Series 104 run 6 newsletter

Series #104 – Run 6 – 18 October 2023 – Run No. 624

GENERAL BUSINESS

The presentation for series 104 will be held in the Domain on Wednesday, 1st November, at 12:30pm. Team Captains with trophies from last series should arrange handing back the trophies for engraving and presentation to the series 104 winners.

SPECIAL MENTION
Amy Cheung from Transport Trainers broke the existing record for the Most Consecutive Runs – All Time (Female) by achieving 47 runs. She replaces Caroline Yarnell from Legal Eagles, who held the previous record with 46 consecutive runs. Amy now holds the two Top Ten Female titles of Most Consecutive Runs – Current Streak and Most Consecutive Runs – All Time.

Well done Amy and congratulations on your great achievement.

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Conditions were good for run 6, and turnout was slightly up on the previous run, being the 4th highest of the series. Nine teams broke the 100-point mark, led by State Treasury with 212, the highest score of the series. They were followed by Reserve Bank Magic Milers with 188, Macquarie Nomads with 181, Transport Trainers with 132, Sydney Tax Pack with 126, Commonwealth Bank Harriers 1 with 120, Legal Eagles with 115, The Running Walkers with 114, and Reserve Bank Midday Milers with 113.

Macquarie Nomads take out the overall win, by a margin of 34 points from State Treasury.  The total points scored in run 6 was 2,939.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Macquarie Nomads 147 121 155 129 163 181 896
State Treasury 119 112 144 105 170 212 862
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 147 141 124 129 103 188 832

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
State Treasury took out the knockout trophy, beating Macquarie Nomads 212-181, while Reserve Bank Magic Milers beat Westpac Trotters 188-61 in the playoff for third place.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers top scored with 9 points, ahead of Legal Eagles with 7 and Telstra Tornados, Australian Museum Runosaurs, The Running Walkers and GrainCorp Weevils, all with 3.  Reserve Bank Magic Milers retain the overall title by a wide margin.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 8 8 9 8 9 9 51
Legal Eagles 7 7 5 6 5 7 37
Telstra Tornados 4 3 3 4 3 3 20

Callan WINDSOR of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was the fastest man with the time of 21.55, and Cecilia NGU of DEITies was fastest woman with 27.40.  There were 49 fast runners in run 6, 40 males (18%) and 9 females (14%).

Fastest Men in Run 6

Callan WINDSOR 21.55 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Brendan HANCOX 22.15 ABS Moving Averages
Brendan KRONE 22.25 Telstra Tornados

Fastest Man in Series #104

Jack HILLIER 20.45 Reserve Bank Magic Milers (run 5)

Fastest Women in Run 6

Cecilia NGU 27.40 DEITies
Marta BEER 28.05 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Emma PRINGLE 28.15 MBA Yield Chasers

Fastest Woman in Series #104

Cathy LIU 26.00 Reserve Bank Magic Milers (runs 1 & 3)

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
There was a tie for best turnout in run 6 between Sydney Tax Pack and Transport Trainers, both with 12, followed by five teams with 11 and two teams with 10.  The series title has gone to Reserve Bank Magic Milers with 72 points of a possible 90.  The total turnout in run 6 was 292 counting runners, 227 males and 65 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 15 12 11 12 11 11 72
Sydney Tax Pack 13 11 12 10 12 12 70
Macquarie Nomads 11 12 14 9 10 11 67

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runners who achieved personal milestones in run 6.

100 runs:   Dean SMEDLEY                 MBA Yield Chasers
Mark JENKINS                  NRMA Insurance

150 runs:   Peter WILLIAMS               BT Dominators
Chelsea STUBBS              Sydney Tax Pack

200 runs:   Paul VEERHUIS                   APRA Running Regulators

300 runs:   Phillip LUI                        ABS Moving Averages
Chris DEVITT                   BT Dominators

GARRY GOULD MEMORIAL TROPHY
The winner of the Garry Gould Memorial Trophy for the top point scorer in series 104 is Murray Wilson of BT Dominators who scored 150 points.

RON COOMBS MEMORIAL TROPHY
The winner of the Ron Coombs Memorial Trophy for the top point scorer of the opposite sex to the winner of the Garry Gould Memorial Trophy is Jenny HOOKER of Australian Museum Runosaurs with 103 points.

CC AMATIL MOST IMPROVED TEAM
This competition ranks each team’s improvement in three areas over the last two series – point score, team representation and fast runs. As this is an encouragement award for teams who would not otherwise figure in the prize-giving, teams who win one of the other competitions are excluded from winning it.

The Most Improved Team Trophy for series 104 is won by Team UBS.

POINTSCORE WINNERS BY AGE GROUP

Age Group Runner Points Team
Under 29 Brendan HANCOX 93 ABS Moving Averages
30 to 34 Nelson PRYOR 127 APRA Running Regulators
35 to 39 Jason PIDDINGTON 123 Sydney Tax Pack
40 to 44 Todd CAMPBELL 110 APRA Standard Setters
45 to 54 George ZIOGAS 141 ASX Xtraordinaries
55 and over Murray WILSON 150 BT Dominators

Achieved 100 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Dean SMEDLEY MBA Yield Chasers 100
Mark JENKINS NRMA Insurance 100
Tim ROGERS NRMA Insurance 100

Achieved 200 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Daniel COTTER ANZ Incredibles 200
Paul VEERHUIS APRA Running Regulators 200
Mark SKINNER Rabobank Grasshoppers 201
Glenn WEALANDS Rabobank Grasshoppers 200

Achieved 300 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Phillip LUI ABS Moving Averages 300
Chris DEVITT BT Dominators 300

Achieved 400 Runs

None

Achieved 500 Runs

None

Achieved 600 Runs

None