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Best & Fairest 2013
MEN Jells Sandown 15k 16k 12k 10k 8k Half Tan TOTALS Johnson 3 1 3 1 8 Rickards A 1 1 2 3 7 Scott 1 3 3 7 Hurt…
APSU wins two flags
APS United was awarded two premiership pennants at last weekend’s AV Presentation Day. The M40+ and M50+ teams were clear winners of their divisions. Prominent M40+ team members were Ant…
Final award decided
All Athletes of the Year and Club Championships have now been decided. President Peter Simm made the presentations to the winners at the APSOC dinner, save for the open male Athlete of the Year,…
Athlete of the Year 2013
Best 10 APSOC plus best 5 AV scores to count towards total Men Chu Jam Wil Jell Orc Sand Dys Ball McP Brim Brig Bund Lod Hoo H&H Alb Wise…
Dyson/Tan Relay 3.82 km (1989-2014)
MEN WOMEN Rank Club Time Year Rank Club Time Year 1 Hope R SK 10:51 1995 1 Bayley A OX…
Tan triumphs
APS United had another excellent day at the AV Tan Relay, with 44 athletes representing the club in eleven teams. The M50 team won gold again to remain undefeated for…
Tan Relay 2013
Men Women Division 1 Time Place Division 1 Time Place Rowe A 11.27 Kasapis A 13.59 Sorace L 11.57 Hudson C 14.40 Zinni D…
Burnley bonanza
APS United had a good day on the Burnley Boulevard in the AV Half Marathon, with two of its teams (men’s div 3 and M50) winning their divisions, and no…
Half Marathon 2013
Yarra Boulevard, Burnley Men Women 12 Rickards A 72:46.1 3rd M40 11 Kasapis A 86:37.7 22 Graham B 74:44.2 1st M50 13 Geddes N 87:44.6 2nd…
Handicapper’s Awards 2013
MOST CONSISTENT MOST IMPROVED Races Std Dev Races % Change 1 Rickards, Field OW 7 0.8802…
Club Championship 2013
OPEN DIVISION 1 Jam Will Dys Hool C-Mc TOTAL 1 Haileybury 1 10 8 6 10 10 44 2 Old Wesley 1 3 10 10 7 8 38 3 Old…
Haileybury and Old Xavs take the chocolates
The Cooke-McClelland 8k was a hotly contested event, as always. In the open division, Haileybury had a narrow victory over Old Wesley to complete another flag-winning season. The Old Xavs…
True cross country warriors
A hardy collection of APSU athletes journeyed to Lardner Park, Warragul, for the AV 8k/6k/4k Cross Country Championships. Several athletes excelled on a challenging course, with Paul Wilson (M45) and…
One for the ages
Small fields in the Mini Marathons allowed some of APSOC’s more experienced campaigners to record unexpected wins. Mark Purvis (men’s half) and Margaret Fitzgerald (women’s half) joined Anne Ziogos (2010…
Cross Country 8/4 km 2013
Lardner Park, Warragul Men 8 km Women 4 km 33 Wilson P 29:29.8 1st M45 25 Hudson C 16:16.7 42 Rickards A 30:16.4 6th M40 27 Danks H 16:29.3…
APSU athletes out in force at 10k
37 registered APSU members completed the Victorian 10k Road Championships at Albert Park on Sunday. A flat, fast course saw many runners register PB’s for the distance, and APSU won…
Road 10km 2013
Albert Park Men Women 17 Guiney S 31:15.5 14 Morrison L 36:55.5 32 Wicks L 32:31.4 23 Kasapis A 38:10.3 40 Chapman X 32:54.9 55 Redman…
End-of-season dinner tickets on sale
The annual APSOC End-of-Season Dinner will be held on the night of the Cooke-McClelland on August 17 at 7.00pm The event will again be in the Cato Room at Wesley…
Wilson’s wet and wild win
Most APSOC races have seen an increase in numbers this year, but unfortunately the Hare & Hounds fell on a day of freezing winds and rain. Only 40 hardy souls…
Karkarook cliffhangers
There were two close finishes in the Hooley Relay at Karkarook Park. In the open race, Haileybury and St Kevin’s had a titanic struggle, with Haileybury winning by a mere…
Abi smashes Lodge 8k record
OX’s Abi Bayley showed her class with a scorching run over the shorter of the two Lodge Handicap distances. Her time of 27:29 broke Anna Thompson’s 2009 record by 46…
APSU athletes lead AV awards
It was tough going for APS United’s top open men’s and women’s teams at Bundoora Park in round 5 of XCR ’13, but there were more valuable wins for the…