Weekly News - 16/10/17

Kate Dzienis • October 16, 2017

Great Ocean Walk 100kms Trail Ultra, Vic
Hume & Hovell Ultra, NSW
Washpool World Heritage Trails, NSW

The Great Ocean Walk 100kms Trail Run kicked off Saturday morning (October 14) in Apollo Bay, Vic and AURA had 21 members registered to run the event, including 2016 winner Damian Smith. This year the top podium finish went to AURA’s very own Andy Turner in 10:39:37, and while second place was taken out by Campbell Craig (10:45:31), it was another AURA member who finished off the placings – Joel Claxton taking third with a time of 10:56:54.

For the women, big congrats goes out to Nicole Paton, also an AURA member, who took first female in 11:44:48. It was a massive field this year, and we congratulate all those affiliated with AURA who ran in the GOW100s (Dani Andres, Bill Bardsley, Dan Beard, Gayle Cowling, Mark Falls, Ewen Fletcher, Christopher Gippel, Ben Hirst, Gabor Jakus, Oliver Mestdagh, Peter Munns, John Nicola, Nicole Paton, Luke Perraton, Meredith Quinlan, Chris Roberts, Simon Roberts, Damian Smith and Rob Sutton).

The weekend also saw the Hume & Hovell Ultra just south of Tumbarumba, NSW and the Washpool World Heritage Trails in northern NSW.

In a field of 12 in the Hume & Hovell 100-miler, two AURA members came out on top. Stephen Redfern took first place in the men’s and overall in under 20 hours, with a finishing time of 18:42:07 while first female and fifth overall went to Melissa Robertson in 26:06:22. Congratulations to our other competitors, including David Campbell who placed ninth in the 100kms (14:40:34), first place podium finisher Rob Mason in the 50kms event with 5:22:41, and participants Samantha Post, Ness Hartge, Tania Cahill, Maree Doyle, and Stephen Kiley.

Winners in the Washpool World Heritage Trails in the 50kms event were: First place for the men was Blake Turner with a new course record of 3:58:11, second went to Mike Carroll (4:19:47), and Oskar Booth took third (4:20:38). For the women it was Hannah McRae (4:40:18) in first place, Deb Nichol took second in 5:03:04, and third was claimed by Clare Palmer (5:03:10).

It was another action packed weekend of ultra running; well done to all our AURA members who ran and did their best.

Pictured: Podium finishers of the Great Ocean Walk 100s on Saturday including Andy Turner, Campbell Craig, Joel Claxton, Nicole Paton, Madeleine Oldfield and Bec Howe. Image - Facebook.

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AUTRA Race Report 30-3-2026

By Kate Dzienis • March 30, 2026

Kunanyi Mountain Run, Tas Buffalo Stampede Festival (Australian Long Trail Championships), Vic Cairns 50, Qld Lithgow Ridgy-Didge Trail Run Festival, NSW Southern Cross 24 Hour, SA Upcoming Events WEEKLY RACE RECAP FOR 30-3-2026 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) Please attach photographs to the email – do not put images in the body of your Word doc. You’ll just get me emailing you back asking for the photos sent in the correct way! As many photos as possible. With our new website, it’s now easier than ever to include a nice gallery in each race report No PDFs please 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.