Author: Melvyn Cox

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.

 

Series 103 run 4 newsletter

Series #103 – Run 4 – 21 June 2023 – Run No. 616

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Our streak of good weather continued where, once again, conditions were excellent for running. Point scores were up for the majority of teams with 11 teams breaking 100 points. ASX All Xtraordinaries won the day with a score of 186, followed by Macquarie Nomads tieing with BT Dominators on 172.  The higher scores, saw Sydney Tax Pack make it into the top 3. The total points scored in run 4 was 3,329.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 122 181 160 186 649
Macquarie Nomads 109 173 161 172 615
Sydney Tax Pack 103 156 109 153 521

 

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
There was only one high scoring match, with both teams scoring over 100 points, in the knockout. Macquarie Nomads defeated Sydney Tax Pack 172-153.  Teams making it through to the next round are Macquarie Nomads, BT Dominators, Australian Museum Runosaurs, and ASX All Xtraordinaries.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers have extended their lead, once again, achieving the highest score of the round, but with 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 39
Legal Eagles 7 7 7 8 29
Telstra Tornados 2 2 5 6 15

 

Matt GIBSON, Reserve Bank Magic Milers, was fastest man with 21.55. The fastest woman was Cathy LIU, also from Reserve Bank Magic Milers with 25.55

Fastest Men in Run 3

Matt GIBSON 21.55 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Andrew LEE 22.05 Australian Museum Runosaurs
Richard BANKS 22.40 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

 Fastest Women in Run 3

Cathy LIU 25.55 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Sophie FENG 26.15 IHACPA Activity Based Runners
Ellen WATERMAN 26.55 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
There was a tie for best turnout between ASX All Xtraordinaries and Sydney Tax Pack in run 4, both with 13, which saw Sydney Tax Pack make it into the top 3.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 14 12 12 13 51
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 11 15 11 12 49
Sydney Tax Pack 11 10 11 13 45

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runners with 2 big personal milestones in run 4. Well done.

 

200 runs:   Sandor RUDOLPH of Sydney Tax Pack

500 runs:         Melvyn COX of ANZ Incredibles

Series 103 run 3 newsletter

Series #103 – Run 3 – 7 June 2023 – Run No. 615

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
We were lucky with the weather, once again, with conditions being excellent for running. However, point scores were slightly down on the previous run with only 5 teams breaking 100 points. Macquarie Nomads won the day with a score of 161, extremely closely followed by ASX All Xtraordinaries with 160 and ANZ Incredibles coming third with 127.  The scores, however, do not change the positioning of the current leaders.  The total points scored in run 3 was 2,971.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 122 181 160   463
Macquarie Nomads 109 173 161   443
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 107 158 122   387

 

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
There was only one high scoring match where both teams scored over 100 points in the knockout this round. Macquarie Nomads defeated Reserve Bank Magic Milers 161-122.  Teams making it through to the next round are Macquarie Nomads, Sydney Tax Pack, The Running Walkers, BT Dominators, Australian Museum Runosaurs, King & Wood Mallesons, ASX All Xtraordinaries and ANZ Incredibles.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Reserve Bank Magic Milers have extended their lead achieving the highest score of the round, but with 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   29
Legal Eagles 7 7 7   21
Australian Museum Runosaurs 3 4 3   10

 

 

Andrew Lee of Australian Museum Runosaurs was fastest man with 21.55. There was a tie for fastest woman between Elisa LU of DEITies and Ellen WATERMAN of Reserve Bank Magic Milers with 26.50 and also a tie for third place between Cecilia NGU of DEITies and Annelise NGUYEN of King & Wood Mallesons with 27.05.

Fastest Men in Run 3

Andrew LEE 21.55 Australian Museum Runosaurs
Matt GIBSON 22.10 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Champ PHET-IAM 22.50 Telstra Tornados

Fastest Women in Run 3

Elisa LU 26.50 DEITies
Ellen WATERMAN 26.50 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Cecilia NGU 27.05 DEITies
Annelise NGUYEN 27.05 King & Wood Mallesons

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Congratulations to Australian Museum Runosaurs, who had the best turnout in run 3 with 13, which saw them make it into the top 3.  They were followed by ASX All Xtraordinaries and Reserve Bank Midday Milers on 12 and then six teams tied on 11. The total turnout was 326 counting runners, 244 males and 82 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 14 12 12   38
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 11 15 11   37
Australian Museum Runosaurs 11 11 13   35

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

50 runs:     John NELSON of Macquarie Generals, Gavin MAHER of Macquarie Nomads, Andrea LOGGENBERG of Rabobank Grasshoppers and Jason PIDDINGTON of Sydney Tax Pack

100 runs:   Mark DICKINSON of APRA Standard Setters

200 runs:   Brad COLE of State Treasury

 

Series 103 run 2 newsletter

Series #103 – Run 2 – 24 May 2023 – Run No. 614

GENERAL BUSINESS
Congratulations to all round Corporate Cup legend Laurie Coleman of ABS Moving Averages, who completed his 300th run in run 2.  Laurie is an original, having joined the Corporate Cup in series 1, and was also previously the Handicapper.  He missed series 44 to 86 before returning, so reaching 300 is a great milestone.

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
Conditions were excellent for running, sunny but cool, and there was a big turnout and some big point scores.  No less than 14 teams broke the 100 point mark, again led by ASX All Xtraordinaries with a massive score of 181.  They were closely followed by Macquarie Nomads with 173, with Reserve Bank Magic Milers third best with 158.  These three teams now fill the top three places.  The total points scored in run 2 was 3,371.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 122 181 303
Macquarie Nomads 109 173 282
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 107 158 265

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
There were several very high scoring matches in the knockout, with three unlucky teams scoring well over 100 but still being eliminated.  Reserve Bank Magic Milers beat Macquarie Generals 158-122, Domain Dashers beat Transport Trainers 141-137 and Sydney Tax Pack beat BNP Flyers 156-146.

At the other end of the scale, two very lop-sided matches saw ASX All Xtraordinaries beat Mercernaries 181-2 and ANZ Incredibles beat State Audit 115-1.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Run 1’s tie has obviously stung Reserve Bank Magic Milers into action, as they scored a remarkable 13 points and take a big overall lead.  Legal Eagles were next best with 7, followed by Australian Museum Runosaurs with 4.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 7 13 20
Legal Eagles 7 7 14
Australian Museum Runosaurs 3 4 7

Jack HILLIER of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was fastest man with 19.15, trimming 5 seconds from his PB, while Cathy LIU also of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was again fastest woman with 25.50.  There were 52 fast runners in run 2, 40 males (15%) and 12 females (16%).

Fastest Men in Run 2

Jack HILLIER 19.15 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Matt GIBSON 21.50 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Andrew POWELL 22.05 Apra Running Regulators

Fastest Women in Run 2

Cathy LIU 25.50 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Sophie FENG 27.00 IHACPA Activity Based Runners
Ellen WATERMAN 27.00 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Congratulations to Reserve Bank Magic Milers, who had the best turnout in run 2 with a full 15.  They were followed by Domain Dashers with 13 and five teams with 12.  ASX All Xtraordinaries and Reserve Bank Magic Milers now share the overall lead.  The total turnout was 338 counting runners, 264 males and 74 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
ASX All Xtraordinaries 14 12 26
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 11 15 26
ANZ Incredibles 12 12 24

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

50 runs:     Lucy DICKENS and Daniel McFARLAND, both of PWC Fasttrack

100 runs:   Sean MAH of BNP Flyers

150 runs:   Venn HARDY of Reserve Bank Magic Milers

300 runs:   Laurie COLEMAN of ABS Moving Averages