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Season 9 Issue 2 World Masters – Lyon OCTOBER 2015

MAWAsmiles

CarolBowman is

all smilesafter

receiving hersilver medalfor the relay.

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By DAVID CARRFAR from home, out of season,small population. None of this was abarrier for our team in Lyon,particularly for the outstandingwomen athletes of Masters WA.Margaret Saunders again won thesteeple. Peggy Macliver was part ofthe world record 4x400m. MelissaFoster won one gold and one silvermedals. Better known as a hammerthrower, Byrony Glass won silver inthe weight throw and bronze in thethrows pentathlon. Lynne Ventriscontinued her string of gold medalwalks. Lorna Lauchlan provedherself as a track walker. CarolBowman battled as hard as anyonefor her two medals, while LorraineLopes again displayed her talent.

What do they have in common?(Leaving aside obvious issues oftime and money).

All managed their injuries, hadsuitable training programmes andestablished short and long termgoals.

Peggy was barely able to walktwelve months ago. Shepersevered, took the right advice andtreatment, ran in the water, ranintervals and did sprint training inDave Wyatt's group. Margaret ran in

the water and on the grass whenunable to do vigorous training.Lynne Ventris always walks highmileage and adheres to her coach'sadvice. Lorna solicited a trainingpartner, Jan Fletcher, to pace hertrackwork.

For Lorraine it was whatevermileage she could manage,interspersed with intervals. Carol'smedals were earned by many longruns and weekly interval sessions.All of them overcame injuries orpersonal tribulations.

An outstanding long jumper,Melissa Foster has worked ontechnique with Ann Masters andLyndsey Glass. She was rewardedwith gold and an Australian record inthe triple jump, silver in the longjump and a solid performance in hernew event, the heptathlon.

Here is a forecast: Perth 2016 willsee the emergence of a wonderfulgroup of men who were not presentin Lyon. Ten names come readily tomind.

Women lead the way

MAWA MEDAL TABLE G S BDavid Carr 4Lyn Ventris 4> 1^Peggy Macliver 2* 1Lorna Lauchlan 2Irwin Barrett-Lennard 1 3Melissa Foster 1 1Margaret Saunders 1 1*Lorraine Lopes 1 1Jim Langford 1^ 1Byrony Glass 1 1Carol Bowman *1 ^1Chris Tittel 1Lynne Schickert ^1Mike O’Reilly ^1*Relay medal ^Team medal >Includesone team medal

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M45 Justin Hanrahan - long jumpM75 Mick Stevenson – sprint hurdles and long hurdlesW35 Melissa Foster – triple jumpW45 Janelle Delaney – 400mW55 Marie Kay – heptathlon, 200m, sprint hurdlesW60 Anne Ryan – 3000mW65 Wilma Perkins – heptathlon, long jump, pole vaultW70 Jean Hampson – heptathlon, sprint hurdlesW70 Mary Thomas – javelin, throws pentathlonW70 Marge Allison – long hurdlesW70 Lavinia Petrie – half marathonW70 Anne Lang, Peggy Macliver, Jean Hampson, Marge Allison – 4 x 400mW75 Miriam Cudmore – long jumpW75 Lorraine Lopes – 5000m

W70 4 x 400m relay: Peggy Macliver, Marg Allison, Anne Langand Jean Hampson.W70 Marge Allison in the 200m hurdles

World record breakers

Marie Kay W55 heptathlon

Lavinia Petrie W70half marathon

Australian record breakers

LORRAINELOPES

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Peter Crombie andMick Stevenson leadthe Australian team atthe opening ceremonyat La Duchere stadium.

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Aussies make mark

By DAVID CARRTHE best publicity for Perth 2016 camefrom our performances on the track.

In the new uniform we looked good andhad enough success to impress theopposition.

For instance, with about 12 times ourpopulation, USA would need to win 624gold to equal our 52 on a per capita basis.They won 57. One calculation includedmedals won for distance of travel. Thatway, we run faster than the French.

We can expect a home-ground advantagenext year.

The championships were well conductedand Lyon was hospitable, and tolerant ofour bumbling few words of French. Usingfour tracks, as much as an hour apart, andtemperatures up to 39C tested us, but it wasthe same for all and once we found our wayaround, it was no problem. Conditionsseemed not to affect performances.

At the track, there was a sense of theatre,much as would see at a basketball game.Plenty of loud music and pairedcommentators stirring the crowd.

WA’s Matt Staunton, MarkElms, Melissa Foster andClive Choate soak up theatmosphere of theopening ceremony.

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Windy opening

Celebrations In the spotlight

Showtime Pushing Perth

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Battle of the lenses

Ducking for coverMulti skilled

DougSmith

Aussie hotel

Golden girl

TeammanagerJanet Naylontakes overfrom Stuart.

British photographerTom Phillips (left)and WMACompetition DirectorAlan Bell take cover.

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Lyon 2015 100m

Going

ABOVE: Babatunde Ridly (8017) dipsfor the line and completed a barrel rollto his feet in one fluent motion.

LEFT: Marie Kay (left) and Spain’sLoles Vives dip for the line. Mariewon silver and Loles bronze.

ALISHA NATASHA FORTUNE

PETER CROMBIELYNNE CHOATE PEGGY MACLIVER

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Lyon 2015 Cross country

Jim Langford (391) and

Don Mathewson (403)

round a bend.

IRWIN BARRETT-LENNARD

DAVID CARR (313)

KARYNGOWER

JULIEWILSON

ALAN GOWER

ANNESTINGEMORE

CAROL BOWMANBOB SCHICKERT

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Lyon 2015 800m

Jeanette Flynn (343) and Margaret Saunders (445) head down the back straight.

LEFT: David Carr sets the pace onhis way to a gold medal and (below)checks out his wining time.

CLOCKWISE: Don Mathewsonshows the effort he put into the finishof his 800m. Don was just pipped forthe gold medal by Winston Lang(GBR).

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The rough and tumble of the 1500mis evident in these series ofphotographs. In the top two photosthe field tries to avoid a Spainishrunner.

In the three photographsbelow lane Spain’s FernadoLorenzo Marcos (7105) andPoland’s Robert Celinskidispute the width of lane oneon the final lap.

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Lyon 2015 1500m

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Lyon 2015 1500m

Gold medal winner DonMathewson (closest tocamera) and Bruce Wilson(far left) prepare for the start.INSET: Don gives the thumbsup after his win.

ALAN GOWER

ALAN andKARYNGOWER

ANNE RYAN (441)

JACKIE HALBERG

Niamh Keane(381) sits behind

France’s Rosario

Gangloff along the

back straight.

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RIGHT: Janelle Delaney crossesthe line to claim the gold medalin the 200m and below checksout her winning time.

Lyon 2015 200m

PEGGY MACLIVER andCHRIS WARING

JULIE FORSTERFrance’s Nicole Alexis pips Marie Kay to win gold in the W55 200m.

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Lyon 2015 400m

Janelle Delaney checks her time

when she won gold in the W45

400m. She also won gold in the

200m. INSET: Janelle stands

triumphant in front of her result. “Now where did I put my bag?”David Carr just after winningthe 400m.

Riet Jonkers-Slegers (6111) pips Peggy Macliver (400) to win silver.

New Zealand’s ElizabethWilson edges out VirginiaMitchell to win gold. JulieForster (344) finished fourth.

MARK ELMS

PETER CROMBIE

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Lyon 2015 Steeple/5000m

LEFT: Giovanni Puglisi leads thepack in his heat of the 5000m in thestifling conditions.

BELOW: Graeme Dahl and JohnSheers. Photo: IRENE DAVEY

ABOVE: Bjorn Dybdahl (336)tackles the water jump with (farleft) Giovanni Puglisi followingsuit.

CENTRE: Canadian Dan Smithis normally seen behind hiscamera at world championships,here he powers out of the water.

FAR LEFT: Turkey’s DuraliYildiz picks himself up after afall at the water jump.

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Lyon 2015 Steeple

This series of photos shows Sweden’s Gunnel Tolfes taking a bath on the first lap of the 2000m steeplechase.

ABOVE: Amanda Harper soars over the steeple.

MIDDLE RIGHT: Gold medal winner Margaret Saunders with Julie

Wilson (left) and Carol Bowman (right).LYNNE SCHICKERT

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Lyon 2015 Walks

MICHELE MISON

LYNNE SCHICKERT

RIGHT: Lyn Ventris raises her armsin triumph as she wins gold in the20km walk. Photo: RALPH BENNETT

BELOW: Lyn shows the style thatwon four gold and one silvermedals on French soil.Photos: JOHN VENTRIS

BELOW CENTRE:Barb Bryant (left) withKaryn O’Neill (centre)

and Heather Carrcompare notes.

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Lyon 2015 Relays

LEFT: The women’s 70 4x 400m relay teamcelebrates taking morethan 20 seconds off theworld record. The teamcomprised from (left) AnnLang, Marg Allison (293),Peggy Macliver (right)and Jean Hampson.

CAROLBOWMAN

MARK ELMS

COLINSMITH

Narelle Lehmann (394) hands over to Janelle Delaney (332)

in the 4x100m.

MIKE O’REILLY

BELOW: Lynne Choateembraces RosemaryDean.

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Qual Semi Final100mColin Smith 12.93 (+0.0) X XNick Miletic 16.56 (-0.9) X XLynne Choate 15.21q (-0.6) 15,51q (-1.2) 15.72 (-1.5) 8thPeggy Macliver 16.70q (+0.0) 16.89 (-3.4) 4thBarrie Kernaghan 23.08 (-1.7) X X

200mColin Smith 26.10 (1.0) X XLynne Choate 33.50q (0.6) 32.79 (2.6) XPeggy Macliver 34.86q (0.5) 34.75 (0.4) 4th

400mColin Smith 58.20 X XPeggy Macliver 81.26q 80.92 3rdMichael O'Reilly 83.85 X XMark Elms 54.44q 56.81 XCarol Bowman 83.82 X XDavid Carr 82.64Q 78.47 1st

800mMargaret Saunders 3:10.82q 2:49.75 4thDavid Carr 3:07.85 1stAndrew Brooker 2:13.00 X XNeil Morfitt 2:19.98 X XBjorn Dybdahl 2:28.85q 2:33.95 X

1500mDavid Carr 6:28.32 1stBjorn Dybdahl 5:10.02 XLorraine Lopes 7:16.05 3rdNiamh Keane 5:14.35q 5:12.18 8th

Karyn Gower 5:56.73q 5:58.72 15thAlan Gower 4:46.51Q 4:38.74 4thJackie Halberg 7:30.02 17thBob Schickert 6:43.95 XBruce Wilson 6:04.46q 5:49.85 13th

5000mIrwin Barrett-Lennard 33:03.58 2ndLorraine Lopes *27:03.79 2ndKaryn Gower 23:22.35 21stAlan Gower 18:19.33 11thJackie Halberg 30:55.77 14thBob Schickert 26:19.94 21stBruce Wilson 23:15.92 17thGiovanni Puglisi 19:43.43 29thGraeme Dahl 23:15.85 33rd*Australian record

8km ccNick Miletic 50:38 58thIrwin Barrett-Lennard 53:11 2ndCarol Bowman 42:34 19thDavid Carr 50:41 11thBjorn Dybdahl 32:10 29thKaryn Gower 37:31 19thAlan Gower 29:46 9thJackie Halberg 51:20 16thBob Schickert 42:25 27th

Bruce Wilson 38:45 20thGiovanni Puglisi 31:50 28thJim Langford 32:32 2ndJulie Wilson 45:05 21stAnne Stingemore 48:06 22nd

10,000mIrwin Barrett-Lennard 1:10:29.12 2ndJim Langford 42:42.50 5th

400m hurdlesMark Elms 68.97q 65.21 XAndrew Brooker 65.14q 66.17 X

2000m steepleIrwin Barrett-Lennard 12:50.99 1stCarol Bowman 10:40.02 4thMargaret Saunders 9:14.23 1stDavid Carr 10:42.26 1stBjorn Dybdahl 7:56.38 14th

Results for WA athletes

LYNNE CHOATE

JACKIE HALBERG

NICK MILETIC

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Bob Schickert 14:54.41 14thBruce Wilson 9:19.70 3rdGiovanni Puglisi 8:06.54 16thLynne Schickert 16:32.66 5thJulie Wilson 10:58.04 7th

5000m walkLynne Schickert 40:11.37 9thLyn Ventris 26:18.19 1stJulie Wilson 36:11.87 24thMichele Mison 42:18.78 23rdLorna Lauchlan *41:53.65 1st*State record

10km road walkLynne Schickert 1:21:15 12thLyn Ventris 53:27 1stMichele Mison 1:26:36 27thLorna Lauchlan *1:25:50 1st*State record20km road walkLynne Schickert *2:49:50 8th

*State recordLyn Ventris 1:53:56 1stMichele Mison 2:52:25 18th

High jumpGregory Wilson 1.35m 12th

Long jumpAndrew Brooker 5.40m XMelissa Foster 5.61q (1.0) 5.73 (-1.0) 2nd

Triple jumpMelissa Foster *12.16m 1s**Australian record

DiscusMatt Staunton 39.40m XTom Gravestock 41.68m X

HammerMatt Staunton 43.54m 14thTom Gravestock 41.53m q 39.50m 12thByrony Glass FOUL

JavelinYolanda Carstens 26.74m 12th

ShotMatt Staunton 12.30m X X

WeightMatt Staunton 13.08m 8thTom Gravestock 15.74m Q 14.17m 10thGreg Urbanowicz 13.25m 6thByrony Glass 16.54m 2ndKate Glass 9.54m 10thChris Tittel 8.48m 4th

HeptathlonMelissa Foster 4011 5th

DecathlonGregory Wilson DNFThrows pentathlonTom Gravestock 3392 12thMatt Staunton 3246 5thByrony Glass 3624 3rdChris Tittel 2590 3rd

4 x 100mNick Miletic M55 58.32 6thPeggy Macliver 70.76 1st

4 x 400mPeggy Macliver *5:32.95 1st*W70 WRMargaret Saunders 5:06.68 2ndCarol Bowman 5:06.68 2nd

Results for WA athletes

TOM GRAVESTOCK

JULIE WILSON

MARGARETSAUNDERS

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Next stopPerth

Bob Schickert receives the WMA flag from MarcelFerrari, President of Rhone -–Alpes Athletic League andthe Lyon LOC. WMA president Stan Perkins looks on.

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All eyes on Spain

In Lyon,Malaga in Spain was announced as the winningbid for the 2018 World Masters Athletics Championships.Spainish precision is shown as Angeles Guerra (7062)and Maria Jose Carabante (6917) are in unison as theypass the baton in the 4x100m relay.