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CENTS

REGISTERED FOR POSTING AS A PERIODICAL - CATEGORY B.

THE VICTORIAN MARATION CLUB NEWSLETTER IS PUBLISHED FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS Or ThE V.M.C. AND OTHERS INTERESTED IN DISTANCE RUNNING AND ATHLETICS IN GENERAL.

THE V.M.C. NEWSLETTER is the editorial responsibility of the Editor on behalf of the members of the V.M.C.

It is issued four times a year, corresponding to the seasons SPRING SUMMER AUTUMN WINTER.

All keen athletic people are invited to contribute letters, results, comments, etc which they feel are of interest to the sport and which would serve to provide information and a better understanding of athletics and the world of sport.

Intending contributors are asked to note that - MATERIAL FOR PUBLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED ON SINGLE SPACED TYPED F00L5CAP. irrespective of length, but it is suggested that articles should not exceed

ONE AND A HALF PAGES 0_F FOOLSCAP, and so keep editing to a minimum.

Articles for publication MUST be accompanied by the name and address of the contributor, together with his signature. The writer of the article shall retain

full responsibility for the contents of the article.

DEADLINE FOR COPY - THE 15th DAY OF FEBRUARY. MAY. AUGUST. NOVEMBER.

THE VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB IS -

OPEN FOR MEMBERSHIP for any registered amateur athlete.

COSTS $1.00 per annum for Seniors.

.$0,50 per annum for Juniors (Under 19)

CHARGES 500 Race Fee for each event.

AWARDS TROPHY ORDERS FOR THE FIRST THREE PLACEGETTERS INEVERY HANDICAP, ALSO TO THE COMPETITORS GAINING THE THREE FASTEST TIMES IN THESE EVENTS.

THE V.M.C MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP CARRIES EXTRA PRIZE TROPHIES.

ENTITLES All financial members to share in the awards,receive information issued by the Committee,and to attend V.M.C Meetings with full votingand electoral rights.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DIRECT YOUR ENQUIRIES TO THE HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB,FRED LESTER, 1 GOLDING STREET, CANTERBURY. 3126.

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INTERSTATE LINES OF COMMUNICATION

AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF AUSTRALIA Mr. A. L. Morrison, I5 Heath Street,

SANDRINGHAM. 3191.

NEW SOUTH WALES Clive D. Lee,A.A.A. of N.S.Wales,280 Pitt 5treet,SYDNEY. 2000. N.S.W.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA E. Ray Gratjam,P.O. Box 231, ADELAIDE. 5001 SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

VICTORIA Trevor Billingham,12 McKillop Street, MELBOURNE. 3000. VICTORIA.

QUEENSLAND George A. Anson,25 Deodar Street, INALA. 4077QUEENSLAND.

TASMANIA Noel J. Ruddock,10 Reynolds Court, DYNNRYNE. 7005 TASMANIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA F. Theo Treacy,33 Selkirk Street,NORTH PERTH. 6006WESTERN AUSTRALIA

It is a fine feeling to sit down for an editorial and have a wealth of material of almost embarrassing quantity. As you can see for yourself, the present issue is once again crammed full with articles and information from all over Australia and the world, a co-operative effort involving many people.

There is no doubt at all that the constant striving for enjoyment andparticipation of all concerned id the key factor in the success of the V.M.C.No ;:Gne-Man-Show,(l can possibly achieve this feeling of wholehearted participation and pooling of effort and ideas which has marked the growth of our Club,What is even more pleasing is that this combined effort of ours seems to be catching.

Our distance running friends in N.S.W. are doing their own thing now and haveenbarked on bringing out a regular newsletter of similar format to ours. They deserve our heartiest good wishes for getting thair publication started and for its continuation. The question that comes to njy mind is: After that really superb first issue will they be able to maintain the standard set? It would be a great pity if the Editors, Angelo Jones and Frank McCaffrey, could not get the same sort of support in their area such as the V.M.C. Newsltter enjoys here.

There is no point in repeating some of the things I said in the editorial of the previous Newsletter, it may be useful for you to have another look at it as I want to develop my previous theme. What I am concerned with is the need for all of us, no rcatter in what capacity we participate in athletics, imiour job or profession, to pay a lot of attention to our own development as individuals.It is trite to say that the world never stops still, but how many changes have you and I seen during and since our schooldays, what changes have taken place in equipment and performance in athletics even just in that last decade, not to speak of changes in industry and environment?

The easiest thing in the world is to do the same thing, day in, day out, and kid yourself that what you are doing is good or essential just because it may have been ju.si that when you first came to do it. But b3 frank with yourself, has what you doing the same relationship to other things as it did months or years ago?Are training methods and techniques different to when you first started? Is our way of organising competition keeping step with today's demands?

These and many more questions we need to ask ourselves continually and be critical, as well as accept others" criticism, so that we recognise the need for ohangtf and what is more important, ACT upon such realisation. The penalty is stag: ion and boredom at best and deterioration of our sport and personalhos:; ;/;.J.ty at the other end of the decline. What is wore, we must clearly under?’3 nd that no-one is immune, it takes effort of some degree to change yours&lf. As you will read in a subsequent article in this issue, this question of change is raised and pcpedj whether change is good simply because it is change. This is different to the issue raised here which states that changes are with us always, whether we like it or not, we ignore them only at our own peril!

Let me turn now to our own organisation, the V.M.C. I certainly do not subscribe to the idea that it was merely a fortunate set of circumstances which was responsible for its success over the years, I contend that it was due to a very deliberate and conscious effort by a good many people, too numerous to recount. It may be useful to point out that for almost every change and innovation instituted in the past two years, a different member of the V.M.C. was the instigator.

Now I come to what is possibly the hardest thing for me to explain, so I ask you to be very patient and understanding. Over the years, due to my experiences,I have bacon* raore and more convinced that it is necessary and vital to a person in a responsible position as well as the organisation itself, for the individual concerned to make a change quite deliberately, and so avoid the trap of sinor..i} of stifling the development of other people, of new ideas, and eo.ereri>cly for the individual concerned to do something different for their own doTciuv::snt. Okay, you've probably guessed it by now, the time is overdue for me to vcmhA* the position of Genoa-al Secretary atfer 14 years in office. We have enjoyed a period of continuing progress and growth in the 19 years I have been a member, we have managed to resist, and to some extent even reduce, red tape and buy-^-ucraey in our own affairs, we certainly do not want to slip into an era of '’benevolent paternalism'*, V.M.C. business is every member's business.0! i

Fred Lester,Secret ar,y. V, M. C.

REMAINING SIMMER FIXTURES

December k 8km Open, 2km U/l7 and Women - 2 Bridges Course - 6,30,p.m.(Followed by Barbeque at the River)

December 1? 10,000m ,!Emil ZatopekkS - 5,B** Division - Olympic Park - 9*15*p.in,

December 18 10,000m ,#Emil Zat ope k;’ - SiA Division - Olympic Park - 9*15,p,m*“Masters'" Mile - Olympic Park - 8,45op.m,

NOTE; Qualification for ‘"Zatopek*" ;,A‘! Div. is 33*00 for 10,000 or 15:00 for 5000, or better for V.M.C members since April 1st, 1973. (Non-members must have a rating of 32:00 and 14:00 respectively or better to run by invitation)"3" Division is for V.M.C. members only. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.Doth nights are conducted in conjunction with the Australian Schoolboys Championships. ENTRIES MUST BE IN HANDS OF SECRETARY 31 DECEMBER 7th.

December 31 MIDNIGHT RUN INTO 1975. TWO BRIDGES COURSE * ANDERSON STREET END.

January 7 "RUN FOR YOUR SUPPER19 - Chelsea A.A.C. -Edithvale Track, 6pm. & Barbeque. 3000m and 5000m,events for all ages and distances, both sexes.

VENUS INFORMATION VENUE INFORMATION VENUE INFORMATION

TWO BRIDGES COURSE At rear of Olympic Park, around river between Swan Street andMorell Bridges - 2000m circuit - Tram from Batman Av. Terminus.

ALBERT PARK - Walkers Club Rooms (Robinson Hall) Low cream brick building facingLake, adjoining Basketball Stadium, and near Sth. Melbourne Football Gd. Just off Albert Road, 5000m circuit - 2km from City, tram along St. Kilda Road to just past Shrine.

PRINCES PARK - Royal Parade, Parkville - between Melbourne University and Carlton Football Ground, take Brunswick or Coburg Tram in Elizabeth Street, get off at levers St - Pavilion nearest Football Ground - 2 Miles circuit (3200m.)

TYA33 - Main Road to Hastings via Wells Road and Frankston Itypass, just past Somerville - Hall in T^abb is on corner of 10,000m circuit.

POINT LEO - Flinders Road via Wells Road and Frankston bypass, Moorooduc, Merricks North, or Merricks to Point Leo Beach Road - Red Hill South intersection.3t» John’s Boys Camp, 400m from corner away from beach.13km to Arthur’s Seat - 300m above sea level.

TRACKS; Olympic Park - Tram from City, Batman Ave. Terminus, or train to Richmond, then walk 800m along Swan Street, through Yarra Park.University - Tram from City - Swanston cr Elizabeth St. to far end of Univ. Preston - Train to Reservoir, then along Gilbert Rd. to Edwardes Lake. Heidelberg - Bus in Russell St.(City) to Olympic Village, or by car out to

Murray Rd., Preston (Northland Shopping Centre) - track thenijust across the creek between Northland and Olympic Village.

Box Hill - Train to Box Hill, then bus to Elgar Road - 1 km from whitehorsa Rd. Sandringham - Train to Hampton - 1km east from Hampton St. along Thomas St, Mentone - Train to Mentone - orTram to Pt. Nepean Rd., (East Brighton Tram)

ity car 21km from city,Oakleigh - Huntingdale Rd., 600m south of North Rd. Overpass adjoining

Huntingdale Railway Station,Cholsea-Edithvale Rd. (Extension of Springvale Rd) 1km from Edithvale Station.

1975 WINTER FIXTURES PROPOSALS (Subject to ratification February, 1975)April 6 16km - Princes Park (Sunday) April 12 V.A.A.A. Opening RunApril 19 V.A.A.A, 5000m C.C.Run April 25 (Frid) VMC 12km Fallen ComradesMay 3 V.A.A.A, C.C.Champ, May 10 VMC 20km - Albert ParkMay 17 V.A.A.A. Sandown Relays May 2k Newcastle MarathonMay 31 V.A.A.A. 10,000m C.C.Champ. June 1 Traralgon MarathonJune 1 V.M.C. 25km - Albert Park June 7 V . A . . a . 15 , 000m C.C. Champ.

June 14 VMC 15km - Albert Park (N,S.Wales Marathon)

June 21 VIC Marathon - Tyabb (S.Aust. Marathon)

June 28 V.A.A.A, Marathon July 12 Vic, Schoolboys C.C,Champs.July 19 V.A.A.A. 25km Road Champ, July 26 V.A.A.A. 10km Road Champ.Aug. 9 A.A.U, Marathon(Olympic Trial) Aug, 16 V.A.A.A. C.C. NationalAug* 23 Vic. Country Marathon Selection TrialSept. 6 VMC :tKing of the Mountains*’ Aug. 30 V.A.A.A. 15km. Road Champ.

All VMC fixture dates will include a shorter distance race. Page 4

Sept. 13 A.A.U. National 10,000m Cross Country Champ.

1 HOUR RUN MEETING - CkKLEIGH A.A.C. TRACK - HUNTINGDALE.Fine early, then overcast - Cold wind.

13 OCTOBER. 1974.

1 HOUR RUN Andy HILL Eeno XERONEN Graham MILNE Neil RIANT>lob

123456 Max7 Paul8 Tony9 Bruce

10 Terry11 Peter12 Terry

Distance 19km 583.10m 18km 650,30m 18km 441,40m 17km 983.10m 17km 597.80m 17km 93.40m

GUTHRIE CARSON DIGGERSON 16km 210.20mTURTLEWATTDAVISHOWEBRISTOW

16km 121.20m 15km 865.10m 15km 809.60m 13km 963.90m 12km 930.00m

10,000m30*1931,1331.3731.0333.4934.4737.0036.5737.4537.45

15km 45.41 48,04 (48.26) (50.38) (51.06) (52,36)(55.44)(55.44) (57,00) (57,09)

10 Miles 49,0451*35 Vic & Aust Junior Records (52,04)(54.15)(55.16)(56.30)(59,36)(59.54)

Other 10,000m times:John Axsentieff 30.13Bill Joyce 32.10Dick Dowling 34.27Kevin Solomon 36.38Martin O’Malley 38.02

Not recorded Not recorded

JUNIOR 3000m TEAMS RACE (4 to run, 3 to score)12345678 M9 Peter

10 Mike11 Eddie12

Norm

Frank

NoelBarry

McDONALDLAMBDENJORDANKENNEDYROBERTSACKLANDHANNANKNOBHOWECLEMENTSCLARKCAUCHI

(I’hoe)(Croy)(I’hoe)(Croy)(I'hoe)(I’hoe)(Ring)(Oak.)(Sun,)(Sun,)(Sun,)(Oak.)

(Figures in brakcts are estimated) OPEN 5.000m TEAMS RACE.

8,579.129.159,269.319.359.369.36

10,31 11,02 11.10 11.45

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1, Ivanhoe2. Sunshine

6 Points 18 Points

Although more teams were entered, some runners did not front up and robbed other team members of a little additional incentive. Fortunately,there were plenty of individual entrants which helped to lift the standard of the races as the results indicate.We do hope that V.M.C, members will do more in the future to boost participation of teams, as, apart from the enjoyable afternoon, the events we put on are most valuable as racing build-ups for the track season.

1 Bob HENDY (Coll) 14.092 Neil i'icKERi'i (Ring) 14,443 Bill JOYCE (Croy) 15.08 14 Dennis SMITH 15.12 •5 Bob GILFILLAN (Oak.) 15.17 •6 John DUCK (Kew) 15.19 •7 G PRITCHARD (Croy) 15.31 28 Mike RIAN 15.35 —9 N Mclennan 15.44

10 Paul DUCK (Kew) 15.59 •11 Neil GRAY (S-NP) 16.00 312 Steve O’CONNOR (S-NP) 16,04 413 John STAFFORD (Oak.) 16.05 —14 Norm DUFF (Coll) 16,09 -15 Gerry HART (W’bee) 16,13 —16 Arch McLEAN (Croy) 16,28 517 Pant WINTEATON (S-NP) 17.45 618 Bob 3CIIICKERT (Wav.) 17,48 -19 L. MOLLARD 18.02 •20 Rick HUTTON (S-NP) 18.06 721 Chris RILEY (SSH.) 18.31 —22 Gerry RILEY (SSH,) 18,34 -23 M BROWN 18.49 -24 R BARRATT 18.51 •25 Dave BRADFORD (Rich) 18.5726 Peter MOLESWORTH (Croy) 19.05 827 Rob MEISELiiACH 20.50 mm

1000m OPEN 1000m U/17 100m OPEN

1 G. O’CONNOR 2.29 M. GARNHAM 2.50 P. MOLNEY2 G. RENNIE 2.33 C. LEHNE 2.53 R. SHARKEY3 G, WILSON 2.40 N. PILLING 2.54 G. SCOTT4 F. McNAMARA 2.43 S. MILLINGTON 2.55 100m U/175 G. BAIRD 2,44 T. GIULIERI 3.086 P. BLUETT 2,46 M. KEALY 3.12 G, HOWELLS

7 M, COSTELLO 2.4 7 P. THOMS 3.17 R. SMELLIE8 W. ALLEN 2.48 P. CAUCHI 3.20 M. CLARKE9 L. JAMIESON 2.50 W. SHARE 3.27 100m U/14

10 C. COURTNEY 3.09 c. BATTERSBY 3.2911 M, HANCOCK 3.11 c. ORMISTON 3.33 M. GARNHAM

100m VET.A. WILKIE 3.33 S. JAYD. FARQUHAR 3.39 w. SMELLIE

1 H. LOGAN (57)14,6 D. ANDERSON 3.55 100m U/132 G. BRAIN (52)14.8 P. BAILEY 3.573 D.COLECLOUGH (51)15.1 A. SMELLIE 4.23 G. HARDING

4 G. SIMPSON 15.2 400m OPEN P.I.

PAVAKPILLING

400m VET. G. RENNIE 52.6 400m U/171 G. RILEY 65.2 M. VIGNOLA 52.9 G. HOWELLS

2 K. ROUTLEY 68.5 T. SHARKEY 54.4 E. CLARK3 H. LOGAN 76.8 Page 5 F. BONDIN

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11.812.512.6

13.513.514.7

14.214.214.3

54,055.460.4

200m OPEN

G. RENNIE R. SE'iRKEY G. SCOTT

200m U/17

G. HOWELLS CRAIG

S. JAY

200m U/14

G. HARDING R. SMELLIE N. ARMSTRONG

400m U/19

T.P.M.

23*524.524.5

25.026.929.1

29.931ol32,1

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BRISTOW 57.1HOWE 58.3CLEMENTS 65.5400m U/14 GARNHAM 60.0MILLINGTON 60.8GIDLIERI 61.4

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Hand. Hand.PL.

PI.► NAME Act. TIME

Hand. Hand,PL.

1 Gerry SOFIANOS 50.39 1.36 2 22 Tony TURTLE 60.13 11.06 32 Max FREELAND 52.14 3.00 4 23 Larry SYKES 2 V 60.41 11.00 ~ r3 Bob RAYMEN 53.28 1.36 23 24 Gerry RILEY V 60.59 9.25 19Silvio RADISLAVIC 53.58 4.41 6 25 John CLARKE 61.55 8.48 29

0 Max LITTLE 54.36 Scr. E 16 26 Rod HEALEY 62.15 9.38 E 266 Grant HARDY 54.41 4.05 13 27 Art TERRS' V 62.30 - -7 Terry COLLIE 54.46 4.52 E 10 28 Greg BUTLER 62.37 -8 Barry TREGENZA 55.01 5.30 7 29 Bruce WATT 62.40 9.15 E 319 Malachy LAVERY 55.05 - - 30 John WALKER 62.48 9.00 34

10 Graham KIPP 55.20 - 31 Jeff CARBERRY 63.48 12.48 E 1611 Steve 0° CONNOR 55.^0 3.11 25 32 Barry MOORE 64.24 13.25 1512 Bruce HOOLEY 1 J 56.32 7.30 1 33 Tom DAVISON V 64.40 12.49 2213 Barry SAWYER V 56.40 5.00 20 34 Peter LOGAN 64.58 12.19 E 2614 John STAFFORD 56.46 6.52 E 10 35 Mike CUMMINS 66.23 14.38 2115 Gerald HART 56.59 9.09 9 36 Peter BEGGS 67.09 14.30 2816 Alex TADIC 58.16 - - 37 Les MOLLARD 68.12 14.22 3017 Steve SZEGEDI 58.17 7.00 18 38 Alan FAIRBANKS V 70.02 - -18 Kevin SOLOMON 58.25 6.00 24 39 Norm McLEISH 1 V 70.45 21.30 cj19 Neil GRAY 58.41 5.00 33 40 Paul KEY 3 V 76.36 25.52 1420 Phil LEAR 58.53 4.55 E 31 41 Frank 30NECKER V 79.47 25.08 3521 Jim CRAWFORD 59.16 9.00 12

y.H.C. 12 Km. TWO BRIDGES. 20/11/74. WEATHER: WARM & HUMID. 80 Starters (2 races)1 Gerry SOFIANOS 38.28 Scr. 11 13 Grant HARDY 43.06 3.10 242 Max FREELAND 38.53 1.05 6 14 John STAFFORD 43.10 5.10 83 Andrew WELLS 40.10 — - 15 Neil Mclennan 43.11 2.30 314 Alan HICKS §0.33 4.00 2 16 Gerald HART 43.21 6,05 45 Graham MILNE 40.48 2.15 12 17 Dennis WATTIE 44.28 4.30 256 Bob GUTHRIE 40.51 1.50 16 18 Barry SAWYER V 44,42 4.15 297 Paul DUCK 41.25 2.45 13 19 Kerry PRITCHARD 44.54 4.15 308 Terry COLLIE 41.35 3.45 7 20 Neil GRAX 44.57 3.50 349 Graham KIPP 41.48 3.35 9 21 Rob JAMIESON 45.07 4.05 3310 Peter SHARE 41.49 2.40 17 22 Phil LEAR 46.23 3.45 3811 Malachy LAVERY 42.33 3.15 18 23 Jim COZENS J 46.29 - m

12 Colin EATON 42.38 3.50 14 24 Bruce WATT 46,36 6.55 22

25 Keith ROUTLEY 46.38 6.55 23 37 Mai THOMPSON 48.12 8.35 2126 Steve 09CONNOR 46.40 2.30 4o 38 Peter KEHOE 48.12 - -

27 John CLARKE 46.43 6.35 27 39 Merv BROWN 48.15 - mm

28 Brian LANYON 1 V 46.45 9.30 3 40 Ken FRASER 49.04 6.55 36Kevin SOLOMON 46.48 7.15 20 41 Peter BEGGS 49.27 12.00 5Gerald O'CONNOR 47.01 - - 42 Tom DAVISON V 49.30 9.25 26

31 Tony TURTLE 47.15 6.55 28 43 Ray BARRATT V 52.14 10.35 35}2 Gerry RILEY V 47.50 8.55 15 44 Norm McLEISH V 53.18 15.00 1033 Art TERRY V 47.55 8.35 19 45 David ALLEN 53.26 - -

34 Mike CUMMIND 48.00 11.10 1 46 Alan FAIRBANKS V 55.12 - -

35 John PHAIR 48.01 — - 47 Peter BATTRICK 57.13 15.00 3736 Dick HUTTON 48.10 7.20 32 48 Frank BONECXER v 61.25 18.25 39

V.M.C. SUB-JUNIORS AND W?

1 Wayne HINTON (16)1 Tim DUCK (12)) Mike KEALY (15)k Tony DIMIUTA (14)5 Emil SIMATIC (14)

ffiN. 4 Km.__________

14.03 6 Karin13.40 7 Gary15.55 8 Brett17.04 9 Wayne17.17

WALKER (w) 20.43HUTTON (12) 20.53RAMSDALE (13) 15.07ALLEN (18) 15.18

W H Y

■JHAT03 HAPPENED TO THE "AGE'' NEWSPAPER AS FAR AS SPORT (ATHLETICS) IS CONCERNED?

DHEIR COVERAGE OF ATHLETICS ON THE WHOLE HAS CERTAINLY FALLEN AWAY OVER THE PAST JEW MONTHS.

NORTH VERS US SOUTH__-NOTES FROM TASMANIA

10,000 M e t r e s " rV s DON BROOK - 25 MAY 1974.The three southern runners,

too strong for the northern team, comfortably from Randal and Neil.

Dave Chettle, Randal Markey and Neil Gale proved Dave showed his strength and went away to win

South were victorious in the teams competition.

1. D. CHETTLE 5 33m 38s. 13. J. ARNOLD Ind. 39m 04s2. R. MARKEY S 34m 51s. 14. F. HILL Ind. 39m 10 s3. N. GALE S 34m 55s. 15. C. BELL Ind. 39m 34s4. B. BAXTER N 35m 28s. 16. R. BEADELL Ind, 39m 36s5. P. BOER N 36m 01s . 17. R. THOMPSON Ind. 39m 39s6. w . LING S 36m 30s. 18. R. BARBER Ind. 39m 59s7. D. COX N 36m 31s.

M M mm mm _

8. C. ANDERSON Ind ♦ 36m 52s. SOUTH 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 « 299, S. RICHARDS S 36m.1 5 ^ 8 4 *

NORTH 4, 5, 7, 10 , 11, 12 = 4910. J. BENDER s 37m,.52s.11. A. RISBY Ind. 38m 14s.12. R. SMART Ind. 38m 40s. 33. Mrs, BRASHER 51m 16s

JUVENILE J30i.(0 METRES

1. A. KNIGHT 5 10m 37s. 5. T. BARROT S 11m 23s.2. S. ELDRIDGE N 10m 47s. 6. P. HAMMOND N 11m 46s.3. J. SPENCER N 11m 03s. 7. J. WALKER N 12m 05s.4. D. RICHARDSON S 11m 18s. _ 8,_S. HAMMOND N 12m 23s.

10,000 STATE TITLE. - RELBIA 29/6/74 *Dave Chettle proved his adaptability to a very wet and hilly course*

He moved away from the two Northerners, Brian Baxter and Don Cox, to record a decisive win from Brian and Don.

1. D. CHETTLE S 34m 55s. 7. L. TWINING J 36m 55s.2. B. BAXTER S 35m 38s. 8. c. ANDERSON J 38m 19s.3. D. COX S 35m 45s, 9. J. BENDER J 38m 37s.4. P. BOER S 36m G5s. 10. D. PROSSER J 38m 39s.5. w. LING J 36m 28s. 11. I. STOCKS S 39m 32s.6. S. RICHARDS J 36m 45s. 12. R. SMART J 39m 45s.

SENIOR TITLE: 1. D. CHETTLE; 2. B. BAXTER; 3. D. COX.JUNIOR TITLE: 1. W. LING; 2. S. RICHARDS 3. L. TWINING.

MARATHON ___ ^RICHMOND____ 17/8/74

From the Gun Dave Chettle and Randal Markey moved away from field with Rodger Pickup, Laurie Marsh and Steven Richards running together in the second bunch. At the turn, Dave Chettle (70m 14s*) was clear from Randal Markey (73m 13s.) and StBven Richards (80m 30s.). On the aodburn journey Dave increased his lead to win in a new State Record Time of 2 hrs* 23mins* 11 secs. Randal Markey finished in 2 hrs. 37 mins and 03 secs to be the second placegetter. Young 17 year old Steven Richards, in his first marathon, recorded a very creditable performance in finishing third in 2 hrs. 48 mins* and 56 secs.

1. D. CHETTLE (70.14) 2hr. 23m. 11s. JUNIOR 4- MARATHON - 17/8/742. R. MARKEY (73.14) 2hr. 37m. 03s. 1. W. LING 76 min. 15 sec.3. S. RICHARDS (80.30) 2hr. 48m. 56s. 2. C. ANDERSON 81 min. 25 sec.4. C. ROPER (90.30) 3hr. 36m. 08s. 3. P. BRASHER 82 min* 33 sec.

R. PICKUP (86.04) D. N. F. 4. C. BELL 86 min. 27 sec.F. HILL (85.27) D. N. F. 5. K. HEWLETT 93 min. 38 sec.L. MARSH (86.04) D. N. F.

Mrs. BRASHER 103 min. 14 sec.

Dave Chettle later finished third in the Australian Marathon in Adelaide in the time 2 hours 19 minutes and 44 seconds. At present Dave is training forthe 9th International Ogen Marathon in Japan on 8th December.

HANDICAPPERS REQUIRED * * * * » FOR 1975 SEASON

THOSE PEOPLE WILLING TO DONATE A LITTLE TIME TO HELP WITH THIS MOST IMPORTANT

PART OF THE P-PObS rnilWTRV ATHLETICS, PLEASE LET FRANK HILL OF MIKE 0 fL0UGHLIN

KNOW AS SOON AS P05SIBLE.

AUSTRALIAN MARATHON - ROSEWORTHY COLLEGE (S.APST.) 14/9/74. COLD, WINDY, 14°By Fred Lester

1 John FARRINGTON N 2:17.23*4 15 Peter HANNAFORD VI 2:30.572 Brenton NORMAN S 2:18.19.2 16 John DUCK VI 2:31.473 David CHETTLE T 2:19.44.0 17 Grenville WOOD S 2:32.084 John STANLEY N 2:21.03.6 18 John WTLT.TAMS S 2:33.225 Paul O'HARE V 2:22.26,8 19 Ron GRIBBLE NI 2:33.336 Peter BRUCE V 2:24.07.2 20 Steve SAUNDERS W 2:33.457 Tim WALSH w 2:24.30 21 Julian SCOTT N 2:33.568 Gerry SOFIANOS VI 2:24.39 22 Laurie WELijS N 2:36.009 Graham ANDERSON V 2:24.45 23 John BOWERS NI 2:36.31

10 John HARTY SI 2:24.57 24 Angelo JONES NI 2:36*4911 Frank LARKINS V 2:26.04 25 Norm CLEVERLY N 2:38;3712 John BERMINGHAM VI 2:26.25 26 Peter FAULKNER S 2:38.5513 Vic ANDERSON w 2:27.11 27 Martin THOMPSON VI 2:39.3114 Dave EDWARDS N 2:28.58 28 John HARTNETT s 2:45.48

D.N.F. D. ELTRINGHAM (W)j T. HARRISON (V)j B. GUTHRIE (V); G. HICKS (S)j 3. RAYMEN (V)

Luckily for everyone concerned, the cold and rainy spring in Australia's South- East corner this year, ran true to form and kept conditions cool enough. Even the$, in spite of a rather blustery wind, sponges ware in fair demand by all runners whenever the sun peeped out for any length of time.

Running into the wind at an angle for most of the way out on the first large loopmost runners were inclined to conserve some energy for later and let the three leaders get away early. At 2 miles, Farrington, Norman & Bruce came through, in 10*14,Larkins dropping back 10:19i Harty & Bermingham 10:24, O'Hare & G.Anderson 10:37,Sofianos & Harrison 10:46, then the others in two and threes except for one big bunch at just over 11 minutes, Thompson and Jones bringing up the rear in 11:50.

At 5km» the leaders went through in 15:56, to be followed at intervals in single file by Bermingham, Harty, Larkins, O'Hare and Anderson, then Stanley, Harrison, Sofianos and Walsh together in 17:02 with another group on 17:32 consisting of Edwards, Scott, Gribble, Duck, Hannaford, Guthrie, Eltringham and gathering Raymen into their fold. Coming back on the big loop and passing the 13 miles, the times read:Farrington 66:58,Bruce 67*06, Bermingham 67:30, and obviously chasing, Norman 68:25, (after a compulsory pit stop, and looking a little unhappy) Chettle and O'Hare 69:12, Harty, 69*39* Larkins 70:12, Anderson 70*30, Stanley 70:42, and looking much too comfortable, Sofianos and Walsh 71:37* and teaming together almost to the end,Harrison 71:42 and sagging, 9 more runners spread out over the minute or so, Scott and Guthrie losing contact and a tailender group of Hicks, Hartnett, Faulkner,Jones and Thompson clocking 77:17.

With the pattern virtually set for the eventual final placings, the main interest ( tred on John Bermingham's challenge to John Farrington and whether Bruce would be able to stay the early pace. The crisis point just past the 30km did sort out these two, while Dave Chettle and John Stanley worked their way steadily through the field from positions 9 & 10 to finish 3 & 4, after still on 5 & 8 at the halfway stage.

John Farrington was very conscious of his trip to Czechoslovakia for the Kosice Marathon later in the month and felt that he was taking it easy. Of course, it is now history that John had a poor run there, which probably should make us all think again about the effect a Marat ion race has on our body and whether a succession of exhausting races with too little time for recovery is worth our while.

The South Australian organisers deserve praise for a well marked out course and efficient management. If there be a grouch, it is concerning the social aspect after the race which has always been a failing of Australian athletics. Sure we all sat down and had a few drinks in a small pub, and then had some more refreshment in a hall, but what's wrong with a dinner dance?

One serious criticism must be levelled at most of the people who followed the race in cars. On one or two occasions the situation was potentially dangerous.The time for re-thinking on this problem is long overdue, the only safe side of the road for runners in a race is WITH THE TRAFFIC, so that cars have to wait for a gap before passing and not narrow the roadway by driving alongside. And the number of drivers who will pull up on the runners' approach side of a timing or sponge station, or even halt opposite the table never ceases to amaze me by their complete oblivion of road safety, as well as inconsideration towards the runners.

WS MOST FIND WAYS OF ELIMINATING THESE THREATS TO THE SAFETY OF OUR COMPETITORS.

M ail.C. i\ic.Vj5LETTER. SUMMER - 1974 - uECEMBEi1 VOL. 6. No. o

HAMILTON (IM.Z.) HARRI :iR CLUB MARATHON. 26/10/74 111 STARTERS - 89 FINISHERS

PI. Name Club l.Ok.iT? 20km 30km Finish1. Kevin RYAN Owairaka 31„14 63.02 95.04 25*16.512. NEIL RYAN V.M.C. 31.14 63.09 96.00 2:17.593. Mike RYAN Manurewa 31.18 65.14 99.10 2:21.244. Ray WEATHERLY Calliope 32.20 66.09 99.43 2:23.365. Barry JONES Palmerston 31.14 63.09 96.00 2:24.516. RON IRWIN Owairaka (Ex Q'land) 2:30.357. BERNIE VINE Wellington(Ex Vic/SA/WA) 33.19 68.14 104.00 2:31.458. Ray BATTEN Auck.Univ. 36.38 73.38 109.23 2:32.529. G STRUTHERS Massey 36. 38 73.38 109.05 2:33.58

10. BRUCE JONES Auck.Univ(Ex Vic/V.M.C.) 36.38 73.38 109.23 2:35.1111. A HARRIS Rotorua 36.13 73.06 109.07 2:35.1912. w. SUTCLIFFE Tokoroa 36.38 73.55 108.50 2:35.2613. G REGTIEN Takapuna 36.20 73.11 109.23 2:35.4317. John HUGHES Lyndale (1st Vet.) 74.27 112.00 2:42.3618. David S0UTHWICK Hamilton (1st Club) 37.08 73.58 111.15 2:43.2839. TERRY HUNTER V.M.C. 36„ 43 75.16 117.15 2:56.0046. MAX HOLMES Hamilton (Ex Vic/V i.C.) 37.56 78.11 119.17 3.01.1768. DENNIS WATTIE V.M.C. 36.43 75.16 121.21 3:33.2582. Barbara MUNDT Glen Eden (1st Woman) 44.08 94.00 156.17 3:58.1909. Pam HOWELL Hamilton (2nd Woman) 58.52 172.40 4:16.45

The mild and sunny weather, although interspersed by occasional showers, during the week had turned to a rather cold night before the morning of the race and a high cloud cover protected the runners from the rather strong sun right throughout the race. It was humid, yet it was cnly the tailenders who copped some very light ahowers.

The start on top of the hill outside the stadium took two attempts owing to Freddie Lester failing to undo the safety catch the first time! That didn’t stop the three Ryans and Barry Jones leading the stampede through the first two miles in 9*47, and stringing the field out behind them. The progress figures above are an accurate reflection on the battle that took place.

Barry Jones looked best in the early stages, while Neil looked a little strained and worried but stuck toiShe pace* Mike was struggling at the end of the first of the four circuits and decided to run his own pace to ease the pressure and find something extra at the end. Weatherley and Vine were caught in !,No Man’s Land” behind the leaders and in front of the next bunch and ran lone races all the way. Ron Irwin, after making the start in the nick of time and too late to get his race number, ran in a grubby old singlet, hence the timekeepers thought he was a 1rigg-in1and didn’t record his times. Ray Batten, better known locally as a Steeplechaser of promise, ran in a bunch with his Auckland Univ. mates, before deciding that he could do better on his own even if it was his first Marathon.Bruce Jones, also in his first essay at the man!s distance, made good time, but a more positive approach to get rid of his self-doubts would make him a top runner at almost any distance he chooses. It hurt Neil a lot more to run over 17 minutes faster, and hefd sooner settle for a 5f00Qm.

And to prove that it is a woman’s distance, the two women starters both finished the course and were given a handicap the same as everyone else. What price Victoria, where not only the Men and Women Associations are separate concerns competing in isolation, but where they also pass laws and rules that "They ©hall not take part in the one race."Ill

The organisation of the race was first rate with 10, 20 and 30km, 10 Milesand halfway signs prominently displayed, the course relatively trafficless and flatexcept for the one hill, giving it in my estimation the same difficulty rating as the Tyabb course. 5ponges and refreshments were available, as well as First Aid and a Doctor, Hamilton Club members manned the critical turns and corners.

Improvements could be made as follows:- Timing at every 5km; Timekeepers need to emphasise the minutes rather than the seconds from 10,000m on and really address them to the runners; the Hamilton City Council might be prevailed upon to Macadam over the rather rough non-skid blue metal.

I have no hesitation in offering my congratulations to Andy Galloway and theHamilton Harriers and their associates on a job well done. If V.M.C. members hopped in to share in the jobs and help whenever they are not involved in competing themselves in the same way as our Hamilton friends, we could do just as well.

NOTES FROM THE U.S.A. ______ BY BRIAN CHAPMAN

Dear Fred,After a fantastic nomadic life in Europe (enriched by daily runs I might

add), I!ve at last arrived in ’’track capital of the world” as the inhabitants of Eugene like to regard their town. It’s probably a good description too. Except for the 90° F. Summer period, it is cold and wet most of the time, which I find perfect for distance training. Also the town is a nice size (93,000 people) so no traffic hazards. It is situated in the southern Willamette River Valley so there is plenty of flat roads or hilly tracks according to an athlete*s needs.

150 metres from my dormitory room is a synthetic all-weather track similar to Tartan. It was used for the Olympic Trials in 1972 (and probably for 1976) but as the track season has just finished I’ve virtually got it to myself for speed work till the New Year. Right next door is a cinders track and inside both tracks, there are soft crushed-leaf and sawdust jogging trails. Surrounding these are four other grass playing fields useful for striding and warm-up. Next door to these is the P.E. complex with a great range of weight lifting and gym exercise equipment. Eugene is amazingly "running oriented11 and there are joggers to be seen everywhere and any time. Most exhausting aspect of long runs is that you have to say ’Hi* all the time to kid cyclists, and other joggers who say it to you - none of the fHup, 2,3 "syndrome of Australian laymen.

I fm ineligible to run for U of 0 in cross country because Ifm doing graduate study. However, Aussies are well to the fore here and much discussion is already occurring over the possible impending arrival of Tasmanian Randall Markey in January for the Winter Term - hefs being billed the fprep wonder** Certainly he w^n’t regret or suffer from coming here - in ANY respect I A Victorian runner who came in ’68, Eric Sigmont, has run 4,04 for a mile whiles here - he is still running, (though not consistently) and may return home at the end of this year, possibly having a crack at the Nationals, hopefully. Ex-footballer, Lawrie Prosser, is now a dedicated "activity for recreation" man (and especially running for recreation), so he could be a real help for spreading the sport when he returns to Melbourne - great bloke and an inspiration to listen to on recreation and running.

The Blackman boys (one a jumper) competed for U of 0 up till now, but they appear to have left. 26*4" was P*B*

The local club is Oregon Track Club. It runs an fon-off’ programme of running events throughout the year as dies the local *Nikc3 Abone’ Athletic EquipmentManufacturing Company* (Imagine a Melbourne Sports Store organising a series of racesin competition with the V*M*C*) Quality of fields is excellent. I ran in a local cross country fhack event1 last Saturday and the personnel included Steve Prefontaine, Bob Williams (10,000m in 28 min* range), G. Conefry (8.38 Steeplechaser) plus a few college stars. This course will be used for the National AAU Cross Country Champ* in November, so I111 let you know the results. Nike holds its annual marathon next week - organisation includes a pre-race carbohydrate meal on the night before the race and a podiatric clinic. Ken M'oore (2,13 man), John Anderson (Boston 1973) are two of the local stars who may compete*

In case you are not getting any S.Aust, results, you could contact Hartley Wheeler, C/o Phys* Ed* Branch, 101 Cremorne St*, Malvern, S.Aust* 5061. He is Tony Bart’s coach and is known in some circles as South Australia’s Cerutty.

5aw some of the European Championships in Rome last month. To give an idea ofworld class standards in Hejats. these days:-SOOOmJHeat 1. W»-Pollenius (Belgium) - 13*38 (6 ;,68,64,66,65,68,66,66,66,67,66,59)_5000m Heat 2. P. Paivorintak(Finland) - 13.55 (74*70,62,71,71,72,68, 65,63,63,62,60)5Q00m Heat 3* B. Foster (Gt. Brit.) - 13*37 (65,65,67,66,66,67,_59,64,66,68 ,66,64)1500m Heat 1. 0*45, 1*47, 2.48, 3.42.

2. 0*45, 1*48, 2*45.5, 3*43. (Wasilewski - Poland)3. 0*47, 1*47, 2,47, 3*42 (Wellman - West Germany)

Anyway, Fred, the main purpose of this letter is to renew my subscription to the V*M.C* and hopefully to receive the V*M,C. Newsletters - the "Mouthpiece of Australian Distance Running'1 since the demise of the "Australian Harrier".

If you have any spare copies of Autumn and Winter, 1974 I’d love to seenthem too - so that I can read up on the Victorian and Australian scene. Also if you have got the A.A.U. Marathon, I would be interested in hearing about the details, course, organisation and results from your viewpoint.

Regards - Brian Chapman.

NOTES FROM PAPUA - NEW GUINEA. From David Marburg.

As I mentioned before I left Melbourne I would try and send results of the P.N.G. National T &. F Titles, held at Madang, September 21 and 22.

The Athletic Union,was only founded in 1961, so the times being run up here are naturally a lot slower than down south. However, temperature in Madang was well over thelOO0 F., and the 5000 metres, which was run at 8.00.a.m. Sunday morning, was virtually run in the heat of the day.

Some of the Melbourne boys will know a few of the names among the results, particularly Vuatha Kapi and Wallace Hofagao from Lae and Wavala Kali from Moresby. Very few athletes train with the same spirit as is commonplace in Melbourne, probably because the local population can see no good leason for pushing oneself too hard when one does not really have to. The xat-race idea doesn’t exist here, whereas the patience shown by most people is something to be wondered it.

The tracks here are really only football fields, very much up and down, but reasonable times are still possible. The main stumbling block is the lack of competition. It would be advantageous for the local athletes (but costly for others) if athletes from Australia could occasionally come up here for exhibition and competition meetings. Return economy airfare of around $350 hits that idea on the head. I trust that some of this information will be useful for the Newsletter.

MEN’S EVENTS (National Records in brackets)100 MfTRES. (10.5. 1970)I. Wavala Kali 11.0!. Golonso Buase 11.23. Vuatha Kapi 11.5

400 METRES (49.3 1964)1. Wavala Kali 49.52. Loko Kilori 50.03. Jacob Suagotso 51.0

1500 METRES (4:02.3 1972)1. Wallace Hofagao 4:02.42. Mike Joyce(Ex.UK)4:06.43. Albie Thomas(NSW)4:21.0

5000 METRES (14:43.4 1972)1. David Marburg 15:21.02. Mike Joyce 15:22.43. Komesa Olewala 16:20.0

4 X 100 METRES RELAY (42.4 1969)1. Lae 45.02. Port Moresby 45.73. Gazelle 47*2

100 METRES HURDLES (14.8 1972)1. Iroa Pamoa 16.3

FIELD GAMES: (Winners Only)

DISCUS THROW (40.37m 1969)35.40m

200 METRES (21.81. Wavala Kali2. Golonso Buase3. Oswin Orewa

1972)22 .623.123.2

800 METRES (1:54.1 1971)1. Wallace Hofagao2. Loko Kilori3. Keith Bulfin4. Vapi Kerau

3000 M. STEEPLECHASE1. Dav^d Marburg2. I§n McKenzie 3# Goadon Holden

1:57.01:59.02:02.0 (Power House) 2:02.1 (5-Jun.Rec.)

(9:25.09:34.0

10:44.810:53.2

1972)

1. David Loth

JAVELIN THROW (62.23m 1965)1. Steven Siname 53.86m

SHOT PUT 1. Ray Green

LONG JUMP 1. Evan Iewago

(12.96m 1968)12.57m

10000 METRES (32:09*5 1972)1. David Marburg 36:12.42. Kange Pake 47:36.4

4 X 400 METRES RELAY (3:19.61. Lae 3:25.62. Port Moresby 3:27*03. Madang 3:43.4

400 METRES HURDLES (54.4 1971)1. Iroa Pamoa 56.7

HIGH JUMP (1.97m *967)1. Piewa Laea 1.86m

TRIPLE JUMP (15.01m 1971)1. Piewa Laea 14.64m

POLE VAULT ( 3.66m 1969)1. Michael Vohia 3.00m

1971)

( 7.10m 1971),96m

WOMEN’S EVENTS (National Records in brackete)100 METRES (12.3 )1. Salitia Muga 12.3 (Eq.Rec.)2. Geat Nim 13.13. Maxine Tresize 13.1 (Melb.)

400 METRES (50.1 1971)1. Salitia Muga 58.82. Giat Nim 60.64. Jane Wakon 70.8

200 METRE5 (25.8 1971)1. Salitia Muga 26.02. Geat Nim 27.23. Naomi Taraingal 27.4

800 METRES (2:20.7 1971)1. Salitia Muga 2.30.02. Irene Cook 2:32.6 (Nee Glenroy)3. Daisy Irwin 2:35.4 (Mrs. A Irwin)

MURE ABOUT PAPUA-NEW GUINEA. By David Marburg.

1500 METRES ( ) 100 METRES HURDLES1. Irene Cook 5:11.3 1. Naomi Taraingal 18.2

4 X 100 METRES RELAY DISCUS THROW1. Port Moresby 53.8 1 . Kuni Tigalai 29.85m

SHOT PUT JAVELIN THROW

1. Kuni Tigalai 10.55m 1. Kuni Tigalai 37.70m

LONG JUMP HIGH JUMP1. Lucy Waibobo 4.64m 1. Maxine Tresize 1.53m

FINAL RESULTS (Unofficial) OPEN (Men and Women)1. Port Moresby 14. 3. Madang 3 5. Botiigainville 12. Lae (Morobe) 11 4. Gazelle 2 6. Goroka 1

N.B. All events completed between 1.00.p.m. and 5.30.p.m. on Saturday, andbetween 8.00.a.m. and 12.30.p.m. on 5unday.

Temperature: Very Hot (over 38° C) Madang only 5° south of Equator.Wind: Nil. Track: Grass (Football Field) - a little rough.

POINTS OF INTERESTWavala Kali (Port Moresby) took men*s titles in 100m., 200m., and 400m.

Wallace Hofagao (:ae) took men's titles in 800m. and 1500m.David Marburg (Lae) took men's titles in 3000m Steeple, 5000m. and 10000m.Three starters in 10000 m. One retired from heat exhaustion after 5000 metres,while another walked the last 1800 metres.

Salitia Muga took women's titles 100m., 200m., 400m. and 800m. She holds all the national records for these distances.

Salitia Muga returned to athletics after marriage in 1972 and the birth of a childin 1973. She won three Gold Medals at the South Pacific Games in 1971*

Wallace Hofagao ran only 0.1 second outside the national 1500 metres record after training twice week for the three months preceding the championships. He wasforced to return to his village for this time.

Ope wonders what times these two athletes could do if given regular training and competition and under proper conditions.

V. M. C. WHY CHANGE THE NAME? By Trevor Robbins

WHEN A COMPANY IS FACED WITH A PRODUCT THAT IS FAILING, MANAGEMENT OFTEN

DECIDES THAT A NEW NAME AND A NEW IMAGE IS THE ANSWER.

THE V.M.C. IS CONTEMPLATING A NAME CHANGE. BUT WHY?

THE V.M.C. IS NEITHER AILING OR FAILING. MEMBERSHIP IS AT ALL-TIME

HIGH AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE CLUB IS SOMETHING TO BE ENVIED. WHAT OTHER

AFFILIATED CLUB CAN CLAIM SUCH NUMBERS ENTERING THEIR EVENTS2

TO ME, THE V.M.C NAME HAS A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE.

IT MEANS LONG DISTANCE RUNNING, AND THAT IS WHAT THE CLUB IS ALL ABOUT.

The V.M.C. NAME AND EMBLEM IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, A FACT I

CERTAINLY FOUND OUT WHEN TALKING TO MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN CONTINGENT AT THE

VETERANS MEET EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AS A LONG STANDING ADMIRER OF THE V.M.C., AND AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF

THE CLUB, I SAY - RETAIN THE NAME, AND DIRECT OUR ENERGIES INTO ATTRACTING

BIGGER FIELDS AND A LARGER MEMBERSHIP.

NOTES FROM CANADA. 20th OCTOBER, 1974. By Colin O'Brien

The time has again arrived for a bit of overseas news. The National Track and Field Titles which were held in late August in Winnipeg saw some mixed performances, mainly due to the weather which varied from wind and rain to just wind and 40° to 50°. The most outstanding performance was the 46.3 run by Ron Jackson from Alberta. The menfs 10,000m was an interesting race with Dan 0*Shaughnessy trying three or four times to get rid of Tom Hoard who was right on his shoulder. Shacighnessy needed a 2.07 last 800 before he finally shook Howard with 220 to go. Their times were 29.04 and 29.06.8* Howard did not arrive until one hour before his race after flying from Vancouver (1500 miles) as he had to do a full day’s work as a postman from 6*00.a.m. until 2.00.p.m.A surprising third in the 10,000m was Bruce Kidd in 29.46. The 5000 and 1500 were won in a slow 14.12 and 3*47. About the only athletes who were helped by the wind were the sprinters, the menfs two finals being won in 10*1 and 20.0 with the breeze being legal in the 200 but over the allowable (4.2m. per sec.) in the 100.

Marge Bailey won the womenfs 100 and 200 in 11.2 and 23.2, both aided by an illegal,wind. Abby Hoffman (Munich finalist) took the 800 in 2:04*3. Incidentally the time of Maureen Crowley which I gave as 2:00.3 in the last newsletter which she ran in Europe was apparently incorrect and should be 2:03*0. Jay Dahlgren in her third meet in three wesks (had not competed for a couple of years) threw a record 186f7yn in the javelin. Good performances were few and far between because of the weather conditions although the standard was higher with the women as they were more in world class. I have included the complete results of the championships with this letter for use as you think fit. I ran in the men’s 5000m and was unplaced in 14.49 after having a go at staying with the leaders for 6 laps. I have not improved on my 1500, 5000 and 10000 times since I last wrote.

The Canadian MarathonLChampionship was held on October 12th at Waterloo, Ontario, and Howard and Brian Armstrong (Ontario) ran side by side with Armstrong making several unsuccessful attempts to shake Howard. But Tom had his name onthis title and broke away with a mile to go and won by 10 seconds in 2:17*57*A surprising third (again) was Kidd in 2:21.37. At 30 years of age Kidd has plenty of time to surpass his times of younger days. Fourth was Doug Scorrar (Ontario) 2:22*57, fifth Ross Jackson (B.C* &, a Kiwi) 2:27*29, and sixth Arthur Taylor (Ontario and 48 years of age) 2:29*18. The hilly course and 15 M.P«H. winds were responsible for the slow times as most runners had run better, 3 to 4 minutes on flatter courses. The marathon was held in conjunction with an October Festival and the organisation of the race and post-race awards, hospitality and welcoming arrangements brought praise from all the competitors. Incidentally, two other masters, Cliff Hall and Bob Lazenby, both of Ontario,were 16th and 20th respectively, in 2:37*21 and 2L38.14. The first ffemf wasCecile Thorne of Toronto in 3:15.14.

We are currently well into cross-couhtry here right now and thB Nationals are on November 16th, which is a little less than 3 months since the track titles* the reason for this being the harsh Winters in most parts of Canada, except Vancouver, where it just rains for 6 months! I have no results about anyAustralians over here except that of Gary Bentley running for the Prairie Striders of South Dakota. I think he is or has gone to a Uni somewhere aroundthere and he may be from Sydney. He was 2nd in a 4-Jr miles road race at theSpringbank Road Races in Ontario and ran 19:56.8 behind Grant McLaren who ran 19*46. The women’s 4y miles was won by Thelma Wright of B.C. in 23:16.4, knocking 53 seconds off Francie Larrieufs 1973 record. The Masters 6 Miles resulted: 1* John Doyle, 30:31*2; 2. Arthur Taylor, 30*47; 3* Bob Bowman, 30.48;4. Bill Allen, 30*50 (all from Ontario) It seems that they will offer somestiff opposition at the world’s masters next year.

The big event, the Men’s Open 12 Miles resulted:- 1* Miruts Yifter (Eth.)55:17.4.(ReSord), 2. Neil Cusack (Eire) 55:22.3., 3. Jon Anderson (Oregon) 56.00;4. Jerome Drayton (Ontario) 56:13; 10. Dan O’Shaughnessy (Ontario) 57*40.Sorry to hear Neil Ryan had injury problems before the Aussie Marathon. Your perserverance will get you there yet, mate. I may write my next letter from Hawaii at Christmas and New Year, where I am spending 12 days with my school.We have to do something to get away from all this rain to make the training a little more enjoyable.

I look forward to the next Newsletter and shall endeavour to obtain some results of other Australians over for the next issue.

V.M.C. NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1974

TRARALGON MARATHON, 2/6/74. 32 STARTERS1 Bob GUTHRIE 73.23 2:28.34 122 John MORRIS 74.02 2:32.01 133 Phil LEAR 73.45 2:34.18 144 Martin THOMPSON 78.48 2:42.48 155 Robert 0RR 79.56 2:49.05 166 Dennis WATTIE 81.53 2:53.52 177 John CLARKE 86.08 2:55.31 180 Alan ASHMORE 88.00 2:57.29 199 Bruce WATT 87.29 2:59.38 20

10 Jim WILLIS(IV) 88.02 2:59.44 2111 Gerald HART 90.22 3:00.51 22

TEAMS: 1 . South Melbourne2. Yallourn3. Traralgon

DECEMBER VOL. 6 No. 3

- WEATHER: COOL, CLEAR AND CALMJim CRAWFORD 90.44 3:01.08Gerry REILLY 86.16 3:01.16John EYRE 90.44 3:03.07Rex PERKINS 84.17 3:00.28Keigh MAC INT0SH 90.39 3s10.41Sam HILDITCH 88.05 3:24.19Richard JEFFREY 88.07 3:24.52Leigh THOMPSON 92.06 3:28.23Kon BUTKO 81.59 3:35.09Geoff SHARMAN 106.27 4:06.47Lance BERRYMAN 106.42 4:15.37

7: 56.44 9: 00.20 9: 35.38

11 REX FDULKES" - HALF-MARATHON - CANBERRA. 24/8/74. COOL and SUNNY*1 Angelo JONES 70.43 6. Dave HOBSON 17.222 Gary LAVERS 71.42 7 Bernie MILLETT 78.063 Geoff MOORE 72.19 8 Dennis GOODWIN 78.274 T om GILLIES 76.11 9 John 50UTER 79.265 John GILBERT 77.12 10 Steve BROWN 79.59

The leaders^covered the first mile in 5.10.Next year there will also be a !lNoel Jago!! Memorial Race over 10 Miles over the

same course.

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THE HANDICAPPERf 5 LAMENT __ _________BY BRUCE WATT

Handicapping is a means of weighting performances so that, in theory, every participant in a race should perform* exactly the same. In horse racing this is done with weights. With athletes we do it by adjusting times.

If the best runner in a field can run lQnmiles in 50 minutes and the worst takes 70 minutes their differential in handicap will be 20 minutes.So far so good. Where this wonderful theory begins to break down is when the handicapper lacks information or has misleading information. For example, runner A has done 50 minutes for 10 miles and 15;00 for 5000 metres.What will he run for 10,000 metres?. His 10 miles time suggests 30:00, buthis 5000 metres time suggests 31:30.

How do you handicap runner B who signed up on the day of the race and filled out his form with his best performances , but they were all done two years ago? Or runner C who has been with the club for some time but has that strange quirk many of our members have of refusing to record his best performances? So, fellow members, do not abuse me if you do not win a handicap or if you are unfairly treated. If you have been left out of the handicapping or severely treated it is because of lack of information available to the handicapper. The remedy is in your hands.

Just for interest I include some figures from "Computerised RunningSchedules”

Points 5000m 10,000m 25,000m Marathon

900 14:23.1 30:00.9 80.12 2:20.41

800 15:10.8 32:07.4 85.33 2:30.10

700 1 6:22.1 34:22.5 91.40 2:41.02

600 17:34.0 36:57.9 98.44 2:53.36

500 18:59.2 39:50.7 106.58 3:08.17

BIG EARS heard that at University on Saturday, 23rd, November, they held up the ffArt Grade Relay for 10 minutes, to enable the Uni Team to find their 4th runner. By the end of the day they were at least 20 minutes behind schedule.

GLOBETROTTER WRITES FROM ENGLAND By Alan Gilmour

Itrs been a year since I wrote telling of a race in which I competed in India.Since then I have not raced, as I have been recovering from "Hepatitis" (a disease of the liver). This last Saturday I ran for my new club, the "Birchfield Harriers” which I joined on that day, November 2nd# It was the start of the cross countryseason proper, with the first run of thelst Division of the Birmingham League.

The conditions underfoot were slightly dampish, a good day for it, there were a hundred who got in before me on the day. Still, itfs a startl

A result of the Edinburgh A.C# 24 hours, 10 men by 1 mile relay recordattempt at Meadowbank: the old world record (club best) was 293M-378Y or(471km. 25m - Ed#) by Sale Harriers# and the absolute best on record of 295M 269Y (475km 27m - Ed#) by U#S# Olympic Camp Team. These two times were surpassed onthe 28th and 29th September 1974# The Edinburgh A.C.Team covered 297M 1145Y(479km 20#97m - Ed#) at an average rate of 4:50.9 per mile (3:00.76 per km - Ed.)

Jim Alder (34) ran 32 mile segments during the attempt, with the fastest in 4#38 and 11 inside 4#50.

Jim Bingwall (25) also rein 32 segments between 4# 33 and 4*57, 22 of thornfaster than 4.50. The recovery period between each mile was a little more than40 minutes# This went on for 24 hours# The rest of the team knocked up times similar to the above,

Blackheath Harriers, having to contend with heavy rain, cold and wind at Crystal Palace, covered 286 Miles 963 Yards (46lkm 151.81m - Ed*) in their record bid eight hours earlier* They slipped behind ashcdule after 15 hours.

I would be happy if you would send me your magazine. I only had 2 last year,

The fallowing are 2 cuttings which came with Alan's letter:-

^ T D M R I STORMS BACK

Ian Stewart, of Birchfield, proved that he had lost neither fitness oraggression during his spell as a cyclist when he won the opening First DivisionSenior Birmingham League Cru>-s-Country Race at Wolverhampton yesterday.

The 5 Miles Race, over an undulating course of nearly four laps, was fast, exciting, and thoroughly enjoyed by the spectators, who were able to see nearly all of the course.

With two laps to go Ian Stewart had gone to the frontand it was Holden1s turn to hang on, this time in third place, just behind Fowler.

5tewart!s class told and at the finish he had a nine seconds advantage over Holden, winning in 25 minutes and 4 seconds#

EGMQNT AND RUAPEHU - RECORD RUNS.(New Zealand Press Association)

A German-born long distance runner, 5# Bauer (Wellington) achieved an outstanding double when he broke the record for the 26 miles run around Mount Egmont by 24 minutes on Saturday and then completed the 102 miles run around Mount Ruapehu in 18 hours and 45 minutes on Monday.

Bauer lowered the record of 12 hours 48 minutes, set by M# Telford (Auckland) in October, 1971, by clocking 12 hours 24 minutes after leaving the New Plymouthpost office at 6.00.am. on Saturday#

Rejecting advice from the national athletics coach A. Lydiard and a friend,Mr# R. Davis, the president of the Raatihi Amateur Athletic Club, not to attempt the second run, Bauer set off from the Ohakune post office at 6.00#a*m. on Sunday in his attempt to run around Mount Ruapehu.

Struggling all the way, Bauer finishedthe run at 12.45*p.m* on Monday, lowering the record of C. 0 1Donnell (Wanganui) by at least 4 hours and 15 minutes.

Bauer was feeling the effects of the pervious day's run and was struggling to maintain five miles an hour.

MORE rRQM HOBART.CliY TO CASINO - 14/7/74.

This year's Pun for Fun was held in ideal weather conditions# At the start 262 entrants headed towards the Casino, 10,000 metres away. Only one competitor failed to finish, namely a 5 year llmonths old boy, who found the distance a little too far# The run was a battle between Randal Markey and Neil Gale, with Randal eventually winning in 31m#43s. The oldest to finish was Bill Richards (56 years and 1 month) who took 71m# 24s# and was five minutes behind the youngest - Greg Rose (6 years and 7 months), who recorded 66m. and 15s#

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A BIT ON BUREAUCxtACr. 3y Fred Lsst er

One of the things which bug a lot of runners and tends to spoil the enjoyment most of us seek to get out of our sport is the ever present bureaucracy. It seemsthat, unless we deliberately check unnecessary procedures and paperwork, particularly as far as we ourselves are directly concerned, we finish up believing in its inevitability. Once this virus has us in its grip we even begin to justify its very existence to the detriment of what we are basically trying to do, namely to enjoy our sport and get the most out of it in our own personal achievement.

We need to continually ask the question: "Is what we are doing really necessary?" "Does it make for more and better participation?** ::It worked all right yesterday, but does it still apply today?" It is people doing things that makes life worthwhile, not stopping them from participating and trying new ways.

ALL KNOCKERS OF INTER-CLUB - WAKE UP AND THINK (FOR A CHANGE)Ejy Mike Hennessy, Chairman - V.A.A.A. T & F. Comp. Comm.

The Spring 197^ Issue describes as "remarkable11 the stand of the new ’rebel5 executive in T. and F. coming down virtually on the old style to block change1'

(in the summer programme)

This particular application of the ‘'rebel19 tag has already been publicly refuted and it is not my present purpose to comment further on that.

% aim is to point out the fallacy of, and the danger in, that any change is good simply because it is a change, and more specifically, the idea that because the inter-club system has shortcomings ( and I’m the first to admit that it has plenty) it should be abolished altogether, or, at least, given priority to all other forms of competition.

Victoria produces as many top class athletes as all the rest of Australia put together. Victoria has more competing athletes per head of population than most other countries in the world, if not the most. Victoria also has the most highly organised inter-club system in the world.

Are these three facts connected? In my view they are. Interclub is unique because it is the only system which can provide:-1. reguler competition for athletes of all classes and ages;2. the incentive of competing as a vital member of a team whose success depends

upon your performance against your opponent; (mariy of us V.M.C. runners and many top athletes have sufficient incentive as individuals - our position is different to that of the moderate standard sprinter or thrower or the junior athlete)}

j, the decentralisation through the clubs throughout Victoria of the essential functions of:

(a) people to tske up athletics and helping them to do this at a personal and !tgrass roots" level;

(b) involving parents and others as administrators and officials.If the team wins, the whole club rightly experiences the victory thrill.

An individual's victory gives satisfaction only to his coach, parents and closefriends, It follows that to destroy the present form of inter-club is to destroythe very foundations upon which athletics in Victoria are based.

The question is how do we overcome the shortcomings of inter-club without destroying it?What are the major shortcomings?1. Inadequate competition for top class athletes. 2.Poor spectator appeal.3. No provision for female competitors. Too much pressure on top athletes to

compete for their club when it does not suit their training programme.5. The heat of the hot Summer’s Saturday afternoon.6. Lack of variety in events and opponents.° No suitable competition for veterans.

For many athletes the season virtually ends on January 31st.

Possible answers may be:It Regular mid-week twilight: meetings at Olympic Park - some for top athletes only,

others for the moderate athlete on a graded basis.(Who would supply the officials and organisers for the latter?)

2. Replace the travelling A Grade club system with a regular Saturday inter-venue competition between teams of all ages, including veterans, country athletes and women, with simultaneous inter-club at each venue for other athletes. (There are certain hurdles apparently barring immediate involvement of the women)

3. If impractical to conduct full scale competition in February - March on account of the commitment of some athletes and officials to Championships, then a separate sceled-down possibly mid-week teams competitoon should be held - maybe two separate competitions, one for mid-October, November and December, and another, perhaps narrower one, for January, February and March,

The Trac£ and Field Competition Committee would be very pleased to receiveand constructive comments, criticisms and suggestions which would bring about animprovement in the system which would be of benefit to the majority.

BIG EARS warns that BRUCE JONES , who has been working and running in New Zealand (Auckland) will be returning to Melbourne in December and intends to run in the "Zatopek;t, If he intends to remain and rejoin the V.M.C, he is to be advised that he must enter soon with either Fred Lester or Neil Ryan,

\m;. : j " , s u m m e r 1974 d e c e m b s e vol. $ no, 3

3rd ANNUAL INTSRCLU3 10,000m TRACK RACE - BOX HILL - 22/10/74. By Dick Dowling

National 10,000m Champion, Bill Scott, shocked a small crowd of spectators and officials at Box Hill when he just failed to break the great Ron Clarke's National 10,000m Record, after powering round 25 laps in a truly brilliant 28:18.0 - a mere 2.4 seconds outside Clarke's 1963 time (then a world record) of 28:15,6,

1972 State 3 Miles Champion, Steve Austin, followed Scott through a 4,27 1600m, but was dropped at 6 laps leaving Scott the unchallenged leader and who eventually lapped Austin and the other 23 starters. It was not until 19 laps that Scottie, spurred on by his supporters, realised that breaking the former world record holder' time was a possibility. However, strive as he did, Bill's 4,29 final 1600m includin a last lap in 65 seconds left him 12 metres in arrears of the National Record of his adviser cum training companion, Ron Clarke,

Nevertheless, Bill's world class performance won a much deserved Australian singlet for the New Zealand Games, His time was 29 seconds better than his previous best at the Australian Championships in Melbourne last March. Scottie’s time ranks him 15th on the current 1974 World List,

The race was the 3rd Annual Interclub (Ivanhoe/Camberwell) 10,000m conducted in perfect conditions on the Sox Hill rubberised bitumen track. The feature of theevent was to be an attempt on Tony Bart's National Junior Record of 31*48*2 by18 year old Eero Keranen of Williamstown A.A,Club, Eero claimed share of the "'ight's honours when he powered to a 30:46.0 National Junior Record - carving an .ncredible 62,2 seconds of the talented South Australian's mark.

Eero adds this record to his 9s07*4 Steeple Record in the first round of interclub at Heidelberg.

Other highlights went to Noel MacDonald and Wayne Bourke; Noel also a junior, held on to Eero for 18 laps and also bettered Bart's time with a good 31:12.0, whilstWayne bettered the Victorian Country Record by 28,8 secs, with his 30:13.4,

RESULTS:1 Bill Scott Box Hill 28:18,0 12 Max Freeland Ball.East 31:24.6

(6 miles - 27:23.0) 13 Dave Gazley Box Hill 31:43c02 Steve Austin Ivanhoe 29:55.6 14 John Duck Kew 32:27.63 Wayne Bourke Ball.East 30:13.4 15 Bob Guthrie Sth.Melb, 32:38cO4 Phil Cuffe Foot scray 30:40.8 16 Alan Ashmore Yallourn 32:38.05 Bill Joyce Croydon 30:45.0 17 Dick Dowling Camb.YMCA 33:17.26 Eero Keranen Will*town 30:46.0 18 Barry Sawyer S.S.H. 33:44.0

Nat.Jun & Vic Rec.) 30:46,0 19 Paul Diggerson Mentone 34:12.47 Art Coolidge S.S.H. 31:07.0 20 Ron Young Ivanhoe 34:24.68 Grodon Milne Croydon 31:08.4 21 John Eyre Yallourn 34:47.09 Noel MacDonald Ivanhoe 31:12.0 22 Mike Hubbert Richmond 34:51.80 Gerry Sofianos Kew 31:14.0 23 John Clarke Camb.YMCA 36:22.4

il Alan Hicks Brighton 31:16.0 24 Keith Routley _Box Hill 36:28.0

THE MORE I GO. THE LESS I SEE _____ By Neil Ryan

Someone happened to tell me that there was an international athletic meeting at Olympic Park on Wednesday, the 20th November, so as a loyal supporter of athletics I decided to go instead of going to a church fund raising night.The meeting comnenced exactly at 8,p,m« and finished at 10,p,m, as we were promised by the organisers, but that's about all that did happen that was worthy of mentioning. Oh yes, we did see a good steeplechase, ahh - a women's sprint, the whole field of. a 1500 metres run nearly fall over one another, because someone was embarrassed about taking the lead, and, let me see, there musy have been something else that took part during the two hours. Oh, what about that 7g- miles race, yes, that was interesting, tftere were a lot in that race too, veterans, juniors and even a few little athletes, but no, that wasn't on Olympic Park, that was aV,M.C. race being held around the river.

Yes, now I remember, was there any of those schoolboy relays on'.'as they are usually very exciting, or were there a couple of 800 metre runs for the ordinary club runners? No, I can't remember anything like that. You know, they didn't even have an old fashioned handicap on, where the backmarker makes it very interesting by trying to pass all the others in front of him. Hey, eome to think of it, there wasn’t as many people there as usual, I wonder why?

You know, the whole meeting reminded me of the good old days, when we would spend most of the time talking to our mates because there was so much time between events, and that was the only way to keep ourselves awake. Yes, it's marvellous just how much things haven't progressed since then. Anyone for coffee.

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C/J

V.X'I.C xiiiWOLiii’TER SUMMER 1974 DECEMBER VOL. 6 Ko. 3ODDMENTS

V.M.C. VETERANS "WEIGHT FOR AGE" 3000m HANDICAP - OAIC HIGH - 13/10/74.PI, Name Time Hand. H.P1. PI. Naa<3 Time Hand H.P1.1 •Gerry RILEY 9.57 1,30 E 2 7 Hans iiEISELBACH 11.22 2.16 52 Keith ROUTLEI 10.01 .,05 8 8 Dennis COLECLOUGH 11.22 1.51 73 Bill TURNEY 10.09 Scr. 10 9 Eddie GAMBLE 11.25 3.00 14 Noel ANDERSON 10.36 2.09 E 2 10 Harry LOGAN 13.12 3.07 95 Mike PORTER 10.49 1,46 4 11 George SIMPSON 15.38 4.38 116 Peter COLTHUP 10,59 1.40 6

CORRECTION TO RESULTS V.M.C. MARATHON, 29/6/74. TYABB.

Will all people concerned delete the name KERRI BEATTIE (9th in 2:48,50) from the lists as the person concerned was not an amateur, according to our information from Tasmania. The person referred to has participated in professional events in Tasmania and he also competed in a professional event in Victoria two weeks later.

This was a most regrettable breach of ethics, as the individual concerned, when asked his amateur affiliation in Tasmania, claimed to be a member of the Derwent AAC, This matter has been reported to Bruce Duncan of the Professional Cross Country Club.

MEASURING WHEEL LOST AT V.M.C. RUN, 20th NOVEMBER, 1974.

Malvern Harriers are offering a reward to ary person who may know the whereabouts ox their metric measuring wheel, used to check the course on the above date.If successful, please contact ROD HEALEY on 48-2121 (Buse) or 90-7368 (home)

POSTSCRIPT TO V.M.C. RESULTS ■■ 5-JUN. 6km. 6/11/74

1. Chris TURTLE 23.50. 2. Emil SIMATIC 26.56. 3. Tony DIMAIUTA 26.56.The last two lads are attending Alton6 North High, where an enthusiastic American teacher in encouraging them to try themselves out and they are enjoying it.

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BITS AND PIECES FROL HERE AND THERE.__________ By BIG EARS

At this early stage it now appears certain that Jack Foster and Terry Manners will be taking part in next year's Eclipse Marathon over in Hamilton, New Zealand,The V«M,C, is hoping that more of its members will be making the trip next year to take part in what is now recognised as one of New Zealand's top marathons.Billets can be arranged and if anyone is interested then get in touch with Neil Ryan, who, I'm sure will be a starter once again.

Believe Fred Lester has at long last been elected a Victorian Team Manager, will be accompanying the team to Adelaide early next year for the Annual Challenge

Event betwen the two states. Apparently most of Fred’s opponents were asleep at the time when this item came up for discussion at the Council Meeting the other week, and so he was quickly voted in. Good on yer, Fred, About bloody time too.

Felt Bob Hendy (Coll.) was a bit stiff not to make the New Zealand Games Team

It was almost a case of get “Bob Hawke’ in, to settle a strike that took place out at Preston a couple of weeks ago. Apparently the programme was running behind time, more than usual that is, so the officials decided to sp ;ed it up a bit by doubling up tho number of starters in certain events, and the 3 Grade 800 metres happened to be one of them. Just prior to the start of the event the competitors had a quick meeting about the numbers taking part and, when the gun went off, they all sat down on the track. Not to be disrupted the officials proceded with the programme and so others had to run around the sit down strikers,

Preston isn't the only ground having troubles. University has also been getting behind to the extent that the 5000 metres event is being held at 6.30,p.m.Another track with problems is at Geelong where officials and runners are complaining about the state of the track. Sections have been worn away, so much so that there are ruts, holes and protruding rocks showing. Apparently the Centre has been waiting for 2 years for the Geelong City Council to carry out a $1500 re-surfacing project. Actually it sounds like Olympic Park before it was re-surfaced.

Could the selection trial for the Olympic Games Marathon representatives be held sometime in March, 1976, Weather conditions then could be very similar to those expected to prevail in Montreal at the time of the Games at the end of July.

:fj:LIP5S I’lARATfION!; - HAMILTON - NSW ZEALAND - 26th OCTOBER, 1974. 3y Neil Ryan.

Departed Tullamarine 8,a.m. 19th October by British “"with a minimum of fuss8' Airways with Terry Hunter (Richmond) and Fred Lester (Sec. V.M.C,). On arrival at Auckland, which looked very similar to the old Essendon Airport, we were met by Andy Galloway, organiser of the Eclipse Marathon, who carefully packed us into his Japanese car and drove us down to Waihi Beach (east side of New Zealand just north of Bay of Plenty) to attend the Hamilton Harriers training, coaching weekend.There were approximately 40 members in attendance at the camp and they included runners of various ages and both sexes which was unusual for us to see, Over the weekend we participated in discussions on athletics, training runs along the beach and also singalongs and games with all and sundry joining in. It was a most enjoyable weekend, except for some character trying to impress us with his trumpet playing. Perhaps the V.M.C, could hold a couple of these weekends during its season, as it certainly brings members closer together and enables them to get to know each other more.

At the conclusion of the weekend we were driven down to Hamilton where I was billetted with the Cameron family, Dave and Jan, who are both active members of the Hamilton Harriers and their two children Lisa and ;'what5s that for" Jason,During the following week I was allowed the full run of the house and could not have had better conditions in ay preparations for the race. Dave"s house was well situated, in that it was only about 200m from the course which was handy as I was able to have at least one training session a day around the course. His place was also close to the river which ran oast the city and was at least the larra in width, so I was ;able > run along the banks at night. I was also fortunate (or unfortunate) that Max

nolmes and Linda lived just around the corner, so I did manage a session, running and talking with him. On the Wednesday Andy Galloway took the three of us up to Rotorua to see the geysers bubbling away and also to take a hot mineral bath, which was really fantastic. Along the way we called in to see John Robinson, second placegetter in this year's V.M.C. Marathon, who unfortunately but wisely was not taking part in the marathon as he had already run 5 of then in past 12 months.

On Friday we met Bernie Vine, ex everywhere, who had come up from "Windy Wellington to take part. Luckily enough we were fortunate to get the use of a car which was lent to us by one of the club members and so we drove up into the hills for another mineral bath. After a good soaking we wandered into the only pub near the baths and partook in a special pre-race meal. Get this down everyone, it could be the secret - two pies, square, 2 bottle of Paeron mineral water, bag of peanuts and several glucose lollies, which were most enjoyable. So much for that.That night I had an early tea, went to be at 9»P»m, and within the hour was fast asleep. The next thing I remember was waking up and feeling it was about time to go, but after looking at the clock was certain it wasn’t as it was only 3*a,m. I did manage to get back to sleep and finally woke up at 6,a,m, I then downed several elasses of water, f of a vitaniiser of "Strive** pre-competition meal in a drink, so ley say, and a few spoons of honey-comb, then went back to bed. I did manage

short periods of sleep up until 8*a4m. when again I got out of bed for the last time before the big race which was due to commence at 9.3.,m. I noticed that my pulse had quickened and I felt fairly warm about the forehead and hands. I then ducked into the dunne for a nervous one, had a couple more glasses of water as it was getting warm outside and I was ready as I ever would be. Oh yes - I did put my gear on for those who wsre wondering. So much for that. It was 9*a,iJi,» the gun went and I immediately went into the lead followed by three other fellows, Kevin Ryan,Mike Ryan and Barry Jones, followed by the other 120 runners including 2 ladies.I hope the V.W.A.A.A. hears about this. Within the first 40Gm the four of us had opened a break on the rest of the field■ At the 2 mile mark some fellow yelled out 9:45, and vsy shorts and singlet nearly fell off. Bloody hell, faster than I thought, so I eased back slightly and allowed the other two ftyans to go into the lead. The pace eased about the 4 mile mark and we completed the first lap of 4 in 31:14 for 10km, I still felt good, and it was around the 7 mile mark that Mike Ryan dropped back leaving Jones, Ryan and nyrself to battle it out. At the 10 miles,Kevin Ryan put in a good surge and it was at this point that I wasn’t certain whethe"I should go with him or stay back with Barry Jones as there was still a long way to go. I chose to stay back and allowed Kevin to hold a break of around 68 seconds which he maintained to the finish. Barry and I continued on past the half-way mark in 66 mins.I made a quick calculation, twice that gives 2:12 plus a bit more for slowing down, "bloody hell", could run a personal best here around 2:18. Nearing the end of the third lap Barry Jones started to slow down, so as we went up the hill for the last time and into the lasp lap I forced the pace and moved ahead. I could still see Kevin Ryan ahead but just couldn't close the gap and thus went down by 68 seconds

to the better man on the day. In other words he was just about to finis!) when I raninto the stadium with one lap to go, A short time after a roar went up from thecrowd as the third man, Mike Ryan ran on to the track to make it Ryan, fiyan and Ryan in the first three placings:-1. Kevin Ryan - 2:16.51} 2. Neil Ryan - 2:17»59> 3* Mike Ryan - 2:21.24,

The two ladies finished the race - Barbara Mundt (32 yrs) in 3:58.19, andPamela Powell (36 yrs.) in 4:16.00. Terry Hunter finished 39th in 2:56.00.

To conclude, I ran a personal best and finished in good condition without any injuries thus rounding off a very enjoyable trip, I feel that more members should take part in what is fast becoming New Zealand’s top Marathon, and also to meet and exchange some ideas with our friends across the Tasman,

The circuit course is definitely the way to run a marathon and does give the runner an advantage to utilise various conditions that may prevail at the time such as the wind. It also allows one to know what to expect on the course. The Eclipse Marathon was well organised, with plenty of officials along the way to ensure that the race was for the runners. Congratulations to the organisers, thanks once again to the Cameron family for billetting me and also thanks to the V.M.C, for making my trip possible.

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1. MONTREAL: The Canadians seem well organised and well advanced in their preparations. Our delegation received the utmost courtesy and co-operation from all officials.

Beoeuse of the French separationist movement in Quebec we had heard reports that Olympic officials would only converse in French. This proved to be false.

The Canadians, Unlike the Germans at Munich, are treating the matter of tickets and accommodation separately. In other words you may purchase tickets without having to simultaneously secure your accommodation.

The accommodation side appears well organised with all available rooms being categorised into six levels of quality. This information is being stored in a computer and hopefully any request for rooms can be attended to at a touch of a button, A printout from the computer should provide three alternatives within the category sought. Additionally the Government is inspecting all rooms and will set a maximum charge which must be shown on a printed form within each room so that people cannot be overcharged.However, computers, like human beings, are not infallible and it will be interesting to see the actual performance when the avalanche of requests eventually descends upon the machine.

2. TORONTO» The Veterans World Championships will now be held at a different venue at Ettibocoke, a suburb some 10 to 12 miles from downtown Toronto. The recent Pan-Pacific Games were held there on a all weather grasstex track.

The facilities are good, the only shortcomings being the distance from the City proper and an open grandstand. The Canadians are attempting to arrange free transportation to and from the stadium each day.

Entries are expected to be of the order of 2000 to 3000 athletes from 24 countries (so far), so tight organisation will be essential. At a committee meeting I formed the opinion that the Canadians were on the ball. The meet Director will be George Arnold who did the same job at the Pan-Pacific Games.

Toronto is a clean city about the size of Melbourne with an excellent freeway system which greatly facilitates motor transport, It would need to as the ratio approaches three cars per family. Public transport is available in tramways and an underground with a flat charge of 30 cents per journey,

3. Noticed in overseas publications were direction on where to go for a training run in various cities throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A similar advice for Melbourne which could be included as a standard item could be - Botanical Gardens within mile of Melbourne. Changing facilities at Y.M.C.A., just over Princes Bridge, Circuit around the Gardens measures approximately 2-j- miles.

Also included in one Newsletter was a list of starting points for groups who ran regularly. This listed the names of a couple of individuals and telephone numbers, the meeting point and starting time, approximate pace per mile and the approximate distance of the training run. Any regular groups who might like to encourage others to join in could provide suitable^details.

BIG EARS AGAIN - Did anyone read that ’Bulldust11 in the paper about the athletes who were taking part in a mid-week special evening meeting, beijig told by the organisers to forget their own ambitions to win, and instead, give the fans an exciting event, as this was more important. Just who is more important?

GLEANINGS FROM DISTANCE RUNNING MEWS” - VOL. 1. No,!. SYDNEY, OCT. 1974First of all, congratulations to all concerned for bringing out this fine

publication in N.S.WS For those interested in obtaining the D.R.N., the price is 40^ and the address is: P.O. Box 174, Avalon, N.S.WALES. 2107.

Former Editor of the Australian Harrier, Frank McCaffrey, had his arm twisted to join Angelo Jones as Co-Editor. We still have fond memories of the ‘’Harrier" and the fine Australia wide coverage it achieved. The present editors are aiming for D.R.N. to eventually fill that role.

Former V.M.C, Marathoner and Vic. Champion, Fred Howe has turned up in Sydney, where he is living with wife, Margaret, Training round his home area,Randwick, Fred is getting fit to give the over 40’s some hot competition. Last we heard from Fred was that he was gingering things up at Wodonga, athletic-wise that is.

A further warning to training on the road is served by an accident suffered by Mike Aiken in Burwood, N.S.W, Mike suffered a broken thigh and other injuries when hit by a car. Probably because of his very good physical condition, Mike staged aremarkable recovery and is back running again.

Terry Jorgensen's name crops up as having been seen in Canberra, where he tooksome Sydney visitors around the Stromlo Forest training circuit.

Trust Canberra to come up with some involved computerised scheme to rank A.C.T. runners. Playing with that computer could be a new Athletics Official ranking!??

Mike Kennedy is the A.C.T’s most successful runner, with Gary Lavers and Alan Wilson next best. Peter Kennewell and Mike Lavers are also runners to watch.

In the Sydney round-up, Randwick-Botany was possibly the strongest club of thewinter season, winning 4 team titles, having the services of John Stanley for the long stints. Ryde-Hornsby, with John Farrington winning every state title he entered, and gaining Dennis Nee to the club, also had a good winter. St. George reports that Alby Thomas is running extremely well, but apart from Marathoners Scott, Edwards, Gribble and Bowers, strength is missing in the in-between range of events.Western Suburbs has its main strength at Sub-Junior level, but has a fast improver in Paul Lockyer, who turned in a 25 minute flat 5 miler.

The Newcastle report tells of further good participation of runners of all agesand both sexes, a most successful “Newcastle Fun Run-* of approx. 10km. (Other organisers of similar projects please note the distanced

There is also a European T and F Championship, 1974 report by Ernst Krenkles.800m. 1. L. Sujsanj (Yug.) 1:44.1 4. w. Ponomarev (USSR) 1:46.0

2. S. Ovett (G.3.) 1:45.8 5. G. Stolle (W.G.) 1:46.23. M. Taskinen (Fin) 1:45.9 6. M. Fiasconaro (It.) 1:46.3

1500m. 1. X. P. Justus (E.G. 3:40*6 4. H. Scharn (Hoi.) 3:41.32. T. Hansen (Den. 3:40,8 5. W. Pantele (USSR) 3:41.43. T. Wessinghage(W.G. 3:41.1 6. P. V^sala (Fin.) 3:41.5

5000m. 1. B. Foster (G.B. 13:17.2 4. J. Hermans (Bel.) 13:25.62. M. Kuschmann (E.G. 13:24,0 5. I, Floroiu (Rom.) 13:27.23. L. Viren (Fin. 13:24.6 6. A. Kualheim (Nor.) 13:27.2

100006. 1. M. Kuschmann (E.G. 28.25.8 L. Viren (Fin.) 28:29.22. A. Simons (G.B. 28:25.8 8. M. Haro (Spa.) 28:36.03. G. Cindolb (It.) 28:27.2 9. D. Black (G.B.) 28:36.64. n-■J* Malinovski (Pol. 28:28.0 10. 3. Ford (G.B.) 28.37.45. N. Puklahov (USSR 28:29.2 11. K. Lismont (Bel.) 28:41.26. X. Boro (Nor. 28:29.2 12. P. Paivarinta (Fin.) 29.21.6

3000m/ 1• 3,, Malinovski (Pol ) 8:15.0 4. F. Fava (Ita.) 8:19.0STEEPLE 2,. A,, Garderud (Swe ) 8:15.4 5. H. Wahrli (Swi.) 8.26.2

3. M. Karst (W.G ) 8:18.0 6. G • Cefan (Rom,) 8:26.2

FOOTNOTE: Pekka Paivarinta won the Turku-Ruissalo Marathon on 29th September in2 hourslO minutes 12,6 seconds.

He has best times of:-1500 metres in 3:37.2 (1973)3000 metres in 7*58.4 (1974)

10000 metres in 28:18.4 (1974)3000m Steeple 8:25.4 (1972)

V.a.C, NEWSLETTER SUMMER 1974 DECEMBER VOL. 6. NO. 3

^jAT LO YOU MAKE OF IT? ODDS AND ENDS AND RANDOM THOUGHTS. By FRED LESTER

The newsletter bug is catching. Latest to enter the field is the V.A.A.A.’s Cross Country Organising Committee, Under its new Secretary, Barry Tregenza, sometime V»M*C. member, two issues appeared this winter to keep the mudhoppersinformed on some of the doings. While we are at it, thers has been a more frequentappearance in programmes of officials9 names in full, like Alan Brown, Ern Fluff,etc.

Now we are waiting for the really big jump into this century, when everybody, whether runner or official, will always have their names appear in full. Some of the correspondents to this magazine haven't reached this stage yeti What about it?

The times are changing! The Victorian Marathon Team that went to Adelaide for the big race reckoned they did not need a captain, noons was desirous of big-noting himself. Besides, they had a manager, and that was good enough to deal with the hot air part of the proceedings. That did not stop the boys from being a verysuccessful team, only the crazy scoring system used by the A.A.U. of A, could comeup with a different result.

The N,S.Wales athletes won all right, and noone would quibble with that, but isnat it weird that only 3 out of the 6 can score? It is much more widely acceptedoverseas that you run four with 3 to count, 6 with 4 to count or 9 with 6 to count,Added to that, in some competitions, while the ’non-scoring” runners cannot count in their team total, their placing can still force the runner of another team to have a higher placing number to add to his team’s score. In this way the incentive is kept up right throughout the team and keener racing results from it.

It is a little hard to follow why the press in Melbourne is so reluctant topublish V,M,C. results when they are presented to them written out in detail, as happened immediately after our 16km and 12km this summer. I know that we only cater for a small membership of 300 odd, but there are a lot of sports whose impact on national health and fitness are not nearly as great, yet they make it regularly into the results columns at least. The lack of attention paid to the efforts of our members, who have played a very large part in the raising of Australian distance running standards, rankles quite deeply, and is, to my mind at least, a poor reflection on the understanding of athletics on the part of the people concerned with the reporting of the sport. Maybe we have a different sense of values when it comes to promoting sport in a tangible way.

As you know we are on the exchange list with the R,R,C. of Britain Newsletter and I am glad to see that they cracked down hard on runners who offended against road safety. The A,A.A. over there is rigidly enforcing the running on the left hand side of the road in races and several of the runners in the Polytechnic Marathon, which was the major event this year owing to the sponsor of the Maxol withdrawing at short notice, got the ’gong’, Just to show that there was no favoritism, the 4th place (2nd British) and 8th placed runners were disqualified for this offence. To quote: Competitors were moving to the right hand side ofthe road, perhaps in the mistaken balief that they would significantly reduce the distance, with the complete disregard of their own safety and that of the other road users .... This led to the unfortunate disqualification

From the same source we gleaned that this year’s Boston Marathon had a huge field of 1705 starters, the starter found it impossible to get everyone back behind the starting line and it took just on 2j minutes before the last runners crossed the line, according to one informant. Fortunately, through some system of seeding, the organisers do manage to reserve several rows near the front of the grid for quality performers. Even then, it would appear to us that a system of staggered intervals is the only real answer when we deal with large size fields of mass participation.

The V.M.C, has used staggered starting times in its longer races for some time now - we are running the 6,Emil Zatopek1' as one race but in two divisions, the time may not be too far distant when we shall be extending the same procedure in principle, and so avoid the kind of unholy shambles as ahppened at Boston,

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BIG EARS WANTS TO KNOW - Just how much money can the top men in amateur athletics earn. Recently one amateur turned pro and was heard to comment that he was making less now than when he was in amateur ranks. Kow often have you wondered why it is that vie cannot seem to attract the top overseas runners to this country. Perhaps the fact that the top fellows are being offered in the region of $500 to $600 per meet to compete in Europe is one of the reasons