Steve Jordan Remembrance37 viewsWhen Steve Jordan (C58) died in late 2014, we were lucky enough to get this keep sake for our club records. As Steve was an avid fun runner, it was perhaps fitting that the shield we have was awarded to him in 2012 to recognise his feat in completing his 200th monthly Tan run with the Victorian Road Runners.
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The Gordon Smith Memorial Award35 viewsWith the rapidly increasing number of ultra distance walking opportunities available in Australia, the Australian Centurion Executive decided in late 2005 to institute a new award to recognise the Best Australian Ultra Distance Walking Performance of the Year. This award is called the Gordon Smith Memorial Award, in recognition of our inaugural Centurion. The idea of this new award was floated by Centurion member Fred Brooks and the shield was purchased after donations from
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The Centurion Silver and Bronze Medals31 viewsThose walkers who complete 100 miles in our centurion qualifying event are awarded an Australian Centurion badge. For their first successful completion, the badge is numbered. For subsequent centurion efforts, they receive an unnumbered badge. Each Centurion club around the work has its own unique badge and many walkers try to collect as many as they can - but it is not an easy ask!
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Our 4 winning plaques from the Ballarat Ekiden Relay29 viewsFor a number of years, the Australian Centurions entered a team in the Ballarat Ekiden Relay which was contested around Lake Wendouree in Ballarat. We were lucky enough to win the walk division on 4 occasions - 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2004 - and these winners' plaques were awarded to us.