Weston Creek Athletics Club

4 May 2012 Life Members' Dinner

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:20:00 +2000

Date: Friday 4 May 2012 - commencing at 7pm

Venue: La Rustica Restaurant; 35 Kennedy Street, Kingston

Cost: Life Members - $0; Club Members - $20.00; Non Club Members - $30.00

RSVP: christine.pauling@kbr.com by Wednesday 2 May

Come along and share great food, wine and good company.

4 May 2012 Life Members' Dinner

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:12:56 +2000

WESTON CREEK ATHLETICS CLUB - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:11:35 +2000

WEDNESDAY 16 MAY 2012 7:30PM AT CANBERRA IRISH CLUB, WESTON.

Flyer’s Midnight Madness Marathon and Relay

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:20:00 +2000

This is a fundraiser to assist club member Martin Fryer to race in the Unix 6 day race in Hungary from May 9th-May 15th where he will be attempting to top the world rankings for the event.

Why?

To raise funds to assist Martin Fryer to compete in the Unix 6 day race. All the profit from the event will assist Martin with competition costs. If you can’t compete you can make a donation online and go into the guessing competition to estimate the distance Martin will cover in 6 days. All competitors are also entitled to enter the guessing competition. The prize is a trophy constructed from gear that Martin uses in the race.

What?

An off-road, night time, trail marathon consisting of fire trails and single track at the iconic Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra on a lapped course and A relay race for teams of 2 to 7 people on the above course. A unique experience!

When?

Saturday the 28th of April 2012

Start 7:00pm

Cut off time: Midnight (strictly enforced)

Where?

Stromlo Forest Park Canberra

Who?

The event is being hosted by Weston Creek Athletics club – the same crew that run the Weston Creek Half Marathon.

Entries

Online entries have opened.

Enter here

Full Marathon $35, Relay Teams of 2 to 7 runners $49

Donations

Donate here

Further information

The marathon event is only suitable for experienced runners who have appropriate experience and training to complete the distance (42.2km) on a challenging course at night with minimal support. If you are unsure whether you are suitably fit to attempt the marathon we encourage you to enter as part of a relay team, alternatively you could contact Vince Craig on 0432 832 431 or vince.craig@anu.edu.au to discuss your preparedness for the event.

The course is entirely contained within Stromlo Forest Park Canberra and is off road in that the majority of the course is on fire trails and a significant section of the course is on mountain bike single track trails (not steep). We think this is a great and enjoyable course. The course consists of a loop of ~6km. Relay runners must complete a full lap and can then change over. For example a relay team of two could change over at the end of every 6km lap. A map of the course will be posted a few days before the event.

We will be enforcing a strict cut off time. You MUST finish by midnight. We will be stopping runners heading out on another lap well before midnight if we believe you will not be able to finish before midnight. Please understand that this is necessary for the organisation of the event.

The event will only provide minimum support (think fata$s style + a bit more help). We think this is part of the attraction of the event.

To spell it out:

There may not be any marshals out on the course

The course will be well marked, but you need to be confident in your ability to follow the course markings at night.

You should make sure you have appropriate clothing considering that it could be very cold and may be wet.

You need to be confident in running over trails at night.

Refreshments will be provided at the start/finish area – every 6km.

You MUST carry a torch or a headtorch and we advise that you carry spare batteries. No torch, no start!

Prior to the race all entrants will be notified of arrangements to follow should you become ill or injured out on the course.

Please send this email on to all your running friends!

Contact

Vince Craig
Vince.Craig@anu.edu.au
0432 832 431

Fryer's Midnight Madness Marathon

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:17:46 +2000

This is a fundraiser to assist club member Martin Fryer to race in

the Unix 6 day race in Hungary from May 9th-May 15th where he will

be attempting to top the world rankings for the event.

Why?

To raise funds to assist Martin Fryer to compete in the
href="http://www.unixsport.hu/48h6dayrace/therace">Unix 6 day

race. All the profit from the event will assist Martin with

competition costs. If you can’t compete you can make a donation

online and go into the guessing competition to estimate the distance

Martin will cover in 6 days. All competitors are also entitled to

enter the guessing competition. The prize is a trophy constructed

from gear that Martin uses in the race.

What?

An off-road, night time, trail marathon consisting of fire trails

and single track at the iconic Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra on a

lapped course and A relay race for teams of 2 to 7 people on the

above course. A unique experience!

When?

Saturday the 28th of April 2012

Start 7:00pm

Cut off time: Midnight (strictly enforced)

Where?

Stromlo Forest Park

Canberra

Who?

The event is being hosted by Weston Creek Athletics club – the same

crew that run the Weston Creek Half Marathon.

Entries

Online entries have opened.

href="https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=6111">E

nter here

Full Marathon $35, Relay Teams of 2 to 7 runners $49

Donations

href="https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?ID=6111">D

onated here

Further information

The marathon event is only suitable for experienced runners who have

appropriate experience and training to complete the distance

(42.2km) on a challenging course at night with minimal support. If

you are unsure whether you are suitably fit to attempt the marathon

we encourage you to enter as part of a relay team, alternatively you

could contact Vince Craig on 0432 832 431 or vince.craig@anu.edu.au

to discuss your preparedness for the event.

The course is entirely contained within
href="http://stromloforestpark.com.au">Stromlo Forest Park

Canberra and is off road in that the majority of the course is

on fire trails and a significant section of the course is on

mountain bike single track trails (not steep). We think this is a

great and enjoyable course. The course consists of a loop of ~6km.

Relay runners must complete a full lap and can then change over. For

example a relay team of two could change over at the end of every

6km lap. A map of the course will be posted a few days before the

event.

We will be enforcing a strict cut off time. You MUST finish by

midnight. We will be stopping runners heading out on another lap

well before midnight if we believe you will not be able to finish

before midnight. Please understand that this is necessary for the

organisation of the event.

The event will only provide minimum support (think fata$s style + a

bit more help). We think this is part of the attraction of the

event.

To spell it out:

There may not be any marshals out on the course

The course will be well marked, but you need to be confident in your

ability to follow the course markings at night.

You should make sure you have appropriate clothing considering that

it could be very cold and may be wet.

You need to be confident in running over trails at night.

Refreshments will be provided at the start/finish area – every 6km.

You MUST carry a torch or a headtorch and we advise that you carry

spare batteries. No torch, no start!

Prior to the race all entrants will be notified of arrangements to

follow should you become ill or injured out on the course.

Please send this email on to all your running friends!

Contact

Vince Craig
Vince.Craig@anu.edu.au
0432 832 431

Weston Creek Half Marathon Corrected Results

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:30:00 +2000

We hope a good day was had by all. Click here for the 2012 Weston Creek Half Marathon results

The results have been corrected for the early starters.

Stromlo Running Festival - Age Sex Handicap

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:34:42 +2000

It was a successful morning for WCAC. We finished second behind a strong SWEAT team from Sydney. Thank you every one that ran and also those that supported us.

Martin Dent lead the way with a 4th place finish behind M55 WR holder Keith Bateman, Steve Moneghetti and Harry Summers. About 18 Weston Creekers took part.

You can find some great photos at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/Cooch.Cal ... uthuser=0&feat=directlink

Entries have opened for the 2012 Weston Creek Half Marathon

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:30:00 +2000

The Weston Creek Half Marathon will be held on Sunday 18 March 2012. Enter online.

Visit the Half Marathon information page for more details or to download an entry form.

Weston Creek Fun Run Results

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:00:00 +2000

The results are available at:

http://westoncreekathletics.org.au/mo ... /doku.php?id=fun_run:2011

There are some photos available at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/Cooch.Cal ... uthuser=0&feat=directlink

2011 Annual General Meeting

Tue, 10 May 2011 10:30:00 +2000

The Weston Creek Athletics Club Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled. It will be held at the Canberra Irish Club, Weston Creek at 7:30pm 15 June 2011.

The AGM is the most important non-athletic event on the Club's calender and we encourage all Club members to attend.