09 Jul 10 | REGION - Defying the advice of at least two physiotherapists that he was finished forever as a runner, 69-year-old warhorse Geoff Ryan bounced back to win his first race for nine years at the Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club.
14 May 10 | ARARAT - Including the Ararat Gift in the richest week of professional running in Australia has paid dividends for the Victorian Athletic League (VAL).
13 Apr 10 | ARARAT - Western Australian athlete Bryce Teo tasted victory in his first ever appearance at the Ararat Gift last Wednesday night.
13 Apr 10 | ARARAT - New South Wales sprinter Ramona Casey continued the hot form of the MattyB Department of Athletic Coaching by claiming victory in the women's 100m at the Ararat Gift on Wednesday night.
13 Apr 10 | ARARAT - A sudden peak in form has seen Willaura sprinter Simon Menz excel at the right end of the Victorian Athletic League season.
09 Apr 10 | REGION - A visiting athlete took out the Stawell and Ararat Cross Country Club's Lindsay Kent Memorial Fun Run after going against his coach's orders.
09 Apr 10 | ARARAT - A precious photograph kept in a training bag was the driving force behind Doug Greenough's win in the 120m Ararat Gift on Wednesday night.
06 Apr 10 | ARARAT - The richest week of professional footracing in Australia has attracted a high quality field of athletes to the region.
06 Apr 10 | ARARAT - Ararat athlete Marcus Cooper is rapt this year's Ararat Gift is going ahead.
06 Apr 10 | A long battle with injuries could not stop Tom Burbidge from etching his way into the Australia Post Stawell Gift history books yesterday at Central Park.
01 Apr 10 | ARARAT - The Ararat Gift will go ahead in the wake of a new sponsorship deal brokered by Ararat Rural City Council and the City of Ballarat.
26 Mar 10 | ARARAT - Alexandra Oval will `light up' on Wednesday, April 7 as the Victorian Athletic League stages the Ararat Gift under lights for the first time.
23 Mar 10 | ARARAT - Victorian Athletic League president Andrew McManus has stated the Ararat Gift will go ahead despite reports it has been abandoned.
09 Mar 10 | ARARAT - Ararat Little Athletics Club was well represented at the regional championships in Ballarat.
11 Dec 09 | ARARAT - Keenan Hurst broke his own long jump record at last weekend's Ararat Little Athletics' competition.
Hurst's four metre effort improved his personal best attempt by 10 centimetres.
17 Nov 09 | LAKE BOLAC - Lake Bolac College's Callum Baker and Tayla Notting gave first-rate performances at the Victorian Secondary Schools' Sports' Association Athletics' State Finals at Olympic Park, Melbourne.