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Luke Versace’s resignation letter to Stawell Athletic Club
It is with great sadness that today I informed the Stawell Athletics Club (SAC) I would be resigning from my position as Club Patron, effective immediately. Being the SAC Patron and performing the associated duties is an honour I have and will continue to cherish. Performing this role however also brings with it a responsibility… Read More
Stawell Gift’s future in jeopardy over funding dispute between organisers, Victorian Government
The Stawell Gift is on the brink of collapse, with fears Australia’s richest footrace could be gone within five years. Negotiations between the Victorian Government and the Stawell Athletic Club about a rescue package have broken down. Sports Minister Martin Pakula is a major fan of the event and has offered a five-year sponsorship deal… Read More
Known winners add class to field
Article by Cam Potter, 26th January 2018 THE 97th running of the Wangaratta Gift may have one of the strongest fields in its history. Stawell Gift winner Isaac Dunmall (2016) and Wangaratta Gift winners Paul Tancredi (2015 and 2016) and Harrison Kerr (2017) will all race on Saturday night, a prospect that excites keen Wangaratta… Read More
Doderico ‘Athlete of the Year’
Jack Doderico has added his name to the Armstrong Athletics ‘Athlete of the Year’ honour roll at the recent 2015/16 season awards night. The ‘Flying Stache’ was awarded the perpetual trophy in his first year with the group, following a very consistent season culminating with his fantastic victory in the Stawell Bill McManus 400m Backmarkers Handicap.… Read More
Fastest qualifier Reeves repeats Gift win
By ALEX FAIR BURNIE’S Daniel Reeves rates his second Devonport Gift title as far more special than his first back in 2011. Reeves took out the 400 metre Gift at the Devonport Oval on Tuesday night, in front of Henri Norton and Luke Whitney, the 26-year-old self-trained runner winning in 46.99. He won with a… Read More
Keenan’s Double
Rob Keenan has made an impressive start to the 2014/15 season by picking up an early season double and in doing so, claiming the first 550m and 800m sash’s of his career. Off the back of his 2nd placing in the VRTA 550m a week earlier, Keenan tasted success over 550m at Warrnambool on Saturday before again saluting the… Read More
Double success for Gift coach
Brad Armstrong has won as coach and runner on a dramatic Easter Monday at Stawell. Source AAP It was some afternoon at Central Park for Brad Armstrong. The main event was coaching Luke Versace to a dramatic victory in the Stawell Gift, and in doing so, following in the footsteps of his father Evan Armstrong.… Read More
Versace tastes glory
THE BORDER MAIL By KYRA SYKES FROM the hospital bed 12 years ago to the top of the podium, former Mount Gambier athlete Luke Versace has finally achieved his ultimate goal. Australian racing history was created on Monday, April 21when he crossed the line at Stawell’s Central Park. The Australia Post Stawell Gift final saw… Read More
Luke Versace wins Stawell Gift
NEWCASTLE HERALD By JOHN SALVADO TWELVE years ago, Luke Versace wasn’t quite quick enough to get out of the way of a raging bull at Pamplona. Last year, Versace was so fat his wife burst out laughing. Yesterday, he proved fast enough – just – to fulfil his destiny and become a Stawell Gift champion.… Read More
Versace defies the odd to win Stawell Gift
THE STAWELL TIMES-NEWS Hawthorn East sprinter, Luke Versace has defied all odds to claim victory in the 2014 Australian Post Stawell Gift. Versace, at the age of 19, was seriously injured when he ran with the bulls in the Spanish event in 2002. The former South Australian described himself at the time, as a young… Read More
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