South Canberra Tuggeranong Athletics Club

SCT News — 18 May, 2017

The most recent SCT News is available on our Facebook Page!
If you're looking for the most recent SCT News, or wish to contact the committee, then go to SCT's Facebook Page. This 'Home Page' of the SCT website will only be updated with the following items:

1. Major news about Fadden Pines
2. Requested news items from the President of SCT
3. News about and results from our Annual Turkey Fun Run

The only other pages of the SCT website which will be regularly updated are the Female and Male club records, the Club Information page, and the Fadden Pines page (including the linked yearly results pages).
RunACT Junior Series at Fadden Pines on Sunday:
Hi everyone,

This Sunday 21 May we are hosting a special event at Fadden Pines - the RunACT Junior Series. It is the third out of a four event series with a Little Athletics club pointscore. Anyone who has registered with our Fadden Pines series this year can compete for free.

We will be changing the normal format for this event. There will only be two distances: a 1.25km at 3pm and a 3km race at about 3:20pm. Both races will be handicapped, so unfortunately the younger kids won't be able to run the 750m this week.

There will be prizes for the first boy and first girl across the line in both races and a range of barrel draw prizes.
We are expecting at least double our normal numbers of runners, so please turn up about 20 mins before your race.
I hope you can all make it this weekend, it should be a great day.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Ryan
Fadden Pines Cross Country for 2017
The Fadden Pines XC season will commence on Sunday 30 April. Tell your friends! See you there!
2016 Annual Turkey Fun Run Results!
SCT's annual Xmas Turkey Run was held on Sunday, 11 December, at Fadden Pines. The event was a great success with all participants (and helpers) enjoying a lovely sunny morning. The winner of 'the bird' (a frozen turkey from Erindale Meats) was Suzanne Counsel, selected by finishing closest to 3 minutes from her estimated time.

The course distance was 4.456 kilometres (2 laps), with some people completing 1 lap (marked ** in the results) and having their time doubled for the calculations. The 3 major Runners Shop gift vouchers were presented by Nick Walshe: Sarah Kirk ($150), Aidan Pitt ($100) and Maia Pitt ($50). Thanks all for participating and we hope to see you (and your friends) around the same time next year.

RESULTS:

Place	Name	Actual Time	Difference
1	Ewen Thompson	28:17.85	00:03.85
2	Sarah Kirk	22:56.71	00:14.29
3	Aidan Pitt	17:21.51	00:16.49
4	Maia Pitt	23:03.33	00:17.67
5	Sienna Pitt	23:03.69	00:18.31
6	Peter Hosking	17:09.27	00:21.27
7	Claudia Kerbs	35:11.32	00:21.32
8	Michelle Hillard	37:06.42	00:21.58
9	Amanda Rombarts	29:52.91	00:22.91
10	Dave Matthews	19:38.60	00:25.60
11	Steven Sibraa	17:35.41	00:29.59
12	John Young**	16:53.55	00:37.45
13	Sebastian Young**	16:50.38	00:39.62
14	Gwyllym Young	18:33.07	00:51.07
15	Elizabeth Considine**	23:32.04	00:52.04
16	Nigel England	18:56.38	00:56.38
17	Sebastian C Young	22:56.94	01:10.94
18	Andrew Considine**	22:29.86	01:15.14
19	Jim White	24:35.06	01:19.94
20	Paul Considine**	22:48.48	01:21.52
21	Lila Pitt**	15:22.36	01:24.36
22	Maria White	37:08.02	01:29.98
23	Lachlan Lewis	41:34.26	01:34.26
24	Peter Daly	25:30.41	01:34.59
25	Lucy Considine**	23:32.23	01:42.23
26	Aiden Sibraa**	11:22.57	01:42.43
27	Anne Young	37:59.70	02:23.30
28	David Pitt	30:34.42	02:33.42
29	Lorna England	44:04.70	02:41.30
30	Suzanne Counsel	35:12.98	03:17.02
31	Gwen Gleeson	42:33.04	03:33.04
32	Jacky Young	44:04.48	04:25.52
33	Heidi Young**	19:48.76	07:03.76

Helping the McKenzie Family:
The family of one of SCT's athletes is having a particularly rough time at the moment with the father (James) battling a rare form of cancer. The link below details the long journey the family has been on to finally get a specific diagnosis and treatment option. As explained by Louise (James' wife) at that link the cost of treatment is enormous and will require the support and assistance of family, friends and the broader community if it is to proceed.

Full details of the situation are at the Rare Cancers Australia Website. The link for James' particular situation is: http://treat.rarecancers.org.au/campaign/2040/helping-james-mckenzie.

The family has been heavily involved in athletics for more than ten years. Hugh (James' son) commenced with Calwell Little Athletics from age 7 and was an active member through to U17's. From age 12 he held dual registration with Athletics ACT through membership of South Canberra Tuggeranong Athletics Club. He has represented ACT at the national level each year since 2008 at National Cross Country, Australian All-Schools Track & Field and/or Australian Junior Track & Field Championships. He has been, and continues to be, a regular competitor at Summer Series and High Noon meets hosted by ACT Athletics.

Louise was a long-term member of the Committee at Calwell Little Athletics Centre, Club Secretary for a number of years and was also an Age Manager for many seasons.
Training at Woden Park Athletics Field:
A training access pass is available for purchase online here. The Training Access Pass gives you access to any of the public training sessions at the Woden Park Athletics Facility between 1 October 2016 and 31 March 2017. The public training sessions are as follows:
   * Mondays 4:30pm - 7:00pm
   * Tuesdays 4:30 - 7:00pm
   * Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:30am
   * Sundays 9:00 - 11:00am
The Adult Seasonal rate is $120.00 and the Concession Seasonal rate is $80.00. The Seasonal rate covers the full period from 1 October 2016 to 31 March 2017.
The Great Tuggie Turkey Run:
SCT's famous 'Great Tuggie Turkey Run' will be held again this year. The date to remember is Sunday 11th December 2016 with the event starting at 9.00 AM.

There are two distances available to run or walk, approximately 4 kilometres or 2 kilometres. The exact distances will be revealed on the morning of the event. A 'turkey run' is a race where you run (or walk) without the aid of a watch or GPS. You nominate your estimated finishing time beforehand and the winners are the people who finish closest to their estimated time.

Prizes are gift vouchers to the Runners Shop in Canberra:
1st place - $150.
2nd place - $100.
3rd place - $50.
Random secret time prize - A Christmas Turkey from Chisholm Butchers.

Entry is by gold coin donation on the day and will be taken from 8.00 AM. Results (times and places) will be published on the SCT website and Facebook page.
Location of the event is the Fadden Pines Picnic Area on Bugden Avenue in Fadden, Canberra.
Grand Final for Fadden Pines 2016:
The 2016 Fadden Pines cross country season wrapped up on Sunday afternoon with some tight handicap racing in beautiful August sunshine. The handicap events brought out the best of the children racing, with most of them posting their best times of the season.

The 750m handicap was dominated by the two youngest competitors with 4 year old Alexandra Young just getting past her 3 year old cousin Heidi Young with about 5m to go.
The 1250m handicap was lead home by Nicholas Wawn and Sebastian Young who both ran PBs of about a minute on the course. The top 8 runners in this all set PBs in some close racing.
The 2000m saw newcomer (to Fadden Pines and to Canberra) Honey Proudfoot lead the field home after what turned out to be some generous handicapping. Sebastian C Young was second home.
The 2500m turned into the Hughes family race with father Andrew winning from daughter Claire and son Alex stormed through the field to claim a narrow 4th. Alex was denied 3rd by a spectacular final sprint by Aislinn Ryan but he ran the fastest 2.5km at Fadden Pines for many years.

Congratulations to all the competitors both on Sunday and through the whole season. It was great you could take part and we hope you'll be back next year with all your friends.
The final part of the day was the presentations for the schools pointscore competitions over the season. The winners were as follows:

Girls
U7 Holy Family
U9 St Francis of Assisi
U11 St Francis of Assisi
U13 Holy Family
U15 Canberra Girls Grammar School

Boys
U7 Theodore Primary
U9 Calwell Primary, Forrest Primary and Isabella Plains Primary
U11 Canberra Grammar School
U13 Alfred Deakin High and Torrens Primary
U15 Alfred Deakin High
Fadden Pines is ALWAYS on!
No matter how bad the weather! If it's raining, turn up and you might win! On Sunday 5 June, Jim White braved the flooding conditions to win the 2,500 metre Open race in a time of 13:58. Well done Jim! The 2016 results page for Fadden Pines has now been updated. Have a look and see how you're going. If it's flooding again next week, bring your gum boots and have a run. Good fun!
Fadden Pines and the SCT AGM:
The Fadden Pines cross country season commenced on Sunday 1 May, 3PM at the Fadden Pines picnic area.
Results are now available on the 2016 Results Page. If you have broken a course record, please contact Ryan with the details so the Records Page can be updated.

The SCT AGM and Awards Night was held on Wednesday 18 May at the Vikings Club in Erindale. Awards were presented and your new committee was elected (see the ABOUT SCT page for further information).
The Hunter Reid Fun Run Results:
The Hunter Reid Fun Run was held on Sunday 17 April at Fadden Pines. Thanks to everyone for participating. Here are the results:

2.5k RESULTS
Place	Name	Time	Place	Name	Time
1	Peter Daly	13:07	47	Drago Silec	29:05
2	Caleb Quispes	13:37	48	Zoe Silec	29:06
3	Jose Quispes	13:49	49	Jarda Silec	29:27
4	Keira Murphy	14:09	50	Angus Hagan	29:31
5	Hannah Quispes	15:41	51	M Hagan	29:33
6	John Scheding	16:42	52	D Martin	29:34
7	Joe Tonna	16:48	53	L Martin	29:34
8	Jacob Corlis	16:48	54	Robert Brown	29:35
9	Levi Scamp	18:19	55	Louise Brown	29:36
10	Astrid Scamp	18:21	56	L Pentes	29:36
11	Charlie Dickson	18:50	57	A Pentes	29:37
12	Katherine Dickson	18:51	58	H Reid	29:41
13	Heidi White	18:55	59	M Stevenson	29:42
14	Zaliee Waslin	19:08	60	S Gray	29:44
15	Sophie Waslin	19:16	61	M Wells	29:46
16	N Scamp	19:54	62	M Corby	30:07
17	John Murphy	20:15	63	Jay Russell	30:18
18	Katalia Murphy	21:25	64	Annabel Russell	30:20
19	Jean Herring	22:42	65	Lachlan Russell	30:26
20	Geoff Herring	22:42	66	Dillan Starr	30:27
21	Elaine Kennedy	24:37	67	Bradley Starr	30:29
22	Mila Bartholomew	24:59	68	Amanda Starr	30:30
23	David Bartholomew	25:00	69	Shaylee Norval	30:33
24	Matt Bartholomew	25:01	70	Lisa Norval	30:34
25	Grace Bartholomew	25:08	71	Kaye Crisp	30:50
26	Riley Bartholomew	25:09	72	Deb Crisp	30:50
27	Heather Cox	25:10	73	Riley Crisp	31:03
28	Oliver Bartholomew	25:10	74	Willow Bosman	31:57
29	Kayla Stevenson	25:15	75	Lee Bosman	31:58
30	Max Haynes	25:19	76	Bec Clode	34:03
31	Indiana Bell	25:29	77	Lauren Clode	34:10
32	Sebastian Bell	25:30	78	Melissa Partridge	34:10
33	Sandy Carige	25:42	79	Laiza Langshaw	34:11
34	Ashley Stevenson	26:46	80	Jake Langshaw	34:20
35	Sebastian Young	26:53	81	James Curtis	34:21
36	Alexandra Young	26:53	82	Jodie Clews	34:22
37	John Young	26:55	83	Jeremy Clews	34:31
38	Belinda Diehn	27:12	84	Auralia Clews	34:34
39	Jill Cookson	28:10	85	Glenise Henderson	34:42
40	Carol Scaysbrook	28:11	86	Brett Naylor	35:48
41	Christine Monro	28:34	87	Annabella Naylor	35:50
42	Agnes Monro	28:38	88	Paul Doyle	35:55
43	Laura	28:53	89	Mick Fordyco	37:06
44	Jocelyn Reid	28:54	90	Bec Fordyco	37:06
45	Brad Moore	28:55	91	Miriam Doyle-Cross	37:07
46	Kylie Ingram	29:04	92	x	x

5k RESULTS
Place	Name	Time	Place	Name	Time
1	Geoff Monro	20:05	60	Jarja Atmaragara	37:49
2	Andrew Blyton	20:47	61	Rowena Gaffney	38:48
3	Lachlan Ellis	21:36	62	Rachel Beasley	39:19
4	Daniel Freea	23:03	63	Nathan Beasley	39:19
5	George Claveria	23:09	64	Lilly Beasley	39:20
6	Steve Birdhaul	23:19	65	Lilly Christensen	40:06
7	David McCooey	23:53	66	Kirsty Bourke	40:04
8	Gordon Calcino	24:02	67	Harry Tanna	40:09
9	Bruce Perry	24:18	68	Jenny West	40:59
10	Michael Still	24:32	69	Tanya Thornton	41:41
11	Jeremy Spindler	24:50	70	S Bell	41:41
12	Ty Fultin	25:56	71	D Carney	41:56
13	Caddie Robinson	26:26	72	Graeme Small	45:36
14	Dale Plunket	26:39	73	C North	46:11
15	Bodine Ledden	26:40	74	T Howarth	46:46
16	Michael Lawson	26:41	75	L Brook	46:46
17	Josh Tonna	26:42	76	P Strachan	47:42
18	Ben McMahon	26:43	77	Max & Sandy Hayes	48:10
19	Anthony Perry	26:58	78	Thomas Assenhein	48:13
20	Lucy Hoolihan	27:28	79	Jayne Diehn	48:26
21	James Darville	27:58	80	Clare Crawford	48:26
22	Rebecca Fusca	28:06	81	Esmay Carroll	48:57
23	Naomi Wilkins	28:06	82	Steve Carroll	48:59
24	Gerard Bradshaw	28:22	83	David Assenhein	49:01
25	Peter Foster	28:46	84	Isabell Assenhein	49:04
26	C Montalto	28:49	85	Deb Walsh	49:16
27	Karen Hill	28:50	86	Paul van Belkom	49:16
28	Heather Blair	28:51	87	Antonina Belsheknshi	49:29
29	Belinda Banty	28:51	88	Amnett Byron	49:21
30	Elizabeth Daly	29:31	89	Daisy Christensen	49:24
31	M Brady	30:09	90	Bruce Christensen	49:26
32	Ann Unknown	30:31	91	Verity Scarlett	49:49
33	Another Unknown	30:31	92	Jodie Norris	49:49
34	John Spooner	30:32	93	Karen Horgan	49:51
35	Judi Edwards	30:34	94	Chelsea Buckley	49:55
36	Jenny Hefford	30:42	95	Liam Wilson	49:55
37	Stephanie Quispes	30:42	96	Amelia Assenhein	50:01
38	B Horgan	30:43	97	Amanda Assenhein	50:01
39	Lucas Corlis	31:25	98	James Ashton	50:28
40	Melissa Corlis	31:33	99	Elizabeth Reid	50:32
41	Jay Reid	31:51	100	Cathy Perry	52:13
42	Vincent Reid	31:51	101	John O'Rourke	52:15
43	Elise Reid	31:51	102	Sanne Carroll	52:29
44	Maryann Busteed	31:59	103	Pip Carroll	52:31
45	Helen Stokes	32:02	104	Norma Lindeman	52:34
46	Olga Ares	32:03	105	Eric Lindeman	52:37
47	Jessica Paechowshi	32:04	106	Susan Arney	52:39
48	Jenny Gilchrist	32:05	107	Bec Namgyal	52:39
49	Rosie Pyke	33:16	108	Beryl Walsh	52:57
50	Elvin Hollywood	33:17	109	John Busteed	54:15
51	Linda Jamieson	33:51	110	Rad Leovic	54:15
52	Levi Scamp	34:31	111	Mimi Gaundor	54:39
53	Ian Scamp	34:33	112	Elva Neill	56:59
54	Suzy Waslin	34:42	113	Fiona Crawther	57:00
55	Peter Naylor	35:47	114	Georgina Smith	57:01
56	Rod Gilchrist	35:52	115	Joan Revill	59:44
57	Riley Loiterton	37:22	116	Kaye Tremble	59:49
58	Anne-Maree Simpson	37:24	117	Sylvia Mautain	59:50
59	Teena Atmanagara	37:49	118	x	x

February 2016 Email Newsletter:

All,
Firstly, a warm welcome to all new members of our South Canberra Tuggeranong Athletics Club since the last email. Please introduce yourself to anyone wearing our yellow and black at any of the events.

ACT Championships this weekend
Good luck to everyone who is competing this weekend!! Please cheer on all the other SCT members you see competing.
A committee member with our banners will be there as much of the weekend as we can. Come and say hello - and we will have club uniform for sale.

Viking Sports Awards - Friday 19 Feb
Every year the Vikings Clubs - our major sponsor - holds a formal awards dinner to present prizes to athletes in its affiliated sports clubs. Last year, our very own Kelsey-Lee Roberts took home the major prize, breaking a long run of BMX world champion Caroline Buchanan winning.
If you want a fun night out, please get in touch and we can organise tickets and hopefully a club table. Details are as follows:

Date: Friday, 19 February 2016
Time: 7.00pm for a 7.30pm
Location: The Auditorium, Erindale Vikings
Ticket Prices:
Adults = $40
Child (u18) = $25
Dress Code: Cocktail Attire

SCT support for athletes
Don't forget that SCT members receive 10% at the Runners Shop in Phillip and Gungahlin.
All SCT members who represent the ACT or Australia at national or international events are eligible for financial assistance to cover some of the costs. See our website for more details.
And don't forget to like us on Facebook!

Cheers,

Ryan

President
Annual Turkey Fun Run Results!
SCT's annual Xmas Turkey Run was held on Sunday, 13 December, at Fadden Pines. The event was a great success with all participants (and helpers) enjoying a lovely sunny morning. The winner of 'the bird' (a frozen turkey from Erindale Meats) was Scott Marshall, selected at random by our trusty computer. Course designer Jim White won the event, with an estimated time less than one second away from his actual time! All participants ran or walked without the aid of watches, GPS devises or phones.

The course distance was 4.52 kilometres (2 laps), with some people completing 1 lap and having their time doubled for the calculation of results. Winners of the 3 major Runners Shop gift vouchers were: Rohan Hosking ($150), Jenny Hefford ($100) and Janette Yeung ($50). A selection of photos are available on SCT's Facebook Page. Thanks all for participating and we hope to see you (and your friends) around the same time next year.

RESULTS:

Place	Name	Expected Time	Actual	Difference
1	Jim White	00:26:00	00:25:59.02	00:01.0
2	Rohan Hosking	00:16:40	00:16:42.80	00:02.8
3	Jenny Hefford	00:28:10	00:28:13.27	00:03.3
4	Janette Yeung	00:27:00	00:26:54.48	00:05.5
5	David Pitt	00:31:17	00:31:22.54	00:05.5
6	John Scheding	00:28:43	00:28:35.93	00:07.1
7	Sarah Wang	00:32:00	00:32:08.01	00:08.0
8	David Clarke	00:20:00	00:20:08.27	00:08.3
9	Gwyllym Young	00:17:10	00:16:59.05	00:11.0
10	Suzanne Counsel	00:32:05	00:31:53.01	00:12.0
11	Elizabeth Considine	00:19:13	00:19:35.77	00:22.8
12	Lorna England	00:48:32	00:48:07.47	00:24.5
13	Lucia Considine	00:20:01	00:19:35.77	00:25.2
14	Judy Bowe	00:22:15	00:21:49.10	00:25.9
15	Sienna Pitt	00:22:22	00:21:54.76	00:27.2
16	James Minto	00:18:36	00:19:03.89	00:27.9
17	Aidan Pitt	00:17:00	00:17:29.38	00:29.4
18	Simon Hosking	00:17:10	00:17:41.16	00:31.2
19	Brandon Bardsley	00:18:04	00:17:32.51	00:31.5
20	Peter Daley	00:27:03	00:26:22.19	00:40.8
21	Emily Gearside	00:15:58	00:15:16.98	00:41.0
22	Evan Minto	00:15:58	00:15:15.98	00:42.0
23	Peter Hosking	00:18:08	00:17:22.53	00:45.5
24	Peter Thomson	00:47:47	00:48:32.91	00:45.9
25	Elizabeth Daley	00:27:03	00:26:16.32	00:46.7
26	Geoff Herring	00:22:30	00:23:18.73	00:48.7
27	Sebastian Young	00:18:00	00:18:49.26	00:49.3
28	Rebecca Mcleod	00:16:12	00:15:17.96	00:54.0
29	Heidi Porter	00:34:00	00:33:03.84	00:56.2
30	Maria White	00:31:52	00:32:49.68	00:57.7
31	Philip Tammen	00:25:35	00:26:38.36	01:03.4
32	Caleb Quispes	00:24:30	00:25:34.32	01:04.3
33	Jen Bright	00:22:02	00:20:51.32	01:10.7
34	Jose Quispes	00:24:50	00:26:03.80	01:13.8
35	Judi Edwards	00:27:30	00:26:15.68	01:14.3
36	Isaac Muscat	00:20:50	00:19:33.84	01:16.2
37	Luna Thomson	00:49:47	00:48:30.10	01:16.9
38	Paul Considine	00:19:59	00:21:20.71	01:21.7
39	Xavier Quispes	00:20:20	00:21:44.19	01:24.2
40	Karen Bahmann	00:34:27	00:35:55.29	01:28.3
41	Leonie Doyle	00:25:00	00:23:29.41	01:30.6
42	Elle Knight	00:19:30	00:21:01.91	01:31.9
43	Michelle Williams	00:27:15	00:28:49.67	01:34.7
44	Anne Young	00:35:30	00:37:10.66	01:40.7
45	Richard White	00:26:30	00:28:11.42	01:41.4
46	Lila Pitt	00:16:56	00:15:11.08	01:44.9
47	Veronica Hayes	00:17:02	00:15:08.39	01:53.6
48	Rose Anderson	00:27:00	00:28:56.54	01:56.5
49	Greg Hosking	00:27:00	00:28:56.92	01:56.9
50	Nigel England	00:18:00	00:19:59.19	01:59.2
51	Mollie Kennedy	00:28:32	00:30:35.64	02:03.6
52	Maia Pitt	00:23:21	00:25:33.67	02:12.7
53	Scott Marshall	00:24:16	00:21:47.92	02:28.1
54	Kathy Rusin	00:24:22	00:27:01.98	02:40.0
55	Elise Daley	00:29:20	00:26:03.13	03:16.9
56	Jeff Grey	00:31:30	00:35:12.14	03:42.1
57	Carolyne Kramar	00:32:50	00:28:51.70	03:58.3
58	Morgane Bisson	00:24:46	00:29:40.42	04:54.4
59	Scott Rusin	00:24:37	00:29:39.82	05:02.8
60	Alison and Maggie Mcleod	00:18:50	00:24:13.67	05:23.7
61	Eric Lindemann	00:42:00	00:49:45.07	07:45.1
62	Norma Lindemann	00:41:52	00:49:46.46	07:54.5
63	Scott Mcleod	00:24:55	00:15:19.42	09:35.6
64	Samson Kennedy	00:27:36	00:16:51.00	10:45.0
65	Ashley Edwards	00:40:00	00:28:00.17	11:59.8
66	Peter Foster	00:52:00	00:22:17.58	29:42.4

SCT Athletics News - incl scholarship opportunities:
We have had a great start to the summer track season, with SCT athletes very visible at every meet so far. We would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of the athletes who have joined our club this season. We hope you enjoy your time with us and set many personal bests.

We have still had a few issues with the new membership system and there are some people who have joined SCT that are not showing up in our membership list. If you are showing up with SCT for your results at the track, please let me know so we can sort it out.

A very big congratulations and good luck to all the SCT athletes selected for the All Schools Championships in Melbourne. We have had at least 13 athletes selected (noting membership issues mean I may have missed one or two). Congratulations to Grace Unwin, Brandon Bardsley, Jacob Church, Colby Eddowes, Tim Fraser, Conner Frew, Rohan Hosking, Balthazar Lai, Hugh McKenzie, Adrian Plummer, Keiran Reilly, Jack Wallis, and Gwyllym Young.

Our major sponsor, the Vikings groups, offers annual scholarships for college and university students who are promising athletes in affiliated clubs. We have had athletes on scholarship with the Vikings every year recently. If you are going into college or uni, I have attached the details and application forms. They need to be submitted by Monday 7 December and we will write a supporting letter to go with your application. For more details, send us an email or get in touch with Peter Hosking - peter.hoskings [AT] gmail.com or 0402 096 664.

Finally, some club information for those who may not have heard it before. We have club records that can be found on our website (female and male) - www.sctathletics.com. If you want to claim a record, send us an email with the details or fill out the linked form.

Also, we offer financial assistance to members to travel to national and international competitions. For more information, please read the long standing policy on our website here: http://sctathletics.com/a_policy.html.

Hope to see you all at the track soon.

Cheers,

Ryan
President
Fadden Pines Handicap Final a great success!
The final event of the 2015 Fadden Pines Schools' Cross Country Season was held on Sunday 23 August. All four races were run using handicap starts and judging by the results, the 'Tortoise and the Hare' effect produced Personal Best times for many runners. There was one course record broken, by Kiefer Brennan, with a time of 7:51.0 for the boys' 2000 metres.

All runners, parents and helpers enjoyed the day. SCT would like to thank Mike, Ryan, Jane, Trish (especially for the BBQ on the day!), Jim (especially for the freshly painted posts marking the course) and any other people who helped out during the season. Schools' Team Results will be coming soon. We're looking forward to seeing you all (and new friends!) next May for the 2016 season.
Fadden Pines Results:
Results for the 2015 Fadden Pines Schools' Cross Country season are available here. If you've broken a course record, let Mike or Ryan know so the records page can be updated. Please note that on 17 May, Fadden Pines is being replaced for the day by the ACT Athletics Winter Series - same venue but commencing at 2PM.

How to join SCT Athletics Club:
To join SCT you will need to complete an online membership of ACT Athletics and choose "South Canberra Tuggeranong" as your club when filling out the form. It's as simple as that! If you don't have a credit card, contact Mike or Geoff at the AIS track over summer.
Coaches Association Fees:
The SCT committee has approved payment of Australian T & F Coaches Association annual fees for coaches connected with SCT who are actively coaching SCT athletes. Contact Mike Sexton for further details.
SCT Tracksuits available!
We now have a good supply of club tracksuits. They are available from Mike Sexton or Jim White. The price is $100 for the full tracksuit or $60 for the top and $40 for the pants.
MORE NEWS...
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