Ginninderra Handicap No 356 on Tue 30/04/2013   21.8C  

A relatively humid and still mid-Autumn day greeted 22 runners for the 356 th handicap.

 This included a pleasing turnout of 3 new runners, and a returning stalwart

of the Canberra running scene in Geoff Monro 

whose last handicap was around 5 years ago.

It was difficult to predict who might take out the trophy this month,

no one stood out as having done a lot of training in recent times,

indeed most qualified themselves as not expecting much on the day.

Kay Blemings was one of these, noting that she was also recovering

 from a car accident in recent times.

 Initial betting was on last month's winner Michael Taylor in retaining the trophy,

 the theory being he'd be able to maintain a time close to his pb.

 Not suprisingly Kay Blemings ended up winning,

with a reasonable chunk taken out of her PB too.

 John Curnow finished a respectable 2nd and Michael ended up 3rd.

The reliable sampling method of throwing cards at a tree was again used to award the new starter's prize which went to (? forget his name..)

A number of runners enquired about the ABS fun run this year –

 given the retirement of past handicap runner and ABS fun run organiser Justin O'Dea the run won't be organised by the usual mid-May date,

 but we understand there is still intent to have one. Just need an organiser! Stay tuned....

Lighthouse Wines: Antara-Prabhat Kalajian, Geoff Monro

Cancer Council Donations : $27

Officials: Alistair Rogers, Andrew Sutcliffe, Jim Roberts.