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Handicapper’s Report – June 3.5k Handicap
Another great morning to be at the Lake. Good running conditions. We had 67 starters, 24 of whom bettered handicap, and 22 produced a pb, either on our new course, or on any Westies 3.5k course. The first nine to cross the mats all bettered their handicaps by more than one minute; this nine included the first home, 10 y.o. Kane Knapp, in his 3rd run and a 5 minute pb. Great effort Kane. And 3 qualified runners, Pat Lewis, Christian Swinfield and Ann Eckert were among the big breakers. Unfortunately, if you better handicap by better than one minute you are ineligible for the trophy. Our other early finishers were qualifiers.
Our trophy winner was Amaan Faiz finishing 6 seconds ahead of Robert Storey, runner-up for the second month running, and then to Alex Bucci. And then they came with a rush. It is an understatement to say that Amaan has been running well ... he is running ‘hot’ ... 3 pbs in his last 3 runs in the 10k, and 3 pbs in his last 4 runs in the 3.5k. Similarly moving very well are Mark Jennings, Sam Mudie, Kayley Sommer and Christian Swinfield, all four having achieved course pbs in each of their last 3 efforts. Keep it going all.
Our fastest on the day was David Riches in 12:23, lowering his own course record by 13 seconds.
With her 3rd run in 4 months, Kayley Sommer has each time lowered the ‘open’ and ‘junior’ course records, this go by 5 seconds, to 15:20.
And Ken Mudie won the Walker’s Trophy for the month – fastest time in 23:18, bettering Sandra Riches by 12 seconds.
Trivia:
Father & son, Ian & Owen both missed their pbs by 1 second.
Brothers Max and Jack, starting off different handicaps, both ran the same time.
Handicap results:
1st: Amaan Faiz – 15:58 – course pb
2nd: Robert Storey – 25:41 – for the second month running with another all Westies 3.5k courses pb
3rd: Alex Bucci – 18:17 – course pb
Fastest on course:
Males
David Riches – 12:23 – male course record by 13 secs
Jack Wedgwood – 12:53
Nathan Tomkins – 14:27 – course pb
Females
Kayley Sommer – 15:20 – female course record by 5 secs
Siobhan Kelly – 16:11 – missed her ‘all’ course pb by 2 sec, again
Sue Chenery – 16:33 – missed her ‘this’ course pb by 1 sec.
Juniors (under 16)
Male
Jack Wedgwood – 12:53
Lincoln Parmeter – 14:29
Rhys Parmeter – 14:34
Female
Kayley Sommer – 15:20 – female under 16 course record by 5 secs
Taylah Sommer – 19:02 – course pb
Aditi Mallikarjuna – 24:13
Juniors (under 19)
Female
Sophie Trinh – 17:11
Emma Trinh – 17:33
Random draw prizes –– won by: #22 David Riches, #54 Chris Moynham and #47 Bushra Faiz. There were two lucky tickets prizes as well, won by Jane Price and Mark Wedgwood. You must be present at the draws to be a winner!
There are 7 reports attached:
The Point-score competitions are close, now 10 runs into the series, 2 runs to go; the 3 lowest point-scores are deducted to give a cumulative score, for the best 9 of 12. And the highest point-score wins.
Our current leaders are:
Handicap Point-score: Antonina Fieni 1336 points, Siobhan Kelly 1326 and Pam Kennedy 1316.
Fastest Male Point-score: David Riches 70, Jack Wedgwood 62 and Vateesh Chand 45.
Fastest Female Point-score: Jacqui Viterale 67, Kayley Sommer 66 and Siobhan Kelly 61.
The Saunders Cup Point-score is based on the best 3 of the last 5 months of the series. We are three runs down, two to go. Current leaders are Sandra Riches 562, Mark Jennings 560 and Christian Swinfield 552.
Great competitions. A couple of very close ones.
Thank you and congratulations to everyone that participated. All up, another great morning at the Lake.
Thank you to Rob Ellison for the conduct of the event. Thank you to our members who helped with the set-up and take down of everything, the course marking, water, fruit table, mike, mats, photos, etc etc. Appreciated by all.
And please don’t forget – the water cups we are now using are recyclable and being collected for that purpose.
Vic.