The PCCCT will provide sandwiches for the luncheon after the Feature Race.
All runners and members attending are asked to contribute a ‘plate’. Those with surnames A-M please bring a sweet. Those with surnames N-Z please bring a savoury.
Volunteers working in the kitchen and are able to heat up savouries.The Point will be open from 8:30am to drop off food or Emma Turner will be at the start line in Wynyard and can transport food from there to the function.
Head down Giblin Street and turn right into Ennis Ave. Stay on RHS of road
This turns left into Dowbiggin St
Proceed south on Dowbiggin St and across the mainroad at the marshal
Continue further on Dowbiggin St and turn right at the marshal onto the old Trainline which will take you through to Sunnyside Road
Veer right on Sunnyside road and continue back to the main road.
Stay on RHS of road until crossed over by a marshal.
Proceed left around the corner of New Bed Road. Cross safely onto the RHS of NewBed Road.
Take a big breath because here comes the hill!
Proceed up ….and up…and up NewBed Road. At the top it will bring you along the top of the hill and turn right to bring you back down to a T junction.
Turn right and stay on RHS of road to proceed back to Ennis Ave. Fingers and witch’s hats will guide you along the path to the finish in Goliath Park where we started.
Notes
Although Railton is usually quiet on Sunday mornings, keep to the right hand side of all roads and be aware of any traffic.
This race is a deferred penalty race; handicaps are done for the feature race.
Special note, it is possible on this race to take home the chocolates without winning. 😊
Railton is the venue this Sunday for the penultimate race of the season as members of the PCCCT – Running Club compete in the Anvers Chocolate ten-kilometre handicap.
The course is a circuit, starting at Goliath Park, and is affectionately described as flat with one hill. However, that one hill, is a long and high one and presents a good challenge.
This is the final race before the major race of the season – the Wynyard to Burnie Feature Race – and, as is traditional, the victor will not receive a penalty for winning until the end of the season. Therefore, competitors can go all-out knowing a win will not affect their handicap for the “big one” the following week.
Jean-Christophe Bonneville is a first year Club runner and has impressed win the few runs he has had. He was a close second a couple of weeks ago and will be very hard to beat this time as the extra distance will suit him better.
Backmarker Andrew Winkel was a great sixth last week at Turners Beach and will be a top chance to break the tape as the course will suit him perfectly.
Other good chances look to be Lyn Saint-John, Gerard Lowry, who trains on this course, Ben Young and David Murton.
Entries will close at 6:00pm on Friday, with the race starting at 9:30. New runners are always welcome with information available at www.pccct.org. A nominated time event will be conducted at 9:00.
Race 24 of the PCCCT – Running Club’s season – the Rod and Judy Priestley/The Berry Patch seven-kilometre handicap – used a scenic two lap course at Turners Beach. Weather conditions were conducive to running and some fast times were recorded.
The event produced a close finish with Penguin athlete, Alison Ridderhof, overtaking Johanna Robertson in the last two hundred metres to record a narrow victory.
In her first season with the Club, Ridderhof was delighted to turn the tables on Robertson who had narrowly beaten her a few weeks ago at Romaine Park. Robertson had been rehandicapped for that victory but has continued to improve so that she almost had her second win for the year.
Nevertheless, it was Ridderhof who prevailed. She has been running for some time with a training group called The Running Buddies, and it was a couple of members of that group who convinced her, her husband and some friends to join the PCCCT – Running Club and they have loved their involvement.
Steve Tammens took out third place just ahead of Jason Scott and Andrew Lucas. All three have been consistent top finishers and will be eyeing off the Feature Race in two weeks.
Fast finishing backmarker, Andrew Winkel, was next to finish and recorded fastest time of 24:58 while Lyn Saint-John was fastest female (29:24).
Earlier, nominated time winners were Tom Ridderhof, Freya Crispin, Mitch Elphinstone and Libby Crispin.
Next week sees the last race to be run before the Feature Race. The winner of that race will not be rehandicapped until after the Feature Race.
The race start will be outside Berry Patch Café. Runners head west along Blackburn Dr onto the footpath towards the roundabout, then turn right onto Turners Beach Rd. The course heads north, crossing to the left side of the road at designated spot and continuing onto the Esplanade. It follows the Esplanade for approximately 1.5 km until its end. At the end of the Esplanade, runners then turn left onto the grassed area through the bush until they link up with the new pathway boardwalk. Coming off boardwalk, runners go through a rocky section that will bring them out to cross Boyes St onto a vacant block. The course then crosses over the railway track, through the bush and turns right when it hits Blackburn Dr, towards the start/finish. This completes one lap. The race will be two laps of this course.
Care is needed crossing the train line and on the unsealed sections.
Traffic can be an issue in the vicinity of la Mar.
The PCCCT Inc. conducts a Calcutta on the Wynyard-Burnie Feature Race to be run on Sunday 11 September 2022. How does it work? The Calcutta is divided into two stages:
1.The Ticket Draw Tickets are sold for $2.00 in the weeks leading up to the race. On Tuesday 7 September. The Calcutta commences with one ticket being drawn for each runner in the Feature Race. If your ticket is drawn you are then the “drawer” of that particular runner. The result of the draw will be published on the website All proceeds of the ticket draw go into the prize pool.
2.The Auction Following the ticket draw we get down to the business of the auction. This will take place at the The Point, West Park commencing at 7.30 pm on Friday 9 September Each runner will be auctioned to the attendees at the Calcutta, who have the opportunity to bid for that runner.
After the hammer fall on each runner:
the person with the highest bid becomes the owner of that runner
50% of the sale price goes to the person who drew that runner in the ticket draw
the remaining 50% goes into the ever growing prize pool After the race on Sunday 11 September, the prize pool is divided as follows:
65% to the owner of the winning runner
15% to the owner of the second placegetter
10% to the owner of the third placegetter
10% to the PCCCT to cover printing costs of tickets and the Calcutta permit fee.
This Sunday runners head to the Berry Patch at Turners Beach for the Rod and Judith Priestley/Berry Patch seven-kilometre handicap. This year there is a slight change to the course with runners completing two 3.5-kilometre laps rather than an out-and-back course. This means competitors will come through the start/finish at the half-way mark, giving good viewing opportunities to spectators.
The day will be tinged with sadness as co-sponsor, Rod Priestley, lost his battle with cancer just two months ago.
As the season nears its end, there can only be three more winners this year, and there are many runners who have been performing consistently well and who will be keen to be one of the three.
One of the best chances looks to be Club veteran, Greg Smith who has been showing gradual improvement as he regains full fitness after a knee operation.
Jason Scott has shown up week after week without breaking through and he could do so here.
Others who have been close to a win and could break the tape include David Murton, John Badcock, Alison Ridderhoff and Ben Young.
New runners are welcome and must register for membership and enter by 6pm Friday on the Club website www.pccct.org.
The race will start at 9:30am while nominated time events will be held at 9:00.
Runners are reminded that entries for the Club’s premier event, the Simons Carpets Wynyard to Burnie Feature Race to be held on September 11 close this Sunday at 11:59pm.
The PCCCT – Running Club headed to the Tasmanian Arboretum at Eugenana for race twenty-three of the season on Sunday – the LifeVantage (Susan Moodie) five-kilometre handicap.
The spectacular scenery made up for the toughness of the two-lap course, which incorporated a grassy hill and several switchbacks as well as a run around the lake.
A little drizzle cleared away and the sun came out as the starter sent away the gomarker, Ken Williams, who was giving 15:30 to backmarker, Jason Fehlberg.
Young gun, Yolla teenager Oscar Young, broke the tape in his first run with the Club despite having a tough mark, as all first starters do. In doing so, he relegated his father, Ben, into fourth place even though he conceded him a thirty-second start. Splitting the pair were Jean-Christophe Bonneville and pre-race favourite, Alison Ridderhoff.
Young does little running training during the week but keeps very fit by riding his mountain bike with his family. However, his running is good enough for him to have won his age-group in the recent North-West Inter-High Cross Country, while he has also had great results in recent trail races.
Good runs were returned again by Jason Scott and Aaron Robertson with both looking to take a victory before season’s end.
Fastest male was Andrew Winkel (20:32) with Rhian Miles (23:43) fastest female.
Nominated time winners were Tracey Turner, Libby Crispin and Emma Turner.
Well done to all competitors in today’s LifeVantage Independent Distributor (Susan Moodie) 5km handicap at The Tasmanian Arboretum at Eugenana.
Congratulations to Oscar Young who won from Jean-Christophe Bonneville and Alison Ridderhof. Fastest times were Andrew Winkel for the men (20:32) and Rhian Miles for the women(23:44).
Nominated time winners were Tracey Turner, Libby Crispin and Emma Turner.
