2013 Coburg 6 Hour Championship Photos

Sunday 10 March 2013
Coburg Athletics Track, Coburg, Melbourne

Here is a selection of photos from this year's 6 Hour race. I hope you can capture some of the excitement from viewing them. Are you tough enough to take the challenge yourself?


Michelle Thompson - 55.865 km	Karyn O'Neill - 45.735 km	Dawn Parris - 43.476 km

Terry O'Neill - 50.532 km	Steve Jordan - 46.157 km	Saul Richardson - 43.266 km

Rob Grinter - 41.560 km	Michael Whimpey - 39.772 km	John Timms - 38.692 km

Gary Turner - 38.332 km	Ken Carter - 28.535 km

2013 Coburg 24 Hour Championship Photos

14-15 April 2013
Coburg Athletics Track, Coburg, Melbourne

Imagine walking for 24 Hours! It's a tough ask but these all did!


Michelle Thompson - 184.724 km	Dawn Parris 142.521 km	Karyn O'Neill - 141.711 km

Diana Kelly - 124.795 km	Steve Jordan - 148.504 km	Saul Richardson - 139.028 km

John Timms - 136.540 km	Doug McKay - 129.585 km	Terry O'Neill - 74.646 km

Ken Carter - 58.480 km	Diana, Michelle and Karyn at the Presentations

24 Heures de Rouen, Rouen, France

8-9 June 2013

Peter Bennett travelled to France in early June to defend his title in the 24 Heures de Rouen and defend it he did with a final winning distance of 213.0km. Peter's performances in this event over the years have been pretty astonishing in terms of excellence and consistency.

Peter Bennett (C 24) - 213km in Rouen

Sri Chinmoy Australian 24 Hour Track Championship, Blacktown, NSW

15-16 June 2013


Justin Scholz (C 61) 19:43:21	Sharon Scholz (C 63) 20:06:00	Steve Jordan (C 64) 23:13:33

Anyce Melham (C 65) 23:46:32	The 4 centurion walkers - Anyce, Sharon, Justin and Steve

Caboolture 24 Hour and 48 Hour Championships, Caboolture, QLD

19-21 July 2013

Peter Bennett (C 24) was in action in the Australian 48 Hour Track Championships in Caboolture in Queensland. Competing against a field of runners, Peter walked 272.114km to take 8th place overall, a good effort by any standard and only about 8km below his best. For the record, Peter passed the 161km mark (just over 100 miles) in 22:44:26 for yet another centurion effort, his 17th in total.

Peter Bennett (C24) in Caboolture

Australian Centurions Qualifying Event, Middle Park, Melbourne

14-15 September 2013

The 29th Australian Centurions 24 Hour walk was hosted by the Victorian Race Walking Club at their headquarters at Middle Park in mid September 2013. The event was held over a 1.25km road loop and started at 2PM on the Saturday. The race saw 6 Centurion qualifiers, the same number overall as in the 1998 qualifying event. For Peter Bennett (C 24), it was his 18th,centurion qualifier, an amazing statistic. Sharon Scholz (C 63) and Justin Scholz (C 61) walked together for the whole event and hence both have the same 100 mile time of 22:40:57 - a fitting husband and wife result. The following weekend they were back inaction running in a 100km trail race in Canberra! David Billett (C 50) and Karyn O'Neill (C 45) were nearly always on the same lap and only 8 minutes separated them at the 100 mile mark.
Peter Crump (C 66) was the sixth centurion performer and hence qualified for Australian Centurion membership, reaching his 100 mile target in a time of 23:39:40.