Three gold medals for Daphne Jones

By Frank Neill

Churton Park resident Daphne Jones won three gold medals at the Australian Masters Athletic Championships, held at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre from 10 to 13 March.

competitor Lynne Schickert in all three events.

She clocked 11 minutes 23.11 seconds in the 1,500 metres, 40 minutes 13.0 seconds in the 5,000 metres and 1 hour 27 minutes 38 seconds in the 10 kilometres.

Club says it is most appreciative of the generous sponsorship of the event by Summerset on the Landing, and is grateful to New World, Churton Park, for providing the lunch food.