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Y f VETRUNNER
ISSN 1449-8006 Vol. 41 Issue 4 — October 2019
Patron: Dick Telford
Website: www.actmastersathletics.org.au Facebook: ACT Masters Athletics Club
The monthly magazine of the ACT Masters Athletics Club Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Please volunteer for the run/walk handicaps in 2020 at the next handicap, info. P.4
Rosemary Parker W70 300 handicaps
Rosemary Parker W70 wearing her brand new 300 handicap tee shirt.
Rosemary becomes only the seventh member to reach this milestone.
She and husband Robert are the first couple to both reach this huge
number. (Photo: Robert Kennelly)
Reporter: Bryan Thomas
Rosemary becomes the seventh person and the third
woman to achieve this milestone and because her husband
Robert completed his three hundredth in 2015 they are also
the first husband and wife team to do so.
Her first handicap was on a 10km loop within Stromlo
Forest in October 1982. Until 1989 all were in the long
course but then Rosemary was forced to take a two year
break because of several serious health issues. When she
returned in 1991 most of her efforts were in the Frylink Se-
ries but since 2010 they have been in the Waddell walk
handicap.
Apart from completing so many monthly handicaps
Rosemary has also enjoyed considerable success across all
three series and is currently the leader on the all-time list of
medallists having won a total of 32 medals - consisting of ten
gold, nine silver and twelve bronze and in 2018 she was the
winner of the Waddell Series point score. But more im-
portantly, thirty-five years earlier Rosemary was the fourth
recipient of our prestigious Encouragement Award for her
enthusiastic participation and involvement in all aspects of
the handicap program.
In 1983 when Rosemary commenced competing in
vets’ track and field she favoured the sprints and jumps but
was gradually drawn towards distance running where she
enjoyed even more success. In 2006 Rosemary and Robert
were jointly awarded the Johnson Trophy as track and field
club-persons of the season in recognition of their many years
of participation as both competitors and helpers in our sum-
mer athletics program.
Rosemary’s one and only marathon was the 1984 Fes-
tival City Marathon in Adelaide where she ran 3:18.25; a
performance that is still highly ranked on our W35 all-time
best list. Three of her many half marathons have been in our
ACT Vets’ Half Marathon in which she has also volunteered
as an official on sixteen other occasions.
Rosemary has not only been a determined competitor
throughout her long career but has, and still is, a hard-
working and efficient administrator. She served eight years
on the club committee - from 1983 to 1988 and again in 2006
and 2007. She was secretary in both1985 and 1986 and took
over as vice president mid-way through 1987 and two dec-
ades later in 2007 and 2008. During the earlier years Rose-
mary helped organise several successful dinner-dances and
other social functions as well as our annual fun run and
from 1995 to 2009 she and Robert managed our uniform
stocks and sales.
After being identified with breast cancer in 2002 Rose-
mary underwent a series of traumatic medical procedures.
With determination and gradually taking on other forms of
strenuous physical activity that included long walks, gentle
jogging, hiking and dragon boat racing she made a success-
ful comeback to athletics. Two years after the cancer scare
Rosemary was presented with another of our major annual
awards - the 2004 Heart Foundation Trophy.
Six years later she suffered an even more frightening medical
condition that caused her to retire from running and take up
fitness walking.
Rosemary is one of only a few to have been honoured
with two of our three prestigious club-person awards associ-
ated with our main competition programs – track and field
and both monthly handicaps.
In 2007 Rosemary was elected the club’s thirteenth life
member then at our 2015 AGM she and Robert were joint
recipients of the Stuart Reid Commemorative Award for their
outstanding service to the club over more than three decades.
Roger Pilkington: 200
Like many others Roger had a background in a variety
of sports such as AFL football, basketball, cricket, golf and
skiing prior to becoming an active club member.
Roger ran his first monthly handicap on the now dis-
used Hospital Jetty course in June 1991 but did not become a
regular participant until four years later. All but one have
been in the long course. Roger has enjoyed considerable suc-
cess in the handicap program having won twelve medals -
three gold, four silver and five bronze as well as winning the
annual Thomas Series point score on three occasions - in
2005, 2011 and 2014. For three years between 2005 and 2007
he was also race director of the Mt. Taylor course. Cont. p.4
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Club Supporters The Club is grateful for the generous support of the following local businesses:
National Mailing & Marketing for printing of Vetrunner, the Annual Report and other pamphlets
Garry Maher of Manuka Drafting Service for donating prizes for the King and Queen of the Mountain in
both Thomas & Frylink Series
Belconnen Soccer Club and the Ainslie Aussie Rules footy club for providing rooms for the club meet-
ings and other functions on request.
Go Troppo Fyshwick Markets for a discount on fruit for our regular athletic events and the ACTMA and National
Half Marathon Championship
The Runners Shop for discounts to members for purchases, discounted gift vouchers for the half marathon
and for providing medals at the Half Marathon.
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President’s Report
ACT MASTERS ATHLETICS “Fitness Through Fellowship”
The Vetrunner is the official Newsletter of ACTMA, ISSN 1449-8006
Postal Address: GPO Box 2356, Canberra, ACT 2601.
Patron:
Dr Dick Telford AO
President:
Shane Hutchison 0419 009 403
Vice President:
Nicole Phelps 0497 269 935
Secretary:
Suzie Gaynor 0429 812 878
Treasurer:
Leigh Harlow 0421 564 135
Registrar:
Nigel England 0477 341 333
Public Officer:
Robbie Costmeyer
Main Committee:
Kathy Sims 62547284
Ken Smith
Sub-Committee and other Contacts:
Annual Awards, Trophies and historian:
Bryan Thomas 6161 3635 (h)
Half Marathon:
Shane Hutchison 0419 009 403
Competition (Track &Field):
Roger Pilkington 0409 543 826
Marketing and Membership:
TBA
Run/Walk Handicaps Chair:
Robbie Costmeyer 0448 087 054
Handicap Rosters:
Rosemary Parker 0427 160 129
Throws Coordinator, T&F Equipment:
Jayne Hardy 0421 610 053
Member Protection Information Officers:
Sue Bourke 0408 266 183
Richard Scutter 0415 738 848
Social Events:
Sherryl Greathead 0419 013 025
Rosemary Parker 0427 160 129
Robyn Saunders 0403 808 299
Lost Property: (Run/Walk Handicaps)
Is placed in chuck wagon.
LOC Chair for AMA T&F 2021:
Chris White 6161 4481
Catering trailer: (Run/Walk Handicaps)
Rod Lynch 02 6242 071
Organizes roster for the trailer
Equipment Officer & Throws Pent:
Jayne Hardy 0421 610 053
Relays and Cross Country:
Jim White 6231 4168 (h)
Statistician and Club Records:
Nick Melhuish 0412 483 351
Uniforms:
Jayne Hardy 0421 610 053
Vetrunner Editor:
Robert Kennelly
Webmaster:
Geoff Moore
Publicity Officer:
Suzie Gaynor
Sprint Marathon Relays:
Jim White 02 6231 4168
ACTMA weekly bulletin manager
Val Chesterton [email protected]
What an exciting and proud time I had in Mackay at the
Oceania Masters Championships, joining the Australian
team with 27 ACT Masters athletes who performed
outstandingly in the hot Mackay conditions. Our club
members did us, and Australia, enormously proud.
Congratulations to everyone who competed, and especially
to those that won medals, broke records and achieved PBs. I
was made to work hard for my half marathon and
pentathlon results, especially with Melbourne based club
member, and son of Caroline Campbell, Markylee (pictured
with me). It was a great opportunity to proudly wear the
green and gold and I especially acknowledge those who
looked out for ACTMA members at the event and more
broadly in Mackay. It’s a classy show of teamwork to
support others in your club and highlights that it’s not just
about bringing home the medals, but being part of a team.
On the back of the Oceania champs, I am excited about
the summer track season that starts on Thursday 17
October (program P.21). We’ve had many enquiries from
new people keen to take up athletics again, so hopefully the
season opener will be a great night with the main
committee volunteering to get the season underway. .
We now have a seat at the board, with Jayne Hardy
elected to the board of the Australian Masters Athletics, as
well as the national competition sub-committee reviewing
competition programs. Jayne’s extensive experience at local
national and international meets will no doubt be
invaluable to shaping the future of Masters athletics in
Australia.
As most of you know, I placed a final ‘call to arms’ in the
Bulletin urging members to commit to the 2021 National
Track and Field Championships. The committee is facing an
imminent decision: whether to continue planning to host
the championships or forfeit the hosting to another state. I
have been encouraged by the support that has come forward
from members wanting to put on the best championships
yet, and to show the nation’s capital in its best light. My call
to arms was due to a low level of interest, lack of progress
and lack of support from our members to volunteer to
organise the championships. Hosting the championships
involves a significant initial financial investment on behalf
of the club in terms of venue deposits, creating a website,
promotional materials and merchandise to sell before
registrations open. Consequently, it’s not a decision we take
lightly as it effects all the club. With our low numbers of
track and field participants compared to 2013, it is possible
that almost all regular track and field participants will need
to be involved in organising or volunteering. Cont. p.4
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President’s report (cont.) Roger Pilkington: 200
MONTHLY RUN/WALK HANDICAP ROSTERS FOR 2020
Roster sheets for the 2020 Run/Walk Handicaps will be
displayed at the October and November handicaps giving
members the opportunity to choose an event to do duty
before being allocated one. Please consider taking on the
Event Organiser or Assistant Event Organiser duties. You
will be given detailed instructions on how to do this and a
member of the Handicap Sub-Committee will go over the
course with you a day or so before the event to familiarise
you will the course and identify the locations for course
markers and where course marshals are to be located.
Rosemary Parker
Continued from p.1
On the track Roger runs in most long distance races and
particularly enjoys the Adler Series and the ‘Higgins Memo-
rial 800m Handicap’ as well as the steeplechase. He has won
the Adler Series three times - in 2008, 2012 and 2018 while
last year’s ‘Higgins’ was his eighteenth participation in this
special annual event.
Perhaps his most memorable experiences in athletics
have been his participation in five WMA Indoor Champion-
ships – in 2010 at Kamloops in Canada, 2012 Jyvaskyla, Fin-
land, 2014 Budapest, 2017 Daegu, Korea and in the Polish
city of Torun earlier this year. At these indoor championship
Roger enjoys the middle distance races on the board tracks
and the half marathon that is often held in snowy conditions
outside the stadium. He returned from Daegu with a silver
medal as a member of the Australian M55 half marathon
team. Other international competitions were the 2015 Oce-
ania Championships in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and the
2016 WMA Championships in Perth.
On the road Roger has run many half marathons, in-
cluding twelve ACT Veterans’ Halves, as well as nineteen
marathons – sixteen of which were in Canberra. He set his
marathon PB of 3:18 in the 2006 Canberra Marathon and in
2015 he was one of five members who ran the picturesque
Paris Marathon. In March 2008 he took on another challenge
and successfully completed the infamous Six Foot Track
Bush Marathon in just over five and a half hours.
Roger was elected to committee in 2005 and again for
the following two years. Then in 2010 after a two year break
he again accepted a position on the committee and in 2016 he
became a key member of the Competition Sub-committee
responsible for our track and field program. In 2017 Roger
was the recipient of the Johnson Trophy as our track and
field club-person of the season.
Ken Smith: 50
Although Ken has been a member since 2000 he didn’t
make his debut in the monthly handicaps until April 2008
when he ran in the Thomas Series event at Majura. To date
all have been in the long course in which he has won one
bronze medal.
Ken has long been a regular at track and field. In ear-
lier times he was an enthusiastic all-rounder, participating
in the sprints, jumps, pole vault, hurdles and even the occa-
sional throwing event and middle distance and distance rac-
es. However, in recent years he is often too busy officiating to
participate as much as he would like.
Cont. p. 8
Ken Smith M60 50 handicaps (on left) Rosemary Parker and
Roger Pilkington M55 200 Handicaps. (Photo: John Kennedy)
Cont. from p. 3
In preparations for hosting the championships, Athletics
ACT (AACT) has offered to send a qualified official to some of
our Thursday nights to train our members in officiating. I
would encourage all who are on duty to try to gain benefit
from this generous offer. We need to learn and gain experi-
ence now so we can build officials numbers for 2021. I have
also arranged for members to gain entry experience into track
and field officials training with the AACT summer series.
ACTMA members can volunteer as an official observer and
learn from a head official and/or technical assistant without
the pressure of being relied on to get it right from the get go.
Sadly, Nick Melhuish announced he was stepping down
from the role of Records and Club Statistician and leaving the
club, so we won’t be seeing his speedy sprints anymore. I ask
that members be patient in claiming records as we train a
new Records and Club Statistician.
On another sad note, I respect Frank Kresse’s decision to
step down from the main committee and take a break from
the club, but I will miss his contributions enormously. Frank
has been a valued contributor to the main committee for the
last two years, but his knees have said no more, and his run-
ning days are done. Frank’s involvement with the club ex-
tends back to when he joined in 1995. Frank was crowned
King of the Mountain for the Frylink on three occasions
(2015, 2016 and 2018) and has done well in excess of 50
monthly handicaps. He was elected to committee in 1997 and
was leader of the Sponsorship and Marketing Team for the
1999 Australian Veterans’ Championships held in Canberra
and was an active member of the Membership Sub-
committee. He took a forced break from the club in 2002 when
he was posted to Darwin, but then re-joined on his return to
Canberra in 2015 and joined the committee again in 2018
before his current knee issues have forced him to retire from
running. I extend my heartfelt personal thanks to Frank for
his support and contributions, especially to the main commit-
tee during my presidency.
Finally I look forward to competing and seeing some of you
at the winter throws competition in Wollongong in October
or the September Run/Walk handicap, when the warmer
weather is upon us at last!
Regards
Shane Hutchison
[email protected] www.actmastersathletics.org.au
October 2019 Vetrunner — page 5
Oceania Masters Games Mackay QLD Saturday 31 August – Saturday 7 September 2019
(We am indebted to Bryan Thomas, John Reynolds, Suzie
Gaynor, Bob Banens and Jayne Hardy who provided copy and
photos of our teams great efforts at the 20th Oceania Games Ed.)
TRYING NOT TO GET SUN BURNT AT THE
OCEANIA MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Reporter Bryan Thomas; the overview
Twenty-five members participated in the XX Oceania
Masters Athletics Championships held in Mackay and
almost everyone returned with a medal as a memento of
their visit to sunny tropical North Queensland during the
lingering winter of Canberra. Our contingent included
several partners and friends and other family members even
a couple of grandchildren.
Throwers – Bob Banens M70, Janice Banens W75,
Suzie Gaynor W50 (also pentathlon), Sharon Gibbins W60
(also sprints), Ray Green M75, Jayne Hardy W55, Pauline
McCallum W40, John Reynolds M75, Raylea Rudov W75
(also an official) and Jeanette Williamson W75.
Sprinters – Sue Bourke W55, Mark Campbell M45 (also
jumps, pole vault and pentathlon), Cory Collins W80, Fran
Dewsbury W40 (also celebrating her seventeenth wedding
anniversary with husband Will), Gwen Gleeson W90, Leigh
Harlow M40, Fran Harris W75 (also jumps and throws),
Jeanette Rayner W70, Marlene Reid W60 (also jumps),
Maureen Rossiter W65, Raylea Rudov W75 and Margaret
Taylor W70 (also jumps and pentathlon).
Distance – Caroline Campbell W75 (also jumps, throws
and pentathlon), Shane Hutchison M45 (also pentathlon)
and Kathy Sims W65.
Walks – Bryan Thomas M75 (also distance).
Officials – Raylea Rudov (throws) and Geoff Sims
(track).
Jayne and Margaret were our most successful
competitors each winning four individual gold medals.
Caroline, Ray, Marlene, Kathy and Bryan won three each
while many others had the privilege of standing on the top
and other positions of the podium on a number of occasions.
Eighteen nations/islands were represented but several
could hardly be classified as Oceanic! As is normally the case
Australia and New Zealand were the dominant teams but
the islands of Oceania had their best combined
representation in the history of these championships that
began in Suva in 1982. The island nations were Cook
Islands, Fiji, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island,
PNG, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu. A handful of athletes
came from the Czech Republic, India, UK and the USA while
a larger group were from the mystical Asian landlocked
country of Mongolia.
Competitors ranged in age from 30 year olds to a couple
of gold medal winning Aussie nonagenarian sprinters – M95
Jim Sinclair and our own W90 Gwen Gleeson. However, the
M85 sprinter from Mongolia was the stand-out senior citizen
easily winning the 60, 100 and 200m. So dominant was he
and his youthful looking athletic body that some spectators
were overheard to jokingly suggest that he must have forged
his birth certificate.
The championships seemed to run well and the officials
were friendly and efficient. Most events had sufficient
participants to ensure that the medallists had to perform
well in order to appear on the podium – this was especially
true in the sprints and throws. However, the lack of a
printed program was missed – it made it difficult for
interested persons to know who the competitors were and
when they were competing unless you scrolled through many
digital pages of information. It could have been partially
alleviated by posting each day’s program on the wall of the
official’s building as was done for the throwing events. In
fact such a program was posted on the afternoon of the
second day but unfortunately was overlooked for most of the
remainder of the week. The same criticism could be made of
the tardiness in posting copies of results early in the week –
the number of interested persons scanning the result pages
when posted indicates their popularity.
All the venues were excellent. Track and field facilities at
the brand new Mackay Aquatic and Recreation Complex
were very good for competition but the comfort of spectators
was poor due to limited seating and insufficient shaded
areas. Why the person or persons responsible for designing
the administrative building overlooking the track decided
not to incorporate a urinal in the male toilet is baffling. On
the other hand the cool and shady area adjacent to the
excellent cafe at the swimming pool complex was a welcome
place to rest and socialise. The 10km road walk was
conducted early in the morning along the breakwater at the
Mackay Marina. It is one of the most attractive race-walk
courses on which I have ever participated – so on a free day I
returned to the Marina and casually strolled along it again
but this time paying more attention to the surroundings!
The cross-country, also an early morning start, was held on
the Black Springs Golf Course. Both the 6 and 8km events
were run concurrently on a gently rolling 2km grass track
within the golf course. Cont. p.6
Below; Margaret Taylor W70 , our most successful runner,
jumper in Mackay, winning the hurdles. Far below; Jayne
Hardy W55, our most successful thrower with five gold medals
and an Oceania record in the weight throw, on the podium for
the Hammer presentations. (photos Bob Banens)
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Oceania Masters Games Mackay (cont. from p. 5)
The official dinner held at the North Mackay Bowling Club was an enjoyable evening. It was an opportunity to get out of competition gear and socialise with other athletes and friends. ACT athlete Bob Banens was presented with a spe-cial commemorative pin for his many years of service to Oce-ania Masters Athletics. A highlight of the night was a report by Norfolk Island representatives on the promised delights of attending the next Oceania Championships and the fun of competing on an old fashioned grass track on their beautiful little island in January 2021 - only eighteen months away. This will be the third occasion Norfolk Island has hosted the championships having previously successfully done so in 1992 and 2000.
Some local fauna made a hit at the championships. Any time you visited the athletics venue it was possible to see a pair of wedge tail eagles circling high above but one after-noon a cane toad was bold enough to hop onto the track just before the 60m sprinters were due to come hurtling down. Fortunately, a brave spectator was able to remove the un-wanted intruder by forcing it into a plastic bag and taking it away. Some of the Canberra contingent had close encounters with the local animal world. While entertaining her grand-children at the Botanical Gardens Caroline Campbell came face to face with a python that suddenly dropped from an over-hanging tree. On another occasion our group of champi-on women sprinters were enjoying lunch at the Marina and keeping an eye on the ever-present hungry sea gulls when a large inquisitive goanna emerged from the nearby rock wall to show off its beautiful body.
The AGM of Oceania Masters Athletics was held during the championships and as Lynne Schickert (WA) had served her maximum three terms as president an election for the position was necessary and David Lobb from the Cook Is-lands was chosen as its new leader.
The championships in Mackay were enjoyable and a suc-cess so now we should think of visiting Norfolk Island in January 2021 to participate in the XXI OMA Champion-ships.
Bryan Thomas
Reporter John Reynolds; throwers perspective Ten throwers from the club made a big impact on the
Oceania Masters championships in Mackay, winning a total of thirty one medals including eleven gold. Most successful was Jayne Hardy who won five gold & a bronze. Ray Green & Bob Banens were the next most successful with each win-ning two gold medals. The other gold medallists were Jan Banens & Sharon Gibbins. Two ACT records fell during the competition. Bob Banens raised the M70 javelin record to 35.02 & Ray Green set a new record in the throws pentath-lon with a total of 3525 points. Warm conditions for the sev-en days of competition suited the throwers after coming from a cold Canberra winter. Almost 400 competitors took part in the event which was held on a new track. (below; results from John)
Reporter Suzie Gaynor; newbie perspective What an eye opener the Oceania Masters Champion-ships were for me, as a relative newbie to athletics, and my first international meet. I have toddled around the track on Thursday nights, and tossed the odd piece of equipment, not realizing the calibre of the people beside me who can hold their own on the world stage! At Mackay, I realized the abso-lute champions that we have in our club, and was humbled to know I have been competing alongside and receiving help from cracking international champions! Their world rank-ings easily go unnoticed at a club meet, as you only know they are exceedingly better than yourself (which was not hard as a newbie), but to see them throw, jump and run far better than all others in their age groups in the international arena was a total eye opener and made me extremely proud of the club! The medal Tally for 26+ ACT Masters members of the Australian team was huge. With a few records broken (see results on this page and p.9) and every effort was awe inspiring. Congratulations to all and thankyou for your kind-ness and support in my first international meet, from which I proudly have a shiney new bronze medal to remind me.
Oceania Masters championships at Mackay
Age Ham Shot Dis Jav Wt T Pent
Bob Banens M70 36.69 2 10.90 3 34.99 1 35.02 1 14.72 2 2460 2
Jan Banens W75 27.14 3 7.49 3 16.48 4 15.30 3 11.21 1 3723 3
Pauline McCallum W40 30.61 1 16.04 5 22.11 2 8.92 1 1982 3
Susie Gaynor M50 1902 3
Ray Green M75 33.38 2 10.50 1 31.95 1 12.52 2 3525 2
Sharon Gibbins W60 33.72 2 8.58 3 25.31 1 13.01 2 3579 2
Fran Harris W75 14.85 4
Jayne Hardy W55 42.23 1 9.48 3 28.56 1 28.18 1 12.73 1 3910 1
John Reynolds M75 30.56 3 8.16 4 23.48 3 12.16 4 2825 4
Raylea Rudov W75 2699 6
Janette Williamson W75 4045 2
ACT records : Ray Green M75 Throws pentathlon 3525 points
Bob Banens M70 javelin 35.02
Cory Collins W80 far left and Gwen Gleeson W90 far
right at start in 60m sprint (Photo; Graeme Dahl)
Men’s M75 throws pentathlon; Ray Green middle front
and John Reynolds second from right (photo; John Reynolds)
Oceania Masters championships at Mackay
Age Ham Shot Dis Jav Wt T Pent
Bob Banens M70 36.69 2 10.90 3 34.99 1 35.02 1 14.72 2 2460 2
Jan Banens W75 27.14 3 7.49 3 16.48 4 15.30 3 11.21 1 3723 3
Pauline McCallum W40 30.61 1 16.04 5 22.11 2 8.92 1 1982 3
Susie Gaynor M50 1902 3
Ray Green M75 33.38 2 10.50 1 31.95 1 12.52 2 3525 2
Sharon Gibbins W60 33.72 2 8.58 3 25.31 1 13.01 2 3579 2
Fran Harris W75 14.85 4 1445 3
Jayne Hardy W55 42.23 1 9.48 3 28.56 1 28.18 1 12.73 1 3910 1
John Reynolds M75 30.56 3 8.16 4 23.48 3 12.16 4 2825 4
Raylea Rudov W75 2699 6
Janette Williamson W75 4045 2
ACT records : Ray Green M75 Throws pentathlon 3525 points; Bob Banens M70 javelin 35.02
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Reporter; Robbie Costmeyer
The late change in course was caused by the building of a
new ‘shared path’ on the other side of the weir, which did not
allow a vehicle to be used to mark the challenging and pic-
turesque Coombs Molonglo course, first used in 2017. Rob
and Rosemary Parker spent many hours marking out the
new course and it met with universal approval from all who
participated, thank you. I take full responsibility for asking
that the Thomas series run for August remain at 10.0km,
which meant that 2.2km was tacked on at the end utilising
shared paths. Pedal Power had been alerted to this and
thankfully there were no incidents with bicycle riders during
our events.
The steady decline in participation in our run/walk handi-
cap events continues to be of concern with only 72 partici-
pants in this event [38 Thomas, 16 Frylink and 18 Waddell]
plus 10 volunteers. This represents only about one quarter
of our membership. The low numbers in the shorter events
also make winning medals easier and more predictable, so
please come and join in the fun and fellowship. The weather
was perfect on the day, the course was easily accessible and
there was plenty of parking. The only thing missing was
plenty of runners and walkers.
Waddell Series
John Suiter was declared the winner of the gold medal
despite his daughter, Gail Seracusa, crossing the line before
him. Unfortunately for Gail she was one walk short of being
eligible to earn points. John scored an impressive 90.9%
(WR%) and started in Group 21.
Peter Kallio won the silver medal from Group 20 and also
scored an impressive WR% (81.7%). Readers may recall that
Peter was a great runner some years back and still holds a
number of ACT and Australian records for the longer dis-
tances. His transition to walking events could not have been
easy for him but he has managed to do it with distinction.
Josephine (Josie) Kulesz won the bronze medal from
Group 4 and was very pleased with the course, as were all of
the medallists. She has just returned from a long vacation
and had done little to no training she claimed. Perhaps that
is the secret to winning medals, stay relaxed while remaining
fit.
Frylink Series
Robyn Saunders was second over the line and started in
Group 17. Sally Chauvette was first but is not yet eligible to
score points. Robyn regularly runs the Tuggeranong
Parkrun with her husband Mick Saunders and has just re-
turned from an extended holiday in Noosaville.
Charlie Modrak won the silver medal from Group 19 and
was fourth runner home. Charlie is compiling a history of
running in the ACT and would love to receive any running
club newsletters to add to his collection. Nikki Phelps was
third over the line but is not yet eligible to score points in
this event. Nikki is a keen dancer.
Ken Gordon was again amongst the medals and is run-
ning very well. He started in group 39 as the back marker
and achieved a 4:45 min per km pace. He was the fifth home
and won the bronze medal. Ken and his wife Deb have just
joined the run/walk handicap committee and their son Alex
operates the electronic timing system. A real family team
effort, thank you.
Thomas Series
John Kennedy, one of our intrepid Club photographers,
was first home but was ineligible as he started in Group 5
instead of his allocated Group 32. Geoff Hawke, who regu-
larly competes in track and field events, joined us for this
run after a couple of years off and was second across the line
and achieved an impressive 4:29 min per km rating and
80.6%. Welcome back!
Ken Smith was third home and won the gold medal from
Group 22. He had only been training for some three weeks
after his three-week vacation in Tasmania before that. Do
you sense a theme here? Take a holiday and stay relaxed!
Rod Lynch was fourth home and won the silver medal
from Group 34. He achieved a rate of 4:29 min per km and
an impressive 79.3%. Rod has been plagued with injury over
the past year or so and thus it was great to see him partici-
pate and do so well.
Kevin Chapman was next to cross the line to win the
bronze medal and he started in Group 11. Kevin is one of the
stalwarts of the Club and is a consistent performer.
Three other participants deserve a mention: Caroline
Campbell who achieved a WR% of 80.5%; Peter Clarke 85.9%
and Bruce Graham 91.6 % - all very impressive performanc-
es!
Congratulations to Rosemary Parker for earning her
300 events tee shirt at this event. She has overcome many
serious illnesses over the years to get there and is still very
competitive. In her day she was a very fast runner and won
Run walk Handicap Coombs Molonglo Variation course 25 August 2019
Waddell series: Gold to evergreen John Suitor M85 in
his 286th handicap, silver to club pioneer Peter Kallio
M80 in his 247th and bronze to Josephine (Josie) Ku-
lesz W65 . 120th handicap (photo: John Kennedy)
many running races. She has been a long-time
and invaluable member of the run/walk handi-
cap sub-committee and a co-designer of this
course with husband Bob. Thank you Rose-
mary! (Ed note; see page 1 for full story on Rose-
mary’s contribution to the club)
cont p.8
Page 8 — October 2019 Vetrunner
Run walk Handicap Coombs Molonglo Variation course 25 August 2019
(Continued from p.7)
Run/Walk handicap sub-committee needs new members
Seven members of this sub-committee have resigned or
indicated their intention to resign at the end of this year after
each spending over ten years in the job [Rod Lynch, Kent Wil-
liams, Rosemary and Bob Parker, Desma and Warren Butler
and Mick Saunders]. They need and deserve a break to allow
them to take well-earned vacations without the need to worry
about their sub-committee obligations. While Ken and
Deb Gordon and Toby Bellwood are welcome recent
additions to the team at least three more members are
needed. Without a fully staffed and functioning sub-
committee we cannot run these events so please put
your hand up if you can help.
Robbie Costmeyer
Roving Vetrunner reporter for August and
Chair of the Run/Walk handicap sub-committee
Early in the 2009-2010 season Ken accepted the task of
leading our Competition Sub-committee (CSC) at a difficult
time. Almost single-handedly he resurrected the sub- commit-
tee and managed to keep our popular weekly track and field
program operating smoothly. He re-invigorated the CSC by
encouraging eight other regular track and field participants
to become involved. Not only was he responsible for re-
energising our weekly track and field program he also estab-
lished excellent rapport with our colleagues at the AIS and
Athletics ACT as well as providing weekly updates to mem-
bers via our on line newsletter – the Bulletin. He also found
the time and energy to improve his knowledge and expertise
of results processing and operation of the photo finish system.
In 2012 Ken was a popular recipient of the Johnson
Trophy as our track and field club-person of the season. He
was presented with it again in both 2015 and 2016 and so
became one of a few members to have been awarded this pres-
tigious trophy on three occasions.
Ken was our club treasurer in both 2017 and 2018.
Bryan Thomas
Top picture; Frylink: Robyn Saunders W65 (middle) taking
gold (her fourth) from Charlie Modrak M70 (his eighth med-
al) on the rleft and Ken Gordon M55 taking bronze (his 12th
medal).
Picture above: Thomas series; Ken Smith M60 (middle)
takes his very first gold in his 50th start. from Rod Lynch M55
(on right) with silver (his sixth medal) and Kevin Chapman
M75 with bronze (his 5th medal). (photos: Robert Kennelly)
Below right; Geoff Barker our stalwart leader of the run/
walk handicap scribes finishing the Thomas.
Below left; Robbie Costmeyer, (new chair of the run/walk
handicap sub committee) joining the finishers of the Thomas.
(photos; Suzie Gaynor)
Ken Smith’s 50 Handicaps cont. from p.4
` October 2019 Vetrunner — Page 9
Oceania Masters Games Mackay (cont. from p. 6)
Reporter; Cory Collins; a runners perspective
You may think that anyone who dares to enter the Oceania Masters Champion-
ships which are held every two years in Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Cook Is-
lands or Norfolk Island , is very competitive and goes into these Championships at
the top of their form with the sole objective of bringing home medals. After all we
have to wear an Australian uniform and that’s a bit daunting.
That may be true of some of our best members but, looking back on Mackay I
am inclined to think that socializing and sightseeing took up the greater part of
our time. We (Margaret Taylor, Sue Bourke, Marlene Reid and myself) were in a
motel on the main road to the Athletics Track. Our motel had a swimming pool
and a restaurant, great takeaways around the corner due, we think to the large
trucks and truck-drivers who shared our motel and woke us up at 5.30 every morn-
ing driving daily to the mines, two hours away.
So, every night we went out to dinner or had a banquet at home and sometimes
invited fellow competitors to join the party. Among the guests were Bryan Thomas.
Leigh Harlow and a Norfolk Islander guy here to promote the next Oceania Cham-
pionships in Norfolk Island. That was as well as sightseeing around the town,
joining Jenny and Gary Rayner for fish
and chips and watching a bagpipes con-
cert with Scottish dancing at the harbour.
Then there was the Championships
dinner which was a sit-down affair, in-
cluding a slide show of athletes in action.
We met a New Zealander there who said
he would come and work as an official at
the 2021 Nationals.
As far as medals go our team of female
sprinters, the four mentioned above, as
well as Maureen Rossiter, Gwen Gleeson,
Jeanette Rayner and Sharon Gibbons
brought home a bundle of medals with at
least one person in every age category
from W45 to W90, except W85.
Fran Harris, Caroline Campbell,
Kathy Sims, Shane Hutchison (President),
Leigh Harlow, Suzie Gaynor and Bryan
Thomas were all amongst the medals.
However what is important is that we all enjoyed it immensely.
We also felt, to our surprise we were running well and that, at what
is the beginning of the season, bodes well for our track season which
is about to commence. Some of these runners are in very good form—
there may be some records broken! So think about going to Norfolk
Island in January 2021. It will be a good warmup for our own Na-
tionals later in 2021 in Canberra.
Cory Collins (there is a fifth perspective of Mackay on p.19
Picture top of page; Bob Banens M70 took silver in the weight competition.
Middle right; Cory Collins W80 sprinting, middle left. Bryan Thomas M75 in
the 5000. (photos; Graeme Dahl)
Adjacent; Jan Banens W75 (left) took bronze in Throws Pentathlon, Mary
Thomas (NSW) took gold and Janette Williamson took silver. Bottom;
Markylee Campbell M45 (Victoria) with his mum, Caroline Campbell W75
(photos Suzie Gaynor). And below; Combined women’s throws pentathlon with
Sharon Gibbons front right and Jayne Hardy ( in pink) (photo; Bob Banens)
Page 10 — October 2019 Vetrunner
October Run/Walk Handicap - Ainslie Woodlands 9.00am start 27 October 2019
Club Sponsors
Members are entitled to discounts on prices for goods
purchased from The Runners Shop and for services from
Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre
and the Walking Clinic. The Walking clinic is currently
celebrating its 40th birthday. Congratulations. 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 and The
Walking Clinic that you are a Club member when you
book a session.
As part of their sponsorship arrangements with the
Club, Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury
Centre remit to the Club a payment equivalent to a
percentage of their sales to members. Craig Wisdom of
the Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Centre
is a Club member.
How to get there.
The location is in Hackett at the Mount
Ainslie end of Phillip Avenue.
Course Description
The three events start and finish at the
Mobile phone tower.
Thomas 7 k event is a Y shaped out‐and
‐back course The course heads north‐east
crossing the disused dump road and turns up
the hill. After about 500 m it turns left and
runs behind the Hackett houses, proceeding
along the undulating fire‐trail as far as the
Mackenzie Street entrance to the Nature
Park. There it takes a short left‐right dog‐leg
and continues behind the Hackett houses on
the undulating fire‐trail. Warning. Do not
turn right here. (This is where the short
course turns right.) It continues to the left of
the large water tank for a short distance be-
fore doubling back on a similar track converg-
ing from the right. It returns on the other
side (again left) of the water tank and pro-
ceeds to the Mackenzie Street entrance
it turns left and proceeds easterly up the gravel road for about a kilometre. At a short distance past a large water tank on
the right side of the road the course returns back down the road. After the downhill run the course turns left near the Mac-
kenzie Street entrance and proceeds behind the Hackett houses back to finish at the starting point.
Frylink 3.5k and Waddell 3.5 k events are single out‐and‐back courses. : The course heads north‐east crossing the
disused dump road and turns up the hill. After about 500 m it turns left and runs behind the Hackett houses, proceeding
along the undulating fire‐trail as far as the Mackenzie Street entrance to the Nature Park. There it turns right and travels
up the gravel road, proceeding under the power lines for a short distance as far as a large overhanging tree. There the course
returns down the gravel road, turning left near the Mackenzie street entrance and proceeding behind the Hackett houses to
finish at the starting point.
R/W program 2019
DATE VENUE DIST
January 27th Central Curtin 6.3/3km
February 24th Isaacs Ridge 8/4km
March 31st Stromlo Forest Park 8/4km
April 28th Majura 10/5km
May 19th Molonglo Forest 8/4.3km
June 30th Mt Ainslie 9.3/4.5km
July 28th Little Black Mt 9/4.5km
August 25th Coombs Molonglo 10/5km
September 29th O'Connor Ridge 8/4km
October 27th Ainslie Woodlands 7/3.5km
November 24th Weston Park 8.30am 6/3km
October 2019 Vetrunner — page 11
Good news story on the day of Tanabata* in Japan
Bits and pieces
The power of walking
In a review of Canberra artist Annika Romeyn’s
recent exhibition at the Megalo Print Gallery
(Canberra Times 28August), Sasha Grishin refers
to the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard who
one wrote “ Above all, do not give up your desire to
walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-
being, and walk away from every illness. I have
walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of
no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk
away from it… but by sitting still, and the more one
sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill…thus if
one just keeps on walking, everything will be al-
right”
Don’t we all know that!
Cory Collins
The 7th July, the day of Tanabata* in Japan, fortuitously saw the
return to running after about a nine-year absence of Shisei Oya (third
from right) at the Sunday morning training session at Canberra Gram-
mar School oval. Shisei has gone through three operations for liver can-
cer and is no longer the great 800m runner he once was, but he is happy
to be back and at least slowly running again.
This group has had some of the top, more senior, 800m runners of
the Club over the last decade or more. The numbers and the ages vary
greatly, but, other than on long weekends, the training continues even
when Greg Stretton is enjoying warmer times in Bali or down the coast!
Advice of Shisei’s planned attendance highlighted that the home
telephone number listed in the Vetrunner was some fifteen years out of
date! So, if you are interested in joining the group, please use the busi-
ness number to leave a message, or just turn up.
Greg Stretton: Middle distance training. Sundays except long week-
ends, 9.00am, Grammar School, corner of Mugga Way / Flinders Way.
6257 6127 (w).
* Tanabata, or the Star Festival, is held on the evening of July 7.
The festival traces its origins to a legend that the Cowherd Star (Altair)
and Weaver Star (Vega) lovers separated by the Milky Way, are allowed
to meet just once a year - on the seventh day of the seventh month.
John Lamb (editor apologizes for late posting of this great story)
Strong man; Grant Edwards (picture below)
has written to Bryan Thomas since article on P.19
of Sep Vetrunner.
“Hi Bryan,
Thanks so much for your article, very kind of
you. I’m currently in China competing at the world
police and fire games, testing the body in throwing
since I had my hip operation. I hope to return to
throwing now and will be joining ACT for this com-
ing season. I do have to have my left hip surgery but
hopefully that won’t keep me out for long. All the
best and hope to catch up when I’m next down in
Canberra throwing”. Written 15/08. and then two
weeks later he adds; China was great. Won 3x Gold
could have been more as I was delayed in HK due to
protesters and riots. Missed the first two events
Hammer and Discus! Grant Edwards
Terry Munro, one of our “Originals” (having joined in 1979) and a club Life Member, recently gave me bunch of old Canberra Times clippings of local athlet-ics results from early 1957. The print was faded but I managed to dig out some interesting little bits pertaining to a couple of current members and two prominent deceased members.
The first item published in March 1957 was headed Records Shattered at ACT Athletics Titles reported …. “In the biggest athletics meeting held in Canberra 29 open records were broken, 3 equalled and 15 by Canberra athletes.” Looking through the fine print I came across Audun Fristad from South Canberra who was third in the 3 miles while Colin Robbie also from South Canberra won the discus, was second in the hur-dles and third in the javelin, shot put and long jump. (Note: Audun was the inspiration and original donor of our prestigious Fristad Award for track and field excellence while Colin had a long history in local athletics and Australian Rules football. In 1955 he became the inaugural secre-tary of South Canberra AAC and was a member of the team that selected runners to carry the 1956 Olympic Torch through the region. Audun died in 2004 and Colin in 2014.
Twelve runners participated in the first cross-country race organised by the Canberra Branch of the NSW Amateur Athletics Association (NSWAAA) in May 1957. The 3mile race started and finished at the Robbie Burns stature on National Circuit then went around the southern base of Capital Hill, behind the Lodge, across Adelaide Avenue, pass the Swedish Legation to Westlake and back by State Circle. Audun was the winner ahead of Terry Munro and Colin. The junior event was won by Queanbeyan teenager Bernie Millett who had only recently arrived from England.
A fortnight later a Canberra quartet participated in the NSW 20 mile Relay in Nowra. Except for the marathon this was the longest champi-onship event conducted by the NSWAAA and this was the first time a team from Canberra had participated. The Canberra team of four, each having to run a 5 mile leg, was led by the experienced Audun Fristad and included young Terry Munro. The team was successful - finishing third and winning the country title. Bernie Millett was the best junior and won the 1.5 mile event.
In August despite cold and windy conditions Terry surprised by winning the last 5 mile cross-country race of the winter season in the excel-
lent time of 29:09. Bryan Thomas
SOME OLD NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Page 12 — October 2019 Vetrunner
Throwing handicap report — Shot and discus 24th August 2019
Reporter John Reynolds
The closest possible winning margin in the handicap &
five new ACT records were the highlights of the August
throwing handicap at Masson St. Twenty one throwers took
advantage of the mild winter’s day in a final warm up for
the Oceania championships in Mackay.
Ray Green took the honours in the handicap event
winning by a margin of just one centimetre from Duncan
Macnicol who had ten centimetres to spare from third place-
getter Warrck Budd. Green, who has participated in 268
handicaps, more than any other thrower, recorded his elev-
enth victory in the event. With three more handicaps re-
maining for 2019 Tanya Colyer holds a lead of six points in
the yearly pointscore. Bryan Thomas is in second place one
point ahead of Ray Green.
The longest throws of the day were dominated by
Jayne Hardy & Ray Green. Hardy won the discus with
25.53, the shot with 9.09, the standard weight with 12.35 &
the 45lb weight with a best toss of 4.05. Green’s four victo-
ries were in the discus with 33.06, the shot with 9.61, the
standard weight with 12.20 & the 45lb weight with 5.37.
Five records fell on the day, four in the 45lb weight &
one in the discus. Ray Green added two & a half metres to
the previous M75 discus record with his best throw of 33.06.
He also broke the M75 45lb weight record with a new mark
of 5.37. In the W75 age division Jeanette Williamson broke
her existing mark in the 45lb weight with a new record of
3.50. Kevin Blewitt competing in the M80’s created a new
record in the 45lb weight with his best effort of 3.85 while
Carole Condon also made a new mark in the same event in
the W45 age group. Her distance was 3.42.
Two throwers achieved the two hundred participation
marks. Below is a citation read by Bryan Thomas when he
presented Margaret Taylor with her shirt. Frank Nugent
will receive his presentation at the next handicap.
MARGARET TAYLOR
200 THROWING HANDICAPS AND MUCH, MUCH
MORE
Margaret’s first monthly throwing handicap was in Au-
gust 1992. To date she has won six monthly trophies, seven
silver and nine bronze medals and in 1997 she was the win-
ner of the Connell Series point score.
Margaret is also a regular participant in our run/walk
handicaps in which she has completed 183 making her one
of just five members to have completed more than150 in
both monthly handicaps. Even more special is that she has
the unique honour of winning the annual point score in both
programs; apart from winning the Connell Series in 1997
she also won the Frylink Series in both 2002 and 2006 and
the Waddell Series in 2012.
But it as a track and field athlete that Margaret reigns
supreme! She is the most successful female competitor in
our club’s history, winning more titles and setting more rec-
ords at ACT, national and world level than any other mem-
ber. At the end of the 2018-19 season Margaret had set an
incredible 187 individual ACT Records as well as another 35
as a member of a relay team.
Margaret currently holds 54 individual ACT Records in
the sprints, hurdles, jumps and pentathlon in age groups
ranging from W35 to W70. Amongst this list are nine Aus-
tralian Records – the W60 and W70 in both high and long
jumps and for all age groups from W45 to W70 in the triple
jump as well as being the former World Record holder for
both W50 and W55 triple jump.
Margaret’s record at international competitions is simply
remarkable as she has always come home with medals, usu-
ally gold but occasionally also a silver and sometimes a
bronze, from eight World Championships (Melbourne 1987,
Brisbane 2001, Lahti 2009, Sacramento 2011, Porto Alegre
2013, Lyons 2015, Perth 2016 and Malaga 2018).
At the World Championships in Melbourne 1987 Marga-
ret won a silver in the W35 triple jump and gold in the
4x100m relay. At her next opportunity in Brisbane 2001, she
won gold in the W50 high jump and silver in the triple jump.
Margaret was one of the stars of the Australian contin-
gent at the 2009 WMA Championships in Lahti where she
won gold in both the W60 high jump and triple jump and a
silver in the long jump. Two years later in Sacramento she
won gold in the triple jump, silver in both high and long
jumps and the 4x100m relay as well as a bronze in the 80m
hurdles.
At the 2013 WMA Championships in Porto Alegre Marga-
ret was again successful in her favourite event, the triple
jump, in which she won the W65 silver medal. At the 2015
championships in Lyons Margaret won silver in the W65
triple jump and bronze in the high jump. Twelve months lat-
er at the 2016 Perth WMA Championships she won the W65
triple jump and was second in both the high and long jumps.
Having recently joined the W70 age group Margaret was
again one of Australia’s best at the 2018 WMA Champion-
ships in Malaga, Spain where she won both the long and tri-
ple jumps and was second in the high jump.
Margaret has the amazing record of having been the
AMA (formerly AAVAC) Jumper of the Year seven times – in
1999 and 2000 as a W50, 2001 and 2003 as a W55, then as a
W60 in 2009 and 2011 and as a W70 in 2019.
Locally, Margaret has won the Boag Award on thirteen
occasions – initially in 1995, 2001 and 2003 then her magnif-
icent sprinting and hurdling was rewarded again by winning
the trophy for another seven consecutive seasons from 2006
to 2012 and again in 2015, 2017 and 2019. In 2006 she was
the inaugural female winner of the Quentin Anthony Jump
Series. She won again in 2008, then from 2010 to 2012, 2015,
2017 and 2018.
Margaret also has an exceptional record of eight victories
(1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2007) and be-
ing runner-up four times (from 2009 to 2011 and again in
2014 and 2017) in our annual ‘Gift’, a special 100m race in
which runners are handicapped according to their age.
Continued p.13
Margaret Taylor W70 wearing her 200 handicap tee shirt
with Bryan Thomas (club historian). (photo; Suzie Gaynor)
October 2019 Vetrunner — page 13
Cont. from p.12
Her track and field excellence has been acknowledged by
being the recipient of the Fristad Award ten times (1993,
1994, 1999, 2001, from 2009 to 2011, 2015, 2018 and 2019),
as well as being runner-up in 1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2007
and 2012 and third in 1997, 1998 and 2006. Thus she has
been judged one of our best three women athletes for
seventeen seasons, and during the ‘nineties’ only missing
out in 1992 and 1996.
Well done Margaret
No Oscar was awarded for August & the winner of
the wine was John Hunt. The next monthly throwing
handicap will be on October 26th. Events to be contested are
the discus, shot put, standard weight & the 100lb weight.
John Reynolds (results p.17)
Throwing handicap report — Shot and discus 24th August 2019
Very Cold Day for Throwers in Canberra — 14 July 2019
Ray Green M75 taking the trophy and gold medal in his 268th
handicap (the most for any club member) very narrowly from Dun-
can Macnicol M65 and Warwick Budd M75 . (photo Robert Kennel-
ly). Below; John Hunt M75 with winning bottle of red in hand. We
were all very well behaved, there was no Oscar awarded. And just
one centimeter from Ray’s gold was Duncan Macnicol , M65, show-
ing where he can put the shot.
Above left opposite; Ray green sending out the longest
discus! Above right; Another view of the discus, where was
the photographer standing? Carol Condon W50 throwing the
discus. The intrepid photographer (All Photos; Suzie Gaynor)
Sept 28th hammer and javelin 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 56lb
October 26th shot and discus 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 100lb
Nov 23rd hammer and javelin 1.00pm + annual presentations and Christmas function
September 15th 10.00am start Oceania Throws Pentathlon Challenge
October 13th 9.00am start
November 17th 9.00am start Heavy Weight Pentathlon
December 15th 9.00am start
IMPORTANT DATES: 2019 AMA Winter Throws Championships: 5-7 Oct Wollongong NSW.
Throws Handicap Program Dates for 2019 (Jayne 0421 610 053)
Throws Pentathlon Dates for 2019 (Jayne 0421 610 053)
With a few people sick or already heading to Mackay for the Oceania Masters Athletic Championships and others at various athletic meetings, we were down to four competitors at the August heavy Weight Pentathlon – incredibly all are in either M75 or W75! Lovely warm weather greeted them with a starting temperature of 16 degrees! Party time!! A PB was recognised for Caroline Campbell with 2218 points and an ACT record was broken in the M75 for John Reynolds with 3391 points – congratulations to you
both. Jayne Hardy
Date: Tuesday 8 October 2019
Venue: Olims Bar and Bistro (Mercure Canberra)
Location: Cnr Ainslie and Limestone Avenue Braddon
Time: 7.00pm
Food: A wide variety of food inc. V & GF
Drinks: Available for Purchase at the Bar
We invite fellow members to join us for good food and a fun
night out at another great Pub. Please contact one of the
following members of the Social Team by 12 noon on Mon-
day 7 October so that we can finalise the numbers. We look
forward to seeing you there.
Rosemary: 0427 160 129 [email protected]
Sherryl: 0419 013 025 [email protected]
Robyn: 0403 808 299 [email protected]
The Vetrunner is now on line at the following website: http://www.actmastersathletics.org.au/index.php?
module=Vetrunner&action=Vetrunner.ListView
Black and white hard copies are available at the run/walk
and throwing handicaps and Track & Field meets.
Due by: Saturday 12th October 2019
All copy and queries for the August edition to the editor
at: [email protected] Late submissions may
only be accepted if space allows.
Articles
All reports, articles and stories submitted for inclusion
in Vetrunner should be created in Word, in Century
Schoolbook 9pt. font. I welcome member’s contribution
which is of an athletic theme, or tells of that member
achieving an important milestone or award, or just has a
story to tell that relates to a person’s background outside
of athletics. These include photographs and illustrations
where possible or appropriate. Minor editing may be un-
dertaken. Letters to the editor are welcome. It is im-
portant that the club has a vehicle for receiving and an-
swering constructive factual criticism and comments.
Photos
When taking photos of award ceremonies, please en-
sure 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. Please ask the sub-
jects if they would mind removing their sunglasses. All in
all, check your surroundings before clicking. Action photos
are particularly welcome. Photos may be cropped where
appropriate. Please ensure photos are sharp and sent as
large photos. Small or blurry photos are unusable.
Another month of riveting excitement for Masters Ath-
letics; Rosemary Parker’s 300th and Roger Pilkington’s
200th run walk handicap (front cover), Margaret Taylor’s
200th throwing handicap (p.12) and a heap of gold medals
from the Oceania Masters Games in Mackay (p. 5, 6, 9, 19
and back cover). Full details in November Vetrunner.
A big thankyou to Clare Wall again for being guest edi-
tor for a second time. Clare has an article on the 1979 Big
M Marathon in Melbourne in this edition (p.18). For the
final time we wish Clare good fortune and fine running in
Chicago in a couple of weeks time. I wish to thank all our
contributors especially Bryan Thomas for his many contri-
butions, Suzie Gaynor for her photos from all venues,
John Kennedy’s photos at the run/walk handicap. Also
thanks to our ever reliable proof readers, Dave Mackenzie
and Cory Collins. We appreciate our regular Throws re-
porters; John Reynolds and Jayne Hardy and the Geoff
Barker inspired team of run/walk handicap reporters, on
this occasion, Robbie Costmeyer. A very special thanks to
the contributors in the field; for copy and for photos; Jan
Banens, Bob Banens, Jayne Hardy, John Reynolds, Bryan
Thomas, Cory Collins and Suzie Gaynor.
As a general rule I will publish material that is pub-
licly acknowledged. Articles submitted to Vetrunner but
not published are usually the result of page limitations,
and may be included in the following edition of Vetrunner.
Constructive comment is welcome and should be addressed
to the editor at: [email protected]
If you wish to volunteer for the rewarding and excit-
ing post of guest editor, we are pleased to say that we still
have two spots available in 2020; May (work done in first
half of April) and September (work done in first half of Au-
gust). Feel free to contact us below.
Robert Kennelly
The Registrar of the Club, asks that you check the website and ensure the club has an emergency con-tact for you. The club has, at least, a moral obligation to let your nearest know if you have encountered health issues at an ACTMA event. Also please advise Nigel when changing phone numbers and or email addresses. Contact Nigel England at:
Email: [email protected]
The report in the September Vetrunner on the July 2019
Gold Coast Marathon/Half Marathon omitted the impres-
sive performances of Kevin Chapman, who finished second
in the M75-79 age group in 2:10:16, and Jennifer Kellett
who finished in 1:52:30 in the W60-65 age group.
Jennifer followed this up with an even more impressive
first place in the Sydney Half Marathon W60-69 age group
on 25 August, with a time of 1:45:22.
Congratulations to both!
Clare Wall
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ipation in regular Club events including weekly summer
Track & Field meets, monthly Throwing and Run/Walk
Handicaps and the monthly Throws or Weight pentathlons
for which there will be a $5 charge. The website provides
updated membership fees and event fees.
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October 2019 Vetrunner — page 15
Run/Walk Handicap Coombs Molongolo Results
THOMAS SERIES 10km - 25/08/19 - Coombs Molonglo Variation—(Difficulty factor 1.06)
Place Name Age Gp St Gp N. Time Rate WR% Pts Medals
1 John Kennedy M65 5 1:09:12 6:55 57.3 0
2 Geoff Hawke M60 30 0:44:52 4:29 80.6 0
3 Ken Smith M60 22 0:55:07 5:31 66.2 150 Gold
4 Rod Lynch M55 34 0:44:48 4:29 79.3 149 Silver
5 Kevin Chapman M75 11 1:06:23 6:38 63.0 148 Bronze
6 Desma Butler W75 4 1:18:55 7:53 68.6 147
7 Bob Parker M70 5 1:17:16 7:44 53.0 146
8 Nadine Morrison W50 28 0:51:01 5:06 72.9 145
9 Gordon Holgate M55 34 0:46:20 4:38 74.8 144
10 Shane Hutchison M45 40 0:41:06 4:07 77.2 143
11 Richard White M35 18 1:00:57 6:06 46.7 0
12 Karen Daniels W55 14 1:04:48 6:29 62.5 0
13 David Webster M65 31 0:49:53 4:59 76.6 142
14 Caroline Campbell W75 12 1:06:48 6:41 80.5 0
15 Angel Marina M55 24 0:57:02 5:42 62.3 141
16 Sherryl Greathead W65 8 1:15:17 7:32 60.2 140
17 Robbie Costmeyer M70 28 0:54:13 5:25 75.5 139
18 Jim White M70 20 1:01:34 6:09 65.5 138
19 Warren Butler M75 1 1:28:16 8:50 50.5 0
20 Ewan Brown M70 8 1:15:57 7:36 53.5 137
21 Roger Pilkington M60 24 0:58:29 5:51 61.6 136
22 Peter Clarke M65 39 0:45:17 4:32 85.9 135
23 Will Foster M75 24 0:58:58 5:54 70.9 134
24 Bruce Graham M55 48 0:37:51 3:47 91.6 133
25 Val Chesterton W75 1 1:29:25 8:57 61.0 132
26 Hugh Moore M70 19 1:03:49 6:23 63.7 0
27 Robin Whyte M75 11 1:12:02 7:12 59.9 131
28 George Quarmby M60 16 1:07:29 6:45 54.3 130
29 Prue Bradford W60 16 1:08:57 6:54 60.1 129
30 Craig Wurtz M50 25 1:01:20 6:08 54.7 128
31 Bernie Rogers M75 1 1:32:59 9:18 46.4 127
32 Steve Bradford M65 40 0:50:12 5:01 73.3 126
33 Bryan Thomas M75 12 1:15:46 7:35 57.9 125
34 Geoff Barker M70 6 1:27:44 8:46 47.3 0
35 Helen Larmour W60 34 0:58:13 5:49 71.2 124
36 Hugh Crawley M75 6 1:32:22 9:14 46.0 123
37 Maria White W65 6 1:35:07 9:31 47.7 122
38 Alan Newton M75 9 1:30:10 9:01 47.9 121
Far left; David Webster M65 finishing top ten in the Thomas. Middle left; Helen Larmour fin-
ishing the Thomas from a punishing group 34. Middle Right; The flying Bruce Graham finish-
ing mid field with a Km rate of 3.47 from group 48. Far right; Warren Butler M75 crossing the
red electronic finishing tape. (Photos; Suzie Gaynor)
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FRYLINK SERIES 5km - 25/08/19 - Coombs Molonglo Variation—(Difficulty factor 1.03)
Place Name Age Gp St Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals
1 Sally Thauvette W50 27 0:26:38 5:20 65.2 0
2 Robyn Saunders W65 17 0:32:31 6:30 65.3 75 Gold
3 Nikki Phelps W40 7 0:39:06 7:49 40.6 0
4 Charlie Modrak M70 19 0:32:15 6:27 58.3 74 Silver
5 Ken Gordon M55 39 0:23:43 4:45 68.5 73 Bronze
6 Ian Bowden M65 29 0:28:38 5:44 64.5 72
7 Toby Bellwood M40 37 0:25:53 5:11 52.2 71
8 Suzie Gaynor W50 10 0:38:49 7:46 44.7 70
9 Jennie Gilchrist W65 13 0:36:56 7:23 57.1 0
10 Anne Young W80 1 0:46:59 9:24 68.4 69
11 Cory Collins W80 8 0:42:12 8:26 72.8 68
12 Frank Kresse M60 33 0:30:18 6:04 55.7 67
13 Stephen Gray M60 14 0:38:58 7:48 43.5 66
14 Terry Giesecke M70 21 0:36:45 7:21 52.6 0
15 Bill Egan M80 17 0:39:42 7:56 57.6 0
16 Christopher Yardley M80 1 0:54:13 10:51 39.8 65
WADDELL SERIES 5km - 25/08/19 - Coombs Molonglo Variation—(Difficulty factor 1.03)
Place Name Age Gp St Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals
1 Gail Siracusa W60 22 0:38:17 7:39 69.1 0
2 John Suiter M85 21 0:39:25 7:53 90.9 75 Gold
3 Peter Kallio M80 20 0:39:58 8:00 81.7 74 Silver
4 Josephine Kulesz W65 4 0:50:33 10:07 58.0 73 Bronze
5 Christopher Lang M65 28 0:37:23 7:29 69.4 72
6 Michelle Hillard W55 24 0:39:14 7:51 62.9 71
7 John Littler M70 32 0:36:38 7:20 72.6 70
8 Colin Simpson M75 24 0:40:10 8:02 70.9 69
9 Graeme Small M75 15 0:44:12 8:50 66.9 68
10 Rosemary Parker W70 28 0:38:44 7:45 81.5 67
11 Jack Thackray M85 12 0:46:08 9:14 76.8 66
12 Marian Simpson W65 29 0:39:22 7:52 74.5 65
13 Margaret Taylor W70 12 0:47:35 9:31 64.8 0
14 Lorna England W55 10 0:50:11 10:02 52.0 64
15 Merv Collins M90 4 0:55:45 11:09 69.6 63
16 Valerie Bland W70 1 1:02:07 12:25 49.7 0
17 Suzanne Counsel W75 1 1:03:22 12:40 55.9 62 Full details of the Run/Walk Handicap results can be found on the Club‘s Website http://www.actmastersathletics.org.au
Run/Walk Handicap Coombs Molongolo Results (cont.)
A gaggle of mature athletes with one official prior to the start of
group one in the three races that mqke up the R/W handicap-
Bernie Rogers and an unknown runner take heed of the
road sign (photos: John Kennedy)
October 2019 Vetrunner — page 17
Throwing handicap results — Shot and Discus 24 August 2019
Name Age Gp S Hcp S Dst S Tot S Pl D Hcp D Dst D Tot D Pl T Dst Pts
Ray Green M75 10.3 9.61 19.91 15 23.69 33.06 56.75 1 76.66 50
Duncan Macnicol M65 11.43 9.53 20.96 4 24.59 31.1 55.69 3 76.65 49
Warwick Budd M75 13.72 7.44 21.16 1 38.55 16.84 55.39 6 76.55 48
Wendy O'Brien W70 17.67 3.16 20.83 6 48.5 6.94 55.44 5 76.27 47
Margaret Taylor W70 14.74 5.91 20.65 8 40.91 14.66 55.57 4 76.22 46
Bryan Thomas M75 14.38 6.66 21.04 2 40.41 14.64 55.05 8 76.09 45
John Hunt M75 15.21 5.67 20.88 5 38.35 16.28 54.63 9 75.51 44
Caroline Campbell W75 14.39 5.7 20.09 13 44.2 11.06 55.26 7 75.35 43
Jeanette Williamson W75 12.87 7.75 20.62 9 34.41 20.19 54.6 11 75.22 42
Raylea Rudov W75 14.92 6.09 21.01 3 40.25 13.9 54.15 12 75.16 41
Nola de Chazal W80 16.82 3.51 20.33 10 45.87 8.74 54.61 10 74.94 40
Kevin Blewitt M80 8.15 9.2 17.35 16 31.36 25.37 56.73 2 74.08 39
Shane Hutchison M45 14.06 6.18 20.24 12 33.63 19.87 53.5 13 73.74 38
John Reynolds M75 12.85 7.81 20.66 7 26.76 26.06 52.82 15 73.48 37
Tanya Colyer W55 15.93 4.16 20.09 13 41.67 11.39 53.06 14 73.15 36
Jayne Hardy W55 11.24 9.09 20.33 10 26.56 25.53 52.09 16 72.42 35
Suzie Gaynor W50 7 0 14.64 0 0 1
Brian Jones M70 7.83 0 19.3 0 0 1
Robert Kennelly M70 5.73 0 15.47 0 0 1
Frank Nugent M60 7.29 0 19.3 0 0 1
Carole Condon W50 7.43 0 11.95 0 0 1
Name Age Gp Weight Dist
Ray Green M75 7.258kg 12.30
John Reynolds M75 7.258kg 11.67
Suzie Gaynor W50 7.258kg 7.58
Jayne Hardy W55 7.258kg 12.35
Jeanette Williamson W75 5.449kg 11.07
Raylea Rudov W75 5.449kg 7.37
Caroline Campbell W75 5.449kg 6.94
Standard Weight and Heavy weight Throws 28 August 2019
Name Age Gp Weight Dist
Duncan Macnicol M65 45lb 5.20
Ray Green M75 45lb 5.37
John Reynolds M75 45lb 4.82
Kevin Blewitt M80 45lb 3.85
Carole Condon W50 45lb 3.42
Jayne Hardy W55 45lb 4.05
Jeanette Williamson W75 45lb 3.50
Raylea Rudov W75 45lb 2.55
Caroline Campbell W75 45lb 1.65
Name A Gp Wt 1 Dst Pts Wt 2 Dst Pts Wt 3 Dst Pts Wt 4 Dst Pts Wt 5 Dst Pts Tot pts
John Reynolds M75 8.8lb 13.50 594 12lb 13.56 730 16lb 11.47 683 20lb 10.40 747 25lb 7.75 637 3391
Robin Whyte M75 8.8lb 12.77 557 12lb 11.28 588 16lb 9.35 535 20lb 8.56 591 25lb 7.07 568 2839
Jeanette Williamson W75 4.4lb 15.22 835 6.6lb 12.79 763 8.8lb 10.55 584 12lb 8.65 806 16lb 7.27 821 4009
Caroline Campbell W75 4.4lb 8.47 422 6.6lb 8.08 444 8.8lb 6.43 430 12lb 5.65 473 16lb 4.56 449 2218
Monthly throws Heavy weight pentathlon 18 August 2019 (report bottom p.13)
Oceania Throws Pentathlon Challenge and report 15 September 2019 Name Age Gp H Dst H Pts S Dst S Pts D Dst D Pts J Dst J Pts Wt Dst Wt Pts Tot Pts
Shane Hutchison M45 16.65 202 6.11 327 21.86 393 28.27 343 5.2 236 1501
Chris White M50 43.55 704 12.19 745 41.18 707 42.31 617 14.48 745 3518
John Reynolds M75 30.21 673 7.77 538 26.06 611 17.42 341 11.31 672 2835
Robin Whyte M75 22.17 456 6.57 437 19.84 434 21.09 441 9.6 553 2321
Kevin Blewitt M80 33.93 898 9.05 705 24.26 662 20.63 489 12.59 816 3570
Rad Leovic M90 11.33 371 4.68 434 9 309 7.35 180 4.03 271 1565
Suzie Gaynor W50 20.52 414 7.78 516 17.81 339 16.42 318 7.85 449 2036
Jayne Hardy W55 37.42 984 8.9 674 26.28 613 23.3 548 11.95 828 3647
Raylea Rudov W75 19.3 635 5.99 593 13.77 456 9.6 324 8.13 575 2583
Caroline Campbell W75 13.21 386 5.3 510 9.78 297 9.69 328 6.66 450 1971
Beautiful spring weather greeted everyone who turned up for the Oceania Challenge. 4 women and 6 men completed the
competition with 6 of us entering the Challenge. This challenge is an annual event and is a Throws Pentathlon competition
between all the Oceania Masters clubs that come from New Zealand, Australia, Tahiti, Cook Islands and others. It is grow-
ing in popularity.
Chris White had a great competition with the furthest throws of everyone – now that he is in the Men’s 50, he is very
much enjoying the lighter weights. Some of us had only just returned from a successful Oceania Masters Athletic Champi-
onships in Mackay and were not at the top of our form, however Suzie Gaynor W50, is improving her distances every time
she competes now and also had a good day.
Some other good throws came from John Reynolds (M75) in the Hammer with 30.21m & Kevin Blewitt (M80) also in the
Hammer with 33.93m. Shane Hutchison (M45) threw the Javelin a very respectable 28.27m. Jayne Hardy
Page 18 — October 2019 Vetrunner
This October is the 40th anniversary of the particularly
memorable Big M Marathon in Melbourne. This marathon
has become infamous, largely due to the very hot conditions
and the number of runners who failed to finish – and as Grae-
me Small has since observed the stories get better as the years
go by.
More than 5,500 entered (which was a very large field at
the time) but only 3226 finished, 154 of whom were female.
Some who entered did not start, but many did and could not
finish. Less than 5% of the participants were women, which
shows just how far the marathon running scene has changed
over the years. It also appears that there were no restrictions
on children participating, with the youngest finisher being a
nine-year-old girl who crossed the line in 4 hours 25 minutes!
Entrants included around 40 ACT Cross Country Club
members who travelled to Melbourne on a chartered bus and
stayed at Hosies Hotel near the finish line.
On the morning of the run, participants took a train from
the city out to the start at Frankston. Gary Hand (who could
have realistically expected to be one of the top finishers) re-
members standing in the crowded train on the way to the
start line. The marathon course was along the main road from
Frankston into the city. It was 29C, and there was a hot
strong headwind at the 9am start. In hindsight it was bound
to be a disaster!
Heat radiated off the bitumen road, and there was little
shade along the course. As the runners neared the city, the
number of bodies along the side of the road increased. There
were conversations overheard about police trying to have the
race called off. The Red Cross were handing out salt tablets.
As well as energy drinks and water, there were garbage bins
filled with water and sponges. Runners could grab a wet
sponge to cool themselves off. The sponges were then put back
in the water so that later runners could use them again – in
retrospect, a good way to pass on skin infections, but probably
not something runners were thinking about at the time. Sal-
ly Hall recalls being so hot and thirsty that she drank some of
the sweaty sponge water.
The race was won by a young Andrew Lloyd in 2:26.44.
Andrew was five minutes clear of the second placegetter, and
later gained fame for his come-from-behind gold medal win in
the 5,000m at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. The first
woman home was Jane Kuchins in 3:12.41.
Most of the Canberra runners, who had done their training
during winter and early spring, did not adapt well to the hot
conditions. First Canberran to finish was Chris Jones who
finished 19th overall in 2:44:47. Other Canberrans who fin-
ished in under three hours included Gary Hand (30th in
2:47.25), Bryan Thomas (44th in 2:51.14), Peter Kallio (55th
in 2:53.33, at the age of 43), Paul Rand (58th in 2:53:54),
Dave Cundy (81st in 2:57:07) and Graeme Small (82nd in
2:57:15).
Sally Hall was the 18th female finisher in a time of
3:40:46.
Ron Carter from The Age made the following observations:
As runners reached the finish and could go no fur-
ther they were carried away by willing medical staff to
the busy temporary casualty ward at the Lower Town
Hall where a team of sports medicine doctors, physio-
therapists and nurses attended the suffering. …All
around the St John Ambulance Station in the Mall
were bodies on stretchers and on the ground.
There are a few interesting memories and reflections from
the Canberrans who participated.
Many recalled the large number of runners lying on the
ground along the course and at the finish line. Many also re-
called that the only drink offered to finishers was Big M milk.
Many of those who drank the milk that was offered could not
keep it down, and the trees near the finish line were well ferti-
lised.
Terry Munro finished in a far slower time than he had
hoped (3:53:30), and struggled back to Hosies Hotel where he
sat in a bath of cold water and drank Coke.
Bryan Thomas had hoped to run sub 2:40, but given the
conditions was pleased to have finished close to Gary Hand
and Peter Kallio. In retrospect, Graeme Small was also
pleased with his placing.
It was Roger Abbott’s first marathon, and given the cir-
cumstances he could have been forgiven for making it his last,
but he finished in 3:19:15.
Barbara Cameron-Smith (4:15:55) and Clare Wall
(4:12:04) remember that this was the only race where they
finished behind Wendy Davidson (4:07:41). Clare recalls
being thankful that she had pinned a $10 note to her t shirt,
which meant that she and Brian Haddy (4:11:06) could buy a
drink at a nearby shop instead of having to risk the Big M
milk offered at the finish line.
Other Canberra runners who finished the course included
Arthur Brown (3:04:14), Bob Harrison (3:04:18), C Ditton
(3:11:45), Brian Gleeson (3:11.56), Ian Towill (3:13:00), M.
Merrony (3:18:15), K Millar (3:28:34), I Kilgore (3:32:02), G
Lee (3: 40:06), Graeme Infield (3:40:46), L Edwards
(3:49:04), A Taylor (3:54:13),W. Hosie (3:59:23), G Laird
(4:07:23), B McCulloch (4:11:08), C McGillivray (4:11:08),
W Wheeler (4:22:11), F Tonkin (4:39:02) and. I. Johnson
(4:48:47). Cont. p.19
1979 Big M Marathon in Melbourne – 40th
Anniversary
Left; Bryan Thomas’ s tee shirt from Big M Marathon
Right; Clare Wall W30 finishing her slowest marathon
October 2019 Vetrunner — page 19
1979 Big M Marathon Cont. Continued from p.18
Dave Preston and Tony Luyendyk were among the run-
ners who succumbed to the conditions and did not finish.
Bernie Millett (who did not run in 1979) recalled that
in a number of subsequent Big M Marathons early finishers
were presented with their medals by young women in bikinis.
Perhaps the organisers thought that participants could do
with an extra incentive after the 1979 event.
My thanks to all who contributed to this article, particu-
larly Bryan Thomas and Graeme Small who lent his hard
copy of the Official Results and his T shirt for the accompany-
ing photo.
Clare Wall
300 run/walk handicaps
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300 handicap veterans right; Bob Parker M70, Rosemary Parker W70 and
Bryan Thomas M75, Tuesday group in background. (Photo; Robert Kennelly)
ACTMA was well represented at Mackay for the Oceania Masters Championships in the throws with the following people
medalling and placing: Pauline McCallum, Suzie Gaynor, Jayne Hardy, Sharon Gibbins, Jan Banens, Fran Harris, Bob
Banens, John Reynolds, Ray Green and Janette Williamson (I could be missing a few here)
Great weather, although windy at times, once the registrations were sorted, the event ran smoothly. Lots of new throwing
equipment and we were privileged to be the first to compete at the new grounds. The throwing circles were excellent and
plenty of officials and volunteers to assist. A nearby aquatic centre & café were also popular with competitors, as we all got a
discount to use the very warm swimming pools there. Some of us went home quite soon after the Champs finished but Jan
and Bob Banens, Barb Burton and myself spent another week in Mackay taking in all the sights we could – lovely part of the
world. Jayne Hardy (A full list of medal winners and their records will be in the November Vetrunner)
AND A FIFTH PERSPECTIVE! ON OCEANIA (MACKAY) WITH PHOTOS
Page 20 — October 2019 Vetrunner
By Bryan Thomas
40 YEARS AGO (October 1979)
Our inaugural fun run was a 7.5km run in Stromlo
Forest. It attracted 55 starters, including 13 women. Age
group winners were- M40 Peter Kallio, M45 Mick Dando,
M50 Norm Franzi, M55 Jack Pennington, M60 Joe Mayer,
W35 Jonne Yabsley, W40 Janine Russell, W45 Joan
Raprecht, W50 Lucille Warth and W55 Lillian Child.
Many members travelled together by coach to
Melbourne to take part in the Big M Marathon. The day
turned out to be a disaster for many of the thousands of
competitors who either did not finish or ran poorly because
of unusually high temperatures and strong winds.
Twelve runners completed our third handicap which
was a 6.8km loop of the Central Basin starting and
finishing at the East Basin Pavilion. Jack Tonkin, the
previous handicap winner donated trophies to the winners -
Kevin Comerford was first, Tony Hammett was runner-up
and Pat Robertson third.
30 YEARS AGO (October 1989)
Our second indoor track and field meet took place in
the Tally Room at NATEX on Thursday evening 26 October.
It was an extra meet as a response to popular demand.
Helen Hand narrowly beat Anne Davey and Lesley
Hamilton in the 50m dash, seven men started the 40m
hurdles race of three flights won by Col Burns while Ken
Eynon and Jo Cullen were quickest in the 15 lap event. Ray
Green and Jonne Yabsley were best male and female
throwers of the heavy medicine ball. Four teams staged
another exciting 10x1 lap relay.
The monthly running handicap was an 8km event at
Weston Park. Pat Mullins was the best of the 128
competitors finishing ahead of Thelma Reddy and Julie
Fitch. Mary Ann Busteed and Tony Murray were fastest.
20 YEARS AGO (October 1999)
For the first half of the season our weekly track and
field program had to be moved to the grass track at Woden
because the AIS athletics track was being resurfaced in
readiness as a training venue for the 2000 Sydney
Olympics. Gwen Gleeson didn’t find the grass track a
disadvantage as she ran 60m in 12.2 for a new W70 ACT
Record.
Continuous rain throughout the long weekend and a
very muddy Masson Street Throwing Area were the most
memorable aspects of the 4th Australian Veterans’ Winter
Throwing Championships. At the end of a very damp
carnival M35 Jeff Hailey and W60 Helen Searle (both NSW)
were recognised as being the most outstanding competitors.
Helen set an Australian Record in the throws pentathlon
with her score of 4637 points.
As this was the ‘Year of the Older Person’ Mike Adler,
Keith Perroux and Lucille Warth were awarded
Commonwealth Recognition Awards for Older Australians.
They received their awards from MHR Bob McMullan at
Parliament House.
Peter Tesseyman 71, long-time member and one of
our more successful older long distance runners, died of a
heart attack in Moruya Hospital. Obituaries written by both
Jack Pennington and Tony Taylor were published in
Vetrunner.
The monthly throwing handicap in shot put and
discus attracted a healthy field of 32. Tanya Colyer won the
monthly trophy from Phil Toomey and Kevin Blewitt.
Lake Tuggeranong was the venue for this month’s
running handicap. The 6.5km event was won by Caroline
Campbell just in front of Bill Leyden and Jenny Davies
while Cilla Chapman won the short course from Nola de
Chazel and Adrian Krauss. This was Bill Leyden’s 100th
handicap and amazingly he had never missed a handicap.
Dave Mackenzie, Neil Matters and Frank Nugent earned
their ’50 handicaps’ T shirts.
10 YEARS AGO (October 2009)
Sixty competitors, from most states and even a
representative from NZ and the USA, participated in the
14th AMA Winter Throwing Championships. The three day
festival of throwing was again organised by Ray Green and
conducted over the long weekend at the Masson Street
Field. A highlight was when a kangaroo burst from the
trees to interrupt our US woman visitor preparing to put
the shot. Trophies were presented to W30 Karyne Di Marco
(NSW) and M70 Tom Hancock (Vic) for their outstanding
performances throughout the weekend.
As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations a
facsimile of the second Canberra Veterans AA Club News
Sheet (No. 2 October 1979) was published in Vetrunner.
Jim White (picture below) reported on his run in
the Sydney Tower Run Up consisting of 58 floors and 1504
stairs. Jim made the climb in 12 mins 19 secs for tenth
place in the M45+ category.
John Suiter (picture below left) became our
newest M80. Since joining in 1986 John had completed 21
Vets’ Half Marathons, winning his age group three times as
well as running several marathons with a PB of 3:46 as an
M60 in the 1990 Canberra Marathon. He was an
enthusiastic participant in our monthly run/walk handicaps
having completed 190. In 2007 he won the Waddell Series
point score as well as having the fastest average
performance then repeated this remarkable ‘double’ the
following year. For many years John was also a regular at
the track and was honoured by sharing the Johnson Trophy
as club-person of the season three times.
More than 28,000 competitors participated in the
World Masters Games in Sydney. This was the third
occasion this multi-sport festival had been held in Australia
having been in Brisbane 1994 and Melbourne 2002. Forty-
three members participated and returned with 25 gold, 21
silver and 33 bronze medals.W60 Susan Archer was our
most prolific medallist with four golds, M75 Bob Chapman
won three while M55 Colin Heywood, W75 Joan Mallory
and M65 Robin Whyte each won a brace of gold medals.
Wendy O’Brien had the honour of carrying the banner for
the sport of athletics at the opening ceremony.
O’Connor Ridge was the venue for the monthly run/
walk handicap. The long course was won by Troy Steinman
from Robyn McClelland and Bryan Thomas. Nichole
Levings won the Frylink event ahead of Anitra Kenny and
Narelle Harrison-Heard. The Waddell was won by Barry
Seedsman from Tony Harrison and John Suiter. Paul
Archer and Kathleen Bleakley earned their ’50 handicaps’ T
shirt.
The monthly throwing handicap in shot and discus
was won by Wendy O’Brien from Narelle Blackaby and Ray
Green. Jean Heath and Ray set records in the 56lb toss for
W70 and M65 respectively.
Bryan Thomas
The Way We Were: October 2019
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ACTMA events are shown in bold, other events are run by different organisations. Please check with organisers to confirm details, especially for non-ACTMA events.
Sep 2019 Sun 22 Canberra Times Fun Run
Sat 28 Throwing Handicap, 1pm Masson st
YMCA, Goorooyaroo Off Road Half Marathon
Sun 29 Run/Walk handicap, 9am O’Connor Ridge
Oct 2019 Fri - Sun 5 to 7 AMA Winter Throws Championship, Wollongong
Sun 6 Women’s and Girls’ Jogalong, Weston Park
Tues 8 Olims Bar and Bistro (Mercure Canberra)
Sun 13 Throws Pentathlon
Thurs 17 Track and Field, 1st night, Woden
Thurs 24 Track and Field, Woden
Sat 26 Throwing handicap 1.00pm Masson St.
Sun 27 Run/Walk handicap, 9am Ainslie Woodlands
Thurs 31 No T/F meet
Nov 2019 Sun 3 Women’s and Girls’ Jogalong, Weston Park Tues 5 Gryphons Caffe Bar, Griffith
Spring Series Boathouse East
Thurs 7 Track and Field, Woden
Tues 12 Spring Series Barrenjoey
Thurs 14 Track and Field, Woden
Sun 17 Heavy weight Pentathlon
Tues 19 Spring Series Weston Park
Thurs 21 Track and Field, Woden
Sat 23 Throws Handicap, 1.00pm Masson St.
Sun 24 Run/Walk handicap, 8.30am Weston Park
Tues 26 Spring Series Black Mountain Peninsula
Thurs 28 No T/F meet
ACTMA General Committee Meetings monthly on the last
Monday of the month usually at the Ainslie Footy Club, 52
Wakefield Ave, Ainslie at 7.00pm. Contact Secretary Suzie
Gaynor: [email protected]
ACTMA Monthly Weight Pentathlons at 9am at Masson Street, Turner Contact Jayne Hardy 0421 610 053.
Customs Joggers meet every Friday at Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park at 12.15pm. Mike Stracey 6258 8756
Lake Tuggeranong Stakes every Tuesday on the lake edge near KFC at 12.20pm. Peter Thomson 0407 702 683
BBQ Stakes Handicap every Wednesday from the Senior Citizens Club in Woden at 12.10pm. Adrian Plunkett 6283 2388.
YCRC Women’s and Girls Jogalong at Weston Park on the first Sunday of the month at 9am (8am in summer).
Lake Ginninderra Handicap, last Tuesday of the month, from outside the Lighthouse Bar at 12.20pm. Simon Wall 0404 859 404.
Mount Ainslie Run Up, first Tuesday from Treloar Crescent
behind the War Memorial at 12.45pm. John Harding 6244 1153.
Black Mountain Run Up, held on the third Tuesday at 12.45pm, Clunies
Ross St, 100m south of Botanic Gardens Entrance. John Harding 6248 6905.
Parkrun 5k run or walk held at various locations around Canberra including Weston Park, Lake Ginninderra, Tuggeranong, Coombs, Ainslie & Queanbeyan every Saturday at 8 AM.
Calendars
Join a Training Group: Improve Your Fitness Coaching and Training groups
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. As a member of our club
participating in events out of normal hours the level of
public liability insurance varies, see below for details.
Accredited Coaches Training Groups
These groups are led by an Athletics Australia accredited coach. All
ACTMA member athletes and accredited coaches are covered by our
club’s public liability insurance.
Val Chesterton: Strength, speed & general fitness for
runners, jumpers & walkers, Calwell Playing Fields, Fridays 9am,
8.30am in summer. 6292 8994.
Non - Accredited Coaches and Training Groups
These groups are led by a group coordinator (trainer) who will train with you
but is not an Athletics Australia accredited coach. All ACTMA member
athletes are covered by our club’s public liability insurance but not
the trainer.
Fran Harris: Strength, sprints and hurdles training at the AIS track.
6230 2341 (h)
John Hunt: Jumps. Sundays, 11:00am at the AIS track. 6241 9392 (h)
Geoff Moore: Distance interval training. Mondays 5:30pm, Parliament
House underground carpark.
Greg Stretton: Middle distance training. Sundays except long weekends,
9.00am, Grammar School, cnr. of Mugga Way / Flinders Way. 6257 6127 (w)
‘Tuesday group’: long distance running and walking. Tuesdays
9:00am at Black Mountain Peninsula.
Upcoming Athletics Competitions
AMA Winter Throws Championships 5 to 7 Oct 2019,
Wollongong.
AMA Multi Event Championships 4 to 5 Jan 2020
Bendigo, Vic
AMA T & F Championships Brisbane 10 to 13 April, 2020
Games of the XXXII Olympiad 24 July to 9 Aug 2020,
Tokyo.
WMA Outdoor Championships 20 July to 1 Aug 2020,
Toronto, Canada.
OMA Championships - Provisional dates: 17-23 Jan,
2021 Norfolk Island.
AMA Track and Field Championships in Canberra in 2021.
WMA Indoor Championships 6-13 April, 2021 Edmonton,
Canada.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 27 July to 7 Aug 2022.
WMA Outdoor Championships - 17 to 27 Aug, 2022.
Legend for T/F program p. 21
ALL MEETS WILL BE HELD AT THE WODEN ATH-
LETICS TRACK
LEGEND:
A = Adler series: best 5 of 8 - 2 x 4 laps, 2 x 5 laps, 2 x 6 laps,
2 x 7 laps
B = Boag series; best 5 of 10 - 2 x60m, 2 x 100m, 2 x 200m,
2 x 400m, short hurdles, long hurdles (200m/300m/400m
depending on age)
H = Higgins
P = Pennington series - 800m, 1500m, 3000m
PH = Perry Handicap; best 4 of 6 - 2 x1500m, 2 x 200m,
2x3000m
QA = Quentin Anthony series; best 5 of 9 - 3 x Triple Jump,
3 x Long Jump, 3 x High Jump.
* times may vary on Pentathlon night
October 2019 Vetrunner — page 23
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Page covers mainly photos from Oceania in Mackay, and also from our Awards/
AGM/40th birthday party, recent run walk handicaps and some archived photos. Big pic-
ture above; Members gathered for 40th anniversary
(photos: Gaynor, Banens Kennelly, Hardy and Kennedy),