Race Report
In excellent running conditions forty two runners (31 male and 11 female) assembled at Princes Park to run the 2015 VMA 10 Mile Championships, and what an event it turned out to be with both male and female runners breaking the previous best times. Hosted by Aberfeldie Venue, the event is the fourth in the five series Browne Shield competition and this year attracted excellent participant numbers resulting in a highly competitive event. It was pleasing to see that eleven of our fourteen venues were represented on the day.
With Aberfeldie’s Shane Draper winning the event for three consecutive years (2011 to 2013) and Antonio Giuliani, also of Aberfeldie winning in 2014, it was thought that a fifth win for Aberfeldie may have been forthcoming but this was not to be the case with Geelong venue runner Grant Simpson (M45) joining the field and running an excellent winning time of 58.42. Coming home in second place around the five-lap course was Shane Draper (M40) in 61.25 and in third place Antonio Giuliani (M40) in 62.15. Congratulations Grant on now holding the course record.
Julie Norney (W45) of Knox venue lead the women’s race from start to finish and after five laps of hard running crossed the finish line in an excellent winning time of 63.37 placing her in fourth place overall. Julies’ time is the fastest time since Bronwen Cardy’s 63.53 in 2008. Coming home in second place was Carolyn Huell (W45) in 67.41 and third place Stacey Van Dueren (W55) in 68.53. Congratulations Julie on you now holding the fastest time for a female.
Notwithstanding the excellent finishing times, there were a number of outstanding Age Graded performances on the day with the highest percentage being that of Aberfeldie runner Bronwen Cardy with an Age Graded percentage of 95.50. An excellent score Bronwen. Also pleasing to note is that fifty percent of runners achieved an Age Graded percentage of 70% or more. Other Age Graded performances that are worthy of mention are:
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Stacey Van Dueren 88.91 |
Grant Simpson 81.11 |
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Julie Norney 84.31 |
Greg Moore 78.85 |
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Carolyn Huell 81.94 |
Peter Black 78.68 |
| John Graham 81.50 | Paul Twining 78.21 |
A special thank you to the following helpers for their support in planning, setting up and conducting of the event: John, Jamie and Imogen Papworth, Ernie Stewart, Doug Stokes, Stephen Barker, Maggie Armstrong, Brian and Lyn O’Dea, Peter Black, Margaret Cassidy, Andrea Draper, Les Clarke for his help (once again) with the time-keeping and David Sheehan who assisted with the medal presentations.
John Dean – Race Convenor
Past Winners
Male
Antonio Giuliani 59.55 2014
Shane Draper 60.50 2013
Shane Draper 62.24 2012
Shane Draper 62.28 2011
Bert Pelgrim 59.41 2010
Bert Pelgrim 61.01 2009
Steven Barker 61.24 2008
Shane Pettingill 59.22 2007
Female
2014 70.27 Bronwen Cardy
2013 64.23 Anna Kasapis
2012 70.18 Bronwen Cardy
2011 69.52 Bronwen Cardy
2010 65.49 Julie Norney
2009 66.25 June Petrie
2008 63.53 Bronwen Cardy
2007 71.58 Ged Smith
Photos
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- Competitors at the Start Line at the 2015 Victorian Masters Athletics 10 Mile Championships on Sunday 23/08/2015. Held in Princess Park, hosted by the Aberfeldie venue of the VMA.
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- Timekeepers Ernie Stewart and Les Clarke at the 2015 Victorian Masters Athletics 10 Mile Road Championships. Held at Princess Park on Sunday 23/08/2015, hosted by the Aberfeldie Venue of VMA.
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- 1st and 2nd place-getters Shane Draper and Grant Simpson at the 2015 Victorian Masters Athletics 10 Mile Road Championships. Held at Princess Park on Sunday 23/08/2015, hosted by the Aberfeldie Venue of VMA.
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- John Dean presenting Antonio Giuliani with 2nd M40 medal at the 2015 Victorian Masters Athletics 10 Mile Road Championships. Held at Princess Park on Sunday 23/08/2015, hosted by the Aberfeldie Venue of VMA.
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- John Dean presenting Peter Black with 1st M60 medal at the 2015 Victorian Masters Athletics 10 Mile Road Championships. Held at Princess Park on Sunday 23/08/2015, hosted by the Aberfeldie Venue of VMA.
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- Victorian Masters Athletics banner being hung at the 2015 VMA 10 Mile Championships. Held at Princess Park on Sunday 23/08/2015, hosted by the Aberfeldie Venue of VMA.
