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Page 16 — December 2007 VetrunnerT-ShirtsFour T-shirts were awarded this month. Along withJohn Busteed’s 200 (see the separate report on this achievementin Vetrunner), Juani O'Reilly (junior) and JohnParker reached their half-century with Roger Pilkingtongetting his century.The youngest member of the talented clan of O’Reillywomen, Juani’s journey began on the old Copland Collegecourse in July 1991, having been inspired by her motherJuani (now a W75 champion), as was her sister Maria.Juani has most often participated in the Thomas Series,but on several occasions she been seen accompanying aninjured mum in either the Frylink or Waddell Series. Continuingthe family tradition of success, to date she has wonthree medals (two gold and a silver).John’s journey commenced in 1995 with his firstmonthly running handicap was in October on the LakeTuggeranong course in the Frylink Series. Obviously heenjoyed that format: all subsequent 49 handicaps havebeen in the Frylink, picking up four medals (two gold andtwo bronze) to date, and this year being crowned King ofthe Mountains for the Frylink course. 2007 has seen Johnalso become a regular participant in the monthly throwinghandicaps and even won the gold medal on both his fourthand sixth attempt. In addition, as a skilled tradesman hehas also given many hours of volunteer work setting up theinterior of our container at the Masson Street ThrowingField. He is also a regular at track and field where hemainly participates in the sprints and throws.Roger’s ACTVAC adventure began on the now disusedHospital Jetty course in June 1991 but he did not become aregular participant until four years later. Like many others,Roger had a background in a variety of sports, such asAFL, basketball, cricket, golf and skiing. To date he haswon six medals (three gold, two silver and a bronze) andwas the winner of the Thomas Series point score in 2005.He has also been race organiser of the Mt. Taylor handicapcourse for the last three years. On the track Roger runs inmost long distance races and particularly enjoys the AdlerSeries and steeplechase. On the road he has run many halfmarathons, including six ACT Vets’ Halves, as well as 14marathons (PB 3.18). Roger was elected to committee in2005 and again the following two years.The Best Gig in the House(Chapter 1) by John StoneyAs most of you have noted in the last couple of Vetrunner’s,we are now looking for a new person to take over themonthly handicap reports as I will be stepping down fromreporting as of this issue. In mid 2006 Jim O’Donnell approachedme at Mt Taylor and asked if I would take overthe handicap reporting due to his impending move north.While only a semi-regular handicapper, I thought withemail and the supports available through the club I couldprobably take on the task, and gave an undertaking to theMember Services Sub-Committee that I would take on theposition until the end of 2007 and then review my position.In the intervening period, changes in circumstances andpriorities have meant I have not been able to attend anyACTVAC events since then (as I once observed to BryanThomas, I feel like one of those war correspondents so eloquentlydescribed by George Johnston in ‘My Brother Jack’who would write “from the front line” reports while sittingsafely in a bar some 100 or so miles away!). This could andshould have led to disaster, but during that time email,those supports and the willingness of members to sharetheir experiences (combined with a natural story-tellingability many members seem to possess) has made producinga report each month possible. However, the time availableto me to properly devote to the task of doing the reportshas diminished – for example I’ve come to not havethe capacity to ring those medal winners who have no emailaddress, for which I apologise - and I fear the article qualitywill shortly suffer.So I am writing firstly to say thank you to all those whohave made writing possible. Narelle Blackaby has beengreat (and patient!) as Editor; Bryan Thomas backgroundinformation each month on T-shirt recipients is priceless;the Member Services Sub-committee that has provided usefulfeedback on articles (given my isolation) as well as followingup issues members may have raised with me in correspondencehas been very much appreciated. But mostimportantly I would like to thank all of you who have takenthe time to respond to my emails and provided with mewith such good material. As time has progressed, I simplyhave had to produce a basic canvas or structure, as manycontributors tell their own stories so well that they can virtuallybe reproduced as is. On other occasions a particulartheme for a report both demands writing but at the sametime almost writes itself, so good are the contributions.Secondly, I would like to encourage ACTVAC membersto consider undertaking the role of handicap reporter. Inaddition to the supports I have mentioned, a handover reportand template on how the current articles are producedhas been prepared as a guide. It is also a great job – despitemy inability to be actively involved in ACTVAC I’vestill been able to have almost a grandstand seat to see variousclub members recover from life-threatening illness orlong term injuries or discover they are actually adept atcertain distances, events or simply participating. Forsomeone who attends the handicaps it is a guaranteed wayof increasing your social circle – so many contributors havebeen keen to try and catch up with me in person at the nextevent, an opportunity I’ve unfortunately been unable totake up. So please consider if you might be able to do so –Narelle Blackaby would be glad to talk to you, and I can beavailable to provide some advice and support if need be.
Letter to the EditorDecember 2007 Vetrunner – Page 17Dear EditorI think that it was about 1994/5 when I joined the ACTVets after 10 years with the NSW Vets and many yearsbefore that with the SA Vets. It is now unfortunately timeto leave as my wife and I are returning to South Australiain a few short weeks. I have enjoyed the years when I wasable to take part in the track events, in fact winning a fewage group medals at the championships along the way forthe 5 and 10,000 metres . That was before my knees gaveup on me and I was shortly thereafter diagnosed with cancer.Luckily this has now gone, but I am far too frail to getback into even light jogging at this stage. I managed to actas your Auditor a couple of years back but my deterioratinghealth caused me to abandon that duty. Hopefully a changeof scenery will improve my health and I can continue activelyin the sport. After 12 Marathons , 30 Half-Marathonsand 20 City to Surfs among my 4,500 individual runs, it ishard to think that it might be over.Anyway the main reason for this letter is to say that Ihave an (almost) complete set of Vetrunners at home coveringthe last 4-5 years if any member would like the set.They can be obtained from myself ( 0419712500 ) to the endof November; after that we will have left and I will have toleave them in the care of my son.Once again, it has been a great time with the Vets and Iknow that you will all continue to prosper.RegardsGeoff HakesPh ( 02 ) 6231 8534Mob. 0419 712500geoffhakes@bigpond.comRUN / WALK HANDICAP AST %THOMAS SERIESName Aug Sep Oct Low AvePeter Kallio 91.2 92.9 91.3 90.3 91.5Maria O'Reilly 86.3 84.4 85.8 83.5 85.6Peter Clarke 84.8 82.9 84.2 83.0 84.8Peter Ward 87.5 85.9 84.6Bernie Millett 83.3 82.7 86.8 81.9 83.5John Kennedy 84.9 82.5 84.8 80.9 83.4Rod Lynch 83.1 81.4 82.7 81.6 83.1Di Schneider 83.5 80.2 83.6 80.2 81.8Roger Abbott 79.6 79.6 81.7Colin Farlow 80.6 78.6 82.5 78.6 81.2Jim White 79.5 80.1 81.5 79.5 81.1Mick Corlis 82.6 71.7 80.7Steve Appleby 81.7 79.0 74.3 78.5 80.2Richard Faulks 80.7 77.6 82.4 77.6 80.1Sue Counsel 81.1 79.2 81.2 76.9 79.3Michael Freer 78.7 74.5 74.5 77.6Steve Bradford 82.8 80.6 68.1 77.0Kathy Sims 73.4 79.5 78.3 76.8Bob Lowry 74.4 79.0 76.4George Hanzar 75.8 75.7 78.1 74.0 76.2Garry Hand 78.2 76.1 75.9Charlie Modrak 74.6 75.7Peter Thomson 74.6 76.6 76.7 75.3Carol Ey 77.1 75.9 77.8 71.2 75.1Kevin O'Keeffe 73.8 77.1 77.7 75.1Craig Wisdom 75.9 74.5 73.9 70.3 74.8Peter Cullen 75.2 73.7 71.8 74.5Norma Lindemann 77.4 75.9 74.4Debbie Cowell 79.3 73.8Bruce Wight 73.2 71.8 75.2 72.4 73.5FRYLINK SERIESName Aug Sep Oct Low AveBob Chapman 86.2 87.4 81.3 85.1Geoff Moore 79.2 84.7 77.3 81.9Ken White 81.5 82.2 82.6 78.5 81.4Katie Forestier 81.9 81.0 81.1 80.3 81.2Ray Bramwell 79.9 78.2 76.0 79.1Rosemary Parker 76.8 77.6 74.1 74.1 77.4Carol Baird 78.8 74.4 77.8 58.9 76.6Gary Bowen 73.0 73.3 73.8 76.1Neil Boden 68.8 72.4 68.8 72.3Kerry Boden 73.5 72.3 74.6 68.7 71.0Jillian M Clark 69.8 68.7 70.1Deb Gordon 67.2 65.4 66.9 65.6 67.8Brian Mclachlan 69.8 66.9 67.9 67.3Brenda Ford 65.6 66.7Jenny Galvin 66.4 65.6 65.4 63.1 65.7Geo Kubitzky 67.0 57.7 57.7 64.9Lorna Burdon 62.8 64.1 66.2 61.4 64.3John Parker 64.1 63.0 60.9 60.9 63.5Ian Bowden 58.2 63.4 58.2 63.2Michael Roche 60.8 61.6 60.6 62.2Mike Dwyer 59.8 60.1 57.9 58.7Cilla Chapman 56.3 58.9 56.3 57.8J Macgregor 55.6 53.3 54.7 53.3 57.8Jo Kulesz 50.7 55.5 53.2 50.7 54.2Tony Harrison 51.9 52.5 51.2 46.3 50.9Amanda Chew 45.4 47.6 48.9Roger Stewart 47.5 49.5 48.1WADDELL SERIESName Aug Sep Oct Low AveJohn Suiter 87.9 86.4 88.4 83.8 86.2Dave Mackenzie 82.2 82.6 82.9 79.3 81.3Alan Burdon 79.6 79.8 79.2 68.6 78.2Rod Gilchrist 78.3 78.1Rhonda Blackman 77.9 77.7 76.7Rick Hatcher 78.1 78.6 70.2 75.9Pauline Rohan 73.0 73.0Neil Gentle 68.5 70.8 69.1John Littler 67.9 61 70.8 65.6 68.9Trish Thomas 61.1 69.1 65.6 65.6 68.6Diann Bramwell 63.4 66.4 63.4 67.5Jane Bell 62.8 63.4Edward Towner 61.8 62.5 62.8 60.1 61.8Tony Fenotti 58.6 60.4 60.7Greg O'Neill 57.4 57.4 62.9 55.6 59.8Narelle Blackaby 39.3 41.8 38.7 39.3 42.5
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