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ISSN 1449-8006 Vol. 40 Issue 9 — April 2019

Patron: Dick Telford

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The monthly magazine of the ACT Masters Athletics Club Inc.

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Club needs a registrar; please contact president at [email protected] 2019 track and field program on page 25

35th Team Sprint Marathon Relay — 10 February 2019

Written by: Jim White, Event Organiser

Perfect weather and 54 smiling faces waiting for the start

of the 35th Team Sprint Marathon Replay; what a great sight

with all the runners turning up and now I can go and have

fun with everyone else. This is the 20th time I have organised

this event and it is just as popular as ever.

We had a total of nine teams, young Isaac Muscat got

under the radar again. This ‘will not’ happen again as his

team has won three out of the last four times.

There was some very close racing – the first two teams

were within seconds of each other the entire race with only

36 seconds between them after more than two hours and 45

minutes of running. The next three teams had a great battle

chopping and changing and finishing within one minute and

17 seconds of each other.

I got a few of the handicaps wrong as usual as it is very

difficult job to get correct. Next year I have been offered help

from the ‘secret handicapper’ so all the teams should finish

together.

I would like to thank Lorna England and Michelle Hil-

lard for doing a great job of the timekeeping, my wife, Maria,

for taking the great photos and Bryan Thomas for collecting

the cones. Big thanks to Graeme Patrick for turning up as a

reserve even though he was not needed.

Places and times for the teams: 1. Blue and Silver 2 hours 47 minutes 00 seconds

2. Gold 2 hours 47 minutes 36 seconds

3. Silver 2 hours 53 minutes 14 seconds

4. Green and Silver 2 hours 54 minutes 11 seconds

5. Blue 2 hours 54 minutes 31 seconds

6. Green 2 hours 59 minutes 04 seconds

7. White 3 hours 00 minutes 39 seconds

8. Black 3 hours 02 minutes 24 seconds

9. Red 3 hours 06 minutes 58 seconds

Regards, Jim White (See page 4 for full relay results)

Left: Winning Team — Blue and Silver: Isaac Muscat (Captain), Jason Phong, Elle Knight, Caroline Campbell, Ian Bowden

and Nadine Morrison. Right: Timekeepers — Michelle Hillard and Lorna England. (Photos: Maria White).

Run/Walk Handicap Isaacs Ridge — 24 February 2019

THE PAST COMPLETES US FOREVER RUNNING AWAY

Reported by: Richard and Maureen Scutter

An 8.30am start on a beautiful morning with a touch of

autumn in the air on this the last weekend of summer. There

was no wind to hamper runners and the start temperature

was a very pleasant 15 degrees. A chatty ambience pervaded

the air and the cry went out – ‘register now for the Thomas,

only $5’. Meanwhile high up in the dead gum tree behind

the registration table bees were busy, and birds – including

those rapacious white sulphur-crested cockatoos, looked

down. Later the black cockatoos visited. Their distinctive call

was heard during the walk/run. Other walkers and bike rid-

ers were seen, but without interference.

The Issacs pines provided plenty of shade and many com-

mented on the course being ideal for summer. Parking was

not an issue as the gate was open and people could park

without monopolising the street area which was one reason

why this course has not been used for many years.

In fact, the last time this course was used was on 11 Sep-

tember 1994, almost 25 years ago. At that time there were

152 entrants across the Thomas (116) and Frylink (36). The

Waddell series had yet to be introduced (in 2000).

(Continued page 4.)

Page 2 — April 2019 Vetrunner

Club Supporters The Club is grateful for the generous support of the following local businesses:

• National Mailing & Marketing for printing of the 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 and Frylink Series

• Belconnen Soccer Club for their support of the 200th Throwing Handicap and providing a venue for the

AGM and committee meetings

• 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 discount to members for purchases, a percentage of sales to club member back to the

club, and for providing medals at the Half Marathon.

Need new flashy shoes for the Melbourne Cup? Be like Winx and get shod with the latest foot-wear at the Runners Shop. Note, however, they only sell pairs!

Phillip Store:

76 Dundas Court

Ph: 6285 3508

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Level 1 46/50 Hibberson St.

Ph: 6241-7054

Club Sponsors

After 19 years Craig Wisdom and his Physiotherapy & Massage team have

relocated to brand new premises in Green Square Centre, Kingston.

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April 2019 Vetrunner — page 3

President’s Report

ACT MASTERS ATHLETICS “Fitness Through Fellowship”

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Sub-Committee and other Contacts:

Annual Awards, Trophies and historian:

Bryan Thomas 6161 3635 (h)

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Half Marathon:

Shane Hutchison 0419 009 403

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Competition (Track &Field):

Roger Pilkington 0409 543 826

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Marketing and Membership:

TBA

Run/Walk Handicaps Chair:

Rod Lynch 02 6242 7071

[email protected]

Handicap Rosters:

Rosemary Parker 0427 160 129

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Throws Coordinator, T&F Equipment:

Jayne Hardy 0421 610 053

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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)

John Alcock 02 6286 3213 (h)

Catering trailer: (Run/Walk Handicaps)

Rod Lynch 02 6242 071

Organizes roster for the trailer

Equipment Officer & Throws Pent:


Relays and Cross Country:

Jim White 6231 4168 (h)

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Sprint Marathon Relays:

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ACTMA weekly bulletin manager

Val Chesterton [email protected]

A highlight of my summer

training is the Team Sprint

Marathon Relay organised by

Jim White and it was great to

see so many of our members

enjoying the day. There was a

lot of camaraderie all round as

competitors were formed into

teams and we had some day

members and guests to ensure

the event was fun and beneficial

for all. Our thanks to Jim White

and his team of volunteers, and

to the competitors, especially

those who had to put up with my

attempted explanations of the

event using shoes and bottles!

This has also been a busy time for our volunteers with

the implementation of the electronic timing system. Our

thanks to all competitors and volunteers for their patience,

we can definitely see the improvement as our experience

with this new system grows.

It’s great to see the continued enthusiasm for track and

field, with our championship season now in full swing and

final training underway for those going to Melbourne 2019.

We should take advantage of the track nights while they

are still available…winter is coming!

By now the ‘One Sport’ concept or ‘whole-of-life’ athletics

survey will have been completed and we are garnering

feedback for the next stage of the project. Much thanks to

the many members who took the time to ‘have their say’.

Your ideas and opinions will shape the development of the

options. The independent reviewer will now have several

discussions/interviews with members from ACTMA, Little

Athletics and Athletics ACT and work closely with the joint

working group to develop the possible future options for

managing Athletics in the ACT. As always, I am available

to hear your feedback or you can approach other members

of the main committee if that works better for you.

Our 40th anniversary polo shirt has had a great

response, so much so we are commissioning a second stock

order.

Our AGM is on Tuesday 21 May. Preparations are well

underway, with sub-committees writing reports and

developing budgets for the annual report, which will be sent

to the press soon. As the anniversary of the club’s

beginnings are also in May (founded in May 1979), we will

have a little celebration on the AGM night to mark the

occasion.

With the AGM around the corner, it’s the time of year

we turn our focus to who is going to be on the main

committee in 2019/2020. I am pleased to report that many

of the existing committee members have expressed their

interest in continuing, although the roles may change.

While the current committee is working very well together,

and it has been a privilege to lead the group, we always

welcome new volunteers to share the load. I encourage you

to attend the AGM and 40th anniversary celebrations. This

is your opportunity to constructively contribute to the club

and make it stronger and more enjoyable for all. For more

information about the event see page 26.

Regards

Shane Hutchison, President

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35th Team Sprint Marathon Relay Results

(Continued from front page).

Today we had 75 entrants reflecting the decrease in mem-

bership. Previously only 5.3% of entrants were aged 65 years

or more while today a third of entrants were 65 or over. This

is indicative of how the Club is aging. We did have one new

starter, Jeremy Parkinson, and we welcomed him to our

Handicap events.

Here are some of the highlights from the 1994 event…

Lachlan Lewis ran Gold in the Thomas in front of Bob

Harlow and Kon Sotiropoulos while George Kubitzky

ran Gold in the Frylink in front of Lynda Hilton and Gael

Brook.

Kerry Alchin, in a time of 28:55, was the fastest in the

Thomas. Gary Hand was second fastest in a time of 29:25.

Fastest Thomas female was Jo Cullen in 35:36 and fastest

Frylink female was Elaine Cooper in 15:16.

Nigel and Maree Coldrick were both leaders in the pointscore after completing the run; Nigel in the Thomas

and Maree in the Frylink.

It was interesting to see that 23 participated today after

25 years. This represents over 30% of today’s entrants. You

could say a sample of the core stalwart battlers still able to

tackle the course. They are – Kent and Lyn Williams,

Hugh Crawley, Charlie Modrak, John and Maryann

Busteed, Judi Edwards, John Suiter, Peter Kallio,

Bryan Thomas, Richard Scutter, Suzanne Counsel,

Jim White, Graeme Small, Will Foster, Rosemary and

Bob Parker, Joan Mallory, Cathy Montalto, Jack

Thackray, Dave Mackenzie, Merv Collins and Val

Chesterton.

Here are some comments –

Kent Williams – Kent has kept his form with age for his Thomas age percentage was 79.6% compared to that record-

ed today of 88.6 %.

Dave Mackenzie – Dave like many in the Frylink mi-grated to the Waddell when that was introduced, Dave be-

coming a staunch supporter of this event. He has a WR age

percentage over 80%.

Rosemary Parker – Another example who is very prominent in the Waddell who lamented that she could not

put in a good time today but her usual WR% is also over

80%.

Merv Collins – Merv was the oldest to complete both events. Now in his nineties and today he was still able to

stroll round with a WR age percentage of 78.8%. Previously

he remembers running this course and, along with a few

others, being led astray by Maryann Busteed and subse-quently disqualified.

A few other people who completed both are now in their

eighties and still performing well including … Joan Mallo-

ry – today in the Frylink recording an amazing 96.0% com-

pared to 58.7%, John Suiter – ran the Thomas in 1994 with an age percentage of 70.1% and today walking in the

Waddell recorded a very impressive age percentage of 93.1%.

Jack Thackray – today 79.8% compared to 56.7%, and Pe-

ter Kallio – today 82.7% compared to 80.6%. This clearly shows that many who migrate to the

Waddell are still very competitive at walking and often out

perform their previous WR percentages!

(Continued page 7)

Run/Walk Handicap Isaacs Ridge — 24 February 2019 (Cont.)

Team 1 – Gold (2nd) 1. Hamish McConville (C) 3:45

2. David Clarke 4:05

3. Stuart Gorham 4:30

4. Andrew Guild 5:20

5. Cathy Montalto 5:45

6. Carolyne Kramar 7:00

30:25

Team 4 – Red (9th) 1. Jeff Grey (C) 3:50

2. Giles Lamb 4:10

3. Robbie Costmeyer 4:40

4. Lucy Jones 5:25

5. Denis Reid 5:45

6. Margaret McSpadden 6:35

30:25

Team 7 – Black (8th) 1. William Brady (C) 4:00

2. Natasha Beck 4:15

3. Gary Bowen 4:55

4. John Kennedy 5:15

5. Ken Hart 5:45

6. Ieena Atmanagara 6:15

30:25

Team 2 – Silver (3rd) 1. Ryan Hawkins (C) 3:45

2. Jen Bright 4:00

3. Scott Marshall 4:30

4. Sue Archer 5:20

5. Lloyd Donnelly 5:45

6. Suzie Gaynor 7:05

30:25

Team 5 – White (7th) 1. Shane Hutchison (C) 4:00

2. Chris Gammon 4:10

3. Frank Kresse 4:35

4. Kerron Clare 5:25

5. Peter Daly 5:45

6. Judi Edwards 6:30

30:25

Team 8 – Blue and Silver (1st) 1. Isaac Muscat (C) 4:00

2. Jason Phong 4:20

3. Nadine Morrison 4:50

4. Elle Knight 5:30

5. Ian Bowden 5:40

6. Caroline Campbell 6:05

30:25

Team 3 – Blue (5th) 1. Ian McConville (C) 3:45

2. Nigel England 4:10

3. David Hope 4:35

4. Geoff Herring 5:10

5. Barbara McKay 5:50

6. Ruth England 6:55

30:25

Team 6 – Green (6th) 1. Natalie Archer (C) 4:00

2. Rajeev Bajania 4:10

3. Tracie Scarlett-Arundell 4:45

4. Paul Archer 5:30

5. Peter Thomson 5:45

6. Bryan Thomas 6:15

30:25

Team 9 – Green and Silver (4th) 1. Kieren McConville (C) 4:00

2. Ryan Young 4:20

3. Angel Marina 4:55

4. Jim White 5:30

5. Emma Burns 5:45

6. Ruth Baussmann 5:55

30.25


Run/Walk Handicap Photos — Isaacs Ridge and Central Curtin

Top left: Isaacs Ridge Thomas — Robin Whyte (bronze), Alan Mallory (gold), Jim White (silver).

Top right: Isaacs Ridge Waddell — Tony Fenotti (bronze), Keith Johnson (gold), Margaret Fenotti (silver).

Middle left: Central Curtin Thomas winner — Will Foster, absent Ewan Brown (silver) and Kevin Rowe (bronze).

Middle right: Central Curtin Frylink — Frank Kresse (silver), Gary Bowen (gold), Roger Abbott (bronze).

Bottom left: Isaacs Ridge Frylink — Charlie Modrak (bronze), Cathy Montalto (silver), absent Cathy Newman (gold).

Bottom right: Central Curtin Waddell— Robert Kennelly (silver), Merv Collins (gold), John Busteed (bronze).

Photos: John Kennedy


Above left: ACTMA W80 4x100m and 4x400m Relay

Team nominated for Multi Events / Relay category. L-R: Anne Young, Cory Collins, Consie Larmour and Jo Klempke.

(Note the photo published on p12 of the March Vetrunner was incorrect as it was our W80 team of the previous season).

Top right: Adam Farlow nominated for both the Sprint and Most Outstanding Individual Performance

categories.

Bottom right: Jayne Hardy nominated as our Most Outstanding Official category.

Photos: Bryan Thomas (See p12 of the March Vetrunner for all the details on these outstanding athletes.)

Photos of our AMA Award Nominees

Run/walk Handicap Isaacs Ridge and Central Curtin Photos (Cont.)

Top left: ‘Next…’

Top middle: ‘Gary Bowen gets moving’

Top right: ‘A Streak in the forest’

Left: ‘T’wasn’t smooth sailing for everyone’



Run/Walk Handicap Isaacs Ridge — 24 February 2019 (Cont.)

(Continued from page 4)

Fastest today was Bruce Graham in the Thomas with an outstanding pace of 3:33 and a WR% of 95.6. Fastest fe-

male in the Thomas was Nadine Morrison with a pace of 5:09.

Today’s Handicap winners received the new ‘Masters’

medals as follows:

The Thomas (36 competitors)

Gold (Blue ribbon) – Alan Mallory enjoyed the run in

fine, mild conditions. He remembered the course as being

relatively even, and was surprised early on when turning a

corner to see the steep concreted incline ahead (at least it

was downhill on the way back). A rough descent at the short

course turnaround was the only other major challenge. Over-

all a pleasant morning run, topped off by an unexpected first

place finish.

Silver (Red ribbon) – Jim White (+27s) remembers run-ning the Thomas years ago and he mentioned the turnaround

in what was then an eight kilometre course. Apparently there

was waist high grass all around with a very narrow path for

running the turn. Fortunately no snakes interfered with pro-

ceedings. Another feature remembered was the short but

steep concrete incline. He had no problems with the course

and is running well. To give evidence to this he has already

completed 51 events this year. He is aiming to beat the 318

he completed in 2018!

Bronze (Green ribbon) – Robyn Whyte (+39s) had a

birthday today so it was befitting to receive a medal and be

recognised with the birthday ditty. He is still very active on

the golf course and this was a good week for him doing well

with the clubs on consecutive days. He enjoyed the course but

thought it may have been a few metres short. He gets out for

a few runs every week, or should I say walks, and is keeping

very fit.

The Frylink (16 competitors)

Gold – Cathy Newman hadn’t run the course before and when she saw where it was she had misgivings. However, the

course surprised her and she enjoyed running it. She couldn’t

remember the downhill portion on the way out but she cer-

tainly noticed the uphill portion coming back! And the short

sharp rise was a challenge but she managed to run it without

reverting to walking. It’s been 10 months since she started

running again after a three-year enforced break as a result of

injury and surgery. She is happy with her progress – she

mentioned that she is not fast by any stretch of the imagina-

tion and her endurance is not what it used to be, but she is

running and running consistently, and that’s all that mat-

ters!

Silver – Cathy Montalto (+29s) was surprised to collect a medal but thought her Ainslie Parkrun the day before had

helped. She also commented that some of the fast opposition

were not present on the day. Cathy ran this course years ago

when she first started with the Club and remembers stopping

to help a fallen runner near the finish line. If this had not

happened she would have won a medal then too. So it is fit-

ting that she should feature today. Bronze – Charlie Modrak (+1m 18s) normally runs the

Thomas series having completed some 270 events. However,

over the last couple of years health issues have leapt one af-

ter another so he now finds the Frylink series more managea-

ble as he tries to recover between ‘leaps’. He is slowly bring-

ing his times down from seven-minute pace a few months ago

to six minutes and hopefully by the end of the year to 5:30!

Reflecting back on 1994, Charlie said this showed up the sad

results of the aging process. He has gone from under four-

minute pace and is now struggling to achieve six-minute

pace! But being positive he thought it a great start to the day

to run in pine forests which was reminiscent of the events

held on the long gone Stromlo Forest courses.

The Waddell (23 competitors)

Gold – Keith Johnson remembered being on the course previously when the starts were slightly different, with the

long course reaching O’Malley. He noted the beauty of the

walk, the shade and good markings. He mentioned that in

winter the surface can be icy in the shady sections.

Silver – Margaret Fennoti (+11s) and Keith both start-ed in group 10. Keith went out early. Later Margaret tried

unsuccessfully to overtake him but she narrowed the margin.

Bronze –Tony Fennoti (+1m 41s) was quite a bit fur-ther behind. He has some work to do to catch her next time.

At least once before he won over Margaret but that was quite

a few years ago of course. I am sure he remembers the occa-

sion! It is great to see a long term married couple still chas-

ing each other! But he lamented that the infliction of being

setback on handicap grouping will be a bit of a worry.

Thanks to Shane Hutchison and his band of helpers for all the work in organisation. The marking of the course was

excellent and it was impossible to get lost. However, two

nameless people did get lost by taking the wrong turn into

Issacs in trying to reach the event.

Electronic timing worked well and any issues with en-

trants were easily resolved. Some discussed where the elec-

tronic bib could be best kept at home so that they would re-

member it. A few had their number attached to a waist band

or belt, to avoid using pins on their clothes, quite a good idea.

Numbers 1-16 are without name and used as ‘spares’ in case

needed for those who forget. It was easy to remember names

by those wearing bibs for your name is clearly shown. Thanks

for the introduction of this improvement committee members!

The course was scenic, shady, with beautiful views, but

many kept eyes on the path, for as forewarned, some parts

were a little rocky and three people did trip over. Although St

Johns is no longer financed we thank Maryann Busteed

and Jill Pearson who were called into action to tend to a few cuts and bruises.

In summary, the course was well liked and many

indicated they would like to see it on our summer

agenda in future years!

Richard and Maureen Scutter

Jack Thackray chasing Merv Collins in the Waddell

Photo: Richard and Maureen Scutter


Throwing Handicap — 23 February 2019

Reported by: John Reynolds

Twenty eight throwers contested

the first of the 2019 throws handicaps

on a warm February day. Jayne Har-

dy took out the event, recording her 12th handicap win from 207 attempts.

Her winning margin over Duncan

Macnicol was a comfortable 54cm; only 2cm separated second and third with

Claire Perry the unlucky third place-getter.

Bob Banens relished the move into the M70 age group recording the

best distances in three of the four

events that he contested. His best effort

in the discus was 34.51, the shot put

11.13 and the weight throw 13.67.

Colin Newman led all throwers in the 45 lb weight toss with his distance of

8.31. Shenevelle Dickson led the way among the women in the two handicap

events with a 29.37 throw in the discus

and 9.19 in the shot put. The women’s

weight throws were dominated by

Jayne Hardy. She recorded an excellent 13.22 in the stand-

ard weight and 4.07 in the 45lb event. Nola de Chazal estab-

lished a new ACT record in the W80 45lb weight throw. Her

best throw was 1.53

The first Oscar for the year went to Frank Nugent. Moving into the M60 age group Frank decided he liked throw-

ing the weight of the shot from his previous age group. When

he discovered his error he agreed that the new lighter weight

was much easier to handle.

Frank was also the winner of the dozen eggs once again

kindly donated by Jayne Hardy and her chooks. Wendy

O’Brien won the wine and Jan Banens won the best peaked

hat competition for her Gateshead cap. Jeanette William-

son, also known as the ‘Cooma kid’, arrived at the competi-tion in a moon boot, courtesy of a badly damaged Achilles.

She didn’t take part in the throwing but gave away a stack of

home grown potatoes which were greatly appreciated by the

recipients.

Jan Banens was presented with a shirt to mark her

150th appearance at the throwing handicaps. Below is a cita-

tion read out by Bryan Thomas at the presentation.

JANICE BANENS: 150 Until 2000 Janice’s first and only handicap was May 1994

when she was a member of the VVAC. But soon after moving

to Canberra she became a regular participant. To date she

has enjoyed six wins – in August 2001, May 2007, then rare

back-to-back victories in August and September 2010, May

2013 and May 2017. She has also won nine silver and four

bronze.

Eleven years after marrying Bob in Rarotonga during the

2004 Oceania Championships they renewed their vows when

Oceania returned to the Cook Islands.

Over the years we have lost many fine athletes to other

states but in this instance we gained a World Champion.

Some friends at Caulfield Athletics Centre planned to en-

ter the 1987 World Championships in Melbourne and encour-

aged her to join them. But Jan’s friends were runners and she

was not, so she approached renowned throwing coach Royce

Foley to teach her to throw.

Janice has participated at eight Oceania and 14 World

Championships as well as four World Masters Games. She

has an impressive record at this level of competition winning

medals for the hammer at all these championships. Her 14

World Championships is the most by any ACTMA athlete.

Janice was one of the more successful Australian competi-

tors at the 2010 WMA Indoor Championships in Kamloops,

Canada where she won the W65 hammer and heavy weight

as well as silver in the javelin and a bronze in the discus. This

effort was rewarded by being one of three finalists in the ACT

Masters Sportsperson of the Year.

After enjoying another outstanding year, highlighted by

her performances in Sacramento, Janice was recognized as

the Masters Sportsperson for 2011. In March 2017 she again

enjoyed success at the WMA Indoor Championships in Daegu,

Korea where she won silver medals for the W75 hammer,

heavy weight and javelin and a bronze in shot put.

Since moving to Canberra Janice has been a regular in

both our throwing handicaps and track and field. She has set

numerous ARs for the hammer, heavy weight, throws pen-

tathlon and ultra-heavy weight tosses in the W65, 70 and 75

age groups.

She has won the Ray Green Throwers’ Trophy five times

and was awarded the Fristad Trophy for three consecutive

seasons from 2006 to 2008, then for a fourth time in 2012 as

well as being runner-up on five occasions and third three

times.

During the 2012 AMA Championships in Melbourne she

was awarded AMA Thrower of the Year.

Janice was Club Vice President from 2012 to 2014 and

was an enthusiastic and capable leader within the LOC for

our successful 2013 AMA Championships.

Her outstanding administrative efforts were acknowl-

edged at the 2014 nationals in Hobart when she was an-

nounced as AMA Administrator of the Year.

She was president from 2015 to 2017.

Congratulations Jan The next monthly throwing handicap will be on 20 April.

Events to be contested are the shot put, discus, standard

weight and the 100lb weight.

John Reynolds

Left: Jan Banens, 150 t-shirt. Right: Frank Nugent, Os-

car winner (Photos: Jayne Hardy)


28 April 2019 Run/Walk Handicap — Mt Majura Nature Reserve

How to get there

The entrance to the Nature Reserve is on Antill St just

past the last houses in Hackett.

Course Description

Thomas series (long course) = 10km Frylink/Waddell se-

ries (short course) = 5km. All three out and back courses

start about 50m inside the nature reserve fence. The track

heads south east parallel to the Hackett house fences and

then turns south behind the houses. This continues for about

2.3km when the courses join the main Mt Ainslie track and

turn right. The turnaround point for the short course (at

2.5km) is about 200m past this point. The long course contin-

ues along the main Mt Ainslie track past the reservoir and

for about 800m further to the turn-around point at 5km.

R/W program 2019

DATE VENUE DISTANCE

Mar 31 Stromlo Forest Park 8/4km

Apr 28 Majura 10/5km

May 19 Molonglo Forest 8/4.3km

Jun 30 Mt Ainslie 9.3/4.5km

Jul 28 Little Black Mountain 9/4.5km

Aug 25 Coombs Molonglo 10/5km

Sept 29 O'Connor Ridge 8/4km

Oct 27 Ainslie Woodlands 7/3.5km

Nov 24 Weston Park 6/3km

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.


Born in Canberra in 1951, my family name is Blake, I

have a long history of ancestors in the Canberra district. My

mother, grandmother and great grandmother were born in

what was known as the Yarralumla

Shire. My grandmother was a grazier

on a farm just off the Cotter Road in

what is now Duffy and Rivett. She

grazed her animals on Stromlo – now

Stromlo Forest Park.

My great, great, great grandfather

on my father’s side came to Australia

on a convict ship as the ship’s doctor.

He set up a practice in Yass. The

house he built, called Shantalla, is

still there. Both my parents are 93

years old and live in Florey. Geoff

and I were married in Canberra in

January 1973. We have three daugh-

ters. Jodie, who lives in Canberra and

has our three grandchildren, and Ali-

son and Stephanie who both live in

Sydney.

I took an interest in competitive

running when we were living in Ade-

laide for a few years in the 1980s. I

competed in a team in the Corporate

Cup. It was a run around the Torrens River every two

weeks. My best time placed me in the top 10 out of 800 fe-

male runners.

When we returned to Canberra I became active in the

ACT Cross Country Club and the Veterans Athletics Club. I

have held a few club records for 800, 1500 and 5000 metres.

Geoff and I have won a few husband

and wife medals in the city2surf (sadly,

this category no longer exists). I have

also won my age division.

The World Masters Athletics Champi-

onships was in Sacramento, California

in 2011. Our team won the 4x400 relay

& set a World Record. I still hold the

W60 1500 and 5000m Oceania records.

In 2013 ( I think) at the Nationals in

Canberra our team of W60 got together

once again and set a world 4x800m

relay record.

I competed in the World Champion-

ships in 2018 in Malaga, Spain. While I

was down on fitness for this comp our

W65 team achieved silver in the

4x400m relay (pictured left). I was

quite pleased with that as I had run a

1500m final that morning.

I find I am developing an interest in

being an athletics official. This will be

useful when the National Championships are in Canberra in

2021.

Committee Member Profile: Frank Kresse

Name Frank Kresse

Joined ACT Masters August 2014

Age Category M60

Events Middle Distance and Cross Country

Why I joined ACTMA I re-joined the Vets (Masters) after

relocating back to Canberra in 2014. I

was first introduced to Vets by Mick

Horan and have always enjoyed my

association with the Club. Even though

my best running days are now well be-

hind me, I focus on just being able to

compete.

My Committee Back-

ground

I was a member of ACTVAC from 1995 until 2002 and previously served on the

Member Services Committee and Main Committee before relocating to Darwin. I was

also part of the Organising Committee for the 1999 Australian Masters Track & Field

Championships and served 13 years as President of the ADF Athletics Association.

My Aims for ACTMA My principal aim is to contribute to improving the administration and manage-

ment of the Club, and enable the Committee to best utilise my experience and skills.

About Me

I started serious running some 35 years ago after losing the interest to swim train

twice a day up and down a black line. My first major race was the 1985 Sun Herald

Super Run. For some odd reason, that led to a marathon. While I have completed 15

marathons both in Australia and overseas, and about the same number of half mara-

thons and City to Surf runs, middle distance has always been my favourite discipline.

Committee Member Profile: Kathy Sims


Throwing Handicap Results — Shot and Discus — 23 February 2019

Report and photos by: Jayne Hardy

Well, another fine, sunny day was what we had on 17

February. We started at 9am with eight members, one of

whom we had not seen for six years.

Pauline Armstrong (W40) has re-joined the club after time away from athletics and having started a family and it

is as though she never left, picking up the turns and glides

for the hammer, shot and discus easily.

Nikki Phelps (W40 and Club Vice President) also joined

us after first heading out to what she thought was the Run/

Walk Handicap competition. Luckily Suzie Gaynor set her on the right path!

Today was also the last competition for Bob Banens in the M65 age-group – as of 20 February, Bob is officially an

M70.

Three men and five women completed the Throws Pen-

tathlon with some close distances amongst them.

The best throws for the hammer were John Reynolds

(M70) with 30.30m and Jayne Hardy (W55) with 37.04m.

Jan Banens (W75) scored an impressive 1146 points for her 31.49m hammer throw – well done Jan!

Bob Banens took out the shot (9.40m), the discus

(29.60m) and the javelin (27.89m), while John Reynolds had the furthest fling of the weight throw with 12.48m.

Jayne Hardy was the best of the women. After taking some group photos, we were all invited to

celebrate Bob’s upcoming birthday with some cake and fluffy

water.

Jayne Hardy

Throws Pentathlon Report — 17 February 2019

Name Age S-Hcp S-Dst S-Tot S-Pl D-HCP D-Dst D-Tot D-Pl T-Dst Pts Jayne Hardy W55 12.23 9.16 21.39 6 29.14 29.19 58.33 2 79.72 50.0 Duncan Macnicol M65 12.45 8.92 21.37 7 27.09 30.72 57.81 6 79.18 49.0 Claire Perry W50 16.60 4.31 20.91 20 46.59 11.66 58.25 3 79.16 48.0 Jan Banens W75 13.50 7.33 20.83 21 41.26 16.82 58.08 5 78.91 47.0 Robin Whyte M75 14.11 7.17 21.28 10 37.25 20.27 57.52 7 78.8 46.0 Narelle Blackaby W50 18.01 3.43 21.44 2 48.60 8.67 57.27 11 78.71 45.0 John Reynolds M70 13.18 8.22 21.40 5 29.76 27.52 57.28 10 78.68 44.0 Wendy O'Brien W70 17.93 3.23 21.16 14 51.50 6.00 57.50 8 78.66 43.0 Nola de Chazal W80 17.74 3.59 21.33 9 47.62 9.62 57.24 12 78.57 42.0 Bob Banens M70 9.94 11.13 21.07 17 22.89 34.51 57.40 9 78.47 41.0 Mary Wahren W80 16.41 4.86 21.27 11 46.58 10.43 57.01 14 78.28 40.0 Shenevelle Dickson W35 11.97 9.19 21.16 14 27.53 29.37 56.90 15 78.06 39.0 Rad Leovic M90 16.45 4.81 21.26 12 47.81 8.98 56.79 16 78.05 38.0 John Hunt M75 15.47 5.46 20.93 19 39.60 17.47 57.07 13 78 37.0 Tanya Colyer W55 16.92 4.50 21.42 3 44.17 12.31 56.48 17 77.9 36.0 Nick Blackaby M60 17.07 4.03 21.10 16 47.37 9.06 56.43 18 77.53 35.0 Margaret Taylor W70 14.87 5.92 20.79 22 41.91 14.47 56.38 19 77.17 34.0 Grant Blewitt M55 12.05 9.21 21.26 12 28.04 27.87 55.91 20 77.17 34.0 Raylea Rudov W75 15.38 5.98 21.36 8 43.76 11.68 55.44 21 76.8 32.0 Bryan Thomas M75 14.97 6.44 21.41 4 40.91 14.44 55.35 22 76.76 31.0 Ray Green M70 11.10 10.46 21.56 1 23.69 31.34 55.03 23 76.59 30.0 Caroline Campbell W75 15.22 5.75 20.97 18 44.70 10.26 54.96 24 75.93 29.0 Frank Nugent M60 14.55 0.00 14.55 24 40.63 19.83 60.46 1 75.01 28.0 Warwick Budd M75 14.18 0.00 14.18 25 41.05 17.05 58.10 4 72.28 27.0 Kevin Blewitt M75 12.19 5.10 17.29 23 31.86 22.10 53.96 25 71.25 26.0 Attila Spaits M80 6.88 19.43 1.0 Colin Newman M35 11.08 24.02 1.0 Carole Condon W50 6.84 14.34 1.0

Above: Back L-R Raylea Rudov, John Reynolds, Jan

Banens, Bob Banens, Robin Whyte; Front L-R Nikki Phelps

and Jayne Hardy (Absent: Pauline Armstrong)

Left: The ‘team of tent relocation’ people – Jan Banens,

John Reynolds, Nikki Phelps and Bob Banens who is hiding

behind the old banner. Robin Whyte is there for moral sup-

port!

Photos: Jayne Hardy


Throw Pentathlon Results—17 February 2019

Name Age H-Dst H-Pts S-Dst S-Pts D-Dst D-Pts J-Dst J-Pts W-Dst W-Pts T-Pts Bob Banens M65 27.78 524 9.40 654 31.01 585 27.89 494 11.22 593 2850 John Reynolds M70 30.30 578 8.05 504 26.89 551 16.66 271 12.48 691 2595 Robin Whyte M75 22.15 456 7.02 475 19.14 414 22.81 488 9.48 544 2377 Pauline McCallum W40 23.46 441 6.72 364 16.21 243 19.02 323 8.80 518 1889 Nikki Phelps W40 20.29 361 6.56 353 14.77 215 14.02 216 7.34 413 1558 Jayne Hardy W55 37.04 972 9.04 687 29.60 706 26.60 639 12.38 863 3867 Jan Banens W75 31.49 1146 7.20 740 16.22 556 12.35 442 12.10 919 3803 Raylea Rudov W75 13.24 387 5.24 503 11.09 349 8.74 287 6.75 457 1983

ACTMA Throws Pentathlon Championships Report — 17 March 2019

ACTMA Throws Pentathlon Championships Results—17 March 2019

‘NOTHING WILL STOP A THROWER’

Well, there we were 12 members warming up for the start

of the March Throws Pentathlon – one of the ACTMA

Championship events for this season. Five men and seven

women were all getting ready for the first stage of the pen-

tathlon – the hammer throw – when we noticed one of our

members was holding his arm as if it was a little sore. Kev-

in Blewitt (M75) was checking out what he could and

couldn’t do when throwing, when we learned that only two

days earlier he had a cast removed from his right wrist after

finding it was fractured four weeks ago. So we were all

amazed that he was throwing right handed. He did attempt

to throw the shot put left handed, but found that pretty

hard as well.

Bob Banens (now M70) is finding some of the lighter weights a pleasure to throw and had the best hammer

throw (33m) for the men while Jayne Hardy (W55) threw 39m to have the best for the women. Bob also threw the best

distances in the shot, discus and weight throw for both men

and women while Grant Blewitt (M55) blitzed everyone in the javelin with a good throw over 33m. The full results are

available on the website.

It was a good turnout for a Championship event with two

members in a couple of the age groups – M70, M75, W55,

W75 and W80.

The Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championships will be

held in April and I hope we will get as good a turn out for

that one.

See you round the circle.

Cheers

Jayne Hardy

Name Age H-Dst H-Pts S-Dst S-Pts D-Dst D-Pts J-Dst J-Pts W-Dst W-Pts T-Pts Grant Blewitt M55 20.77 307 9.39 602 24.99 420 33.71 516 9.23 472 2317 Bob Banens M70 33.18 647 10.66 707 32.81 704 27.47 532 14.55 826 3416 John Reynolds M70 29.64 562 7.83 487 25.81 523 18.44 313 12.28 678 2563 Kevin Blewitt M75 28.83 636 7.00 473 26.13 613 16.13 307 10.18 593 2622 Robin Whyte M75 21.17 429 6.79 456 19.51 424 20.60 428 9.54 549 2286 Pauline McCallum W40 27.81 552 6.14 323 16.44 248 18.88 320 8.20 475 1918 Jayne Hardy W55 39.06 1035 8.68 654 27.40 644 26.73 643 12.66 886 3862 Tanya Colyer W55 18.57 406 4.28 262 11.38 214 6.96 107 5.00 279 1268 Jan Banens W75 30.51 1105 7.30 752 16.94 586 12.01 427 11.59 874 3744 Raylea Rudov W75 18.38 597 5.65 552 12.93 422 10.79 375 6.72 454 2400 Mary Wahren W80 13.51 476 5.06 562 10.44 394 9.78 411 5.31 383 2226 Nola de Chazal W80 11.86 400 3.57 361 9.21 336 4.30 136 4.73 329 1562

Left: Grant Blewitt (gold); middle: Jan Banens (gold) and Raylea Rudov (silver); right: Bob Banens (gold) and John

Reynolds (silver). Photos: Jan Banens

Date: Tuesday 9 April 2019

Venue: The RUC at Turner

Location: 54 McCaughey Street Turner

Time: 7.00pm

Food: A wide variety of food including GF and V options

Drinks: Purchase at the bar

We invite fellow members to join us for good food and a

fun night out. Please contact one of the following members

of the Social Team by 12 noon on Monday 8 April so that we can finalise the numbers.

Rosemary: 0427 160 129 [email protected]

Robyn: 0403 808 299 [email protected]

Sherryl: 0419 013 025 [email protected]

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Thank you to everyone who has assisted me this month in my guest editor role. Specifically, thank you to Robert Kennelly for the thorough handover and notes provided

and Dave Mackenzie, the ever patient and eternally en-couraging proofreader. Huge thanks to all the regular and

new contributors — the reporters bring the events to life with their terrific recaps and the photographers allow us to really get a feel for the enthusiasm and effort experi-

enced on the day.

There are a few elements of the Vetrunner which I have not previously had the pleasure of producing and editing,

namely the T&F reports. Therefore, please note the change in style and forgive any inadvertent errors.

As a general rule material is published that is publicly 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]

I will pass over the honourable role of Guest Editor to Clare Wall for the very significant 40th Anniversary edi-

tion in May. She will be assisted by Bryan Thomas and me. Clare has run seven Vets Half Marathons, including winning in 2017, and is in training for the Chicago Mara-

thon.

Please think about photos and stories for the 40th edi-tion, the closing date for copy will be 13 April.

For those who missed the opportunity of taking on the guest editor role, it will be available again in 2020, possi-bly May, August and September of next year.

Please note the AMA/ACTMA/YMCA Half Marathon tear out is on p. 19 & 20.

Lauren Watt

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

Ken when changing phone numbers and or email ad-

dresses. Contact Ken Smith at:

Email: [email protected]

The position of registrar is vacant. I f you are interested please

contact Ken Smith at the registrar’s email address above and check out the advert on page 23.


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Track & Field meets, monthly Throwing and Run/Walk

Handicaps and the monthly Throws or Weight pentath-

lons for which there will be a $5 charge. The website

provides updated membership fees and event fees.

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Run/Walk Handicap Isaacs Ridge Results—24 February 2019

THOMAS SERIES 6.8km — 24/02/19 — Isaacs Ridge — (Difficulty factor 1.06)

Pl Name Age Gp St Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals 1 Kent Williams M70 1 0:32:09 4:45 85.5 0 2 Mark Taylor M50 1 0:32:34 4:49 68. 3 3 Shona Prince W553 3 0:50:25 7:27 50.7 0 4 Maria O'Reilly W60 18 0:36:02 5:20 79.8 0 5 Desma Butler W756 1 0:54:14 8:01 66.3 0 6 Alan Mallory M60 26 0:33:44 4:59 71.2 150 Gold 7 Jim White M65 19 0:38:31 5:42 67.9 149 Silver 8 Robin Whyte M75 9 0:46:48 6:55 61.3 148 Bronze 9 Peter Brown M55 34 0:29:29 4:22 77.7 147 10 Susan Archer W70 25 0:35:30 5:15 86.5 0 11 Rod Lynch M55 37 0:28:42 4:15 81.6 146 12 Paul Archer M65 25 0:36:21 5:23 71.9 0 13 John Kennedy M65 27 0:35:19 5:13 72.7 145 14 Will Foster M70 18 0:40:56 6:03 67.1 144 15 Bruce Graham M55 44 0:24:53 3:41 92.1 143 16 Nigel England M55 33 0:31:46 4:42 71.4 142 17 Caroline Campbell W75 14 0:43:43 6:28 80.6 141 18 Stephen Gray M60 11 0:46:18 6:51 51.9 140 19 Judi Edwards W70 12 0:45:13 6:41 69.7 139 20 Bob Parker M70 6 0:52:40 7:47 50.9 138 21 Robbie Costmeyer M70 31 0:33:34 4:58 80.6 137 22 Terry Giesecke M70 9 0:49:23 7:18 55.2 136 23 Bryan Thomas M75 9 0:50:53 7:32 56.4 135 24 Angel Marina M55 28 0:37:30 5:33 61.8 134 25 Jeremy Parkinson M35 40 0:30:11 4:28 62.2 0 26 Kevin Chapman M75 13 0:46:55 6:56 59.0 133 27 Craig Wurtz M50 30 0:36:28 5:24 61.0 132 28 Alan Newton M75 12 0:47:58 7:06 58.8 131 29 Nadine Morrison W45 32 0:36:02 5:20 67.0 130 30 Roger Pilkington M60 28 0:39:20 5:49 60.2 129 31 Val Chesterton W75 1 1:02:53 9:18 57.2 128 32 Hugh Crawley M75 10 0:52:19 7:44 52.9 127 33 Bernie Rogers M75 1 1:05:13 9:39 43.2 126 34 Geoff Barker M70 7 0:57:48 8:33 47.5 125 35 Helen Larmour W55 37 0:36:39 5:25 73.5 124 36 Brian Austin M80 1 1:16:38 11:20 35.9 0

Full details of the Run/Walk Handicap results can be found on the Club ‘s Website http://www.actmastersathletics.org.au

Written by : Bryan Thomas

Craig was already reasonably fit due to being a regular participant

in road runs and mountain biking when he decided to join our club.

His first handicap was on the Aranda Bushland course in January

2013. All of his 50 have been

in the long course event in

which he is one of the back-

markers. To date Craig has

won three medals – two gold

and a bronze.

Craig is also a regular at

track and field where he com-

petes in all middle and long

distance events from 800 to

10,000m. However, his fa-

vourite event is our unique

spiral handicap.

Craig has completed four

ACT Vets’ Half Marathons

but is yet to attempt the full

marathon.


Craig Wurtz: 50 T-Shirt

Top right: Fresh from a 40km six foot track training run the day before,

Carol Baird winds down at Isaacs Ridge. Bottom right: Gun walkers

Peter Kallio and John Suiter in competition mode at Isaacs Ridge.


FRYLINK SERIES 4.0km — 24/02/19 — (Difficulty factor 1.06)

Pl Name Age Gp Start Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals

1 Cathy Newman W55 17 0:23:49 5:57 63.1 75 Gold

2 Cathy Montalto W65 21 0:22:53 5:43 74.1 74 Silver

3 Charlie Modrak M65 14 0:26:12 6:33 57.4 73 Bronze

4 Graeme Patrick M65 27 0:21:44 5:26 65.5 0

5 Carol Baird W65 30 0:20:48 5:12 83.6 72

6 Ken Gordon M55 38 0:18:00 4:30 72.5 71

7 Ray Bramwell M80 12 0:27:19 6:50 70.2 70

8 Linda Mallory W55 19 0:25:11 6:18 61.5 69

9 Frank Kresse M60 36 0:19:37 4:54 70.0 68

10 Gary Bowen M60 35 0:20:43 5:11 65.9 67

11 Adrian Krauss M60 1 0:37:14 9:18 36.9 66

12 Anne Young W80 1 0:39:52 9:58 63.1 65

13 Joan Mallory W85 1 0:39:57 9:59 96.0 64

14 Richard Scutter M70 8 0:35:55 8:59 43.4 0

15 Gabrielle Brown W55 51 0:29:27 7:22 49.4 0

16 Christopher Yardley M75 29 0:43:19 10:50 39.8 0

WADDELL SERIES 4.0km — 24/02/19 — (Difficulty factor 1.06)

Pl Name Age Gp Start Gp N Time Rate WR% Pts Medals

1 Mary Ann Busteed W70 1 0:37:26 9:21 66.8 0

2 Keith Johnson M75 10 0:34:21 8:35 68.4 75 Gold

3 Margaret Fenotti W70 10 0:34:32 8:38 73.9 74 Silver

4 Gail Siracusa W55 22 0:30:33 7:38 70.0 0 Bronze

5 Tony Fenotti M65 13 0:34:17 8:34 62.1 73

6 Robbie Newman M30 25 0:30:03 7:31 51.8 72

7 Jack Thackray M85 11 0:36:18 9:04 79.8 71

8 Lorna England W55 9 0:37:44 9:26 56.7 70

9 Dave Mackenzie M85 13 0:35:28 8:52 80.5 69

10 Maureen Scutter W70 10 0:37:43 9:26 70.4 68

11 Peter Kallio M80 26 0:31:25 7:51 82.7 67

12 John Suiter M85 26 0:31:33 7:53 93.1 66

13 John Hunt M75 8 0:39:30 9:53 60.3 65

14 Michelle Hillard W50 28 0:31:20 7:50 64.2 64

15 Josephine Kulesz W65 4 0:43:05 10:46 56.3 63

16 Merv Collins M90 8 0:40:28 10:07 78.8 62

17 Jill Pearson W60 27 0:32:59 8:15 66.6 0

18 Suzanne Counsel W75 3 0:45:37 11:24 63.1 61

19 Warren Butler M75 15 0:38:14 9:34 64.0 60

20 Graeme Small M75 15 0:38:15 9:34 62.3 59

21 John Busteed M70 9 0:44:51 11:13 49.5 58

22 Rosemary Parker W70 25 0:38:58 9:44 65.5 57

23 Wilf Deck M80 1 0:59:00 14:45 46.1 0

Run/Walk Handicap Isaacs Ridge Results (cont.)


Written by: Lauren Watt (These are the first T&F reports I

have written and unfortunately I was unable to attend the meets.

Therefore, you will note a departure from the traditional reporting

style. Apologies for any inaccuracies.)

14 February 2019 Hammer: longest throw – Chris White M45 with 38.68,

followed by Jayne Hardy W55 with 37.78 and Duncan Macnicol

M65 with 32.49. Best Age % was Jan Banens with 89.7 Javelin: furthest throw – Chris White again with 42.14,

then M55 Andrew Carter with 32.61 and M60 Charles Bastecky with 31.76. Best age % was Jayne Hardy with 58.2.

Shot: furthest put – Chris White dominating with 10.32,

followed by M65 Duncan Macnicol 8.87 and Shenevelle Dickson W35 with 8.85. Best age % was Jan Banens W75 with 82.3.

100m: an all-male event with David Austin M45 running

the fastest time of 12.24 with best age % of 88.5, then Leo Kennedy M60 in 13.62 and Angel Marina M55 in 14.72.

200m – Boag: fastest time – David Austin again in 24.98,

Leigh Harlow M40 in 25.54 and Leo Kennedy in 27.17. Sue Bourke W55 was the fastest woman in 32.01, followed by

Margaret Taylor in 38.27, and Cory Collins in 43.23. Best age % M65 John Lamb 91.0 and Sue Bourke with 87.5 for the women.

800m: fastest time – Anthony Kennedy M45 in 2:25.95,

Jeremy Parkinson M35 in 2:32.42 and John Lamb M65 in 2:39.52 with best age % 85.9. Kathy Sims was the solo female

running in a time of 3:44.31.

3000m: fastest time – Shane Hutchison M45 in 11:08.29,

followed by M55 Peter Brown in 11:30.36 and M45 Lance Purdon in 11:35.51. Kathy Sims had all round best age % 86.6 and was the fastest female in 14:27.30 followed by Jacqueline

Stokes W50 in 15:45.37.

High jump: Leigh Harlow M40 had the highest jump of

1.72, followed by Chris White M45 with 1.35 and Shane

Hutchison M45 with 1.20.

Triple jump: Jeremy Parkinson M35 jumped the furthest

with 9.57, followed by Shane Hutchison M45 with 7.78 and

Frances Harris W75 with 5.16 and best age % of 68.5.

21 February 2019

2000m race walk: fastest time – M50 Michael Smith in

10:11.11, followed by W55 Ann Staunton-Jugovic in 11:04.95

and M75 Robin Whyte in 12:59.41.

2000m fitness walk: fastest time – M75 Bryan Thomas in

14:05.39, then M65 Ken Hart in 14:42.24 and W65 Ruth

Baussmann in 14:57.83.

1200m fitness walk: fastest time – M65 Jim White with

8:38.23

100m – Boag: fastest time – M45 David Austin flew home

in 12.96, followed by John Lamb M65 in 14.72 and Angel

Marina M55 in 14.74. W55 Sue Bourke had the best age % of

86.1 and was the fastest of the women in 15.57, followed by

Yanping Ji in 16.86 and Cory Collins W80 in 21.40.

400m – heat 1: fastest time – W40 Vanessa Haverd in

1:15.44, followed by Sue Bourke W55 in 1:17.91 and Carinna

Tong W45 in 1:23.66. Cory Collins had the best age % with 85.5.

400m – heat 2: David Austin had the best age % if 83.6 and

fastest time of 58.42, next was M35 Jason Leslie in 1:10.63 and

a close third M55 Rod Lynch in 1:10.66.

Long hurdles – Boag: M80 Don Fraser ran in 41.70

followed by W70 Margaret Taylor in 45.54, then John Lamb

M65 in 51.34 with the best age % of 93.6.

1500m: fastest time – Shane Hutchison M45 in 5:25.06,

followed by W40 Vanessa Haverd in 5:44.12 and M55 Nigel

England in 5:45.25 with the best age % of 73.5.

3000m: Shane Hutchison had the fastest time again with

11:29.37, followed by Rod Lynch M55 (best age % 76.1) and

Michael Smith M50 in 11:52.25 and 12:26.07, respectively. W65

Ruth Baussmann was the fastest woman in 17:16.69 followed

by Sherryl Greathead in 19:02.06 and W70 Margaret

McSpadden in 20:35.58.

4 x 200 relay: Peter Letts M50, Nigel England M55, Scott

Yates M45 and Michael Smith M50 ran in a time of 2:12.14.

Carinna Tong W45, Vanessa Haverd W40, Yanping Ji W55 and

Craig Wurtz M50 ran in a time of 2:28.13.

Pole vault: highest vault – Nigel England M55 (best age %

42.8) and Steve Jordan M50 with 1.90, followed by Peter Baker

M50 with 1.70.

Discus: furthest throw – M60 Charles Bastecky with 33.97

(best age % 54.9), followed by

W35 Shenevelle Dickson with

31.94 and M50 Peter Baker

with 29.90.

Shot put: furthest put –

W55 Jayne Hardy with 8.94

and best age % of 61.2, M60

Charles Bastecky close second

with 8.92 and W35 Shenevelle

Dickson with 8.82.

Weight: furthest throw –

Jayne Hardy again with 12.96

and best age % 76.1, then

M75 Robin Whyte with 10.27

and W35 Shenevelle Dickson

with 9.38.

Track and Field Highlights —14 and 21 February 2019

Full details of the Run/Walk Handicap results can be found on the Club‘s Website http://www.actmastersathletics.org.au

Leigh Harlow—High jump

(Photos: Suzie Gaynor and Robert Kennelly )

Don Fraser and Margaret Taylor—Long hurdles

R: Robyn Whyte—Weight

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28 February 2019

3000m race walk: fastest time – W55 Ann Staunton-

Jugovic with 17:17.53, then M75 Robin Whyte with best age %

of 82.0 in 19.40.80.

3000m fitness walk: M75 Bryan Thomas brought it home

in 21:08.22, followed by W55 Lorna England in 25:16.59.

60m: fastest time – M45 David Austin in 8.08, then M55

Michael Rutter in 9.35, followed closely by W55 Sue Bourke

with best age % of 91.8 in a time of 9.53.

100m: fastest time – M50 Peter Letts in 15.31 (age % 73.6)

200m: fastest time – M35 Jason Leslie in 29.93, then M50

Peter Letts in 31.85 and W55 Sue Bourke right behind him in

31.96. W80 Cory Collins had the best age % of 88.0.

Mile: fastest time – M55 Dale Moore in 6:47.78 followed by

M70 Robbie Costmeyer, with best age % of 74.2, in 7:00.43.

3000m: M55 Bruce Graham had the fastest time of 10:06.50

(age % of 87.9) followed by W40 Vanesa Haverd in 11:50.10.

Discus: furthest throw – M60 Charles Bastecky in 33.49

followed by M70 Bob Banens with 32.92 and best age % of 62.8.

Javelin: longest throw – M55 Andrew Carter with 34.38,

W75 Jan Banens had best age % with 54.6 and throw of 14.51.

Women’s pentathlon

100m: W55 Yanping Ji has the fastest time of 16.34,

followed by W70 Margaret Taylor in 17.64 (best age % 84.0).

Shot: furthest throw— W75 Frances Harris 6.38 (73.5%).

Long jump: W70 Margaret Taylor jumped the furthest

with 3.50 and age % of 81.0.

Javelin: longest throw – W55 Yanping Ji with 12.51, W80

Jo Klemke had best age % of 52.4 with her throw of 12.04.

800m: W75 Caroline Campbell was the fastest in 3:50.13

and had best age % of 90.0.

Best overall: W40 Adele Yates 616; W55 Yanping Ji

1878; W70 Margaret Taylor 2949; W75 Caroline Campbell

2435; and W80 Jo Klemke 2694.

Men’s pentathlon — M45 Chris White and M80 Don

Fraser took the lead in the long jump, javelin and discus with

Chris throwing/jumping the furthest and Don achieving the

best age % each time.

200m: fastest time—M45 Shane Hutchison in 27.94 and

Don Fraser best age % of 89.3.

1500m: Shane Hutchison again in 5:19.44 and M65 John

Lamb had best age % 77.7

Best overall: M45 Chris White 2513; M50 Craig Wurtz

1261; M55 Nigel England 1796; M65 John Lamb 2811; and M80

Don Fraser 3550.

7 March 2019

5000m race walk c’ship: fastest time – Michael Smith

M50 in 27:53.04, then W55 Ann Staunton-Jugovic in 29:27.37,

Robin Whyte M75 had best age % 84.5 in 32:33.36.

5000m race walk: W50 Kate Black in 32:12.45 (70.6%).

1000m fitness walk: W65 Ruth Baussmann was the fastest

in 7:34.47.

200m c’ship heat 1: M45 Champion — David Austin 25.13

(87.9%); M55 Champion – Angel Marina 31.03 (76.8%).

200m c’ship heat 2: M50 (non-championship comp) Peter

Letts first home in 30.52 (75.5%); M65 Champion – Peter

Clarke 37.32 (68.0%).

200m c’ship heat 3: W40 Champ – Adele Yates 41.37

(56.0%); W55 Champ — Sue Bourke 31.40 (89.2%); W60

Marlene Reid 35.90 (82.0%); W70 Champ – Margaret Taylor

37.59 (82.8%); W75 Champ – Caroline Campbell 46.69 (71.1%);

and W80 Champ – Cory Collins 43.09 (88.6%).

800m c’ship heat 1: fastest time and M35 Champ – Jeremy

Parkinson in 2:26.18; Best age % and M65 Champ – John Lamb

2:38.61 and 86.4%; and fastest woman and W40 Champ –

Vanessa Haverd 2:44.93.

800m c’ship heat 2: fastest time and M65 second place –

Peter Clarke in 3:04.72 (73.4%); Best age % and W75 Champ –

Caroline Campbell with 4:00.37 (86.2%).

Short hurdles: W70 Champ – Margaret Taylor in 19.43

(84.9%) and M80 Champ – Don Fraser in 17.77 (84.4%).

High jump: M40 Leigh Harlow highest jump of 1.70 and

W60 Marlene Reid best age % of 78.8 with a jump of 1.08.

Long jump: Leigh Harlow took it again with a jump of 5.89,

M80 Don Fraser had the best age % of 86.7 with a jump of 3.78

and W60 Marlene Reid had the furthest jump for the women

with 3.58 (74.3%).

Javelin c’ship: furthest throw and M45 Champ – Chris

White with 39.33; furthest throw for the women, best age % and

W55 Champ – Jayne Hardy 26.49 (57.6%)

Shot put: ACT record—W35 Brigid Baker 12.22 (58.2%)

Weight: Furthest throw – M70 Bob Banens with 14.49 and

Jan Banens had the best age % of 103.1 with a throw of 11.99.

Track and Field Highlights — 28 February and 7 March 2019

Full details of the Run/Walk Handicap results can be found on the Club‘s Website http://www.actmastersathletics.org.au

L: Women’s Pentathlon Competitors (Photos: Suzie Gaynor)

L: Jeremy Parkinson; R: Margaret McSpadden and Ruth Colly


Throws Pentathlon Dates for 2019 (Jayne 0421 610 053)

Throws Handicap Program for 2019 (Jayne 0421 610 053)

February 23 shot and discus 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 45lb

March 30 hammer and javelin 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 56lb

April 20 shot and discus 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 100lb

May 25 hammer and javelin 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 45lb

June 29 shot and discus 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 56lb

July 27 hammer and javelin 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 100lb

August 24 shot and discus 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 45lb

September 28 hammer and javelin 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 56lb

October 26 shot and discus 1.00pm start + non-handicap weight throw + 100lb

November 23 hammer and javelin 1.00pm + annual presentations and Christmas function

January 13 9.00am start

February 17 9.00am start

March 17 9.00am start ACTMA Throws Pent Championships

April 14 10.00am start ACTMA Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championships

May 12 10.00am start

June 16 10.00am start

July 14 10.00am start

August 18 10.00am start Heavy Weight Pentathlon

September 15 10.00am start Oceania Throws Pentathlon Challenge

October 13 9.00am start

November 17 9.00am start Heavy Weight Pentathlon

December 15 9.00am start

IMPORTANT DATES:

2019 WMA World Indoor Championships: Torun, Poland 24-30 March

Easter: 19-22 April 2019

2019 AMA Nationals: Melbourne VIC 26-29 April

2019 Oceania Championships: Mackay QLD 31Aug–7 Sept

2019 AMA Winter Throws Championships: 5-7 Oct (TBC) Wollongong NSW

February Throwing Handicap L-R: Nick Blackaby, Shenevelle Dickson and Narelle Blackaby (Photos: Robert Kennelly)

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Written by: Bryan Thomas

40 YEARS AGO (April 1979) A marathon had been conducted in Canberra since

1976. In fact there were two in 1978; the first in April and

another in November. Geoff Moore (2:26.58) won the

November event which is recognised as being the third

official Canberra Marathon. Club members who ran sub

three hours were – Garry Hand 2:33, Alan Wilson 2:37,

Bernie Millett 2:38, Bryan Thomas 2:39, Arthur Brown

2:45, Dan Dawes 2:47, Graeme Small 2:48, Keith Bradley

2:50, Dave Cundy 2:52 and Mike Kennedy 2:59.

The April Nike International Marathon was the

first to receive commercial sponsorship. Results of members

– sixth Geoff Moore 2:29.50, seventh Garry Hand 2:30.18,

Bernie Millett 2:36.33, Peter Kallio 2:36.53 (debut), Dan

Dawes 2:42, Arthur Brown 2:46, 31 Dave Cundy 2:48, Mike

Kennedy 2:52, George Hanzar 2:52, Graeme Small 2:54, Ian

Kenny 3:03, Rick Hatcher 3:10, Terry Munro 3:14, Tony

Taylor 3:17, Andrew Sutcliffe 3:29, Linda Lenton 3:50 (fifth

woman) and 138th Doug Carney 4:05.

30 YEARS AGO (April 1989) Garry Hand 2:26 was fourth outright and first vet

in the Canberra Marathon while Mary Ann Busteed 3:00.53

was also fourth and first woman. Reg Mullins 3:55 was our

first ever M65 marathoner.

Trevor Harris commenced his attempt at the World

Record for the 1000 hour endurance run. He planned to run

1000 x 2.6km along the path from the Carillon towards

Commonwealth Bridge and back once every hour each day

and night from ANZAC Day to June 6 (D Day).

170 attended our Track and Field Presentation and

Dinner/Dance at the Canberra Yacht Club to celebrate a

most successful season. Major awards – the inaugural Adler

Series was won by Alan Norden, Fristad Awards by Tony

Murray and Anne Young, Heart Foundation Trophy by

Andrina Norden and the Johnson Trophy for club-person of

season was presented to Al and Joan Mallory.

Our monthly handicap was moved from Coppins

Crossing to Dunrossil Drive. Judy Parr won from Barbara

Jackson and Tony Hancock. Max Carter completed his 50th

handicap.

20 YEARS AGO (April 1999) Success of the Australian Championships was due to

the thorough preparation by our LOC under the leadership

of Neil Boden. One hundred and twenty-five ACT vets

participated but many others were involved as officials. A

World (WR) and four Australian Records (AR) were set by

members. Margaret Taylor leapt 10.36m for a new W50

triple jump WR while Kerry Boden (W40 pentathlon), Val

Chesterton (W55 pole vault), Don Fraser (M60 pentathlon)

and Attila Spaits (M60 discus) claimed ARs. Three

innovations were introduced during the championships. One

was the presentation of AAVAC awards to Australia’s most

outstanding athletes and it was not surprising Margaret

won ‘Jumper of the Year’. Another was a ‘Champion of

Champions’ javelin contest between age group winners

competing in a handicapped competition. Perhaps the most

memorable innovation was the Welcoming Ceremony

featuring a surprise poetry rendition and a choir singing the

national anthem.

The Canberra Marathon incorporated both AVAAC

and ACT championships. Our winners were – M35 Craig

Wisdom 2:47, M40 Andy Horsburgh 2:50, M45 Trevor

Jacobs 2:38, M50 Graham Burke 2:46, M55 Bernie Millett

2:53, M65 Ernie Warner 4:38, W45 Annie Van Herck 3:18

and W60 Pamela Weiss 4:10 (our first W60 marathoner).

Thirty-one participated in the monthly throwing

handicap in shot and discus. Val Chesterton won from Joan

Mallory and Trish Thomas. Ewen Drummond set an M75

discus record of 22.90m.

The running handicap, incorporating the Reg

Mullins Memorial Handicap, was conducted in Uriarra

Pines. 150 ran the 8km event won by David Morewood from

Steve Crane and Gillian Lee. 66 ran the short course won by

Mike Dwyer ahead of Adrian Krauss and Jack Perry. The

Mullins Trophies were won by Clive Glover (long) and Bob

Banens (short course). Keith Johnson and Peter Ward were

presented with their ‘100 handicaps’ t-shirts.

10 YEARS AGO (April 2009) Robyn McClelland was race director of the 23rd

Women and Girls’ Fun Run/Walk. This popular 5km event,

starting and finishing at Stage 88, had 1160 finishers. Our

club provided medals to the winners of each veterans’ age

group – they were won by W40 Jane Zeller, W45 Kerrie

Tanner, W50 Kathy Southgate, W55 Jenny Hefford, W60

Mary Ann Busteed, W65 Norma Lindemann, W70 Anne

Young, W75 Judy Forbes and W80 Gwen Gleeson.

Adelaide turned on magnificent weather for the

AMA Championships. Thirty-eight members, consisting of

equal numbers of men and women, participated. W80

sprinter Gwen Gleeson was our eldest while our youngest

were a pair of 35 year-olds Brad Osborn and Rachelle Ellis-

Brownlee. Queenslander Ruth Frith, four months short of

her 100th birthday, impressed with her amazing efforts in

all throwing disciplines. A highlight was an evening at

which the AMA Awards for the most outstanding

performances during the previous year were presented. W60

Margaret Taylor was again ‘Jumper of the Year’ while W40

Jackie Fairweather won the ‘Distance’ category.

The monthly throwing handicap was conducted on

a cold Anzac Day afternoon. A surprisingly large field of 35,

considering both the special day and the miserable weather,

participated in shot put and discus. Tim Gulliver won while

Peter Schumack and Mary Wahren won the silver and

bronze respectively. Jayne Hardy had knee surgery just two

days before the competition, so in order to maintain

eligibility she propped herself up on crutches to perform her

throws.

It was a wet and windy morning for the monthly

run/walk handicap held on the lower slopes of Mt Majura.

The 10km long course was won by Milton Valentine from

Sherryl Greathead and Wilf Deck. Nicole Levings won the

Frylink ahead of Gwen Gleeson and Garry Lee. The

Waddell walk handicap was won by Nola de Chazal from

Warren Butler and Marilyn Banfield. Bryan Thomas

became the second person to earn the black ‘250 handicaps’

polo shirt. Other milestones were achieved by Michael Freer

who completed number 200, Peter Kallio 150 and both Sue

Archer and Amanda Walker 50 handicaps each.

The Way We Were: April 2019

Bosi Bett, always smiling — Isaacs Ridge Handicap

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Letter to the Editor


WHY IS ATHLETICS IN AUSTRALIA DYING?

Written by: Ray Green

On numerous occasions over the past 20 years I have

written and spoken about the predatory nature of Athletics

Australia (AA). I write on this subject having had first-

hand experience of their strategies and tactics.

In the late 1990s, leading up to the Sydney Olympics, I

was a Masters Athletics representative on an athletics wide

committee developing a plan for the amalgamation of Aus-

tralian athletics organisations under one banner. Profes-

sionals, Little Athletics, Coaches, Masters Athletics, Cross

Country, Athletics Australia and others were represented.

We met for nearly three years two or three times a year.

Finally, in 1999/2000 we met in a series of meetings at Ath-

letics Australia headquarters in Melbourne, chaired by An-

drew (Twiggy) Forrest. These meetings agreed on a compre-

hensive plan and structure for the amalgamation of all ath-

letics organisations in Australia, although Little Athletics

had some reservations, particularly concerning control of

individual organisation moneys.

The plan was to create an organisation based on a busi-

ness model as a ‘Company Limited by Guarantee’, with a

Secretariat and policy making Board. All the individual

athletics organisations would be separate entities, or

‘Commissions’ under its general policy control. Each organi-

sation would be responsible for its internal governance, con-

trol and revenue raising. Major funding through the Feder-

al Government’s Sports Commission would be a Board re-

sponsibility.

With agreement in principle, AA, the only organisation

with the financial and organisational resources was provid-

ed the opportunity to take the arrangements to the next

stage. Nothing happened. However, AA commissioned Bri-

an Roe to write a report on Athletics in Australia. This re-

port ignored the negotiations and agreements that had oc-

curred and instead pursued a model of development which

placed AA as the locus of control with other athletics organi-

sations as Commissions under AA through its state and

territory branches. Shortly after, AA undermined the

Coaches Association by creating its own Coaching sub

group.

It was obvious that AA wasn’t interested in the concep-

tual model unless it retained overarching power and control

of athletics in Australia. Some Masters Athletics state asso-

ciations created formal and informal links as AA attempted

to gain some control of the independent groups.

In an attempt to resurrect the original concept all organ-

isations were contacted to reconvene the ‘Directions Group’

and a meeting of the group was convened at Runaway Bay

in Queensland. I had volunteered to re-write the original

Company document as well as provide a constitution under

the Incorporated Associations Act. The meeting agreed to

the general conceptual principles and agreed to convene

another meeting. To my knowledge nothing happened.

However, AA became more aggressive in its attempt to gain

access to the number of athletes in other organisations as

the Sports Commission was threatening to reduce its fund-

ing to AA unless it could show it was ‘growing’ its organisa-

tion.

I had direct experience of this when, on behalf of Aus-

tralian Masters Athletics (AMA)(I was a Board member for

11 years), I was asked to find suitable insurance arrange-

ments for AMA. Upon enquiring with AA’s insurers I was

told in no uncertain terms that they would not insure AMA

as we were competitors of AA and they, the insurer, were

assisting AA to ‘grow their business’.

Additionally, when I chaired the ACT Athletics Council

in the late 1990s, the Carnell Government set aside $28

million to develop a synthetic track and facilities for seven

other ACT sporting groups on a site in Deakin. $80,000 was

spent on a feasibility study which included plans for

clubrooms and associated areas. All sports groups agreed

that the plan should go ahead, including Netball, Touch

Football and Table Tennis, among others. The only organi-

sation against the plan, and only made known at the last

minute, was Athletics ACT. The plan did not go through;

meaning eight sports missed out on a major sporting com-

plex. After this experience it is difficult ever to trust Athlet-

ics ACT.

Over the next few years AA commissioned two more re-

ports, the first, the ‘Elliott Report’, prepared under Herb

Elliott’s Chairmanship was elitist in outlook and viewed

Masters Athletics as inconsequential. The second, the

‘Buchanan Report’, was damning of AA’s ethos and struc-

tures and made recommendations for a more democratic

organisation with emphasis on the grassroots. In spite of

this AA continues its goal of taking over the athletics organ-

isations of Australia to bolster its numbers while its struc-

tures and management continue to deliver questionable

outcomes in measurable form like growth and athletic per-

formance.

The latest example of its tactics, strategies and goal is

exemplified in the Survey Monkey survey (see further de-

tails at bottom of page) sent to some members via email

which had a one week response window. This survey is a

sham because it is directive towards a ‘collective’ athletics

outcome. Questions 5, 6 and 7 predispose towards a posi-

tive ‘collective’ response. After planting the idea of a

‘collective’, question 8, 9 and 10 are predisposed towards

supporting the ‘collective’ idea. Respondents have no idea of

implications and outcomes as the discussion group is clearly

moving in the ‘collective’ direction. Where are the implica-

tions on power, structure, management, control, finance,

and other problematic areas as well as day to day decision

making? Why am I reminded of the BREXIT chaos where

the people voted without knowing anything of the out-

comes?

Most telling in this charade is the problem associated

with the big picture of ATHLETICS IN AUSTRALIA. The

biggest problem is AA and by default its branches in the

states and territories as they pursue their unrelenting grab

for power by subtle (such as the manner in which Masters

Athletes gain access to insurance) and unsubtle (such as the

way they created their own coaches group) means.

Until AA decides to see the future of Australian Athlet-

ics as one based on a Commission model (like the AFL) with

power sharing among the athletics organisations (like the

AFL football clubs) athletics in Australia will continue to

die. The feudal model of organisation is dead and it is kill-

ing athletics.

Ray Green

March 2019

The ‘Future of Athletics in the ACT Region—Stakeholder e-Survey’

referred to in the above article was sent to members during March.

The survey is being conducted by McLaughlin Sports Consultancy

who are undertaking an independent review of athletics administra-

tion and governance within the ACT region on behalf of Little Ath-

letics ACT, Athletics ACT and ACT Masters Athletics.

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For the Record


ACTMA Records

My personal opinion is that the last meet of the calendar year, which includes the President’s Handicap, a turkey

event, and an egg and spoon race, should not include program events where it is possible to set a record. Nonetheless, a

one-mile event was held on 20 December in which W75 Caroline Campbell ran 8:29.23, a new ACT record. The results do not show whether this was before or after the champagne was opened. Perhaps next year the mile could be replaced by

a skipping race?

After a December and January which were very quiet in terms of records, February saw a flurry of activity. M80 Don

Fraser led the charge on Valentine’s Day with new marks in the 100m (16.19s) and javelin (26.56m). M65 John Lamb also contributed with an 800m time of 2:39.52.

At the Massonic gathering on 23 February W80 Nola de Chazal set the inaugural record in the 45lb heavy weight throw with a distance of 1.53m.

The pentathlon day at Woden on 28 February saw many records set. At the time of writing I do not yet have all the

necessary information, so I will defer reporting them until next issue.

Australian Records Long-standing hand-timed records which may or may not have been set with the benefit of unmeasured wind assis-

tance have been a regular topic of conversation in For the Record. I am pleased to report that another has fallen, as will

they all eventually. At an AACT meet at the AIS on 12 January, M35 Adam Farlow ran the 60m in 7.21s, taking down a record which had stood since 2002.

Written by: Nick Melhuish [email protected]

Records Officer and Statistician

Six Foot Track Race Results 9 March 2019

A number of ACT Masters representatives competed in

the Six Foot Track Marathon held in the Blue Mountains

on 9 March. Results included:

Carol Baird winning the F60-69 age group in 5.57.19. Carol was the oldest female in the field and just short of

her 70th birthday. Sean Creighton was first in the M50-59 age group in 3.34.14. Elizabeth Humphries was second in the F30-39 age group in 4.15.11. Trevor Jacobs was eighth in the M60-69 age group in 5.38.28. Congratulations to all!

Full results will be available on the event website in due

course https://www.sixfoot.com/index.php/m-results

Cheers

Clare Wall

Inclusion of Results from the Canberra Running Festi-

val 13-14 April 2019 will be published in the May edition of

the Vetrunner.

ACT Masters athletes who will be participating in the

Canberra Running Festival are asked to send an email to

[email protected] advising name and

specific event, I will then look up individual results and

include in the May Vetrunner.

Thanks

Clare Wall (0438 412 566)

Are you competing in the Canberra Running Festival?



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.

Mar 2019 Sat 23 Mar Throwing Handicap 1.00pm Sun 24-30 Mar WMA World Indoors, Torun Poland

Tues 26 Mar YCRC Spring Series 6.15pm!

Thurs 28 Mar Track and Field Championships

Sun 31 Mar Run/Walk Handicap, 9am, Stromlo 4/8k

April 2019 Tues 2 Apr YCRC Spring Series 6.15pm

Thurs 4 Apr Track and Field Tues 9 Apr YCRC Spring Series 6.15pm

Club Dinner; The RUC, Turner.

Thurs 11 Apr Track and Field Sat 13-14 Apr Australian Running Festival, Canberra

Sun 14 Apr Heavy Weight Pentathlon Championships

Sat 20 Apr Throwing Handicap 1.00pm Fri 26-29 Apr AMA National T&F, Melbourne

Sun 28 Apr Run/walk Handicap, 9am, Majura 5/10k

May 2019 Tues 7 May Club Dinner, The Civic Pub Sun 12 May Throws Pentathlon, 10am

Sun 19 May Run/Walk Handicap, Molonglo Forest 4/8k

Tues 21 May AGM/40 Celebrations and T&F

Awards, Ainslie Football Club, 5pm Sat 25 May Throwing Handicap, 1pm

Sun 26 May AMA/ACTMA/YMCA Half Marathon

June 2019 Sun 16 Jun Throws Pentathlon, 10am

Sat 29 Jun Throwing Handicap, 1pm

Sun 30 Jun Run/Walk Handicap, 10am 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: [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.

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.

Coming Athletics Competitions

• WMA Indoor Championships --- from March 24 to March 30, 2019, Torun, Poland.

• AMA T & F Championships Melbourne, 26 to 29 April, 2019

• AMA Marathon Championships 6 & 7 July 2019

• AMA 20km Roadwalk Championships 11 August 2019

• OMA Championships Mackay QLD — 31 Aug to 7 Sep, 2019

• NCCWMA Championships Toronto, Canada, 18 to 21 July

• AMA Winter Throws Championships — 28 to 30 Sep!!

TBA, 2019 Wollongong

• AMA T & F Championships Brisbane 10 to 13 April, 2020

• Games of the XXXII Olympiad — July 24 to August 9 2020 Tokyo

• WMA Outdoor Championships — 2020, Toronto Canada

• OMA Championships — Provisional dates: 17-23

January, 2021 Norfolk Island

• AMA Track and Field Championships in Canberra in 2021.

• WMA Indoor Championships — 2021 Edmonton, Canada. 6 to 13 April, 2021

Suzie Gaynor and Shane Hutchison

http://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/events/event/w-m-a-indoor-championships-2019/

http://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/events/event/w-m-a-indoor-championships-2019/

https://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/events/event/ama-t-f-championships-melbourne-2019/

http://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/events/event/ama-marathon-championships-2019/

http://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/events/event/ama-20k-roadwalk-championships-2019/

https://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/events/event/oceania-championship-mackay-qld-2019/

http://wmatoronto2020.com/content/uploads/2017/08/Comments-2017.pdf

https://www.australianmastersathletics.org.au/events/event/ama-t-f-championships-melbourne-2019/


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ACTMA Throwing Pentathlon Championships Photos—17 March 2019

Below: Jayne Hardy (gold)

and Tania Collyer (silver)

Left: Nola de Chazal (silver)

absent Mary Warren (gold)

Below: Robin Whyte (silver)

and Kevin Blewitt (gold)

Bottom right: ACTMA

Championship throwers

Photos: Jan Banens

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Marketing, a proud supporter of

ACT Masters Athletics

Track and Field Jumpers and Walkers

Photos: Suzie Gaynor and Phillipa Hargrave