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The Moorabool News – 2 August, 2022 Page 17
The Under 6 athletes at the start of their 500m event. Photo - submitted
Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics
The Centre Cross Country meet was held at Bostock Reservoir, Ballan. A cold frosty Saturday morning, along with a wind chill factor of minus 2, found our athletes struggling to warm up in preparation for their programmed races. The Open age runners were the first race for the morning as they competed over a 3km course. Under 15 athlete Sam White (BM) recorded the fastest time for the morning, completing the course in 12:53.20 mins. Other age group winners were Alexis Johnstone (BM) Under 13s, Mackenzie Estlick (BM) Under 14s, and Elise Cook (BM) Under 16s. The Under 9 & 10 athletes lined up next, ready for their 1.5km event. Top 3 placegetters were Under 10 athlete Iyla Robinson (BM) closely followed by Under 10s Zeke Horne (BM) while Anni Clarke (BM) was next home; 1st Under 9 athlete. A small field on Under 11 & 12 athletes contested the 2km event. Dushan Baniluk (BM) was a clear winner. Myah Estlick (BM) finished 2nd overall, 1st Under 11 girl while Cord Wilson (Melton) was next home. Alexis Karmiste (Melton) was declared the Under 12 winner. The long downhill, saw a fast start from the Under 7/8 field of athletes as they contested the 1km course. Once again Harry Wark (Melton) was patient before taking the lead and showed his strength in the later stages of the race, powering up the hill to cross the finish line in 1st place overall. Fletcher Reid (Melton) and Sadie Lloyd (Ballarat) were declared the Under 7
winners with Harry & Emilia Ibrahim (BM) the Under 8 winners. Melton’s Mckinley Wilson was the winner of the Under 6 500m event with Bacchus Marsh’s Hayden Tung taking out 2nd place, 1st boy; with Bowie Clarke (BM) crossing the finish line in 3rd just pipping out Annabelle Menzies (BM) for the minor placings.
*** This Saturday there will be no home run as intermediate and seniors athletes will contest the State Cross Country Championships at Lake Dewar, Myrniong. Bacchus Marsh will be represented by the following athletes: Under 9 - Joshua Askew, Angus Norman, Mitchell Tung and Anni Clarke. Under 10 - Zeke Horne, Logan Simons, James White and Iyla Robinson Under 11 - Dushan Baniluk and Myah Estlick Under 12 - Patrick Lovett Under 13 - Alexis Johnstone Under 15 - Sam White Under 16 - Elise Cook
Winning connections of Ollivici.
Photo Stuart McCormick.
Ollivici set for Inter Dominion
By Michael Howard (HRV)
Bacchus Marsh Baseball Results - Round 14 The Bacchus Marsh Tigers hosted the Ballarat Royals after a washout the previous weekend. A dominate display on the mount by James Bailey set the tone of the game with 12 strikeouts across six innings and not allowing any runs. The Tigers were solid in the field and bat with four hits to Thomas Shaw, three to James Bailey and two each for Scott Wentworth, Shannon Hornstra, and Chris Bailey. The Tigers ran out 9-1 winners against a young Ballarat side.
Boom trotter Ollivici appears on course to make a big noise in Australasia’s greatest race series, with trainer-driver Chris Lang revealing the four-year-old was set to tackle November’s Victorian Inter Dominion. The four-year-old dominated the Aldebaran Park Winter Trotters Cup final at Bendigo on Saturday night, the Group 2 triumph a third straight victory that has Lang and connections daring to dream. “We’ll be wanting to target the Inter Dominion this year, because he’s going well,” Lang told TrotsVision. “Mightn’t be good enough to win it this year, but it’s very good grounding for him for further down the track.”
Lang shot Ollivici to the front and he controlled the tempo throughout, blazing home in a 27.9-second final quarter that put the result beyond doubt and set up a seven-metre win to second-placed Whos The Man. Lang's name already features prominently on the Inter Dominion Trotting Championship's honour roll, having won in 2009 and 2010 with brilliant Sundons Gift. This year's series, which returned to Victoria for the first time since 2018, kicks off on November 26 at Ballarat and continues with heats at Shepparton (November 29) and Geelong (December 3) before the December 10 finals at Tabcorp Park Melton. In the lead up to ID22 Lang revealed Ollivici would likely be steered towards
the new $30,000 feature at Melton on September 2 – the Delvin Dancer 4YO Trotters Classic, part of a new night that honours both the Gath and Conroy families and features the Need For Speed finals. “We’ll target that,” Lang said. “We took the long view and were patient with him and we think we’re in for a very good ride the way he’s going.” By Orlando Vici out of Belle Galleon, last Saturday’s win by Ollivici thrilled his big band of owners, many of whom were on course to enjoy the celebrations, including part owner Mark Shaw. “I can’t believe it, I’m still shaking,” he told TrotsVision. “I’ve known Chris for over 30 years, we’ve had some excellent horses but I think this will be the best.”