AUTRA Race Report 21-8-2026
- Birdy's Backyard, WA
- Federation Ultra Trail, SA
- The Barodorf, SA
- Upcoming Events
WEEKLY RACE RECAP FOR 21-8-2026
As always, we're continuously on the hunt for your stories and reports, so get those race reports and photographs in to ultramag@autra.asn.au with the following information:
- Word document, single spaced
- Include the name of the event, the date and the location anywhere in the report (just a bullet point at the top is great)
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And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AUTRA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AUTRA member for the 2026 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AUTRA listed event anywhere on home soil or internationally, we’d love to include your race results and experience in our Member Updates, so please do reach out to us via email to kate.dzienis@autra.asn.au
If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.
Birdy’s Backyard Ultra, WA
Birdy’s Backyard Ultra was held from Friday, 7 August at Lake Towerrining in Moodiarrup, WA, and offered participants an LOS format in racing.
The 2026 winner of this year’s event was Edwyn Swain, who completed 42 yards (281.82km).
The Assist was awarded to AUTRA’s very own Shane Aris, who completed 41 yards, or a total of 275.11km.
Congratulations to all our members who ran and DNF’d at Birdy’s Backyard, including Dionette Sakova (3rd LOS with 38 yards, or 254.98km), Brad Halls (30 yards/201.30km), Bianca Harding (25 yards/167.75km), David Harwood (18 yards/120.78km), David Jones (13 yards/87.23km), Gabe Alves (13 yards/87.23km), Nick Cobley (11 yards/73.81km), Andy Thompson (10 yards/67.10km) and Frank Chauveau (8 yards/53.68km).
The full list of results can be found
here.
Images: Astrid Volzke.
Federation Ultra Trail, SA
New to the AUTRA calendar was Federation Ultra Trail, held from Saturday, 8 August at Monarto Safari Park in SA, offering distances of 56km (62 finishers), 35km (37 finishers), 26km (78 finishers) and 10km (29 finishers).
In the Women’s 56km, top spots went to Sonja Jansen (5:23:33), Alecia Holt (5:41:23) and Grace Ferencz (5:47:16).
Winners in the Men’s 56km were Andrew Heitmann (4:32:24), Steve Doorne (4:58:55) and Aaron Marshall (5:07:00).
In the Women’s 35km, winners were named Anna Pearce (3:21:54), Emily Brownwood (3:33:43) and Lucy Clutterbuck (3:37:17).
In the Men’s 35km, top spots went to Mark Bloomfield (2:52:51), Ian Fehler (2:59:03) and Jamie Littler (3:20:20).
Winners in the Women’s 26km were Margo Mackintosh (1:55:20), Matilda Duncan (2:11:03) and Skye Whitcher (2:29:15).
Winners in the Men’s 26km were named Robert Crowther (2:11:08), Damien Fidge (2:14:25) and Leon Johnston (2:14:39).
In the Women’s 10km, the top spots went to Jacqui Naspinski (56:19), Ashlee Wray (56:45) and Kali Furniss (56:52).
In the Men’s 10km, podium finishes were won by Steve Burdett (43:05), Rhys Hinds (43:20) and Simon Buzacott (46:56).
The full list of results can be located here.
Images: Sebastian Silva Lopez.
The Barodorf, SA
The inaugural Barodorf was held on Saturday, 15 August near Bethany Reserve in SA and offered 120km (36 finishers), 50mi (12 finishers), 55km (51 finishers), 37km (28 finishers), and 16km distances.
In the Women’s 120km, top spot went to Holly Ranson (12:36:05) whilst AUTRA’s Camille Nicholls claimed 2nd Female with a fantastic time of 17:54:23. Jaymee-Lee Quarmby finished 3rd Female with 18:55:48.
In the Men’s 120km, top spots went to Jarrad Allen (13:08:15), Patrick Hyland (14:16:30) and Bradley Joseph (14:52:48).
Congratulations to all our members who ran in the 120km, including Kerryn McTaggart (23:48:39), Karen Mickle (23:48:48), Adam Darin (24:42:44), Akira Suzuki (24:47:31) and Julie Steele (25:49:11).
In the Women’s 50mi, Sonja Jansen won top spot (11:09:37) and AUTRA member Julie Azzopardi claimed 2nd Female having crossed the finish line in 17:17:46. Yumi Suzuki got 3rd (20:47:31).
Winners in the Men’s 50mi were Luke Butler (10:52:28), Shaun Bennett (12:24:23) and Adam French (13:41:54).
Top spots in the Women’s 55km were Sheena Appleyard (7:05:08), Leanne Cornell-March (7:14:48) and Amanda Jusaitis (7:18:32).
The winner of the Men’s 55km was AUTRA’s very own Nick Muxlow who finished the distance in 4:54:03. Second Male went to Mark Long (5:03:16) whilst 3rd was won by AUTRA member Clay Smith who crossed the finish line in 5:52:28.
Congratulations to our member Katherine Sinclair who completed the 55km distance in a time of 9:13:57.
Onto the Women’s 37km, where the winners were Naomi Galbraith (3:47:49), Frances Corrigan (4:22:04) and Shannon Skekh (4:28:38), while in the Men’s 37km, top spots went to Xane Gerstlauer (2:48:43), Kris Gladigau (3:28:49) and Alexios Vlamis (4:09:20).
Winners in the Women’s 16km were Anna Pearce (1:31:00), Abigail Williams (1:37:23) and Alison Wood (1:49:55).
Winners in the Men’s 16km were Rurik Symon (1:14:29), Sam Young (1:20:05) and Andrew Edwards (1:20:12).
The full list of results can be located here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 15 Aug: The Barodorf Bethany Reserve, SA
- 21 Aug: Run Your Outback Trail Festival Outback, NT
- 22 Aug: Transcend Morangup, WA
- 22 Aug: Granite Grit Trail Challenge Qld
- 23 Aug: K2PD Trail Race Kuranda to Port Douglas, Qld
- 29 Aug: Trail Blaze Wungong Regional Park, WA
- 5 Sep: Lighthorse Ultra Perry's Paddock, WA
- 11 Sep: Hounslow Classic Allview Escape, NSW
- 12 Sep: Surf Coast Century Anglesea Green, Vic
- 12 Sep: Backyard Everest Black Hill Conservation Park, SA
- 12 Sep: Lap The Valley Backyard Boyne Valley Community Discovery Centre, Qld
- 18 Sep: Pilliga Ultra Pilliga Pottery, NSW
- 19 Sep: Trail Run Australia Port Stephens Stage Race Fingal Bay, NSW
- 20 Sep: Great North Walk Trail Running Festival Central Coast, NSW
- 20 Sep: Griffith Sport Toohey Trail Run Toohey Forest, Qld
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