Weekly News Report 21-06-2023

Kate Dzienis • June 21, 2023

Glow Worm Tunnel Marathon Weekend, NSW
BRVT100s (Australian 100 Mile Championships), Qld
Antsy for Anstey, SA
Australian Backyard Masters, Qld
Members Updates
Upcoming Events

We are always on the hunt for your stories and reports, so with June Ultramag coming out in the next few weeks, send in your incredible tales to ultramag@aura.asn.au And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AURA-listed event specifically!

If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please do so via email by contacting Kate Dzienis at kate.dzienis@aura.asn.au

GLOW WORM TUNNEL MARATHON WEEKEND

The Glow Worm Tunnel Marathon Weekend was held in Glen Davis, NSW from 16 -17 June and is one of those highly anticipated events on the AURA calendar. On offer for participants is the Marathon 43km, 30km, Half Marathon, Pipeline Dash and a 6km.

Kicking off with the Men’s Marathon, top spots were awarded to Thomas Chailloux (4:35:23), Jeff Powell (4:37:25) and Michael Fell (4:44:42). In the Women’s Marathon, winners were named Marijke Walshe (4:59:39), Kat Bush (5:22:52) and Meisha Strykowski (6:03:31).

Congratulations to all our AURA members who ran in the Glow Worm’s Marathon event, including David Campbell(5:43:58), Bernhard Freisler (6:03:54), Lesly Jones (6:22:54 and 4^th Female), George Ziogas (9:41:37) and Lesley Mason (9:42:58).

For the full list of results including all distances, click here.

BVRT100S & AUSTRALIAN 100 MILE CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Ultimate Direction BVRT100s was held at the weekend on 16-18 June in Ipswich, Qld and doubled up as the 2023 Australian 100 Mile Championships. On offer for long distance athletes was a 200 miler, 100 miler, 100km, 50 miler, marathon and half marathon.

Starting with the longest distances first, there were two finishers in the Men’s 200 Miler – Sean Bell took the crown, finishing in 53:30:39 whilst Peter McGilvery claimed 2^nd Male in 64:24:01.

In total, there were four DNFs (two men, two women), and all amazing efforts by everyone involved.

Onto the 100 Miler, which was the 2023 Australian 100 Mile Championships (Please note, winners of the Championships – podium positions in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions – do not need to be financial AURA members. They simply need to win 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd to be recognised as Championship winners), there were 25 finishers (20 men, 5 women).

In the Men’s 100 Miler / Championships, winners were named for the top spots as Nicholas Bamford (14:56:56) in 1^stMale and Kevin McCann (16:59:51) in 2^nd Male. AURA’s very own Luca Turrini from Little Bay, NSW took home 3^rdMale with a total time of 17:03:44.

In the Women’s 100 Miler / Championships, podium finishers were won by Jennifer Ritossa (20:51:32), Sophie Shawdon (25:07:59) and Sally Teiniker (27:05:52).

Congratulations to all our AURA members who ran in the 100 miler, including Stuart Hughes (21:32:58), Howard McCann (22:03:23) and Leah Weeden (27:43:37 and 4^th Female), Kerrie Bremner, Joshua Chugg, Sarah-Jane Hipwell and Kath Judge.

In the 100km distance, there were 23 finishers (17 men, 6 women) with 4 DNFs.

In the Men’s 100km event, top spots were won by Paul Jackson (8:38:49), Travis Ireland (11:07:23) and David Routledge (11:34:59). In the Women’s 100km, winners were named Katy Booth (10:09:16), Emily Pimlett (10:54:55) and Kirsty Sutton (11:00:47).

Well done to all our AURA members in the 100km, including Isobel Tait (12:31:43) and Paul Wood (18:21:27).

There were 17 finishers (12 men, 5 women) in the 50 miler, with two DNFs.

In the Men’s 50 Miler, spots were awarded to Jordan Nukunuku (7:26:56), Tobias Steele (7:54:23) and Eddie Walsh (9:25:43).

In the Women’s 50 Miler, AURA’s very own Tia Jones from Ipswich, Qld took the crown, claiming 1^st Female following a time of 9:59:53. Second and 3^rd Female positions were won by Margaret Wedge (10:56:36) and Nicky Davison (12:40:06) respectively.

Congratulations to AURA member Richard Crane from Farrer, ACT who finished the distance in 18:16:33, a fantastic effort.

For the full list of results, including the Marathon and Half Marathon distances, click here.

ANTSY FOR ANSTEY

Antsy for Anstey was held on 17 June in Tea Tree Gully, SA at Anstey Hill Recreation Park. In the ultra distances, host GoodRunnings offered a 60km option together with a 31km, 21.1km and 12.4km.

In the Men’s 60km winners were named Scott Cameron (5:31:40), Ben Cavin (7:07:57) and Lachie Evins (7:30:08). No women’s winners were announced with no female athletes registered.

AUSTRALIAN BACKYARD MASTERS

We could provide results for the Australian Backyard Masters, which kicked off on Saturday, 17 June but AURA’s Phil Gore from Darling Downs in WA is still running with New Zealand’s Sam Harvey at the Dead Cow Gully location – it’s down to the last two.

A new Qld backyard record was set on Monday night (19 June) with four finishers completing Loop 60 – AURA’s Phil Gore from Darling Downs in WA, Harvey Lewis, Sam Harvey and Aaron Young.

The Australian Record of 76 loops was also broken by Phil, Harvey and Sam; and now the World Record of 101 loops has just been equalled this morning at 9am WST (Wed, 21 June) and as of 10am, if both Phil and Sam return after Loop 102, it will have been broken.

Incredible efforts by so many endurance runners, including AURA member Tim Kacprzak from Bannockburn, Vic who completed 55 loops (turning around on Loop 56 with a swollen ankle) and who also inspired his 14-year-old son Ollie to finish a total of 15 loops (100km) on the first day of the event.

A breakdown of all our amazing AURA runners will be provided in the next Weekly News Report when we get the starters list from the event directors. In the meantime, you can keep up with how Phil and Sam are going on the socials – almost every single ultra running page is providing updates.

MEMBERS UPDATES

Congratulations to AURA’s Greta Truscott and Chris Truscott from Malabar, NSW who ran at this year’s Comrades down run 88km in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa on 11 June. Greta finished her race in a time of 7:44:02 and Chris completed it in 7:05:19.

A stellar effort from both of you, well done!

Greta and Chris Truscott with their Comrades medals.

AURA Treasurer Annabel Hepworth from Castlecrag, NSW is currently over in Wisconsin, USA for the 6 Days In The Dome race – an event that is run indoors on a 443m loop track around the a national ice hockey rink. We will keep you posted in the next Weekly News Report on how she did!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Transcend Ultra kicks off this weekend on 25 July in WA, whilst the Australian 24 Hour Track Invitational will be held from 1-2 July at the AIS in the ACT. The Lakes Trail Festival in Hawks Nest, NSW will be held that same weekend, and the Brisbane Trail Ultra in Kangaroo Point, Qld will kick off 7 July.

The highly anticipated 3 Marathons in 3 Days starts 7 July also in Kuranda, Qld, and Ultra Adelaide by ioMerino in Adelaide, SA kicks off 8 July.

The Elephant Trail Race, always a spectacular event to be a part of, will see runners start on 14 July in Pembrooke, NSW whilst WA’s Yaberoo Trail Ultra in Neerabup begins on 23 July.

Kuranda to Port Douglas Ultra on 30 July in Kuranda, Qld kicks off 30 July, the last AURA listed event on the AURA calendar for the month.

Pictured: Sam Harvey (left) and Phil Gore (right) about to head out on the World Record loop of 101 at Dead Cow Gully at the Australian Backyard Masters – Loop 101 kicking off at 9am WST on Wed, 21 June 2023.

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AUTRA News Report 19-02-2025

By Kate Dzienis • February 19, 2025

The latest in race results, covering Cradle Mountain Run, City Run, Oscars 100 Hut 2 Hut and Yaberoo Trail Ultra.

Final 2024 Points Competition Results

By Alexis Oosterhoff • January 30, 2025

Results for the 2024 AUTRA Points Competition have been finalised, and are available on our Points Competition page. Full details of the top 10 (as shared on Facebook during January) are detailed below, and results for all participating AUTRA members can be found in the documents at the above link. It was a real battle throughout the year between our top two finishers, Phil Gore & Kevin "BK" Matthews, with both giving it their it their all at events, and through contributions to the community - volunteering at multiple events, and submitting articles to our monthly newsletter, Ultramag. They finished within 2km of total distance for the year (Phil on 1203.087km, and Kevin on 1205.510km), and it was only Phil's final volunteering effort on 6 Inch Trail Marathon in December that gave him the that very narrow victory. As you'd be aware from previous communications, this marks the end of the Points Competition. With trail running (of all distances) now incorporated into AU T RA's constitution, and after careful consideration of the costs of the competition payouts in it's current form, the committee felt it was time for it's retirement. This marks my seventh and final year of delivering the points competition to membership (2018-2024), after taking on the role from Cheryl Symons. It has brought me great joy in doing so, and I feel like I've had an opportunity to get to know so many of our members through seeing their race (and volunteering) performances over the years! I'm continuing in my role as the AUS/NZL statistician for DUV (from whom we shared the data for the points comp), and you can expect to continue to find your ultra-race result on their site. 1st Place - Phil Gore (WA) - 86 points Phil's achievements this year have included a massive 265.653km (and 2nd place) at the IAU 24h Asia & Oceania Championships, wins at the Red Dirt Backyard Ultra (33 laps), the Australian leg of Big Dog's Backyard World Team Championship (96 laps), and the Soochow/Taipei 24h Ultramarathon (270.826km). He also knocked out an easy (!) 72km at the Light Horse Ultra 24h in between supporting his amazing wife Gemma. Those two 24h wins netted Phil new Oceania 24h Open Male records, IAU Level 1 qualifiers, and pushed him to the top of Australia's 24h trophy board (with only the great Yiannis Kouros having run further). Phil topped-up his points by contributing one article to Ultramag, worked as an Event Director at Herdy's Frontyard Ultra, and volunteered at a further five events through the year. He finished on 86 points. 2nd Place - Kevin Matthews (WA) - 84 points Finishing in 2nd place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Kevin Matthews. He monstered his way through the year with finishes at Australia Day Ultra 100km, Delirious WEST 200mi, 24 laps at Herdy's Frontyard Ultra, 190km at Light Horse Ultra 24h, 23 laps at Birdy's Backyard Ultra, and also completed Feral Pig 100 miler, Sandman 50km and Six Inch 47km. And to top things off, he contributed five articles to Ultramag, and volunteered at five events. BK ran 1205km in Ultramarathon races this year, all of them AUTRA-listed, and surpassed 100 marathon finishes (including 51 Ultramarathons!) Kevin finished the year on 84 points, a massive 34 points ahead of our 3rd place finisher Sue Robertson. 3rd Place - Sue Robertson (WA) - 50 points Finishing in 3rd place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Sue Robertson. Sue completed the Ultra Series 100 miler trilogy of Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST, and rounded out her year with the Sandman 50km and Six Inch 47km races. She received 30 points from the racing at AUTRA-listed events, and was awarded a further 20 points by volunteering across eight events and contributing two articles to Ultramag, for a total of 50 points for the year. Thank you Sue! 4th Place - Margie Hadley (WA) - 47 points Finishing in 4th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Margie Hadley . She was the top-female finisher at both the No Time to Die Frontyard Ultra & Wild Dog Backyard Ultra, 2nd at Birdy's Backyard Ultra, ran 182km at the Australian 24h Track Invitational and placed 3rd at Coast to Kosci. Margie received 47 points in the competition 5th Place - Melissa Robertson (NSW) - 44 points Finishing in 5th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is NSW's Melissa Robertson. Melissa took out 1st place at Irrational SOUTH 200 miler, 2nd place at Lakes Trail Festival 100km, 1st place at Hume & Hovell 100 miler, 3rd place at Rumble in the Jungle and 6th place at Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko 100 miler! She also volunteered at the GNW 50km event, receiving 44 points in the competition! 6th Place - Aaron Young (WA) - 42 points Finishing in 6th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Aaron Young . Aaron finished in 1st place at each of the Ultra Series "Triple Crown" of 200 milers (Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST), 55 laps at Big Dog's Backyard World Team Championship, and rounded his year out with Feral Pig 100 miler. Aaron receives 42 points, just nudging ahead of Maree Connor (who also finished on 42 points) on a count-back 7th Place - Maree Connor (NSW) - 42 points Finishing in 7th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is NSW's Maree Connor. Maree had an outstanding year, achieving 2nd place with 221km (and an IAU Level 1 qualifier) at the IAU 24th Asian and Oceania Championships, 1st place at the Lakes Trail Festival 100km, 1st place with 67km at the Southern Sydney 6h race, and 1st place with 116km at the Narrabeen Allnighter 12h. Maree also competed at Spartathlon race this year (for which she contributed an article to the September Ultramag on her experience), receiving 42 points in the competition. 8th Place - Darren Linney (SA) - 41 points Finishing in 8th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is SA's Darren Linney . Darren completed 34 laps at No Time to Die BYU, 199km at the Adelaide 24h race, and 814km at the Australian 6 Day race, for a total of 1241km raced and 41 points . 9th Place - Tristan Cameron (WA) - 40 points Finishing in 9th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Tristan Cameron. Tristan completed the Ultra Series Triple Crown of 200 mile races (Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST), along with Feral Pig 100 miler, for a total of 1154km raced and 40 points. 10th Place - Jen Millum (WA) - 39 points Finishing in 10th place in the AUTRA 2024 Points Competition is WA's Jen Millum . Jen finished 1st at all three of the Ultra Series Trilogy of 100 milers (Delirious WEST, Irrational SOUTH and Unreasonable EAST), and was 2nd female with 35 laps at the Wild Dog Backyard Ultra. With a volunteer stint at the Yaberoo Trail Ultra, Jen finished the year with 39 points in the competition. To view the complete list of members who secured points in 2024 click here and then follow through to Points Summary under the 2024 tab. All winners have already been contacted, with cash prizes distributed for 1st - 7th places, and AUTRA Store vouchers sent for 8th, 9th & 10th.