Ginninderra Handicap 26 th June 2012

  Ginninderra Handicap No 346 on Tue 26/06/2012

Great conditions again this month with little wind.

The traditional start and finish line were once again
disrupted by construction activity
which required some minor course changes.
Andrew Daley was victorious and broke the
4 minute km barrier
 for the first time in the handicap
 with a sub 28 minute PB. It was
 Andrew's third victory
from 27 starts.
 Despite another PB, Grant Arnold was
 unable to repeat
 last month's victory and finished in
second place with back-marker
Alistair Rogers in third place
 with the fastest time of the
day in 23.39.

Four runners completed their second start and will
 now all be eligible
for the main prize next month which should make
 things very competitive.
A big thanks to John Curnow who ran early
and helped out at the end.

The completion of June handicap signals the half way point
 in the year and also
means that Armstrong Trophy for January to June can be awarded.
The Armstrong Trophy is awarded to the runner that has run at least
4 times in the 6 month period
and has shown consistent improvement over that time.
The formula is complex and involves a performance score
which is calculated by the ratio of an improvement score
 and a consistency score.
 The higher the overall performance score the better.

Grant Arnold was the winner of the Armstrong Trophy for the
first half of the year
with times of 34.34 33.02 32.00 31.32 at his first 4 starts
 which translated into a score of 27.4.
Mark Boddy was second and Ross Gregg was third.

Some previous winners of the Armstrong Trophy.

July to December 1999 Richard Grant,
January to June 2000 Rick McGee,
July to December 2000 Ross Gregg,
January to June 2001 Alistair Rogers,
 July to December 2001 Simon Duke,
 January to June 2002 Neil Hamilton,
July to December 2002 Alistair Rogers,
January to June 2003 Karen Daniels,
July to December 2003 Jeff Grey,
January to June 2004 Michael Trotter,
July to December 2004 Maurie Daley,
January to June 2005 Simon Wall,
  July to December 2005 Michael Trotter,
 January to June 2006 Alistair Rogers,
July to December 2006 Michael Trotter,
January to June 2007 Simon Wall,
July to December 2007 Simon Wall,
 January to June 2008 Michael Trotter,
July to December 2008 Simon Wall,
January to June 2009 John Douglas,
July to December 2009 Gerard Wildie,
January to June 2010 Stuart Reay,
July to December 2010 Simon Wall,
January to June 2011 Darren Hitchman,
July to December 2011 Matt Hirzel,
January to June 2012 Grant Arnold.