Weekly News Report 10-08-2024
- Birdy's Backyard Ultra, WA
- Red's Backyard Ultra, NSW
- Tolosa Half-Tolosa Quarter-Tolosa Mini, Tas
- Rumble in the Jungle, NSW
- Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail 100, ACT
- Upcoming Events
WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 10-08-2024
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
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- No PDFs please
And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AURA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AURA member for the 2024 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AURA 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)
The 6th annual Birdy’s Backyard was held last weekend from Friday, 2 August through to Sunday, 4 August in Lake Towerinning, WA and saw a total of 127 participants (93 M, 34 F).
Chris Martin took out the title of LOS after finishing a total of 37 laps (248.122km) whilst Charles Bosveld took out the Assist.
Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who ran in Birdy’s including
Margie Hadley (30 laps),
Kevin Matthews (22 laps),
Brad Halls (18 laps),
Phoebe Hurliman (16 laps),
Mark Lawrence (16 laps),
Gabe Alves (16 laps),
Dave Romanin (15 laps),
Bianca Harding (12 laps),
Fay Wells (10 laps),
Heath Watkins (10 laps),
Jason Simpson (9 laps),
Glen Smetherham (8 laps) and
Alexis Oosterhoff (7 laps).
above Images: Astrid Volzke.
End event! Image: supplied/facebook.
red's backyard ultra (nsw)
Red’s Backyard Ultra kicked off on Saturday, 3 August in Kembla Grange, south of Sydney.
We are still awaiting the full list of results, but will bring that to our members as soon as it’s available for the next weekly news report.
Image: Supplied/Facebook.
Tolosa Half-Tolosa Quarter-Tolosa Mini, Tas
Hosted by kunanyi Trail Series, the Tolosa Half-Tolosa Quarter-Tolosa Mini was held on Sunday, 4 August in Glenorchy, Tas. On offer was a 21km, 10km and 5km.
In the Women’s 21km, the top spots were awarded to Jillian Lyall (1:58:14, Petra Melis-Walsh (2:04:15) and Amy Noakes (2:06:28).
In the Men’s 21km, 1st Male was won by Titch Hagger (1:35:14) whilst 2nd Male was awarded to AUTRA’s Charles Gunn from Tas who secured his second placing with a great time of 1:35:44. Third Male went to Marc Iseli (1:36:07).
In the Women’s 10km, winners were Anna Hughes (1:04:44), Anthea Messmer (1:04:49) and Jess McDonald (1:05:11); in the Men’s 10km, top spots went to Michael Smith (51:46), Calum Clarke (1:00:20) and Noah Bradley (1:00:55).
In the Women’s 5km, winning spots were awarded to Suzanne Sinquin Van Santen (27:24), Hannah Fielder (28:11) and Eadie Price (29:06); in the Men’s 5km, winners were Jean Sinquin Van Santen (26:54), Otis Fielder (27:39) and Ted Bartle (27:41).
Images: Supplied/Facebook.
Rumble In The Jungle, NSW
Rumble In The Jungle was held on Sunday, 4 August in the Bindarri National Park, Coffs Harbour and was hosted by Coffs Trail Runners and offered four official courses for every level of running – 50km, 30km, 21km and 8km. There was also a kids/family race on the day.
In the Women’s 50km, the top spots were awarded to Belinda James (5:27:26), Victoria Van De Stadt (5:45:13) and AUTRA’s very own Melissa Robertson from NSW who finished the race in a fantastic 5:55:02).
In the Men’s 50km, winners were named Trent Irwon (4:30:32), Chris Stephens (4:45:21) and Luke Nichols (4:53:30).
There were 48 finishers in total for the 50km. Well done to all our AUTRA members who raced, including James Dennett (6:27:51).
In the Women’s 30km, podium finishes went to Annabell Swainston (2:48:13), Leah Doman (2:58:35) and Matilda Murdoch (3:09:33) whilst in the Men’s 30km, spots were awarded to Chris Giffin (2:26:25), Paul Woodhouse (2:29:23) and Alex Gilbert (2:38:41).
In the Women’s 21km, the winners were Alexie Grice (1:59:58), Michelle Reardon (2:06:17) and Kate Bevitt (2:12:25), and in the Men’s 21km, spots went to Kayden Elliott (1:29:02), Scott Cawley (1:32:41) and Jonathan Murdock (1:36:22).
In the Women’s 8km, placings were awarded to Alexka Vanheekeren (34:06), Savannah Bartlett (38:33) and Alexandra Bruggisser (38:39), and in the Men’s 8km winners were Rory Husband (30:43), Sai Rorich (32:18) and Jed McIntosh (32:58).
For the full list of results, click
here.
Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail 100, ACT
The Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail 100 was held on Sunday, 4 August in the ACT and saw 99 finishers (82 Males, 17 Females).
In the Women’s 100km, 1st Female was won by AUTRA member Stephanie Auston from NSW who crossed the finish line in 9:47:11. She was closely followed by fellow AUTRA member Cassie Cohen from the ACT who finished her race in 11:20:59, and another AUTRA member for 3rd Female, Annie-Marie Cook, who completed the distance in 11:21:54.
A brilliant AUTRA podium finish at the Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail 100 for the women!
In the Men’s 100km, 1st Male was won by Reece McKenzie (9:25:38). Second and 3rd Place spots were taken by James Quaife (9:49:26) and Benjamin Butler (10:41:02).
Well done to all our members who ran in the event, including Thomas Allen (11:03:31), Elliot Cooper (11:23:46), Damian Smith (12:13:05), Brad Malone (13:28:49), Mark O’Grady (15:17:30), Sandeep Chandra (16:02:22), Michael Thompson (16:27:04), Robin Fieldhouse (16:27:14) and Craig Dawson (16:36:53).
You can access the full list of results here.
Images: Supplied/Sri Chinmoy Races Website.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 10 Aug: Berry Long Run (BLR70) Blackwood Mineral Springs, Vic
- 18 Aug: K2PD Kuranda, Qld
- 20 Aug: Unreasonable EAST 200 & 100 Miler Far North Queensland, Qld
- 25 Aug: GBomb Trail Run Bom Bom State Forest, NSW
- 31 Aug: Wild Earth Coastal High Trail Runs Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk, Qld
- 31 Aug: Southern Sydney 24 Hour Ultra Campbelltown Sports Centre, NSW
- 1 Sept: Barossa Run Lyndoch, SA
- 13 Sept: Pilliga Ultra Coonabarabran, NSW
- 14 Sept: Lap The Valley Boyne Valley, Qld
- 21 Sept: Surf Coast Century (2024 Australian Long Trail Championships) Anglesea, Vic
- 22 Sept: Great North Walk Trail Running Festival Central Coast, NSW
- 22 Sept: Duval Dam Buster Trail Run Armidale, NSW
- 29 Sept: Australian 6 Day Ultra Marathon Festival Paradise, SA
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