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VRWC WINTER SEASON COME TO A CLOSE

Our VRWC winter season is now drawing to a close. As of whe I write this, we have only 1 racing day to go, on Sunday 10 September.


VRWC WINTER SEASON RUNNERS WORLD AWARDS FINALISED

The VRWC Committee has voted on the short list of nominations and I am pleased to announce the winners our 2011 Winter Season Runners World Awards.

Andrew Jamieson - Open Men
Heather Carr - Open Women
Nathan Brill - Junior Men
Amelia Finnegan - Junior Women

We will arrange for Neil Ryan of Runners World Kew to come down during the summer season for official presentations. See http://www.vrwc.org.au/vrwc-runners-world.html for more details about these awards.


AV WINTER SEASON PERPETUAL TROPHIES

Athletics Victoria has ratified our recommendations so I can also announce the winners of 3 of the 4 AV perpetual trophies that we present on their behalf.

Ballarat Harriers win the BETTY NEWMAN TROPHY as the AV team which accumulated the most number of points in the 3 AV Championships for Open Women
Stephanie George - sinner of the AVIS REDMAN TROPHY for the Best Under 16 Girl Walker
Jemima Montag - winner of the TOM DAINTRY TROPHY for the Best Under 14 Girl Walker

We are still to announce the winner of the NORM GOBLE TROPHY for the most points earned in the men's AV championships - with the 50km still to go, we can't finalise this yet.


CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOP VRWC WALKERS

Congratulations to the following VRWC walkers who have represented Australia in international teams this year.

Amy Burren -
2011 IAAF World Youth Championships, Lille, France
Regan Lamble - 2011 IAAF World Championship 20km, Daegu, Sth Korea
Jared Tallent - 2011 IAAF World Championship 20km and 50km, Daegu, Sth Korea
Nathan Deakes - 2011 IAAF World Championship 50km, Daegu, Sth Korea



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