CUSTOMS JOGGERS HANDICAP RUN 1663 of 27/08/2010

CUSTOMS JOGGERS HANDICAP RUN 1663 of 27/08/2010

Thanks to Nick Blackaby for the results

Place, Person ID , Ist Name ,Last Name , Net,Comment
1 ,Kathleen Bleakley, 27:30
2 , Nick Blackaby, 31:36
3 , Gary Potter, 19:56
4 , Kevin O’Keeffe 23:30
5 , Denis Gray 23:44
6, Geoff Moore 24:18
7, Tony Olliffe 22:22
8. Simon Claringbold 18:59
9 , James Savill 19:01
10 , Chris Martin 26:03
11 , Gordon McGurk , 19:13
12 , Bronwyn Calver , 24:29
13 , Martin Woods, 20:48
14 , Colleen Koh 24:31
15 , James Nachipo 29:36
16, Roger Hollis 20:37
17 , Mike Sreacey 35:41
18 , Richard Marson 22:22
19, Ratna Jesudason 26:55
20, Pam Muston 24:06
21, Rad Leovic 33:06
22, Gary Molineux 23:06
23 , David Ellis 21:12
24 , Yumiko Clifton 30:28
25 , Carolyne Campbell 30:06
26 , Peter Clarke 24:21
27, Michael Duncan 23:47
28 , Craig Wurtz 24:30, 1 st run

This was a particularly cold and windy day. Fortunately, we avoided the rain. Despite the cold, there was again a very good field of 28 starters, so well done all those who braved the weather. This was the first time this year, on the Floriade course and as well as the wind, runners had to contend with the nasty hill. (There will be more Floriade courses to come). Unfortunately, despite requests, there will not be double points for today’s run.

Welcome to new starter Craig Wurz from AG’s.


Thanks to Simon for revising the handicaps. Simon has promised to further tweak the handicaps for next week.

In the above results, Kevin is first eligible: however, as Kevin received the extra prize for finishing closest to 35 minutes last week, he has generously declined a prize this week. This leaves Denis Gray and Geoff Moore as prize winners this week. Denis and Geoff will receive prizes of Runners Shop vouchers or socks next week.

Many thanks also to Brian Wenn and Nick Walshe and the Runners Shop for the prizes of socks and vouchers.

Thanks to Doug for again holding the clock.

This week was the sixth week of a new point score competition, to continue to sometime towards the end of the year. Runners will be able to drop up to four runs. Note that it is necessary to start on your correct time to earn points and not finish before 34 minutes. The above results have not yet been taken into account: however, Tony continues to lead on 205 points, being closely challenged by Bronwyn on 199, John Anderson 177, Simon 173, Mike 164, Yumiko 158 and Denis 154.

Next Customs Joggers Run will be Friday 3 September 2010 at 12:15 pm. We will again use our alternative Floriade course, starting on the bike path near the Archbishop’s House. (This is just across the grass from our usual start). Note that the car park also is not accessible.

The course follows the bike path under Commonwealth Avenue Bridge, past the Ferry Terminal, then turns right through the tunnel and up and over the steep hill, then turn left at the bottom towards the hospital jetty and just before the jetty (do not go past the jetty) veer left on a wide loop, cross the road and follow the bike path back towards the willow trees, turn at the last willow tree, and then back to the start. The course is 5.05 km according to Bronwyn, but has a “slight” hill in the middle. Prizes of Runners Shop vouchers and socks will again be available for the first two eligible finishers on the day. Usual charge of $1 will apply.

Torrens Spring Fling 19th September

I think this is from Paul Veldkamp (hope I've spelt that correctly.

Peta Sheppard is part of the Hartley team.
Adrian Sheppard is her husband, Trevor Jacobs I think is her brother in law.

On Sunday September 19th my Hartley team will be organising the Torrens Spring Fling to raise funds for local charity Hartley Lifecare (see www.hartley.org.au). Activities include a sausage sizzle, second hand book stall, cake stall, face painting and hair cutting (one of our team members is a hairdresser, and she and some of her colleagues are volunteering their time). And we're organising a 5km fun run, on the fire trail around the back of Torrens. It'll be slightly undulating, but we're not going over the top of Mt Taylor.Registration at the Torrens Shops from 8:30 to 9:15, the start is at 9:30 500m up the hill from the shops towards Mt Taylor at the back of the suburb. (I'll send out a course map once we've settled on the course.)Cost: $5 for straight entry, or $8 for entry and one raffle ticket. The raffle ticket normally costs $5, and the raffle prize is a Bianchi 928 Carbon Mono Q Tech Bike valued at $6300.00.Prizes: we hope to have a few smallish prizes for the winners.Cheers,VelkroPS Davo, Fluoro, Ads and Peta, Andrew Johnson and Andrew Kingston are part of the team.PPS If you have any second hand books you'd like to donate to the cause, please let me know.

BBQ Stakes 25th August 2010 and Results

A cold and rather windy day, even then, 53 runners participated.

Victoria Hennig, the winner at the previous event, after being rehandicapped, finished in 44th place.

The winner was Talwar Singh finishing in 6th place, but was the first eligible finisher. He has completed 73 runs, for 4 wins, with 47 runs since his previous win.

He also runs at the Lake Tuggeranong Stakes on Tuesdays on a regular basis, travelling from Woden to participate. Matthew Murphy in a time of 22:47 was the fastest runner on the day, while Kerrie Tanner broke the 30 minute mark again, she is one of the trainers for the Canberra Times training group, which runs in the early mornings twice a week. There are around 100 training in that group, with a report appearing in The Canberra Times weekly on the group's progress.

Results courtesy Kerrie Tammer

Placing, Runner Name,
1 Cayrs Phaedra, 2 Koponen Georgina, 3 Wight Bruce, 4 Maksan Damir, 5 Matthews Andrew, 6 Talwar Singh, 7 Page Dolph, 8 Smyth Nathan , 9 O'Halloran Sean, 10 Gardiner Paul, 11 Smith Steve, 12 Barr Lorna, 13 Donnelly Lloyd, 14 Murphy Matthew, 40:47, 15 Moore Hugh 40:49, 16 Quinn Julie, 17 McKenna Sonja, 18 Stakelum Patrick, 19 Regester Greg, 20 Levings Terry, 21 Leovic Rad, 22 White Felix , 23 Adams Eddie, 24 King Geoff, 25 Larmour Helen, 26 Barrett John 27 Phillips Colin , 28 Archer Paul, 29 Walker Andrew, 30 Dixon Terry, 31 Swann James, 32 Tanner Kerrie, 33 Blyton Andrew, 34 Wilks Leanne, 35 Chao Raymond, 36 Sheahan Daniel, 37 Paniagua John, 38 Baumgarten Paul, 39 Powell Chris, 40 Guild Andrew, 41 Bleakley Kathleen, 42 Thompson Simon, 43 Campbell Caroline, 44 Hennig Victoria, 45 Pilkington Roger, 46 Ey Robert, 47 Plunkett Adrian, 48 Hansen Danny, 49 Hore Ian, 50 Bennett Bill, 51 Busteed John, 52 Fisher Matthew, 53 Stockwell Stuart.

BBQ Stakes 19th August 2010

Reults Courtesy of Kerrie Tanner

Finish Number Runner Name Gross Time Start Time Net Time Handicap Time

1 Edwards Lloyd 38:09 05:00 33:09 11:15,
2 Smith Steve 38:14 06:00 32:14 11:15,
3 Wilks Leanne 39:19 05:30 33:49 05:30,
4 Leseberg Darren 39:52 12:45 27:07 12:45,
5 Moore Hugh 39:54 10:30 29:24 10:30,
6 Brown Des 40:10 16:00 24:10 16:00,
7 Murphy Matthew 40:11 17:45 22:26 17:45,
8 Phillips Colin 40:18 05:00 35:18 05:00,
9 Godeck Axel 40:25 09:30 30:55 09:30,
10 Hawke Geoff 40:29 16:45 23:44 16:45,
11 Donnelly Lloyd 40:29 08:00 32:29 08:00,
12 Quinn Julie 40:30 15:00 25:30 15:00,
13 Swann James 40:31 13:00 27:31 14:00,
14 Koponen Georgina 40:39 03:00 37:39 04:00,
15 Wight Bruce 40:43 06:00 34:43 15:45,
16 Marlton Peter 40:44 09:45 30:59 09:45,
17 Ayers Paul 41:01 06:00 35:01 11:45,
18 Pilkington Roger 41:02 13:00 28:02 13:00,
19 Chao Raymond 41:08 13:15 27:53 13:15,
20 King Geoff 41:09 12:30 28:39 12:30,
21 Levings Terry 41:15 10:00 31:15 10:00,
22 Talwar Singh 41:17 10:00 31:17 10:00,
23 Ey Robert 41:21 11:45 29:36 11:45,
24 Tanner Kerrie 41:28 11:45 29:43 11:45,
25 Baumgarten Paul 41:41 14:00 27:41 14:00,
26 Bhatia Sandhya 41:54 04:30 37:24 04:30,
27 Stakelum Patrick 41:55 10:30 31:25 10:30,
28 McKenna Sonja 41:57 02:30 39:27 08:30,
29 Dixon Terry 42:06 11:45 30:21 11:45,
30 Powrie Heather 42:08 07:00 35:08 07:00,
31 Bennett Bill 42:09 17:15 24:54 17:15,
32 Thompson Simon 42:10 12:00 30:10 12:00,
33 Bilos Peter 42:13 11:15 30:58 11:15,
34 Barrett John 42:22 12:30 29:52 12:30,
35 Busteed John 42:47 00:00 42:47 00:00,
36 McAullay Damien 42:53 16:00 26:53 16:00,
37 Archer Paul 43:07 14:00 29:07 14:00,
38 Arrouk Joe 43:21 14:00 29:21 14:00,
39 Hansen Danny 44:04 14:45 29:19 14:45,
40 Fox Keith 44:39 06:00 38:39 02:30,
41 Paniagua John 46:57 16:30 30:27 16:30,
42 Bleakley Kathleen 47:01 13:45 33:16 09:15,
43 Fisher Matthew 48:03 09:00 39:03 11:30,
44 Hore Ian 48:17 02:30 45:47 09:30,
45 Koh Galvin 48:53 09:00 39:53 00:00,
46 Plunkett Adrian 48:53 00:00 48:53 02:00,
47 Ward Stewart 00:00 00:00 00:00 13:15.

A good field of 47 runners today, with Kerrie Tanner breaking breaking 30 minutes for the distance. (And happy to beat her target time, yes she's back.
Darren Leseberg the winner now has 5 wins, if I heard correctly, with a PB of 25:02, a rate of 4:10.

Bruce Wight ran the distance, after having recovered from his achilles injury from a couple of weeks ago, and Ian Hore running again after his Appendix operation from a few weeks ago, but feeling slightly sore around his midsection, he ran the Lakes Stakes yesterday, but it will be a few weeks before he resumes his games of golf. Adrian Plunkett started early today, after suffering from a golf related strain. He had three holes to finish over the weekend, when he strained a muscle when placing his golf ball on the golf tee..

Floriade

Official Floriade page

Floriade 2010 features more than one million blooms as a backdrop for fantastic entertainment, displays and a whole program celebrating the theme of imagination and runs from Saturday 11 September - Sunday 10 October, 2010.

Customs Joggers will soon have to move their start point to the "Floriade course start", just slightly west of the normal course, as soon as the Floriade Fence goes up in a few weeks time.

Same length (approx) as the normal course.

BBQ Stakes results 9 August 2010

Courtesy Kerrie Tanner
BBQ Stakes results 9 August 2010

FinishNumber RunnerName GrossTime StartTime NettTime HandicapTime NextHandicapTime

1 Regester Greg 27:43 03:00 24:43 17:30 17:30 ,
2 Tanner Kerrie 36:32 04:00 32:32 11:45 11:45 ,
3 Masters Carol 38:09 08:30 29:39 13:00 13:00 ,
4 Hennig Victoria 40:00 11:00 29:00 11:00 12:15 ,
5 Barr Lorna 40:19 10:30 29:49 10:30 10:30 ,
6 Wilson Marc 40:22 02:15 38:07 02:15 02:15 ,
7 Moore Hugh 40:32 10:30 30:02 10:30 10:30 ,
8 Bowen Gary 40:38 15:15 25:23 15:15 15:15 ,
9 Barrett John 40:42 10:30 30:12 12:30 12:30 ,
10 Quinn Julie 40:43 15:15 25:28 15:15 15:00 ,
11 Smyth Nathan 40:49 15:30 25:19 15:30 15:30 ,
12 Murphy Matthew 40:55 17:45 23:10 17:45 17:45 ,
13 Swann James 40:59 14:00 26:59 14:00 14:00 ,
14 Pilkington Roger 41:01 08:00 33:01 13:00 13:00 ,
15 Godeck Axel 41:04 09:30 31:34 09:30 09:30 ,
16 Dang Binh 41:05 07:00 34:05 07:00 06:45 ,
17 Ey Robert 41:15 08:00 33:15 11:45 11:45 ,
18 Chapman Kevin 41:25 05:15 36:10 05:15 05:15 ,
19 Plunkett Adrian 41:27 02:00 39:27 02:00 02:00 ,
20 Gardiner Paul 41:32 11:30 30:02 11:30 11:15 ,
21 Hall John 41:44 10:30 31:14 10:30 10:30 ,
22 White Felix 41:53 16:30 25:23 16:30 16:30 ,
23 Chao Raymond 42:03 13:15 28:48 13:15 13:15 ,
24 King Geoff 42:08 12:30 29:38 12:30 12:30 ,
25 O'Halloran Sean 42:10 11:00 31:10 10:45 10:30 ,
26 Dixon Terry 42:15 11:45 30:30 11:45 11:45 ,
27 Wynd Tony 42:32 14:30 28:02 14:30 14:30 ,
28 Guild Andrew 42:36 11:00 31:36 11:00 11:00 ,
29 Levings Terry 42:50 10:00 32:50 10:00 10:00 ,
30 Bilos Peter 42:52 11:15 31:37 11:15 11:15 ,
31 Campbell Caroline 42:55 04:45 38:10 04:45 04:45 ,
32 Fox Keith 44:17 02:45 41:32 02:45 02:30.

Vets Website Calendar

From Geoff Moore's Blogsite

I am developing a new ACTVAC calendar at http://aus.calendars.net/actvac which you might like to view.

That Calendar is now viewable through the AVT Vets Website.


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Well Done Geoff.

BBQ Stakes 11 th August 2010

Forecasts for the track condition today were dismal, with heavy rain having fallen the previous day and night, during the morning and lighter rain sprinkling during the run.

As it turned out, predictions were accurate, with Greg Regester first away and first back confirming the wet and muddy track. Ian Hore who did the timing today had walked the track yeterday, and also predicted bad track conditions today.

Nevertheless, 34 hardy souls ran in the Stakes today. Mick Corlis, who was intending to do a 6 km run today, was convinced to run the 6 km BBQ course too, but did not wish to be included as a competitor. The winner today was Victoria Hennig with Marc Wilson in second place, Hugh Moore in third, and Gary Bowen in 4 th place.

Kathleen Bleakley commenced at 24:40, and was last to finish in a run time of 34:23.

Yes, someone stayed behind until she had finished, and collected her jacket and backpack.

Kerrie Tanner was again in charge and read out a long list of recent P B's by participants.

Shelter against the rain was provided by gathering pre and post race in the underpass near the starting location. I think there was one person who rode their bike to the start, a tough go in the conditions, and there was one dog, taken out on the run. Those who had run in the City to Surf on the previous weekend were congratulated.

When results have been compiled, I will try and post them at this bolgspot.

BBQ Stakes 4 th August 2010

Peter Bilos received his 200 th T - Shirt today.

He finished at 37:53, 37:53, which would normally mean he could not win. One has to finish beyond 39:30 to win on the day. However the T-shirt made up for that anomoly.Dolph Page, was mentioned as possibly first for the health team in the team trophy division, tell me if I got that wrong, as I wasn't listening closely to the announcements.

Bruce Wight was the first to return, although it was a flare up of his achilles injury, that he had before the run. So he gets a DNF for today.

Heather Powrie held the clock after her first ever win the previous run, she now has something like 27 runs, and told us she was leaving for other climes shortly.

Steve Smith filled in as the handicapper again, while Kerrie is taking a break from those duties.

Good luck to all who are travelling to Sydney this weekend for the 40th City to Surf run; I saw in the Newspaper (SMH) this morning that 80,000 are expected in that event this year.

Bob reported that:- Bob Harlow is satisfied with 1:38:22 in today's half marathon in Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Conditions were good: overcast and about 21°. The course wasundulating, along country lanes the whole way, and 480 finishers. This is my 8th running race so far during my trip to the UK.

Carolyne reported that Chesil Beach is just South of where they are staying, is a shingle beach on the World Heritage Jurassic Coast, where pirates could tell within a few metres where they were by the size of the stones.

Finish Number Runner Name Gross Time Start Time Net Time Handicap Time,
1 Edwards Lloyd 38:36 05:00 33:36 11:15,
2 Hennig Victoria 39:44 10:45 28:59 10:45,
3 Bilos Peter 39:53 09:45 30:08 09:45,
4 Adams Eddie 39:53 13:30 26:23 13:30,
5 Hansen Danny 39:57 10:00 29:57 14:45,
6 Afiabo Leah 40:10 10:00 30:10 10:00,
7 Godeck Axel 40:11 09:30 30:41 09:30,
8 Page Dolph 40:13 09:30 30:43 09:30,
9 Barr Lorna 40:16 10:30 29:46 10:30,
10 Paniagua John 40:18 15:15 25:03 15:15,
11 Quinn Julie 40:19 15:00 25:19 15:00,
12 Powell Chris 40:20 02:00 38:20 02:00,
13 Regester Greg 40:21 17:45 22:36 17:30,
14 O'Halloran Sean 40:26 10:15 30:11 10:15,
15 Brown Des 40:28 16:00 24:28 16:00,
16 Murphy Matthew 40:28 17:45 22:43 17:45,
17 Walker Andrew 40:30 04:05 36:25 10:45,
18 Bowen Gary 40:33 15:15 25:18 15:15,
19 Levings Terry 40:35 10:00 30:35 10:00,
20 Phillips Colin 40:37 05:00 35:37 05:00,
21 Plunkett Adrian 40:39 02:15 38:24 02:00,
22 Smyth Nathan 40:45 15:30 25:15 15:30,
23 Bhatia Sandhya 40:53 04:30 36:23 04:30,
24 Towill Ian 40:59 14:00 26:59 18:00,
25 Bleakley Kathleen 40:59 08:45 32:14 09:15,
26 Chapman Kevin 41:23 05:15 36:08 05:15,
27 McAullay Damien 41:25 16:00 25:25 16:00,
28 Campbell Caroline 41:26 04:45 36:41 04:45,
29 Stakelum Patrick 41:34 10:30 31:04 10:30,
30 Williams David 41:40 08:45 32:55 08:45,
31 Wilks Leanne 41:43 06:00 35:43 06:00,
32 Bennett Bill 41:44 17:15 24:29 17:15,
33 Dixon Terry 41:45 11:45 30:00 11:45,
34 Fox Keith 41:47 03:00 38:47 03:00,
35 Barrett John 41:53 12:30 29:23 12:30,
36 Leovic Rad 41:57 00:00 41:57 00:45,
37 Farrington Paul 42:00 04:00 38:00 04:00,
38 Baumgarten Paul 42:02 14:00 28:02 14:00,
39 Wilson Marc 42:17 02:15 40:02 02:15,
40 Matthews Tavishi 42:30 12:30 30:00 12:30,
41 Busteed John 42:55 00:00 42:55 00:00,
42 Dang Binh 43:09 07:30 35:39 07:15,
43 Young Anne 43:54 00:00 43:54 00:00,
44 Larmour Helen 44:51 13:00 31:51 13:00,
45 Pilkington Roger 44:52 13:00 31:52 13:00,
46 White Felix 45:46 16:45 29:01 16:45,
47 Wight Bruce 00:00 00:00 00:00 16:00.

The evolution of Veterans Athletics

Foreword

What are myth, legend and history? Can they be part of the same thing? How should a critical period be represented, particularly by someone who was a significant player in it? Does the participant viewpoint make the story less valid, providing caricature rather than perspective, understanding and insight; revealing current affairs rather than contextual analysis?
John (Jack) Carroll VC, from Kurrawang (near Kalgoorlie), WA, won his award for actions at Messines Ridge during World War 1. Bean records these in his official history and the Australian War Memorial displays the official citation. Bean's account is adequate. The citation is graphic. But Carroll's family's account, as oral history, provides a more revealing picture. "Seeing his mates torn to pieces around him, Jack 'lost his mind', went berserk and charged the German line. He bayoneted a few to death and kept running forward killing a few more Germans, and capturing their machine gun nest." The first fourteen words don't appear in the official records but they allow us greater insight into this incredible man. Were they his words to his family? It appears so. They have been passed down for 90 years. He returned to WA, married, had no children, spoke very little about his experiences and died in obscurity aged 80. He was given a full military funeral and was buried at Perth's Karrakatta Cemetery. His VC was given to the AWM in 1989.
This example highlights the difficulty for the participant historian. Jack Pennington OAM has had to develop his records, memories and references into a coherent story from such a perspective. But Jack was not only a participant he was a significant player. Yet, just as Carroll's family was able to add insight from the inside, the potential exists for Jack to add depth to his representation from his insider perspective. He certainly tells us his story, the beginnings of Veterans (now Masters) athletics in this country with some hint of the international beginnings, and a colourful, rich, contextual one it is. But his story is not confined to the results sheets or the minutes or the official policies. Jack creates a tapestry, weaving subjective and objective together, seeing inspiration, desperation and perspiration as important elements for preservation. We are grateful for Carroll's family's words because they add to our understanding of the man. That too is Jack Pennington's purpose for his story.
The feel of the times, the smell of the contest (on and off the field), these are the essences Jack wants to reveal in his text. They are a reflection of the man. His passionate, forthright, but knowledgeable discourse sets him apart. I have known only one other like him: Percy Wells Cerutty. In fact they share many similarities, but passion and forthrightness stand out. Jack is a legend in his own time. Author, athlete, researcher, lecturer, teacher, administrator, guinea pig, editor: Jack is a Renaissance Man of the sporting world. Whether in learned papers, teaching nationally or internationally, creating newspapers, grinding away on treadmills while attached to machines, winning medals, demonstrating technique or timing splits in races, Jack created his own niche.
It is history that Herb Elliott beat Mery Lincoln in a mile race in Perth, just part of the Elliott legend of being undefeated in the mile and 1500m during his senior career. But that result, as history, doesn't tell anyone that this race may have been one of the greatest Elliott ever had! It was held on a grass track marked out on a suburban football (Australian Football) oval in Leederville. Secondly, Elliott only won the race on the judge's call (no photo finish in those days for Saturday club athletics). I was on the finish line. I would have awarded the race to Lincoln even though Elliott was a hero. Looking at their faces after the announcement I thought that Elliott would always remember that race and Lincoln would
never forget it. We gain further insight when we understand that their respective coaches, Cerutty the philosopher and Stampfl the scientist, despised each other, not that Elliott was ever friendly towards his opponents.
It is such nuances and background that Jack strives to bring to history. He wants to create living images. He wants his readers be a part of history for a moment. He sets himself difficult tasks.
Questions flow freely from Jack's revelations. Why did Veterans Athletics rise on the spirit of those who fought in WW2? Why were the amateur code and democratic structure such rallying points for so much of the early policies? Why has that democratic spirit (eg rotating presidents, informal nomination for executive positions) been replaced by a corporate policy based on exclusion leading to careerist outcomes? The social, economic and political context has shaped this sport and Jack has provided sound evidence for further analysis.
But above all else Jack has set us on a journey to capture the spirit of a movement, one that was at the forefront of developing a sport to suit the needs of those who were getting older. People could contentedly find their own level, whether at the dynamically competitive or at the leisurely active. It allowed all or anyone to achieve those spectrum opposites in an organisation with few constraints.
It is a moot point whether today's organisation reflects the founders' ideals but by any measure it provides for their purposes.
Jack Pennington OAM: thank you for your creativity. passion and foresight.
Ray Green April 2010

The evolution of Veterans Athletics

I received this book in the mail late this week.

It is by Jack Pennington and can be purchased from Jack at 24 Alberga St Kaleen.

It carries a foreword by Ray Green, which I am particularly impressed by.

I have not yet read this book, but am very impressed, as I was kept informed of the saga behind the scenes.

Jack had a friend who was preparing the book, who died mid preparation, then his friend's wife took over the preparation, and she also had troubles in the preparation.

More later, after I have had a read of the finished book.

I believe Jack has forwarded a copy of his book to each of the Veterans Club's state secretaries.

The Australian Masters Athletics also has a copy.