Series 104 run 3 newsletter

Series 104 Run 3 – 13 September 2023 – Run No. 621

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Conditions were fine and not as hot as for run 2 however turnout was down. Seven teams broke 100 points, led by Macquarie Nomads with 155, followed by State Treasury with 144 and Reserve Bank Midday Milers with 126. These scores had a big impact on the top 3.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Macquarie Nomads 147 121 155       423
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 147 141 124       412
Sydney Tax Pack 152 119 109       380

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
There was only one high scoring match in the knockout, where both teams earned 100 or more points. Macquarie Nomads beat Macquarie Generals 155 /102. The next round contains:

Macquarie Nomads                     V          Transport Trainers
Reserve Bank Midday Milers        V          Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Domain Dashers                        V          Westpac Trotters
State Treasury                           V          APRA Standard Setters

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers top scored again, this time with 9 points, followed by Legal Eagles with 5, then Telstra Tornados, Australian Museum Runosaurs and The Running Walkers, all with 3. The top 3 remain unchanged.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 8 8 9 25
Legal Eagles 7 7 5 19
Telstra Tornados 4 3 3 10

 

Jack HILLIER of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was the fastest man with the time of 20.55, and Cathy LIU of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was, again, fastest woman with 26.00.  There were 43 fast runners, 36 males (16%) and 7 females (9%).

 

Fastest Men in Run 3

Jack HILLIER 20.55 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Matt GIBSON 21.45 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Callan WINDSOR 22.10 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

 

Fastest Women in Run 3

Cathy LIU 26.00 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Lucy MINH 28.20 The Running Walkers
Marta BEER 28.55 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Congratulations to Macquarie Nomads, who had the best turnout in run 3 with 14. They were followed by Sydney Tax Pack and BT Dominators both with 12 and then 5 teams with 11. The total turnout was 307 counting runners, 229 males and 78 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 15 12 11 38
Macquarie Nomads 11 12 14 37
Sydney Tax Pack 13 11 12 36

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runner who achieved a personal milestone in run 3.

50 runs:     Jill BELL of Deutsche RBC Runners

Series 104 run 2 newsletter

Series 104 Run 2 – 30 August 2023 – Run No. 620

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Conditions were noticeably hotter for the second run of the series, but there was a better turnout of runners than for Run 1. Six teams broke 100 points, led by Reserve Bank Magic Milers with 141, followed by Macquarie Generals with 125 and Macquarie Nomads with 121. These scores had a big impact on the top 3.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 147 141         288
Sydney Tax Pack 152 119         271
Macquarie Nomads 147 121         268

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
There were two high scoring matches in the knockout, where both teams earned 100 or more points. Macquarie Nomads beat Sydney Tax Pack 121 /119 and Reserve Bank Magic Milers beat ASX Xtraordinaries 141 / 101. For anyone interested, we also had the first tie since series 99 with APRA Standard Setters and JPM Jets both scoring 39 points. Both teams are going into the next round.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers top scored with 8 points, just ahead of Legal Eagles with 7, followed by Telstra Tornados with 3.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 8 8 16
Legal Eagles 7 7 14
Telstra Tornados 4 3 7

Champ PHET-IAM of Telstra Tornados was the fastest man with the time of 22.15, and Cathy LIU of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was fastest woman with 26.30.  There were 41 fast runners, 32 males (12%) and 9 females (10%).

Fastest Men in Run 2

Champ PHET-IAM 22.15 Telstra Tornados
Andrew LEE 22.35 Australian Museum Runosaurs
Richard BANKS 23.00 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

 

Fastest Women in Run 2

Cathy LIU 26.30 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Siobhan ROONEY 27.05 NRF Road Warriors
Sue MAHONY 27.45 Domain Dashers

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Congratulations to ASX Xtraordinaries, who had the best turnout in run 2 with a perfect 15. They were followed by Macquarie Generals with 13 and then 5 teams with 12. The total turnout was 352 counting runners, 264 males and 88 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX Xtraordinaries 12 15 27
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 15 12 27
Sydney Tax Pack 13 11 24

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runners who achieved personal milestones in run 2.

50 runs:     George ZIOGAS             ASX Xtraordinaries
150 runs:Andrew MAPLE-BROWN   MBA Yield Chasers

Series 104 run 1 newsletter

Series 104 Run 1 – 16 August 2023 – Run No. 619

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Conditions were good for the first run of the series, with a respectable turnout of runners. Eight teams broke the 100 point mark, led by Sydney Tax Pack with 152 points, followed by Macquarie Nomads and Reserve Bank Magic Milers, both with 147. The total points scored in run 6 was 1728.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Sydney Tax Pack 152           152
Macquarie Nomads 147           147
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 147           147

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
There were three high scoring matches in the knockout, where both teams earned 100 or more points. Sydney Tax Pack beat Reserve Bank Magic Milers, 152 / 147, Macquarie Nomads beat ASX Xtraordinaries, 147 / 112 and Legal Eagles beat ANZ Incredibles, 129 /100.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers top scored with 8 points, just ahead of Legal Eagles with 7 and Australian Museum Runosaurs and Telstra Tornados, both with 4.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 8 8
Legal Eagles 7 7
Australian Museum Runosaurs 4 4
Telstra Tornados 4 4

Brendan KRONE of Telstra Tornados was the fastest man with the time of 22.00, and Cathy LIU of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was fastest woman with 26.00.  There were 43 fast runners, 36 males (14%) and 7 females (10%).

 

Special mention

Not making the fast runners list, but certainly worth a mention is, Anthony ANTONIADIS from ING Lions, who, after a lot of hard work and serious training, improved his time in his first run back since S102R3 in March by 27:25, shaving 13:35 off his handicap. Impressive. Keep up the good work Anthony.

Fastest Men in Run 1

Brendan KRONE 22.00 Telstra Tornados
Champ PHET-IAM 22.15 Telstra Tornados
Brendan HANCOX 22.40 ABS Moving Averages

 

Fastest Women in Run 1

Cathy LIU 26.00 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Cecilia NGU 26.50 DEITies
Zoe LINDEGGER 28.05 State Treasury

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Congratulations to Reserve Bank Magic Milers, who had the best turnout in run 1 with a perfect 15. They were followed by Sydney Tax Pack with 13 and ASX Xtraordinaries and Legal Eagles both with 12. The total turnout was 332 counting runners, 250 males and 72 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 15 15
Sydney Tax Pack 13 13
ASX Xtraordinaries 12 12
Legal Eagles 12 12

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runners who achieved personal milestones in run 1.

50 runs:     Patrick O’BRIEN       Macquarie Nomads
150 runs:   Andrew WARD         Westpac Harriers
250 runs:   Peter WALKER         Telstra Tornados

Series 103 run 6 newsletter

Series #103 – Run 6 – 19 July 2023 – Run No. 618

GENERAL BUSINESS

The presentation for series 103 will be held in the Domain on Wednesday 2nd August at 12:30pm.  Team Captains with trophies from last series should arrange handing back the trophies for engraving and presentation to the series 103 winners.

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Conditions were good for run 6, and turnout was up on the previous run, being the 4th highest of the series. Seven teams broke the 100 point mark, led by ASX All Xtraordinaries with 184 points.  They were followed by Macquarie Nomads with 157 and Legal Eagles with 136.  ASX All Xtraordinaries take out the overall win, by a margin of 115 points from the Macquarie Nomads.  The total points scored in run 6 was 2,629.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 122 181 160 186 145 184 978
Macquarie Nomads 109 173 161 172 91 157 863
Sydney Tax Pack 103 156 109 153 65 109 695

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
ASX All Xtraordinaries took out the knockout trophy, beating Macquarie Nomads 184-157, while Australian Museum Runosaurs beat BT Dominators 100-69 in the playoff for third place.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers top scored with 9 points, just ahead of Legal Eagles with 8 and Telstra Tornados with 4.  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 7 13 9 10 5 9 53
Legal Eagles 7 7 7 8 5 8 42
Telstra Tornados 2 2 5 6 3 4 22

Andrew POWELL of Apra Running Regulators was the fastest man with the time of 21.40, and Cathy LIU of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was fastest woman with 25.55.  There were 46 fast runners in run 6, 37 males (17%) and 9 females (13%).

Fastest Men in Run 6

Andrew POWELL 21.40 Apra Running Regulators
Matt GIBSON 22.25 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Jake HOBBS 22.35 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

Fastest Man in Series #103

Jack HILLIER 19.15 Reserve Bank Magic Milers (run 2)

Fastest Women in Run 6

Cathy LIU 25.55 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Louise CHISHOLM 26.55 Awesome Midday Pacers
Cecilia NGU 27.25 DEITies
Siobhan ROONEY 27.25 NRF Road Warriors

 

 

Fastest Woman in Series #103

Cathy LIU 25.50 Reserve Bank Magic Milers (run 2)

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
There was a tie for best turnout in run 6 between ASX All Xtraordinaries and Australian Museum Runosaurs, both with 12, followed by three teams with 11 and five teams with 10.  The series title has gone to ASX All Xtraordinaries with 72 points of a possible 90.  The total turnout in run 6 was 283 counting runners, 215 males and 68 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 14 12 12 13 9 12 72
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 11 15 11 12 9 10 68
Australian Museum Runosaurs 11 11 13 9 8 12 64
Legal Eagles 12 11 10 11 10 10 64

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

50 runs:     Tom CLARK from Team UBS
150 runs:    Ben FAULKNER from ABS Moving Averages
200 runs:   Antony FAAHAN-SMITH from Rabobank Grasshoppers
300 runs:   Giovanni CIRILLO from Domain Dashers

GARRY GOULD MEMORIAL TROPHY
The winner of the Garry Gould Memorial Trophy for the top point scorer in series 103 is Shaun ANDERSON of ANZ Incredibles who scored 141 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 Jenai GIHWALA of ASX All Xtraordinaries with 124 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 103 is won by ANZ Incredibles.

POINTSCORE WINNERS BY AGE GROUP

Age Group Runner Points Team
Under 29 Phoebe HENDERSON 84 ASX All Xtraordinaries
30 to 34 Richard YANG 93 Westpac Trotters
35 to 39 Andrew WEAVER 129 ASX All Xtraordinaries
40 to 44 Todd CAMPBELL 125 APRA Standard Setters
45 to 54 Ben JACKSON 139 ASX All Xtraordinaries
55 and over Shaun ANDERSON 141 ANZ Incredibles

Achieved 100 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Mark DICKINSON APRA Standard Setters 100
Sean MAH BNP Flyers 104
Peter MINUCOS State Treasury 103

Achieved 200 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Antony FAAHAN-SMITH Rabobank Grasshoppers 200
Brad COLE State Treasury 203
Sandor RUDOLPH Sydney Tax Pack 202

Achieved 300 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Laurie COLEMAN ABS Moving Averages 303
Giovanni CIRILLO Domain Dashers 300

Achieved 400 Runs

None

Achieved 500 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Melvyn COX ANZ Incredibles 502

Achieved 600 Runs

Runner Team Runs
Vic ANDERSON State Audit 601

  

Series 103 run 5 newsletter

Series #103 – Run 5 – 5 July 2023 – Run No. 617

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Unfortunately, I missed this run so am unable to comment on the weather but assume it was “excellent for running”. Point scores took a tumble this week with ASX All Xtraordinaries being the only team to break 100 points, winning the day with 145, followed by Macquarie Nomads on 91 and Legal Eagles on 78. There was no change to the order of the top 3. The total points scored in run 5 was 1,773, the lowest of the series, so far.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 122 181 160 186 145   794
Macquarie Nomads 109 173 161 172 91   706
Sydney Tax Pack 103 156 109 153 65   586

 

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
The low scores mentioned above had a flow on effect to the Knockout with ASX All Xtraordinaries being the only team to score over 100 points. Teams making it through to the final round are Macquarie Nomads and ASX All Xtraordinaries, fighting it out for 1st and 2nd, and BT Dominators and Australian Museum Runosaurs, going all out for 3rd and 4th.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers tied with Legal Eagles with the highest score of the round, with 5. There was no change to the overall positioning.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 7 13 9 10 5   44
Legal Eagles 7 7 7 8 5   34
Telstra Tornados 2 2 5 6 3   18

 

 

Andrew LEE, Australian Museum Runosaurs and Champ PHET-IAM, Telstra Tornados, tied for fastest man with 22.40 and Elisa LU, DEITies, was fastest woman on 26.55.

Fastest Men in Run 5

Andrew LEE 22.40 Australian Museum Runosaurs
Champ PHET-IAM 22.40 Telstra Tornados
Tim TAYLOR 23.15 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

 Fastest Women in Run 5

Elisa LU 26.55 DEITies
Cecilia NGU 27.20 DEITies
Siobhan ROONEY 27.25 NRF Road Warriors

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Legal Eagles and State Treasury tied for best turnout in run 5, both with 10, followed by six teams tying with 9. This result allowed Legal Eagles to enter the top 3 as equal 3rd with Sydney Tax Pack.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 14 12 12 13 9   60
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 11 15 11 12 9   58
Legal Eagles 12 11 10 11 10   54
Sydney Tax Pack 11 10 11 13 9   54

 

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runners with personal milestones reached in run 5. Well done.

 

50 runs:           Tom HARRIS of PWC Fasttrack

600 runs:         Vic ANDERSON of State Audit

 

Vic is the first runner to ever achieve 600 runs in the Corporate Cup. He started in Run 1 of Series 1 and has run in every series since then. These 600 runs were achieved out of a possible 617 runs.

Thanks to John Petre for the stats.