AUTRA News Report 11-08-2025

Elephant Trail Race, NSW

The Elephant Trail Race was held from 18-20 July 2025 at Cairncross State Forest in Pembroke, NSW and offered a variety of distances for runners of all abilities, including 217km (1 finisher), 160km (6 finishers), 100km (3 finishers), 50km (34 finishers), 25km (58 finishers), 13km (44 finishers), 5km (11 finishers) and 2.5km Kids.

There was one finisher in the 217km, and that was Grant Ward who completed the distance in 41:29:07.

In the Men’s 160km, top finishers were Kris McCullough (34:24:04), Samuel Polgar (36:01:19) and Jackson Munn (37:53:30).

In the Women’s 160km, there was one finisher – Eva Wilson with 40:11:22.

Congratulations to AUTRA’s very own Mario Buchs who got 4^th Male with a finish time of 37:57:39.

In the Men’s 100km, 1^st Male was awarded to AUTRA member Benn Coubrough who completed the race with a total time of 16:38:09. Second and 3^rd Male went to Thomas Godfrey (21:20:15) and Arana Taumata (23:48:01).

Onto the Men’s 50km, where the winners were named Matthew Gay (5:36:51), Ben Darcy (5:56:54) and Nicholas Goura (6:12:42).

In the Women’s 50km, they were Amelia Horne (6:31:00), Nikola Ducova (8:04:59) and Jessica Deboever (8:34:53).

Congratulations out to AUTRA’s Joe Hujs who ran in the 50km and finished with a great time of 9:45:37.

Winners in the Men’s 25km were Arthur Marshall (2:27:32), Blair McPherson (2:44:21) and Martin Ward (2:47:35), and winners in the Women’s 25km were named Nicole Wilding (2:54:06), Lauren Grinter (3:14:37) and Madi Roberts (3:22:37).

In the Men’s 13km, top spots went to Stefan Gouws (1:04:56), Felipe Blemith (1:15:19) and Daniel Murchison (1:17:15); winners for the Women’s 13km were Belinda James (1:15:51), Gaby Coleman (1:28:01) and Cassie Trotter (1:40:25).

For the Men’s 5km, winners were Brad Porter (30:44), Jonathan Logie (44:29) and Graeme Cunynghame (52:17), and for the Women’s 5km they were Christina Unger (48:37), Charmaine Daniel (48:43) and Heather Lanesbury (48:44).

There was also a 100km Stage Race with one competitor – Melissa Anderson taking the win with 18:51:36.

The 75km Stage Race had two competitors – Anthony Catterson took 1^st Male with 14:01:48 and Erin Hagen took 1^st Female with 14:14:22.

The full list of results can be found here.

Images: ETR/FACEBOOK

Rumble In The Jungle, NSW

Rumble In The Jungle was held on Sunday, 3 August 2025 in Ulong, NSW and offered distances of 50km (57 finishers), 30km (91 finishers), 21km (109 finishers) and 8km (48 finishers).

First Female in the Women’s 50km was won by AUTRA member Clare Palmer, who crossed the finish line in a brilliant time of 5:23:24. Second and 3^rd Female spots were awarded to Emma Packer (5:26:44) and Chiara Bortoli (5:43:22).

Top spots for the Men’s 50km went to Richard Mason (5:07:53), Eli Donoghue (5:52:45) and Isaac Fischer (5:52:45).

Congratulations to our members who ran in the 50km and completed the distance, including Annabelle Swainston (5:47:32/4^th Female), Melissa Robertson (6:05:24/5^th Female), Cheryl Kiernan (8:59:24) and Matt Newhouse (9:07:43).

Winners in the Women’s 30km were Nicole Ingram (2:38:22), Belinda James (2:47:57) and Isabel Clarke (2:52:25), whilst winners in the Men’s 30km were named Lachlan Webber (2:11:29), Dennis Van Mill (2:16:24) and Cameron Hinshaw (2:23:34).

In the Women’s 21km, top spots went to Leah Doman (2:02:35), Holly Pedersen (2:02:42) and Shannon Kinzett (2:12:20); winners in the Men’s 21km were Lewis Maciver (1:37:20), Wayyln Turner (1:45:41) and James Garrahy (1:49:42).

For the Women’s 8km, podium finishes went to Teisha Schirmer (41:39), Jess Stocker (41:48) and Hannah Wynne (43:15); in the Men’s 8km, spots went to Clark Webb (38:54), Bradley Clark (39:19) and Emmanuel Chandran (39:24).

The full list of results can be accessed here on the event’s MyRaceResult webpage.

Image: Elize Strydom/Facebook

Kunanyi Trail Series – Tolosa Half, Tas

The Kunanyi Trail Series – Tolosa Half was held at Melaleuca, Tolosa Park, Glenorchy in Tas on Sunday, 3 August 2025 with the offer of a 21km, 10km and 5km.

In the Women’s Half event, top spots went to Maggie Lennox (1:49:02), Gema Blackfield (1:55:59) and AUTRA’s Hannah McRae who took 3^rd Female with a finish time of 1:57:14.

For the Men’s Half, winners were Gerald MacPherson (1:35:24), Charles Gunn (1:38:12) and Alex Hunt (1:38:51).

In the Women’s 10km, the winners were Jodie De Hoog (58:38), Karen Hill (1:00:43) and Katie Rau (1:03:21); winners in the Men’s 10km were David Bailey (46:46), Michael Smith (50:12) and Nick Beeton (51:40).

Winners in the Women’s 5km were Sheila Doyle (27:37), Megan Baker (28:33) and Lucy Reid (31:01), and winners in the Men’s 5km were Floyd Howard (23:51), Daniel Stuhmcke (25:05) and David Green (26:12).

The full list of results can be located here on the event’s Webscorer page.

Image: Facebook.

Birdy’s Backyard Ultra, WA

Birdy’s Backyard Ultra was held from Friday, 8 August 2025 at Lake Towerrining, Moodiarrup in WA.

This year’s LOS is AUTRA’s Colin Moulden, who completed a total of 59 laps, with the Assist named as AUTRA member Simon Bennett. The previous Birdy’s course record of 54 laps was set by Phil Gore, so this year’s efforts by Colin are a new course record to beat!

We will have the full set of results of the event to report on all our members once they become available.

Berry Long Run, Vic

The Berry Long Run was held on Saturday, 9 August 2025 at Blackwood Mineral Springs in Vic, and offered a 70km and 40km.

In the Men’s 70km, top spots were awarded to Jack Neall (6:41:53), Peter Henry (6:52:54), Shunnai Zhao (7:04)16) and winners in the Women’s 70km were Kelly Conroy (7:49:53), Jinxia Cheng (8:12:41), and Tong Guan (8:50:22).

Winners in the Men’s 40km were Morgan Lane (4:37:50), Chris Hall 3:51:18) and Yuanchao Cheng (3:57:02); winners in the Women’s 40km were Lauren Frisken (4:21:03), Erin Williams (4:38:31) and Jiong Kang (4:50:42).

All results are located on the event’s Facebook page.