This week
How it Happened - Arsova Race 9, October 26
The inscriptions on the long and short course Arsova trophies for 2024 will read Simon Fattore and Nate Mingay respectively.
Line honours in the long course went Ken McLean. Ken who resides in Tasmania but does some locum work in Griffith joined the club in August. Simon Fattore entered the final run of the Arsova twenty points ahead of Gary Andreazza so was a certainty to win the competition. Pumped with adrenalin and banishing any thought of a relaxing trot around the track he was a minute and a half faster than his previous best claiming second place. For the third week in a row Gary Andreazza followed Simon across the line and was competition runner up. Sporting a new pair of dazzling iridescent yellow running shoes was Aidan Fattore who claimed 4trh place and the fastest net time of 20m05s.
From 26th last week Simon Barnhill jumped 21 placings to be 5th. Posting a PB was Harrison Palmer in 6th place, he was followed by Rodney Savage, then Keith Riley, Tania Moore and joining the top ten with the second fastest time was Jaidyn Roach.
Notable PB’s were recorded by 11th placed Geoff O’Callaghan, 19th placed Sharon Careri also the fastest female and Tom Mackerras 26th. Recovering from back problems David Heffer has been running the short course, this week taking it slow and steady he completed the long run finishing ahead of the walkers.
With the short course trophy already won, Nate Mingay didn’t need to run this week, and he didn’t. Milla Vecchio took line honours and was the fastest female, bother Callum followed registering the fastest overall net time 12m45s. In 3rd place was Fiona Fattore then two seconds later came Rita Fascianelli-McIver with Danial Restagno joining the top five.
Next week raps up the Feral running season with the Shank’s Pony Cup. A mystery course created by an anonymous Feral promising some interesting twists and anybody could win.
The Feral’s meet at the water tower mural opposite pioneer park for a 4:30pm start. We would love to welcome newcomers whether they be sprinters, joggers or walkers. We are not a club where you race against others, the challenge is with yourself.
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PLEASE BE ON TIME ENTER BEFORE 5:20 RACE STARTS 5:30
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Things to Remember each week
Runners must wear tags when participating in Feral events. Apart from the timing, it is a saftey measure. The tags serve to monitor those runners who have commenced their run and are still out on the track. It is not appropriate to turn up on the Hill on a regular basis without wearing a tag.
Zero start times
Zero handicaps are only for the slowest runners and for the walkers, so if you do not fit this description and you are given zero, please enquire with the race director. It is not usually our mistake, just that prior circumstances have dictated a zero which may need to be changed back (see below).
Also, if you have a Short course handicap (say 8min) and you want to walk, we prefer if you walk off that handicap (8min) ... you won't finish far behind, and it saves us a lot of time and possible mistakes in adjustments to and fro (see above).
We do allow Long course walkers to start off zero ... just let the race director know ... otherwise it is disq
Did Not Finish? We need to know. All non-finishers / short cutters / other issues - report to the race director
Instant Results ... we are putting the results online, at the finish line, so your loved one can know what mood you're in before you get home. (Will it be a hot bath or a cold shower? Champagne, or a beer in the dog house?) However ... be aware that these are preliminary results and will almost always change when joggers are added, deleted and edited. You may drop a few places, rise a few places, or even, heaven forbid, get disq'd. So if the fine details matter to you, drop back again later.