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The Winter Season occurs between April and September and covers the
Australian winter. Conditions are generally superb for road walking
with mild winter temperatures, fast courses and lots of competition for
all age groups.
VRWC RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2007
We had our last Winter Season racing day on Saturday and it was a
low key enjoyable affair with most walkers having a stroll in the park.
Rhydian Cowley, fresh from his victory in Perth last weekend, was our
fastest walker with a swift 39:09 for the 8 km. Pam Tindal was at top
pace with her 43:46 while Natalie Laurie and Nicole Hallett had a
relaxed outing over the 8 km distance. Stuart Kollmorgen walked a fast
6 km as a final preparation for his half marathon run the next day
– hope you ran well Stuart! Amelia Finnegan was the best over the
4 km distance with a very fast 21:21while Aaron Gardner and Georgia
Bertrand were the fastest over the 2 km and 1 km distances.
8 Km Open
1. Rhydian Cowley 39:09
2. Ross Reid
43:26
3. Pam Tindal
43:46
4. Russ Dickenson 45:58
5. Gayle McIntyre 48:18
E6. Natalie Laurie 49:07
E6. Nicole Hallett 49:07
8. Robin Wood
53:17
6 Km Open
1. Stuart Kollmorgen 28:46
2. Regan Lamble
32:35
3. Bob Gardiner
35:23
4. Barrie Wicks
41:21
5. Bruce Conboy
41:40
Jason Elms
DNF
Alan Lucas
DNF
4 Km Open
1. Bernie Kierl
21:21
2. Tamara Attard 21:34
3. Donna Elms
27:03
4. Lindsay Harrison 27:07
5. Kiersten Coulter 28:28
6. Maryanne Harrison 28:39
7. Gordon Onley
31:06
Damien Elms
DQ
4 Km Under 15
1. Amelia Finnegan 21:21
2. Filip Cosic
24:10
E3. Ryan Antidormi 25:50
E3. Jacob Wright 25:50
5. Anike Peachey 26:38
Adrianna Crea
DNF
2 Km Under 12
1. Aaron Gardner 11:45
2. Matthew Felton 11:52
3. Bianca Attard 12:22
4. Stacey McLaren 12:53
5. Beth Barbour 13:03
6. Sophia Antidormi 13:19
Reese Walmsley
DQ
1 KM Under 9
1. Georgia Bertrand 6:04
2. Jayde Frank
6:12
3. Amy Ventura
6:16
E4. Paige DeLisen 7:26
E4. Charlee Harrison 7:26
AUSTRALIAN ROADWALKING CHAMPIONSHIPS, PERTH, SUNDAY
2 SEPTEMBER 2007
Thanks to Victorian Team Manager Paul Rance for the following report
on the Australian championships, held last weekend in Perth.
17 Victorian Walkers took part with 3 gold medallist's and
a silver and bronze. The under 14 girls also won the team's event on
the quite smooth but up and down course.
I thought the best performance came from Amy Burren with victory in the
under 14 girls 3km race in a brilliant time of 14.28. I would
think this would be the fastest time in this event for more than 10
years probably since the Renee McAskill- Michelle French junior days
but I am still in Perth and don't have the stats with me. The under 12
& under 14 Canberra Federation Champion Amy Bettiol led the race
for the first 2.5km with Amy Burren finishing strongly to claim the
gold medal and she competed in the cross country titles the day
before,. For Amy this was her 2nd Australian Championship win in Perth
this Year having won the Australian Under 13 Little Athletics
Championships back in April so she obviously enjoys the climate over
here and at that Championship she also ran in a middle distance race
before she walked. 11 Year old Ebony Whiley also produced an excellent
personal best in this event to take the bronze medal with Amy, Ebony
and Cassandra Raselli taking out the teams race which was the only
teams race held on the day.
Rhydian Cowley's performance was also first class defeating two of
Australia's top quality juniors in Brock Keys and Kyle Malone. The race
started at an easy pace with 6-7 walkers in the main pack after the
first of 4 2km laps including the leading female in Melissa Hayes, with
2km to go Rhydian began to assert his authority and he came away in the
last lap to secure an outstanding victory.
Megan Szirom also produced a fine performance to comfortably claim a
strong victory in the Open Women's 10km event with the other Victorian
medal coming via Natalie Laurie in the under 18 8km event.
Paul
Thanks Paul. Now onto the results. Well done to all our Victorians.
Men 30k Race Walk RR Open
1. Darren Bown SA
2:22:18.00
Adam Rutter
NSW DNF
Stephen Anthony WA
DQ
Women 10k Race Walk RR Open
1. Megan Szirom VIC
47:31.00
2. Fiona Alldis NSW
50:03.32
3. Cheryl Webb NSW
51:36.33
4. Chloe Jones NSW
52:11.80
5. Katrina Grgurovic WA
53:42.33
6. Cassandra Staples NSW 54:14.13
7. Vanessa Ebejer NSW
54:15.00
8. Lynette Bannister TAS 54:24.40
9. Tanya-Maree Craig WA
56:27.39
10.Claire Bock QLD
56:52.51
11.Emma Simmons WA
59:42.80
12.Justijana Roseman VIC 61:42.63
13.Charlene Ebejer NSW
65:25.34
14.Jodie Sundstrom NSW
72:19.85
Men 20k Race Walk RR Under 20
1. Ian Rayson NSW
1:34:35.00
2. Anson Perin NSW
2:14:20.00
Women 10k Race Walk RR Under 20
1. Fiona Alldis NSW
50:03.32
2. Katrina Grgurovic WA
53:42.33
3. Cassandra Staples NSW 54:14.13
4. Emma Simmons WA
59:42.80
Men 8k Race Walk RR Under 18
1. Rhydian Cowley VIC
37:56.00
2. Brook Keys NSW
38:11.00
3. Kyle Malone NSW
38:25.00
4. Derek Mulhearn NSW
39:02.00
5. Daniel Payne VIC
39:53.00
6. Tim Jenyns WA
41:52.00
7. Nathan Jones NSW
44:05.00
8. Bobby Malcomson TAS
44:40.00
Women 8k Race Walk RR Under 18
1. Melissa Hayes NSW
39:47.00
2. Natalie Laurie VIC
42:54.00
3. Samantha Tesch QLD
43:52.00
4. Gabrielle D'Agnone WA
45:09.00
5. Ana Grgurovic WA
46:09.00
6. Kimberley Smith WA
46:24.00
7. Nicolie Byrne WA
47:14.00
Men 5k Race Walk RR Under 16
1. Sean Fitzsimmons WA
23:31.58
2. Jordan Mulhearn NSW
25:18.29
3. Christopher Ninyett WA 27:36.68
4. Harley Chapman WA
28:24.89
Women 5k Race Walk RR Under 16
1. Paige Hooper SA
25:23.81
2. Kate Fitzsimmons WA
26:33.08
3. Kristie Goznik SA
27:23.36
4. Danielle George NSW
27:53.17
5. Ayla Collins VIC
28:07.39
6. Shenna Hartley WA
28:22.24
7. Ebony Gralton NSW
29:21.23
8. Emily Payne VIC
29:35.00
9. Kate King WA
29:41.05
10.Jacqueline Smith WA
29:42.04
11.Andrea Hahn WA
30:04.82
12.Sarah Littke WA AC
30:06.84
13.Louise Richardson WA AC 31:00.50
14.Ashley Albert VIC
33:47.00
Men 3k Race Walk RR Under 14
1. Samuel Dib WA
14:37.99
2. Nathan Fazldad NSW
15:21.55
3. Steven Washburn NSW
15:41.87
4. Jacob Byrne WA
16:44.93
5. Jacob Dib WA
16:54.33
6. Peter Curtis VIC
17:20.50
7. Jesse Osborne QLD
17:26.82
8. Corey Littke WA
17:43.29
9. Michael Green VIC
18:33.52
10.Kevin Buchanan WA AC
18:47.25
Women 3k Race Walk RR Under 14
1. Amy Burren VIC
14:27.88 1
2. Amy Bettiol NSW
14:33.04 2
3. Ebony Whiley VIC
15:17.51 3
4. Tiffany D'Agnone WA
15:23.96 4
5. Krystal Leinasais WA
15:32.22 5
6. Hannah Watson WA
15:36.91 6
7. Cassandra Raselli VIC
15:44.09 7
8. Amelia Finnegan VIC
15:46.73
9. Caitlin Campbell VIC
16:01.84
10.Nicole Hallett VIC
16:14.14
11.Tayla Paige Billington NSW 16:56.39 8
12.Melissa Ierace WA
16:59.96
13.Ciara Duffy WA
17:08.65
14.Rebecca Melville NSW
18:02.62 9
15.Sarah Broadhead NSW
19:47.82
Rebecca Campbell VIC
AC 18:55.27
Clare Cronley TAS
DQ
Team Scores
1. VIC 14:27.88 15:17.51 15:44.09
2. WA 15:23.96 15:32.22 15:36.91
3. NSW 14:33.04 16:56.39 18:02.62
VRWC RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2007
Last Saturday, with our Masters walkers overseas in Italy and with a
number of other walkers in Perth for the Nationals, it was a small
turnout at Albert Park but still some interesting performances.
Adrianna Crea and Donna Elms tested themselves out over the 10 km
distance (the first time for Adrianna). Overall, Simon Evans won with a
season's best time. Well done Simon. Billy Allamby and Lucas Taylor had
a great battle in the Under 12 2 km while Reese Walmsley was very quick
in the Under 9 1 km event with 5:37.
10 km Open Walk
1. Simon Evans 50:29
2. Pam Tindall 55:37
3. Alison Thompson 62:15
4. Robin Wood 65:49
5. Adrianna Crea 71:41
6. Donna Elms 74:41
Jason Elms
DNF (5 km in 34:23)
5 km Open Walk
1. Bob Gardiner 29:43
2. Celia Johnson 32:38
3. Barrie Wicks 34:23
4. Kiersten Coulter 34:46
5. Bruce Conboy 35:27
6. Harlene Hercules 37:27
3 Km Open Walk
1. Bradley Simpson 15:50
2. Robert Walsh 16:46
1. Mylalah Gage 19:12
2. Lindsay Harrison 19:51
3. Maryanne Harrison 21:13
4. Geoff Francis 23:33
5. Christine Griffiths 27:15
Gordon Onley DQ
Damien Elms DQ
2 km Under 12 Walk
1. Billy Allamby 11:41
2. Lucas Taylor 11:42
3. Stephanie George 12:50
4. Stacey McLaren 13:25
1 km Under 9 Walk
1. Reese Walmsley 5:37
2. Amy Ventura 6:22
3. Paige DeLisen 7:28
4. Charlee Harrison 7:29
AV AND VRWC RACES, COLLINGWOOD HARRIERS TRACK, SATURDAY 25 AUGUST 2007
Rhydian Cowley and Jess Rothwell each won their first Victorian
Senior title – well done to both juniors. The overall winner in
the men's race was Daniel Coleman from Hobart, with a very quick 46:35.
Victorian 10,000m Championship for Men
1. Daniel Coleman TAS
46:35
2. Rhydian Cowley GHY
50:09 (1st Vic)
3. Stuart Kollmorgen COL
50:43 (2nd Vic)
4. Simon Evans
BOH 51:07 (3rd Vic)
5. Nicholas Mirarchi COR 54:00
6. Duncan Knox
ATE 55:53
7. Ross Reid COL 56:48
Kyle Bryant
EAG DQ
Paul Kennedy MUA
DQ
Adam Rutter
AIS/NSW DNF
Mark Donahoo
ATE DNF
Robin Wood
GLG DNF
Victorian 10,000m Championship for
Women
1. Jess Rothwell SBE
51:18
2. Regan Lamble ANW
54:14
3. Heather Carr EAG
55:57
4. Yolanda Russell GLG 56:38
Megan Szirom
RWD DNF
Tamara Attard
KNA DNF
The VRWC club races were very well attended and just on 70 walkers
walked overall. Results for the club walks are shown.
VRWC 5000m Open Walk
1. Ralph Bennett 26:20
2. Pam Tindal 26:38
3. Clyle Riddoch 27:40
4. Murray Dickinson 27:50
5. Russ Dickenson 28:02
6. Alison Thompson 29:15
7. Janet Holmes 30:26
8. Geoff Barrow 32:32
9. Robin Wood 32:37
10.Rudolf Skrucany 33:17
11.Barrie Wicks 33:31
Celia Johnson DQ
VRWC 3000m Open Walk
1. Bradley Simpson 15:37
2. Cassie Raselli 15:53
3. Nicole Hallett 16:05
4. Robert Walsh 16:18
5. Matthew Felton 16:24
6. Jacob Wright 16:27
7. Billy Allamby 17:09
8. Amy Callaway 17:12
9. Sarah Burren 17:26
10.Aaron McDonough 17:27
11.Talie Collins 17:50
12.Michael Green 18:13
13.Ashley Albert 18:33
14.Madeleine Graham 18:41
15.Jason Elms 19:33
16.Adrianna Crea 19:57
17.Donna Elms 20:03
18.Steve Jordan 20:37
19.Kiersten Coulter 20:37
20.Maryanne Harrison 20:57
21.Damien Elms 23:28
22.Christine Griffiths 26:41
Gordon Onley
DQ
Lindsay Harrison DQ
Ayla Collins
DQ
2000m Walk Under 12
1. Bianca Attard 11:58
2. Stephanie George 12:07
3. Andrew Hogan 12:10
4. Chloe McNicol-Davidson 12:15
5. Lucas Taylor 12:41
6. Beth Barbour 13:26
7. Stacey McLaren 14:01
1500m Walk Under 9
1. Cindy Collins 8:46
2. Cody McNicol-Davidson 9:22
3. Amy Ventura 9:55
4. Paige DeLisen 10:24
5. Charlee Harrison 11:34
6. Ryan Dossetor 11:59
7. Emily McDonough 15:04
8. Kristina Collins 12:56
Reese Walmsley DQ
VRWC RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 18 AUGUST 2007
Fast times and PBs were everywhere on Saturday as our walkers took
full advantage of perfect weather conditions and competitive fields.
The highlight on the 10 km front was the wonderful performance of Ralph
Bennett whose 51:56 took over 2 minutes off his M65 Australian record
of 54:06. It's not often we see a record being shattered by that much.
Many of our masters walkers are about to head off to Italy for the
Worlds Masters and for those like Ralph, Heather, Russ, Murray and
Mark, it was a chance for a good hitout.
10km Open
Hcp Place
1. Heather Carr
54:56 4
2. Liz Feldman
57:46 2
3. Janet Holmes
61:38 3
4. Sylvia Machin
64:35 5
5. Margaret Beaumont 74:19 1
1. Ralph Bennett
51:56 1
2. Russ Dickenson
56:03 2
3. Murray Dickinson
56:35 3
4. Alan Lucas
57:41 5
5. Robin Wood
66:56 6
6. Ian Beaumont
79:01 4
The 5 km saw Natalie Laurie push through the first 1 km in 4:38 with
Mark Donahoo working hard to hang in. Mark eventually found his stride
and took fastest time with an impressive 24:09 while Natalie hung in
for a big PB with 24:59. At only 16 years of age, she has a big future
and this season has seen some great performances. Ayla Collins also did
a big PB and actually took the handicap honours ahead of Natalie. She
is the next age group down from Natalie and is another of our talented
juniors who has shown huge improvement this winter.
In the 3 km event, Kiersten Coulter took a further 15 secs off her
Australian transplantee record to take the handicap points ahead of
Donna Elms whose 19:16 was also a PB. Lindsay Harrison put it all
together nicely to take the men's handicap points with his 20:01, to be
just a few secs outside his PB.
5km Open
Hcp Place
1. Natalie Laurie
24:59 2
2. Ayla Collins
26:33 1
3. Caitlin Campbell
28:28 4
4. Celia Johnson
32:26 3
Talie Collins DNF
(17:48 for 3 km)
1. Mark Donahoo
24:09 2
2. Robert Walsh
28:04 4
3. Tony Johnson
28:31 3
4. Barrie Wicks
33:17 1
5. Rudolf Skrucany
33:53 5
3km Open
Hcp Place
1. Donna Elms
19:16 2
2. Kiersten Coulter
20:02 1
3. Maryanne Harrison
20:37 3
4. Harlene Hercules
21:50 4
5. Pam Mews
27:44 5
1. Aaron McDonough
17:12 2
2. Adam Patterson
18:38 4
3. Jason Elms
18:45 3
4. Lindsay Harrison
20:01 1
5. Gordon Onley
23:20 5
6. Geoff Francis
23:44
The Under 15s are among our most competitive age groups and the big
improver over that last few weeks has been Nicole Hallett. Only just
turned 13, she scorched the track with her 15:41to take fastest time
and handicap honours ahead of some very talented walkers. Adrianna Crea
was another one to do a PB but had to be content with second in the
handicaps behind Nicole. Filip Cosic, back after a couple of months
overseas, took fastest time and handicap honours in the boys race with
his 16:08.
3km Under 15
Hcp Place
1. Nicole Hallett
15:41 1
2. Cassandra Raselli 15:43 5
3. Amelia Finnegan
16:37 7
4. Rebecca Campbell
19:12 4
5. Adrianna Crea
19:15 2
6. Taylor Brogan
19:22 3
7. Anika Peachey
19:40 6
Alana Green
DNF (14.58 for 2km)
1. Filip Cosic
16:08 1
2. Jacob Wright
16:13 2
3. Damien Elms
22:28 3
Ryan Antidormi DNF
(11.09 for 2km)
The Under 12 leaders had a great race with Stephanie George, Matthew
Felton and Billy Allamby (up from U9) walking stride for stride
throughout the event. Not far behind, Michael Green was pulled through
for his own big PB as was Lucas Taylor who walked a blinder to take 20
secs off his best 2 km time. In fact, there were PBs everwhere. Amy
Ventura and Ben Green took the U9 handicap honours with huge PBs in the
order of 20-30 secs each. What a day's racing!
Under 12 2 km
Hcp
Place
1. Stephanie George
11:34 1
2. Chloe McNicol-Davidson 12:16 2
3. Sophia Antidormi
12:53 4
4. Beth Barbour
12:56 3
5. Stacey McLaren
13:59 5
1. Matthew Felton
11:26 6
2. Billy Allamby
11:29 5
3. Michael Green
11:39 4
4. Lucas Taylor
11:44 1
5. Aaron Gardner
11:48 3
6. Cody McNicol-Davidson 12:46 2
Under 9 1 km
Hcp Place
1. Cindy Collins
05:41 4
2. Amy Ventura
06:15 1
3. Charlee Harrison
07:25 2
4. Samantha Goossens 07:55 5
5. Kristina Collins
08:15 3
6. Emily McDonough
09:48 6
1. Reese Walmsley
05:42 2
2. Ben Green
05:51 1
AV AND VRWC RACES, ALBERT PARK, SUNDAY 12 AUGUST 2007
The 2007 Victorian Roadwalking
Championships were successfully completed on Sunday 12 August at Albert
Park. The weather threatened throughout the morning but the rain held
off and conditions turned out perfect for fast racing. Good fields
contested most divisions and Victorian Race Walking Club events and
championships were also held to round out the program.
With our top five male Victorian walkers (Nathan Deakes, Jared Tallent,
Duane Cousins, Chris Erickson and Tom Barnes) all overseas competing,
it was left to Andrew Jamieson to ensure that we had at least one
finisher. He powered through the 20 km mark in 100:00 and held it
together nicely for another 5 km before eventually hitting the wall
with 5 km to go. After a few minutes break, he got back on the track
and walked it out to win his second Victorian 30 km title (he won his
first in 2004).
The day also saw Victorian championships contested in Under 20, Under
18, Under 16 and Under 14. The Under 16 and Under 14 events in
particular saw very good sized fields.
AV
30 KM OPEN MEN CHAMPIONSHIP
1 JAMIESON, Andrew
SOC 2:41:23
DONAHOO,
Mark
ATE DNF
EVANS,
Simon
BOH DNS
BERTEI,
Frank
ANW DNS
AV
UNDER 20 MEN 20 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 BRYANT, Kyle
EAG 1:42:33
BURGESS,
Shaun
CHI DNS
A.V.
UNDER 20 WOMEN 10 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 BRUNTON, Caitlin
COR 58:55
ROTHWELL, Jess
SBE DNF
DRENNAN, Lauren
ATE DNS
A.V.
UNDER 18 WOMEN 8 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 LAMBLE, Regan
ABW 40:25
2 LAURIE, Natalie
ANW 44:20
3 ATTARD, Tamara
KNA 44:47
4 PALFREYMAN, Jessie
EAG 47:39
5 GAGE, Mykaela
COR 57:11
A.V.
UNDER 18 MEN 8 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 PAYNE, Daniel
COR 39:34
2 MIRARCHI, Nicholas
COR 40:07
ELMS, Jason
PTN DNS
COWLEY,
Rhydian
GHY DNS
A.V.
UNDER 16 GIRLS 5 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 TALLENT, Rachel
BYC 26:45
2 COLLINS, Ayla
MAL 27:35
3 BRAZEL, Hilary
ANW 28:18
4 PAYNE, Emily
COR 28:54
5 BRUNTON, Erin
COR 29:35
6 CALLAWAY, Amy
KNA 29:52
7 DAVIS, Danielle
COR 31:58
8 JONES, Cara
SBE 32:38
ALEXANDER, Beth
KNA DNS
A.V.
UNDER 16 BOYS 5 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 SIMPSON, Brad
KNA 27:16
2 WALSH, Robert
ANW 27:39
3 COSIC, Filip
COB 28:12
COAD,
Adrian
CBE DNS
A.V.
UNDER 14 GIRLS 3 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 BURREN, Amy
MAL 15:20
2 FINNEGAN, Amelia
KNA 15:38
3 HALLETT, Nicole
ANW 15:47
4 TALLENT, Ebony
BYC 15:48
5 CAMPBELL, Caitlin
ATE 16:04
6 WHILEY, Ebony
EAG 17:04
7 ALBERT, Ashley
MAL 18:42
8 CAMPBELL, Rebecca
ATE 19:01
9 JONES, Katelyn
BYC 19:50
10 BROGAN, Taylor
INVIT 19:55
RASELLI, Cassandra
BOH DNS
A.V.
UNDER 14 BOYS 3 KM CHAMPIONSHIP
1 ANTIDORMI, Ryan
ANW 15:53
2 WRIGHT, Jacob
ANW 15:56
3 ALLAMBY, Billy
KNA 15:59
4 CURTIS, Peter
SBE 16:12
5 GREEN, Michael
GPA 17:14
E6 JONES, Jeremiah
SBE 17:40
E6 HOGAN, Andrew
MAL 17:40
A number of VRWC events were also on offer with results shown below.
Tasmanian walker Lynette Bannister won the Women's 10 km event with a 5
minute PB, ahead of Yolanda Russell, after the two girls had walked
together most of the way. Masters walkers Ralph Bennett and Pam Tindal
scorched over the 5 km distance to win their respective divisions with
PBs. The Under 12 and Under 9 club championships saw a number
of the walkers who had already contested the U14 Victorian championship
successfully negitiating their way through a second event. A special
mention must be made for Billy Allamby who took third in the Under 14 3
km Victorian championship and then backed up and won the U9 2 km VRWC
club championships, both times being PBs.
VRWC
OPEN WOMEN 20 KM
1 BANNISTER, Lynette
1:49:36
2 RUSSELL, Yolanda
1:51:51
SZIROM,
Megan
DNF (12 km in 59:44)
CARR,
Heather
DNF (4 km in 34:48)
VRWC
OPEN WOMEN 5 KM
1 TINDAL, Pam
26:48
2 FELDMAN, Liz
27:48
3 ADAMCEWICZ, Erin
28:12
4 McINTYRE, Gayle
30:18
5 COLLINS, Talie
30:58
6 CREA, Adrianna
33:18
7 ELMS, Donna
33:20
8 COULTER,. Kiersten
34:31
9 GRIFFFITHS,
Christine 48:30
VRWC
OPEN MEN 5 KM
1 BENNETT, Ralph
26:02
2 DICKENSON, Russ
26:51
3 LUCAS, Alan
27:35
4 RIDDOCH, Clyde
27:44
5 WOOD, Robin
32:56
ONLEY,
Gordon
DQ
HARRISON,
Lindsay DQ
VRWC
UNDER 12 GIRLS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1 BURREN. Sarah
VRWC 10:53
2 ALBERT, Ashley
VRWC 11:20
3 GEORGE, Stephanie
VRWC 11:47
4 McNICOL-DAVIDSON,
Chloe VRWC 12:07
5 BERTRAND, Carly
VRWC 12:27
6 ATTARD, Bianca
VRWC 12:33
7 BARBOUR, Beth
VRWC
12:37
8 McLAREN, Stacey
VRWC 13:39
VRWC
UNDER 12 BOYS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1 FELTON, Matthew
VRWC 10:44
2 JONES, Jeremiah
BENDIGO 11:04
3 GREEN, Michael
VRWC 11:58
4 TAYLOR, Lucas
VRWC 12:04
5 McNICOL-DAVIDSON,
Cody VRWC 12:16
6 GREEN, Mitchell
VRWC 14:05
VRWC
UNDER 9 GIRLS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1 COLLINS, Cindy
VRWC 12:17
3 ANTIDORMI, Sophia
VRWC 12:55
2 VENTURA, Amy
VRWC 12:56
4 HARRISON, Charlee
VRWC 15:52
5 COLLINS, Kristina
VRWC 17:21
VRWC
UNDER 9 BOYS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1 ALLAMBY, Billy
VRWC 10:44
2 WALMSLEY, Reese
VRWC 10:55
3 GREEN, Ben
VRWC 14:14
VRWC RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 4 AUGUST 2007
Refreshingly brisk or just
plain old cold and windy – it
depends on your perspective – but it didn't deter a goodly
number
of walkers from some solid performances this week at Albert Park.
Leading from the front was Nicholas Mirarchi whose 50:24 took over 1
minute off his best time. Simon Evans looked very sharp as he raced to
his best 10 km time this winter while Ralph Bennett and Russ Dickenson
were also well up with their bests with their 54+ min performances..
Who said it was windy? Donna Elms did yet another PB in the
Open
5 km while Bernie Keirl finally put that troublesome hamstring to rest
with a very quick 27:13. And welcome back to Scott Murdoch who had his
first walk in many years and handled the 5km distance well. Scott raced
for MHSOB in the sixties and early seventies and there was an amount of
reminiscing going on about past encounters!
Open
10 km
Handicap
1. Alison Thompson
59:27 2
2. Liz Feldman
59:55 3
3. Margaret Beaumont
74:38 1
1. Nicholas Mirarchi
50:24 1
2. Simon Evans
51:45 3
3. Russ Dickenson
54:19 4
4. Ralph Bennett
54:28 6
5. Murray Dickinson
56:54 5
6. Robin Wood
64:36 2
7. Ian Beaumont
80:08 7
VRWC
5 km
Handicap
1. Heather Carr
27:13 5
3. Janet Holmes
29:53 2
4. Gayle McIntyre
31:15 4
5. Gwen Steed
31:54 6
6. Donna Elms
33:58 1
7. Harlene Hercules
36:55 3
1. Bernie Keirl
27:14 2
2. Geoff Barrow
31:32 3
3. Jason Elms
32:29 4
4. Barrie Wicks
33:13 1
5. Scott Murdoch
34:50 Not financial
Damien
Elms
DQ
The Under 15's were scheduled to walk 5 km this week and that meant
that a number of them chose the Open 3 km by preference. Nicole Hallett
won overall with a PB and, further down in the field, Kiersten Coulter
broke her own Australian Record for the 3 km walk for Transplantees.
Wow, what good stuff. In the Under 15 5 km, Amy Callaway and Carly
Bertrand did their first ever 5 km (well done girls) while Anika
Peachey and Adrianna Crea both did PBs. And finally Brad Simpson was
back after a couple of months off with illness and his 28:46 was an
excellent first up performance. And a special welcome back to 1950's
club member Geoff Francis who confided that, since he was now 75 years
old, it was time to make comeback Now I like that mindset! There is
hope for me yet.
VRWC
3 km
Handicap
1. Nicole Hallett
15:53 1
2. Cassandra Raselli
15:56 6
3. Hilary Brazel
16:54 7
4. Talie Collins
17:27 3
5. Madeleine Graham
18:02 5
6. Celia Johnson
19:29 8
7. Kiersten Coulter
20:14 2
8. Maryanne Harrison
21:00 4
1. Ryan Antidormi
16:24 2
2. Lindsay Harrison
20:11 1
3. Jacob Wright
16:26 3
4. Geoff Francis
24:28 Not
financial
Gordon
Onley
DQ
VRWC
5 km Under 15
Handicap
1. Ayla Collins
27:36 1
2. Amy Callaway
32:39 4
3. Anika Peachey
33:31 2
4. Adrianna Crea
34:35 3
5. Carly Bertrand
35:14 5
Taylor Brogan
DNF
1. Brad Simpson
28:46 No previous time recorded
The Under 12's and Under 9's walked on the 2 km course on Saturday and
what a great battle it was in the Under 12 event. Amelia Finnegan led
out early and looked to have an unassailable lead but Caitlin Campbell
and Matthew Felton gradually bridged the gap and it ended up being a 3
way sprint at the end. Unfortunately, Matthew was DQ'd (bad luck
Matthew) but Caitlin was rewarded with the win and a PB as well. The
Under 9's were amazing with nearly everyone doing PBs (yes, the course
was correct!). Georgia Bertrand and Amy Ventura had a really
competitive encounter with Georgia finally getting the nod.
VRWC
3 km Under 12
Handicap
1. Caitlin Campbell
15:51 2
2. Amelia Finnegan
15:53 6
3. Rebecca Campbell
19:16 5
4. Beth Barbour
19:17 1
5. Bianca Attard
20:16 3
6. Stacey McLaren
20:54 4
1. Michael Green
18:24 1
Matthew Felton
DQ
VRWC
1.5 km Under 9
Handicap
1. Sophia Antidormi
09:49 5
2. Georgia Bertrand
10:14 1
3. Amy Ventura
10:15 2
4. Paige De Lisen
10:28 3
5. Samantha Goossens
11:28 Not financial
6. Charlee Harrison
11:58 4
1. Reese Walmsley
09:00 2
2. Ben Green
10:35 1
RACEWALKING
AUSTRALIA CARNIVAL, ADELAIDE, SUNDAY 29
JULY 2007
A small group of VRWC walkers
travelled to Adelaide last weekend for
this year's second Racewalking Australia carnival. It was held on
Sunday at the Warradale Army Base, south of the city, and conditions
were perfect for good racing. Our aim was to accumulate sufficient
points to wrest the Brennen Shield from perennial holders NSWRWC and
that we did just that in fine style – our first win in a long
time. Medallists were
Gold Megan Szirom
Open Women 10 km
Cody
McNicol-Davidson U10 Boys 1
km
Cassie Raselli
U14 Girls 2 km
Silver Ben Green
U10 Boys 1 km
Chloe
McNicol-Davidson U12 Girls
2 km
Michael
Green
U14 Boys 2 km
Rachel
Tallent
U16 Girls 3 km
Natalie
Laurie
U18 Girls 5 km
Bronze Bianca Attard
U12 Girls 2 km
Cody
McNicol-Davidson U14 Boys 2
km
Bianca
Attard
U14 Girls 2 km
Tamara
Attard
U18 Girls 5 km
On top of that, we won two Teams events – the U14 Girls
(Cassie
Raselli, Bianca Attard and Chloe McNicol-Davidson) and the U18 Girls
(Natalie Laurie, Tamara Attard and Rachel Tallent). Well done to
everyone on a great day's work and well done to SARWC on a great
carnival and a lot of hard work.
My own personal highlights included
- Megan Szirom winning the Open 10 km even though she was nursing a bad
cold
- Cody McNicol-Davidson and Ben Green walking toe to toe throughout the
U10 event and deciding the placings with a final sprint
- Natalie Laurie chasing World Youth walker Paige Hooper all the way in
the U18 event
- Cassie Raselli continuing her good form with yet another fine win in
the U14 event
- Seeing Cody and Chloe McNicol-Davidson, Bianca Attard and Rachel
Tallent doing second events for teams points.
Event
6 Mixed 10k Walk, SAMA
INVIT.
7. Wood, Robin
57
VRWC 67:00
Tallent, Jared
VRWC DNF
Event
7 Women 10k Open Walk,
8.30AM
1. Szirom, Megan
30
VRWC 47:14
Event
8 Boys 1k Under 10
Walk, 10.00AM
1. McNicol_Davidson,
Cody 9
VRWC 6:05
2. Green, Ben
9
VRWC 6:06
Event
11 Girls 2k Under 12 Walk,
10.15AM
2. McNicol_Davidson, Chloe 11
VRWC 13:07
3. Attard, Bianca
12 VRWC
13:21
Event
12 Boys 2k Under 14 Walk,
10.35AM
2. Green, Michael
13 VRWC
12:04
3. McNicol_Davidson,
Cody 9
VRWC 14:38
Felton, Matthew
13
VRWC DQ
Event
13 Girls 2k Under 14 Walk,
10.35AM
1. Rasselli, Cassandra
13
VRWC 10:45
3. Attard, Bianca
12 VRWC
13:51
4. McNicol_Davidson, Chloe 11
VRWC 13:52
Event
15 Girls 3k Under 16 Walk,
10.50AM
2. Tallent, Rachael
14 VRWC
16:06
Event
17 Women 5k Under 18 Walk,
11.15AM
2. Laurie, Natalie
16
VRWC 25:35
3. Attard, Tamara
17 VRWC
28:37
5. Tallent, Rachael
14 VRWC
29:25
VRWC AND
VMA RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 28 JULY
2007
With some of our walkers in
Adelaide for the Racewalking Australia
carnival and a large number of our younger walkers competing in the
Little Athletics State Cross Country championships, it was a quieter
day at Albert Park but we still had nearly 50 walkers in attendance.
Wow, times in the 8 km event were superb. Walk of the day had to be Tom
Barnes whose brillia 34:00 shows that he is in great form ahead of the
World University Games. Rhydian Cowley was not far behind Tom with his
PB time of 37:32. Pam Tindal and Ralph Bennett must have also done PBs
while Murray Dickenson walked his best time for a while and showed that
he is also approaching top form leading into the World Masters later
this year in Italy. And finally, U16 Ayla Collins walked her first 8 km
event and did a very good first up 46:28.
8km
Open
Handicap
1. Pam Tindal
43:55 1
2. Liz Feldman
45:56 3
3. Ayla Collins
46:28
4. Celia Johnson
54:11 4
5. Margaret Beaumont
59:12 2
1. Tom Barnes
34:00 3
2. Rhydian Cowley
37:32 2
3. Mark Donahoo
38:59 5
4. Ralph Bennett
43:09 4
5. Russ Dickenson
44:18 7
6. Murray Dickinson
44:34 1
7. Alan Lucas
45:50 6
Ian Beaumont
Disq
The Open 4 km was our most popular distance with Heather Carr and Clyde
Riddoch taking fastest times. Maryanne Harrison continued her steady
improvement to take the women's handicap while Anthony Doran showed a
good turn of speed to win the men's handicap.
4km
Open
Handicap
1. Heather Carr
20:52 6
2. Janet Holmes
23:12 5
3. Gayle McIntyre
23:53 E3
4. Gwen Steed
24:19 8
5. Donna Elms
26:47 E3
6. Kiersten Coulter
27:24 2
7. Maryanne Harrison
28:00 1
8. Harlene Hercules
29:25 7
1. Clyde Riddoch
22:15 E5
2. Tony Johnson
22:48 7
3. Anthony Doran
23:44 1
4. Adam Patterson
24:16 4
5. Jason Elms
25:15 E5
6. Robin Wood
26:08 3
7. Barrie Wicks
26:20 2
Bernie Keirl
Ab
Lindsay Harrison
Disq
Our younger walkers also walked well with Taylor Brogan, Jacob Wright,
Beth Barbour, Lucas Taylor, Amy Ventura and Paige De Lisen taking the
handicap points. Amelia Finnegan walked very fast with her 4 km time of
21:21while Caitlin Campbell and Cindy Collins also stood out time wise.
4km
Under 15
Handicap
1. Amelia Finnegan
21:21 3
2. Nicole Hallett
22:04 2
3. Taylor Brogan
26:05 1
4. Anika Peachey
26:31 4
5. Adrianna Crea
27:38 5
1. Jacob Wright
23:01 1
Robert Walsh
Ab
Under
12 2km
Handicap
1. Caitlin Campbell
11:13 5
2. Ashley Albert
11:43 2
3. Rebecca Campbell
12:22 4
4. Beth Barbour
12:40 1
5. Stacey McLaren
13:46 3
1. Lucas Taylor
12:03 1
Under
9 1km
Handicap
1. Cindy Collins
05:38 3
2. Amy Ventura
06:35 E1
3. Paige De Lisen
06:38 E1
4. Annalise Harrison
07:32 4
5. Charlee Harrison
07:36 5
VRWC AND
VMA RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 21
JULY 2007
It was a big day of racing as
86 walkers contested the various
events in what were perfect winter conditions (as usual for Melbourne
at this time of the year – but I'm not biased!). The
highlight
was the Victorian Masters 10 km roadwalking championship where 35 of
our older walkers showed that they have lost little of their speed and
racing ability. And we were privileged to see 2 World Records and one
Australian Record amongst the many top performances. Andrew Jamieson (46:22)
took a further 24
secs off his M60 World Record that he set last week while Heather Carr
(53:41) took 14 secs of her own W55 World Record which she equalled
last week. And joining the elite group of Masters record holders was
Ralph Bennett whose time of 54:06 took some 10 secs off Murray
Dickinson's M65 Australian Record.
If you haven't heard much of
Ralph before, you can be excused as he has only recently joined the
walking ranks. Here is what he has to say in his profile on our newly
created VRWC WIKI Site (but more about that later in the newsletter)
I am a Masters middle and long-distance runner (Mentone Venue) and
racewalker. I started racewalking in April 2006, with VRWC, after three
frustrating months of running that was limited by persistent hamstring
injuries. That's when I found out about the technical nature of
racewalking, found some relief for my hamstrings, but started to
experience the soreness of some other new-found and previously
under-utilised muscles and ligaments!
My other vote for top performers amongst the masters were Bendigo
walkers Geoff Major (M70 – 64:34) and Barbara Bryant (W50
–
56:37) but it's really a toss of the coin in trying to pick out
individuals from amongst so many wonderful walkers.
VMA
10 km Championship
VRWC
Handicap Place
35 1 Harlene
Hercules
78:57 E9
40 1 Gayle
McIntyre
65:40 11
45 1 Pam
Tindal
55:40 4
45 2 Frances
Halton
68:17
50 1 Barbara
Bryant
56:37
50 2 Alison
Thompson
58:23 5
50 3 Janet
Holmes
61:17 6
55 1 Heather
Carr
53:41 E2
55 2 Liz
Feldman
58:06
E2
55 3 Marlene
Gourlay
58:52
55 4 Celia
Johnson
66:23 1
60 1 Valerie
Millard
66:37
65 1 Gwen
Steed
63:34 E9
65 2 Sylvia
Machin
64:04 8
65 3 Margaret
Beaumont 75:58
7
35 1 Aaron
McDonough
58:13 2
35 2 Adam
Patterson
65:55
45 1 Mark
Donahoo
49:26 4
50 Ross
Reid
Disq
55 1 Alan
Lucas
57:02 6
55 2 Robin
Wood
63:24 1
55 3 Geoff
Barrow
64:13 9
55 4 John
Carter
67:13
60 1 Andrew
Jamieson
46:22 5
60 2 Russ
Dickenson
55:40 8
65 1 Ralph
Bennett
54:06 3
65 2 Murray
Dickinson
57:09 7
65 3 Barry
Wicks
68:17
65 4 John
Hallo
69:11
70 1 Geoff
Major
64:34
70 Ian
Beaumont
Disq
And now onto our VRWC races. We had one club championship on offer, the
Mabel Robinson Trophy, open to all the women club members walking in
any of the 10 km events. Megan Szirom, Yolanda Russell and Natalie
Laurie took the medals with great individual walks. A special mention
for Natalie Laurie, only just 16 years of age, who took 8 minutes off
her best time with a huge 52:50. She walked with Nicholas Mirarchi
early on and only dropped off in the last few laps. Also of special
note was the walk by Kiersten Coulter
whose 3km time of 20:17 was a new Australian Transplant Record.
She and fellow transplantee Christine Griffiths are regular competitors
and are inspirational examples of how to challenge your problems and
never say NO. Nicholas Mirarchi, also only 15 years of age, was only a
couple of seconds outside his PB with his time of 51:40. Maryann
Harrison walked her first ever 5 km and was rewarded with a handicap
win. Rhydian Cowley, another super talented 16 year old, zoomed to a
great 5km time of 23:01.And finally Ayla Collins, Nicole Hallett and
Hilary Brazel, although still U15, competed well in the Open 5 km. It's
great to see our young walkers challenging themselves over the longer
distances and doing so well.
VRWC
Open Women 10 km Championship
– Mabel Robinson Trophy
1. Megan Szirom
48:16
2. Yolanda Russell
52:19
3. Natalie Laurie
52:50
VRWC
10 km
Handicap Place
1. Megan Szirom
48:16 3
2. Yolanda Russell
52:19 E1
3. Natalie Laurie
52:50 E1
1. Nicholas Mirarchi
51:40 1
VRWC
Open 5 km
Handicap Place
1. Tamara Attard
27:26 4
2. Ayla Collins
27:35 3
3. Nicole Hallett
28:40 2
4. Hilary Brazel
29:38 5
5. Maryanne Harrison
35:16 1
1. Rhydian Cowley
23:01 1
2. John Morrison
34:05 2
VRWC
Open 3 km
Handicap Place
1. Donna Elms
19:44 2
2. Kiersten Coulter
20:17 1
3. Christine Griffiths
27:25 3
1. Jason Elms
19:14 2
2. Lindsay Harrison
19:58 1
Our younger walkers were not to be outdone and also produced some great
walks. In particular, our U9 and U12 walkers seem to be doing PBs just
about every time they toe the line. Billy Allamby was the pick of the
bunch with his U9 1 km time of 5:12. He chased U12 winner Matthew
Felton all the way to the 1 km line. Then Matthew powered on by himself
to record an excellent 10:39 for the 2 km. Still talking U12, Michael
Green, Andrew Hogan and Chloe McNicol-Davidson all did big 2 km PBs.
Finally Madeleine Graham took over a minute off her best time in the
U15 3k.
VRWC
Under 15 3 km
Handicap
Place
1. Amelia Finnegan
15:48 3
2. Madeleine Graham
17:24 1
3. Talie Collins
17:37 4
4. Jacinta Felton
18:16 2
5. Carly Bertrand
19:15 5
6. Caitlin Campbell
19:23 8
7. Anika Peachey
19:30 6
8. Rebecca Campbell
19:44 7
Cassandra Raselli
Ab. 2km
in 10.25min
Adrianna Crea
Disq
1. Ryan Antidormi
16:16 2
2. Jacob Wright
16:26 1
Damien Elms
Disq
VRWC
Under 12 2 km
Handicap
Place
1. Stephanie George
11:57 4
2. Chloe
McNicol-Davidson 12:01
1
3. Cindy Collins
12:41 5
4. Beth Barbour
13:03 3
5. Bianca Attard
13:16 2
6. Stacey McLaren
14:38 6
1. Matthew Felton
10:39 4
2. Michael Green
11:14 3
3. Andrew Hogan
11:16 1
4. Lucas Taylor
11:50 2
Mitchell Green
Ab
VRWC
Under 9 1 km
Handicap
Place
1. Paige De Lisen
06:26 1
2. Jayde Frank
06:29
3. Amy Ventura
06:38 E2
4. Georgia Bertrand
06:40 E2
5. Samantha Goossens
06:57
6. Charlee Harrison
07:30 4
7. Kristina Collins
08:28 5
8. Emily McDonough
08:32
6
1. Billy Allamby
05:12 3
2. Cody
McNicol-Davidson 05:57
4
3. Ben Green
06:06 2
4. Ryan Dossetor
06:23 1
RWA
STATE CHALLENGE, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 14
JULY 2007
Our annual Racewalking
Australia State Challenge saw 74 VRWC and 1
TRWC (Tasmania) walker test themselves out and try to gain maximum
points for their clubs in this unique competition which sees each
Australian racewalking club racing the same fixture of events on the
same day. Results are then forwarded to Mark Donahoo. He combines them
into a single set of results, works out the points (based on the top
competitor for each club in each age group) and ranks the clubs in
order to find the winner. Mark will not have the results completed for
a while yet so I will simply go with our VRWC results in this week's
newsletter.
And onto the raceday itself. I was sure we were going to have a
dreadful afternoon weather wise, given the last few days and the
Saturday morning itself but it all magically cleared and we had perfect
racing conditions except for the various puddles for spectators and
walkers to avoid. All monies raised from the day's proceedings were
earmarked for the Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation and
we had Dr Kate Drummond from the RMH on hand to thank everyone for
their efforts and to wish them all well in their races. I am pleased to
announce that we will be forwarding a cheque for $600 to the Foundation.
Also, the total distance raced is being donated to the International
Brain Tumour Awareness Walk Around the World and I calculate that our
walkers yesterday completed a total race distance of 387 km. Well done
everyone.
I jokingly advised our two top Masters walkers Heather Carr and Andrew
Jamieson before their event that I was expecting huge performances but
not to feel any personal pressure! Well, they must have taken me
seriously as Andrew set a new Masters M60 10 km record of 46:46 and
Heather equalled her own Masters W55 10 km record of 53:55. Oh, where
did that extra one second go! They were ably backed up by Tom Barnes
who blitzed to the fastest time of the day with 44:17 and by Stuart
Kollmorgen (48:56) and Mark Donahoo (50:53). And a special mention to
Harlene Hercules who walked her first ever 10 km event and helped us
greatly in that she was the only Open woman to finish – all
our
other female 10 km finishers were Masters walkers. And how about Donna
Elms who upped her distance to the 10 km event and walked excellently
for her big PB of 1:12:48. Finally, has Duncan Knox been secretly
training – 53:31 is a big time for the local Essendon lad
these
days!
RWA
Challenge 10km Open
1. Harlene Hercules
76:46
Sandra Geisler
Ab
1. Tom Barnes
44:17
2. Stuart Kollmorgan
48:56
Aaron McDonough
Ab 23.15 for
4km
Darius Wojcik
Disq
RWA
Challenge 10km Masters
1. Heather Carr
53:55 World
Record
2. Pam Tindal
56:15
3. Janet Holmes
60:36
4. Donna Elms
72:48
Gwen Steed
Ab 30.17 for
5km
Gayle McIntyre
Ab 30.17 for
5km
Deb Dyer
Ab 29.58 for 5km
1. Andrew Jamieson
46:56 World Record
2. Mark Donahoo
50:53
3. Paul Kennedy
52:58
4. Duncan Knox
53:31
5. Ross Reid
53:35
6. Bill Dyer
54:27
7. Ralph Bennett
56:05
8. Murray Dickinson
56:54
9. Alan Lucas
57:55
10.Robin Wood
66:04
11.David Moore (Tas)
68:14
Russ Dickenson
Ab 45.26 for
8km
Geoff Barrow
Disq
Many of our junior walkers were resting so it was a bit of a challenge
to make sure we had all age groups covered but it seemed our lucky day
in that at least one walker turned up for each age group –
and
all get past the scrutiny of the judges –
phew!
Tamara Attard took over 2 minutes off her 10 km time with a big effort
while Nicholas Mirarchi, Jason Elms, Natalie Laurie, Regan Lamble,
Robert Walsh, Amy Burren and Matthew Felton made sure we are still
in the hunt in the State Challenge by posting good fastest times of
their own. And a special mention to U16 walker Anika Peachey who was
hit
in the eye by an errant golf ball when walking along the top section
alongside the driving range. But she still finished – well
done
in adversity, Anika!
RWA
Challenge 10km Un20
1. Nicholas Mirarchi
51:50
1. Tamara Attard
58:15
RWA
Challenge 8km Un18
1. Natalie Laurie
42:30
1. Jason Elms
57:48
RWA
Challenge 5km Un16
1. Regan Lamble
25:27
2. Beth Alexander
26:05
3. Ayla Collins
28:53
4. Anika Peachey
34:22
5. Adrianna Crea
34:25
1. Robert Walsh
27:17
RWA
Challenge 3km Under 14
1. Amy Burren
15:10
2. Amelia Finnegan
15:43
3. Hilary Brazel
16:24
4. Chelsea Dyer
17:07
5. Madeleine Graham
18:26
6. Ella Mason
19:05
1. Matthew
Felton 16:31
2. Ryan Antidormi
16:58
3. Jacob Wright
17:05
The U12 and U10 age groups were strongly contested as usual.
Unfortunately there was a bit of confusion and some did not realise it
was age on the day rather than VRWC age (which is taken from the start
of our financial year). That means that Caitlin Campbell and Talie
Collins should have actually walked in U14 on the day so the winner of
the U12 was really Sarah Burren. I will still show the other girls'
times in the results but without a placing. And spare a thought for
Billy Allamby who thought his event started earlier and headed off with
the U12 2km walkers. He eventually ran back to get to the starting line
just before the U10 events got underway. And then he took a wrong turn
– and he still got the U9 fastest time!
RWA
Challenge Under 12 2km
Caitlin Campbell
10:22
Talie Collins
11:22
1. Sarah Burren
11:24
2. Stephanie George
11:56
3. Carly Bertrand
12:10
4. Chloe McNicol-Davidson 12:39
5. Beth Barbour
13:10
6. Bianca Attard
13:30
7. Stacey McLaren
13:35
1. Andrew Hogan
12:23
2. Lucas Taylor
12:51
Cody
McNicol-Davidson Ab
RWA
Challenge Under 10 1.5km
1. Rebecca Campbell
09:03
2. Cindy Collins
09:16
3. Ali Brunton
09:26
4. Sophia Antidormi
09:43
5. Paige De Lisen
10:11
e6 Amy Ventura
10:40
e6 Jayde Frank
10:40
8. Charlee Harrison
12:03
9. Kristina Collins
13:52
Emily McDonough
DNF
1. Billy Allamby
08:32
2. Reese Walmsley
08:40
And finally to our Open 3km event where there were some great
PBs
by some of our lesser experienced
walkers.
VRWC Open 3km
1. Theodora McKenzie
20:24
2. Kiersten Coulter
20:38
3. Maryanne Harrison
21:51
4. Christine Griffiths
27:28
1. Lindsay Harrison
20:25
2. John Morrison
20:33
3. Damien Elms
21:38
VRWC
RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 7 JULY 2007
The forecast was for a bleak
day but we still had 55 walkers who
turned out with their fingers crossed. Alas, the expected
change
came through mid race, the temperatures dropped to about 5OC and the
rain came. But once you are underway, you continue on and that is what
happened. Luckily the distances this week were shorter so everyone
managed to finish, a little colder, but none the worse for the
experience. As usual, we had our fair share of PBs and some great
racing.
In the Open 8 km walk, Mark Donahoo and Regan Lamble battled it out in
the front with little separating them throughout the race. It was a big
PB for Regan as she finished with a great 40:54. Tamara Attard also
walked fantastically, beating her previous best by nearly 2 minutes to
win the women's handicap while Aaron McDonough won the men's handicap.
VRWC
8 km Open
Handicap
1. Regan Lamble
40:54 2
2. Pam Tindal
44:11 4
3. Natalie Laurie
44:38 6
4. Tamara Attard
45:26 1
5. Liz Feldman
46:04 3
6. Janet Holmes
47:26 5
1. Mark Donahoo
40:36 7
2. Ralph Bennett
43:51 3
3. Bill Dyer
43:58
4. Russ Dickenson
44:11 6
5. Murray Dickinson
44:54 2
6. Alan Lucas
45:28 4
7. Aaron McDonough
47:15 1
8. Robin Wood
53:07 5
The Dyer family were out in force with Bill doing the 8 km, Deb doing
the 4 km (and doing it pretty well for someone who hasn't walked in
anger for some years) and Chelsea doing the U15 4 km. It was also great
to see mums Cherylanne Campbell and Sam Bertrand enjoying
their 4
km walk.
VRWC
4 km Open
Handicap
1. Heather Carr
20:59 6
2. Deb Dyer
23:19
3. Donna Elms
27:04 3
4. Theodora McKenzie
27:21
5. Kiersten Coulter
27:32 2
6. Maryanne Harrison
28:52 1
7. Margaret Beaumont
29:25 5
8. Sandra Bertrand
31:57 4
9. Cherylanne Campbell
31:57 7
Gwen Steed
DNS
1. Adam Patterson
23:53 1
2. Jason Elms
25:37 4
3. Barry Wicks
26:29 3
4. Ian Beaumont
30:57 2
Bernie Keirl
Ab
Gordon Onley
DQ
Lindsay Harrison
DQ
Anika Peachey took some 30 secs off her 4 km PB with her time of 25:25
and that made her a clear handicap winner in the U15 girls' walk.
Hilary Brazel and Robert Walsh were fastest overall and are both
walking very consistently this winter.
VRWC
4 km Under 15
Handicap
1. Hilary Brazel
21:58 2
2. Nicole Hallett
23:17 6
3. Chelsea Dyer
24:49 7
4. Madeleine Graham
25:17 3
5. Anika Peachey
25:25 1
6. Carly Bertrand
26:22 4
7. Adrianna Crea
27:01 5
1. Robert Walsh
21:52 1
2. Damien Elms
DQ
The Under 12 event saw Matthew Felton and Caitlin Campbell battling out
the front and they were never separated by more than a few metres. They
were both worthy winners with Caitlin winning the girls' handicap as
well. Andrew Hogan continues his great U12 season and was the boys'
handicap winner. In the U9 races, Paige de Lisen took some 20 secs off
her PB to come out an easy winner. Charlee Harrison is also a big
improver this winter and walked excellently for second.
VRWC
2.5 km Under 12
Handicap
1. Caitlin Campbell
13:28 1
2. Chloe McNicol-Davidson 16:22 3
3. Beth Barbour
17:06 4
4. Bianca Attard
17:15 2
5. Stacey McLaren
18:58 5
6. Rebecca Campbell
DNS
1. Matthew Felton
13:26 2
2. Andrew Hogan
15:14 1
3. Michael Green
15:34 3
4. Mitchell Green
19:39 4
Cody McNicol-Davidson
Ab
VRWC
1.5 km Under 9
Handicap
1. Paige De Lisen
11:08 1
2. Charlee Harrison
12:06 2
3. Georgia Bertrand
12:26 4
4. Emily McDonough
14:45 3
1. Ben Green
10:47 1
AV, VMAA
AND VRWC RACES, ALBERT PARK, SUNDAY 1 JULY
2007
Wow, what a day! A total of 96
walkers competed at Albert Park on
Sunday and a number walked in more than 1 event – meaning we
had
well over 100 walking times recorded for the day. This made this our
biggest domestic carnival for many years. The forecast showers did not
eventuate and conditions were just about perfect for fast racing.
First to the 20 km events which the Open and Masters walkers contested.
Three performances in particular deserve special attention.
Tom
Barnes won the Victorian
Men's 20 km title with a time of 1:27:45. This was a big PB for Tom
(previous best of 1:29:05, done in Canberra in January 2007). His main
aim was to beat the 1:28:00 qualifying time for the World University
Games and he had received permission from AA chief selector Peter
Fitzgerald to have this race considered for selection purposes. With
this in mind, VRWC ensured that we used our AIMS certified 2 km loop,
we had a full set of qualified judges and we started the men's and
women's events started 5 minutes apart. And Tom really produced the
goods with his huge walk.
Megan
Szirom won the Victorian
Women 20 km title in a time of 1:36:55, only 2 seconds outside her PB
and a time that ranks her 4th in terms of 2008 World Cup selection
rankings. She had a spirited battle with NSW walker Cheryl Webb until
Cheryl retired at around the 15km mark.
Masters walker Andrew Jamieson
beat his own World Masters M60 20 km world record by 19 secs with his
time of 1:35:55. The paperwork will be submitted to claim this as a new
Masters World record and we are confident that the time will be
ratified. Andrew came second in the Victorian 20 km title with his fine
effort.
AV
20 KM OPEN MEN
CLUB 10K
20K
1. BARNES, Tom
MUU
43.11 87.45
2. JAMIESON, Andrew OSC
47.52 95.57
3. DONAHOO, Mark
ATE
51.30 103.16
4. KOLLMORGEN, Stuart COL
51.05
103.40
5. KNOX, Duncan
ATE
57.44 115.16
6. EVANS, Simon
BOH
52.28 DNF
VMA
20 KM MEN
10K
20K PLACE
PATTERSON, Adam M35
53.21
155.43 1
DONAHOO, Mark
M45
51.30 103.16 1
EVANS, Simon
M45
52.28 DNF
LUCAS, Alan
M55
60.25
123.31 1
WOOD, Robin
M55
67.23
136.05 2
PROWSE, Frank
M55
65.58 DQ
BENNETT, Ralph M65
57.07
115.34 1
DICKENSON, Russ M60
57.59
115.56 2
DICKENSON, Murray M65 58.52
121.14 3
VRWC 20 KM OPEN
CHAMPIONSHIP -ALF
ROBINSON TROPHY
1. BARNES,
Tom 87.45
2. JAMIESON, Andrew 95.57
3. DONAHOO, Mark 103.16
4. KOLLMORGEN, Stuart 103.40
5. KNOX, Duncan
115.16
6. BENNETT, Ralph 115.34
7. DICKENSON, Russ 115.56
8. DICKENSON, Murray 121.14
9. LUCAS, Alan
123.31
10.WOOD, Robin
136.05
11.PATTERSON, Adam 155.43
EVANS, Simon
DNF
AV
20 KM OPEN WOMEN
CLUB
10K 20K
1. SZIROM, Megan
RWD
47.38 96.55
2. RUSSELL,
Yolanda GLG
54.51
112.33
3. BANNISTER, Lynette TAS
55.45
114.38
4. CARR, Heather
EAG
56.23 116.45
5. BRYANT, Barbara
EAG 59.23
119.58
6. MAJOR, Annette
EAG
59.23
128.45
VRWC
20 KM OPEN WOMEN
WEBB, Cheryl
NSW 47.17
DNF
VMA
20 KM WOMEN
10
K 20
K PLACE
MAJOR, Annette
W40
59.23 128.45 1
TINDAL, Pam
W45
60.48 122.39
1
BRYANT, Barbara
W50
59.23 119.58
1
CARR, Heather
W55
56.23 116.45
1
FELDMAN, Liz
W55
60.48 122.39
2
BEAUMONT, Margaret W65
73.09
158.47 1
The junior walkers contested the Victorian Schools Championships and
there were some great walks there also. Rhydian Cowley easily took the
U20 men's 10 km event in an easy 50:05. He had hoped to battle Kyle
Bryant for the title but Kyle was a DNS, leaving Rhydian way out in
front. 15year olds Regan Lamble and Natalie Laurie had a terrific
battle in the U18 girls' 5 km. Regan took an early lead but Natalie
then gradually pegged her back to the point they were level with 1 km
to go. Regan once again got the upper hand coming away to record a
great win in 24.50 not far from her best of 24.32. Natalie was
outstanding, taking 23 seconds of her personal best time to finish with
25.02. In the boys' U18 event, Daniel Payne went under 24 minutes for
the first time. After a 9.17 first 2 km, it was virtually a lone time
trial for Daniel who finished very strongly to record 23.59. 13 year
old Rachel Tallent, Jared's sister, has shown some real improvement
over the last few months and she continued that great form to win the
U16 girls' 3 km in a terrific 15.05. Further down the age groups, Amy
Burren won the U14 3 girls' km with an excellent 15:26. And there were
many others as well who excelled.
AV
10 KM U20 MEN
1. MIRARCHI, Nicholas
COR
52.02
2. BURGESS, Shaun
CHI
55.26
AV
SCHOOLS 10 KM U20 MEN
1. COWLEY , Rhydian
Melbourne H.S
50.05
2. MIRARCHI, Nicholas St
Joseph’s
52.02
AV
SCHOOLS 10 KM U20 WOMEN
1. BRUNTON, Caitlin
Kardinia Int.
55.43
AV
SCHOOLS 5 KM U18 MEN K
1. PAYNE, Daniel
Kardinia
Inter. 23.59
2. LYON, Matt
Caulfield Gramm. 33.19
3. ELMS, Jason
Lalor North
34.26
AV
SCHOOLS 5 KM U18
1. LAMBLE, Regan
Strathcona. B.G.G. 24.50
2. LAURIE, Natalie
Kingswood.
Coll. 25.05
3. ATTARD, Tamara
Aquinas
Coll.
27.15
4. PALFREYMAN, Jessie
Bendigo. Sen.Coll.
27.23
5. BODDY, Lana
Corio Bay Coll.
34.12
6. GAGE, Mykaela
Sacred
Heart Coll. 36.19
AV
SCHOOLS 3 KM U16 BOYS
1. SIMPSON, Bradley
Yarra Valley Gram.
15.35
2. WALSH, Robert
Mt Waverley
S.C. 15.58
3. GREEN, Michael
Mary McKillop
17.30
AV
SCHOOLS 3 KM U16 GIRLS
1. TALLENT, Rachel
Ballarat. H.
S. 15.05
2. COLLINS, Ayla
St
John’s College 15.45
3. DYER, Chelsea
Strathcona B.G.G. 15.52
4. PAYNE, Emily
Kardinia
Internat. 16.02
5. BRAZEL, Hilary
Emmaus
College
16.31
6. BRUNTON, Erin
Kardinia
Internat. 16.44
7. CALLAWAY, Amy
Mater
Christie
16.53
8. MASKELL, Katrina
Shepparton
H.S. 17.11
9. FELTON, Jacinta
Mater
Christie
17.52
10.DAVIS, Danielle
Matthew
Flinders 18.06
11.TREW, Keely
Eaglehawk S.C.
18.25
12.PEACHEY, Anika
Maribyrnong S.
C. 18.50
13.LYON, Kelly
Caulfield Grammar 19.27
AV
SCHOOLS 3 KM U14 BOYS
1. FELTON, Matthew
Aquinas
College
15.50
2. WRIGHT, Jacob
Emmaus
College
16.35
3. ALLAMBY, Billy
Karoo
P.S.
16.50
4. CURTIS, Peter
Flora
Hill S.C. 16.51
5. JONES, Jeremiah
Spring Gully
P.S. 18.18
6. GARDNER, Aaron
Thomastown
East P.S. 18.59
7. McNICOL-DAVIDSON, Cody Karingal Heights P.S.
19.14
AV
SCHOOLS 3 KM U14 GIRLS
1. BURREN, Amy
Killester College
15.26
2. WHILEY, Ebony
St
Joseph’s P.S.
15.44
3. FINNEGAN, Amelia
Mater
Christie
15.52
4. CAMPBELL, Caitlin
Copperfield
S.C. 15.54
5. TALLENT, Ebony
Ballarat
H.S.
15.56
6. HALLETT, Nicole
St Francis
Xavier 16.47
7. BURREN, Sarah
St
Mark’s P.S.
17.12
8. ALBERT, Ashley
St
Mark’s P.S.
18.15
9. McNICOL-DAVIDSON, Chloe Karingal Heights P.S.
19.02
10.CAMPBELL, Rebecca
Sydenham Hillside
P.S. 19.47
COLLINS, Talie
St
Johns College
DNF
And for the youngest age groups, we had 1500m club championships which
were also fiercely contested. Anyone who got in the way at the start
was going to be steamrollered!
VRWC
U12 1500M CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Dane HEIDEN (BGO)
7.59
2. Andrew HOGAN
8.02
3. Jeremiah JONES (BGO) 8.10
4. Aaron GARDNER
8.49
5. Lucas TAYLOR
9.02
6. Ben MASKELL
9.36
1. Sarah BURREN
8.19
2. Carly BERTRAND
8.25
3. Stephanie GEORGE
8.33
4. Bianca ATTARD
9.15
5. Briggette BROCKENSHIRE 9.20
6. Stacey McLAREN
9.36
7. Bethanie BARBOUR
9.37
VRWC
U9 1500M CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Billy ALLAMBY
8.00
2. Ryan DOSSETOR
9.38
3. Bryce BROCENSHIRE
9.39
4. Ben GREEN
10.09
1.Cindy COLLINS
9.10
2.Amy VENTURA
9.55
3.Emily McDONOUGH
13.31
And finally we had our usual open distance event for anyone else who
wanted a fitness workout! Welcome back to Erin Adamcewicz after an
overseas stint – and not a bad first up time of 30:16 at that.
VRWC
5 KM OPEN
1. Janet HOLMES
29.37
2. Erin ADAMCEWICZ
30.16
3. Anthony DORAN
31.05
4. Celia JOHNSON
33.20
5. Donna ELMS
34.26
6. Adrianna CREA
35.10
7. Christine GRIFFITHS 46.26
Ian BEAUMONT
DNF
Theodora McKENZIE
DQ
VRWC
RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2007
After a dreadful cold and wet
week, the weather was perfect for fast
racing on Saturday and there were PBs everywhere. In fact, the
performances were so good that I got on the bike and did a quick ride
around the course just to ensure that all the course markers were
correctly set – and they were.
In the open divisions, there were many commendable performances but the
pick had to be those of Megan Szirom, Tom Barnes, Rhydian Cowley, Gayle
McIntyre and Donna Elms. Megan recorded a blistering 22:08 to head the
Australian rankings list for 2007. It was a PB by some 20+ secs and she
looked fantastic. Tom's 10 km time of 43:01 was a 1 min PB and also
puts him ahead of everyone except for the small and select AIS group.
Rhydian's 10 km time of 47:55 was a 20+ sec PB and, for a 16 year old
walker, is huge. He has recently been selected in the U17 National
Development Squad, will be attending the AIS in August for a training
camp and is looking towards the 2008 World Junior Champs. Gayle had set
herself the challenging target of breaking 60 mins for the 10 km this
winter. On Saturday she did it in style with her time of 58:56 and
wasn't she as pleased as punch! And finally to Donna who only started
racewalking because her boys were competing. Over the last 12 months,
she has reduced her times by so much and on Saturday she took a further
minute off her 5 km time with 19:37.
10km
Open
1. Yolanda Russell
53:19 5
2. Pam Tindal
57:39 6
3. Alison Thompson
58:44 3
4. Gayle McIntyre
58:56(PB)4
5. Gwen Steed
61:23 1
6. Sylvia Machin
63:03 No previous time
7. Margaret Beaumont
74:13 2
1. Tom Barnes
43:01(PB)2
2. Rhydian Cowley
47:55(PB)9
3. Nicholas Mirarchi
51:53 3
4. Ross Reid
52:50 4
5. Russ Dickenson
54:43 8
6. Ralph Bennett
55:36(PB)6
7. Murray Dickinson
56:18 1
8. Aaron McDonough
60:54(PB)7
9. Robin Wood
67:41 10
10.Ian Beaumont
79:06 5
5km
Open
H'cap
1. Megan Szirom
22:08 7
2. Regan Lamble
25:21 10
3. Natalie Laurie
26:11 3
4. Heather Carr
26:22 8
5. Sandra Geisler
26:27 9
6. Ayla Collins
26:58 1
7. Tamara Attard
27:11 2
8. Liz Feldman
28:02 6
9. Janet Holmes
29:12 4
10.Jan Morrey
34:15 5
1. Mark Donahoo
24:50 5
2. Bernie Keirl
27:11 2
3. Alan Lucas
27:56 3
4. Geoff Barrow
30:56 1
5. Barry Wicks
34:15 4
3km
Open
H'cap
1. Donna Elms
19:37 1
2. Kiersten Coulter
20:39 2
3. Maryanne Harrison
22:20 3
4. Christine Griffiths
26:51 4
1. Jason Elms
17:35 1
2. Lindsay Harrison
22:16 2
Gordon Onley
Disq
Our juniors were also on fire with some very competitive racing. PBs
were recorded by walkers including Amelia Finnegan, Carly Bertrand
(jumping up to U15), Jacinta Felton, Robert Walsh, Jacob Wright, Ryan
Antidormi, Stacey McLaren, Sophia Antidormi, Lucas Taylor, Michael and
Mitchell Green and Amy Ventura.
3km
Under 15
H'cap
1. Amelia Finnegan
15:34 5
2. Caitlin Campbell
16:06 6
3. Nicole Hallett
17:13 9
4. Talie Collins
17:16 4
5. Amy Callaway
17:34 3
6. Jacinta Felton
17:55 2
7. Carly Bertrand
19:01 1
8. Rebecca Campbell
19:14 No previous time
9. Anika Peachey
19:17 7
10. Adrianna Crea
19:36 8
1. Robert Walsh
15:36 2
2. Jacob Wright
16:13 1
3. Ryan Antidormi
16:42 3
4. Aaron Gardner
18:47 No previous time
5. Damien Elms
22:49 4
Under
12 2km
H'cap
1. Chloe McNicol-Davidson 12:29
4
2. Stacey McLaren
12:33 1
3. Beth Barbour
12:40 5
4. Bianca Attard
12:44 2
5. Sophia Antidormi
12:48 3
6. Cindy Collins
13:03 7
7. Briggette
Brockenshire 13:32 6
1. Matthew Felton
10:43 5
2. Michael Green
11:24 3
3. Lucas Taylor
12:07 2
4. Mitchell Green
13:02 1
5. Cody McNicol-Davidson
13:19 4
Under
9 1km
H'cap
1. Amy Ventura
06:50 2
2. Charlee Harrison
07:52 1
3. Kristina Collins
09:32 3
1. Ben Green
06:49 1
VRWC
RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 16 JUNE 2007
It was a quieter day at Albert
Park on Saturday after the big
weekend in Canberra but we still had 65 walkers come along to try their
luck in our annual “Guess Your Time” races. The
idea is
that you you nominate your expected time and then walk without watches
or laptimes and try to judge your pace accordingly. Prizes were awarded
to the winners of each division and the best were spot on.
The Under 9's were first to finish with Emily McDonough only 1 second
out and Billy Allamby only 2 secs out. The Under 12's were
girls
were also very close with Carly Bertrand winning with a time only 2
seconds different to her guess. The Under 12 boys were a bit more
wayward but Aaron Gardner was the best and won the prize ahead of the
other boys.
Under
9 1 km Walk
Guess
Plc
1. Sophia Antidormi
6:13 2
2. Georgia Bertrand
6:55 5
3. Amy Ventura
7:02 7
4. Paige De Lisen
7:05 4
5. Charlee Harrison
7:33 6
6. Kristina Collins
8:21 3
7. Emily McDonough
8:31 1 (1 sec)
1. Billy Allamby
5:34 1 (2 secs)
2. Reese Walmsley
5:45
2
Under
12 2 km Walk
Guess Plc
1. Caitlin Campbell
10:45 3
2. Carly Bertrand
11:48 1 (2 secs)
3. Ashley Albert
11:59 8
4. Cindy Collins
12:24 6
5. Rebecca Campbell
12:32 2
6. Beth Barbour
12:37 6
7. Stephanie George
12:54 9
8. Bianca Attard
13:11 4
9. Stacey McLaren
13:42 5
1. Matthew Felton
10:40 3
2. Ryan Antidormi
10:52 2
3. Andrew Hogan
11:45 6
4. Michael Green
11:54 4
5. Aaron Gardner
12:06 1 (54 secs)
6. Lucas Taylor
12:19 5
The Under 15's are a very talented group and their times continue to
improve each week. Amelia Finnegan and Robert Walsh won the 'Guess Your
Time” prizes with well judged performances.
Under
15 4 km Walk
Guess Plc
1. Amy Burren
21:14 5
2. Hilary Brazel
21:42 6
3. Amelia Finnegan
21:46 1 (29 secs)
4. Ayla Collins
22:44 7
5. Sarah Burren
24:12 3
6. Talie Collins
24:12 4
7. Madeleine Graham
24:25 2
8. Anika Peachey
25:49 8
1. Robert Walsh
21:18 1 (92 secs)
2. Jacob Wright
22:56 2
Damien Elms
Disq
The Open events are normally closely contested as the walkers have had
many years to hone their skills in walking to a set schedule. In
particular, the 8 km for men saw Murray Dickinson (2 secs) finish just
ahead of Alan Lucas (3 secs) and Duncan Knox (4 secs). Alan and Duncan
always excel in this sort of event but Murray had their measure on
Saturday.
Open
4 km Walk
Guess Plc
1. Gwen Steed
23:23 1 (2 secs)
2. Celia Johnson
26:23 4
3. Donna Elms
27:07 3
4. Theodora McKenzie
27:33
5. Jan Morrey
27:59 6
6. Kiersten Coulter
28:10 2
7. Maryanne Harrison
28:45 5
Sandra Bertrand
DNF
Cherylanne Campbell
DNF
1. Geoff Barrow
25:41 3
2. Jason Elms
26:15 4
3. Barry Wicks
26:56 1 (4 secs)
4. Ian Beaumont
31:27 2
Gordon Onley
Disq
Open
8 km Walk
Guess Plc
1. Gayle McIntyre
47:42 2
2. Janet Holmes
47:55 3
3. Tamara Attard
49:00 4
4. Margaret Beaumont
60:03 1 (27 secs)
1. Stuart Kollmorgan
39:58 4
2. Nicholas Mirarchi
42:32 12
3. Ross Reid
42:42 5
4. Paul Kennedy
42:55 6
5. Russ Dickenson
43:10 9 (2 secs)
6. Duncan Knox
43:16 3 (4 secs)
7. Ralph Bennett
44:47 8
8. Murray Dickinson
45:02 1
9. Alan Lucas
45:07 2 (3 secs)
10.Aaron McDonough
49:04 10
11.Bob Gardiner
50:32 7
12.Robin Wood
52:26 10
41ST
LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN CARNIVAL, CANBERRA, SUNDAY
10 JUNE 2007
These results do not as yet
include Teams results, handicap winners
or Perpetual Trophy winners. These will be added as soon as possible.
OPEN
20 MILES
1 Tallent, Jared
VRWC 2:15:43 (Race Record)
2 Erickson, Chris
VRWC 2:24:18
4 Barnes, Tom
VRWC 2:33:17
8 Jamieson, Andrew
V
VRWC 2:42:27
9 Szirom, Megan (f)
VRWC 2:53:01
11 Knox, Duncan V
VRWC 3:21:09
ACTA
MENS 30K CHAMPIONSHIP
Unfortunately the 30km mark was incorrectly placed. The actual 30 km
splits were some 40-50 secs faster than that recorded.
1 Tallent, Jared
VRWC 2:07:14
2 Erickson, Chris
VRWC 2:14:41
6 Jamieson, Andrew V
VRWC 2:32:27
OPEN WOMENS 10 MILES
6 Russell, Yolanda
VRWC 1:30:32
7 Lamble, Regan
VRWC 1:30:51
16 Roseman, Justijana
VRWC 1:51:21
OPEN
MENS 10 MILES
5 Baker, Simon
V
VRWC 1:34:23
31 Erickson, Tim V
VRWC DNF
FITNESS
10 MILES
1 Wood, Robin
VIC 1:47:36
2 Onley, Gordon
VIC 1:49:22
BOYS
U10 1,000 METRES
1 Allamby, Billy
VRWC 5:22
5 McNicol-Davidson,
Cody VRWC
5:53
6 Walmsley, Reese
VRWC 5:54
8. Green, Ben
VRWC 6:19
GIRLS U10 1,000 METRES
3 Brunton, Ali
VRWC 5:47
7 Campbell, Rebecca
VRWC
6:03
12 Bertrand, Georgia
VRWC
6:41
BOYS
U12 2,000 METRES
2 Allamby, Billy
VRWC 11:09
3 Walmsley, Reese
VRWC 12:42
4 McNicol-Davidson,
Cody VRWC 13:50
GIRLS
U12 2,000 METRES
10 Bertrand, Carly
VRWC 11:52
15 Attard, Bianca
VRWC 12:44
17 McNicol-Davidson, Chloe VRWC
12:46
19 Jones, Madison
VRWC 13:38
21 Ohlsen, Shae
VRWC 13:59
22 Brunton, Ali
VRWC 14:18
39 Campbell, Rebecca
VRWC DNS
BOYS
U14 2,000 METRES
3 Felton, Matthew
VRWC 10:07
6 Wright, Jacob
VRWC 10:53
7 Brunton, Chris
VRWC 11:08
10 Green, Michael
VRWC 11:34
GIRLS
U14 2,000 METRES
2 Raselli, Cassandra
VRWC
9:56
6 Campbell, Caitlin
VRWC 10:19
9 Tallent, Ebony
VRWC 10:27
12 Hallett, Nicole
VRWC 10:49
13 Brunton, Erin
VRWC 10:57
22 Bertrand, Carly
VRWC 12:57
25 Lacey, Shannen
VRWC 14:57
26 Jones, Staci
VRWC 16:15
49 Brazel, Hilary
VRWC DQ
BOYS
U16 3,000 METRES
3 Mirarchi, Nicholas
VRWC 15:06
7 Simpson, Bradley
VRWC 15:57
8 Walsh, Robert
VRWC 16:05
GIRLS
U16 3,000 METRES
2 Tallent, Rachel
VRWC 15:06
3 Laurie, Natalie
VRWC 15:19
9 Payne, Emily
VRWC 16:40
10 Brunton, Erin
VRWC 16:51
12 Brazel, Hilary
VRWC 16:53
13 Watt, Taylah
VRWC 16:55
15 Callaway, Amy
VRWC 17:04
19 Davis, Danielle
VRWC 17:39
24 Graham, Madeleine
VRWC 18:35
25 Felton, Jacinta
VRWC 18:41
BOYS
U18 5,000 METRES
2 Payne, Daniel
VRWC 24:02
GIRLS U18 5,000 METRES
3 Brunton, Caitlin
VRWC 26:13
4 Attard, Tamara
VRWC 26:36
7 Campbell, Caitlin
VRWC 28:24
9 Hallett, Nicole
VRWC 30:09
13 Boddy, Lana
VRWC 35:12
WOMENS
5,000 METRES
1 Wapshott, Kellie
VRWC 22:59
10 Laurie, Natalie
VRWC 26:40
11 Boddy, Tyne
VRWC 26:54
15 Brunton, Caitlin
VRWC 28:56
MENS
U20 10,000 METRES
7 Payne, Daniel
VRWC 52:52
8 Mirarchi, Nicholas
VRWC 53:22
7 Burgess, Shaun
VRWC DQ
AUSTRALIAN
MENS U20 10,000 METRES
5 Payne, Daniel
VRWC 52:52
6 Mirarchi, Nicholas
VRWC 53:22
7 Burgess, Shaun
VRWC DQ
VRWC
RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 2 JUNE 2007
Just under 90 walkers made the
most of perfect conditions (typical
Melbourne for those interstate or overseas readers who don't know about
our wonderful climate) in this week's VRWC club races. The stars were
definitely Megan Szirom and Rhydian Cowley. Megan improved her PB by
some 20 secs to walk a fantastic 46:30 while Rhydian did exactly the
same time as 2 weeks ago, namely 48:17. Overall, PBs were everywhere in
the 10 km events as you can see from the listing below. It is good to
see Murray Dickinson coming back into good shape once again –
57:32 for the M65 division is some performance!
10
km Open
Handicap
1. Megan Szirom
46:30 1 (PB)
2. Yolanda Russell
54:36 4
3. Pam Tindal
56:48 3 (PB)
4. Liz Feldman
59:40 2 (PB)
5. Margaret Beaumont
85:38 5
1. Rhydian Cowley
48:17 5 (=PB)
2. Paul Kennedy
52:37 6
3. Shaun Burgess
54:21 4 (PB)
4. Russ Dickenson
54:51 3
5. Murray Dickinson
57:32 1
6. Tim Erickson
58:41
7. Robin Wood
65:29 2
Ralph Bennett
Ab
Aaron McDonough
Ab
Gordon Onley
Disq
Regan Lamble warmed up for Canberra next week with a fine 24:32 in the
5 km race which was also hotly contested. The handicap winners were
Gayle McIntyre (one of this year's big improvers) and Tony Doran.
Special mention to Gwen Steed who has really come back into good form
this winter and who broke 30 mins yet again.
5
km Open
Handicap
1. Regan Lamble
24:32 3
2. Heather Carr
26:22 8
3. Caitlin Brunton
26:38 9
4. Tamara Attard
28:11 5
5. Nicole Hallett
29:07 10
6. Natalie Laurie
29:08 11
7. Janet Holmes
29:14 2
8. Gayle McIntyre
29:25 1
9. Gwen Steed
29:56 4
10.Celia Johnson
32:08 7
11.Donna Elms
35:23 6
1. Bernie Keirl
27:12 5
2. Tony Johnson
27:50 2
3. Geoff Barrow
30:48 3
4. Anthony Doran
30:57 1
5. Bruce Conboy
34:19 4
Ian Beaumont
Disq
Chris Brunton not only won the boy's Under 15 3 km event, he also took
handicap honours in a very impressive time of 15:59. Amelia Finnegan
was just behind him with her winning time of 16:05 while Ella Mason
took handicap honours with her time of 18:05. First year walkers
Adrianna Crea and Anika Peachey had their usual competitive race and a
great sprint finish saw them both cross the line together (Adrianna got
the nod from the finishing judges).
5
km Under 15
Handicap
1. Amelia Finnegan
16:05 2
2. Hilary Brazel
16:31 6
3. Erin Brunton
17:04 7
4. Ella Mason
18:05 1
5. Adrianna Crea
19:18 5
6. Anika Peachey
19:18 e3
7. Amy Callaway
20:47 8
8. Natalie King
22:25 e3
Cassandra Raselli
Ab
Jacinta Felton
Ab
1. Chris Brunton
15:59 1
2. Ryan Antidormi
17:00 2
3. Damien Elms
23:18 4
Robert Walsh
Disq
The 3 km event is seeing some good walking this year. First year walker
Theodora McKenzie did a big PB to take overall honours in the women's
section but handicap honours went to Danielle Amore, having only her
second walk. Kiersten Coulter and Maryanne Harrison also did big walks
and are improving every week. Adam Patterson did a blinder in the men's
3 km as did John Morrison.
3
km Open
Handicap
1. Theodora McKenzie
20:22
2. Kiersten Coulter
21:09 4
3. Maryanne Harrison
21:24 3
4. Jean Knox
24:05
5. Danielle Amore
24:29 1
6. Pam Mews
25:44 2
1. Adam Patterson
17:18 1
2. John Morrison
19:01 2
3. Jason Elms
19:18 3
4. Lindsay Harrison
Disq
Matthew Felton and Sarah Burren had a great race out front in the Under
12 division and they were both rewarded with sub-11 times. But it was
Bianca Attard and Michael Green who took handicap honours. Sarah and
Ashley Albert also caught the judges' eyes and earned Style Award
points (see details below).
2
km Under 12
Handicap
1. SarahBurren
10:56 8
2. Caitlin Campbell
11:10 9
3. Ashley Albert
11:43 2
4. Carly Bertrand
11:55 6
5. Rebecca Campbell
12:17 4
6. Stephanie George
12:36 10
7.
Chloe McNicol-Davidson 12:58
3
8. Beth Barbour
13:01 7
9. Bianca Attard
13:23 1
10.Stacey McLaren
13:59 5
1. Matthew Felton
10:51 3
2. Michael Green
11:54 1
3. Aaron Gardner
12:21 2
4. Lucas Taylor
12:52 4
5. AndrewHogan
13:16 5
The Under 9's are proving a very competitive age group and the times
are coming down each week. Cody McNicol-Davidson was the fastest while
Charlee Harrison and Ryan Dossetor took the handicap honours.
1
km Under 9
Handicap
1. Sophia Antidormi
6:24 5
2. Georgia Bertrand
6:48 4
3. Amy Ventura
7:33 2
4. Annalise Harrison
7:34 6
5. Charlee Harrison
7:52 1
6. Emily McDonough
8:38 3
7. Kyla Green
9:09 7
1. Cody McNicol-Davidson
6:06 3
2. Reese Walmsley
6:09 4
3. Ryan Dossetor
6:36 1
4. Ben Green
7:01 2
VRWC
RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 26 MAY 2007
The weather was kind to us once
again and we saw large fields at
Albert Park. Our longest event on offer was the 8 km where Paul Kennedy
was quick out of the blocks and off to a handy lead. He was soon roped
in by Daniel Payne who then broke away himself and the stage looked set
for an interesting second half. When Daniel retired, Paul was left to
take the honours in comfortable fashion as did Natalie Laurie in the
women's section. Pam Tindal and Robin Wood took handicap honours with
very good walks. Pam also got lots of points in the Style award
competition to complete a great day.
8
km Open
Handicap
1. Natalie Laurie
42:54 2
2. Heather Carr
43:31 E4
3. Pam Tindal
44:39 1
4. Alison Thompson
48:09 E4
5. Janet Holmes
49:09 6
6. Gwen Steed
50:28 3
7. Celia Johnson
53:58 7
8. Margaret Beaumont
61:20 8
1. Paul Kennedy
41:19 3
2. Ralph Bennett
45:13 2
3. Alan Lucas
46:16 4
4. Robin Wood
52:19 1
Bruce Conboy
Ab
Daniel Payne
Ab
Ian Beaumont
Disq
Gordon Onley
Disq
The Open 4 km events also saw some fast walking. Sandra Geisler sizzled
in her first race for a few weeks while Liz Feldman did a great PB to
take second. Not to be outdone, Kiersten Coulter, Maryanne Harrison and
Donna Elms also did PBs. Performances were just as good in the men's
section with John Bunker, Russ Dickenson, Bernie Keirl and Graeme Davis
all impressing.
4km
Open
Handicap
1. Sandra Geisler
21:04 10
2. Liz Feldman
22:40 1
3. Tamara Attard
24:44 9
4. Danielle Davis
25:40 7
5. Gayle McIntyre
25:52 11
6. Lana Boddy
27:32 8
7. Donna Elms
27:58 5
8. Kiersten Coulter
28:27 2
9. Harlene Hercules
29:18 6
10.Maryanne Harrison
29:20 4
11.Danielle Amore
34:46
12.Pam Mews
35:08 3
1. JohnBunker
21:16 3
2. Russ Dickenson
21:25 4
3. Bernie Keirl
21:45 2
4. Graeme Davis
22:54 1
5. Geoff Barrow
25:03 6
6. Adam Patterson
26:46 7
7. Barry Wicks
27:18 5
Jason Elms
Disq
Lindsay Harrison
Disq
The standout performance in the Under 15 section was by Hilary Brazel
whose 22:12 must have been a big PB. Regan Lamble had a relaxed stroll
with Amy Callaway back in the field while Caitlin Campbell and Anika
Peachey both also did good PBs.
4
km Under 15
Handicap
1. Hilary Brazel
22:12 1
2. Caitlin Campbell
22:56 2
3. Emily Payne
23:51 4
4. Amy Callaway
24:43 6
5. Regan Lamble
24:45 9
6. Madeleine Graham
26:41 8
7. Anika Peachey
26:53 3
8. Adrianna Crea
27:17 5
9. Carly Bertrand
28:14 7
Cassandra Raselli
Ab
Beth Alexander
Ab
1. Filip Cosic
22:09 3
2. Jacob Wright
23:18 2
3. Damien Elms
30:26
1
The Under 12s and Under 9s upped their distances this week to race
2.5km and 1.5km respectively. In the Under 12 division, Amelia Finnegan
shot to the lead but was overhauled eventually by Matthew Felton in a
very interesting race. Further back, Michael Green and Aaron Gardner
had a great battle throughout the event with Michael taking out the
final sprint. Billy Allamby, Reece Walmsley and Sophia Antidormi all
did very fast 1.5km times in the Under 9 event while Amy Ventura and
Ben Green took out the handicaps.
2.5
km Under 12
Handicap
1. Amelia Finnegan
13:30 2
2. Rebecca Campbell
15:48 4
3. Beth Barbour
16:40 3
4. Bianca Attard
17:32 1
1. Matthew Felton
13:15 3
2. Michael Green
14:46 1
3. Aaron Gardner
14:49 2
4. Lucas Taylor
16:38 4
1.5
km Under 9
1. Sophia Antidormi
10:13 4
2. Georgia Bertrand
11:25 5
3. Paige De Lisen
11:29 2
4. Amy Ventura
11:33 1
5. Annalise Harrison
11:33 3
6. Charlee Harrison
19:50 6
Kyla Green
DNS
1. Billy Allamby
08:50 3
2. Reese Walmsley
09:13 2
3. Ben Green
11:00 1
VRWC
RACES, ALBERT PARK, SUNDAY 20 MAY 2007
Sunday saw the first of our
championship days at Albert Park and a
total of 89 walkers competed in just about perfect conditions.
The first event to get underway was the Open Men's 35 km championship
for the Ray Smith trophy and Tom Barnes made it back to back victories
after a spirited battle with Andrew Jamieson. Tom eventually broke away
near the 20 km mark, passed the 30 km mark in 2:26:52 and powered home
in a PB time of 2:51:48. Andrew powered through the 30 km mark in a new
Masters M60 World Record of 2:30:57 and then took it easy over the last
bit of the race to finish with 3:02:32.
Not to be outdone, Megan Szirom walked fantastically to win the 15 km
Elsie Jacobson Trophy. Her time of 1:12:47 was only 1 second slower
than her time in Geelong 3 weeks ago but on this occasion it was only
part of the job done and she continued on to win the 20 km walk in
1:37:48, a time that ranks her 4th in the 2007 Australian ranking list.
35km
Open Men Club Championship
– Ray Smith Trophy
1. Tom Barnes
2:51:48
2. Andrew Jamieson
3:02:32
Open
20km
1. Megan Szirom
1:37:58
2. Simon Evans
1:47:24
3. Tony Johnson
1:59:28
4. David Smyth
2:02:58
5. Rudolf Skrucany
2:29:40
6. Duncan Knox
AB
7. Mark Donahoo
AB
15km
Open Women Club
Championship – Elsie Jacobson Trophy
1. Megan Szirom
1:12:47
2. Yolanda Russell
1:22:12
3. Heather Carr
1:23:40
4. Liz Feldman
1:32:38
5. Gayle McIntyre
1:34:13
6. Alison Thompson
1:35:52
7. Carmel Drennan
1:42:55
Our juniors had to contend with longer distances than normal but they
handled it well, with Lauren Drennan and Shaun Burgess taking the top
honours in the Under 20 15 km championships. In the last of the longer
events, over 10 km, young Rhydian Cowley blitzed the field with a huge
48:17 in his first effort over the distance. Just turning 16, Rhydian
continues to improve with every race.
15km
Under 20 Club Championship
1. Lauren Drennan
1:27:19
2. Caitlin Brunton
1:28:35
3. Tamara Attard
1:30:53
1. Shaun Burgess
1:23:00
10km
Open
1. Pam Tindal
57:10
Celia Johnson
DQ
1. Rhydian Cowley
48:17
2. Stuart Kollmorgan
49:51
3. Russ Dickenson
56:30
4. Ralph Bennett
56:48
5. Alan Lucas
57:42
6. Murray Dickinson
59:02
7. Simon Baker
1:01:04
8. Aaron McDonough
61:12
9. Graeme Davis
65:15
10.Robin Wood
66:26
Our Under 16 walkers contested a 5 km championship alongside their
senior counterparts and Regan Lamble and Natalie Laurie had their usual
close contest, with Regan taking the honours on this occasion. Filip
Cosic, in his first season of walking, won the boys championship with
his first ever 5 km walk.
5km
Under 16 Club Championship
1. Regan Lamble
25:06
2. Natalie Laurie
25:25
3. Rachel Tallent
28:00
4. Emily Payne
28:59
5. Jacinta Felton
32:09
6. Danielle Davis
32:40
7. Lana Boddy
34:06
8. Anika Peachey
34:25
9. Mykalah Gage
34:49
Taylah Watt
DNF
1. Filip Cosic
28:39
Damien Elms
DQ
5km Open
1. Gwen Steed
29:59
2. Janet Holmes
32:04
3. Donna Elms
35:02
4. Kiersten Coulter
35:59
5. Harlene Hercules
36:09
6. Christine Griffiths 43:11
Theodora McKenzie
DQ
1. Jason Elms
34:14
Lindsay Harrison
DQ
5km
Fitness Walk
Gordon Onley
33:27
Our Under 14 walkers raced over 3 km while our Under 12 walkers had the
rare chance to race over 1 km, alongside the Under 9's. The fields were
large and the races were keenly contested. Beth Alexander, Robert
Walsh, Sarah Burren, Matthew Felton, Cindy Collins and Billy Allamby
won their respective events.
3km
Under 14 Club
Championship
1. Beth Alexander
15:41
2. Ayla Collins
15:51
3. Nicole Hallett
16:03
4. Amelia Finnegan
16:09
5. Caitlin Campbell
16:25
6. Ebony Tallent
16:53
7. Hilary Brazel
16:55
8. Erin Brunton
17:04
9. Amy Callaway
17:25
10.Ella Mason
18:44
11.Carly Bertrand
19:48
Hannah Irvine
DNF
1. Robert Walsh
15:55
2. Bradley Simpson
16:40
3. Jacob Wright
16:58
Under
12 1km Club Championship
1. Sarah Burren
05:11
2. Talie Collins
05:17
3. Carly Bertrand
05:19
4. Stephanie George
05:19
5. Rebecca Campbell
05:52
6. Beth Barbour
06:06
7. Stacey McLaren
06:12
8. Briggette Brockenshire 06:16
9. Amber Duncan
06:32
1. Matthew Felton
05:03
2. Michael Green
05:41
3. Aaron Gardner
05:43
4. Lucas Taylor
05:51
Under
9 1km Club Championship
1. Cindy Collins
05:50
2. Sophia Antidormi 06:05
3. Georgia Bertrand 06:32
4. Charlee Harrison 08:03
5. Christina Collins 08:14
6. Emily McDonough
08:32
1. Billy Allamby
05:19
2. Ryan Dossetor
07:01
3. Ben Green
07:19
VRWC
RACES, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 12
MAY 2007
Last Saturday was a perfect day
for racing and over 80 walkers made
the most of the conditions with some fine racing. The longest
event on offer was the 10 km and Yolanda Russell and Nicholas Mirarchi
walked superbly to win the handicaps and easily better their expected
times. In particular, 15 year old Nicholas took nearly 3 minutes off
his best time and his final 2 km lap was under 10 mins. But spare a
thought for club coach and handicapper Mark Donahoo who rushed to the
start line after entering all the race numbers into the computer and
then had to stop twice during the early part of the race to fulfil the
role of first aid officer. Who said life was meant to be easy!
10km
Open
Handicap
1. Yolanda Russell
53:08 1
2. Heather Carr
54:37 4
3. Pam Tindal
56:35 2
4. Alison Thompson
59:05 3
1. Mark Donahoo
49:54 6
2. Nicholas Mirarchi
51:38 1
3. Ross Reid
54:30 8
4. Russ Dickenson
55:33 5
5. Ralph Bennett
56:08 2
6. Tony Johnson
57:43 3
7. Graeme Davis
59:30 4
8. Robin Wood
66:37 7
Murray Dickinson
Ab
The 5 km and 3 km events were also big affairs and you have to hand it
to the lapscorers and timekeepers who somehow manage to keep tabs on
everyone and get their finish times as they cross the line at the end
of their respective events. Stuart Kollmorgen and Rhydian Cowley had a
great battle in the Open Men's 5 km and in the Open Women's 5
km,
14 year old Ayla Collins and 12 year old Nicole Hallett upped their
distances and walked great races to finish second and third behind
winner Tamara Attard.
5km
Open
Handicap
1. Tamara Attard
27:40 5
2. Ayla Collins
28:26 1
3. Nicole Hallett
28:33 4
4. Liz Feldman
28:37 8
5. Gayle McIntyre
29:14 4
6. Janet Holmes
29:46 3
7. Gwen Steed
30:19 7
8. Carmel Drennan
30:45 10
9. Natalie Laurie
31:23 11
10.Celia Johnson
32:23 9
11.Donna Elms
35:18 2
Beth Alexander
Ab
Harlene Hercules
Ab
1. Stuart Kollmorgan
23:20
2. Rhydian Cowley
23:26 1
3. John Bunker
27:06 5
4. Bernie Keirl
27:28 2
5. Simon Baker
27:40
6. Geoff Barrow
31:09 4
7. John Morrison
32:13 6
8. Barry Wicks
34:01 3
Bob Gardiner
Ab
Gordon Onley
Disq
3km
Open
Handicap
1. Theodora McKenzie
21:07
2. Kiersten Coulter
21:33 2
3. Maryanne Harrison
22:12 5
4. Natalie King
22:27 1
5. Christine Griffiths
24:52 4
6. Pam Mews
26:10 3
Jason Elms
Disq
Lindsay Harrison
Disq
3km
Under 15
Handicap
1. Amelia Finnegan
16:17 3
2. Hilary Brazel
16:26 4
3. Amy Burren
16:57 5
4. Amy Callaway
17:33 1
5. Jacinta Felton
18:27
6. Madeleine Graham
18:32 6
7. Anika Peachey
19:43 2
8. Adrianna Crea
19:54 7
9. Chloe McNicol-Davidson 20:56
10.Cassandra Raselli
Ab
1. Filip Cosic
16:24 5
2. Jacob Wright
16:29 2
3. Ryan Antidormi
16:51 1
4. Chris Brunton
17:16 3
5. Damien Elms
22:56 4
The Under 12 and Under 9 walkers walked on a 1 km loop and it all
seemed to go well. Fast times were everywhere and the racing was
fiercely contested.
Under
12 2km
Handicap
1. Sarah Burren
10:57 2
2. Talie Collins
11:38 8
3. Stephanie George
12:08 4
4. Carly Bertrand
12:15 7
5. Ali Brunton
12:44 9
6. Stacey McLaren
12:56 1
7. Beth Barbour
12:58 5
8. Bianca Attard
13:45 3
9. Amber Duncan
14:25 6
1. Matthew Felton
10:52 4
2. Aaron Gardner
12:04 1
3. Lucas Taylor
12:24 3
4. Cody
McNicol-Davidson 13:33
2
Michael Green
Disq
Under
9 1km
Handicap
1. Cindy Collins
6:04 2
2. Sophia Antidormi
6:29 3
3. Georgia Bertrand
6:47 1
4. Annalise Harrison
7:37 4
5. Charlee Harrison
8:26 5
6. Christina Collins
9:01 7
7. Kyla Green
9:06 6
1. Reese Walmsley
5:53 2
2. Billy Allamby
5:57
3. Bryce Brockenshire
6:35 1
4. Ryan Dossetor
6:41 3
5. Ben Green
8:02 4
VICTORIAN
COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS, GEELONG. SUNDAY 6
MAY 2007
The Victorian Country
championships were held on Sunday 6 May
alongside the Barwon River in Geelong. The 2 km out and back course
tested competitors due to a stiff breeze but at least the sun was out
and the day was otherwise fine. The Victorian Open 15 km championships
were also held, as were Racewalking Victoria Under 10 and Under 12
championships. The 47 walkers in attendance made a grand total of 110
walkers in action for the weekend in Victoria. Now that's depth! From a
personal viewpoint, the highlight of the meet was the great performance
of 71 year old Eaglehawk walker Geoff Major who completed the 15 km
Open Championship to help team mates Duane Cousins and Kyle Bryant win
the AV Teams Race. I first raced against Geoff in 1969 when I was
briefly stationed in Bendigo as a young bloke and I thought he was old
then! Well done Geoff.
Victorian
Open 15 km Championship for
Men
1. Duane Cousins
EAG 66:30
2. Tom Barnes
MUU 68:22
3. Frank Bertei
ANW 71:31
4. Andrew Jamieson
OSC 77:48
5. Stuart Kollmorgen
COL 78:09
6. Kyle Bryant
EAG 79:03
7. Simon Evans
BOH 81:26
8. Ross Reid
COL 83:27
9. Duncan Knox
ATE 86:02
10.Geoff Major
EAG 105:16
Teams Race
1 EAG
(Duane Cousins, Kyle Bryant, Geoff Major)
Victorian
Country Open 10 km
Championship for Men
1. Duane Cousins
EAG 44:00
2. Kyle Bryant
EAG 50:42
3. Robin Wood
GLG 67:57
4. Geoff Major
EAG 70:06
Victorian
Country U20 5 km
Championship for Men
1. Shaun Burgess
CHI 26:44
Victorian
Country U18 5 km
Championship for Boys
1. Daniel Payne
COR 24:47
2. Nicholas Mirarchi
COR
24:59
Victorian
Country U16 3 km
Championship for Boys
1. Adrian Coad
SBE 17:06
Victorian
Country U14 3 km
Championship for Boys
1. Michael Green
CBE 20:23
Racewalking
Victoria U12 2 km
Championship for Boys
1. Daniel Blair
Bendigo 13:20
Racewalking
Victoria U10 1km
Championship for Boys
1. Dane Heiden
Ballarat 5:45
2. Jarrod Coad
Bendigo 6:17
3. Bryce Brockenshire
Geelong 6:38
4. Ben Green
VRWC 7:18
Victorian
Open 15 km Championship for
Women
1. Megan Szirom
RWD 72:46
2. Yolanda Russell
GLG 84:05
3. Heather Carr
EAG 85:05
4. Barbara Bryant
EAG 92:22
5. Annette Major
EAG 95:56
6. Carmel Drennan
KSB 102:54
Victorian
Country Open 10 km
Championship for Women
1. Jess Rothwell
SBE 51:47
2. Yolanda Russell
GLG 54:39
3. Tyne Boddy
COR 58:59
4. Barbara Bryant
EAG 59:12
5. Annette Major
EAG 61:44
Victorian
Country U20 5 km
Championship for Women
1. Caitlin Brunton
COR 27:18
Victorian
Country U18 5 km
Championship for Girls
1. Jessie Palfreyman
EAG 29:16
2. Mykaela Gage
COR 35:39
3. Lana Boddy
COR 35:58
Victorian
Country U16 3 km
Championship for Girls
1. Rachel Tallent
BYC 15:41
2. Emily Payne
COR 16:44
3. Erin Brunton
COR 17:19
4. Danielle Davis
COR 17:40
5. Keely Trew
SBE 18:45
Beth Alexander
KNA 16:01 (Invit)
Victorian
Country U14 3 km
Championship for Girls
1. Ebony Whiley
EAG 16:31
2. Ebony Tallent
BYC 17:00
Racewalking
Victoria U12 2 km
Championship for Girls
1. Caitlin Campbell
VRWC 13:20
2. Briggette
Brockenshire Geelong 13:30
3. Madison Jones
Bendigo 13:58
4. Shea Ohlsen
Ballarat 14:04
5. Amber Duncan
Geelong 14:15
Racewalking
Victoria U10 1 km
Championship for Girls
1. Rebecca Campbell
VRWC 5:46
VRWC
EVENTS, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 5 MAY 2007
We thought it would be a quiet
day at Albert Park with various
championships on at Geelong the next day but we still had 63 walkers
competing in ideal conditions. We had our new tent in use at the
start/finish line and used a new course for our Under 12 and U10
walkers. We walked the course first with them and all successfully
found their way around!
8km
Open
Handicap
1. Regan Lamble
44:01 4
2. Pam Tindal
45:36 3
3. Liz Feldman
47:34 2
4. Alison Thompson
48:39 5
5. Gayle McIntyre
49:20 1
6. Tamara Attard
Ab
1. Paul Kennedy
40:51 1
2. Mark Donahoo
44:08 7
3. Russ Dickenson
44:11 4
4. Ralph Bennett
45:02 3
5. Alan Lucas
46:34 6
6. Murray Dickinson
46:48 2
7. Graeme Davis
47:57 5
4km
Open
Handicap
1. Lauren Drennan
20:37 7
2. Heather Carr
21:22 8
3. Janet Holmes
23:55 1
4. Gwen Steed
24:17 5
5. Donna Elms
28:29 4
6. Harlene Hercules
28:37 3
7. Kiersten Coulter
29:26 1
8. Maryanne Harrison
30:48 9
9. Christine Griffiths
33:54 6
1. Bernie Keirl
21:57 2
2. Aaron McDonough
23:52
3. Jason Elms
24:16 1
4. Geoff Barrow
24:52 4
5. John Morrison
26:02 5
6. Barry Wicks
27:05 3
7. Robin Wood
27:38 6
8. Gordon Onley
29:12
Lindsay Harrison
Disq
4km
Under 15
Handicap
1. Hilary Brazel
23:46
2. Amelia Finnegan
24:04
3. Jacinta Felton
26:28
4. Ella Mason
26:33
5. Adrianna Crea
27:39
6. Anika Peachey
28:13
7. Taylor Brogan
28:15
Madeleine Graham
Ab
Taylah Watt
Ab
1. Robert Walsh
23:25 3
2. Jacob Wright
24:49 2
3. Damien Elms
31:14 1
Matthew Felton
Ab.
2km
Under 12
Handicap
1. Stephanie George
12:38 3
2. Carly Bertrand
12:48 6
3. Beth Barbour
13:03 1
4. Chloe McNicol-Davidson 14:07 7
5. Stacey McLaren
14:39 4
6. Bianca Attard
14:40 2
7. Annalise Harrison
16:06 5
1. Ryan Antidormi
11:24 2
2. Aaron Garner
12:45 1
3. Lucas Taylor
13:03 3
4. Andrew Hogan
14:37 4
1km
Under 9
Handicap
1. Sophia Antidormi
06:38 4
2. Georgia Bertrand
07:23 5
3. Paige De Lisen
07:23 1
4. Amy Ventura
07:57 2
5. Charlee Harrison
08:07 3
1. Reese Walmsley
06:12 1
2. Cody
McNicol-Davidson 06:42
2
3. Ryan Dossetor
08:57 3
VRWC
EVENTS, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 28
APRIL 2007
Last Saturday we saw another
bumper crowd (77 in all) racing at
Albert Park even though we were without a lot of our Geelong based
walkers and without a number of regulars who were running in the
Athletics Victoria cross county relays. I think a full crowd this year
is going to see us top the 100 mark. Club coach Mark Donahoo ran a
coaching clinic before the races and it was well attended. Thanks Mark.
Then at the start line, we presented the Duncan Knox and Wendy Muldoon
trophies to our leading Summer Season walkers, Chris Erickson and Megan
Szirom. After that, it was on with the races.
A small group of enthusiasts chose to test themselves out over the
longest distance of the day – 12 km. Tom Barnes sped over 10
km
in a very fast 45:30 before retiring, leaving 15 year old Nicholas
Mirarchi to take fastest with a good 65:16. Similarly, Megan Szirom did
a very quick 6 km before retiring, leaving Yolanda Russell to take line
honours.
VRWC
12 km Handicap
Open
Hcp Place
1 Yolanda Russell
66:02 2
2 Heather Carr
67:09 3
3 Gayle McIntyre
76:49 1
Megan Szirom
Ab (6km 28.16)
1 Nicholas Mirarchi
65:16 2
2 Graeme Davis
75:57 3
3 Robin Wood
80:28 1
Tom Barnes
Ab (10km 45.30)
Our biggest fields were in the
6 km and 4 km distances and juniors,
seniors and masters walkers battled side in both events. We have
extended the points awards to now include the shortest open distance
each week and therefore this week's 4 km Open event also accumulated
Handicap and Fastest Times points.
VRWC
6 km Handicap
Open
Hcp Place
1 Regan Lamble
31:23 6
2 Tamara Attard
33:43 2
3 Natalie Laurie
34:35 11
4 Eda Girgin
34:46 7
5 Liz Feldman
34:47 6
6 Alison Thompson
35:34 10
7 Ayla Collins
36:09 8
8 Janet Holmes
36:43 5
9 Gwen Steed
37:26 4
10 Celia Johnson
40:13 9
11 Donna Elms
44:19 1
12 Harlene Hercules
44:59 3
13 Margaret Beaumont
45:33 7
Sandra Geisler
Ab
1 Russ Dickenson
32:18 3
2 Ralph Bennett
33:08 1
3 John Bunker
33:29 6
4 Bernie Keirl
33:49
5 Alan Lucas
34:18 5
6 Murray Dickinson
34:36 4
7 Tony Johnson
35:13
8 Bruce Conboy
42:08 2
Ian Beaumont
Disq
Jason Elms
Disq
VRWC
4 km Handicap
Open
Hcp Place
1 Kiersten Coulter
29:42 2
2 Natalie King
32:19
3 Christine Griffiths
34:00 1
Maryanne Harrison
Ab
1 John Morrison
25:04 2
2 Barry Wicks
26:56 1
Gordon Onley
Disq
Lindsay Harrison
Disq
VRWC
4 km Handicap Under
15 Hcp
Place
1 Beth Alexander
21:54 3
2 Taylah Watt
22:27 2
3 Nicole Hallett
23:36 5
4 Hilary Brazel
24:47 6
5 Madelene Graham
25:22
6 Amy Callaway
25:32 1
7 Adrianna Crea
28:34 7
8 Anika Peachey
28:42 4
1 Filip Cosic
21:59 3
2 Robert Walsh
22:09 1
3 Damien Elms
30:52 2
Once again, big fields contested the Under 12 and Under 9 events and
the walkers had to attack longer distances this week. Next week we will
be back to shorter races and hopefully a new course.
VRWC
2.5 km Handicap Under 12
Hcp Place
1 Amelia Finnegan
14:04 2
2 Caitlin Campbell 15:00
3
3 Stephanie George
15:43
4 Carly Bertrand
16:02 1
5 Briggette Brockenshire 17:41
4
6 Bianca Attard
18:40 5
7 Stacey McLaren
19:26 6
Rebecca Campbell
Ab
1 Lucas Taylor
15:32
2 Michael Green
15:41 2
3 Aaron Gardner
15:44 1
4 Mitchell Green
20:56 3
VRWC
1.5 km Under 9
Handicap Hcp Place
1 Cindy Collins (adj.)
9:40 3
2 Sophia Antidormi
9:41
3 Amber Duncan
10:31 4
4 Georgia Bertrand
10:59 1
5 Paige De Lisen
11:55 8
6 Annaliese Harrison
11:56 5
7 Amy Ventura
12:35 7
8 Charlee Harrison
12:40 6
9 Christine Collins
12:51 2
10 Kyla Green
13:30
1 Cody McNicol-Davidson
9:36 2
2 Reese Walmsley
11:10 1
3 Ben Green
12:58 3
4 Bryce Brockenshire
13:35
VRWC
EVENTS, ALBERT PARK, SATURDAY 21
APRIL 2007
Our first day at Albert Park
was one which will be remembered for
some time. 88 walkers turned up to compete, a record for a club day and
a number which is usually only seen on major championship or carnival
days. This, combined with large numbers renewing or taking out
inaugural club memberships, meant long lines at the tables. On top of
that, the Geelong walkers were caught in traffic on the West Gate
Freeway and arrived at the last minute. And it was raining! It was
little wonder that the club creaked under the strain.
This week we will be putting some changes into place to ensure that the
races get underway at the published times of 2:15PM and 2:30PM so bear
with us while we tweak our processes. We will also be sourcing an
additional large canopy to put near the start finish line for rainy
days like last week.
Today was the first point scoring day in our Fastest Times and Handicap
Competitions so Handicap placings are also shown where appropriate. To
be awarded Handicap points, you must have a prior race result that club
handicapper Mark Donahoo can check against. That is why some people
have not scored any handicap points this week. We had 6 judges in
attendance to ensure that the racing was fair for everyone. Thanks to
Ray Smith and Stuart Cooper for the various photos reproduced here.
Anyway, with that out of the way, it was a huge day of racing with some
great performances. The longest event on offer was the 10 km and Stuart
Kollmorgen and Megan Szirom had a great battle out front, Stuart
finishing in a PB time of 48:01, just ahead of Megan with 48:06.
Nicholas Mirarchi also came off a good break to record an excellent
53:42.
VRWC
Open 10 km Women
Hcp Place
1. Megan Szirom
48:06 2
2. Yolanda Russell
54:08
3. Pam Tindal
57:58
4. Liz Feldman
59:59
5. Gayle McIntyre
64:06 1
VRWC
Open 10 km Men
1. Stuart Kollmorgan
48:01 2
2. Nicholas Mirarchi
53:42 1
3. Russ Dickenson
55:19 3
4. Duncan Knox
57:24 7
5. Alan Lucas
57:55 6
6. Graeme Davis
58:09
7. Tony Johnson
59:37 5
8. Murray Dickinson
61:12 8
9. Robin Wood
67:50 4
The 5 km events were the most popular and Daniel Payne, Shaun Burgess
and Regan Lamble showed the flag for our juniors, taking the 3 fastest
times. Of course, the handicap placings give their own perspective on
who walked best relative to the handicapper's expectations and top
points went to Donna Elms and Shaun Burgess.
VRWC
Open 5 km Women
Hcp Place
1. Regan Lamble
25:20 6
2. Heather Carr
26:16 8
3. Natalie Laurie
26:31 10
4. Caitlin Brunton
26:42 3
5. Tamara Attard
27:24 4
6. Alya Collins
28:19 2
7. Janet Holmes
29:59 7
8. Emily Payne
30:07 5
9. Gwen Steed
31:03 8
10.Donna Elms
36:41 1
11.Mykaela Gage
36:47
12.Harlene Hercules
36:50 14
13.Margaret Beaumont
37:42 11
14.Kiersten Coulter
39:16 13
15.Christine Griffiths
45:04 12
VRWC
Open 5 km Men
1. Daniel Payne
24:53 5
2. Shaun Burgess
26:07 4
3. Ralph Bennett
27:32 3
4. Adam Patterson
31:00 6
5. Jason Elms
32:23 1
6. Geoff Barrow
32:29 7
7. Bruce Conboy
35:14 2
Clyde Riddoch
Ab
Ian Beaumont
Disq
Gordon Onley
Disq
The 3 km events also saw good fields with a few seniors and lots of
Under 15 walkers in action. With a lot of the young walkers under 17
minutes, the standard was indeed high.
VRWC
Open 3 km
Hcp Place
1. Maryanne Harrison
22:32 1
2. Natalie King
23:30 2
3. Lindsay Harrison
21:38
3
VWRC
Unjudged 3 Km
Damien Elms
23:40 1
VRWC
Under 15 3 km Girls
Hcp Place
1. Beth Alexander
16:00 6
2. Taylah Watt
16:36 3
3. Jacinta Felton
16:36
4. Hilary Brazel
16:49 2
5. Amelia Finnegan
16:52 4
6. Nicole Hallett
17:16 7
7. Erin Brunton
17:30 1
8. Danielle Davis
17:53
9. Talie Collins
18:16 5
10.Anika Peachey
20:45
VRWC
Under 15 3 km Boys
1. Robert Walsh
16:09 1
2. Filip Cosic
16:43
3. Matthew Felton
16:49
4. Aaron Fiddes
16:59
5. Jacob Wright
17:33 2
6. Ryan Antidormi
18:27 3
And finally to our Under 12 and Under 9 divisions. These are the
biggest fields we have seen in these age groups for a long time,
especially in the Under 9 area. Georgia and Carly Bertrand won the
handicaps in the girls' divisions and look to be benefiting from a very
active summer season of racing. Nearly all the boys were new to the
club so it will be interesting to see how their times develop over the
season.
VRWC
Under 12 2 km
Girls
Hcp Place
1. Carly Bertrand
12:30 1
2. Ashley Albert
12:53 4
3.
Chloe McNicol-Davidson 13:27
7
4. Beth Barbour
13:45 3
5. Stacey McLaren
14:30 2
6. Bianca Attard
15:10 6
7. Annaliese Harrison
16:14 5
VRWC
Under 12 2 km Boys
1. Andrew Hogan
11:51
2. Michael Green
12:41
3. Aaron Gardner
12:42
4. Mitchell Green
15:10
VRWC
Under 9 1 km GirlS
1. Cindy Collins
6:06 2
2. Sophia Antidormi
6:15
3. Georgia Bertrand
6:50 1
4. Amber Duncan
7:09 3
5. Paige De Lisen
7:18
6. Charlee Harrison
7:29
7. Amy Ventura
7:58
8. Amber Delosa
8:36
VRWC
Under 9 1 km Boys
1. Cody McNicol-Davidson
6:13 1
2. Reese Walmsley
6:17
3. Ben Green
7:53
4. Corey Fiddes
7:56
VRWC
EVENTS, EAST BURWOOD ATHLETICS TRACK, SUNDAY 1
APRIL 2007
Our first winter season day saw
us join with the Victorian Masters
Association for a series of track walks at the East Burwood Athletics
Track. It was a big day with 60 competitors racing in pretty well
perfect conditions. The first events on the program were the VMA 5000m
championship for women followed by the VMA 5000m championship for men.
Numbers were slightly down as some competitors had already left for
Hobart where the Australian Masters championships are to be held next
weekend. Heather Carr and Mark Donahoo were fastest but performances
are ranked relative to age and the standard was indeed high.
VMA
5000m Championship for Women
W35 1 Harlene
Hercules 37:36
W40 1 Gayle
McIntyre 30:11
W50 1 Alison
Thompson 27:45
2 Janet
Holmes
30:25
W55 1 Heather
Carr 26:18
2 Liz
Feldman
28:21
3 Marlene
Gourlay
29:24
4 Celia
Johnson
32:22
5 Christine
Griffiths 45:55
W60 1 Gwen
Steed
30:22
W65 1 Bev
Hugo
38:11
VMA
5000m Championship for Men
M30 1 Adam Patterson
30:25
M45 1 Mark
Donahoo
24:32
Simon
Evans
24:45 (no uniform)
M50 1 Ross
Reid
24:42
2 Clyde
Riddoch
28:40
3 Rudolf
Skrucany 32:44
M55 1 Alan
Lucas
27:47
2 Frank
Prowse
28:45
3 Robin
Wood
32:14
Graeme
Davis
DQ
Geoff
Barrow
DQ
M60 1 Russ
Dickenson 25:48
2 Ron
Bilston
32:05
3 John
Hallo
33:28
Andrew
Jamieson
DQ
M65 1 Ralph
Bennett 27:23
2 Terry
Dunn
31:57
3 Barry
Wicks
34:14
M70 1 Bob
Gardiner 29:43
M80 Syd
Elks
DQ
We put on our own races after the VMA championships and we were very
surprised to see all the young walkers who turned up and competed. This
is a great sign for the winter season and we can expect to see lots
more of the same over the next few months leading up to the major
championships.
VRWC
Open 5000m Walk
1. Regan Lamble
26:35
2. Natalie Laurie
28:05
3. Robin Wood
33:06
4. Rudolf Skrucany
34:58
Tamara Attard
DNF
Kylie Irshad
DNF
VRWC
Open 3000m Walk
Gordon Onley
DQ
VRWC
Under 15 3000m Walk
1. Beth Alexander
16:17
2. Taylah Watt
16:39
3. Bradley Simpson
16:51
4. Nicole Hallett
17:02
5. Hilary Brazel
17:34
6. Ayla Collins
17:49
7. Chris Brunton
17:37
8. Jacob Wright
18:10
9. Brooke Simpson
18:43
10.Talie Collins
19:22
11.Taylor Brogan
19:53
12.Amy Callaway
21:41
Madeleine Graham
DNF
VRWC
Under 12 1500m Walk
1. Amelia Finnegan
7:45
2. Aaron Fiddes
8:06
3. Ryan Antidormi
8:09
4. Ali Brunton
9:12
5. Cindy Collins
9:37
6. Bethanie Barbour
9:53
7. Bianca Attard
10:29
VRWC
Under 9 1100m Walk
1. Sophie Antidormi
6:55
2. Christina Collins
9:24