2003 Winter Series Results

Notes from the Organisers: Steve Van Gils and Phil Leishman would like to thank all those members who offered to help with the costs of the Gman Bolt Trophy, Flowers for Margaret Godsman and some Beers for after. Once again thanks for the assistance, the Trophy looks great.

Race Report by Gary Howard

A fine sunny day saw a record crowd of 97 runners take part in the "G Man Bolt" memorial trophy race. The race is a memorial for Andrew Godsman who passed away so tragically last year at the age of 29. Andrew loved this 10 mile race and was the winner of the race last year in a time of 56.16. A group of Andrew's friends including Steve VanGils and Phil Leishman got together and arranged with the KJ committee to rename the 10 mile race after Andrew's love of the weather elements, thus the name G Man Bolt. They also organised a trophy with a design of a lightening bolt in it.

The sunny day took its toll on a number of runners throughout the race with the stronger runners coming through over the final 4kms, the trophy was anybody's with a couple of km's to go. 6th place on handicap was awarded the trophy as the first 5 were all illeligable due to electing to run on an easier handicap or insufficient amount of races (you must have raced in at least 3 of the pointscore races in the KJ summer/winter series in 2003. Neil Barnett was awarded the trophy and in 18 years of running with KJ's it was his 1st trophy win, Neil has been battling a bad hip injury since late last year and his form has just been a bit below par but his time of 62.32 showed that he still had to work very hard for his trophy win, well done and well deserved Neil. Alisa Williams 67.51, Suzanne O'Brien 69.20, Brendan Hince 54.17, Ian Tague 71.28, and Tom Kapantraies 71.49 all done well to finish as the top 5 runners on handicap, Luis Cortes 73.12, Roy Francis 73.06, Robert Scibberas 69.44, and Brendan Scollary 65.54 were Neil's biggest threats all finishing within 1 minute of him.

Fastest runner on the day and backing up from his Canberra Marathon success was Robert Battocchio with a time of 53.12 which takes over the 4th fastest on this course on the all time top 10 fastest just missing out on Mark Everton's Open course record of 52.13 set in 1991, 2nd was new comer Brendan Hince with 54.17, and 3rd place Dave Pomery 57.12, Paula Crinnion was fastest female with 66.14 just ahead of Erin Hargreave 66.15, and Alisa Williams with 67.51. Both Robert and Paula received trophy's as well for their efforts.

Phil Parle 59.14 and Suzanne O'Brien 69.20 were 1st in their age categories over 40 as was Andrew Krajewski 66.25, Rita Mein 85.52 in the over 50's and Roy Francis 73.06 in the over 60's.

The highlight of the day was Neil being presented the trophy by Andrew Godsman's Parents who were very gracious of the KJ's. A special day for all and I'm sure that somewhere during the race any of the runners that knew Andrew well were thinking of him. Well done to all finishers.

The day was an all time KJ record with 191 registrations in the 5 race distances (10m/3m/3km/2km/1km) for the day 18 better than the previous record of 173 and also a new junior record of 74 runners.

16 km Memorial G-Man Bolt Trophy