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Y f VETRUNNER
ISSN 1449-8006 Vol. 41 Issue 2 — August 2019 Patron: Dick Telford
Website: www.actmastersathletics.org.au Facebook: ACT Masters Athletics Club
The monthly magazine of the ACT Masters Athletics Club Inc.
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Anne Young W80 300 handicaps
Anne Young W80, receiving her 300th run/walk handicap tee shirt.
Anne currently holds many records including four Australian and two
world relay records. Anne has a clean slate of Veterans/masters half
marathons. 26 wins from 26 starts (photo: John Kennedy)
Reporter: Bryan Thomas
Anne becomes just the sixth person and the second wom-
an to complete 300 monthly handicaps.
She ran her first at Weston Park in April 1986. For
the first sixteen years almost all were in the long course
then for four years she ran in the Frylink Series before re-
turning to the long run in 2012. Since then most have been
in the Frylink and some in the Waddell walk handicap. To
date she has won fifteen medals – five gold, four silver and
six bronze.
“Little Anne” may well claim to have the highest per-
centage of wins from races entered than any other local run-
ner as she has been virtually unbeatable in her age group in
local events since joining in 1985. One such example of her
achievements and longevity is that Anne has participated in
twenty-seven consecutive club cross-country championships
winning her age group on every occasion.
Anne has enjoyed success in cross-country and longer
track races at many Australian and Oceania Championships
and Masters Games and won medals at all three World
Championships in which she has participated. In Melbourne
1987 she won team gold medals for both the W50 cross-
country and marathon. In Brisbane 2001 she won a team
silver in the W65 cross-country then as a W80 in Perth in
2016 she was runner-up in the cross-country as well as being
part of the Australian gold medal winning team.
Anne is also a regular at track and field. At various stag-
es in her athletics career she has held every long distance
running record in each five year age group from W50 to W80
only to see them go one by one to younger women moving up
into older categories. In more than three decades of competi-
tion Anne set more than one hundred individual ACT rec-
ords as well as being a member of many record breaking
relay teams. She currently holds eight ACT records – for the
W55 and W65 10,000m, W65 and W80 one hour run, W75
and W80 3000m and the W80 1500m and one mile as well as
sharing in four Australian and two World Records as a mem-
ber of our W70 relay teams.
Her outstanding track performances have been recog-
nised by winning the Fristad Award in 1989, after being
third two years earlier and runner-up in 1988. She was also
third in two other seasons – in 1991 and 1996. In 2005 Anne
was awarded the Heart Foundation Trophy and for three
consecutive seasons (from 2008 to 2010) she was best female
runner in the Moore Series.
Anne has not run a marathon recently but her effort of
3:38.39 in the 1988 Canberra Marathon is still seventh best
on our W50 ranking list.
Perhaps Anne’s most remarkable achievements have
been in the ACT Vets’ Half Marathon in which she has had
twenty-six starts for twenty-six wins (as a W50 from 1986 to
‘89, W55 from 1991 to ‘94, W60 from 1995 to ‘99, W65 from
2000 to ‘02 and 2004, W70 from 2005 to ‘07 and 2009 and as
a W75 from 2010 to ‘14). For seven of those wins she had the
best performance by a woman as determined by WMA age
graded percentages.
In December 2001 Anne was presented with a Com-
monwealth Recognition Award for Senior Australians for the
Canberra Electorate.
TERRY GIESECKE: 150
Terry’s debut monthly handicap was at Lake Ginninderra
in November 1986. But for a long time his participation was
irregular and in some years he only managed to run on two or
three occasions. Almost all of his runs have been in the long
course although he has a sprinkling in the Frylink Series. To
date Terry has won seven medals consisting of four gold, two
silver and a bronze.
Prior to becoming involved with our club Terry had
been an enthusiastic participant with the informal social run-
ning groups including the Forest Fleet Feet and Hash House
Harriers. Nowadays he is a regular at the Tuesday Group
which is another casual assemblage of joggers and walkers.
Although Terry considered himself an inexperienced
long distance runner at the time he entered his first Vets’
Half Marathon in 1984 he was pleasantly surprised to main-
tain a 4.5minute/km pace for the distance. Terry went on to
continued p.4
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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.
Internet: www.actmastersathletics.org.au Facebook: ACT-Veterans-Athletic-Club Disclaimer: The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily the views of ACTMA
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:
Robbie Costmeyer 0448 087 054
Frank Kresse 0424 148 319
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:
Rod Lynch 02 6242 7071
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:
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Statistician and Club Records:
Nick Melhuish 0412 483 351
Uniforms:
Jayne Hardy 0421 610 053
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Robert Kennelly
Webmaster:
Geoff Moore
Publicity Officer:
Suzie Gaynor
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ACTMA weekly bulletin manager
Val Chesterton [email protected]
The highlight of my winter training was the Sri
Chinmoy Half Marathon Relay, ACTMA cross country
championships, the throwing handicap and the run/walk at
Mount Ainslie. The weather certainly lived up to
expectations being very cold for pretty much everything I
turned up for. It was great to see so many of our members
enjoying these events, in particular, the cross country
championships at Mt Stromlo Forest Park, as this was a
joint AACT and LAACT hosted event. This is an example of
OneSport working well:
each organisation focusing
on what they do well but
teaming up to offer
something for everyone in
a better atmosphere and
pooling volunteer resources
for a better supported
event.
As OneSport develops, we
find ourselves in the
unique position of being
the main representative
body for masters aged
athletes in the ACT, as
well as a fully independent
and operating club, with
summer athletics and
weekend throws and run/
walk events. It’s becoming
clear that independence for
our operating club is front
and centre for our future.
The message we need to highlight is that this makes it even
more vital that we decide what we are going to provide as a
club and do it well. While being mindful of those that want
more, we can leverage off what our partner organisations
can provide, that is, mixed age events, elite competitions,
winter track sessions etc. There is also the OneSport
strategy between the Australian Masters Athletics (AMA)
and Athletics Australia (AA) to consider. Part of the scene
where “those that want more from us” or if you like
“interested stakeholders” are of course the AMA, AA and
the ACT Government. Crucially, if we are to find a place in
this mix of ACT sport, the independent and qualified Sports
Consultant was required to give us the advice we needed to
set the club up for the future.
It could have meant some form of consolidation within
the sporting organisations within the ACT, and of course for
the future, nothing can be ruled out. Nevertheless, the
general theme is coalescing around an independent
operating club focusing on what we do well, while assisting,
promoting and collaborating services with AACT and
LAACT.
I hope our members understand that a future
independent and financially secure ACTMA depends on
working more closely with our partner organisations in the
ACT. This may take the form of annual joint events, co-
marketing and advertising efforts, shared services, co-
volunteering efforts or simply us participating in events like
the winter “High-Noons” at the AIS. It also may mean
focusing on what we can realistically achieve within our
membership numbers, our financial position, and our
volunteering capacity and qualifications.
continued p.4
Men’s 4th place in the Sri
Chinmoy Half-Marathon
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President’s report (cont.) TERRY GIESECKE: 150
Continued from p.3
The summer track and field program will come out short-
ly, and we are considering a new “rest week” towards the end
of the month generally around the monthly throws and run/
walks. This is an effort to focus on what we do well and give
our athletes a break from over competing at the end of the
month.
We are less than 24 months from hosting the national
track and field championships in April 2021. The Local Or-
ganising Committee is being organised by Chris White and
needs your help. It is now expected that much of the prepa-
rations will need to start now so that marketing materials
are available at the Queensland nationals in 2020.
Finally, all the very best to the ACTMA athletes going to
the Oceania Masters Championships in Mackay in late Au-
gust, and to the winter throws competition in
Wollongong in October. Registrations for these
events are closing soon. In the meantime, see
you at our winter run/walks and throws handi-
caps!
Regards
President: Shane Hutchison
www.actmastersathletics.org.au
Saturday 29th June 2019 at Stromlo Forest Park
W35 1 Helen Morewood 8000m 37:18
M35 1 Ken Gibson 8000m 27:39
M35 2 Liam Ryan 8000m 29:33
W40 1 Jodie Barker 8000m 36:27
M40 1 Kane Fillingham 8000m 28:29
W45 1 Leanne Laajoki 8000m 33:52
M45 1 Aston Duncan 8000m 29:19
M45 2 Shane Hutchison 8000m 31:56
M50 1 Steve Rohan-Jones 8000m 30:19
W55 1 Gabrielle Brown 8000m 43:59
M55 1 Peter Brown 8000m 33:39
M60 1 David Clarke 8000m 34:31
M65 1 Robyn McClelland 8000m 44:38
M65 1 Trevor Jacobs 8000m 37:10
M65 2 Ian Bowden 8000m 45:36
M70 1 Geoff Moore 6000m 29:36
M70 2 Jim White 6000m 35:53
M70 3 Charlie Modrak 6000m 37:55
W75 1 Caroline Campbell 6000m 37:06
FOR THE RECORD
ACTMA Records W85 Mary Wahren has set more than her share of records
in the last month. At the Throws Pentathlon in June she set
5 records. Hammer 14.68m, Shot 4.51m, Discus 9.58m,
Weight 3.85m and a Throws Pentathlon total score of 2471
points.
Two weeks later she further improved her Shot and Dis-
cus distances to 5.04m and 10.25m respectively.
Also thanks to Don Fraser for pointing out that the club
website lists performances from 2001, when he was aged 62,
as M65 records. These inconsistencies in the club’s online
records have been corrected.
NICK MELHUISH
Records Officer and Statistician
Continued from p.1
run the next seven consecutive Vets’ Halves before complet-
ing his ninth in 1997 then for several years thereafter the
event organizer had a special ‘Survivor’ T shirt ready for
whenever he felt fit enough to complete number ten. But
sadly he never did!
Terry has also completed a couple of marathons with a
PB of 3:44.
Bryan Thomas
Terry Giesecke M70 with his 150 tee shirt and Anne
Young. Photo: John Kennedy
2021 Australian Masters Athletics Track and Field
Championships
We need to fill the following
sub committee manager roles:
• Venues
• Sponsorship/Grants
• Program
• Technical
• Officials/Volunteers
• Meet manager results /
photo finish
• Registration / athletes
packages/race numbers
• Athlete support
• Awards
• Publications
• Finance
• Media
ChrisWhite
ACT Cross Country Championships
August 2019 Vetrunner — page 5
The President’s Pin
By Shane Hutchison
Many of us initially joined the ACT Masters Athletics
Club, and for some, the ACT Vets, to run, jump or throw. But
so many of our members have found themselves running
events, jumping up to volunteer or officiate, or throwing
themselves into the club administration.
As I reflected on our 40 years of ‘Fitness through
Fellowship’ and read through the club’s history, including the
first set of notes from that initial gathering of Peter Frylink,
Terry Munro, Ken Daniels, Nigel Crew and others on the
night of 22 February 1979, it struck me that the club would
not be celebrating 40 years of successful operation without its
volunteers.
Historically, extraordinary contributions to the club are
acknowledged with the Life Membership Award. We are
blessed to have four active life members who continue to
support the club with extraordinary volunteering efforts. I
again thank and acknowledge Geoff Moore, Rosemary
Parker, Bryan Thomas and Jayne Hardy.
However, I wanted to acknowledge the ‘middle distance’
volunteer…as very few people are around long enough to hit
the life membership mark, despite making significant
contributions over and above the expected volunteering
duties. Their efforts often go unnoticed and are usually at a
personal cost, like not being able to compete. I wanted to
change that.
So as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations, I am
introduced the ‘President’s Pin’ for outstanding service. The
criteria for this award is at least five years of outstanding
volunteer service over and above regulation volunteering.
The President’s Pin will be ongoing and awarded annually by
the outgoing president at the AGM and the awardee list will
be published in the annual report for perpetuity.
At the AGM, I was delighted to award pins to the
inaugural recipients who were present (see photo). The
inaugural list was extensive but not exhaustive despite our
efforts to identify everyone with
outstanding volunteer service. It was by no
means a final list and I apologise to those
who felt they should have been on it. I
appreciated being reminded of the many
deserving volunteers who missed out on the
pin this year.
I have started my list for next year and welcome
recommendations at any time during the year in readiness
for the ceremonial ‘pinning’ next AGM.
For those on the list who missed out on their pin on the
night, we would love to hear from you to coordinate delivery
of their President’s Pin. If that’s you, please drop me a line or
give me a call to organise pick up.
I hope the recipients wear their President’s Pin proudly as
club ambassadors, whenever and wherever they may be
volunteering in athletics.
Thank you all for your commitment and tireless efforts to
support the club. May we still be going strong in another 40
years
Shane Hutchison (President (2018-2020)
For a list of the inaugural recipients of the President’s
Pin, please see page 6.
The President’s Pin; the group photo of awardees present at
the AGM. Photo Suzie Gaynor)
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President’s Pin
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Reporter; John Kennedy
Eighty percent cloud cover and 4oC great for storing
dairy products but for a handicap! Well, actually, new-comers
might be retrospectively warmed to know that the Mt.Ainslie
course has a well deserved reputation for foggy and sub-zero
starts. On this occasion then conditions were teetering on
balmy – who said there were no upsides to climate change.
Light overnight rain served to freshen the bush with only
limited effect on the track surface. Activity around the start
line did stir things up a bit creating a mud pool that required
a cautious start but otherwise all was pedal to the metal ter-
ritory. Forty minutes after the starters gun the sun had got
the better of the cloud cover treating those still out on the
course to a perfect winter’s day in the bush capital.
The course might best be described as undulating with a
couple of rises to test the resolve of the determined. The long
course climb over the Ainslie-Majura saddle pushes the diffi-
culty factor (DF) out to 1.09 making this one of the more
challenging handicaps. Not to be short-changed short course
and walk contestants also faced their own mini breath catch-
er, an uphill sweeper a little short of the turn around (a fea-
ture familiar to Ainslie parkrun participants). So even with
its lesser DF of 1.06 there was still plenty to get your teeth
into.
This is the second handicap course, the other being Cur-
tin, to have had its distance stretched by technology viz. elec-
tronic timing. For reasons never entirely clear to me the lega-
cy Thomas series course finished 50 metres shy of the micro-
wave tower leaving a gap between the start and finish. This
required the clock and timers to move shop whilst the run-
ners were out on course. Clearly an impracticality for the
new timing mat set-up. What puzzles me though is that de-
spite the new incorporation of this gap between start and
finish the official distance, 9.3km, hasn’t changed. I assume
this apparent conundrum is somehow also tied up with cli-
mate change too but the mechanics are too tricky for me. For
the mathematically pedantic my GPS measured the course
as 9.37km.
Numbers were again down (80 starters) on the club’s
halcyon days but I sensed the enthusiasm is still in evidence
as were some outstanding age corrected performances, noted
below, from our longer term members.
Thomas Series:
The long course attracted the biggest following with 43
finishers or 54% of the total participants on the day. Honours
went to 5th over the line W55 Prue Bradford in a time of
64:32, silver to M60 George Quarmby in 63:33 and bronze to
M75 Bryan Thomas in 69:16. Fastest time for the course and
the day belonged to club president Shane Hutchison at 4:20/
km whilst Nadine Morrison took female honours with 5:12/
km. Age percentage winners were M70 Kent Williams
(85.8%) and W70 Sue Archer (88.5%). Sue and Kent are no
slouches in absolute rates either at 5:26 and 4:57 respective-
ly. In their own words here’s our podium finishers thoughts
on the day:
Prue Bradford (Gold): Mt Ainslie is probably
my favourite course - and it helps that I've won a couple of
medals there (according to the shield, I won the gold in
2015!) It's such a challenging course. I still hate the "up"
bits, but that downhill finish is one of the best pieces of
course that we use. The mud in the last 20 metres was a
challenge - I didn't want to slow down as I thought I was
about to be caught, but wasn't sure if the recording system
would appreciate me skidding across the line on my backside!
It was timely to have a good result, as next month (July) will
mark 20 years of running with the Club. Our first event was
at Mulligans Flat in July 1999 - club membership had been a
joint birthday present for some significant-ish birthdays Ste-
ve and I were having around that time. Mt Ainslie is num-
ber one (Kowen Forest a very close second - hmm, and I've
won there, too!)
George Quarmby (Silver): I ran my first ACT
Masters handicap run in November 2001 and have completed
124 runs to date. I have not run well for a number of years
due to a combination of poor fitness and injury averaging 7-8
minutes per km. Since I retired in November 2018 I have
been able to get a lot fitter and have begun interval training
weekly with the SpeedyGeese running group. I feel that my
running is getting back to what it once was, I ran Mt Ainslie
once in under 5 minutes per km, not so long ago. I particular-
ly like Mt Ainslie for running and mountain biking though
my other favourite run with the Masters is Goorooyarroo. I
aim to run 8 half marathons this year, I have already com-
pleted 4; Snowy half, UTA 22, Canberra half and Vets half .
I also want to finish the Fitz 105km road bike ride in Octo-
ber. I try each week to run a couple of times, ride about 80km
over two separate days, swim and complete a light weights
session. I’m not sure how I ever had the time to work. I’m not
competitive, I did that as a young lad playing AFL. I have
only won a few medals, none at Mt Ainslie. (cont. p.8)
Run walk Handicap Mt Ainslie 30 June 2019
Thomas: Prue Bradford W55 Taking her sixth gold medal from George
Quarmby M60 (middle) & Bryan Thomas M75. (photo: John Kennedy)
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Run walk Handicap Mt Ainslie 30 June 2019 (continued)
(Continued from p.7)
Bryan Thomas (Bronze): I was fortunate in that I was
given my most generous handicap start of my career. So I was
always travelling along near the front runners. I found the
course to be quite slippery until we got to Mt Ainslie Rd.
where because of less running and walking traffic the track
on the far side was better. I was passed by the other two med-
allists a couple of hundred metres before the start of the long
climb. But I could always see them ahead until the down hill
run to the finish when both Prue and George pulled a long,
long way in front. This is the only handicap course that has
stood the test of time since the earliest days of our club. Over
the years it has always proved popular probably due to its
attractive looping course, its length and difficulty caused by
that very long uphill near the end. As such I have raced it
many times - and in fact in the past I have enjoyed some suc-
cess (even winning medals) as this course suits back markers.
But sadly those days are long gone as I am more of a plodder
nowadays. I am probably a better race-walker than a runner
now. I still recall many years ago battling it out "head to
head" with Chris Higgins along that long back straight and I
clearly remember 2 years ago our local politician Andrew
Leigh racing past me up the back hill.
Frylink Series:
The short course proved the least popular attracting only
15 starters or 19% of the day’s participants. First across the
line and taking gold was M65 Ian Bowden who completed the
course in 39:10 from group 23. Silver was secured by new
comer M40 Toby Bellwood in 24:04 with M70 Richard Scutter
bringing home a bronze with 39:56 over the 4.5km. Ken Gor-
don, M55, was the gazelle of the group clocking an average of
4:58/km. Honours must however go to W85 Joan Mallory who
scored a phenomenal age adjusted percentage of 91.9; the
outright best such ranking of the day. Here’s what the podium
finishers had to say:
Ian Bowden (Gold): I’ve been with the club since late
1995, so only a “newish” running member. I also play a bit of
lawn bowls. I felt all month that it was probably my turn as I
had finished in 4th Place in the past two events. Bob Parker
picked me as a winner at a Tuesday group run, said the hand-
icapper had his eye on me. I therefore expected a good result.
So I did something I had never done in my life, actually ran
two days in a row. In the past a number of runners get on the
line and say they won’t do any good, because “did the Cotter
yesterday”, “ran a half marathon last week” etc. so I thought
if I run the cross country championships on Saturday, it
might slow me down a bit for Sunday, and I can finish 4th
again and not get re-handicapped. Alas, only 15 ran the
Frylink, so there wasn’t a lot to beat, quantity wise, not re-
garding quality! I like the Ainslie course, cold weather helps
too. But now it is someone else’s turn, I will go back a heap of
groups and can have a sleep-in before starting the next few
months. Will be overseas for the July run, will come back
grossly overweight, so can look forward to another medal in
2021, maybe.
Toby Bellwood (Silver): This is only my third Masters
Handicap run - so it looks like I got my timing right! I only
took up running 2 1/2 years ago, and have been a regular at
Gungahlin Parkrun since then - recently chalking up my
milestone 100th run. I'm really enjoying the Masters Handi-
cap series - it's a great opportunity to get off the "sealed"
paths and into some of our city's glorious bushland. One of
the things I love about the out and back courses is trying to
work out who you've got a reasonable chance of catching up to
(but for the second event in a row, I just couldn't get close
enough to catch Ian!). I'm looking forward to many more Sun-
day morning outings - and now that I know medals are hand-
ed out at the end of the events - I'll make sure to hang around
next time should I be fortunate enough to ascend the podium -
the weekly shop can wait!
Richard Scutter (Bronze): My very first run with the
club was in September 1988 at Mount Ainslie. Today my body
was a little different from that occasion! The main problem is
with my left knee so I have not been running but mainly
walking. However, with careful management I can break out
into a jog and this is the reason for choosing the Frylink ra-
ther than the Waddell.
I continue to participate in Parkrun in this fashion and feel-
ing very casual I just wanted to enjoy the Sunday excursion in
the company of others. I had no thought of being competitive
and it was a great surprise when the back end runners did
not stream pass me towards the finish! Obviously the small
number participating was a factor. I am putting more effort
into swimming and cycling so I am keeping fit. There is al-
ways an alternative no matter the dictates of a contrary body!
Continued page 9.
Frylink: Ian Bowden M65 (left), taking his seventh gold
(18th medal) from Toby Bellwood M40 (absent) and club poet
Richard Scutter M70 third. (photo: John Kennedy)
` August 2019 Vetrunner — Page 9
Run walk Handicap Mt Ainslie 30 June 2019 (continued)
(Continued from p.8)
Waddell Series
The series drew 22 walkers or 27% of the starters to its
ranks. Another cracking age adjusted percentage was
achieved, this time for the men, with M85 John Suiter cover-
ing the course in a fleet footed 8:09/km for an impressive
90.2%. Chris Lang, M65, was fastest on the course at 7:27/
km whilst W70 Rosemary Parker just pipped Michelle Hil-
lard by 1 second to take the female speedster slot in 7:58/km.
Finishing 3rd across the line John Hunt took gold in 42:22
from “youngster” M30 Robbie Newman in 35:04 and veteran
M85 Jack Thackray 42:19 with bronze. Here’s our winners
thoughts:
John Hunt (Gold): I have been a very happy member
of ACT Vets/Masters since season 1990-91 and I have en-
joyed every minute of it. My earliest major experiences were
in track and field, especially high jumping, where I won my
age group in Nationals and the World Championship in
M55/59 in Durban, South Africa in 1997. After I turned 60 I
concentrated on Monthly Handicap walks and throws
events. I was privileged to be elected President of our club
for the two years 2001 to 2003. At age 78 I do not participate
in any other sports, although I am an active member of my
local little athletics centre (Corroboree/North Canberra)
where I hope my two grandsons will have the same good
experiences that their father had. I am a Life Member of
Corroboree and of ACT Little Athletics where my major con-
tribution these days is in coaching. I am happy to participate
in the monthly handicaps, which I would recommend to any-
body. I like the undulating Ainslie course, which along with
Majura is my favourite. I think I won the Ainslie event a
few years ago but this time I was just keen to maintain a
good speed and rhythm and to finish ahead of Jack Thackray
and the back markers.
Robbie Newman (Silver): I joined the club at the start
of last year as a walker, a pastime that I enjoy. I do parkrun
most Saturday mornings, but other than that don’t partici-
pate in sports. I like this course, its a challenge due to that
nasty hill but was nonetheless enjoyable.. This was my first
medal.
Jack Thackray (Bronze): I enjoy the Mount Ainslie
Run/Walk. It is a trying course and I find it a challenge
each time having won a medal on four occasions. I like the
June nip in the air which keeps one on their toes, pardon the
pun. I maintain my aerobic fitness with the ACT Race walk-
ing and fitness club on Saturday afternoons and I find it
helpful for the monthly handicaps too. I am already sprint
training three times a week at AIS in preparation for the
Nationals next April.
John Kennedy
(Editor’s note; John Kennedy, our reporter and photographer finished
third over the line from group 15 in the Thomas. Unfortunately hav-
ing been in Melbourne for some weeks he was ineligible to take his
own picture winning a medal! Thank you John)
▼ A day member in front of Kevin Rowe M65 in the Thomas
▼ Rae Palmer W70 & Will Foster M75 10th and 11th in the Thomas
Waddell: John Hunt M75, taking his fifth handicap gold from Robbie
Newman M30 and jumping Jack Thackray M85 took the bronze, but
was absent for picture by John Kennedy. ▼ Below muddy in parts.
Page 10 — August 2019 Vetrunner
August Run/Walk Handicap - Coombs Molonglo 9.00am start 25 August 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, The Runners Shop and Kingston Physiotherapy
and Sports Injury Centre each remit to the Club a
payment equivalent to a percentage of their sales to
members. Nick Walshe of The Runners Shop and Craig
Wisdom of the Kingston Physiotherapy and Sports
Injury Centre are Club members.
Course Description – Coombs Molonglo
How to get there: Turn at the lights on the Cotter
Road into Kirkpatrick Street, Weston, then proceed
past the RSPCA and park on either side of Kirkpatrick
Street or in the car park further down overlooking the
pond.
Thomas Series (long course) = 10km
Frylink/Waddell Series (short course) = 5km
Both courses start and finish on the gravel road behind
the RSPCA (same as the Coombs Parkrun) and go north
initially, then follow the road around the pond, turn
right at the end to cross Weston Creek and head north
again past Stromlo Cottage. Continue on the dirt road
across the Bicentennial Trail and turn left on the road
which runs between Coombs and the Molonglo River.
Short course: Turn right at 1.93km and take the road
across the river for 0.57km, then turn around and re-
trace your steps to the start.
Long course: Instead of turning right to cross the river,
continue along the road behind Coombs, then turn at
3.0km and come back to turn left on the road across the
river. Follow that road, veering left to follow the river,
then turn right up the hill to begin the anticlockwise
circuit of Barrer Hill. On completing the circuit, contin-
ue straight ahead back to the river crossing, then turn
left back onto the road behind Coombs and retrace your
steps to the start.
Below left: John Hunt M75 winning Waddell; Below mid-
dle: Linda Bone shading Prue Bradford W55 winning Thomas;
and below right: Mr. Ed, on Debut, winning the Frylink in
1:36:18!
August 2019 Vetrunner — page 11
What is the focus of the New Committee
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 6/3km
Reporters Suzie Gaynor and Shane Hutchison
The new committee set its priorities for 2019 at its first meeting on
17 June at the Belconnen Soccer Club.
Welcoming new committee member Leigh Harlow as Treasurer, and applauding the return of the full committee from 2018-2019, Shane
Hutchison led the charge into his second year as president by calling on
the team to roll their sleeves up again and focus on the big issues.
The 2018-2019 main committee implemented many initiatives that saw the trend of declining membership stemmed and consolidated with
numbers above 300. The committee will continue to have a big focus on
members: their wants, their needs, attracting new members and retain-
ing existing members, The priorities for this year are:
Governance – it is important that we are doing the right things in
terms of our procedures and paperwork. We will review our pro-
cedures and policies on how we do things, from running events
to handling financial matters to be confident we are doing them
right, doing them well and are documented for all members to
access.
Club Performance Improvement – following the valuable feedback and direction we received from the independent review and sur-
vey of members, we want to use the information to improve the
club’s performance and ensure we are offering what members
want.
New Member Management – we are pleased that we didn’t have a net
loss of members in the last year, stopping the 7% annual de-
crease that the club has experienced over the last 10 years. How-
ever, this was achieved by attracting a large number of new
members, meaning that we still lost a lot of existing members.
We plan to focus on retaining members, as well as gaining mem-
bers by looking at new ways of keeping members engaged and
wanting to stay in the club.
2021 National Championships: Chris White is the lead for the Local Organising Committee for the 2021 National Championships. It
will be a major effort for the club if we are able to pull off a suc-
cessful championship and the committee will help Chris to en-
suring he has the support from members to organise, coordinate,
volunteer and host this significant event that caters for up to
1000 Masters athletes competing in Canberra on our local patch.
The committee meets each month, either at the Ainslie Football and
Social Club or the Belconnen Soccer Club. Minutes from the meetings
are posted to the club’s website.
The ACTMA main committee 2019/2020 is:
Club Patron Dick Telford AM
Club President Shane Hutchison
Vice President Nikki Phelps
ecretary Suzie Gaynor
Treasurer Leigh Harlow (new Treasurer, back row far right)
Public Officer Robbie Costmeyer
Registrar Nigel England
Com. Members Frank Kresse, Kathy Sims, Ken Smith
In the May handicap I managed somehow
to win gold (see photo), it was a good run at a rate of
6:44 much better than my previous rate of 7:21 in
April. All of my medals have come from the shorter
runs, so that run at 7.4k suited me. I have been
running the monthly handicaps for some time (this
was was my 150th) so I know the system, or
thought I did. Turning up on June 30 for the Mount
Ainslie run I expected to be moved up from group 8
to something like group 15 or 16. Imagine my sur-
prise to find that I was in group 21! A group for true
athletes, not shufflers like me. The group rate being
5:15, a pace I had not achieved for years, in fact the
best I'd done was 5:53 at an Adelaide park run in
March 2017, on a dead flat surface at almost sea
level over 5k.
Anyway I had a long time to wait for the
start in quite cold weather and as my pace was
down the back markers quickly ran past and disap-
peared in a flash. I was last by a long shot and I
pitied the poor officials who had to wait in the cold
for me to go past and eventually cross the finish
line.
So why am I writing this, to have a
whinge? well maybe. I accept the basic principle of
the handicapping process but I believe it was a bit
of over kill. I hope it will be revised so that partici-
pants are not placed in groups way above their ca-
pacity. At my age (73) it is
unlikely that I would im-
prove by that much. A
perfect handicap would
see every one finishing
together or at least place
all on an equal footing.
Also I have never
"sandbagged" that is de-
liberately run slower to
get a better group. I al-
ways run to the best of
my capacity given the
conditions.
Terry Giesecke 1174
Reflections on my experiences with the handicapping system
Page 12 — August 2019 Vetrunner
Throwing handicap report — Shot and discus 29th June 2019
Reporter John Reynolds
A mild winter day greeted the eighteen competitors for
the June throwing handicap at Masson St. Highlights of the
day were three new ACT records & a victory to our oldest
thrower. Rad Leovic into his third year in the M90 age group
took out the event with a margin of thirty one centimetres to
spare from Raylea Rudov. Sixty three centimetres back in
third position was Tanya Colyer. Rad has had two wins in
his 82 appearances in the handicaps with his last victory
coming back in 2006.
With our previous leader Jan Banens missing in June
Mary Wahren has moved into the lead in the pointscore
competition. With half the year completed she leads by 6
points from Tanya Colyer with Jayne Hardy a further nine
points back in third position.
Mary Wahren continued on her record breaking spree
with new marks in both events that she contested. She
broke her own records in both the shot & discus in the W85
age division. Her shot distance was 5.04 and discus she
threw 10.25. The third record for the day came in the M75
56lb weight throw. John Reynolds added ninety five centi-
metres to the old record with a best distance of 4.23.
Jayne Hardy once again dominated the women’s
events recording the longest throws in all four events con-
tested. She threw 8.79 in the shot put & 26.53 in the discus
to lead the two handicap events. In the 56lb weight throw
she recorded 3.24 & in the standard weight her best was
12.03. Ray Green had similar success among the men, lead-
ing the way in the shot with 9.85 & the discus with
31.48.His best efforts in the 56lb weight was 4.77 & in the
standard weight 12.11.
Everyone showed good form in their events & as a re-
sult no Oscar was awarded for the month. The winner of the
wine was John Reynolds.
The next monthly throwing handicap will be on Au-
gust 24th. Events to be contested are the shot put, discus,
standard weight & the 45lb weight
The August throws handicap will be held one week
prior to the commencement of the Oceania Masters champi-
onships in Mackay in Queensland. At this stage we have
many of our handicap regulars entered for the event. Entries
close on July 21st.
John Reynolds (results p.17)
Left and above: Caroline
Campbell W75
(Photos: Tanya Colyer)
▲ Wendy Freeman W70 ▲ Mary Wahren W85
▲ May Handicap presenta-
tion: Tanya Colyer (1st), Jan
Banens—absent (2nd) and
Mary Wahren (3rd)
▲ Shane Hutchinson M45
(background: Nola de
Chazal )
▲ Kevin Blewitt M70
Caroline Campbell at the June Throws Pentathlon
Photo: Suzie Gaynor
August 2019 Vetrunner — page 13
Reporter Craig Wisdom
Hi Masters Athletes,
Below is a part one of a travelogue of my travels in
France with my partner, based on three separate self-guided
cycling tours interspersed with sightseeing and supporting of
our Aussie FIFA Women’s World Cup sporting champs – The
Matildas…..
It is almost three weeks since we left Oz and it feels like
three months+.
Travelling in a foreign country for us requires a fair bit
of effort especially when only part of the trip was organised
in the 2 weeks before we flew out, and the rest is being
planned and booked on the fly!
Our little apartment in Paris for the first 4 days was an
excellent base to tour from with the close proximity of a
couple of metro lines.
Despite some rain on Day 1 we still managed a garden
visit and walk along the River Seine to the sad feature of
Notre Dame. The French have taken to restoring the
cathedral with gusto and it was a hive of activity when we
strolled by.
The next day was a trip out of Paris to the Palace of
Versailles in glorious conditions, and it was in the nearby
town that we had our first (and only to date) decent cup of
coffee, at the appropriately named The Stray Bean. This
may not seem such a big deal but in our subsequent effort to
relive the experience we have had many, many, many
disappointments. On numerous occasions I have suggested
Jo offer to put her barista’s licence to good effect and show
the wait staff how it should be done, however that is not
really her way, and anyway, ‘they just use the wrong blend
of beans!’.
The enormous Palace of Versailles and gardens were an
eye opener for the opulence they reflected of a time when
France was struggling with famine and disease in the late
1700’s. We wandered around a small portion of the
manicured gardens, resplendent with fountains and
sculptures, before going into the palace for the audio tour.
Our knowledge of French history immediately took a steep
rise as we learnt of the demise of the line of Louis’s which
ended with Louis XVI getting the chop in 1793, as a
consequence of the French revolution.
After another day sightseeing and public transport
surfing in Paris, we settled in for a very fast train ride (up
to just over 300km/hr) to Avignon in Provence. Here we had
a day spare to look around this well preserved walled city
which is best known for being the Papal home of seven
‘legitimate’ Popes (including characters like Pope Innocent
VI and Pope Urban V!), in the 14th century, rather than in
Rome. There were also a couple of dodgy ones that ended up
not being officially anointed but that didn’t stop them
enjoying the spoils of Papacy for 20+ years apiece.
So then began our first self-guided bike tour which
started, in Orange on 10th June. Day 1 was a back roads
cycle to Avignon for a second visit, through vineyards,
lavender fields, small to medium sized villages, and part
way along the banks of the Rhone River. It was a 50km day
with rain setting in in the afternoon, although not cold.
The weather since has been warm and dry, up to mid-
30s. Our Day 1 scenery set the scene for the next 4 cycling
days as we covered 55 to 68 km each day, staying at Arles,
Nimes, Uzes and then back to Orange. Highlights were the
hilltop town of Les Baux, Arles arena (~colosseum), and the
Pont du Gard – a massive 50AD Roman aqueduct registered
as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
This cycle tour also conveniently included 2 nights at
Arles which perfectly synched with the Matildas playing
against Brazil in Montpellier. Instead of cycling, we caught
a 1 hour train to this lovely town which was all geared up to
host Women’s World Cup games. We saw the Aussie girls
make a fantastic come back from 2-0 down to win 3-2…
phew! Then back on the train to Arles for the night before
continuing the bike tour.
Once back to Orange we hired a car and headed off to
Grenoble which became our focus due to the final Matildas
group game against Jamaica on 18th June.
Grenoble is nestled in a valley surrounded by
spectacular mountains and high plateaus on the edge of the
French Alps, central east of France. In our 3 days here we
did some excellent drive touring to precipitous villages
through spectacular gorges with cliffs overhanging the road,
in addition to a couple of mountain walks.
This area also allowed a little self-indulgence for me as I
had decided to have a go at cycling up Alpe d’Huez (40 min
drive from Grenoble), which is a famous climb often
included in the Tour de France. It is a ~13km climb from
the little town of Bourg d’Oisans at the base, and averages
about 8% from bottom to top for a ~1000m vertical ascent. I
hired a bike from a well-reviewed shop in B d’O which must
have written most of their own reviews! Nevertheless, after
a change of pedals which actually allowed me to release,
and deciding I didn’t need to use the large chain ring
anyway, I headed off on what was the longest continuous
climb I have ever done. About 1 ½ hours later I crested at
the summit pretty pleased with myself. On the way back
down I stopped for a few pics and was back to Jo feeding
ducks in a park by the river in B d’O within 30’.
Matildas played that same evening, and again the city
was making the most of the opportunity to host some
Women’s World Cup games. Most of the crowd support
seemed to be for Jamaica who were definitely the underdogs
but it was soon apparent there was not going to be an upset
in this match as the Aussies went on to win 4-1. The most
excitement for the night however went to the Jamaicans
who scored their first ever World Cup goal in the history of
mankind. They went nuts!
Yesterday we drove back to drop off the car in Orange
and I am writing this while traveling on 3 connecting, not-
so-fast-trains to Souillac, which is the start of our next 7
day bike tour in the Dordogne valley in the central western
area of France. Pre-historic cave paintings, cliff-side
villages, ancient buildings and more vineyards await us.
The distances each day are not quite as long as for the first
tour but I am sure will be just as interesting.
In all we are managing very well and have had few
problems with bookings, transport and accommodation. Our
accommodation for the 1st bike tour varied from spacious
and extravagant (for our meagre standards), to pretty
crappy – Jo’s providing some targeted feedback in this
instance!
The French people we have interacted with have
overwhelmingly been courteous and hospitable, and
extremely tolerant of the way we regularly butcher their
language. Jo
does a great
Marcel Marceau
whenever she is
in line for asking
directions or
ordering tartes
from the
patisserie!
Translate is
earning its value
many fold!
Palais of Versailles
Gardens
(Cont. p. 19)
Travelogue from France — Part 1
Date: Tuesday 6 August 2019
Venue: Canberra Labor Club Stirling
Location: Teesdale Close Stirling
Time: 7.00pm
Food: A wide variety of food inc. V & GF
Drinks: Available for Purchase at the Bar
You are all invited to meet with fellow members of the Club
for an informal social dinner. For a fun night out, please
contact one of the following members of the Social Team by
12 noon on Monday 5 August 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 10th August 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-
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What a month for Masters Athletics; Anne Young’s 300
handicap, sixth on the all time list with Suzanne Counsel
the only woman in front of her. A great cross country event
with ACTMA winning their age division. See page 4 for
results.
Nadine and I wish to thank all our contributors espe-
cially Bryan Thomas, Suzie Gaynor and Shane Hutchison
for the President’s Pin report (pp. 5 and 6), the committee
report and many fabulous photos. Also John Kennedy’s
photos at the run/walk handicap and Tanya Colyer at the
throws handicap. Also thanks to our ever reliable proof
readers, Dave Mackenzie and Cory Collins. We appreciate
our regular Throws reporters; John Reynolds and Jayne
Hardy and the Geoff Barker inspired team of run/walk
handicap reporters, on this occasion, John Kennedy.
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]
Thanks very much to Nadine for stepping in and tak-
ing the lion’s share of the load for this edition of Vetrunner.
(Nadine had the fastest women’s time in the Thomas)
We are rather blessed in this club to be enriched with
so many willing volunteers. Clare Wall, (our anniver-
sary guest editor) has agreed to take the reins for the
September Vetrunner. Thanks again Clare. Clare will
officially take over Monday 29th July with a handover from
Robert. Both Lauren Watt (April guest editor) and Nadine
will be supporting Clare. We hope Clare that this timely
editorial work will not interfere with your preparations for
the Chicago Marathon.
If you feel you have missed out on this rewarding
post we are pleased to say that we still have two guest edi-
tor spots available in 2020; May (work done in first half of
April) and September (work done in first half of August).
Feel free to contact us below.
Nadine Morrison and 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]
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Submissions for September Vetrunner
Vetrunner Online
ACTMA Social Function
Membership To renew membership or join the Club
please go the Club’s website at
www.actmastersathletics.org.au - then
go to Club Pages - Membership, click on
ONLINE PAYMENTS and follow the
prompts. Or p.20 of this Vetrunner. New
memberships and renewals for the year
starting on 1 Oct are accepted from 1 July.
Part-Year membership; Discounted membership, $33 for the remainder of the membership year until 30 Septem-
ber 2019 is now available via the Membership page of the
ACTMA website.
Note: The Club’s membership fee does not cover partic-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.
Editorial Comment
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August 2019 Vetrunner — page 15
Run/Walk Handicap Mt. Ainslie Results
THOMAS SERIES 9.3km - 30/06/19 - Mt. Ainslie—(Difficulty factor 1.09)
Place Name Age Gp St Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals
1 Robyn McClelland W65 10 0:57:35 6:12 73.0 0
2 Kerri Vaughan W55 9 0:59:19 6:23 64.1 0
3 John Kennedy M65 15 0:53:44 5:47 70.2 0
4 Mick Charlton M65 3 1:12:24 7:47 50.2 0
5 Prue Bradford W55 9 1:04:32 6:56 60.3 150 Gold
6 George Quarmby M60 10 1:03:33 6:50 54.8 149 Silver
7 Bryan Thomas M75 7 1:09:16 7:27 60.3 148 Bronze
8 Ken Smith M60 23 0:52:43 5:40 65.8 147
9 Rod Lynch M55 5 1:14:18 7:59 45.5 0
10 Rae Palmer W70 14 1:01:05 6:34 76.9 0
11 Will Foster M75 21 0:55:12 5:56 72.1 146
12 Kent Williams M70 32 0:46:04 4:57 85.8 145
13 Susan Archer W70 27 0:50:31 5:26 88.5 144
14 Nadine Morrison W45 30 0:48:19 5:12 72.1 143
15 David Webster M65 32 0:46:57 5:03 77.4 142
16 Alan Newton M75 10 1:07:15 7:14 61.2 141
17 Shane Hutchison M45 41 0:40:16 4:20 75.1 140
18 Desma Butler W75 5 1:16:56 8:16 67.0 139
19 Jennie Blake W60 15 1:02:47 6:45 64.4 138
20 Hugh Moore M70 20 0:58:36 6:18 65.5 0
21 Judi Edwards W70 14 1:03:59 6:53 71.6 137
22 Ruth Baussmann W65 14 1:04:14 6:54 68.7 136
23 Cathy Newman W55 22 0:57:36 6:12 66.8 0
24 Mary Ann Busteed W70 13 1:06:04 7:06 67.7 135
25 Allison Duncan W50 8 1:13:54 7:57 49.8 134
26 Bob Parker M70 5 1:19:04 8:30 49.3 133
27 Margaret McSpadden W70 7 1:15:56 8:10 61.9 132
28 Peter Clarke M65 41 0:43:03 4:38 86.0 131
29 Alan Mallory M60 33 0:49:51 5:22 69.9 130
30 Craig Wurtz M50 27 0:55:46 6:00 57.3 129
31 Kevin Rowe M65 29 0:54:59 5:55 63.7 128
32 Val Chesterton W75 1 1:28:08 9:29 58.9 127
33 Bernie Millett M75 11 1:11:16 7:40 57.7 0
34 Sherryl Greathead W65 10 1:13:00 7:51 59.0 126
35 Jenny May W60 1 1:28:17 9:30 47.0 0
36 Ewan Brown M70 10 1:13:20 7:53 52.7 125
37 Robin Whyte M75 13 1:10:04 7:32 58.7 124
38 Hugh Crawley M75 7 1:19:53 8:35 50.7 123
39 Roger Pilkington M60 26 1:01:57 6:40 55.3 122
40 Maria White W65 7 1:25:35 9:12 49.7 121
41 Jim White M70 22 1:08:41 7:23 55.9 120
42 Steve Bradford M60 42 0:53:15 5:44 65.4 119
43 Terry Giesecke M70 21 1:12:51 7:50 53.9 118
Hugh Crawley and Margaret McSpadden feeling the weather
differently (Photo: John Kennedy)
Mick Charlton in the Thomas Series at Mt Ainslie.
(Photo: John Kennedy)
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FRYLINK SERIES 4.5km - 30/06/19 - (Difficulty factor 1.06)
Place Name Age Gp St Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals 1 Ian Bowden M65 23 0:25:45 5:43 66.1 75 Gold 2 Toby Bellwood M40 28 0:24:04 5:21 51.7 74 Silver 3 Richard Scutter M70 1 0:39:56 8:52 44.2 73 Bronze 4 Cathy Montalto W65 24 0:26:35 5:54 72.3 72 5 Linda Mallory W55 16 0:30:22 6:45 57.8 71 6 Graeme Patrick M65 26 0:26:41 5:56 60.3 0
7 Charlie Modrak M70 21 0:29:07 6:28 59.5 70 8 Jill Pearson W60 26 0:27:36 6:08 65.4 69 9 Deb Gordon W50 31 0:25:59 5:46 62.3 68 10 Ken Gordon M55 41 0:22:20 4:58 66.9 67 11 Consie Larmour W80 3 0:42:34 9:28 69.9 66 12 Anne Young W80 1 0:45:08 10:02 66.0 65
13 Suzie Gaynor W50 12 0:36:53 8:12 43.2 0 14 Cory Collins W80 10 0:39:05 8:41 69.0 64 15 Joan Mallory W85 1 0:47:21 10:31 91.9 63
WADDELL SERIES 4.5km - 30/06/19 - (Difficulty factor 1.06)
Place Name Age Gp St Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals
1 Monika Short W70 1 0:44:17 9:50 64.6 0 2 Jennie Gilchrist W65 10 0:38:25 8:32 69.8 0 3 John Hunt M75 7 0:42:22 9:25 64.3 75 Gold 4 Robbie Newman M30 23 0:35:04 7:48 50.0 74 Silver 5 Jack Thackray M85 9 0:42:19 9:24 77.2 73 Bronze 6 Christopher Lang M65 30 0:33:30 7:27 71.1 72 7 Colin Simpson M75 21 0:37:20 8:18 70.2 71
8 John Suiter M85 23 0:36:39 8:09 90.2 70 9 Michelle Hillard W55 25 0:35:54 7:59 63.5 69 10 Paul Van Belkom M65 25 0:35:55 7:59 65.6 0 11 Graeme Small M75 11 0:41:51 9:18 64.3 68 12 Shé Hawke W55 1 0:50:37 11:15 46.3 0 13 Keith Johnson M75 17 0:40:03 8:54 66.3 67
14 Rosemary Parker W70 29 0:35:52 7:58 81.5 66 15 Linda Bone W60 23 0:38:28 8:33 64.3 65 16 Warren Butler M75 13 0:42:43 9:30 64.6 64 17 Marian Simpson W65 31 0:36:01 8:00 75.5 63 18 Maureen Scutter W70 18 0:41:54 9:19 72.8 62 19 Peter Kallio M80 22 0:42:17 9:24 69.4 61 20 Merv Collins M90 6 0:52:36 11:41 68.2 60
21 Suzanne Counsel W75 1 1:01:33 13:41 53.3 59
22 Peter Freeman M70 1 1:14:26 16:32 34.2 0
Run/Walk Handicap Mt. Ainslie Results (cont.)
Setting off in the short courses. At the back, in red beanie, is
Anne Young commencing her 300th run/walk
Three athletes negotiating tricky conditions. George Quarmby,
Robyn McClelland and a day member (photos: J. Kennedy)
August 2019 Vetrunner — page 17
Throwing handicap results — Shot and Discus 29 June 2019
Name Age Gp S Hcp S Dst S Tot S Pl D Hcp D Dst D Tot D Pl T Dst Pts
Rad Leovic M90 16.32 4.86 21.18 3 47.31 10.02 57.33 1 78.51 50
Raylea Rudov W75 15.25 5.81 21.06 5 43.26 13.88 57.14 2 78.20 49
Tanya Colyer W55 16.26 4.68 20.94 6 44.17 12.46 56.63 3 77.57 48
Wendy O'Brien W70 17.8 3.09 20.89 7 49.75 6.77 56.52 5 77.41 47
John Hunt M75 15.34 5.41 20.75 10 39.60 16.95 56.55 4 77.30 46
Caroline Campbell W75 15.22 6.13 21.35 1 44.70 11.12 55.82 7 77.17 45
Duncan Macnicol M65 11.43 8.96 20.39 12 25.84 30.60 56.44 6 76.83 44
Mary Wahren W85 16.08 5.04 21.12 4 45.33 10.25 55.58 9 76.70 43
Nola de Chazal W80 17.61 3.70 21.31 2 46.37 8.88 55.25 10 76.56 42
Bryan Thomas M75 14.51 6.34 20.85 8 40.91 14.73 55.64 8 76.49 41
Ray Green M70 10.30 9.85 20.15 13 23.69 31.48 55.17 11 75.32 40
Warwick Budd M75 13.85 6.91 20.76 9 38.55 15.45 54.00 13 74.76 39
John Reynolds M75 12.85 7.87 20.72 11 26.76 26.25 53.01 15 73.73 38
Jayne Hardy W55 11.24 8.79 20.03 14 26.56 26.53 53.09 14 73.12 37
Kevin Blewitt M80 8.15 9.46 17.61 15 31.36 23.20 54.56 12 72.17 36
Jeanette Williamson W75 7.96 0 20.95 0 0 1
Shane Hutchison M45 6.46 0 20.18 0 0 1
Peter Freeman M70 6.21 0 15.16 0 0 1
Name Age Gp Weight Dist
Ray Green M70 7.258kg 12.11
John Reynolds M75 7.258kg 11.53
Jayne Hardy W55 7.258kg 12.03
Jeanette Williamson W75 5.449kg 10.58
Raylea Rudov W75 5.449kg 7.48
Caroline Campbell W75 5.449kg 6.53
Standard Weight and Heavy weight Throws 29 June 2019
Name Age Gp Weight Dist
Ray Green M70 56lb 4.77
Peter Freeman M70 56lb 2.18
John Reynolds M75 56lb 4.23
Jayne Hardy W55 56lb 3.24
Jeanette Williamson W75 56lb 2.80
Name A Gp H Dst H Pts S Dst S Pts D Dst D Pts J Dst J Pts W Dst W Pts T Pts Shane Hutchison M45 17.08 211 6.3 341 18.87 324 27.08 323 5.92 282 1481
Steve Jordan M50 28.23 407 9.13 528 27.24 422 28.53 370 10.7 520 2247
Bob Banens M70 35.62 705 10.65 706 33.47 721 30.08 596 14.22 805 3533
Ray Green M70 32.3 626 9.93 650 30.84 653 18.75 320 12.07 664 2913
John Reynolds M75 26.78 580 7.78 539 26.52 624 16.07 305 11.22 665 2713
Suzie Gaynor W50 19.06 374 6.55 416 13.73 242 16.03 309 6.70 367 1708
Jayne Hardy W55 35.39 921 8.53 641 25.56 593 20.56 472 10.81 736 3363
Jan Banens W75 29.46 1060 7.64 793 13.94 463 9.99 341 10.69 796 3453
Caroline Campbell W75 14.14 423 5.41 524 8.64 253 8.98 297 5.86 382 1879
Monthly throws pentathlon and report 14 July 2019
I am not sure that the word ‘cold’ really covers the weather we had to throw in on Sunday 14th July. The weather was
supposed to be around 6 during the day but even though we started at 10am, the temperature was a chilly 3 degrees with
the wind chill factor taking it below 0 degrees! If we all could have thrown with our 4 - 5 layers
of clothing on, we would have, but it was not that easy. Our dearly beloved President attempted
the Discus with a blanket tied around his neck but as the wind was blowing the blanket across
his face, it was just rather funny to watch!
Nine members braved the weather conditions (4 women and 5 men) – it was good to see Steve
Jordan (M50) back at it, as he has been busy with his motorcycle racing. Ray Green (M70) trav-
elled down from Lake Macquarie to get some practice in before heading to the Oceania Champi-
onships in Mackay in September. Bob Banens (M70) is setting his sights on the Throws Pentath-
lon state record and he just missed it by 30 points today. He had the best throws in all the events
although Jan Banens (W75) scored the most points in an event with her Hammer Throw of
29.46m – 1060 points!
The weather really did impede us all at some point, but we finished with smiles on our faces
and ready to go places much warmer!! Full results are on the website.
Jayne Hardy Right: Shane Hutchison (Photo: Jayne Hardy)
Very Cold Day for Throwers in Canberra — 14 July 2019
Page 18 — August 2019 Vetrunner
KEN EYNON OAM: TALENTED DISTANCE RUNNER
AND ADMINISTRATOR
KEN EYNON, a member since 1984, was awarded an OAM “for services to athletics” in the recent Queen’s Birthday
Honours List. He is a talented long distance runner and ad-
ministrator but because of health issues within his family Ken
has not been around the Masters Athletics scene as much as
previously.
Until 2017 he was a regular participant at both our track
and field and monthly running handicap programs. Although
Ken made his debut in the monthly handicaps at the Long
Gully course in April 1985 it took him more than twenty-seven
years to complete his fiftieth which he did in August 2012. His
seventy-fourth and last handicap was at Goorooyarroo in Au-
gust 2017. This relatively low total is due to the many occa-
sions Ken was involved on Sunday mornings helping novice
runners achieve their goals to run either a half or a full mara-
thon.
Ken has enjoyed many excellent marathons and half mara-
thons as well as 10,000m and 5000m races on the track. Per-
haps his best marathon performance was a 2:37 in the 1986
Adelaide Festival City Marathon as an M40 but his most
memorable was the 1999 London Marathon. He is currently
ranked 12th and 17th on our all-time best M45 and M55 mar-
athon lists. Ken is a ‘Griffin’ having now run fourteen Can-
berra Marathons and in 2010 he became a ‘Bakker’ by com-
pleting his twenty-fifth ACT Veterans’ Half Marathon. His
run in the 2015 Vets’ Half was number thirty and only Bernie
Millett with thirty-four and Jim White with thirty completions
have run as many or more. In the 2001 event Ken was the
M55 champion.
Ken was race director of the first twenty Weston Creek
Half Marathons, several ACT Cross Country Club (CCC)
halves and both the 1997 and 2003 Australian Masters Games
Half Marathons. In 2015 he volunteered to organize the 34th
ACT Vets’ Half on a new course at Lake Ginninderra on the
proviso he could also participate as it would be his thirtieth
and thus would become the second ‘Millett’.
Ken has also been involved in organising many of the pop-
ular annual community fun runs; such as all the Terry Fox –
Canada Day events, several Women and Girls Fun Runs and
the Canberra Times Fun Run. In 1991 Ken was honoured with
Life Membership of the Weston Creek Athletics Club then
seven years later received the same distinction with the CCC.
In 2005 he was ACT Sport and Recreation Volunteer of the
Year.
AUSTRALIAN RECORD PASSES FROM CANBERRAN
TO CANBERRAN
On a cold, damp Sunday morning Shaun Creighton fin-
ished seventh outright in the Christchurch Marathon in the
excellent time of 2:30.22. More importantly to Shaun was that
he had at last broken the M50 Australian Record that had
been held by Peter Kallio for almost thirty-one and a half
years. In his own words Shaun said - “So pleased to get it done
in those BRUTAL conditions”
PETER KALLIO is one of our “Originals” having joined our club in its formative year 1979 and is one of only five who
have maintained continuous membership. Peter is now an
M80 and injuries have limited his athletics competitions to
participating in our monthly run/walk handicaps but in earli-
er years he was a champion distance runner with a long list of
notable achievements in cross-country, fun run, half marathon
and marathon races in which he won numerous titles and set
many age group records.
Peter is one of only a few members to have won a monthly
handicap long course event from the back mark. He has won
the Mullins Trophy and been ‘King of the Mountains’ as well
as being the year’s best performer with a score of more than
90% WMA age standards on four occasions.
But, it is in the longer road races that Peter really shone.
Peter’s achievements in the ACT Veterans’ Half Marathon are
simply outstanding; they are – twenty finishes for eighteen
age group victories and a second and third ranging from an
M45 in 1982 to an M75 in 2010. He won six best male perfor-
mance trophies (determined by WMA age standards) as well
as currently holding three of the top ten all-time best perfor-
mances and the M45 record.
In the marathon he has the ninth best local M40 perfor-
mance, is top M45 and because of Shaun’s recent effort he is
now runner-up on the M50 list. His most memorable perfor-
mance was winning the M50 gold medal, with an Australian
Record 2:30.52 in the marathon at the 1987 World Veterans’
Championships in Melbourne. This record stood for more than
three decades!
The cover of the September 2002 Vetrunner features a pho-
tograph of Peter and the beginning of his story How I trained
for that Marathon PB. Peter had turned 50 in August 1986
and decided to make the marathon at the 1987 World Veter-
ans’ Championships a realistic target to run 2:30 and be a
medallist. He said – “At the time I was able to regularly run
10km in 35 minutes, so I needed to put four such efforts togeth-
er in one event. …. I would gradually increase training dis-
tances and run every day all at the fastest pace at which I felt
comfortable …. and run two marathons.” (Continued page 19)
MEMBERS HONOURED IN JUNE
Photo courtesy of Tim Gavel and “riot Act” 14th June 2019
Peter Kallio with Carol on Mt. Ainslie at June Handicap
August 2019 Vetrunner — page 19
Travelogue from France
Continued from p.13
The big downer here is the number of smokers every-
where. If we do decide to have another go at finding that elu-
sive coffee or have a beer on a terrace we are very careful to
monitor the wind direction and make sure an outside table is
always upwind. Smoking is supposed to be banned inside
however I was served my beer last night by a barman with a
durry hanging from his bottom lip! There have been 100s of
outdoor venues we have passed up for a snack meal or drink
because we would have been sitting in a fog of cigarette or
‘vape’ smoke. Lung cancer rates must be through the roof!
Well that’s it for now. It is currently 4:00pm Thursday 20th
June, and we are 30 minutes away from arriving in Souillac
where we will locate our hotel which has the bikes and tour
guidance information await for us….well, that is what’s sup-
posed to happen anyway.
Until the next instalment, au revoir from France,
Craig & Jo
MEMBERS HONOURED IN JUNE
Alpe d'Huez - I made it! (photos: Craig Wisdom)
July 27th hammer and javelin 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 100lb
August 24th shot and discus 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 45lb
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
July 14th 10.00am start
August 18th 10.00am start Heavy Weight Pentathlon
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 Oceania Championships: Mackay QLD 31Aug – 7 Sept;
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)
Continued from page 18
SHAUN CREIGHTON had enjoyed a distinguished ca-reer as a world-class middle distance runner having partici-
pated in two World Championships, four Commonwealth and
two Olympic Games (in Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000) prior
to joining our club.
Having turned 50 in 2017 Shaun immediately set about
smashing several ACT and Australian Records. At an ACT
Athletics meet at Woden in November he set a new M50 ACT
Record in the 3000m then in December set two new M50 Aus-
tralian Records - in the NSW Club Championships at the Syd-
ney Olympic Track where he ran 5000m in 15:34.71 lowering
the existing record by fifteen seconds and two weeks later in
Geelong he ran the 10,000m in 32:19.11 improving the AR by
35 seconds. These magnificent performances were recognized
when Shaun was announced as the recipient of the Distance
Category in the annual AMA Awards. He was runner-up in
the same category the following year.
In April 2018 Shaun finished tenth outright and first male
over 50 in the Canberra Marathon in the time of 2:47.24. In
August he easily won the M50 age group in the ACTMA /
AMA Half Marathon in 1:13.34 with a WMA age standard of
89.3% which is the third best all-time performance in the thir-
ty-eight year history of the event and a new M50 record.
Then on that June morning in Christchurch Shaun took
the Australian Record from Peter. Can Shaun run a quicker
marathon and will he be able to hold his record for as long as
Peter? (photo: Shaun on far right, photographer Tiona Kane)
Bryan Thomas
Page 20 — August 2019 Vetrunner
August 2019 Vetrunner — page 21
By Bryan Thomas
40 YEARS AGO (August 1979)
Ken Daniels and Peter Frylink produced a club newsletter that would shortly become Vetrunner.
Jack Pennington was our only representative at the 3rd World Veterans’ Athletics Championships in Hanover, Germany participating in the M55 800m, 1500m, 5000m and 10km cross-country. He won the bronze medal in the 1500m in the excellent time of 4:41.6 but unfortunately had to wait several months before being acknowledged as finishing third and receive his medal because a runner from Puerto Rico who won the race was later proven to be ineligible by being under age. Jack had also participated in the inaugural World Championships in Toronto in 1975.
30 YEARS AGO (August 1989)
M40 Geoff Moore, after a break of several years from running marathons, ran an excellent 2:33.40 in the Gold Coast Marathon. In the same race Mary Ann Busteed W40 finally broke the three hour barrier when she ran 2:59.32 to be 7th outright and 1st veteran woman.
The 9.3km Mt. Ainslie course, considered to be the toughest running handicap of the year and therefore the most challenging was won by Monty Momcilovic from a fast finishing Reg Johnson and Hans Kettniss. Geoff Moore and Mary Ann Busteed held their marathon fitness well and were fastest.
20 YEARS AGO (August 1999)
Bitterly cold conditions confronted our runners in this year’s Olympic Way Marathon from Junee to Wagga. A healthy contingent of members participated either as individuals and/or as part of one of eight teams of four. Our No.1 team of Mary Ann Busteed, Bob Lowry, Stuart Reid and John Richardson ran well and won the team’s trophy in a time of 3:05. Our other seven teams were chosen so as to be theoretically equal and therefore offer some exciting competition between them along the way. Individual marathon performances were by Peter Clarke 2:44, Mick Corlis 2:50, Chris Gamble 3:10 and Ernie Warner 3:33.
Mary Ann Busteed was 2nd W50 in the Sydney City to Surf while Des Brown M50, Dan Dawes M55, Judi Edwards W50 and Anne Young W60 all finished third in their respective age categories.
Despite having three regular participants in Europe 28 threw the shot and discus in the monthly throwing handicap. M70 newcomer Laurie Nolan was a surprised gold medallist from John Hunt and Peter Freeman.
A large field of 145 ran the 9.3km Mt Ainslie course in this month’s running handicap won by Deslie Kubitzsky from Bill Rendell and Ken White while the short course was won by John Parker from Marlene Reid and Gai Webster. John MacLeod was presented with his ‘150 handicaps’ T shirt and Cory Collins, Alan Duus and Gwen Gleeson earned their ‘50’.
Our 18th annual half marathon enjoyed its new spring date and start-finish at Stage 88. Age group winners – M30 Roy Daniell, M35 Peter James, M40 Neil Hamilton, M45 Trevor Jacobs (best male %), M50 Bob Harlow, M55 Doug Limbrick, M60 Peter Kallio, M65 Bob Chapman, M70 Michael Freer 1:49.45 (R), W30 Tracey Van Hoorn, W35 Carolyn Kramer, W40 Jenny Davies, W45 Annie Van Herck, W50 Mary Ann Busteed (best women’s %), W55 Suzanne Counsel, W60 Anne Young and W70 Gwen Gleeson. John Bakker had now completed all eighteen halves.
10 YEARS AGO (August 2009)
As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations a facsimile of the inaugural Canberra Veterans AA Club News Sheet was published in this month’s Vetrunner.
Bob Chapman enjoyed a five week “purple patch”. In late July he easily won the M75 category in the Gold
Coast Half Marathon then he smashed his age group record in the 28th ACT Vets’ Half Marathon. Age group winners in the Vets’ Half were – M30 Alex Miller, M35 Craig Benson, M40 Laurie Cullen 1:17.37 (fastest), M45 Greg Regester, M50 Geoff Hawke, M55 David Webster, M60 Kent Williams 1:27.16 (85.6% best male performance), M65 Bernie Millett, M70 Ray Bramwell, M75 Bob Chapman 1:51.54 (R) and M80 Rad Leovic; W30 Renee Hiskings, W35 Symeko Jochinke 1:29.18 (fastest woman), W40 Claudine Galvin, W45 Andina Faragher, W50 Cathy Crompton 1:37.08 (77.8% best female performance), W55 Cathy Montalto, W60 Rae Palmer, W65 Caroline Campbell, W70 Anne Young and W75 Joan Mallory.
By completing this year’s half marathon Bernie Millett became the leader on the list of most runs with 26. Jim White became the newest member of the ‘Legends’ who have run 20 or more. Ray Bramwell, Ian Kenny, Robyn McClelland and Craig Wisdom earned their ‘Survivors’ T shirts by completing their tenth Vets’ Half.
Mt Ainslie was the venue for the run/walk handicap. The long course was won by George Hanzar from Brian Wenn and Elle Knight (photo bottom right). Cilla Chapman won the Frylink event ahead of Chris Lawrence and Stuart Reid while Narelle Brownette won the Waddell walk handicap from Peter Hogan and Sylvia Mackay. After receiving his ‘150 handicaps’ T shirt Alan Mallory commented that he was now a member of the first family to complete more than 500 handicaps – this was his 150th, mother Joan had run 204 and father Al 150; therefore 150 + 204 + 150 = 504.”
A colourfully clad Claire Perry received her ’50 handicaps’ T shirt at this month’s throwing handicap. Claire joins a select group of members who have completed 50 or more in both monthly handicap programs. This month’s handicap, incorporating shot put and discus, was won by Ray Chambers from Mary Wahren and Chris Yardley. Mary extended her own W75 ACT Record in the optional heavy weight throw while M65 Ray Green and W70 Nola de Chazal also set records by heaving the 56lb ultra heavy weight 4.18m and 1.42m respectively.
Despite the global recession, affecting much of the world at the time, the 18th WMA Championships in Lahti, Finland still attracted 5250 participants from 80 countries. Five members participated in Lahti. The most successful was W60 Margaret Taylor who won gold in both the triple and high jump and silver in the long jump.W65 Caroline Campbell ran all the long distance events including the marathon. Brad Osborn finished sixth in the M35 decathlon, John Morton made the final of the M50 1500m while M40 Ken Telfer made the quarter finals of all three sprints. The WMA General Assembly, held in conjunction with the championships, was an historic occasion for after having made several unsuccessful attempts, an Australian
Stan Perkins (photo below left), had finally been elected president of our international association.
Bryan Thomas
The Way We Were: August 2019
Page 22 — August 2019 Vetrunner
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.
July 2019 Sat 27 July Throwing Handicap, 1pm
Sun 28 July Run/Walk Handicap, 9am, Little Black Mt. Sat and Sun Bush Capital Marathon Festival
August 2019 Sat 3 Aug YMCA Longstaff/Pennington, Stromlo Forest Park
Sun 4 Women’s and Girls’ Jogalong, Weston Park
Tues 6 ACTMA social dinner Labor Club, Stirling Sat/Sun 10/11 AACT Stromlo 3/5km
Sun 11 City to Surf Sydney 14km
AMA 20k Road walk Championships Adelaide Sat 17 YMCA Ginninderra Diddams Close, Belconnen
Sun 18 Throws Pentathlon, 10am
Sat 24 Throwing Handicap, 1pm
Sun 25 Run/Walk handicap, 9am Coombs Molonglo Sat/Sun 31/8 and 1/09 Oceania Masters T&F, Mackay
September 2019 Sun 1 Women’s and Girls’ Jogalong, Weston Park
Tue 3 ACTMA social dinner; La Piazza Erindale Sun 22 Canberra Times Fun Run
Sat 28 Throwing Handicap, 1pm 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 Sun 13 Throws Pentathlon
Sat 26 Throwing handicap 1.00pm
Sun 27 Run/Walk handicap, 9am Ainslie Woodlands
ACTMA General Committee Meetings monthly on the second
Wednesday of the month at Belconnen Soccer Club, Belconnen
Way, Hawker at 7.00pm. Contact Secretary Nigel England:
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, corner of Mugga Way / Flinders Way. 6295 8474
(h), 6257 6127 (w) .
‘Tuesday group’: long distance running and walking. Tuesdays
9:00am at Black Mountain Peninsula.
Upcoming Athletics Competitions
• AMA 20km Roadwalk Championships 11 Aug 2019.
• OMA Championships 31 Aug to 7 Sep, Mackay QLD .
• AMA Winter Throws Championships 5 to 7 Oct 2019,
Wollongong.
• 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.
John Reynolds at the Monthly Throwing Handicap
(Photo; Jayne Hardy)
August 2019 Vetrunner — page 23
WANTED
New sub-committee members
The Run-Walk Sub-Committee needs you!
The Run/Walk Handicap Sub-Committee is looking for new members. Do you like organising things? Having a say and setting a course for the future – then the Run/Walk Sub-Committee needs you!
The sub-committee leads and makes the decisions for the run/walk handicap events which include the Waddell, Frylink and Thomas series.
At the end of the year, six sub-committee members are stepping down after more than ten years of service setting the courses for the popular end-of- month events.
Sub-Committee activities include:
• planning the courses • gaining approval from ACT Parks for the course • arranging for keys to access the course/toilets • coordinating/managing volunteers for each event • preparing the member start lists • timing each event with the new electronic timing equipment • determining place getters and awarding medals • finalising results and managing handicaps • publishing results to the website, Vetrunner and The Canberra Times.
The sub-committee meets once a month after each handicap to calibrate results and plan for the next month’s event. Without this sub-committee there would not be run/walk handicap events.
If you would like to know more about this pivotal sub-committee, please contact
Robbie Costmeyer to discuss: [email protected]
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Page repeated from July Vetrunner: Photos taken at Awards/AGM/40th birthday party
and the YMCA/AMA/ACTMA Half Marathon on Sunday 26th May. Big picture above;
Members gathered for 40th and further above the start of the Half Marathon
(photos: Gaynor, Banens and Kennelly)