Page 14 — <strong>September</strong> 2009 <strong>Vetrunner</strong>Run / Walk Handicap PointscoresTHOMAS SERIESTotal of the best 8 eventsTop 100 listedName Tot Evts May June JulyBob Lowry 915 7 133 145 144Jim White 864 7 143 140 132Michael Clancy 814 7 123 122 150Roger Pilkington 811 6 149 117Troy Steinman 805 6 137 126Anthony Kennedy 784 6 132 121Paul Archer 782 7 108 141 112Margaret McSpadden 764 7 128 105 109Desma Butler 763 6 140 143 93Richard Hilhorst 762 6 131 120 136Christopher Lang 760 6 130 119 128Rod Lynch 758 6 118 126 134Wilf Deck 751 6 105 150 82Brett Morrison 747 6 147 144Alan Mallory 740 6 134 124Maree Coldrick 730 6 120 129 137Bruce Wight 717 6 135 127Norma Lindemann 715 6 115 114 131Alan Williams 712 6 79 108 115Ruth Baussmann 708 6 96 94Alan Duus 706 6 113 107 123Bernie Millett 690 6 109 112 100Nick Blackaby 689 6 125 100Bernie Rogers 682 7 92 80 85Steve Appleby 675 6 97 140Jacqueline Millard 674 6 80 110 148John Kennedy 667 6 144 125Terry Giesecke 660 6 94 99Sue Counsel 652 7 129 138 129Beryl Lowry 651 7 148 88 119Kevin Chapman 651 5 116 147George Hanzar 650 6 99 134 145Ian McDonald 649 6 100 113 102Joan Mallory 643 6 110 101Steve Bradford 634 5 146 123 130Nigel Coldrick 633 6 114 93 105Jennie Blake 627 5 119 111 142Peter Cullen 624 6 127 109 133Terry Levings 624 6 78 84 104John Alcock 612 6 92 108Roger Abbott 610 5 117 89Robbie Costmeyer 608 5 102 99 120Joy Hilhorst 602 5 145 132George Quarmb y 597 5 124 139 138Eric Lindemann 593 6 106 91 118Karen Daniels 588 5 125Carol Ey 585 5 97 101Peter Thomson 573 5 126 116Ewan Brown 572 6 93 91 107Richard Faulks 572 5 138 124 118Elle Knight 559 5 136 81Robert Ey 552 6 90 148 0Bryan Thomas 544 5 107 111Mick Charlton 525 4 137Craig Wisdom 514 5 0 142 139Prue Bradford 504 5 88 95 92Anne Young 499 5 84 121 117Nadine Thomlinson 497 5 103 76Sherryl Greathead 496 5 81Jill Brown 495 5 85 86Brian Austin 492 5 82 79Ian Kenny 491 4 141 147Andina Faragher 490 4 128Jenny Walton 479 5 142 115Miranda Rawlinson 479 4Stephen Gray 477 4 104 116Peter Clarke 474 4 139Bruce Graham 460 4 150Christopher Yardley 460 5 88Daniel Buckley 460 4 98 118 146Audrey Gormley 459 6 86 135 106John Dimitriou 458 6 101 104 141Neil McLeod 450 7 82 75 87Kent Williams 449 4 106 113Bronwyn Calver 448 4 87 133Hugh Crawley 446 4 127 135Sam Skrzypek 441 4 94Diana Schneider 441 6 0 87Susan Archer 435 4 98Kevin O'Keeffe 416 4 122Maria White 413 5 77 90Mary Ann Busteed 406 3Robyn McClelland 403 4 86 96Roy Jones 401 4 83Tony Booth 393 5 80 89Lloyd Donnelly 385 4 146Terri Jones 385 5 81Clive Glover 373 4 83Neville Madden 370 5 90 91David Baussmann 368 4 121 103Caroline Campbell 365 4 85 96Megan Haylock 351 3Lachlan Lewis 301 5 76 0Geoffrey Herring 299 3 89 95Val Bland 298 4 75 77Brian Wenn 292 4 0 149 143Lorraine Jansen 279 3Carol Kelly 274 3 98FRYLINK SERIESTop 50 listedName Tot Evts May June JulyIan Bowden 418 7 59 72 70Michael Roche 363 7 45 46 32Carol Baird 355 6 62 40Garry Lee 355 6 42 48George Kubitzky 342 7 55 37 51Christine Lee 341 6 61 69 73Ray Bramwell 341 6 51 71Judy Forbes 340 6 67 60Noeline Burden 337 6 60 58 50Bob Chapman 332 5 68 66 65Rosemary Parker 329 6 64 51 63Gwen Gleeson 324 6 31 52Ken White 321 5 70 61 68Brenda Ford 319 6 37 31Cathy Montalto 318 5 65Katie Forestier 317 5 73 57Alison Taylor 313 5 67 61Graeme Small 309 5 57 62Geoff Moore 300 5 58 68Ken Gordon 296 6 47 42 28Cilla Chapman 296 5 66 64 71Amanda Walker 287 5 56 44Brian McLachlan 286 5 48 59 60Phillip Toomey 284 5 38 33Doug Carney 277 5 54 52 53Deb Gordon 273 5 63 47Leanne Steinman 271 5 48 59Nicole Levings 271 6 65 75 56Josephine Kulesz 271 6 40 41 37Wanda Stewart 266 5 35Stuart Reid 265 5 50 53 69Lorna Burdon 261 6 69 50 49Merv Collins 261 5 44 47 55Garry Maher 255 6 46 43 43Bill Taylor 255 6 74 49 64Marion Buckley 250 4 63 74 74Kathleen Bleakley 227 5 53 44 58John Lamb 226 5 38 57 67Robert Gerrard 225 4Maureen Rossiter 219 4 30Paul Noone 210 5 72 73Anitra Kenny 198 4 43 39Neil Boden 198 4 52 34Gary Bowen 197 4 56 45Graeme Patrick 194 5 71 70John Burns 167 4 36 38Margaret Taylor 165 4 39 33Carmel Lynch 151 4 35 30Claire Perry 150 4 41 29Cory Collins 147 5 32 46<strong>ACT</strong> <strong>Veterans</strong> Athletic <strong>Club</strong> - 2009 - Our 30th year
WADDELL SERIESName Tot Evts May June JulyJohn Suiter 205 6 35 36 30Alan Burdon 202 6 36 34 35Dave Mackenzie 201 7 30 31 31Bob Parker 189 6 34 39 27Edward Towner 183 7 24 28 24John Busteed 181 6 38 40Jennie Gilchrist 178 6 33 40 20Warren Butler 178 6 28 37 37Neil Gentle 176 6 26 33 29Dorothy Seedsman 173 6 22 30 38Linda Bone 166 7 19 23 23Robin Whyte 162 5 29 33Rod Gilchrist 155 5 32 32Otmar Dorfer 152 7 20 22 17Marco Falzarano 133 7 16 20 16Peter Kallio 127 5 39 0Terry Munro 122 5 31Trish Thomas 121 5 18 21Pauline Rohan 121 4 27 26Monika Short 109 5 0 28Jim Short 108 3 37 38John Littler 108 4 27<strong>September</strong> 2009 <strong>Vetrunner</strong> – Page 15Run / Walk Handicap Pointscores (continued)Nola de Chazal 105 6 21 25 19Marilyn Banfield 103 5 35Narelle Blackaby 103 6 17 21Alice Scott 88 4 0Tony Fenotti 86 4 0 24 22Jane Bell 79 4 25Grahame Taylor 78 3 40Barry Seedsman 76 3Jaki Charlton 70 3Janelle Thomson 60 4 23Tammy Gerrard 56 3Chris Booth 48 4 32Robyn Kennedy 47 3 26Carmen Carlon 43 2Richard Scutter 40 3Peter Hogan 39 3 0 39John Hunt 37 4 18Naoko Lamb 36 3 0 36Amanda Lynch 34 3Jean Herring 34 3 0 34Lynn Williams 32 1Henk Jansen 29 3 29Helen Munro 26 3Rhonda Blackman 25 3 0 25John MacLeod 18 2 0From John Harding…Bush Capital Bush Marathon FestivalCampbell High SchoolSaturday 25 July 2009As a number of <strong>ACT</strong>VAC members went in some of the Bush Marathonevents, I have published this article by John Harding.For results go to the website at:http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/events/bmarathon/2009/MATTHEWS SLASHES BUSH MARATHONCOURSE RECORD IN CANBERRAGoulburn medical student Alex Matthews clocked 2hrs 46 mins 19 secs to win today’s Bush Capital marathon,slashing 15 minutes off the course record. The hills in Mt Ainslie, Mt Majura and Goorooyarroo reserves did not troubleMatthews, who was third in the Australian Trail Running Championship in March. Wagga Wagga veteran PeterFitzpatrick was runner up in 3:24:41 and ANU student Andrew Williams was third in 3:39:56.Kate Hodson of Ngunnawal in the <strong>ACT</strong> made an outstanding comeback from injury to finish first female in 3:22:04,with Canberra veterans Kelley Flood second in 3:42:00 and Elle Knight third in 3:54:15. American attorney Win Apelachieved his goal of completing a marathon on all seven continents when he completed the course in 6:22:45.The 60 km ultramarathon was won in the fast time of 4:36:46 by Kingston’s Peter Johnson who was moving up indistance after finishing second in the marathon in 2008. South Coast runner Damian Smith was second in 4:56:42, justahead of fast finishing David Baldwin who ran 4:57:26. Triple world rogaining champion Julie Quinn of Macquarie wasfastest female in 5:18:03, with Natalie Jennings of Sydney second in 5:54:07 and Marie Heitz of Tasmania third in5:56:59.World long distance mountain running representative Colleen Middleton from Albury had a brilliant run in the 25kms, clocking 1:45:48, with Yelena Pearson second in 1:54:27 and Sally Parker third in 1:54:35. Alex Miller of Gowrie inthe <strong>ACT</strong> was first in 1:41:26, with former world veteran champion Trevor Jacobs second in 1:43:31 and Bill Bennettthird in 1:47:20. The most popular event of the day, the 16 kms with over 160 participants, proved to be a Tour de Forcefor local horticulturist Laurie Cullen of Ainslie who was scintillating in clocking 60:21, seven minutes ahead of runnerup, CSIRO scientist Tony Swan, another plant expert, with local legal eagle Richard Faulks a high flying third in 68:37.Elizabeth Humphries of Lyneham was fastest female in 72:52, with Julia Reed second in 73:34 and Louise Gates third in76:29.World long distance mountain running medallist Angela Bateup of Yass organised the turnaround drink station forthe 60 kms before blitzing the 10 kms in 38:43. Dual Six Foot Track champion Vanessa Haverd of Watson in the <strong>ACT</strong>was second in 41:17, with Sarah Londsdale third in 42:46. Darren McClellan of Terrigal in NSW was fastest male in40:45, with Andy Lowes next in 48:12 and Yili Zhu third in 48:29. Christo Dunkley, 15, of Isaacs in the <strong>ACT</strong> had a strongwin the 5 kms in 18:53, with 13 year old Reuben Caley second in 19:31 and Greg Hosking third in 19:34. AnnaMcCormack, 13, of Pearce in the <strong>ACT</strong> showed her talent in the women’s field, with the excellent time of 20:26. BetsyAnderson-Smith was second in 20:48 and Alexa Kniley third in 21:03.A good field of youngsters assembled for the 2 kms, with victory going to 10 year old Andrew Hosking of Hughes inthe <strong>ACT</strong> in the quick time for the hilly course of 9:32, with Haydn Waugh of Woonoona in Sydney second in 9:39 andRohan Hosking, 8, third in 9:40. The girls race was won by Lauren Robards, 8, of Spence in the <strong>ACT</strong> in 9:55, with ZoeCuthbert, 8, of Watson second in 11:30 and Samantha Eardley, 13, of Woonoona third in 11:45. The Australian MountainRunning Association wishes to thank Campbell High School, Canberra Nature Park, and all of the helpers on the day fora very successful event in beautiful mid-winter sunshine.