Series 102 run 4 newsletter

Series #102 – Run 4 – 22 March 2023 – Run No. 610

GENERAL BUSINESS
Congratulations to Craig PAGER of Commonwealth Bank Harriers 1 who completed his 350th run, the 36th person to reach this milestone, and also to Caroline YARNELL of Legal Eagles, who completed her 200th run.  Caroline is the 161st runner to reach 200 runs, but just the 10th female to do so.

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Milder conditions for run 4 saw an explosion of point scoring, with the biggest total of the series by quite a margin.  Six teams broke the 100 points mark, led by BT Dominators on 158 and Reserve Bank Magic Milers with 155.  Third best on the day were Macquarie Generals with 129 and these three teams now fill the top three places overall.  The total points scored in run 4 was 2,401.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 95 53 107 155   410
BT Dominators 87 55 100 158   400
Macquarie Generals 66 60 71 129   326

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
The top half of the draw saw two high scoring matches, with all four teams beating 100 points.  BT Dominators beat State Treasury 158-102 and ABS Moving Averages beat Macquarie Nomads 123-108.  In the bottom half Liberty Legends won a low scoring match 30-21 against Team UBS, while JPM Jets accounted for The Running Walkers 99-39.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers again top scored in this competition with an outstanding 10 fast runs, followed by Legal Eagles with 7 and Telstra Tornados with 5.  The Magic Milers are running away with this competition.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 8 6 7 10   31
Legal Eagles 6 5 4 7   22
Telstra Tornados 3 4 4 5     16

Jack HILLIER of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was again fastest man with 19.50, the first sub-20 minute time since Oliver LORD’s 19.35 back in series 77 in 2013.  Cathy LIU also of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was fastest woman with 25.45.  There were 44 fast runners in run 4, 33 males (15%) and 11 females (17%).

Fastest Men in Run 4

Jack HILLIER 19.50 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Andrew LEE 21.55 Australian Museum Runosaurs
Matt GIBSON 22.05 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

Fastest Women in Run 4

Cathy LIU 25.45 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Ellen WATERMAN 27.00 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Louise CHISHOLM 27.10 Awesome Midday Pacers

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
The best turnout in run 4 was 13, shared by BT Dominators, State Treasury and Reserve Bank Magic Milers.  BT Dominators maintain their overall lead of 5, while State Treasury inch into outright second ahead of Sydney Tax Pack.  The total turnout was 284 counting runners, 219 males and 65 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
BT Dominators 14 14 14 13   55
State Treasury 14 12 11 13   50
Sydney Tax Pack 12 14 11 12     49

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

100 runs:   Mark FUZES of Macquarie Nomads and Joe SUPPA of Sydney Tax Pack

150 runs:   Susan BOURKE of GrainCorp Weevils

200 runs:   Caroline YARNELL of Legal Eagles

350 runs:   Craig PAGER of Commonwealth Bank Harriers 1