Series 101 run 4 newsletter

Series #101 – Run 4 – 28 September 2022 – Run No. 604

GENERAL BUSINESS
Congratulations to Ross WILLIAMS of Veterans Affairs, who completed his 400th run in run 4, becoming the 22nd runner to reach this milestone.  Ross joined the Cup way back in series 3 and has an impressive PB of 23:15.

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
We were again lucky with the weather with warm sunny conditions for run 4, perhaps a little too warm for some!  Point scoring was down on run 3, with only two teams breaking the 100 point mark.  Veterans Affairs led with 114, followed by Macquarie Nomads with 106, while Macquarie Generals and PWC Fasttrack both scored 84.  Macquarie Nomads increased their overall lead to 103 points.  The total points scored in run 4 was 1,805.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Macquarie Nomads 159 161 174 106   600
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 136 102 179 80   497
Macquarie Generals 89 128 105 84   406

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
Macquarie Nomads won the Macquarie shoot-out over Macquarie Generals 106-84, while Team UBS had a narrow win 70-64 over Domain Dashers.  The other two matches saw quite clear-cut results, with Veterans Affairs beating BT Dominators 114-49 and Telstra Tornados beating Transport Trainers 58-4.  Macquarie Nomads will meet Veterans Affairs in the semi-finals, while Telstra Tornados will meet Team UBS.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers had the best score in run 4 with 7, just ahead of Legal Eagles with 6, while Veterans Affairs were third best with 4.  The Magic Milers now have a 5 point cushion at the top.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 9 5 11 7   32
Legal Eagles 6 7 8 6   27
Telstra Tornados 4 5 4 3   16

Callan WINDSOR of Reserve Bank Magic Milers and Andrew LEE of Veterans Affairs shared fastest time among the men with 22.40, while Tania MULVEY of Telstra Tornados was fastest woman with 24.45.  There were 38 fast runners in run 4, 29 males (14%) and 9 females (14%).

Fastest Men in Run 4

Callan WINDSOR 22.40 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Andrew LEE 22.40 Veterans Affairs
Champ PHET-IAM 22.55 Telstra Tornados

Fastest Women in Run 4

Tania MULVEY 24.45 Telstra Tornados
Sara DE OLIVEIRA 26.00 PWC Fasttrack
Louise CHISHOLM 27.10 Awesome Midday Pacers

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Reserve Bank Midday Milers had the best turnout in run 4 with 13 runners, followed by Veterans Affairs with 11 and three teams with 10.  There are still four teams realistically in the running for this trophy.  The total turnout was 270 counting runners, 204 males and 66 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 13 12 14 10   49
Macquarie Nomads 12 14 12 9   47
BT Dominators 11 14 12 8   45

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runners who achieved personal milestones in run 4.

50 runs:     Jeremy GAPPER of Reserve Bank Midday Milers and Jenny HOOKER of Veterans Affairs

400 runs:   Ross WILLIAMS of Veterans Affairs