Weekly News Report 6-06-2024

Weekly News Report 6-06-2024

Kate Dzienis • June 6, 2024
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Irrational SOUTH, SA
  • Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB, NSW
  • No Time To Die Frontyard Ultra, SA
  • Coffs Backyard Ultra, NSW
  • Upcoming Events


WEEKLY NEWS REPORT FOR 6-06-2024

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

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

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

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

annual general meeting

The AGM was held on Tuesday, 28 May (2024) with the Committee announced as returning President Simone Hayes, incoming Vice President Corrina Black, returning Secretary Stephen Redfern, returning Treasurer Annabel Hepworth, and two new positions of Governance Officer Myron (Zed) Zlotnick and Director of Events Lisa Sherman. 

Furthermore, members voted to go ahead with the landmark name change from AURA to AUTRA, with the organisation now officially known as the Australian Ultra and Trail Runners Association.

More detailed information on the outcomes of the AGM can be found here.

And moving forward from here, the weekly reports will now refer to our members as AUTRA members!

Irrational South 200 & 100 miler (SA)

As promised in the most recent weekly report, the official results of the Irrational SOUTH held in SA from Wednesday, 8 May are now available.

In the Men’s 200 Miler, AUTRA’s Aaron Young from Oakford, WA took the gong having finished the distance in 57:54:08. Second and 3rd Male positions were awarded to Thibault Delcroix (61:30:22) and Mark Newman (79:10:03) respectively. In the Women’s 200 Miler, AUTRA member Melissa Robertson from Moggill, Qld secured the top spot having crossed the finish line in 69:47:30. AUTRA’s very own Lucy Butler from Curlewis, Vic took 2nd Female after completing the distance in 79:10:03, whilst Darlene Dale took 3rd Female (87:29:45).

A big congratulations to all AUTRA members who ran in the 200 Miler including Tristan Cameron (83:56:53), Oliver Maass (83:56:53), Matthew Salinovich (83:56:53), Klaus Wilcken (83:56:53), Doug Bartlett (87:44:12) and Phillip Fowler.  

In the Men’s 100 Miler, top spots went to Scott Martin (23:56:53), Trevor Bosveld (25:43:54) and Tavis Kleinig (26:31:31). In the Women’s 100 Miler, AUTRA’s Jen Millum from Mt Richon, WA took the honours of 1st Female with a finish time of 25:51:29. Kellie Morris (37:05:10) took 2nd Female, whilst there were two 3rd Place finishers – Beth Newman (39:57:30) and AUTRA’s Nancy Williams from Blackwood, SA.

Well done to all AUTRA members who ran in the 100 Miler including Geoffrey Barnes (35:00:12), Peter Goss (35:45:01), Bianca Harding (47:51:42) and Sue Robertson (47:51:42).

For the full list of results click here.

Images by James Raison

ULTRA-TRAIL AUSTRALIA BY UTMB (NSW)

From 16-19 May 2024, the town of Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, NSW became the holy grail location for runners in the Ultra-Trail Australia by UTMB (UTA) with a range of distances on offer – 11km, 20km, 50km, 100km. There were 849 participants in the 11km, 2,273 in the 22km, 2,167 in the 50km and 1,318 in the 100km.

*Please note that these weekly report results are checked manually, and for races such as UTA, only the podium finishers and Top 50 will be mentioned due to the large number of entrants that must be checked against AUTRA memberships.

UTA11: Kicking off with the Men’s 11km, 1st Male was awarded to AUTRA member David Byrnes from Terrigal, NSW who finished the distance in 1:02:19, big congratulations. Second and 3rd Male were won by Elijah Gosby (1:02:22) and Keeden Harrison (1:04:54). In the Women’s 11km, top spots went to Rosie Boyn (1:15:31), Mikayla McLean (1:21:47) and Tessa Paxton (1:24:18).  

Congratulations to AUTRA member Tony Williams who completed the 11km in 1:19:42, landing in the Top 50.

UTA22: In the Men’s 22km, 1st Male was awarded to Pat Hennessy (1:45:05) whilst 2nd Male was secured by AUTRA’s very own Ben Duffus from Indooroopilly, Qld who finished the event in 1:47:22). Billy Curtis took 3rd Male (1:48:14). In the Women’s 22km, top spots went to Sara Levett (2:05:43), Jess Ronan (2:10:04) and Joanne Mills (2:11:54).

Congratulations to AUTRA’s Louise Clifton from Mount Victoria, NSW who took 4th Female after finishing in 2:14:16.

UTA50: Top spots in the Men’s 50km went to Charlie Hamilton (3:57:19), David Haunschmidt (3:59:41) of NZ and Clement Durance (4:05:16) of France. For the Women’s 50km, podium finishers were named Kate Avery (4:46:25) of Great Britain, Sarah-Jayne Miller (4:49:13) and Margie Campbell (4:52:35).

Congratulations to AUTRA’s Katy Booth from Pomona, Qld who finished in 5:09:48 and landed herself in the Top 50.  

UTA100: In the Men’s 100km, podium spots were awarded to Michael Dimuantes (9:01:24), Shaun Pettit (9:55:27) of Great Britain and Josef McGrath (9:56:55). In the Women’s 100km, it was Beth McKenzie (10:41:43) in 1st, Lucy Bartholomew (11:00:34) in 2nd and AURA’s Stephanie Auston from Cooranbong, NSW in 3rd with an 11:11:17 time.

Congratulations to all our AUTRA members who finished the 100km and landed in the Top 50 including Andrew McConnell (9:59:44), Scott Richmond (10:21:41), Andrew Gaskell (10:26:57), Nigel Hill (10:31:05), Benn Coubrough (11:08:34), Aaron Dower (11:24:56) and Sarah Ludowici (11:56:00).

For the full list of results click here.

Images supplied

No Time To Die Frontyard Ultra (SA)

The No Time To Die Frontyard Ultra, hosted by Ultra Series Australia, was held from 17-19 May 2024 in Victoria Park, Adelaide, SA. The event is a last one standing/backyard ultra format right in the heart of the CBD, where participants must run loops of 6.71km on the hour, every hour until there is only one person left to do a loop on their own.

At NTTD 2024, the last one standing was named Johan Botha with a total of 59 laps, equalling a distance of 395.89km, whilst the Assist was Joel Sexton with 58 laps (389.18km).

The last female standing was AUTRA’s Margie Hadley from Henley Brook, WA who successfully completed 30 laps with a total distance of 201.30km.

We had a successful number of AUTRA members race in NTTD 2024 including Darren Linney (34 laps/228.14km), David Patterson (30 laps/201.30km), Scott Cameron (28 laps/187.88km), Justin Brock (25 laps/167.75km), Brad Halls (21 laps/140.92km), Geoffrey Langhans (19 laps/127.49km), Jennifer Ritossa (15 laps/100.65km) and David Brown (14 laps/93.94km).

In total there were 137 runners that took off for the first lap.

For the full list of results click here.

IMAGES BY JAMES RAISON

Coffs Backyard Ultra (NSW)

Hosted by Coffs Trail Runners, the Coffs Backyard Ultra was the first event on the AUTRA calendar for winter, held on 1 June on the Coffs Creek Walkaway in the heart of Coffs Harbour, and offering a last one standing/backyard ultra format for those seeking the ultimate loop challenge.

The last one standing for the Coffs Backyard Ultra was Jonathan Ash who completed 26 laps, or 174.356km, while the Assist was named Jason Gorham with 25 laps, or 167.65km.

The last female left standing was AUTRA’s Clare Palmer from Glenreagh, NSW who finished a total of 19 laps, or 127.414km.

Congratulations to all AUTRA members who ran at the Coffs Backyard Ultra including Vice Hazdovac (13 laps/87.178km), Keelan Birch (8 laps/53.648km), Matt Newhouse (7 laps/46.942km) and David Hughes (5 laps/33.53km).

There were 239 starters at the start line for the Coffs Backyard Ultra.

For the full list of results click here.

IMAGES SUPPLIED

UPCOMING EVENTS

AUTRA News Report 19-02-2025

By Kate Dzienis • February 19, 2025
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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.

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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.

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