ACT Veterans Athletic Club
Half Marathon
Page Updated 15 June 1997
Sunday June 15 1997
Restricted to Men and Women over the age of 30
Unique triple start - 3 start times
8.30 am - for runners who know they will take 2 hours or more
9.00 am - for runners who will take between 100 and 120 minutes
9.30 am - for runners who can run the course in less than 100 minutes
Start and Finish in Weston Park Canberra
A safe and picturesque course all on cycle paths around the west and central basins of Lake Burley Griffin
Anne Young and Peter Kallio took out the prestigious
WAVA Age Graded Best at the Half Marathon today.
Anne Young has won this trophy previously, and
Peter Kallio has 11 wins in his age group to his credit
Due to Injury, John Kemp could not compete this year
and that leaves two hardy competitors who have finished
all 16 Halves to date, they are Dan Reddy and
John Bakker, congratulatuons.
Lauren and Robert Kennelly were awarded 10 event
T-shirts for having been helpers ten times, there
were about 45 officials assisting in the conduct
of the race,including Ken Daniels, Colin Bridge,
Jim O'’Donnell and Stuart J Reid as key officials,
and race director was Bryan Thomas, who also competed.
Four were awarded 10 event T-shirts for having
completed 10 Halves, Garry Hand,
Duane Lowry, Gwen Vines, Peter Trotter.
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Start Group Time WAVA Standard M30 GEOFF MONRO 3 1:18:39 75.55% M30 NATHAN VASS 3 1:23:18 71.33% M30 ROY DANIELL 3 1:24:12 70.57% M30 MARK TESSYMAN 3 1:26:55 68.36% M30 DAMIAN RUTLEDGE 3 1:29:48 66.17% M30 JOHN GILES 2 1:37:40 60.84% M30 HENRIK KJELDMANN 2 1:41:48 58.37% M30 ROGER POELS 2 1:44:01 57.12% M30 ROGER LYNCH 2 1:46:27 55.82% M30 CHRIS SILLING 2 1:51:58 53.07% M35 GARY MOLINEUX 3 1:15:14 81.21% M35 MICK CORLIS 3 1:20:18 76.09% M35 SIMON CROOKE 3 1:20:51 75.57% M35 GAVIN CHRISTIE 3 1:22:46 73.82% M35 NIGEL COLDRICK 3 1:27:58 69.46% M35 BILL RENDALL 3 1:35:42 63.85% M35 PETER GOIK 2 1:39:04 61.68% M35 WAYNE TAYLOR 2 1:43:32 59.01% M35 ROGER PILKINGTON 2 1:45:52 57.71% M35 FRANK NUGENT 1 1:47:51 56.65% M35 MAX DONOVAN 2 1:48:43 56.20% M35 DAVID JOHNSTONE 2 1:55:50 52.75% M40 MICHAEL WHIPP 3 1:21:09 77.63% M40 ANDREW SUTCLIFFE 3 1:22:54 76.00% M40 NEIL HAMILTON 3 1:23:01 75.89% M40 DAVID RICHARDS 3 1:23:46 75.21% M40 BOB THOMPSON 3 1:25:33 73.64% M40 OWAIN TILLEY 3 1:27:10 72.28% M40 KEN WHITE 3 1:31:57 68.52% M40 ANTHONY OLLIFFE 2 1:33:02 67.72% M40 PHILIP CARRUTHERS 3 1:34:17 66.82% M40 MICHAEL CLANCY 3 1:38:26 64.00% M40 EWEN THOMPSON 2 1:41:41 61.96% M40 FREDERICK HAYES 2 1:42:09 61.67% M40 OWEN MILLARD 2 1:42:16 61.60% M40 STUART N REID 3 1:43:36 60.81% M40 PETER IMESON 2 1:46:04 59.40% M40 AL KAPONAY 1 1:46:37 59.09% M40 MIKE SAINSBURY 2 1:47:54 58.39% M40 KEITH THORNE 2 1:48:06 58.28% M40 KEN GOWANS 1 1:51:39 56.43% M40 KELVIN INSLAY 2 1:54:38 54.96% M40 PETER WILLIAMS 1 1:57:30 53.62% M40 NICK BLACKABHY 1 2:02:57 51.24% M45 TREVOR JACOBS 3 1:15:19 86.46% M45 EAMONN MOLONEY 3 1:21:36 79.80% M45 KEVIN O'KEEFFE 3 1:23:53 77.63% M45 PETER CLARKE 3 1:24:02 77.49% M45 JOHN A CASEY 3 1:28:37 73.48% M45 BRIAN WENN 3 1:28:39 73.45% M45 DOUGLAS KEWLEY 3 1:30:50 71.69% M45 GREG HARRIS 3 1:31:21 71.28% M45 MICK CHARLTON 3 1:31:54 70.86% M45 DAVE HOBSON 3 1:32:29 70.41% M45 JIM WHITE 3 1:32:55 70.08% M45 RICHARD MORCOM 3 1:33:44 69.47% M45 TONY BRYCE 2 1:35:15 68.36% M45 PETER COYNE 3 1:36:20 67.60% M45 DON CUMMING 2 1:37:29 66.80% M45 PAT FISHER 3 1:37:50 66.56% M45 CHRIS VINCENT 2 1:38:03 66.41% M45 TREVOR FINKLAIRE 2 1:38:15 66.28% M45 STEVE NICHOLS 2 1:38:41 65.99% M45 TERRY LEVINGS 2 1:39:16 65.60% M45 PETER SMITH 2 1:40:20 64.90% M45 JOHN LITTLER 2 1:43:38 62.83% M45 CHRIS GAMBLE 2 1:44:01 62.60% M45 PETER MOORE 1 1:45:39 61.63% M45 TERRY HOYLE 1 1:46:08 61.35% M45 PAUL GODDEN 2 1:46:31 61.13% M45 GERARD NEWMAN 2 1:48:54 59.79% M45 KEVIN HENNESSY 2 1:49:30 59.47% M45 JIM PENDER 2 1:50:01 59.19% M45 JEFF DAY 2 1:51:17 58.51% M45 JOHN WELLS 1 1:55:06 56.57% M45 CHRIS HARTNEY 2 1:55:40 56.30% M45 GREG LEWIS 2 1:59:13 54.62% M50 KENT WILLIAMS 3 1:21:19 82.99% M50 COLIN BRIDGE 3 1:22:05 82.21% M50 GRAHAM BURKE 3 1:23:24 80.92% M50 DAN DAWES 3 1:26:44 77.81% M50 ALAN WILLIAMS 3 1:26:56 77.63% M50 HUGH CRAWLEY 3 1:29:51 75.11% M50 GARRY HAND 3 1:30:09 74.86% M50 MIKE WORSLEY 3 1:30:15 74.77% M50 TERRY BALLANTYNE 3 1:32:55 72.63% M50 RICH WELKER 3 1:33:11 72.42% M50 WILL FOSTER 3 1:35:38 70.56% M50 BRYAN MCCARTHY 3 1:36:10 70.17% M50 JOHN RICHARDSON 2 1:37:13 69.42% M50 GEORGE RUSSELL 3 1:37:53 68.94% M50 SERGE STARAJ 2 1:38:12 68.72% M50 JOHN ALCOCK 2 1:39:21 67.92% M50 ROD GILCHRIST 2 1:40:41 67.03% M50 ALAN DUUS 2 1:42:14 66.01% M50 MIKE WORSNOP 2 1:42:54 65.58% M50 BILL LEYDEN 2 1:43:43 65.07% M50 TERRY GIESECKE 2 1:45:25 64.02% M50 IAN MACFARLING 2 1:50:50 60.89% M50 ROY EDWARDS 2 1:51:06 60.74% M50 ROSS SYDNEY 1 1:57:51 57.26% M50 ROBERT SWORD 2 1:59:34 56.44% M50 PHIL TOOMEY 2 2:02:09 55.25% M50 NEIL MCLEOD 2 2:05:51 53.62% M50 BERNIE ROGERS 1 2:12:51 50.80% M50 PETER FREEMAN 1 2:48:09 40.13% M55 BERNIE MILLETT 3 1:22:15 85.57% M55 KEVIN ALLEN 3 1:29:14 78.88% M55 MIKE KENNEDY 3 1:32:15 76.30% M55 GRAEME SMALL 3 1:32:31 76.08% M55 BRYAN THOMAS 3 1:34:07 74.78% M55 MAURICE HOPMAN 2 1:49:20 64.37% M55 DAN REDDY 1 1:56:51 60.23% M55 PATRICK MCNEILE 1 2:09:06 54.52% M55 JOHN BAKKER 1 2:20:02 50.26% M60 PETER KALLIO 3 1:24:16 87.72% M60 BOB CHAPMAN 2 1:34:47 77.98% M60 ERNIE WARNER 3 1:39:30 74.29% M60 MARCO FALZARANO 2 1:41:22 72.92% M60 DUANE LOWRY 2 1:44:40 70.62% M60 PETER TROTTER 2 1:51:45 66.14% M60 OTMAR DORFER 2 1:52:45 65.56% M60 KON SOTIROPOULOS 1 1:53:46 64.97% M60 RAY BRAMWELL 1 1:58:00 62.64% M60 ALAN BURDON 2 1:58:59 62.12% M60 K MCMAHON 1 2:11:08 56.37% M60 ROGER ABBOTT 2 2:11:46 56.10% M60 MIKE SLEE 1 2:17:55 53.60% M60 DAVID HALL 1 2:21:29 52.24% M65 MICHAEL FREER 2 1:41:05 77.11% M65 JOHN SUITER 2 1:50:47 70.36% M75 HAL DALHEIM 1 2:21:23 62.19% W30 TRISH WINTER 2 1:49:02 60.49% W30 TRACEY HILL 2 1:49:03 60.48% W30 KATIE STRONG 2 1:53:01 58.35% W30 SUSAN DANIELL 2 1:53:22 58.17% W30 KERRIE BRISTOW 2 1:59:34 55.16% W35 CHRISTINE PAULING 3 1:33:09 73.02% W35 MARG KLEE 3 1:33:09 73.02% W35 VALERIE HUSH 2 1:45:21 64.56% W35 MICHELLE MURPHY 2 2:00:43 56.34% W40 KATHY SOUTHGATE 3 1:31:21 77.03% W40 GILLIAN LEE 3 1:35:23 73.77% W40 SUE BAKER-FINCH 2 1:44:31 67.33% W40 BEV GOW-WILSON 1 1:44:53 67.09% W40 MANDY DOHERTY 1 1:55:10 61.10% W40 GILLIAN BOYD 2 1:55:31 60.91% W40 DIANA WRIGHT 2 1:55:50 60.75% W40 CATHY MONTALTO 2 2:06:51 55.47% W40 JENNY DAVIES 1 2:07:02 55.39% W40 MARIA WHITE 2 2:09:05 54.51% W40 LYN GAMBLE 1 2:25:22 48.41% W40 SUSAN LITTLER 1 2:35:31 45.25% W45 JENNY HEFFORD 2 1:44:33 69.81% W45 JO CULLEN 2 1:46:21 68.63% W45 KAY DIXON 2 1:53:22 64.38% W45 CONNIE CLEMENT 2 1:54:25 63.79% W45 BRENDA DAY 1 1:54:54 63.52% W45 JILL BROWN 2 1:54:56 63.50% W45 SUE KESSON 1 2:05:23 58.21% W50 GWEN VINES 2 1:47:02 71.89% W50 BERYL LOWRY 2 1:56:30 66.05% W55 PAMELA WEISS 2 1:54:38 69.44% W55 NORMA LINDEMANN 2 1:57:37 67.68% W55 VAL CHESTERTON 1 2:23:14 55.57% W60 ANNE YOUNG 2 1:47:59 77.88% W60 DOROTHY SEEDSMAN 1 2:09:31 64.93% W60 CORY COLLINS 1 2:13:51 62.83% W65 GWEN GLEESON 1 2:52:35 51.75% W70 PAT MULLINS 1 3:06:00 51.31%
The performance of every finisher can be compared as a percentage of the WAVA
age standards.
Garry Hand enjoyed perfect conditions (cool, still and a light
drizzle) to run an Australian M40 record of 68:01 to record an age standard of
92.5% in 1986.
In 1987, Annette McNeill ran an age standard of 83.1% in a time of 81:52
The winners.of the age standard awards for 1996 were
Robin Sewell - 79.44% and Liam Hanna - 87.41%
Anne Young
achieved the second highest female score of 77.77%, she has won this award on
previous occasions.
Robin Sewell is a newcomer to the Vets.
In a speech after accepting the award, Liam Hanna praised praised Peter Kallio who holds the age group record for M50, and stated that it is an exceptionally good record.
Except for the wind which blew in the later part of the morning, it was a perfect day for the 221 finishers, the first to cross the line was Jill Reich in a time of 96:19. However she started in the first start group, and only achieved second placing in her age group, behind Robin Sewell.
Debbie Cowell, who completed the Mobil Canberra Marathon, and the
associated 50 km Ultra race, won her first age group record with a time of 94:31.
Anne Flynn, another newcomer to the Vets, took out the W40 age group in a time
of 89:46.
Gary Molineux, a member of the ACT Cross Country Club, took out line honours for the men with a time of 75:47.
1996 Age Category winners as follows
W30 Robin Sewell 83:01 WAVA Age Standard Winner Jill Reich Michelle Lomax W35 Debbie Cowell 94:41 Desma Dale Alison Coles W40 Anne Flynn 89:46 Michelle Davis Sue Baker Finch General Manager 6 th Australian Masters Games W45 Maryann Busteed 102:43 Connie Clement Brenda Day W50 Yvonne Crowe 110:40 W55 Pamela Weiss 111.12 Val Chesterton W60 Anne Young 108:08 10th win Dorothy Seedsman W65 Gwen Gleeson 153:29 M30 Gary Molineux 75:47 Fastest on the day Grant Thomas Geoff Monro M35 Robert Ey 79:02 Amalendu Edelstein Rod Cowie M40 Michael Whipp 80:27 David Richards Philip Wentworth M45 Jim Owen 76:28 2nd fastest on the day Eamonn Moloney Des Brown M50 Liam Hanna 77:12 WAVA Age Standard Winner Bernie Millett Ken Eynon Organiser of Aust'n Masters Games half Marathon M55 Peter Kallio 83:34 11th win holds age group records for M45 and M50 Clive Glover Gavin jones M60 Bob Chapman 89:20 Mick Dando Ernie Warner M65 John Suiter 111:02 won age division in Canberra Marathon Rob Nickalls
WOMEN
W30 Robin Sewell 83.01 Jill Reich 96.19 Michelle Lomas 101.16 Tracey Van Hoorn 104.30 Tracey Corby 109.34 Anna Farnham 125.35 W35 Debbie Cowell 94.31 Desma Dale 102.19 Allison Coles 106.30 Desley Kubitzky 109.04 Marie Coldrick 109.51 Jenelle Parkes 113.14 Michelle Murphy 113.46 Anne-Marie Black 120.08 Linda Fraser 124.41 Annette Ludwig 125.03 Sue Bowden 126.35 Jennifer Morris 133.15 Sharon Pitcher 138.10 W40 Ann Flynn 89.46 Michelle Davies 96.44 Sue Baker-Finch 102.25 Sherryl Greathead 104.04 Chris Lokes 109.10 Diana Wright 116.04 Maria White 116.27 Chris Booth 138.12 Lyn Gamble 168.03 Susan Littler 174.28 W45 Maryann Busteed 102.43 Connie Clement 110.22 Brenda Day 114.43 Jill Brown 115.48 Sue Kesson 123.51 Bronwyn Gardner 129.57 Sandy Green 141.14 W50 Yvonne Crowe 140.40 W55 Pamela Weiss 111.12 Val Chesterton 134.07 W60 Anne Young 108.08 Dorothy Seedsman 123.33 W65 Gwen Gleeson 153.29
MEN
M30 Gary Molineux 75.47 Grant Thomas 76.42 Geoff Monro 79.12 Roy Daniels 82.50 Beed McCoska 84.07 Carl Murphy 88.59 Craig McShane 89.19 Ian Wannan 90.13 David O’Keeffe 90.54 Brian McGlynn 91.57 David Baldwin 93.22 Keith McFadden 95.19 Stephen Meatheringham 96.40 Phil Cole 98.05 Mick Konneman 99.54 Mark Streeting 100.43 Craig Wyman 103.01 John O’Laughlan 107.47 Roger Poels 108.34 Greg Brown 136.18 M35 Robert Ey 79.02 Amalandu Eidelstein 80.29 Rod Cowie 80.57 Peter Maher 81.43 Mick Corlis 82.58 David Gates 85.07 Rowan Compagnoni 85.20 Nigel Coldrick 86.16 Richard Faulks 87.11 Bill Rendall 88.00 Keith Conley 89.18 Owen Tilley 90.22 Peter Turner 91.02 David Jensen 91.30 Mick Horan 91.57 Ewen Thompson 95.12 Kim Borgar 96.30 Peter Hutchinson 97.00 Ashley Mason 99.51 Chris Seed 101.06 Roger Pilkington 102.18 Gary Newcombe 102.29 Thomas Pearce 107.11 Wayne Taylor 107.35 Peter Martin 109.48 Frank Nugent 113.15 Ivan Neville 113.31 David Johnstone 119.50 Adrian Krause 135.35 M40 Michael Whipp 80.57 David Richards 83.16 Philip Winkworth 86.20 Stuart N Reid 86.47 Ian Clout 89.16 Stephen Murray 90.04 Ken White 90.43 Steve Appleby 90.57 Steve Crane 91.54 John Beattie 94.22 Philip Barraclough 95.31 Jeff Parsons 95.40 Joe Doherty 96.07 Fred Nicholls 96.16 Jeffrey Tonkin 96.31 Neil Hamilton 96.53 Greg Norman 96.55 Michael Clancy 97.21 Chris Gamble 97.23 Bernie Craggs 98.10 Gerry Santosuosso 99.11 Greg Reading 100.15 Brian Wright 100.41 Graeme Cameron 101.43 Phil Lejsek 110.17 Nick Blackaby 119.51 Phil McGuinness 123.21 Bob Coles 126.14 Michael Osborne 151.32 Michael Scanlon 158.20 M45 Steve Nicholls 79.21 Eamonn Moloney 79.23 Peter Clarke 82.05 Kevin O’Keeffe 84.16 Graham Burke 84.26 Gordon Nightingale 84.41 Rob Pickard 87.22 Garry Groves 88.08 Graeme Wood 88.56 Dave Hobson 89.11 Kevin Chamberlain 89.26 Russell Lutton 90.52 Jim White 91.31 Mike Day 91.51 Bob Harlow 92.33 Richard Morcom 92.39 Tony Bryce 92.56 Chris Vincent 95.19 John Littler 95.41 Craig Tucker 95.57 Alan Miles 95.58 Peter Phillip Davies 96.00 Malcolm Box 96.58 Geoff Moore 97.49 Andrew Pitcher 98.01 Richard Scutter 99.01 Terry Dickson 99.49 Don Cumming 99.53 Terry Levings 100.26 Serege Staraja 100.48 Thaene Shiarath 105.07 Martin Linsley 105.41 Greg Lewis 107.46 Nick Fisher 110.18 Jeff Day 110.40 Trevor Vogler 112.15 Greg Biddle 112.41 John Andrew Casey 113.13 Bernie Hackett 114.23 John Munro 118.31 John Wells 120.08 Bill Peel 130.25 M50 Liam Hanna 77.12 Bernie Millett 82.19 Ken Eynon 84.43 Rod Gilchrist 90.10 Dennis Smith 90.36 Brian McCarthy 92.24 Richard Larson 96.23 Garry Hand 96.28 David McCamley 96.42 John Alcock 98.51 Graeme Small 98.59 Alan Duus 100.52 Bill Leyden 103.51 Robin Poke 104.17 Jack Mayfield 105.39 Lachlan Lewis 106.11 Arthur O’Connel 112.12 Bill Knox 112.48 Charles Wood 114.22 Robert Sword 114.31 John Dimitriou 115.45 Clive Trittruff 116.52 Bill Bush 117.20 Keith Johnson 118.04 Neil McLeod 122.29 Alan Norden 129.13 Bill Hase 131.28 Bernie Rogers 134.24 Peter Freeman 164.23 M55 Peter Kallio 83.34 Clive Glover 90.11 Gavin Jones 91.32 Ian Kenny 94.47 Bryan Thomas 96.20 David Bollen 97.19 Tony Booth 97.23 Bob Watkin 97.25 Ian Gray 107.25 Dave Pederson 110.16 Neil Harrigan 116.33 John Kemp 121.29 Dan Reddy 122.31 Patrick McNeille 123.19 John Bakker 133.12 Barry Dee 155.51 M60 Bob Chapman 89.20 Mick Dando 93.51 Ernie Warner 96.01 Marco Falzarano 101.51 Peter Trotter 103.56 Ray Bramwell 120.28 M65 John Suiter 111.02 Rob Nichalls 168.03
Besides John Bakker, John Kemp, and Dan Reddy, who have completed all to date,
other long time competitors are as follows:- (Updated for 1996)
Ken Eynon - 14
John Casey, Bernie Millett 13
Derek Quinto, Stuart J Reid, Peter Freeman, Bronwyn Gardner - 12
Alan Williams, Peter Kallio, John Suiter - 11
Sue Counsel, Wendy Davidson, Keith Johnson, Peter Tesseyman, Anne Young - 10
Duane Lowry, Joe Mayer, Gwen Vines, John Wells, Roy Yeeles Max Carter, Garry
Hand, Geoff Moore, Peter Trotter - 9
Roger Abbott, John Lightfoot, Gary Moss, Terry Munro,
Greg O'Neill, Jim O'Shea, Brian Wenn, Alan Wilson - 8
Joe Mayer is the oldest male to have run when he was 77 in 1991, he ran 2:40:37.
Pat Mullins is the oldest female to have run, at 69 she took 2:48:13 in 1995.
The first Vets Half attracted a field of 120 runners, and was a bitterly cold June morning, M35 John Bell, had a close tussle with M40 Alan Wilson throughout with John recording 71:17 to Alan's 71:27. The fastest woman was Linda Lenton in 86:53. The biggest cheer went to the oldest runner M65 Joe Mayer when he crossed the line in 1:54:31.
Since then, the course has been changed due to the ever extending network of cycle paths in the mid 1980's and the crossing of Parkes way below Kings Ave Bridge was eliminated, the course now turns around near the Carillion and turns back over the Commonwealth Avenue bridge.
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