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Page 16 — December Vetrunner“WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD FINISH”BRYAN THOMAS reports on the135th Monthly Throwing Handicapat Masson Street.Torrential rain, thunder and mostworrying of all lightning; for it’s not acomforting place to be out in the middleof a wide open throwing field, standingbeside a tall steel throwing cage,holding metal tipped brollies orhandling discuses and shots during anelectrical storm. After braving theconditions long enough for everyone tohave either two attempts at flinging aslippery discus or heaving an equallyslimy shot the better part of valourprevailed and we retreated to thesanctuary of our car or the limitedprotection of a tarp slung between acouple of pine trees.However because veteran athletesare either determined participants orjust plain stubborn most hungaround praying that the rain wouldeventually ease. And it did. Whenthe lightning passed and the rainwas merely rain and no longer atorrential downpour we went out tofinish the competition. However, aswe were cold and damp it wasagreed that we would have onlyfour and not the usual six throws ineach discipline.Not long after resuming ourcompetition Mother Naturevirtually shone down on theMasson Street Throwing Field andthe remainder of the afternoon wasblessed by warm sunshine.Do you recall when you were alittle kid your parents warning younever to play in storm water drainsbecause they sometimes quicklyand unexpectedly fill tooverflowing? Well if you had everdoubted such a possibility then thisSaturday afternoon provided theproof of such dramatic flooding. Thealmost always-dry storm waterdrain that forms the westernperimeter of the throwing fieldrapidly became a raging torrentthat soon overflowed its banks. Thescene reminded some of us of thetime many years ago when RayGreen threw the hammer welloutside the foul line and watched indismay as it bounced and rolledtowards the flooded drain. Ray gavechase but he was not quick enough tostop it sliding into the raging torrent.We could hear the hammer rattlingalong the concrete floor of the drain butcouldn’t see it beneath the murkywaters. Ray returned the followingRESULTS OF THE OCTOBER THROWING HANDICAP IN SHOT AND DISCUSName Age Shcp Shot Tot Pl Dhcp Disc Tot Pl Total Pl PtsHaggith,David M50 9.66 9.15 18.81 15 21.01 28.51 49.52 1 68.33 1 50Heath,Jean W60 14.87 4.98 19.85 1 36.14 11.27 47.41 2 67.26 2 49O'brien,Wendy W55 15.61 4.00 19.61 2 37.10 9.72 46.82 3 66.43 3 48Blackaby,N’elle W35 15.31 3.90 19.21 9 35.79 10.98 46.77 4 65.98 4 47Fristad,Audun M80 13.02 6.36 19.38 6 32.32 13.80 46.12 6 65.50 5 46Thomas,Trish W55 11.12 8.24 19.36 7 24.77 20.74 45.51 7 64.87 6 45Hardy,Jayne W40 9.14 10.29 19.43 4 10.92 34.24 45.16 8 64.59 7 43.5Bourke,Jen W60 11.03 8.40 19.43 3 23.61 21.55 45.16 8 64.59 7 43.5Blewitt,Kevin M60 9.90 9.49 19.39 5 12.82 32.25 45.07 10 64.46 9 42Nugent,Frank M45 12.99 5.05 18.04 19 28.37 17.81 46.18 5 64.22 10 41Colyer,Tanya W40 15.74 3.38 19.12 12 34.42 10.46 44.88 11 64.00 11 40Wahren,Mary W65 12.35 6.84 19.19 10 30.14 14.48 44.62 12 63.81 12 39De Chazal,Nola W60 14.72 4.44 19.16 11 33.04 11.32 44.36 14 63.52 13 38Davies,Jan W60 11.22 7.82 19.04 13 25.30 18.83 44.13 15 63.17 14 37Spaits,Attila M65 10.42 8.89 19.31 8 9.65 33.86 43.51 17 62.82 15 36Perry,Claire W35 14.17 4.59 18.76 16 32.65 11.34 43.99 16 62.75 16 35Drummond,E M80 11.95 5.93 17.88 20 28.63 15.98 44.61 13 62.49 17 34Taylor,Marg W55 12.21 6.63 18.84 14 26.04 16.75 42.79 19 61.63 18 33Banens,Bob M50 7.77 10.07 17.84 21 6.90 36.52 43.42 18 61.26 19 32Thomas,Bryan M60 11.30 6.04 17.34 22 24.59 17.99 42.58 20 59.92 20 31Wallace,Steven M45 8.37 20.88 N/EGreen, Ray M55 10.49 36.98 N/ERudov,Raylea W60 6.48 16.52 N/ELeovic,Rad M70 14.32 N/EMencik,George M70 10.93 N/EChambers,Ray M45 10.63 27.48 N/ETHROWING HANDICAP POINTSCORES AS OF OCTOBERBest 8 Scores To CountName Age Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Total Ls1 TotThomas,Trish W55 47 50 50 37 40 33 48 45 45 362 33 395Blewitt,Kevin M60 46 49 35 45 45 37 39 31 42 338 31 369Wahren,Mary W65 49 40 46 49 34 32 34 39 323 323De Chazal,N W60 29 45 32 40 38 48 43 35 38 319 29 348Freeman,Peter M55 33 44 37 38 41 43 35 46 317 317O'Brien,Wendy W55 32 32 41 33 42 36 46 38 48 316 32 348Bourke,Jen W60 43 36 33 28 48 28 38 40 43.5 309.5 28 337.5Nugent,Frank M40 31 28 39 42 50 27 31 39 41 301 27 328Hardy,Jayne W40 37 25 45 35 35 39 36 29 43.5 299.5 25 324.5Colyer,Tanya W40 48 24 34 25 37 23 41 37 40 286 23 309Taylor,Marg W55 40 41 43 32 45 50 33 284 284Burns,John M70 41 38 43.5 50 33 30 47 282.5 282.5Fristad,Audun M80 44 35 38 44 31 37 46 275 275Davies,Jan W60 42 39 29 30 41 47 37 265 265Matthews,Kev M45 0 0 46 49 47 42 44 36 264 264Perry,Claire W35 33 0 39 47 49 49 35 252 252Matthews,Vicki W40 0 0 36 41 43 44 42 43 249 249Drummond,Ew M80 39 30 29.0 34 44 34 34 244 244Blackaby,N’elle W35 34 34 32 40 0 41 47 228 228Thomas,Bryan M60 26 31 30 24 29 26 29 31 226 226Banens,Bob M50 28 48 26 34 25 27 32 220 220Spaits,Attila M65 38 49 0 31 30 30 36 214 214Gibbins,Sharon W45 36 46 27 32 48 189 189Schiller,Fran W50 27 0 36 49 33 42 187 187Leovic,Rad M70 27 48 31 46 33 0/2 185 185Heath,Jean W60 0 48 0 35 40 49 172 172Haggith,David, M50 0 0 29 45 44 50 168 168Neill,Peter M65 30 29 31 36 39 165 165Toomey,Phil M50 0 37 43.5 46 126.5 126.5Green, Ray M55 25 26 23 24 26 0 124 124Carlon,Carmen W50 30 0 38 32 100 100Robbie,Colin M65 50 43 0/2 93 93Rudov,Raylea W60 45 23 22 0 90 90Mencik,George M70 35 0/2 0 0.0 50 0/2 85 85Taylor,Gra M55 0 0 50 50 50Whyte,Robin M60 47 47 47Dawes,Steve M45 0 47 47 47Kuypers,Jane W40 0 47 47 47Chesterton,Val W60 42 42 42Wallace, Steve M45 0 42 0 0 42 42Mitchell,Irene W60 40 0 40 40Kennelly,Rob M50 0 0 28 28 28morning and retrieved the hammer400m downstream.We were pleasantly surprised to seeRay Chambers arrive. Ray had been aregular participant in the monthlyhandicaps until he moved to Brisbaneeighteen months ago. He now resides inNowra and has entered the MastersGames so came up to get in some muchneeded competition. It was also pleasingto see Raylea Rudov return to throwing(albeit very tentatively) after a longenforced lay off following knee surgery.Margaret Taylor and Bryan Thomas