Slumbering

Hard yards: Elly Fleming has been busy preparing for the Australian National Athletics Championships.

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Elly races to the nationals

ATHLETICS

By LIAM DURKIN

RISING athletics star Elly Fleming is preparing to take part in the Australian National Athletics Championships. The Glengarry local, who competes with Moe Little Athletics and Wellington Athletics Club, will fly out to Sydney in March for the Championships. Having found her niche as a middle distance runner, Fleming is aiming to literally put her best foot forward in the harbour city. Fleming will run the 800 metre event after gaining a qualification time of two minutes-18 seconds in the lead-up. The 15-year-old is no stranger to Championships, having competed at the Nationals last year as well. “I’m definitely looking forward to it, it was a great experience at the start of last year, now that I’m a bit comfortable there (at Championships) it will be really great to try it again,” she said. “Hopefully I can make the final of the 800m and better my times. “If I can run a PB against the best in Australia that would be great because then I have known I have tried my best at the event, so that would be the ultimate goal.” Fleming has put in a mountain of practise on the training track working alongside renowned coach Denis Huffer, who she spoke glowingly of. “It’s been great to be with him since I was about eight-years-old to come this far with him,” she said. “Denis has taught me to just stick at it. I definitely wasn’t the quickest runner when I was younger,

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Running machine: Elly Fleming is off to Sydney to compete in the Australian National Athletics Championships. I didn’t stand out but I’ve just trained really hard over the years and now my results are starting to pay off.” As well as this, the youngster, who identified Australian Olympic gold medallist Sally Pearson as her idol, said support from family in helping her get to training in not only Moe, but Sale and Melbourne was certainly appreciated. “Mum (Tanya) and dad (Wayne) every Monday take me down to Sale and of course my sister (Kaydence) I always train with her and she pushes me very hard,” she said. With an infectious love of athletics and terrific attitude to the sport, Fleming said while results were important, above all else she was seeking to keep finding enjoyment out on the track. “I just want to keep progressing and doing my very best, if that means I get to compete oversees that would be amazing,” she said. “What’s made me stick at it since I was six-yearsold is running around the track with the friends I had at Little Aths so it’s been good to grow up with them through the years. “As long as I’m having fun and doing my best that’s what I want to do.” Blitzing the field: Andre Waring set a new Churchill parkrun record on Christmas Day.

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Andre’s record performance at Churchill

PARKRUN

CHURCHILL Parkrun continued throughout the holiday period, with a highlight being a new course record by Andre Waring on Christmas Day. Waring covered the five kilometre course in 15 minutes, six seconds, bettering his own 2018 course record time of 15 minutes, 33 seconds. Waring’s outstanding time was not his best Parkrun time, having run Geographe Bay in Busselton in 14 minutes, 58 seconds in 2019. The Christmas Day event at Churchill attracted 35 finishers, including runners, joggers and walkers. On New Years Day, 47 completed the event despite the oppressive heat touching 40 degrees. Churchill Parkrun is on every Saturday morning starting at 8am at Churchill Hub. The course follows Eel Hole Creek, with two laps of a defined course. All runners, joggers and walkers are welcome to complete the course, and receive a time by email shortly after the event. All participants are required to do is register on the Parkrun Australia website, where they will receive a barcode to bring to any event throughout the world. The events are run totally by volunteers, who are rostered to carry out weekly tasks such as timekeeping, barcode scanning, photography and marshalling. Anyone interested in being involved is most welcome.

MIRBOO NORTH Stableford,Thursday, December 30.

Winners: A Grade - J Woodall (10) 41 pts c/b, B Grade - N Whichello (17) 36 pts, C Grade - S Hill-Smith (19) 40 pts c/b. DTL: J Robbins 41 pts, T Tomada 40 pts, C Bracecamp 39 pts, D Woodall 38 pts, T Whitelaw 38 pts, S McInnes 37 pts c/b. NTP: S Blencowe (4th), G Shandley (16th). Birdies: J Robbins, C Bracecamp, T Whitelaw, M Woodall (4th), C Bracecamp (6th), D Taylor (13th).

Stroke, Saturday, January 1.

Winners: A grade - M Woodall (17) 64, B Grade - C Le Page (27) 66. DTL: C Bracecamp, D Jerram, M Payne, J Woodall 71. NTP: D Jerram (1st), M Payne (4th), D Jerram (6th), S Evison (13th), T Bradshaw (16th). Birdies: M Payne (4th), D Jerram, J Woodall (6th).

MOE Twilight stableford,Wednesday, December 22.

Winners: A Grade - T Donnison (12) 19 pts c/b, B Grade - P Young (30) 22 pts. Birdies: G Wilson (14th).

Open Medley Stableford,Thursday, December 23

Winners: A Grade - A DeVent (8) 38 pts, B Grade - T Beveridge (14) 41 pts c/b, C Grade - B Woszczeiko (21) 41 pts. Placegetters: T Darby 41 pts, J Halkett 40 pts c/b, T Knox 40 pts, T Donnison 39 pts c/b, M Cropley 39 pts c/b, V Powell 39 pts c/b, J Bassman 39 pts, M Donaldson 39 pts, K Beath 38 pts c/b, K Brien 38 pts c/b, P Young 38 pts c/b, G Panozzo 38 pts c/b, B Cahill 38 pts c/b. Birdies: J Boyce, G Panozzo (4th), K Ayton, K Middlemiss, C Gosling, G Shaw (8th), W Yeomans (14th). NTP: W Wilkinson (4th), G Shaw (8th), T Johnson (14th).

Open Medley Stableford, Monday, December 27

Winner: K Eastaway (13) 41 pts. Placegetters: M Donaldson 38 pts, A Bassman 37 pts, J Robertson 36 pts, T Johnson 35 pts c/b, C Weir 35 pts. Birdies: A Bassman (14th). NTP: G WIlson (4th), C Weir (8th), L Wilson (14th).

Twilight stableford,Wednesday, December 29.

Winner: D Stewart (21) 19 pts c/b.

Open Medley, Stableford,Thursday, December 30.

Winners: A Grade - K Ayton (8) 40 pts, B Grade - J Halkett (13) 41 pts c/b, C Grade K Brien (19) 42 pts. Placegetters: S Nyko 41 pts c/b, R Wilson 41 pts, J Robertson 40 pts c/b, G Panozzo 40 pts c/b, N Taylor 40 pts c/b, A Gauci 40 pts, M Papettas 40 pts c/b, S Tate 40 pts c/b, C Rothwell 40 pts, T Donnison 39 pts c/b, I Duncan 39 pts, P Buckman 39 pts c/b, J Harber 38 pts c/b, N Griffiths 38 c/b. Eagle: P Andrijczak (12th) Birdies: M Matthews, T Johnson, A Colvin, T Webb, P Buckman (4th), K MIddlemiss, R Somerville, M Lewis, P Richmond (8th), L Stansbury, J Robertson (14th). NTP: B Howard (4th), M Lewis (8th), S Bates (14th).

Men’s Stableford, Saturday, January 1.

Winners: A Grade - A Pickard (5) 39 pts, B Grade - S Nyko (17) 42 pts c/b. Placegetters: M Matthews 42 pts, P Rodaughan 41 pts c/b, G Panozzo 41 pts, D Collings 38 pts c/b, A DeVent 38 pts, B Harland 37 pts c/b, L Stansbury 37 pts. NTP: G Panozzo (4th), T Johnson (8th), B Mead (14th).

Ladies Stableford, Saturday, January 1.

Winner: C Borg (26) 38 pts c/b. Birdies: E Lau (6th), J Robertson (10th).

MORWELL Men’s Medal, stroke format, Saturday, January 1, 2022

Winners: Gross: P Brown (+3) 70, Medal: P Wallace (25) 64 nett c/b. Count Putts: D Soutar 27 putts c/b. NTP: T Carolan (2nd), B Smith (8th), S Postlethwaite (11th), T Fitzgerald (15th). Birdies: B Smith, P Brown. DTL: W Mowat 64 nett, G Webb 65 nett, S Postlethwaite 68 nett, T Fitzgerald 69 nett.

TRAFALGAR Open Men’s and Ladies Stableford, Friday, December 31.

Winners: A Grade - M Hiriart 43 pts, B Grade - A Bounds 40 pts. DTL: L Winter 39 pts, B Griffin 38 pts, G Petkovic 37 pts, R Davey 37 pts, R Defazio 37 pts, B Baldry 37 pts, P Moss 37 pts, T Johnson 37 pts. Birdies: M Hiriart (2nd), M Hiriart, T Johnson, R Nichols, R Matheson (5th), C McKie (13th), B Baldry, T Johnson (15th). Eagles: T Johnson (6th), M Hiriart (7th), P Coffin (14th).

Stableford, Saturday, January 1

Winner: D Moody 40 pts c/b. Runner-up: R Borg 40 pts. DTL: V Hill 38 pts, G Grant 37 pts, P Walsh 37 pts, I Ashton 37 pts, A Kerekes 36 pts, M Poxon 36 pts, R Saunders 36 pts.

TRAFALGAR SENIORS Stableford,Tuesday, December 28

Winner: F Edmonds 26 pts. Runner-up: L Pearce 23 pts. DTL: A Cunningham 20 pts, C Griffin 18 pts, R DeVries 18 pts, J Griffin 18 pts, S Lawrence 18 pts. NTP: M Taylor. Bradmans: D Baker.

Gentsomes,Thursday, December 30.

Ladies Winner: K MacGregor 24 pts c/b. Ladies Runner-up: S Williams 24. DTL: B Lansdown 22 pts, S Balfour 20 pts. NTP: L Risol. Bradmans: S Brown. Men’s Winner: K Owen 24 pts. Men’s Runner-up: P O’Connell 22 pts c/b. DTL: M Taylor 22 pts, C Griffin 21 pts c/b, S Gould 21 pts c/b, S Klemke 21 pts c/b. NTP: S Klemke. Bradmans: F Edmonds.

TRARALGON Men’s Stableford (157 players),Tuesday, December 28.

Winners: A Grade - Brad Knowles (11) 37 pts, B Grade - B Farley (13) 42 pts, C Grade - R Chapman (16) 41 pts, D Grade - G Thomas (27) 39 pts. DTL: J Gaulke 40 pts, V Phelan 39 pts, B Taylor 38 pts, A Pattle 38 pts, A Richardson 38 pts, B Jarvis 38 pts, T Darby 38 pts, R Guiney 38 pts, M Carman 37 pts, K Ashford 37 pts, A Pollard 37 pts, S Bruce 37 pts, S Payne 37 pts, B Fromberg 37 pts, D Tosch 36 pts, J Henderson 36 pts, L Pollard 36 pts, D Winterton 36 pts, R Elliott 36 pts, K Garlick 36 pts, M Shields 36 pts, M Tosh 36 pts, D Palermo 36 pts, S Hill 35 pts, S Chapman 35 pts, B Brand 35 pts, R O’Bryan 35 pts, B Scully 35 pts, G Coffey 35 pts, B Van Berkel 35 pts, P Bray 35 pts.

Men’s par – White Tees (70 players), Saturday, January 1.

Winners: A Grade - J O’Rourke (9) 41 pts, B Grade - R Henning (22) 43 pts. DTL: L Langstaff 42 pts, W Hanrahan 40 pts, K Ashford 39 pts, R Ahearne 39 pts, B Vella 38 pts, S Makowski 38 pts, R Smith 38 pts, D Henderson 37 pts, S Davis 37 pts, M Murphy 37 pts, M Henning 37 pts, A Milbourne 36 pts, M Hayes 36 pts, J Garlick 36 pts.

CHURCHILL MONASH Stableford, Saturday, January 1.

Winners: A Grade - C Thomas 38 pts, B Grade - S Caldwell 40 pts, C Grade - A West 46 pts. DTL: P Flanigan 38 pts, R Dent 37 pts, C Gosling 37 pts, G Waring 36 pts, E Heller 35 pts, C Gilflin 37 pts. NTP: L Marks (3rd), P Flanigan (5th), M Hutchinson (12th), S Caldwell (14th). Eagle: R Dent (13th). Birdies: M Soppe, J Banfield, I Heppleston (3rd).

Ladies Stableford,Tuesday, December 28.

Winner: S Caldwell (24) 46 pts. DTL: S Martinac (33) 38 pts. NTP: J Blizzard (3rd), S Turner (5th), S Caldwell (12th) and (14th).