Weekly News Report 29-07-2024

Kate Dzienis • July 29, 2024

Backyard Ultra Trial Series Everton, Vic
Yaberoo Trail Ultra, WA
Boyne Valley 50, Qld
Antsy for Antsey, SA
Upcoming Events

WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 26-07-2024

As always, we're continuously on the hunt for your stories and reports, so get those race reports and photographs in to ultramag@autra.asn.au with the following information:

Word document, single spaced
Include the name of the event, the date and the location anywhere in the report (just a bullet point at the top is great)
Please attach photographs to the email – do not put images in the body of your Word doc. You’ll just get me emailing you back asking for the photos sent in the correct way!
As many photos as possible. With our new website, it’s now easier than ever to include a nice gallery in each race report
No PDFs please

And remember, it doesn’t have to be about an AURA-listed event specifically! You just have to be an AURA member for the 2024 year. Also too, if you’ve run in a non-AURA listed event anywhere on home soil or internationally, we’d love to include your race results and experience in our Member Updates, so please do reach out to us via email to kate.dzienis@autra.asn.au

If any corrections need to be made in any of the results listed below, please alert me via email.

backyard ultra trial series everton (vic)

Round 3 of the Trial Series, held on 7 July 2024, saw 22 runners from all over Victoria, and one from Tasmania, head to the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail just north of Wangaratta to tackle the mentally complex course (the complexity based on how dead straight the trail was in this out-and-back run).

Top three finishers in the Women’s division were Zoe Handreck, Sam Cooper and Lexi Togolo while in the Men’s division the top three were Brett Pressnell, Timothy Malone and Nick Creek.

Congratulations to all who participated in this event.

For the full list of results, you can click through here.

The final 14 runners heading out on the 8th and final yard. Image: supplied/facebook.

YABEROO TRAIL ULTRA (WA)

The Yaberoo Trail Ultra was held on Saturday, 30 July along the Yaberoo Budjara Heritage Trail at Neerabup National Park in the northern suburbs of Perth. On offer was a 50k, 25k, 15k, 10k and 5k.

In the Women’s 50k, top spots were claimed by Petra Jerejian (4:33:19), Tessa Fernie (4:53:36) and Tejasvi Murali (5:29:19). In the Men’s 50k, winners were named Craig Llewellyn (4:25:59), Nicholas Allbrook (4:39:46) and Chris Mockford (5:04:50).

Well done to all our AUTRA members who raced in the 50k including Dave Kennedy (5:35:35), Graham Tottey (6:51:33) and Andrew Shaw (8:22:15).

In the Women’s 25k winners were Katie Richards (2:10:44), Lauren O’Brien (2:15:44) and Ans Vercammen (2:17:08). In the Men’s 25k, top spots were awarded to Josh Tighe (1:48:12), Chris Giannnasi (1:58:46) and Ben Dancey (2:02:18).

In the Women’s 15k, podium finishes wen to Viki Stokes (1:21:02), Sandra Siviour (1:27:09) and Izzy John (1:28:43) and in the Men’s 15k, winners were named Fred Cappon (1:09:15), Wade Jarvis (1:19:09) and Shaun Gale (1:19:56).

For the Women’s 10k, titles were claimed by Rebecca Killeen (1:00:50), Ruth Lorenz (1:01:19) and Michelle Carroll (1:01:59); in the Men’s 10k, they were claimed by Radek Dzitkowski (42:24), Ollie Jamieson (45:04) and Kade O’Brien (45:49).

In the Female 5k top spots went to Sophie Bouse (25:06), Layla McStay (28:27) and Katy Duff (30:11) whilst in the Male 5k they were Jonah Sims (24:33), Jaxon Brogden (29:21) and Luke Sims (29:27).

The full list of results will appear shortly on the Yaberoo Trail Ultra webpage here.

Images by Sara Ferrara Imagery.

boyne valley 50 (qld)

The Boyne Valley 50 was held on Saturday, 20 July along the Boyne Burnett Inland Rail Trail in the Boyne Valley, Qld offering a full 50k, a 25k downhill, a 12k taster and a 6k teaser.

In the Women’s 50k, 1^st Female was won by AUTRA member Zoe Manning from Indooroopilly, Qld who crossed the finish line in 4:16:47. A stellar effort, well done! Second and 3^rd Female were won by Helen Rolfe (4:27:27) and Charmaine Thompson (4:56:54) respectively.

In the Men’s 50k, top spots were claimed by Cam Munro (4:02:58), Riley Taylor (4:15:10) and Brock Rothe (4:30:47).

Congratulations to our AUTRA members who ran and completed their 50k including Daniel Marshall (5:03:15) and Bob Wells (6:53:51).

In the Women’s 25k winners were named Sandii Leitch (2:01:00), Pamela Redshaw (2:09:23) and Raina Gallgher (2:14:21); in the Men’s 25k they were Joshua De Jonckheere (1:43:59), Raymond Edwards (1:54:31) and Dean Frewen-Lord (2:01:16).

In the Women’s 12k, top spots went to Jackie Horsey (59:39), Susan Byron (1:03:51) and Zena Groom (1:05:21) and in the Men’s 12k, top finishers were named Ben Wardell (52:57), Richard Bensa (1:00:33) and Jayden Roderick (1:02:37).

In the Women’s 6k winners were Corinne Darby (39:47), Laura Price (41:30) and Kym Cross (56:09) whilst in the Men’s 6k they were D’niel Pretorious (37:47), Nicholas Byron (40:02) and Jared Onions (44:06).

You can access the full list of results here.

Images Supplied.

ANTSY FOR ANSTEY (SA)

Antsy for Anstey was held on 21 July at Anstey Hill Recreation Park, SA and provided a range of distances for runners to choose from – 60k, 50k, 31k, 21.1k, 12.4k, 6.2k, 2.5k and 1k.

In the Men’s 60k, the top two positions were awarded to Bradley Wilczek (9:28:13) and Justin Halejko (9:13:38).

In the Men’s 50k, the winner was named Rhys Whiting (5:10:41).

For the full list of results, you can click through here.

UPCOMING EVENTS

2 Aug: Birdy's Backyard Ultra Lakeside Camping, WA
4 Aug: Tolosa Half-Tolosa Quarter-Tolosa Mini kunanyi/Mt Wellington, Tas
4 Aug: Rumble In The Jungle Ulong, NSW
4 Aug: Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail 100 Canberra, ACT
10 Aug: Berry Long Run (BLR70) Blackwood Mineral Springs, Vic
18 Aug: K2PD Kuranda, Qld
20 Aug: Unreasonable EAST 200 & 100 Miler Far North Queensland, Qld
25 Aug: GBomb Trail Run Bom Bom State Forest, NSW
31 Aug: Wild Earth Coastal High Trail Runs Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk, Qld
31 Aug: Southern Sydney 24 Hour Ultra Campbelltown Sports Centre, NSW
1 Sept: Barossa Run Lyndoch, SA
13 Sept: Pilliga Ultra Coonabarabran, NSW
14 Sept: Lap The Valley Boyne Valley, Qld
21 Sept: Surf Coast Century (2024 Australian Long Trail Championships) Anglesea, Vic
22 Sept: Great North Walk Trail Running Festival Central Coast, NSW
22 Sept: Duval Dam Buster Trail Run Armidale, NSW
29 Sept: Australian 6 Day Ultra Marathon Festival Paradise, SA

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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.