Weekly News Report 19-05-2024
- Dead Cow Gully, Qld
- Organ Pipes Classic, Tas
- Irrational SOUTH, SA
- Run narawntapu, Tas
- Upcoming Events
WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 19-05-2024
As always, we're continuously on the hunt for your stories and reports, so get those race reports and photographs in to ultramag@aura.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 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@aura.asn.au
If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.
Dead cow gully (qld)
Last one standing event Dead Cow Gully was held weekend of 4 May 2024 in Dead Cow Gully, rural Qld and saw the winner named as New Zealander Sam Harvey, who completed 69 loops of the course. Ryan Crawford was named the Assist; Jane McAlpine broke the female course record with 36 loops.
Congratulations to all AURA members who raced at Dead Cow Gully including
Rowan Cassidy (37 loops),
Anya Harverson (18 loops),
Mel Stewart (10 loops) and
Kyle Adams (8 loops).
above Images by Ryoma yamawaki
Organ Pipes Classic (tas)
The Organ Pipes Classic, as part of the kunanyi Trail Series, was held on 5 May 2024 in The Springs, kunanyi, Tasmania and offered an Enduro 13km (680m) and Sport 5km (270m).
In the Women’s Enduro 13km, top spots were awarded to Maggie Lennox (1:15:52), Kalina Bennett (1:22:39) and Mikayla Ireland (1:25:15), whilst in the Men’s Enduro 13km, podium finishes were awarded to David Bailey (1:04:29), Joseph Nunn (1:06:51) and Hamish Lockett (1:08:31).
There were 124 finishers in the Enduro 13km, and congratulations to AURA member Marcus Cugino from Chigwell, Tas who completed the race in a fantastic time of 1:21:56.
In the Women’s Sport 5km the winners were named Jess McDonald (35:12), Marilyn Owen (37:10) and Leyla Iten (37:51); in the Men’s Sport 5km, top spots went to Michael Smith (26:19), Niko Strutton (28:44) and Oliver McAdie (28:54).
For the full list of results, click here.
Images Supplied
Irrational South 200 & 100 miler (SA)
The Irrational SOUTH 200 & 100 Miler in SA event kicked off on Wednesday, 8 May 2024 with the aim to have all participants finished and over the finish line by Sunday, 12 May. Entrants got an opportunity to experience firsthand the Flinders Ranges, a place that’s taken shape over millions of years with so much to see and explore.
Congratulations to AURA’s Melissa Robertson from Long Jetty, NSW who secured 1st Female in the 200 Miler in 69:47:35, and to AURA member Aaron Young from Oakford, WA who took 1st Male in the 200 Miler in 57:54:00.
Congratulations also to AURA member Jen Millum from Mt Richon, WA who took 1st Female in the 100 Miler.
We will have the official results published as soon as possible – for now, congratulations to the AURA members who participated in the 200 Miler (in no particular order) Lucy Butler, Phillip Fowler, Matthew Salinovich, Oliver Maass, Doug Bartlett and Tristan Cameron, and to those who ran in the 100 Miler including (in no particular order) Bianca Harding, Nancy Williams, Peter Goss, Sue Robertson and Geoffrey Barnes.
We will have more photos in the next report of Irrational SOUTH!
Images by James Raison
Run Narawntapu (Tas)
Run narawntapu was held on Sunday, 12 May 2024 from Greens Beach to narawntapu National Park in Tasmania, and offered 52km, 26km and 12km events.
In the Women’s 12km, AURA’s Amy Lamprecht from Launceston, Tas took 1st Female with a time of 1:04:05. Second and 3rd Female were won by Kate McIntyre (1:07:35) and Ellie Beeston (1:12:02) respectively.
In the Men’s 12km, top spots were secured by Tom Marr (48:52), David Bailey (50:19) and Sam Ashlin (57:14).
Moving onto the Women’s 25km, podium finishes went to Kate Pedley (1:58:09, new course record), Rhian Miles (2:01:31) and Kate Iles (2:07:58), whilst in the Men’s 25km, winners were named Ryan Powell (1:38:09, new course record), Marc Iseli (1:40:56) and Will Clarke (1:43:30).
In the ultra distance, the winners for the Women’s 50km were Amity Williams (5:31:59), Zanna Jodlowksksa (5:37:03) and Sorcha Flett (5:47:08) whilst in the Men’s 50km top spots went to Luke Budd (3:48:58), Angus Tolson (4:04:07) and Grant Houniet (4:15:47).
Congratulations to our AURA members David Campbell (5:22:54), Steve Appleby (6:59:51) and Theresa Harrex (8:36:15) who all completed the 50km.
For the full list of results, click here.
Images supplied
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 1 Jun: Coffs Backyard Ultra LOS Coffs Harbour Showground, NSW
- 7 Jun: Southern Sydney 24/48 Ultra / Australian 48H Australian Championships NSW
- 8 Jun: Adelaide 24 Hour Festival Memorial Drive, SA
- 8 Jun: Ultra Perth Sir James Mitchell Park, WA
- 15 Jun: Red Dirt Backyard Ultra Balmoral Rd Caravan Park, WA
- 21 Jun: Wild Dog Backyard Ultra Lardner Park, Vic
- 22 Jun: Transcend Walyunga National Park, WA
- 28 Jun: Brisbane Ultra Trail Brisbane, Qld
- 28 Jun: 3M3D Kuranda, Qld
- 6 Jul: Lakes Trail Festival Hawks Nest, NSW
- 6 Jul: Ultra Adelaide Elder Park, SA
- 20 Jul: Yaberoo Trail Ultra Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail, WA
- 20 Jul: Boyne Valley 50 Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail, Qld
- 21 Jul: Antsy for Anstey Anstey Recreational Park, SA
- 21 Jul: Karratha Trail Adventures Karratha BMX Track, WA
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