The Waratah. Peter Crombie. Lenore Lambert ATHLETES OF THE YEAR. Official Newsletter of NSW Masters Athletics

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1 Official Newsletter of NSW Masters Athletics The Waratah March 2017 ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Peter Crombie 1 Lenore Lambert

2 Clockwise from top left: Baden White, Audrey Muscat, Kimber Rothwell, Michael Johnson, David Kennedy, Annika Milne, M60 60m. M Walker Cover photo and design: M Walker Photo of Peter: G Dahl 2

3 NSWMA COMMITTEE 2016/2017 Position Name Phone President Mark Johnston Vice President Audrey Thompson Hon. Secretary Stuart Paterson Treasurer Anatoly Kirievsky Registrar Gabi Watts Records Peter Murray Uniforms Belinda Wescott Website Donna Hiscox Editor Margaret Walker Field Rep Stuart Gyngell Track Rep Kathleen Cook The masters state titles have just concluded, virtually bringing to an end the summer season for 2016/2017. Despite inclement weather there was a good turnout, I barely managed a parking spot in Carter St on Saturday. For the first time we offered some live streaming of track events and I d especially like to thank Amanda Coombe for generously giving up her time to provide excellent commentary for the sprints. A number of members will be continuing on to Daegu, South Korea for the World Indoor Championships and best of luck to those going. No doubt some will continue to train for the AMA Nationals to be held in June. The NSWMA annual presentation dinner was held on Saturday 4th March at Dooleys Silverwater Club. Fifty five people booked for this event. This was an experiment to gauge if holding the event during the masters state titles would work. We also experimented in dispensing with the slide show of nominees but feedback from members indicated this was not a success. Also some nominees were omitted from the announcements for which we sincerely apologise. See elsewhere in this newsletter for a full list of nominees and winners. Masters were included once again in the Sydney Track Classic, which is excellent news, however there The Presidential Address 3 were communication problems with ANSW which resulted in the committee only being advised officially about the event the day before entries closed. I expect next year will be better organised. There have been some delays in updating our website as a result of Donna Hiscox taking over from Janie Carter as website and publicity coordinator. I d like to thank Janie for her excellent work over the past couple of years and expect Donna will soon have the website up to date. As part of the One Sport initiative we are now part of a joint working party with Athletics NSW and Little Athletics NSW investigating ways and means of working more closely and harmoniously together. This will be a three to four year process and the committee will provide feedback as and when the various milestones are achieved. As always the committee likes to get members feedback on issues and the various things we trial. You can do this via our Facebook page or directly via to any committee member or even by attending the AGM in June. Especially valuable is feedback on the revamped ANSW summer season, the state titles, timing of the awards event and live streaming. Mark

4 NSW Masters Championships SOPAC 4-5 March 2017 The NSW Masters Championships were held at Sydney Olympic Park, 4-5 March. Whether it was the fallout from Perth, the saturated skies, or those Masters who had competed in the NSW State Championships having a rest, numbers were down in some age groups. However, in the face of Saturday s rolling downpours Masters camaraderie prevailed and I can honestly say I didn t speak to a single miserable person, just a lot of wet ones. At least the weather reports were accurate and we were able to come prepared. Live streaming was a new feature this year accessed through NSW Masters Athletics Facebook page. Observant athletes may have noticed the camera provided by ANSW in the top of the stand above the southern corner of Competitian Management (where Stuart Gyngell sat dry all day with a wonderful view of the track - half his luck). The microphone was a metre below the camera on the concrete step. Thanks to Mark Johnston, Peter Murray and Amanda Coombe for organising and staffing it. Amanda s sports commentary received many compliments. And where would we be without our officials? A huge thank you to the small army of staff who stood out in the rain for two days with nothing but helpful advice on their lips and smiles on their faces. Full results can be found at: Results.pdf I will take a few lines to comment on what I saw. Saturday proved a busy day for sprinters. Contrary to custom 100m and 200m were both held on Saturday within three hours of each other but there were, nevertheless, some very quick performances in the men. Sub 12 second times in the 100m were run by M30 Billy Splidas, 11.51, M35 Piyush Kumar, 11.72, and M40 Ashley McMahon, The fastest 200m of the day was run by Jay Stone from Armidale at Jay ran at Country Championships on page 12. Notable clashes in the women s sprints commenced in the W35 with Natasha Hughes and Annika Milne swapping first and second in the 100m and 200m respectively. W40 Monique Perry and Nicole Robinson battled it out for first and second in the same races, and in the W45 200m Lenore Lambert and Janelle Delaney shared Jackie Bezuidenhout and Gianna Mogentale ran a very exciting 100m for first and second, which brings me to my own age group, 4 W55, where times were a second slower than normal in some cases - showing the difference a strong head makes: -3.8 in the 100m and -3.6 in the 200m. The driving rain proved too much for competitors in the long hurdles. The women competitors were reduced to two, Cassie Dege. who ran a courageous 400m hurdles by herself, and Robyn Suttor in the 300m with the men. The 800m was similarly afflicted, most competitors finishing the two laps completely saturated. From my eclectic selection of long jumpers I watched David Kennedy of Woolgoolga leaped an excellent 4.73m to win the M60 long jump. The women s W30 long jump was won by jitka Hiscox who leapt 5.28m. This spurred me on to look at all the long jump results noting that Liz Lobb, Jaime Lovell, Annika Milne, Leah Kennedy, Alice Bohdan and Jennifer Bishop all jumped further than 4m, which I would like to do one day when I get around to practising. (Note from last issue, I haven t done so yet.) I arrived on Sunday morning in time to watch Cheryl Webb win the W m walk in 26:30:93 having won the NSW Open in 25:05.57 the week before. The walks continue to be very popular with Masters. My photos of the event are on NSWMA Facebook. The M30 high jump was won by Sam Raymond of NSWMA whom I watched leap 1.75m. Laurie Downing M50, also from Masters, cleared 1.55m which was the same height cleared by Jitka Hiscox in the W30. I didn t watch the triple jump but note these women jumped over 9m; Jaime Lovell W , Alice Bohdan W m, Jennifer Bishop W The best men s were: Michael Laws M , Stuart Guthrie M , David Kellet M , Andrew Cassin M I didn t see many throws. However, looking at the results, Andrew Kohlrusch threw a magnificent 43.24m in the javelin, Gavin Murray, in shot and for weight, Martin Harland for discus and for hammer. These were the best male throws of the weekend. (I m not age grading them. I m simply looking at the wow factor.) The furthest distances for the women were: Shot and javelin, Jitka Hiscox, and respectively, discus, Sharyn Dickson, 37.03, and hammer Melissa Holahan, who also won weight throw at Editor

5 Vale Janet Munro 1 July March 2017 From top: Natasha Hughes, Julie Peksis, Monique Perry wins the W40 100m M Walker Janet passed away from a stroke on the 9th March, and will be very sorely missed in the NSW and the Australian athletics officiating community. She always had a positive attitude that rubbed off onto the many officials she mentored throughout her twenty years of officiating athletics events across the state, and officiated at a high level herself at National and International athletics events. 5

6 NSWMA Awards 4 March 2017 In determining the awards the committee use the following methods. For Best at Country & State awards we use a points based system where an athlete is awarded 10 points for a first place, 9 for a second place etc. For the discipline awards we take into account primarily wins at state, national and world level together with records set at any of those levels. Clearly a win or record at world level is judged more significant than at national or state level. Where two or more athletes appear to have roughly equal achievements age-graded percentage tables and/ or head to head results, if applicable, are used to determine a winner. AWARD RESULTS BASED ON PERFORMANCES IN 2016 President s Award: Stuart Gyngell Stuart is a long-time member of NSW Masters Athletics and has been a champion athlete since his youth. He wins this award for his otustanding advocacy for the throws events and for his efforts in winning the Australian (AMA) Winter Throws Championships for NSW. J & J TROPHEY: Ron Simcock This is awarded to the athlete with the highest combined point score at the State Throws Pentathlon Championships. Athletes can only win this award once in each age category. NEWCOMER of the YEAR: Jitka Hiscox This is awarded to an athlete for their performances in their first full season at master s athletics. W30 AMA 1st Long Jump (record), High Jump W30 NSWMA 1st Long Jump, High Jump M Walker MARCUS TOOLEY SPIRIT OF MASTERS AWARD: Gavin Murray This is awarded to a member considered to embody the true spirit of Masters Athletics. 6

7 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES WOMEN: Jitka Hiscox Lenore Lambert (winner) June Lowe Vicki Townsend Melissa Holahan Belinda Martin Heather Lee Graeme Dahl NOMINEES MEN: Ashley McMahon Peter Crombie (winner) Jamie Muscat Michael Laws BEST AT STATE TITLES: Melissa Holahan, 130pts and Michael Laws, 114 pts. M Walker BEST AT COUNTRY TITLES: Melissa Holahan, 104 pts and Ken Stubbs, 95 pts. Photo courtesy Ken Stubbs 7

8 EVENTS AWARDS SPRINTS/HURDLES Nominees : Julie Forster Paula Moorhouse Sally Stagles Aanika Milne Janelle Delaney Nominees : Ashley McMahon Brian Sharpe Todd Devery Trevor Young Winner: Lenore Lambert W45 WMA 1st 400m Hurdles, 2nd 80m Hurdles, 400m W45 AMA 1st 60m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 80m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles NSWMA 1st 80m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles (record), 60m, 200m, 400m, 3rd 100m Winner: Peter Crombie M70 WMA 1st 100m, 200m, 400m M70 AMA 1st 100m, 200m, =1st 100m Champion of Champions M70 NSWMA 1st 60m, 100m, 200m Record: NSWMA 400m MIDDLE DISTANCE Nominees : Belinda Martin Rosemary Roediger Deborah Drennan Winner: Robyn Basman W55 WMA 1st 1500m, 4th 800m, Nominees : David McEwan James Costello Phil Saunders Donald Mathewson Winner: Brett Halls M35 WMA 3rd 1500m M35 AMA 1st 1500m M35 NSWMA 1st 1500m DISTANCE Nominees : Hideko Sato-Fraser Lauren Hamilton Angela Carpini Anna Fitzgerald Belinda Martin Nominees : Christopher Dwyer Heiko Schaefer Raymond Wareham Winner: Robyn Basman WMA 1st half marathon (record), 2nd 5000m Donald Mathewson: (winner) M70 WMA 2nd 5000m, 4th Half Marathon M70 NSWMA 1st 5000m 8

9 CROSS COUNTRY Nominees : Belinda Martin (winner) Angela Carpini Rosemary Roediger Nominees : Heiko Schaefer David Riches David McEwan WALKS Nominees : Anne Weekes Cheryl Webb Winner: Belinda Martin W40 WMA 1st 8km CC (record) Winner: Donald Mathewson M70 WMA 1st 8km CC Winner: Heather Lee W85 WMA 1st 10000m Walk, 2nd 5000m Walk W85 AMA 1st 1500m Walk, 5000m Walk, 10km Road Walk Nominees : John West Robert Osborne Winner: Jim Seymon M75 AMA 1st 5000m Walk, 10km Road Walk, 2nd 1500m Walk M75 NSWMA 1st 5000mWalk JUMPS Nominees : Christine Shaw Jitka Hiscox Montse Ros Aanika Milne Vicki Townsend Winner: Lenore Lambert W45 WMA 2nd Long Jump, 3rd High Jump Nominees : Christopher Clegg Shaun Fletcher Vlodomyr Shelever John Searle Winner: Nick Moroney M40 WMA 2nd High Jump Photo Athletics NSW 9

10 THROWS Nominees : Audrey Muscat Gabriele Watts Kelly Hunter June Lowe Winner: Mary Thomas (winner) W65 WMA 1st Discus, Hammer, 2nd Shot, Javelin, Weight (+1st Pent Throws) W65 AMA 1st Discus, Hammer, Javelin 2nd Shot, Weight (+1st Pent Throws) W65 NSWMA 1st Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot, Weight Nominees : Noel Donohoe Ricard Meiring Ron Simcock Martin Harland Brett Sowerby Winner: Jamie Muscat M35 WMA 1st Hammer, Weight, 2nd Shot, 4th Discus M35 AMA 1st Weight, Hammer, 2nd Shot, Discus, 4th Javelin, 2nd Pent Throws, Hammer Champion of Champions M35 NSWMA 1st Hammer,2nd Discus, Shot, Weight, 2nd Javelin Phil Frkovic MULTIS/RELAY Nominees : Douglass,Forster,Mogentale,Suttor Gabriele Watts Jill Taylor June Lowe Vicki Townsend Lenore Lambert Winner: Jitka Hiscox W30 AMA 1st Pent Field, (record) Open ANSW 2nd Heptathlon (record) Nominees : Ashley McMahon Michael Laws Devery,Murray,Sharpe,Young Winner: Peter Murray M55 WMA 3rd Decathlon M55 AMA 1st Decathlon (record), Pent Field Record: M55 NSWMA Decathlon (twice) 10

11 Club Championships, SOPAC 17/18 December 2016 The second Club Championships for 2016 appeared down on numbers from the first which were held in January. ANSW extended the closing date for entries by two days to encourage those distracted by the frantic bustle that brings the year to its close to make up their minds in favour of athletics. masters athletes from seventeen clubs and men from twenty-eight battled it out through heat one day and cold the next. As one of those still standing at the end of competitian, I should add that, rugged up and shivering as we were and the evening coming on fast, the atmosphere of Christmas in July nevertheless prevailed and everyone was becoming quite festive and not competitive at all. Editor Below are the point scores for the top ten teams: WOMEN 1 UTS Mingara Epping Cherrybrook Sydney Pacific Blue Mtns Mounties Athletics East Illawong Wollongong Gosford 90 MEN 1 NSWMA UTS Asics West Mingara Hills Epping Ryde Athletics East Sydney Striders Blacktown 146 The points won by the first three clubs from January give some idea of the slump in numbers: WOMEN MEN 1 UTS Mingara SydPac NSWMA Epping UTS 560 Below from left: Deborah Engeler, M50 800m Brad Sharpe, Trevor Young, Georg Herger and Kevin Chamberlain, W50 800m Sally Hunt. MWalker 11

12 NSW Masters Athletes at the NSW Country Championships, January 2017 Dubbo Athletics Oval, Barden Park SHOT PUT 1 Hunter, Kelly 11.13m 2 Holahan, Melissa 10.20m 2 Carter, Janie 8.43m 3 Myers, Cheri 7.55m 4 Robinson, Nicole 7.41m 1 Watson, Lisa 11.40m 2 Townsend, Vicki 9.91m 4 Mogentale, Gianna 7.48m 6 Carlin, April 6.23m 2 Van Bockel, Adriana 5.85m 1 Thomas, Mary 7.71m 1 Connors, William 9.17m 2 Sutton, Stuart 10.00m 1 Carter, Geoff 9.89m 3 Provenzano, Alan 9.24m 4 Hampton, Gary 8.53m 5 Daly, Mick 8.22m 4 West, John 7.30m 2 Sowerby, Brett 8.46m 3 Rix, Brian 6.76m HAMMER 1 Holahan, Melissa 46.97m 2 Hunter, Kelly 28.37m 1 Watson, Lisa 27.10m 3 Mogentale, Gianna 21.15m 1 Van Bockel, Adriana 22.72m 2 Clarke, Kate 20.46m 1 Thomas, Mary 27.62m 1 Connors, William 27.89m 1 Sutton, Stuart 29.55m 2 Ward, Richard 28.24m 4 West, John 17.74m 2 Sowerby, Brett 23.55m 3 Rix, Brian 17.39m DISCUS 1 Connors, William 24.68m 1 Sutton, Stuart 34.78m 1 Carter, Geoff 32.17m 2 Provenzano, Alan 31.04m 3 Hampton, Gary 22.69m 3 West, John 21.59m 1 Sowerby, Brett 27.89m 4 Rix, Brian 20.11m 1 Hunter, Kelly 42.63m 2 Holahan, Melissa 31.51m 1 Carter, Janie 26.74m 1 Townsend, Vicki 27.17m 2 Watson, Lisa 25.13m 4 Flynn, Rina 17.93m 5 Peksis, Julie 17.37m 7 Mogentale, Gianna 14.49m 1 Clarke, Kate 19.97m 2 Van Bockel, Adriana 16.77m 1 Thomas, Mary 20.50m 12 JAVELIN 1 Connors, William 35.29m 4 Papalexion, George 32.36m 1 Provenzano, Alan 38.24m 2 Carter, Geoff 36.23m 4 Hampton, Gary 29.83m 3 West, John 25.19m 2 Appleton, John 27.69m 4 Rix, Brian 21.69m 1 Pilkington, Katie 31.00m 2 Hunter, Kelly 27.05m 4 Holahan, Melissa 20.55m 1 Carter, Janie 23.21m 2 Myers, Cheri 17.36m 1 Watson, Lisa 23.32m 2 Mogentale, Gianna 21.79m 3 Townsend, Vicki 19.17m 1 Clarke, Kate 17.93m 2 Van Bockel, Adriana 13.58m 1 Thomas, Mary 20.30m

13 100m 5 Holahan, Melissa Robinson, Nicole Myers, Cheri Carter, Janie Mogentale, Gianna Douglass, Lynda Carlin, April Townsend, Vicki Peksis, Julie Mead, Annette Stone, Jay Kidd, Andrew Papalexion, George Carter, Geoff Provenzano, Alan Daly, Mick Lamb, John Wall, John McIntyre, Neville m 4 Carter, Janie Myers, Cheri Mogentale, Gianna Douglass, Lynda Carlin, April Townsend, Vicki Peksis, Julie Stone, Jay Kidd, Andrew Papalexion, George Carter, Geoff Provenzano, Alan Daly, Mick Lamb, John Wall, John McIntyre, Neville Rix, Brian m 1 Bennett, Leigh Stone, Jay Kidd, Andrew Fuller, Ben Papalexion, George 1: Carter, Geoff Hampton, Gary 1: Lamb, John 1: McIntyre, Neville 1: Rix, Brian 1: Holahan, Melissa 1: Myers, Cheri 1: Mogentale, Gianna 1: Carlin, April 1: Douglass, Lynda 1: Peksis, Julie 1: Flynn, Rina 1: m 3 Trimboli, Melanie-anne 2: Mogentale, Gianna 2: Peksis, Julie 3: Flynn, Rina 3: Kidd, Andrew 2: White, Simon 2: Houghton, David 2: Conyers, Mark 2: Rix, Brian 3: m 1 O Brien, Earl 4: Fuller, Ben 4: Houghton, David 5: Conyers, Mark 5: Rix, Brian 7: Trimboli, Melanie-anne 6: Peksis, Julie 6: Flynn, Rina 7: m run 1 Rix, Brian, 76 15: Peksis, Julie, 58 14:

14 SHORT HURDLES 1 Provenzano, Alan Lamb, John Milne, Aanika Robinson, Nicole Townsend, Vicki LONG HURDLES 1 Milne, Aanika 1:08.85 STEEPLECHASE 3000m 1 White, Simon 11: m 1 Conyers, Mark 8: Rix, Brian 11: m 2 Holahan, Melissa 13: m WALK 1 West, John 20: White, Baden 23:55.66 HIGH JUMP 1 Holahan, Melissa 1.25m 2 Hunter, Kelly 1.25m 1 Townsend, Vicki 1.28m 2 Connors, William 1.25m 1 Provenzano, Alan 1.35m TRIPLE JUMP 2 Holahan, Melissa 8.09m 1 Robinson, Nicole 9.15m 1 Mogentale, Gianna 9.38m 2 Townsend, Vicki 8.69m 2 Lamb, John 8.94m LONG JUMP 1 Provenzano, Alan 5.10m 2 Daly, Mick 3.62m 3 Hampton, Gary 3.60m 1 Milne, Aanika 4.96m 3 Holahan, Melissa 3.75m 1 Carter, Janie 3.92m 1 Mogentale, Gianna 4.33m 2 Townsend, Vicki 4.03m POLE VAULT Open 2 Ros, Montse 2.70m Open, 1 Tyler, William 2.70m JAMES CONSTANTINE is currently looking for valuable, experienced, athletics-loving individuals to assist in the delivery of this year s 2017 Athletics Australia Championships SOPAC 26 March 2 April If you are interested and would like to find out more information, please contact James at jamesconstantine@nswathletics.org.au, or give him a call on (extension 1). 14

15 The Hybrid Athlete Run/Jump/Throw, Measure/Record/Retrieve James Constantine When someone who loves athletics thinks about their sport, athletes and figures come to mind. For me, I think of the Usain Bolts, the Hicham El Guerroujs, the Mike Powells and the Jan Železnýs. I know the numbers 9.58 seconds, 3 minutes seconds, 8.95 metres, and metres that they have achieved. But what I haven t thought about before late last year was where these numbers come from. Who is responsible for letting us marvel at these phenomenally talented people through the performances that they achieve? And what would the sport be without the people who aren t seen? Let s now look at athletics at a slightly more local level last weekend s NSW Masters Championships. The person who called your name, who looked at your take-off foot on the board, who raked and smoothed the pit, who measured your distance and who recorded the distance down she wasn t wearing a light blue shirt for the whole weekend. In fact, there s a chance she was in the lane next to you in the 60-metre dash, walked into the hammer circle immediately after you walked out, or was shouting encouragement for you at any point in time during the duration of the weekend. I caught up with this woman, Maria Cimino from UTS Norths, to have a chat about why she takes this approach to athletics and how it s benefited her experience of both NSW Master s and Athletics New South Wale s competitions over the previous Summer season. When and how did you get involved with athletics? I used to do athletics in high school and loved it. At age 41, I met a friend who was doing athletics, which motivated me to stop playing softball and to take up athletics again. What has been your favourite aspect of this weekend s NSW Masters Championships competition? Being able to compete and officiate. Officiating helps me take my mind off my next event and gives me the satisfaction that competitors have the best help when competing. Officials Coordinator, Athletics NSW 15 What prompted you to start officiating can you explain your journey and the official/competitor hybrid that you are? As I used to love umpiring in softball, I have wanted to officiate in athletics for quite some time. Originally, you would have to attend a course in the evening and in a location, which was hard to get to in time. The course is now online, so I was able to complete the modules, and now I am officiating and learning. Do you believe that having access to both sides of the sport has enhanced your athletics experience? How? Yes, I believe it has, I have a better understand of rules and regulations, which will help me achieve my goals as a competitor and as an official. What are your goals for you developing as both an athlete and as an official in the future? Keep training in both, become a better-quality athlete and to move up into the ranks of officiating. I would love to one day officiate at the Commonwealth Games. If you were to pass on a message to NSW Masters athletes regarding becoming involved in officiating, what would that be? Just join and help. Having more officials will help meets/championships run smoother and start/finish on time which is a satisfying feeling. Kylie Strong, Alice Bohdan, Monique Perry, Maria Cimino Photo Athletics NSW If you would like to become an Athletics Australia Official, please jump onto to find out more.

16 World Male Sprint Performances Amanda Coombe A Top: Peter Crombie winning the M in Perth2016 Right: Peter with Reg Austin World Championship often brings out the best of the best and Perth was no exception, with many fine displays of athlete ability across all age groups. I guess that is the beauty of age graded tables, they offer a means to compare our performances as we age regardless of where we finish. Another way that we can measure success is by world records and others would argue that the number of medals represents longevity of success in our sport. For those readers who love to pontificate over results a tally of outdoor world men s sprint individual and relay medals has been prepared. Peter Crombie AUS 47 Stephen Peters UK 47 Reg Austin AUS 39 Guido Mueller GER 22 Steve Robbins USA 21 Bill Collins USA 21 What is apparent is that Australia s sprint legend, the late Reg Austin, has to date won more 100m and 200m sprint medals than any other male in history, 11 in the 100m and 12 in the 200m Male WMA of the Year Peter Crombie has won more 400m medals than any other male with 9. Peter Crombie has also won more world relay medals in both the 4x100m and 4x400m than any other male athlete in history with 22, ahead of Britain s 16 Graeme Dahl Amanda Coombe Stephen Peters with 19. Australia s Peter Crombie and Stephen Peters both have 47 world medals, an incredible feat of performance and longevity in anyone s language. Peter Crombie, known to many in the US as a regular competitor at the US Championships, won all 5 gold sprint medals on offer at the recent World Championships in Perth, Australia, 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m relays. He was the only person at this meet to achieve that level of performance. It is worth noting that this incredible feat has only been achieved 7 times in the history of WMA Championships since Stephen Peters is the only male athlete to achieve this in sprints and relays four times, in 2003, 2005, 2009 and Three times WMA Male Athlete of the Year, Germany s Guido Mueller, has done this twice, once in 2009 and also in As for triple individual gold, apart from those mentioned above, Bill Collins has achieved this twice in 2001 and 2007, Reg Austin in 1987 and 1991, Steve Robbins in 1995 and Stephen Peters in It appears if you have Stephen or Peter(s) in your name it helps! It is apparent that these 6 men represent the cream of World Masters sprinting over many decades and it will be interesting to see how they add to their tallies in the coming years and who is able to break world records as they move into a new age group.

17 I got to do a couple of days in the commentary box a new experience for me. Amanda Kip Hobson A huge congratulations to Mary Thomas who, since Perth 2016, has added a further three gold and three silver medals to her wonderful collection of 41 from 17 World Masters Athletics Championships. That is 16 gold, 15 silver and 10 bronze. For the first time, these included gold in the hammer throw and discus in which Mary had previously only placed. She is now the proud possessor of gold medals in every one of her six throwing events. Mary, who won six NSW Open Javelin titles between 1965 and 1982, has won or medalled in javelin in 16 out of 17 WMA Championships. In the 17th she came fourth after pulling a hamstring. Above: Neville McKintyre hands the baton to Peter, M70 4 X 400m. Below: M70 4 X 100m. Neville, Peter, John Wall and John Wight. Graeme Dahl 17

18 NSW Masters Athletes at the NSW Open Track and Field Championships SOPAC February Note: where athletes have qualified for a final or a semi-final there will be a q beside their name. In this case, I have recorded the best result of the two. Open s hurdles 10 Milne, Aanika m hurdles 14 Lambert, Lenore m 26 Hughes, Natasha q 27 Aanika Milne q 32 Monique Perry Kylie Strong Lenore Lambert Jacqualine Bezuidenhout Philippa Wight m 30 Strong, Kylie m Open 19 Janelle Delaney Stephanie Thomas m Masters 1 Lambert, Lenore Wight, Philippa Carlin, April Myers, Cherie 49 1: m 10 Cooper, Noni 34 4:38.17q 5000km walk 1 Webb, Cheryl 41 25:05.57 Discus 8 Hunter, Kelly mq Shot Put 10 Hunter, Kelly m Pole Vault 7 Ros, Montse m 100m Open 23 Ashley McMahon q 48 Rod Rushton m Masters 1 McMahon, Ashley Stone, Jay Laws, Michael Cassin, Andrew Hughes, Darren m 20 Stone, Jay m 19 Stone, Jay k Race Masters Heyden, Andrew 42 34: Davie, EJ 46 47:40.49 Riches, David 59 36:22.29 Terranova, Nicolas 59 44:15.30 Bennett, Rodney 62 53:36.85 Hammer 6 Jones, Warren m Javelin 4 Baker, Benjamin m High Jump 3 Moroney, Nick m 18

19 Congratulations to the NSW Masters athletes who have qualified for the 2017 Australian Athletics Championships SOPAC 26 March - 2 April Photos: First four: M Walker. Bottom centre: Phil Frkovic Bottom right: courtesy C Webb Clockwise from top Result AA Qualifying left standard Lenore Lambert 4oom hurdles 64:54s 65.14s Ashley McMahon 100m 10.37s 10.84s Annika Milne 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles 15.29s 64.46s 15.84s 65.14s Cheryl Webb 10,000m walk 53:30 min 58:00:00 min Jamie Muscat shot put min 14.50m Belinda Martin 1500m 4:35.10 min 4:40:00 19

20 February 2017 Dear Master Aged Athlete, I write on behalf of the Darwin Local Organising Committee to invite your Masters aged athletes to consider an entry into this year s Australian Masters Athletics Championships that will be held in Darwin over the Queen s Birthday Weekend June Athletes need to be at least 30 years of age. This is the first time the AMA Championship will be held in the Northern Territory so we are hoping that all masters aged athletes will come and enjoy the weather, the facilities and our culture. To be eligible to compete in the Australian Masters Athletics Championship you must be registered to a State or Territory Masters Association and wear their singlet. We encourage you to follow up with your own State or Territory Masters Association. The website for our event is and the closing date for registration is May 1. If you would like to learn more about Athletic NT Masters then please contact Leanne Chin at info@ntathletics.org.au or call (08) The Sage Resort is offering very reasonable accommodation rates and will be the venue for the Championships Dinner and Awards Night. Virgin are also offering 10% discount on flights. Both deals can be accessed through our event website. We also encourage you to consider arriving on the Thursday and experiencing the iconic Mindil Beach Markets before competition commences and to stay on for a Northern Territory holiday while others combat the colder winter weather of southern Australia. Kind regards John Bowden General Manager Ath.NT

21 Overseas Runs provides an array of adventures overseas to whet the appetite for any runners dream, whether following the trails through Temples sites in exotic locations in Burma or Cambodia to breathtaking runs through Unesco World Heritage listed sites in Laos and Vietnam. Together with fellow minded travelers not only do you get to enjoy visiting the sights of each destination with our professional local guides but you have the added bonus of 6-7 morning runs behind the scenes which are synonymous with its surroundings. Each tour will also provide the Ultimate Challenge in breathtaking scenery; which is for those prepared to take on our postcard half marathons. We are here to answer your questions and provide flexibility where necessary to accommodate your club or group of friends/family needs. We are here to provide you with an unforgettable adventure as we love running as much as you do and want to show you this incredible part of the World in the beginning of a Global adventure. Looking forward to running with you. Overseas Runs CEO Matthew Ford 2016 Rankings Lists Available to Everyone ( 1=2016&x2=Outdoor&x7=Sprints&x4=) They are not complete yet as we need to find & insert many performances. You can help by submitting your own ( or sending complete meet results ( The lists will be done quicker with your help. Read the newsletter for more rankings news NSWMA HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS 8-9 APRIL 2017 It will comprise the Heavy Weight Pentathlon on Saturday afternoon and the 56lb Weight Throw, 100lb Weight Throw and Weight for Distance events on Sunday morning. There will be a dinner for competitors and their accompanying people on Saturday night.

22 NSW Masters throws Pentathlon 18 February Sydney Olympic Park Note: results are in order of place and measured in metres. Hammer Shot Discus Javelin Weight Points W30 4kg 4kg 1kg 600g 9.08kg Melissa Holahan Sharyn Dickson W35 Audrey Thompson Trudi Barton Diana Photi W40 Julie Lerch Vanessa Beddie W45 Maria Cimino W50 3kg 3kg 1kg 500g 7.26kg Deborah Engeler W55 Christine Shaw Wendy Hord Ellena Cubban W60 3kg 3kg 1kg 500g 5.45kg Jill Taylor Kerrie Jones Adriana van Bockel W65 Jill Senior Judy Brown W70 Mary Thomas

23 Hammer Shot Discus Javelin Weight Points M kg 7.26kg 2kg 800g 15.88kg Michael Laws Amardeep Malik M35 Ryan Dowling Anatoly Kirievsky M45 EJ Davie M50 6kg 6kg 1.5kg 700g 11.34kg Stephen Liggins Tim McGrath M55 Peter Murray M60 5kg 5kg 1kg 600g 9.08kg Gavin Murray Robert Hanbury-Brown Lajos Joni M65 Dave Ross M70 4kg 4kg 1kg 500g 7.26kg Ken Stubbs Raminder Singh M75 Noel Donohoe Brian Rix

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