Athletics ACT are holding training sessions at the AIS track for current AACT Members without a personal coach and athletes looking to join AACT.

o Wednesday 22 Oct 5:30pm Sprints, Middle Distance
o Thursday 23 Oct 4:30pm Long/Triple Jump 6:00pm Throws
o Sunday 26 Oct 11:00am High Jump

* Athletes attending the session will need to have their name added to the list of participants and pay $10.00 for that day.
* You will need to bring your own drink bottle, towel and layer your clothing so you are prepared for all kinds of weather.
* The session will include a warm-up and cool down.
* In the event of wet weather, the session may cancelled.

Race Report

Full results are available online.

The annual 6km Weston Creek Family Fun Run and Walk was held this morning. The warm spring morning enticed many to the event.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped make the event a great success. We would also like to thank the major supporters that make our event possible, including the Canberra Irish Club, ACTCCC, The Burning Log Superstore, The Runners Shop, New Balance, Trophylink, R4YL and local Weston Creek businesses.

Category Results:

Kale Symons was the outright male winner in 19.31, with Bruce Graham in second place (20.19) and Hugh Lennon in third place (20.57).

In the open women’s category Andrea Ilakovac was first across the line in 22.20, followed by Hanna Flannery in second (22.51) and Nicola Torley in third (23.33).

The winners of the junior categories were:

· Junior Male (Under 12): Joshua Torley

· Junior Male ((12-14): Reuben Caley

· Junior Female (Under 12): Rebekah Sawkins

· Junior Female (12-14): Natalie Archer


The winners of the veteran categories were:

· Veteran Male (40-49): Michael Martin

· Veteran Male (50+): Michael Leahey

· Veteran Female (40-49): Debbie Cowell

· Veteran Female (50+): Lynne McDonald

Libby Martin was the winner of the “Oldest to Finish” category.


The winning teams were:

· The first male and female Canberra Irish Club members were Greg Register and Michelle Morgan.

· The first male and female Weston Creek Residents were Greg Register and Debbie Cowell.

· The winners of the “Family of Three” category were the Torleys.

· The first father and child team across the line was Paul and Natalie Archer

· The first mother and child team across the line was Annalise and Kellie Hedditch

· The first team of four were the McCluskys (Hannah, Callum, Ellie and Melissa)

Congratulations to all the category winners and well done to all participants out there today.

The 31st Annual Weston Creek 6km Family Fun Run and Walk will be held at 10am, Sunday 12 October starting and finishing at the Canberra Irish Club, Weston.

The event will be supported by sponsors including: the Canberra Irish Club (Weston), Burning Log Megastore (Fyshwick), The Runners Shop (Phillip), Run for Your Life Magazine, New Balance, Trophylink and other Weston Creek local businesses.

An array of prize categories are offered, including: outright first, second and third male and female; Weston Creek resident male and female; veteran male and female; family teams; school team; and the Guinness Cup (first three male/female members of the Canberra Irish Club).
There is also an impressive number of barrel draw prizes (winner must be present at the time of the draw).

Postal entries close Monday 6 October, online entries close Thursday 9 October (entries will be accepted on the day).

• Adult $15 ($20)
• Child $5 ($5)
• Family $30 ($40)

Proceeds will be used to foster athletics in the Weston Creek area.

Download an entry form or enter online now.

Registration will be from 8:30am to 9:30am, race start at 10am and the presentation and barrel draws will be held at the Canberra Irish Club at 11:15am.

Visit the Fun Run page for more information.

Two of Weston Creek Athletic Club ultra distance athletes have been selected to represent Australia at two upcoming World Ultra Distance Championships.

The Weston Creek Athletics Club Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday night (21 May) at the Canberra Irish Club. From the AGM the 2008-09 Executive, Committee and Officers of the Club were announced. Thank you for those who turned up to the AGM and who volunteered for positions.

Read more for details of the new Executive, Committee, and Officers of the Club.

The 2008 AACT and ACTMA Cross Country Championships are to be held on Saturday June 21 at Stromlo Forest Park. Please mark this in your diary.

The attached flyer contains further information about the Championships. The Championships are open to anyone who wants to have a run.

Event Schedule:
11:05am Under 12 Girls/Boys 2km
11:15am Under 14 Girls/Boys 3km
11:30am Under 16 Girls/Boys and Under 18 women 4km
11:50am Under 18 Men and Under 20 Women 6km
12:20pm Under 20 men, Open Women, Veteran Women, Veteran Men (60+)
1:00pm Open Men, Veteran Men (30-59)

Entry Fees:
Enter on the day, 60 minutes before the start of your event.
All Under 12 Athletes $2.00
All AACT Registered Athletes $5.00
All ACTVAC Registered Athletes $5.00

Unregistered Athletes $10.00

There are a number of Weston Creek athletes that will be heading overseas shortly to contest some international events, so I thought I would take this opportunity to wish them all the best.

Weston Creek athlete and 2008 Weston Creek Half Marathon champion, Brett Cartwright, will be heading to Japan to contest the Nagano Marathon to be held this Sunday (20 April 2008). This will be Cartwright’s final chance to try and run an Australian Olympic A qualifier for the marathon (sub 2:12:00). Only Lee Troop has run the A qualifier with Andrew Letherby and Scott Westcott running Australian B qualifiers (sub 2:14:50). The Australian Olympic Marathon team will be announced in early May. The Nagano Marathon website is: http://www.naganomarathon.gr.jp/contents/english/index.html

Weston Creek athletes Trevor Jacobs, Angela Bateup, and Fleur Flanery, will be heading to England to contest the 5th World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge. The Mountain Running Challenge is to be held in conjunction with the 54th Three Peaks Race in Yorkshire. They will be covering 37.4km with a total ascent/descent of 1,608 metres (so it won’t be too easy for them). Not only will these athletes be representing Weston Creek and ACT, but also Australia. The Official race website is at: http://www.threepeaksrace.org.uk/index.html

Good luck Redbacks. We hope you achieve your goals.

The Weston Creek Athletics Club Annual General Meeting will be held at the Canberra Irish Club, Weston Creek at 7:30pm 21 May 2008.

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

A reminder will be sent to all Club members closer to the day.

ACT and Weston Creek athletes Martin Dent (also part of the ACT Academy of Sport – ACTAS) and Emily Brichacek have been selected to represent Australia at the 36th World Cross Country Championships to be held in Edinburgh Scotland on 30 March 2008. Phone calls from Athletics Australia were made this afternoon to the Australian Team that has been selected.

The 23rd running of the Annual Weston Creek Half Marathon got underway from Black Mountain Peninsula in near perfect conditions yesterday morning. Approximately 300 runners threaded their way out to Woden and back on the network of shared pathways. First to return was local Weston Creek athlete Brett Cartwright who was using the race as a lead-up to a marathon attempt in Japan in four weeks time, where he hopes to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. Cartwright was followed in by three time Canberra Marathon Champion Gemechu Woyecha and another local Weston Creek Athlete, Irishman Michael Herlihy.

A talented field of female athletes were led home by Australian Cross Country representative Anna Thompson. Western Australian Lauren Shelley backed up from the World Cross Country Trial held Saturday evening at Stromlo Forest Park to take second from Yass Athlete Angela Bateup who held off Marathoner Karen Natoli. Thompson, Shelley and Natoli are in preparation for the Rotterdam Marathon where Thompson and Shelley hope to record Olympic A-qualifiers which should see them Beijing bound. Bateup is in heavy training as part of her preparation to represent Australia at the World Long Distance Mountain Running Championships in the UK.

First 5 Males
1. Brett Cartwright, 1:06:11
2. Gemechu Woyecha, 1:06:59
3. Michael Herlihy, 1:09:15
4. Chris Truscott, 1:11:17
5. David Byrne, 1:14:00

First 5 Females
1. Anna Thompson, 1:15:54
2. Lauren Shelley, 1:19:32
3. Angela Bateup, 1:20:18
4. Karen Natoli, 1:20:31
5. Fleur Flannery, 1:24:43

All results available.