-4:55 6:00 5: N 99 Ann Louise Lowry W :05 57:46 35:41 5:45 5: Auto Rvw Desma Butler W :50 57:58 44:08 5:45-5:50 7:07 6: Y 101 Brian Austin M :10 58:31 46:21 6:00-6:10 7:29 7: Y Auto Rvw John Dimitriou M :05 58:50 47:45 6:10-6:20 7:42 7: N Auto Rvw Pamela Weiss W :20 58:55 55:35 7:20-7:30 8:58 8: Auto Rvw Roger Abbott M :20 59:10 39:50 4:55-5:00 6:25 6: Y Auto Rvw Audrey Gormley W :00 61:39 61:39 5:30-5:35 9:57 9: G Auto Rvw Val Bland W :00 65:49 65:49 7:50-8:00 10:37 10: Y 107 George Hanzar M :35 66:53 61:18 7:00-7:10 9:53 9: Y FRYLINK SERIES Over 3.0km Difficulty Factor 1.03 Pl Name Age Grp StGrp Start Gross Net GrpRat Rate CorRt AST% Pts Elig Com - New Grp 1 Tony Booth M :30 22:19 14:49 5:25-5:30 4:56 4: Y Gold 37 2 Emma Kennedy W :45 23:38 16:53 5:38 5: N Auto Rvw 19 3 Tony Harrison M :30 23:46 17:16 5:45-5:50 5:45 5: N Auto Rvw 19 4 Consie Larmour W :35 23:51 21:16 7:00-7:10 7:05 6: Y Silver 10 5 Brett Morrison M :05 23:55 14:50 4:57 4: Auto Rvw 27 6 Alan Wilson M :30 23:59 15:29 5:05-5:10 5:10 5: Auto Rvw 26 7 Judy Forbes W80 2 0:35 24:05 23:30 7:50 7: Auto Rvw 3 8 Bill Egan M :00 24:09 17:09 5:35-5:40 5:43 5: Y Bronze 20 9 Carol Baird W :35 24:14 14:39 4:45-4:50 4:53 4: Auto Rvw Merv Collins M :40 24:23 18:43 6:00-6:10 6:14 6: Y 11 Amanda Walker W :50 24:24 13:34 4:20-4:25 4:31 4: Y 12 Ron Eichner M :15 24:30 18:15 6:05 5: N Auto Rvw Chris Booth W :35 24:32 22:57 7:20-7:30 7:39 7: Graeme Patrick M :05 24:33 13:28 4:15-4:20 4:29 4: Y Auto Rvw Ian Bowden M :30 24:36 16:06 5:05-5:10 5:22 5: Y Auto Rvw Wanda Stewart W :10 24:39 20:29 6:30-6:40 6:50 6: Y 17 Stuart Todd M :30 24:44 16:14 5:05-5:10 5:25 5: N Auto Rvw John Busteed M :35 24:47 22:12 7:00-7:10 7:24 7: Y Auto Rvw 5 19 Gary Moss M :45 24:47 18:02 6:01 5: Auto Rvw Kathleen Bleakley W :35 24:50 15:15 4:45-4:50 5:05 4: Y Auto Rvw Gary Bowen M :25 24:53 12:28 3:50-3:55 4:09 4: Y Auto Rvw Bob Wright M :25 24:54 12:29 4:10 4: Auto Rvw Gwen Gleeson W :00 24:55 24:55 7:50-8:00 8:18 8: Y 24 Katie Forestier W :55 24:57 12:02 3:40-3:45 4:01 3: Y Auto Rvw Hollie Hromow W :30 24:59 16:29 4:55-5:00 5:30 5: N 26 Diann Bramwell W :00 25:02 25:02 7:50-8:00 8:21 8: Y 27 Anitra Kenny W :15 25:08 18:53 5:50-5:55 6:18 6: Y Auto Rvw Bruce Graham M :45 25:15 10:30 3:05-3:10 3:30 3: Y 29 Richard Smith M :05 25:30 16:25 4:55-5:00 5:28 5: Y Auto Rvw Ken White M :10 25:45 13:35 3:55-4:00 4:32 4: Y 31 Claire Perry W :00 25:49 25:49 7:50-8:00 8:36 8: Y 32 Faye Todd W :20 25:50 14:30 4:10-4:15 4:50 4: Y Auto Rvw Shane Hogan M :05 25:51 15:46 5:15 5: N Auto Rvw Heidi Johnston W :25 25:52 12:27 3:30-3:35 4:09 4: Y Auto Rvw Peter Hogan M :05 26:31 16:26 4:35-4:40 5:29 5: Auto Rvw Bob Chapman M :50 26:56 18:06 5:00-5:05 6:02 5: Auto Rvw Serena Fryer W :45 27:36 20:51 6:57 6: N Auto Rvw 8 38 Doug Carney M :10 28:10 23:00 6:10-6:20 7:40 7: Auto Rvw Bob Parker M :05 28:51 18:46 6:15 6: Auto Rvw Sarah Gifford W :40 29:07 23:27 7:49 7: N Auto Rvw 3 41 John Burns M :00 29:27 29:27 7:50-8:00 9:49 9: Y 42 John Bakker M :00 29:47 29:47 7:50-8:00 9:56 9: N 43 Sue McMurtrie W :40 36:00 31:20 6:20-6:30 10:27 0: Auto Rvw 9 44 Cory Collins W :30 36:00 29:30 5:45-5:50 9:50 9: Y Auto Rvw 14 WADDELL SERIES Over 3.0km Difficulty Factor Josephine Kulesz W :05 29:21 28:16 9:30-9:40 9:25 9: Y Gold 10 2 Nola de Chazal W :00 29:27 29:27 9:50-10:00 9:49 9: Y Silver 5 3 John Harding M :40 29:44 24:04 8:00-8:10 8:01 7: Auto Rvw 17 4 Margaret Taylor W :40 29:46 22:06 7:20-7:25 7:22 7: Y Bronze 25 5 Dave Mackenzie M :40 29:48 22:08 7:20-7:25 7:23 7: Auto Rvw 24 6 Linda Bone W :10 30:16 25:06 8:10-8:20 8:22 8: Y 7 Kate McIntosh W :40 30:17 23:37 7:52 7: Auto Rvw 16 8 Rod Gilchrist M :30 30:26 19:56 6:25-6:30 6:39 6: Y Auto Rvw 30 9 Caroline O`Clery W :40 30:28 23:48 7:40-7:45 7:56 7: Auto Rvw 17

12 Page 12 April 2012 Vetrunner 10 Helen Modrak W :00 30:36 30:36 9:50-10:00 10:12 0: Y Review 2 11 Monika Short W :30 30:43 20:13 6:25-6:30 6:44 6: Y Auto Rvw Peter Freeman M :00 30:48 30:48 9:50-10:00 10:16 10: Review 3 13 John Suiter M :45 30:52 21:07 6:40-6:45 7:02 6: Y 14 Colin Simpson M :30 30:56 21:26 6:45-6:50 7:09 7: Y 15 Mike Dwyer M70 6 2:35 30:57 28:22 9:27 9: Auto Rvw 5 16 Robin Whyte M :45 31:05 19:20 6:00-6:05 6:27 6: Y Auto Rvw Helen Munro W :05 31:07 29:02 9:10-9:20 9:41 9: Y Auto Rvw 4 18 Grahame Taylor M :10 31:08 22:58 7:10-7:15 7:39 7: Y Auto Rvw Rosemary Parker W :40 31:20 23:40 7:20-7:25 7:53 7: Y Auto Rvw Graeme Small M :10 31:28 23:18 7:10-7:15 7:46 7: Y Auto Rvw Neil Gentle M :55 31:30 24:35 7:35-7:40 8:12 8: Y Auto Rvw Amanda Lynch W :55 31:31 25:36 7:55-8:00 8:32 8: Auto Rvw Terry Munro M :10 31:32 23:22 7:10-7:15 7:47 7: Y Auto Rvw Judith Anderson W :35 31:34 27:59 8:40-8:50 9:20 9: Y Auto Rvw 7 25 John Hunt M :10 31:37 25:27 7:50-7:55 8:29 8: Y Auto Rvw Keith Johnson M :55 31:43 23:48 7:15-7:20 7:56 7: Y Auto Rvw Marian Hill W :25 31:46 23:21 7:05-7:10 7:47 7: Auto Rvw Barry Seedsman M :55 31:49 24:54 7:35-7:40 8:18 8: Auto Rvw Janelle Thomson W :35 32:48 31:13 9:20-9:30 10:24 10: Auto Rvw 3 30 Peter Kallio M :10 32:49 26:39 7:50-7:55 8:53 8: Jack Thackray M :55 33:10 26:15 7:35-7:40 8:45 8: Y Auto Rvw Cilla Chapman W :40 33:21 25:41 7:20-7:25 8:34 8: Y Auto Rvw Trish Thomas W :00 33:31 33:31 9:50-10:00 11:10 10: Y 34 Sue Cassidy W :25 33:59 26:34 7:25-7:30 8:51 8: N Auto Rvw Tony Fenotti M :25 34:08 26:43 7:25-7:30 8:54 8: Y Auto Rvw Sylvia Mackay W :40 34:09 28:29 8:00-8:10 9:30 9: Y Auto Rvw Margaret Fenotti W :40 34:48 30:08 9:20-9:30 10:03 9: Y Auto Rvw 3 38 Margaret Latham W :05 35:03 32:58 9:10-9:20 10:59 10: Y Auto Rvw 4 39 Maureen Rossiter W :10 35:49 28:39 9:33 9: N Auto Rvw 4 40 Marco Falzarano M :00 36:16 36:16 9:50-10:00 12:05 11: Y Run / Walk Handicap Pointscores THOMAS SERIES Over 6.2km Total of best 8 Events Listed top 50 Name Tot Evts Jan Feb Angel Marina John Anderson Carol Ey Martin Butterfield Maria White Ewen Thompson Kevin O'Keeffe Steve Appleby Terry Giesecke Jeff Grey Diana Schneider Prue Bradford Peter Clarke Charlie Modrak Mary Ann Busteed Alan Williams Janene Kingston Ruth Baussmann Roger Pilkington Robbie Costmeyer Bernie Rogers Bernie Millett Peter Thomson Bruce Wight Steve Bradford Christopher Lang Karen Daniels John Kennedy David Webster Jill Brown Ian McDonald Alan Mallory Tony Cavuoto Sherryl Greathead Bryan Thomas Jim White Mike Siers Sue Counsel Jennie Gilchrist Margaret McSpadden Ray Bramwell Ewan Brown Jennie Blake Beryl Lowry Robert Ey Garry Hand Christopher Yardley Geoff Barker Roger Abbott Peter McDonald FRYLINK SERIES Over 3km Total of best 8 Events Listed top 40 Name Tot Evts 29/1 26/2 Bill Egan Consie Larmour Ian Bowden Kathleen Bleakley Graeme Patrick Merv Collins Bruce Graham Heidi Johnston Wanda Stewart John Busteed Diann Bramwell Gary Bowen Gwen Gleeson Anitra Kenny Cory Collins Tony Booth Amanda Walker Cathy Montalto Adrian Caesar Carol Baird Deb Gordon Nerelle Harrison-Heard Barbara Williams Katie Forestier Ken Gordon Lorna Burdon Richard Smith Mike Worsley Ken White Claire Perry George Kubitzky Faye Todd John Burns Jill Pearson John Bakker WADDELL SERIES Over 3km Total of best 8 Events Listed to 40 Name Tot Evts 29/1 26/2 Margaret Taylor Rod Gilchrist Josephine Kulesz Monika Short Robin Whyte Nola de Chazal Linda Bone Margaret Fenotti Tony Fenotti Grahame Taylor

13 Neil Gentle Keith Johnson Judith Anderson Trish Thomas Sylvia Mackay Marco Falzarano Alice Scott Helen Modrak Caroline O`Clery John Suiter Colin Simpson Alan Burdon Helen Munro Peter Hann Rosemary Parker Jane Bennett Doug Fitzgerald Graeme Small Deidre Gardner Maureen Scutter Terry Munro John Hunt John Littler Jack Thackray Cilla Chapman Narelle Brownette Carmen Carlon Margaret Latham Narelle Blackaby Run / Walk Handicap Tallies April 2012 Vetrunner Page 13 After 26/02/12 Since 2008 the Run/Walk Handicap rules have prevented the addition of more than 10 events to any individual's tally in a calendar year. This applies even to those who have handicap duty exemption. In a small number of cases the tally shown below will be different from the total shown in archived results. Listed top 20 in each category where applicable Name Tot T F W Approaching 300 George Hanzar Bryan Thomas Stuart Reid Bob Parker Approaching 250 Alan Williams Sue Counsel Greg O'Neill John Bakker John Busteed Rosemary Parker Charlie Modrak Terry Levings Anne Young Joan Mallory Bernie Rogers Roger Abbott Michael Freer Mary Ann Busteed Trish Thomas John MacLeod Peter Freeman Jim White Bob Chapman Approaching 200 Michael Gardner Lorna Burdon Peter Clarke Bernie Millett Keith Johnson Maria White Graeme Small Geoff Moore Colin Bridge Nigel Coldrick John Alcock Bill Leyden Peter Kallio Will Foster John Littler Alan Mallory Kevin O'Keeffe Lynn Williams Steve Appleby Approaching 150 Nick Blackaby Ian Bowden Cathy Montalto Jill Brown Gwen Gleeson Robert Ey Marco Falzarano Richard Scutter Roger Pilkington Thelma Reddy David Meyers* Margaret Taylor Terry Munro Ken White Pamela Weiss Cory Collins Rod Gilchrist Dorothy Seedsman Jack Thackray Diann Bramwell Doug Carney Approaching 100 Prue Bradford Diana Schneider Caroline Campbell Jo Cullen Cathy Newman Peter Cullen Bill Egan Russell Lutton Brian McLachlan Keith Butler John Kennedy John Richardson Ewen Thompson Mick Horan Laurie Robinson Grahame Taylor Alan Anderson Tanya Colyer Approaching 50 Audrey Gormley Annette Sugden Ken Gowans Deslie Kubitzky Ian Dundas Allison Duncan Ken Eynon Ron Ford Vicki Matthews Nadine Morrison Helen Munro Linda Bone Pat Fisher Beverley Forbes Anne McNeill Brett Morrison Gary Moss Wanda Stewart Edward Towner Roslyn Bauer Ian Lavering Bob Mee Julie Triggs Peter Bourgaize Dawn Casey Ross Gregg Lorraine Jansen Helen Larmour Stuart Manley Jack Tonkin John Henderson Rae Palmer Derek Quinto Elaine B Slater Glenn Coward Robyn Kennedy Annie Van Herck Barbara Williams Run / Walk Handicap Percentages are on Page 21

14 Page 14 April 2012 Vetrunner After 26/02/12 Name Tot G S B Rosemary Parker Trish Thomas Nola de Chazal Terry Levings Peter Freeman Rick Hatcher John Busteed Thelma Reddy Merv Collins Tony Booth Lorna Burdon Ken Daniels John Littler Greg O'Neill Alice Scott Monika Short Jack Thackray Alan Williams Diann Bramwell Nigel Coldrick Beryl Lowry Dorothy Seedsman Jim Tucker Ray Bramwell Will Foster George Kubitzky Margaret Taylor Lucille Warth Robin Whyte Ian Bowden Carmen Carlon Cilla Chapman Lesley Hamilton Jamie Macgregor Dave Mackenzie Al Mallory* Geoff Moore Terry Munro Bob Parker John Stenhouse Roger Stewart Lynn Williams Neil Boden Alan Burdon Cory Collins Mike Dwyer Michael Gardner Mick Horan Peter Kallio Duane Lowry* Alan Norden Run / Walk Handicap Medallists Andrina Norden Frank Nugent John Suiter Maria White Anne Young Chris Booth Gary Bowen Bev Breen Robert Ey Michael Freer George Hanzar Anitra Kenny Gregory Lewis Brian McLachlan David Meyers* Maureen O'Shea Pauline Rohan Graeme Small Bryan Thomas Peter Ward David Alden Geoff Barker Kerry Boden Ewan Brown Jillian Clark Otmar Dorfer* Tony Fenotti Katie Forestier John MacLeod Joan Mallory Kevin Matthews Roger Pilkington Stuart Reid Stuart Reid Barry Seedsman Lorraine Stevens Grahame Taylor Raine Thompson Phillip Toomey Trevor Vogler Pamela Weiss Mike Worsley Roger Abbott Ruth Baussmann Jane Bennett Steve Bradford Tony Cavuoto Bob Chapman Paul Considine Sue Counsel Steve Crane Mick Dando Karen Daniels Sprint Marathon Relay (by Geoff Moore) Jim White, race organiser of the Annual Sprint Marathon, asked me if I would run in this year's event. In fact, pen in hand, he asked everyone he saw. Jim organises a fascinating and friendly event every February, which I will attempt to describe further down. Although I am usually not much of a km-interval runner these days, and I hate risking injury and letting the team down by pushing too fast in a relay of any kind, particularly a continuous relay, I thought it would fun to be a part of this unique event for another year so I agreed I would run. Training partners told I won t be at Stromlo today. Check! Brightly coloured green racing singlet. Check!. Brightly coloured green racing shoes. Check!. Full change of clothes and towel in case of rain. Check! Alarm set for 5:30am so I can get to Dunrossil Drive by 7:15am. Check! At the race venue who is in my team? Are they sprinters or distance runners? Sprinters would give us a potential challenge: keeping them going at the end; distance runners would mean a potential challenge for ME John Dimitriou Beverley Forbes Ken Gordon Megan Haylock David Holmes Keith Johnson Roy Jones Adrian Krauss Garry Lee Bill Leyden Sylvia Mackay John McMillan Brian Paxman Claire Perry Bev Scown Kaye Thorpe Faye Todd Glenda Wood Carol Baird John Bakker Prue Bradford Colin Bridge Caroline Campbell Maree Coldrick Debbie Cowell Brenda Day Grahame Delaney Brenda Field Lloyd Field* Christine Freeman Audun Fristad Jenny Galvin Neil Gentle Rod Gilchrist Bill Ginich* Deb Gordon Faye Green Peter Hogan Margaret Johnson Ian Lavering Bernie Millett Pat Mullins Jim O'Donnell Juani M O'Reilly Rosalie Pilkinton Bernie Rogers Maureen Rossiter Edward Towner Julie Triggs Gwen Vines Brian Wenn Ken White *Deceased to keep going at the end. Where along the course do I start? Where am I when I have to chase down the baton? Who from the other teams are in my group, those I will be racing each time and hanging around the change over points with? There were eight teams: there were eight batons of various colours and the teams were named after the batons. There were six runners in each team and two or three others not participating. We could make up to fifty new friends all in one day! Luckily rain never came and it stayed mild and pleasant. Perfect conditions for short sharp intervals with a long standing-around recovery. Drinks at each change-over point were provided. Had it turned out warm and sunny we would have been OK. I got picked number 2 in the team which meant I started at the furthest point of the course; runner 6 who is the team s slowest goes first and runner 1 who is the fastest goes second. Plenty of time to get there. I looked around at the group of number 2 runners. It appeared that I may be the slowest in the group but that did not matter; it would be balanced out by the rest of the team, in theory anyway. Here comes the baton! We are in the lead! John and

15 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 15 Stuart have run blinders first up. I take over and set off like a Left: Winners are Grinners Below: Enjoying a few drinks après Sprint Marathon Relay scared rabbit. After 500m up a slight hill I am passed by one, two, three runners. After 1km I hand over in fourth place. Then I wait while my five team mates complete six kilometres before I have to run again. And again. And again. After an hour of the relay we are not leading; we are running last. But towards the end of the relay we are fighting two other teams for fourth place. We end up fourth. Great effort, guys! Finally as each of us finishes and hands the baton on, we must keep running to catch the baton again. We all make it and cross the line hand-in-hand. I seem to have forgotten that I didn t want to run too hard, it was an all out effort at the end, for all of us. Then the presentation. Jim has done a wonderful job organising it all; John Suiter and Stuart Reid have done a wonderful job recording results and timing the teams at the end of each lap. Trophies are given to the winning team and attractive wooden spoon trophies to the last team as well. Everyone goes away happy! How it works: relay teams comprise six members. The course is six kilometres around. There are five 1km legs and a 2km leg, although runner 6 starts the relay with the second half of the 2km leg, this runner not doing the first half until the finishing sprint. The total distance is 36km; not a marathon then. Nor is it a sprint of course. At the end as each runner passes on the baton for the last time, they keep going as best they can along the rest of the course Above: Wooden Spooners until they reach the finish line, when all team members must cross together holding hands. There are many Sprint Marathon Relay photos on the club s website. *=adjusted Sprint Marathon Relay 2012 results 1 Silver Richard White, Xavier French, Ed Breduis, John Anderson, Elle Knight, Sherryl Greathead, 2 Pink Damian Rutledge, Emma Adams, Stuart Gadenne, Angel Marina, Deb Gordon, Nick Blackaby, 3 Blue Bryce Anderson, Kym Reid, Mick Horan, Nadine Morrison, Tony Hershaw, Maureen Rossiter, 4 Silver/Black Stuart Grey, Geoff Moore, Kelley Flood, Gary Bowen, Ruth Baussmann, John Alcock, 5 Gold Keith Law, Peter Cullen, Maria O'Reilly, Brett Morrison, Alan Duus, Ray Bramwell, 6 Blue/Black Jeff Grey, Peter Thomson, David Clarke, Jim White, Alison Sims, Maria White, 7 Green Craig Wisdom, Andrew Blyton, Ben Clark, Carol Ey, Theresa Macgregor, Tiffany Reedy, 8 Gold/Black Sam Tickle, Peter Clarke, Kym Chisholm, Graeme Patrick, Cathy Montalto, Margaret McSpadden, Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Lap 5 Lap 6 Final Time 1 Silver 23:42 24:31 24:39 24:33 25:07 25:03 2:27:35 2 Pink 23:52 24:14 24:50 24:30 24:40 27:00 2:29:06 3 Blue 24:13 24:53 25:18 25:08 25:39 24:49 2:30:00 4 Silver/Black 25:03 25:26 25:14 24:55 25:20 26:07 2:32:05 5 Gold 25:34 26:03 26:29 26:52 26:55 20:49* 2:32:42 6 Blue/Black 24:44 24:59 25:31 25:27 25:57 26:32 2:33:10 7 Green 24:54 24:59 25:08 25:22 26:09 27:01 2:33:33 8 Gold/Black 25:14 25:36 25:58 26:15 26:46 26:28 2:36:17 A Word of Thanks I would like to thank my helpers and runners at the 28th Sprint Marathon Relay. A big thanks to the weather man for the great weather and thanks to the man who mowed the grass on Dunrossil Drive. Thanks to Brett Morrison for being a very much needed reserve runner. Thanks to Judi Anderson for taking the great photos which are on the Vets website. Keith Law was the first to arrive and helped with the entries and Peter Hogan made sure the water containers were OK. The biggest thanks goes to My Three Wise Men, Stuart Reid and John Suiter for lap counting and time keeping having to print out results minutes after the finish and Jack Thackray for the great trophies. This year he made chopping boards out of Victorian Ash for the first team and for the first time made wooden spoons for the last team which will now be known as the Spooners. Well done Jack. A special thanks to Sherryl Greathead helping me pack up. It was another great event with everybody having a great time with many smiling faces as the team pictures show. Hope to see you all again next year. Sprint Marathon Relay Organiser Jim White

16 Page 16 April 2012 Vetrunner Announcements / Snippets page If anyone has any announcements or small items on Veterans athletics etc., please the editor at vetrunner@actvac.com. ACTVAC SOCIAL DINNER April 2012 Date: Venue: Location: Time: Food: Drinks: Tuesday 3 rd April AINSLIE FOOTBALL CLUB 52 Wakefield Avenue, Ainslie 7 pm Bistro Style Purchase from the bar You are invited to meet with fellow members of the Club for an informal dinner. If you intend going to this dinner, could you please let one of the members of the Social Team know before 12 noon on Monday 2 nd April to assist with the booking. Looking forward to seeing regular and new attendees at this dinner. Lynn: kasha@grapevine.com.au Sherryl: (h) (w) Sherryl.Greathead@daff.gov.au Rosemary: (h) parkerrandr@comcen.com.au *********** VETRUNNER DISTRIBUTION HELP REQUIRED!! Are you retired, live in Belconnen and have a car? This important task is for you. You will be assisting in the packaging and distribution of Vetrunner once a month. If you are able to assist please contact a member of the committee (details are on page 3) **************** Vetrunner Online Just a reminder that if you would prefer to view Vetrunner online rather than receive a hard copy please treasurer@actvac.com Help with Vetrunner Is anyone interested in organising Vetrunner for a month? Here s your chance learn how it all comes together. Training will be provided if needed. vetrunner@actvac.com SUBMISSIONS FOR May 2012 VETRUNNER DUE BY: SATURDAY, 14 April 2012 COPY AND QUERIES TO: vetrunner@actvac.com (late submissions may only be accepted if space allows) EDITORIAL STYLE AND FORMATTING Stories All stories submitted for inclusion in Vetrunner should be created in Word with Century Schoolbook Font at 9 point. Any member s story which is of an athletic theme, or that member has achieved an important milestone or award, or just has a story to tell is welcome. Photos When taking photos of award ceremonies, please ensure that the awardees are looking in your direction and the background and foreground of the photo do not detract from the importance of the moment. All in all, check your surroundings before clicking. Action photos are very welcome.

17 THE WAY WE WERE April 30 YEARS AGO (April 1982) Our AGM re-elected Peter Frylink president, Ken Daniels secretary and Terry Munro treasurer. Don Chipp was elected patron and John Macleod vice president. The committee consisted of Christine Best, Maggi Johnson, Stuart Reid, Bryan Thomas, Jack Tonkin and Mary Wahren. Terry Munro and Bryan Thomas were co-editors of Vetrunner. Subscriptions were set at $6. Bryan also took on the role as records officer and published a list of all known ACTVAC track and field records. We had records for 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, 5000, 10,000m, long jump, shot, discus and javelin in most men s age groups from M35 to M55 but very few in the other events. Our women s list was extremely thin. However, Lucille Warth had three W55 Australian Records; 1500m , 5000m and 10000m We only had one team in the ANZAC Relays (4 x 4.3km) but many members competed for local AA clubs. Our team of Alan Burdon, Duane Lowry, Alan Newton and Dan Reddy ran 68 minutes. Arthur Brown, Peter Frylink, Judy Johnson, Brian Paxman and Peter Waddell traveled to Perth to compete in the nationals. Judy set an Australian Record in the W m Walk with a time of 15: participated in the tough 9.5km Mt Ainslie course for this month s handicap. Peter Kallio ran brilliantly from scratch to win from Thelma Reddy and Greg O Neill. 20 YEARS AGO (April 1992) 47 Canberrans (31 men and 16 women) participated in the Australian Championships in Hobart. Our team returned with 107 medals (35 gold, 34 silver and 38 bronze) and 16 new ACT Records and two Australian Records. Quentin Anthony was the outstanding performer at the championships with 8 ACT Records and an Australian Record in the M60 300mH (47.63). His other records were achieved in the M60 200m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, javelin and pentathlon. John Hunt also set an AR for the M50 HJ (1.74m) and an ACT best for the Triple Jump. Our other record setters were: Margaret Dando W60 10km Walk, Jan Erickson W30 Long Jump and Triple Jump, Joan Mallory W m, Irene Mitchell W50 hammer and Peter Waddell M60 10km Walk. Our track and field awards for the season were presented at a dinner-dance. The Adler Series frontmarkers division was won by Helena Winson and the backmarkers by Stuart N Reid. Heart Foundation Trophy was won jointly to Michael Gardner and Mary Wahren. John April 2012 Vetrunner Page 17 Hunt was awarded the prestigious Johnson Trophy. The Fristad Awards for athletics excellence were presented to Quentin Anthony and Jan Erickson (gold), John Hunt and Margaret Dando (silver) and Tony Murray and Jen Bourke (bronze). Despite very bad weather 19 participated in the monthly throwing handicap. This month s competition was in shot put and javelin. Mary Wahren was the winner from Al Mallory and Attila Spaits. Jim Tucker won the port. The running handicap was conducted from Forest Drive in Stromlo Forest. The long course (8km) had 113 runners and was won by Doug Fry from John Littler and Lorna Burdon. 28 ran the short course (4km); Jim Tucker was the gold medallist in front of Peter May and Maureen O Shea. 50 runs T shirts were earned by Otmar Dorfer, Linda Jamieson, Margaret Johnson and Peter Skinner. 10 YEARS AGO (April 2002) The 30 th annual AMA Championships were held in Adelaide at the attractive new Santos Stadium. Beautiful weather made these championships memorable for the small contingent of 30 ACT vets (18 women and 12 men) that participated. The baby of our team was thrower Alistair Davey (34) and our most senior representative was sprinter Gwen Gleeson (73). Margaret Taylor was again awarded AMA jumper of the year for an unprecedented third occasion. This month s run/walk handicap was conducted on the Central Six course within Stromlo Forest.125 ran the long course won by Roger Pilkington from Rob Parker and Craig Edwards. Ron Weir was the winner of the Frylink Series in front of Karen Daniels and Brenda Ford. Champion race walker Robin Whyte won the Waddell event from Rick Hatcher and Nola de Chazal. This month s handicap also doubled as for the presentation of the annual Mullins Trophies for finishing in the middle of the field. The trophies were won by Bryan Thomas (long course), Brian MacLaughlin (short course) and John Stenhouse (walk). Terry Levings earned his 150 runs T-shirt while Barry Seedsman his 50. Jayne Hardy s purple patch, that began at the World Championships in Brisbane 8 months earlier, continued when she was second in this month s throwing handicap. Since July 2001 Jayne was one of the stars in the AMA Championships, was the recipient of both our Fristad and Johnson Trophies and was this month s Masters Sportsperson of the Month. 30 participated in the handicap in shot and discus won by Irene Mitchell from Jayne and Tanya Colyer.

18 Page 18 April 2012 Vetrunner Monthly Throwing Handicap 25 February 2012 Shot and Discus Pauline Armstrong wins the handicap for the first time Handicap competition On a cool day for summer 30 throwers (24 at the October Handicap) faced the handicapper with Bob Banens (M60) exploding the 5kg cannon ball out into the sand and Jayne Hardy (W45) getting to Ray Green s 9.39 was a 29cm improvement on the previous shot discus handicap. These three champion throwers had the longest discus throws as well. However Pauline s victory was comprehensive with wins in the handicap sections of both implements and a distance win of 2.19m. Wendy O Brien and Jayne Hardy filled the shot put placings with Tim Gulliver s (24.48 at the previous handicap) giving him second place in the discus section with Bryan Thomas (18.85), after running for 90 minutes as a warm up, in third. When the combined distances of both throws were added to each person s handicaps the perpetual trophy and gold medal went to Pauline Armstrong for the first time. Pauline has become a regular at the handicaps and on a Thursday night where we have witnessed some great hammer throws. During 2011 Pauline competed in seven throws pentathlons with her total point score improving from 1341 to Second was Tim (two hip) Gulliver who secured a 7+m shot to gain his silver medal. Rather fittingly Jen Bourke in her 217th and last throwing handicap took the bronze medal. As has been recorded elsewhere in this vetrunner by Veteran Athletic historian, Bryan Thomas, Jen Bourke was a foundation member of the throwers handicap and together with Trish Thomas neither have missed a handicap in 22 years. Jenny has made a remarkable contribution to Veterans athletics and to Canberra throwers in more recent years. Jenny at one point attempted to train your erstwhile reporter! Jan Banens was fourth overall and the top 10 included in order Bryan Thomas, Diann Bramwell, Trish Thomas, Margaret Taylor (fresh from a close 100m win in the Oceanias), Robert Kennelly and John Hunt. Gulliver had much the better of Taylor in the M65 discus but Jen Bourke with her farewell goodies Taylor s aggression (partly motivated by his hard fought bronze medal in the Javelin in the Oceania games) with 5kg cannon ball produced an 8.03 shot, 3cm longer than last time. Diann Bramwell improved two places to 6 th this time with a 12cm improvement in the shot and 15cm in the discus. John Hunt improved eight places with a 45cm improvement in his shot. With the aid of a 28cm improvement in discus Tanya Colyer went forward six placings from last time. Raylea Rudov was a sight for sore eyes joining us at Masson street after an enforced layoff, she was seen to some advantage in the discus enclosure. Two regulars from throwing absent on the Saturday handicap have just reached important throwing milestones; Robin Whyte has turned 70 and qualifies for the 4kg cannon ball and Joan Mallory has turned 80 and will be invited to pick up the 2k shot. There were beautiful cakes and biscuits again from the Nola Bakery. Frank Nugent took the Oscar for a spectacular discus throw which involved involuntary movements of every area of Frank s body and it was pure good luck that he was left standing upright after 4 seconds of pure spectator enjoyment. This month s lucky draw for the fine bottle of wine, again kindly donated by Bjarne Kragh of Southside Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre in Tuggeranong, was won by Margaret Taylor and we hope that Graham will also get to enjoy a glass. We thank the officials very much for all their work and arriving early to set up; Wendy O Brien, Nola de Chazal, Peter Neill, Attila Spaits and the regular hardworking organisers; Trish, Jane, Frank and Raylea. The Standard weights attracted 9 persevering participants with an almost equal gender balance. Jayne took the women s competition with (8cm better than she did at the October rendition), with Jan Banens heaving 11.39, success story Pauline with and Trish Thomas on In the men s edition Kevin Blewitt with bad knees and all, sent the screaming giant steel ball 12.98m, Bob Banens with had the best of the 9kg division with Peter Freeman (fresh back from 5 years in the UK) depositing the object 8.71 out into the sand. The young men Frank Nugent and Geoff Crumpton (recovering from a bad illness) sent the largest of the huge missiles 7.65 and 7.54 respectively into the ether. Sixteen of the throwers group intrepidly made their way to the shaky isles earlier in the year: Jan and Robert Banens, Jane Hardy, Fran Harris, Rad Leovic, Joan Mallory, Col Robbie, Margaret and Grahame Taylor, Jean and Kerrie Thew and John Lamb made their way to the Oceania Games in Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty where a good time was had by all. Good weather, fun filled informally competitive days. Amongst the success stories were Jane s six golds and a championship record in hammer and weight, Bob s and Fran s five golds and Jan s five medal haul. A small breakaway group of Trish and Bryan Thomas and Robin Whyte and Val Chesterton risked all by passing through/or above Canterbury and competing at the NZ Masters in Dunedin. The 2011 point score competition The top ten in the 2011 Connell Series were Narelle Blackaby, Nola de Chazal, Wendy O Brien, Bryan Thomas, (up from 4 th ) Tanya Colyer, Diann Bramwell, Mary Wahren, Joan Mallory, Frank Nugent and Margaret Taylor. Your humble reporter clung to his hard won 24 th position. Calendar of events and helpers Next month s handicap will be in Hammer and Javelin at 1.00pm at Masson Street Throwing Field Saturday afternoon 17 March and then the following one, shot and discus on 28 April. The designated helpers for April are Mary Wahren, Kerry and Jean Thew. Helpers are reminded they should be at Masson Street at noon to help set up the venue and take entries. Then assist to conduct the events and pack up at the end of the presentations. If you are unable to assist on the designated event please try to arrange a swap with another member but you must inform Trish of any change (H or ). (With support from Jan Banens I remain your humble throws 2 nd year apprentice reporter Robert Kennelly. I am simply amazed that the powers that be have signed me to yet another lucrative journalistic contract for 2012!)

19 Monthly Throwing Handicap Results Shot and Discus 25 February 2012 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 19 Name Age SHcp SDist STotal SPl DHcp DDist DTotal DPl Total Dist Pl Pts Pauline Armstrong W Tim Gulliver M Jen Bourke W Jan Banens W Bryan Thomas M Diann Bramwell W Trish Thomas W Margaret Taylor W Robert Kennelly M John Hunt M Jayne Hardy W Peter Neill M Tanya Colyer W Claire Perry W Grahame Taylor M Wendy O'Brien W Raylea Rudov W Frank Nugent M Mary Wahren W Nola de Chazal W John Parker M Sharon Allen W Bob Banens M Attila Spaits M Ray Green M Kevin Blewitt M Geoff Crumpton M Peter Freeman M N/E 1.0 Jean Thew W N/E 1.0 Kerry Thew M N/E 1.0 Monthly weight throw results 25 February 2012 Standard Weights Name Age Weight Distance Frank Nugent M kg 7.65 Geoff Crumpton M kg 7.54 Bob Banens M kg Peter Freeman M kg 8.71 Kevin Blewitt M kg Pauline Armstrong W kg Jayne Hardy W kg Trish Thomas W kg 6.30 Jan Banens W kg The throwing handicap winners: Tim Gulliver (silver), Pauline Armstrong (gold), Jen Bourke (bronze) Throws Handicap Tallies Name Total Jen Bourke Trish Thomas Mary Wahren Ray Green Wendy O'Brien Ewen Drummond Attila Spaits Raylea Rudov Bryan Thomas Nola de Chazal Tanya Colyer Frank Nugent Margaret Taylor Jayne Hardy Peter Freeman Bob Banens Peter Neill Narelle Blackaby Kevin Blewitt Joan Mallory Audun Fristad 102 Jean Heath Jan Banens Irene Mitchell 87 1 John Hunt Grahame Taylor Sharon Gibbins Carmen Carlon Diann Bramwell George Mencik Phillip Toomey 69 1 Robert Kennelly Claire Perry Al Mallory 66 Tim Gulliver Colin Robbie Chris Yardley Rad Leovic Delia Quigley 46 1 Geoff Crumpton Duncan Macnicol Robin Whyte John Parker

20 Page 20 April 2012 Vetrunner Throwers in action Throwing Handicap photos February 2012 Frank Nugent wins the oscar Left: Jen Bourke at her farewell handicap. Below: Trish Thomas receives flowers and a bottle of wine from Jen in appreciation. Margaret Taylor wins the wine

21 Run / Walk Handicap Percentages THOMAS SERIES Average of best 8 Age Standard scores Listed top 50 Name Avg Evts 29/1 26/2 Kathy Southgate Peter Clarke Maria O'Reilly Bernie Millett Diana Schneider Martin Fryer Kent Williams Helen Larmour Robbie Costmeyer Judi Edwards Debbie Cowell John Kennedy Jeff Grey Michael Leahey Anthony Kennedy Rod Lynch Caroline Campbell Steve Bradford Michelle Wells Steve Appleby David Wallis Anne Young Gordon Holgate Kevin O'Keeffe Craig Wisdom Emma Adams Hugh Moore Carol Ey Ian McDonald Bob Lowry Bruce Wight Amanda Ruffin David Webster Steve Johnstone Joan Mallory Mary Ann Busteed Peter Thomson Graham Burke Steve Karvelas Charlie Modrak Rae Palmer Norma Lindemann Colwyn Thomas Roger Pilkington Alan Mallory Jim White Ruth Baussmann Richard Faulks Maria Van Den Heever FRYLINK SERIES Average of best 8 Age Standard scores Listed top 40 Name Avg Evts 29/1 26/2 Bruce Graham Gwen Gleeson Katie Forestier Merv Collins Carol Baird Heidi Johnston Tony Booth Barbara Williams Bob Wright Graeme Patrick Ken White Consie Larmour Amanda Walker Cathy Montalto Alan Wilson Judy Forbes Anne Young Bob Chapman Gary Bowen Ken Gordon Jill Pearson Bill Egan Lorna Burdon George Kubitzky Deb Gordon Faye Todd Kathleen Bleakley Peter Hogan Cory Collins Ian Bowden Brett Morrison Adrian Caesar Richard Smith Gary Moss WADDELL SERIES Name Avg Evts 29/1 26/2 Listed top 40 John Suiter Monika Short Robin Whyte Dave Mackenzie Rod Gilchrist Colin Simpson Alan Burdon Barry Seedsman Margaret Taylor Caroline O`Clery Jack Thackray Alice Scott Rosemary Parker Marian Hill Graeme Small Nola de Chazal Peter Kallio Neil Gentle Grahame Taylor Terry Munro Val Chesterton Cilla Chapman Keith Johnson Maureen Scutter Peter Hann John Littler Margaret Latham Doug Fitzgerald John Hunt Helen Munro Narelle Brownette Mike Dwyer Deidre Gardner Tony Fenotti Linda Bone Richard Scutter Amanda Lynch April 2012 Vetrunner Page 21

22 Page 22 April 2012 Vetrunner Never the twain shall meet By Jack Pennington At the New Year I compared the 1948 Olympics with 2012 showing why the performances will be vastly improved. In a similar vein I follow with the 1982 predictions of Dr Ken Dwyer a sports scientist of Queensland University titled Challenging Men - The Social Biology of Women in Sport. [There were other authors in UK/who had similar predictions] This author traced women's performances in athletics from its beginnings early in the 20 th century until The predictions were that women would equal men's by the year 2000, especially at our Olympics in Sydney. One of the biggest flaws in this prediction was that he had included the East German results all of which have now been deleted because of medical intervention of drugs, especially steroids. Only one East German world record of those days exists and that is the 400m set by Marita Koch at the Bruce Stadium Canberra in 1985 with a time of 47.6seconds. In that race she was totally unchallenged and of course she ran for East Germany. There were others from USA and UK whose Olympic performance has been deleted sometimes many years later for using drugs. For instance Marion Jones of the USA was not defeated for fifteen years and eventually served a prison term for lying before a judicial inquiry of the FBI. All her Olympic and World records were reallocated. It is clear our own Raelene Boyle should have been an Olympic sprint champion because she was beaten by an East German in the 1972 Olympics. It has been well established that women will never better the men's world records because the biological and physical differences between men and women have been scientifically assessed as eight per cent. For instance a lower maximum oxygen uptake and a lower performance in tests of strength, speed equals strength and muscular co-ordination but most importantly men produce testosterone measured at units compared with only units produced by women. This indicates how important testosterone is. There are many other differences and women have an overwhelming advantage by 99% in continuing the human race. At the 1900 Olympics there were only twelve women. In 1972 there were still only 1,299. The first time there was an Olympic 400m for women was at Tokyo 1964 won by our own Betty Cuthbert in 52 seconds on a cinder track. The first women's international in athletics was in 1921 at Monte Carlo which included Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Italy and Norway. The track events were 60m, 250m and 800m. There were also also hurdles and relays. The 800m caused the women so much physical distress that the IAAF banned the race for women and it was not again introduced until the Rome Olympics of Oddly there was still no 400m at that Olympics. In 1963 Merry Leppens ran in the Calver City marathon USA. There is no official record because women were not allowed to enter marathons. Austria was the first country to conduct a National Championship for women in 1918 and in 1919 the British Services for the first time conducted a track event for women, a 4x100 relay. In 1931 the NSW championships included a 90 yard hurdles and the entrants had to produce a chit from the police to allow them to wear shorts. Women featured for the first time in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles with 100m and 200m, high jump, long jump, discus and javelin. Incidentally the 100m was won by a Polish "woman" who died a man. Again the Americans in the 1984 Olympics introduced more events for women with the 400m hurdles, the 3000m and the marathon. The women's records of 2012 are now equal to the men's of 1960 set on cinders. I can diverge here and ask why in the Australian Open Tennis Championships the men's final took over five hours and they were both completely exhausted while the women's final took only one hour and twenty minutes? I query this because I understood that women had more endurance than men They also now collect the same prize money and the men's winner got more than two million buck. The best women's marathon is two hours fifteen minutes and the men's is two hours three minutes. This is a fair comparison as although courses vary at least the surface is the same. Predictions were also submitted for women in the year 2000 by Bryan Lloyd 1980 and Ken Dyer Here they are: 100m 10.0, 200m 20.8, 400m 44.0, 800m lm43s 1500m 3m22.2, 5,000m 12m43, 10,000m 26m67s, marathon 2hr05m. Those times are just about equal to the current men's times and from memory the women's current times are: 100m 10.9s, 200m 22.3s, 400m 47.6[suspect?] 800m lm53s, 1500m 3m55s, 5000m 14m20s, 10,000m 30m30s. From memory the current men's are: 100m 9.8s, 200m 19.3s, 400m 43.1s, 800m lm40s, 1500m 3m24s, 5000m 12m26s, 10,000m 26m36s. I use my memory because I am not like my readers. In over sixty years on writing about running I have not been on the Internet and I do not intend doing so as it can be addictive especially, from hearsay, there is a lot of dangerous rubbish and misinformation on it. I have about sixty books on the subject I have written about. Finally I recommend the reading on the biological differences between men and women by Anne and Bill Moir, titled "IRON The science of gender studies published by Harper and Collins in It will blow your mind.

23 All runners, even marathoners, would benefit from some strength work beyond that which many of us do regularly. But what kind of strength work? New forms of training which are becoming popular around Canberra are good starting points for thinking about innovative kinds of training sessions. Have you noticed all the sporty training groups springing up around Canberra? You see them in small and large numbers wherever there are grassy parks and ovals. Cones form a temporary track; sweat and tears the order of the day. Even on the slopes of Regatta Point we recently came across a group of about 30 doing synchronised sit-ups all in a row, under the supervision of someone who looked and sounded suspiciously like a drill sergeant. Most of the participants look pretty fit to start with. Where do all these fit people come from? It is great to see so many people, especially young people, develop the fitness habit before it is too late. Fresh air, active continuous exercise, all good. At Parliament House, usually I find it easy to alter our Monday night training session a little and try something new, but on two occasions recently (or three, possibly, by the time you read this) we have had a very different kind of session from our normal routine. Hoping the threatening rain would not arrive, and hoping I could remember what the plan was, we went over to the small soccer oval on the west side of Parliament House where I set up a circuit with cones and exercise stations, looking very like the set-up these other training groups employ. The idea of the session we have done was borrowed from a couple of personal trainers, ex-army, who run bootcamps all over Canberra under the title Battlecamp, and was passed on to me by an instructor at the gym I attend. The session looks like this: sprinting between four or five stations about twenty metres apart, we stop at each one to do a crunch, then a squat, then a push-up, then a lunge, and I added a fifth station last time, a calf raise, before sprinting back the seventy or so metres to the start. After that we increase the number of repeats by one each time: lap two, two of each exercise; lap three, three, and so on in ever increasing numbers. This goes on for 15 to 20 minutes, by which time runners may have got up to ten or twelve of each exercise if they have been pushing it and haven t lost count. We could go on for longer than the April 2012 Vetrunner Page 23 Strength Training for Distance Runners twenty minutes if it wasn't for the fact that a few of our group find this training somewhat challenging. But next time these group members could go for a shorter time and then be sent for a run "around the block" while the others continue on. I am making sure people keep moving; these exercises must build cardio fitness as well as strength. On the other hand, I make sure that everyone performs the exercises with good form and not too fast, as the benefit comes from completing each exercise in a controlled manner. The penalty for incorrect form can be soreness leading to injury. And of course I encourage the group to go as fast as possible in the sprints between stations, and the sprints back to the start. In addition to the exercises mentioned above, chin-ups and dips are good too. But I have noticed that some of the personal training groups around town are doing exercises I would never recommend. Star jumps are just too jarring; straight legged sit-ups are ill advised for inflexible running types like us; frog hopping up steps is just too risky for ageing people, especially in wet weather I would have thought! The list probably goes on. But the idea is good, and the sky is the limit when it comes to devising different versions and variations of such a training session. For specialist distance runners there is little reason to do weight workouts at the gym. Using body weight/gravity is sufficient, which is why I like these bootcamp exercises as a supplement to running, running, running. But we are only planning to do this kind of circuit about one week in four or five, and even then only in the warmer months of the year, unless this winter is a particularly mild one. Running; all kinds of running; is the main thing....by Geoff Moore, who daily updates running and training advice at

24 Page 24 April 2012 Vetrunner NOMINATIONS FOR AMA TRACK AND FIELD AWARDS One of the highlights of the Australian Masters Athletics (AMA) Championships each year is the presentation of their annual Track and Field awards.the awards recognise the Australian Veterans/Masters athletes with the most outstanding performances during the previous calendar year. The AMA Track and Field Awards consist of 11 categories Sprints/Hurdles, Middle Distance/Steeple, Distance, Walks, Jumps, Throws, Multi events/relays, Most Outstanding Female Athlete, Most Outstanding Male Athlete, Most Outstanding Individual Performance and Most Outstanding Administrator or Official. The awards were first presented during the 1999 Championships held in Canberra. Over the years ACTVAC members have figured prominently in the nominations and nine members have been recipients of these prestigious awards. Here are the ACTVAC nominations, with brief description of their performances, for the awards that will be presented at this year s National Championships in Melbourne. The awards are for performances achieved during Sprints/Hurdles: John Lamb M60 Three firsts and a second in sprints and hurdles at 2011 National Championships. All sprint performances over 90%. Winner of the 2011 ACTVAC Gift Final. Several ACT Records including as a member of relay teams. Previous winner Jeff King M Middle Distance/Steeple: Kathy Sims W60 At Sacramento, Kathy was a member of the W60 4x400m relay that won Gold in a World Record time; also finalist in 800 and 1500m. Since returning, has continued to run well and has added Mile and 3000m ACT Records. 5 th in the 2011 Higgins Memorial 800m Handicap No previous winners Distance: Bruce Graham M45 At Nationals, won the 8km Cross-country outright. Runner-up in Pennington Trophy, won Moore Trophy and ACTVAC s most outstanding Male T&F athlete of the year. Fourth outright, and first over 40, in 10km Canberra Times Fun Run. Previous winners Carol Baird W and Jackie Fairweather W Walks: Anne Staunton-Jugovic W45 At Nationals, won all three W45 walk events. Since then, she has improved on all these performances and has broken long standing ACT Records 2000W twice, 3000W, 5000m and 10000W. Throughout winter road season and on track, Anne is the best female walker in the ACT and beats all but the very best male. No previous winners Jumps: Margaret Taylor W60 One of the outstanding jumpers in the world. Currently holds all jump Australian Records for W60 and W55 High Jump and Long Jump as well as Triple Jump for W45, 50 and 55. Former World Record holder for W50 and W55 TJ. At Nationals, won Long Jump and Triple Jump and was runner-up by count-back in High Jump. At Sacramento, won Gold in Triple Jump 9.56m (ACT Record) and Silver medals in both High Jump and LongJump. Winner of 2011 Fristad Award as Most Outstanding Female Athlete. Previous winners - Margaret Taylor W and 2000, W and 2003 and W ; and Don Fraser M Throws: Janice Banens W65/70 Outstanding in all throwing events at Sacramento. Won gold for hammer, heavy weight and throws pentathlon. Runner-up in 2011 Fristad Award. ACT Masters Sportsperson of the Year (all sports). Performed well at AMA Winter Throwing Championships. W70 ACT Records for hammer, discus and weight throw. No previous winners Multi-events/Relays: Rad Leovic M80 At Nationals won 800, 1500, short hurdles, steeple, High Jump and pentathlon and was runner-up in 100, 200 and 400m as well as Long Jump and Triple Jump and 3 rd in 60m. At ACTVAC meets participates in most events on the program, including relays. Performs well in all throws and in monthly throws pentathlon. M80 champion and record holder in ACT Veterans Half Marathon. Previous winners Fran Harris W and Don Fraser M Most Outstanding Female Athlete: Janice Banens W65/70 Refer to Throws category nomination Margaret Taylor W60 Previous winner Jayne Hardy W Most Outstanding Male Athlete: Bruce Graham M45. Refer to Distance category. No previous winners Most Outstanding Individual Performance: Norma Wallett W80 Repeated her W80 win of 2010 in the 2011ACT Veterans Half Marathon. Most senior woman to complete the event. This year s time of 2:19.46 scored an excellent 81.73% age graded percentage and was again the recipient of the Female Best Performance Trophy that she also won in This is the fourth best percentage by a woman in the 30 year history of the event. Currently holds the Australian Record for the W80 half marathon. Her 2011 performance was even more remarkable as it occurred only weeks after the death of her husband. Before his passing he encouraged Norma to continue with her running and to complete this year s half marathon. This amazing performance won her the ACT Masters Sportsperson of the Month (all sports). Previous winner Robin Whyte M Most Outstanding Administrator or Official: Trish Thomas W65. Recently awarded an ACT Government Thank You Award for more than 25 years service to veterans athletics. Although Trish remains an enthusiastic competitor in both the monthly throwing and run/walk handicaps, and until recently also at T&F, her performances in recent years have been hampered by injury and surgery and over the last 18 months by more serious health issues. Despite three stays in hospital and a continual round of medical appointments throughout 2010

25 and 2011 she made the 200 th monthly throwing handicap a memorable occasion. She not only conducted the event she also arranged sponsorship, made commemorative clothing, anniversary cake and organized a celebratory evening. Has unique honour of being able to wear the commemorative 200 shirt for both monthly running and throwing handicaps. In June 1990 Trish created the monthly throwing handicap and has been its organizer, handicapper and driving force ever since - as well as having participated in every one of the 216 competitions. She was the recipient of the 2006 and 2010 Pat Clohessy Trophy. She served nine years on committee. She organised the 1995 Australian Throws Pentathlon Championships. In 2004, she took on April 2012 Vetrunner Page 25 the responsibility of purchasing and managing club medals and trophies. Trish has co-ordinated all on-course officials at 26 ACT Vets Half Marathons. Has also assisted at many other local and national events - such as a throws official at nationals and Winter Throwing Championships. Awarded ACTVAC life membership in Previous winner Jim O Donnell M Track and Field 16 February m Heat 1 M40 Scott Yates M45 Michael Roden Wind +0.2 Peter Baker Wind -0.1 M50 Leo Kennedy John Parker Wind +0.2 M55 Nick Blackaby Wind -0.1 M65 John Payne Wind +0.2 Lawrie Kupkee M75 Ray Bramwell M80 Jack Thackray Wind -0.1 W30 Pauline Armstrong W35 Raelene Campbell W50 Vicki Matthews W60 Margaret Taylor Wind m M40 Scott Yates M50 Leo Kennedy John Parker W35 Raelene Campbell W50 Vicki Matthews W60 Margaret Taylor Wind m M30 Mark Rossiter Wind -1.2 M35 Brett Kingston Wind +1.2 M40 Scott Yates M45 Michael Roden M50 Leo Kennedy Wind -1.2 John Parker John Anderson Wind +1.2 M55 Ken Smith Wind -1.2 Ian Lavering Wind +1.2 Nick Blackaby M60 Greg Stretton Wind +1.2 M65 John Payne Wind -1.2 Lawrie Kupkee M80 Jack Thackray o M85 Merv Collins 43.11** 78.9 W50 Vicki Matthews Wind m M45 Damian Rutledge 2: M50 John Anderson 2: John Parker 4: M55 Roger Hollis 2: Ken Smith 2: M60 Greg Stretton 3: M70 Tony Booth 3: M85 Merv Collins 4:04.6* 76.8 W40 Heidi Johnston 2: W45 Janene Kingston 2: W55 Kathy Southgate 2:41.2* 84.1 Maria O'Reilly 2: m M50 Hugh Ford 8: M55 Nick Blackaby 11: M70 Tony Booth 10: m M35 Lance Purdon 40: M40 Anthony Kennedy 37: Craig Davis M45 Jeff Grey 38: Steve Johnstone 39: Geoff Monro 41: Peter Cullen 45: M50 Bruce Graham 33: Roger Pilkington 43: Dale Moore 44: David Clarke 45: Mick Horan 46: Ewen Thompson 47: M55 Michael Leahey 42: M60 Geoff Moore 42: M65 Robbie Costmeyer 43: Graham Burke 46: M70 Lachlan Lewis 54: W35 Jodie Barker 39: W40 Sarah Richardson 40: Bronwyn Calver 46: W45 Katie Forestier 42: W50 Helen Larmour 43: Kelley Flood 44: W60 Ruth Baussmann 55: W65 Caroline Campbell 53: Pole Vault M55 Ken Smith 2.50* 56.3 Shot M35 Brett Kingston Christopher Olsen M40 John Donovan Bruce Hoogendoorn Paul Campbell M45 Peter Baker M50 John Parker M55 Duncan Macnicol M60 Robert Kennelly M65 Tim Gulliver Robin Whyte W30 Pauline Armstrong W45 Jayne Hardy Sharon Allen W50 Sophie Hennessy Javelin M30 Mark Rossiter M35 Brett Kingston Christopher Olsen M40 Bruce Hoogendoorn John Donovan Paul Campbell M50 John Parker M55 Duncan Macnicol M60 Greg Stretton M65 Robin Whyte Tim Gulliver W30 Pauline Armstrong W35 Raelene Campbell W45 Jayne Hardy Sharon Allen W50 Vicki Matthews Sophie Hennessy Hammer M40 John Donovan M50 John Parker M55 Duncan Macnicol M60 Robert Kennelly W30 Pauline Armstrong* W45 Jayne Hardy Sharon Allen * ACT Record. ** Established an ACV Record. All records established or broken at this meet have yet to be ratified by the Club Statistician Neil Boden.

26 Page 26 April 2012 Vetrunner At the end of each season we acknowledge those who have performed superbly in competition or have contributed significantly to the successful conduct of our athletics program. This is the club s 30 th season of conducting regular track and field competition and many of our annual awards have a long and fascinating history. Our annual track and field awards Adler Series Pennington Series Moore Award Daniels Series Perry Series Anthony Series Green Award Boag Awards National Heart Foundation Trophy Fristad Trophies Johnson Trophy (Only winners of the decade are listed. The complete list was published in Vetrunner, March 2008 and are now also available on the club s website. If you require more information about pre 2000 winners see Bryan Thomas). Adler Track Handicap Series is a unique series of distance handicap races created by life member Mike Adler in Two years later Tony Booth proposed runners move out a lane at the end of each lap so it became the spiral handicap. Trophies are presented to the highest scoring male and female in the season s point score. In its first season the series was conducted in one division, then from 1990 to 2002 it was in two divisions (back and front-markers) and from 2003 to 2005 the series reverted to one division. Then the following year the series was again modified to recognise both male and female winners Damian Rutledge and Bev Breen 2001 Nigel Coldrick and Bev Breen 2002 Terry Levings and Bev Breen 2003 Roger Stewart (one division) 2004 Michael Gardner 2005 Nigel Coldrick 2006 Gary Bowen and Katie Forestier (M & W) 2007 Terry Levings and Kerry Boden 2008 Roger Pilkington and Kathy Sims 2009 John Lamb and Kerry Boden 2010 John Donovan and Ruth Baussmann 2011 Graeme Patrick and Helen Larmour 2012? and? (Bev Breen has won three in a row while Kerry Boden, Maree and Nigel Coldrick, Will Foster and Terry Levings have each won twice). Pennington Series of age graded 800, 1500 and 3000m events was proposed by Tony Booth in 1999 and is named for Jack Pennington, club patron (since 1994) and arguably our best ever middle distance runner Graham Moon (M60) 2001 Steve Bradford (M45) 2002 Kevin Chamberlain (M55) 2003 Kevin Chamberlain (M55) 2004 Colin Farlow (M40) Track and Field Honours 2005 Colin Farlow (M40) 2006 John Morton (M45) 2007 Colin Farlow (M45) 2008 Bruce Graham (M45) 2009 Bruce Graham (M45) 2010 Bruce Graham (M45) 2011 Hugh Lennon (M45) 2012? (Colin Farlow and Bruce Graham have each won on three occasions. Bruce has won three in a row while both Colin and Kevin Chamberlain have triumphed in consecutive seasons). Moore Award for the best male and female 3000m runners throughout the season as determined by averaging their five best performances measured against WMA age standards. This award was introduced in the season and recognises the contributions to our athletics program and the outstanding performances over this distance by life member Geoff Moore M Leahey (M50) and M. McSpadden (W55) 2007 P Considine (M45) and Kathy Sims (W55) 2008 B Graham (M45) and Anne Young (W70) 2009 B Graham (M45) and Anne Young (W70) 2010 B Graham (M45) and Anne Young (W70) 2011 B Graham (M45) and K Southgate (W50) 2012? and? (In the brief history of this series Bruce Graham has four consecutive victories and Anne Young has a hat trick of wins). Daniels Sprint Handicap Series of handicapped races over both100m and 200m commenced in 1994 and has proved popular with specialist and occasional sprinters alike as well as spectators because of the exciting and close finishes in most races. The series is named after life member Ken Daniels who was one of our most prominent sprinters from the very beginning of ACTVAC in Bev Breen and Ian Daley 2001 Bev Breen and Kevin Matthews 2002 Bev Breen and Craig Edwards 2003 Jennifer Krevatin and Kevin Matthews 2004 Sharon Gibbins and Ken Telfer 2005 Maureen Rossiter and Kevin Matthews 2006 Vicki Matthews and Craig Edwards 2007 Jill Brown and Jack Thackray 2008 Anne Travis and Duncan Macnicol 2009 Sharon de Smet and Kevin Matthews 2010 Consie Larmour and D Macnicol / Jim White 2011 Sharon de Smet and Leo Kennedy 2012? and? (Kevin Matthews has won this series four times while Bev Breen has won three in a row. The Matthews have made this series a family affair because Vicki is also a double winner as are Duncan Macnicol, Sharon de Smet and Jack Thackray. In 2010 the men s series ended in a tie). Perry Series of six handicapped walking events for both race and fitness walkers was introduced during the athletics season.

27 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 27 Bob Perry passed away in September 2003 after a long battle with cancer. He was a long-time member, a keen race walking participant, coach and administrator Terry Munro 2005 Rod Gilchrist 2006 Robin Whyte 2007 Anne Travis 2008 Ann Staunton-Jugovic 2009 Nola de Chazal 2010 John Donovan 2011 Doug Fitzgerald 2012? (The first two winners Terry Munro and Rod Gilchrist were former runners who came to race walking because injury curtailed their running careers). Anthony Trophy is for a handicap series involving long, triple and high jump for both males and females introduced at the commencement of the season. This award honours the achievements and contributions made by Quentin Anthony who was an outstanding multi-event athlete and club records officer for two decades (from 1985 to 2004) R Gerrard / R Whyte (tie) and Marg Taylor 2007 John Lamb and Margaret Taylor 2008 Brad Osborne and Margaret Taylor 2009 John Lamb (one award only) 2010 Simon Carmichael and Margaret Taylor 2011 Antoni Podolak and Margaret Taylor 2012? and? (Margaret Taylor, former World Record holder in the triple jump and current holder of the Australian Record for all three jumps, is to-date the only woman to have won this trophy. John Lamb has won the male trophy twice). Green Award recognises our most outstanding male and female throwers of the season by comparing their best performances in all throwing disciplines (discus, hammer, javelin, shot put and heavy weight) to the world age-group record and expressed as a percentage. Person with the highest average percentage is declared the winner. Ray Green, prominent thrower and former club president, proposed this award in Ray Green (M55) and Jen Bourke (W60) 2001 Ray Green (M55) and Jayne Hardy (W35) 2002 Ray Green (M55) and Jan Davies (W60) 2003 Ray Green (M55) and Jayne Hardy (W40) 2004 Ray Green (M55) and Sharon Gibbins (40) 2005 Ray Green (M60) and Jayne Hardy (W40) 2006 Ray Green (M60) and Jan Banens (W60) 2007 Ray Green (M60) and Jan Banens (W65) 2008 Ray Green (M60) and Jayne Hardy (W45) 2009 Ray Green (M60) and Jayne Hardy (W45) 2010 P Shumack (M55) and Mary Wahren (W75) 2011 E Drummond (85) and Jan Banens (65) (Ray Green won the first 13 competitions (over three age groups) for the men. Jayne Hardy has won the women s trophy on five occasions (also over three age categories) while and Janice Davies/ Banens has won four times and Jen Bourke three). Boag Award is presented to the best male and female sprinter/hurdler of the season. Performances in designated sprint and hurdle events are compared to WMA age graded standards. Until the athletics season a member could only win once within an age group. Gordon Boag was a champion all-round athlete who came to the sport late in life. He set several M70 Australian Records and won countless medals as a sprinter, hurdler and pentathlete. He suffered prostate cancer and passed away in March Pat O Hara (55) and Maureen Rossiter (45) 2001 Jack Thackray (70) and Marg Taylor (50) 2002 Garry Maher (55) and Alice Scott (55) 2003 Garry Maher (55) and Marg Taylor (55) 2004 Garry Maher (55) and Sharon Gibbins (40) 2005 Phil White (50) and Vicki Matthews (45) 2006 (no male qualified) Margaret Taylor (55) 2007 John Lamb (55) and Marg Taylor (55) 2008 John Lamb (55) and Margaret Taylor (55) 2009 John Lamb (55) and Marg Taylor (60) 2010 Michael Roden (45) and Marg Taylor (60) 2011 Michael Roden (45) and Marg Taylor (60) 2012? and? (Three sets of husbands and wives have won this award; they are Grahame and Margaret Taylor, Ken Daniels and Lesley Hamilton and Kevin and Vicki Matthews. Margaret Taylor has won nine times while John Lamb and Gary Maher each have three wins. Ken Daniels, Vicki Matthews and Michael Roden have each won twice). Heart Foundation Trophy is awarded to a member whose health has benefited from regular participation in our track and field program and/or is an outstanding example of a regular participant living an active and healthy life. The original trophy for this special award was donated by the National Heart Foundation because they were impressed by the health benefits to mature-aged persons being involved in regular athletic competition. It is one of only three awards that date back to our inaugural track and field season in , the others being the Fristad Awards and Johnson Trophy Ewen Drummond 2001 Maureen Rossiter 2002 Kathy Sims 2003 Trish Thomas 2004 Rosemary Parker 2005 Anne Young 2006 Jack Perry 2007 Rad Leovic 2008 Michael Roche 2009 Garry Maher 2010 Duncan Macnicol 2011 Consie Larmour 2012? (This prestigious award is never presented to a person more than once. Peter Freeman was the first recipient in 1983). Audun Fristad Awards for Athletics Excellence acknowledges our most outstanding men and women competitors. Recipients may have set Australian or even World Records, performed several times within the upper percentages of WMA age standards and were regular participants at our Thursday night meets. Audun, himself an outstanding athlete, proposed the award during our first season ( ). He continued to be very interested in the annual award and purchased all of

28 Page 28 April 2012 Vetrunner the trophies for more than two decades until his death in March (Each athlete s main event or events is or are shown as (s) sprints, (m) middle distance, (l) long distance, (j) jumps, (t) throws, (w) walks and (p) pentathlon or multi-events). Gold Silver Bronze 2000 Ray Green M55 (t) Don Fraser M60 (j/p) Bob Banens M50 (t/p) Elaine Cooper W40 (m) Margaret Taylor W50 (s/j/p) Jayne Hardy W35 (t) 2001 Bob Banens M50 (t/p) Jack Thackray M70 (s) Ray Green M55 (t) Marg. Taylor W50 (s/j/p) Jayne Hardy W35 (t) Elaine Cooper W40 (m) 2002 Kev Chamberlain M55(m) Michael Roden M35 (s) Phil White M45 (m) Jayne Hardy W35 (t) Fran Harris W60 (m/j/p) Sharon Gibbins W40 (t) 2003 Robert Barbaro M50 (s) Kevin Chamberlain M55 (m) Bob Banens M50 (t) Jayne Hardy W40 (t) Fran Harris W60 (m/p) Maureen Rossiter W50 (s/m) 2004 Don Fraser M65 (j/p) Rad Leovic M75 (p) John Morton M45 (m) Sharon Gibbins W45 (t) Jayne Hardy W40 (t) Lisa Wilson W35 (w) 2005 Don Fraser M65 (j/p) Ray Green M60 (t) Leo Kennedy M45 (s) Jayne Hardy W40 (t) Vicki Matthews W45 (s/p) Sharon Gibbins W45 (t) 2006 Ray Green M60 (t) Don Fraser M65 (j/p) Michael Roden M40 (s) Janice Banens W60 (t) Jayne Hardy W40 (t) Margaret Taylor W55 (s/j/p) 2007 Ray Green M60 (t) Robert Vidler M30 (s) John Lamb M55 (m/j) Janice Banens W65 (t) Margaret Taylor W55 (s/j/p) Sharon Gibbins W45 (t/p) 2008 Leo Kennedy M45 (s) Rad Leovic M80 (p) Ken Telfer M40 (s) Janice Banens W65 (t) Fran Harris W65 (p) Jayne Hardy W45 (t) 2009 Don Fraser M70 (j/p) Bruce Graham M45 (m/l) Rad Leovic M80 (p) Marg Taylor W60 (s/j/p) Janice Banens W65 (t) Ann Jugovic W45 (w) 2010 John Lamb M60 (m) Bruce Graham M45 (m/l) Leo Kennedy M50 (s) Marg Taylor W60 (s/j/p) Janice Banens W65 (t) Susan Archer W60 (l) 2011 Bruce Graham M45 (m/l) Michael Roden M45 (s) Phil White M55 (m) Marg Taylor W60 (s/j/p) Janice Banens W65 (t) Jayne Hardy W45 (t) 2012??? (The first recipients of the Fristad Award in 1983 were M55 thrower Charlie Rann and W35 race-walker Judy Johnson. Several of our most talented athletes have won the trophy more than once; they are Margaret Taylor seven times, Elaine Cooper 5; Don Fraser and Charlie Rann 4 each; Bob Banens, Janice Banens, Ray Green and Jayne Hardy 3 apiece while Gordon Boag, Kevin Chamberlain, Ken Daniels, Joan Hooper and Judy Johnson have each won twice). Johnson Trophy for Club-Person of the Season emphasises the importance of members being involved in all aspects of our track and field program; participating, officiating, socialising and helping with many of the mundane tasks necessary to conduct a successful athletics season. The original trophy was proposed and donated by Maggi and Alan Johnson during our first full season in Jen Bourke 2001 Neil and Kerry Boden 2002 Jayne Hardy 2003 Mike Adler, Doug Fry, Jim O Donnell and John Suiter 2004 Alice Scott 2005 Val Chesterton 2006 Rob and Rosemary Parker 2007 Raylea Rudov 2008 Alice Scott 2009 Kevin Chamberlain 2010 Jim White 2011 Robin Whyte 2012? (In 1983 Bev Macleod was the first to be honoured with this prestigious award. Since then Doug Fry, Jim O Donnell and John Suiter have each been awarded this special recognition on three occasions; while Mike Adler, John Hunt and Alice Scott have had their name engraved on the trophy twice. In 2003 the award was presented to the foursome (Mike Adler, Doug Fry, Jim O Donnell and John Suiter) that seemed to have kept the whole program running smoothly for many seasons. On five occasions the trophy has been won by a family team; firstly by Alan and Maggie Johnson in 1985, then Peter and Anni Schiworski 1986, Al and Joan Mallory 1989, Neil and Kerry Boden 2001 and in 2006 by Robert and Rosemary Parker). Bryan Thomas

29 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 29 Annual Track and Field Awards Night 20 April 2012 Belconnen Soccer Club Cnr Belconnen Way and Springvale Drive Hawker 6 for 7:30pm Be a part of the celebration of the Track and Field awards. Enjoy a meal before hand with members and friends. Track and Field 23 February m Race Walk Championship Age Name Perf M65 Robin Whyte* 63:37 W45 Ann Staunton-Jugovic 57:24 W70 Val Chesterton 84: m Fitness Walk Age Name Perf M55 Doug Fitzgerald 74:09 M60 Robert Kennelly 89:33 M65 Geoff Barker 71:14 M70 Bryan Thomas 69:45 W60 Carmen Carlon 116: m Race Walk Age Name Perf M50 Ewen Thompson 7:19 W45 Kate Black 7: m Fitness Walk Age Name Perf W60 Ruth Baussmann 8:38 W65 Wendy Kupkee 8:13 100m Heat 2 M40 Scot Yates M50 Leo Kennedy John Parker M65 John Payne Lawrie Kupkee Wind -0.1 Heat 3 M55 Nick Blackaby M60 Jim White M70 Kevin de Smet M80 Jack Thackray Wind +0.0 Heat 4 W40 Sharon de Smet W55 Patricia Bennett W60 Margaret Taylor W75 Consie Larmour Wind m Heat 3 M50 Leo Kennedy M55 Nick Blackaby M65 Lawrie Kupkee M70 Tony Booth Wind +0.6 Heat 4 W60 Margaret Taylor W45 Gina Etienne W75 Consie Larmour W80 Gwen Gleeson Wind m M45 Jeff Grey 11: Damian Rutledge 12: M50 Angel Marina 13: Mile M45 Damian Rutledge 5: Jeff Grey 5: Ian McDonald 5: M50 Dale Moore 5: David Clarke 6: Angel Marina 6: Ewen Thompson 7: M55 Roger Hollis 5: M60 Jim White 7: Patrick Stakelum 7: A N Other 8: M70 Tony Booth 7: W55 Maria O'Reilly 6: W60 Kathy Sims 6: Ruth Baussmann 8: High Jump W60 Margaret Taylor Long Jump M35 Christopher Olsen M40 Bruce Hoogendoorn M55 Antoni Podolak Nick Blackaby W60 Margaret Taylor W75 Consie Larmour Shot M40 Bruce Hoogendoorn M50 John Parker M55 Duncan Macnicol W30 Pauline Armstrong W45 Jayne Hardy W70 Jan Banens Weight M55 Duncan Macnicol W30 Pauline Armstrong W45 Jayne Hardy W70 Jan Banens (continued on next page)

30 Page 30 April 2012 Vetrunner Track and Field 23 February 2012 (cont) Pentathlon Men Long Jump Pts M35 Brett Kingston M45 Peter Baker M50 William Barker Craig Wisdom John Parker M60 Greg Stretton M65 Tim Gulliver M80 Rad Leovic Javelin Pts M35 Brett Kingston M45 Peter Baker M50 William Barker Craig Wisdom John Parker M60 Greg Stretton M65 Tim Gulliver M80 Rad Leovic m Pts M35 Brett Kingston M45 Peter Baker M50 William Barker Craig Wisdom John Parker M60 Greg Stretton M65 Tim Gulliver M80 Rad Leovic Discus Pts M35 Brett Kingston m Hurdles W60 Margaret Taylor W70 Frances Harris Discus M40 Bruce Hoogendoorn M45 Peter Baker M50 William Barker Craig Wisdom John Parker M60 Greg Stretton M65 Tim Gulliver M80 Rad Leovic m Pts M35 Brett Kingston 6: Total Points 1051 M45 Peter Baker 5: Total Points 1866 M50 William Barker 5: Total Points 2599 Craig Wisdom 5: Total points 2268 John Parker 7: Total Points 1625 M60 Greg Stretton 6: Total Points 2167 M65 Tim Gulliver DNF 1500m 0 Total Points 1081 M80 Rad Leovic* 8: Total Points 2069 Pentathlon Women 100m Pts W35 R lene Campbell W40 Emma Adams W45 Gina Etienne W70 Frances Harris Shot Pts W35 R lene Campbell Track and Field 8 March 2012 Paul Campbell M45 Peter Baker M55 Duncan Macnicol Charlie Bastecky M65 John Reynolds M70 Robin Whyte W30 Pauline Armstrong W45 Jayne Hardy W65 Trish Thomas W40 Emma Adams W45 Gina Etienne W70 Frances Harris Long Jump Pts W35 R lene Campbell W40 Emma Adams W45 Gina Etienne W70 Frances Harris Javelin Pts W35 R lene Campbell W40 Emma Adams W45 Gina Etienne W70 Frances Harris m Pts W35 R lene Campbell 3: Total Points 1809 W40 Emma Adams DNF 800 Total Points 1434 W45 Gina Etienne 3: Total Points 1515 W70 Frances Harris* 4: Total Points 2269 *ACT record. All records at this meet have yet to be ratified by the Club Statistician, Neil Boden Track and Field for 1 March 2012 was cancelled due to bad weather Weight M55 Duncan Macnicol M65 John Reynolds M70 Robin Whyte W30 Pauline Armstrong W45 Jayne Hardy Daniels Sprint Handicap Series 100m Race 1 Pl Name Age Start Perf Pts 1 Gwen Gleeson W Gina Etienne W Frances Harris W Maureen Rossiter W Margaret Taylor W Sue Bourke W Consie Larmour W Raelene Campbell W Race 2 P Name Age Start Perf Pts 1 Mark Rossiter M Ray Bramwell M Brett Kingston M Kevin de Smet M Peter Baker M John Payne M Scott Yates M Paul Campbell M Jim White M Perry Race Walking Series 1500m Pl Name Age Gross Start Net Pts 1 Trish Thomas W65 15:41 12:40 15: Kate Wainwright W40 15:46 6:25 9: Peter Baker M45 16:49 9:20 7: Rod Gilchrist M65 16:50 7:20 9: John Donovan M40 16:58 6:50 10: Brett Kingston M35 17:01 8:00 9: Jennie Gilchrist W55 17:03 6:30 10: Robin Whyte M70 17:04 8:00 9: Bryan Thomas M70 17:05 7:15 9: Ruth Baussmann W60 17:09 6:25 10: Val Chesterton W70 17:10 5:10 12: Geoff Barker M65 17:11 7:40 9: Ann Staunton-Jugovic W45 17:15 10:00 7:15 19

31 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 31 Track and Field 8 March 2011 (cont) Pennington Middle Distance Series 3000m Pl Name Age Gross Start Net AST% Elig Pts 1 Kathy Southgate W55 12:00 0:43 11: Y 50 2 Bruce Graham M50 12:03 2:35 9: Y 49 3 Kathy Sims W60 12:09 0:00 12: Y 48 4 Katie Forestier W45 13:08 1:39 11: Y 47 5 Robbie Costmeyer M65 13:35 1:26 12: Y 46 6 Kelley Flood W50 13:49 1:13 12: Y 45 7 Jeff Grey M45 13:54 2:49 11: Y 44 8 Dale Moore M50 14:06 2:35 11: Y 43 9 Damien Kennedy M40 14:52 3:11 11: Y David Clarke M50 15:00 2:35 12: Y Tony Booth M70 15:05 0:35 14: Y Roger Pilkington M50 15:14 2:35 12: Y Amanda Walker W40 15:19 2:11 13: Y Ruth Baussmann W60 15:38 0:00 15: Y Mick Horan M50 15:40 2:35 13: Y Jim White M60 17:43 1:59 15:44 59 Y 35 60m Heat 1 M30 Mark Rossiter M40 Scott Yates M50 Leo Kennedy John Parker M65 John Payne Ian Lavering Garry Rayner W50 Sue Bourke Heat 2 M55 Nick Blackaby M75 Ray Bramwell M80 Rad Leovic W45 Gina Etienne W60 Margaret Taylor Maureen Rossiter Carmen Carlon W65 Jeanette Rayner W75 Consie Larmour W80 Gwen Gleeson Heat 3 M30 Mark Rossiter M40 Scott Yates M50 Leo Kennedy John Parker W50 Sue Bourke m M30 Mark Rossiter M40 Scott Yates M50 Leo Kennedy W50 Sue Bourke m M35 Rohan Lowry 2: M50 Angel Marina 2: Errol Neish 3: M55 Gary Bowen 2: Roger Hollis 2: M70 Tony Booth 3: Bryan Thomas 3: W50 Helen Larmour 2: W60 Maureen Rossiter 3: Track and Field 15 March 2012 W75 Cory Collins 4: m M35 Lance Purdon 10: M40 Damien Kennedy 11: M45 Steve Johnstone 10: Jeff Grey 10: M55 Michael Leahey 11: M50 Bruce Graham 10: Rod Lynch 11: Roger Pilkington 12: David Clarke 12: M65 Robbie Costmeyer 12: Ken Eynon 16: W45 Katie Forestier 11: W50 Kelley Flood 12: W55 Kathy Southgate 11:12.5*93.4 Maria O'Reilly 12: W60 Ruth Baussmann 16: m Hurdles W60 Margaret Taylor m Hurdles M35 Brett Kingston Long Jump M35 Christopher Olsen M40 Bruce Hoogendoorn M50 Anton Van Den Heever M55 Antoni Podolak Nick Blackaby M65 Garry Rayner M75 Ray Bramwell M80 Rad Leovic W45 Gina Etienne W60 Margaret Taylor W65 Jeanette Rayner W75 Consie Larmour W80 Gwen Gleeson Hammer M50 John Parker M55 Duncan Macnicol W30 Pauline Armstrong 35.15* 50.7 W45 Jayne Hardy Sharon Allen W70 Jan Banens Javelin M30 Mark Rossiter M35 Christopher Olsen M40 Bruce Hoogendoorn Scott Yates M50 John Parker Errol Neish M55 Charlie Bastecky Duncan Macnicol M65 Garry Rayner M80 Rad Leovic W30 Pauline Amstrong W45 Jayne Hardy Gina Etienne Sharon Allen W60 Carmen Carlon W70 Jan Banens Shot M35 Christopher Olsen M40 Bruce Hoogendoorn M45 Peter Baker M50 John Parker Errol Neish M55 Charlie Bastecky Duncan Macnicol W30 Pauline Armstrong W45 Jayne Hardy Gina Etienne Sharon Allen W60 Carmen Carlon W65 Trish Thomas W70 Jan Banens *ACT record. All records broken at this meet have to be ratified by the Club Statistician Neil Boden.

32 Page 32 April 2012 Vetrunner How to get there. Yellow Pages Map 50 E1.The entrance to the Nature Park is on Antill St just past the last houses in Hackett Course Description COURSE DESCRIPTION Majura 29 April am start All three out and back courses start about 50m inside the nature park fence. The track heads South East parallel to the Hackett house fences and then turns South behind the houses. This continues for about 2.3km when the courses join the main Mt Ainslie track and turn right. The turnaround point for the Frylink and Waddell courses (at 2.5km) is about 200m past this point. The short course distance is 5.0km. The Thomas course continues along the main Mount Ainslie track past the reservoir and for about 800m further to the turn around point at 5.0km. The long course distance is 10.0km. Run/Walk Handicap The Handicap sub-committee would like to thank all those members who responded to the request for new courses. All contributions were welcome and considered against our criteria. As a result of this selection process we have identified several possible replacements for existing courses as our needs arise. In other words as existing courses become unusable or unavailable to the club in the future we are now in a better position to find a suitable replacement as we have done this year with the Aranda Bushlands course replacing the Campbell Park course. This new course appears to have been well received by club members. This exercise is now completed, however, if you feel that you have new suggestions regarding possible new courses please do not hesitate to inform this committee. Regards Tony Fenotti for Handicap Sub-committee

33 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 33 Please check with organisers to confirm details especially for non ACTVAC events April 2012 Tue Apr 3 World Masters Indoor, Jyväskylä, Finland Wed Apr 4 World Masters Indoor, Jyväskylä, Finland Thu Apr 5 World Masters Indoor, Jyväskylä, Finland Fri Apr 6 World Masters Indoor, Jyväskylä, Finland Fri Apr 6 AMA Track and Field Championships, Melbourne Sat Apr 7 AMA Track and Field Championships, Melbourne Sat Apr 7 World Masters Indoor, Jyväskylä, Finland Sun Apr 8 AMA Track and Field Championships, Melbourne Sun Apr 8 World Masters Indoor, Jyväskylä, Finland Mon Apr 9 AMA Track and Field Championships, Melbourne Sun Apr 15 9am Throws Pentathlon Masson Street Turner Sun Apr 15 Canberra Marathon Sat Apr 28 1pm Throwing Handicap Masson Street Turner. Shot and Discus Sat Apr 29 9am ACTVAC Run/ Walk Handicap Majura 10km/5km May 2012 Weekly, Bi-Weekly and Monthly Events Please check with organisers to confirm details ACTVAC General Committee Meetings monthly on the second Wednesday of the month at Belconnen Soccer Club, Belconnen Way, Hawker at 7.00pm. Contact Secretary Graham Burke on (h). ACTVAC Monthly Weight Pentathlons at 9am at Masson Street, Turner Contact Jayne Hardy Customs Joggers meet every Friday at Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park at 12.15pm. Nick Blackaby (h) (w). Lake Tuggeranong Stakes every Tuesday on the lake edge near KFC at 12.20pm. Peter Thomson (m) BBQ Stakes Handicap every Wednesday from the Senior Citizens Club in Woden at 12.20pm. Adrian Plunkett YCRC Women s and Girls Jogalong at Weston Park on the first Sunday of the month at 9am. Lake Ginninderra Handicap, last Tuesday of the month, from outside the Lighthouse Bar at 12.20pm. Simon Wall Mount Ainslie Run Up, first Tuesday of the month, from Treloar Crescent behind the War Memorial at 12.45pm. John Harding Black Mountain Run Up held on the third Tuesday each month at 12.45pm, Clunies Ross St, 100m east of Botanic Gardens Entrance. John Harding Sun May 13 10am Heavy Weight Pentathlon Masson Street Turner Thu May 17 12:30pm ABS Fun Run Sat May 19 YCRC Half Marathon Eve 5km Sun May 20 8:30am YCRC Half Marathon Sat May 26 1pm Throwing Handicap Masson Street Turner. Hammer and Javelin Sun May 27 9am ACTVAC Run/ Walk Handicap, West Stromlo 7.5km/4km June 2012 Sat Jun 16 ACT Cross Country Championships, incl. Vets cross country (tba) Sun Jun 17 10am Throws Pentathlon Masson St Turner Sat Jun 23 8am YCRC Mulligans/ Goorooyaroo Half Marathon Horse Park Drive Gungahlin Sat Jun 23 1pm Throwing Handicap Masson St Turner. Shot and Discus Sun Jun 24 9am ACTVAC Run/ Walk Handicap Mt Ainslie 9.4km/4.5km JOIN A TRAINING GROUP IMPROVE YOUR FITNESS Groups of masters athletes conduct training sessions around Canberra. To train with any one of the groups you should contact the group coordinator listed. It s always fun to train with others, to share skills and knowledge. Runners, throwers, jumpers and walkers of all levels are welcome. John Bell: Deep water training at the AIS pool (m) Val Chesterton: Strength, Speed & General Fitness for runners, jumpers & walkers, Calwell Playing Fields, Fridays 9am , 8.30am in summer. Katherine Fitzpatrick: FIT (Females In Training). Tuesdays 12.15pm at the AIS Track Fran Harris: Strength, sprints and hurdles training at the AIS track (h) John Hunt: Jumps. Sundays, 11:00am at the AIS track (w) Roy Jones. Marathon training (h) Chris Lang: Long distance pack runs. Sundays, 9:00am (8:00am November thru February) Stromlo Forest Park when no ACTVAC events are scheduled. Saturdays 7:00am in summertime at Treloar Crescent Campbell. 7:30am in wintertime at Cotter Reserve (h), (w) Geoff Moore: Middle and long distance training. Mondays 5.30pm at Parliament House underground car park. Thursdays April thru September 5:30 pm at Dickson Oval, Antill Street. Saturdays 8:00am at Acton Ferry Terminal (all hours) Brad Osborn: Sprints and Hurdles training. Saturdays 10:00am at the AIS when no other track meets Greg Stretton: Middle distance training. Sundays except long weekends, 9.00am, Grammar School, corner of Mugga Way / Flinders Way (h), (w) Raine Thompson: Race and fitness walking. Mondays, 5:30pm, Parliament House underground car park (h) Tuesday group : long distance running and walking. Tuesdays 9:00am at Black Mountain Peninsula (8:30am in summer).

34 Page 34 April 2012 Vetrunner ACT Veterans Athletic Club - Renewal and New Membership 2012 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 secure. Go to 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 Option 3 - cash 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 this option, complete this form with your credit card details, sign and post to: ACTVAC, GPO Box 2356, Canberra City ACT How did you find out about ACTVAC? Friend Website Newspaper Other (specify).... Payment details Visa MasterCard Card no: Exp Name on card: Signature: / Membership type Single new membership December 2012 $38.00 Double new membership to December 2012 $62.00 Single Renewal to December 2012 $38.00 Double Renewal to December 2012 $62.00 Privacy The Club regards the privacy of members as very important, and only uses members' personal details for managing the Club's business. See click on Constitution/Reports, then click on ACTVAC Policies, then Privacy Policy. Membership Rights and Responsibilities In submitting this membership form, I acknowledge my rights and responsibilities as set out in the Club's Constitution and I agree to act in accordance with Club s conditions of membership and policies as presented on the club s website ( click on Constitution/Reports then ACTVAC Policies ). Member details Please complete if using Options 2, 3 or 4 Member 1 First name Family name Membership no. Date of birth / / Street Suburb State & Postcode Phone day Phone night Mobile: Gender Male Female EMERGENCY CONTACT: NAME:. RELATIONSHIP:. Contact No. Member 2 (complete only for double membership) First name Family name Street Suburb Membership no. State & Postcode Date of birth / / Phone day Phone night Mobile: Gender The Club provides Vetrunner electronically through the club s website ( You will receive an each month with a link that will take you to the Vetrunner page. If you wish to receive a hard copy Vetrunner please tick here Male Female

35 April 2012 Vetrunner Page 35 Air-mailman Strain shows in the last 200 metres Tailenders Tailends Where a good day is workfree