FROM THE VP (OCT ’18)

The last six weeks have been action-packed with events across Australia. From Australia’s first 200mi trail event held at Nerang, the return of 6 day racing in Adelaide, Brisbane’s BUTTER 24h track event, the Canberra 105km trail, the Heysen trail race in SA, three new races in WA including the RunningWorks & Haunted Pines ultras, Hume & Hovell in NSW, Washpool , GOW100s & Ned Kelly Chase in Victoria and the AURA long-course championship in Blackall, QLD, there’s been something for everyone! You can review the most recent events results here, or for a complete list of all results, visit our dedicated Australian results site.

Points Competition Update

I’ve updated the points competition recently. Please take a moment to review your results, if any races are not shown or your name is missing, please review the FAQ’s on the points comp page, and get in touch with me if corrections are required.

2019 AURA National Championship events

The following are our 2019 AURA NC events:

• 48h:  Canberra 48hr Race   15 March
• 50km:  The Australian Running Festival, Canberra, 14 April
• 24h: Coburg 24h, Melbourne, 13 April
• Short Trail: Cleland 50, Adelaide, 9 June
• Long Trail Championships:  Hume & Hovell 100km,  NSW, 12 Oct 2019
• 100km: Ned Kelly Chase, Wangaratta VIC, 27 October

From our President Rob Donkersloot regards the Canberra 50km:

I would like to mention that given the issues at the Australian Running Festival 50km in Canberra this year and the feedback received from a number of AURA members, the committee thought long and hard regarding the 50km venue for 2019.
We reviewed the new processes that will be implemented by the race organisers for the 2019 event to ensure a similar issue does not arise, and were happy with those changes. The timing of the ARF event in April is ideal for those seeking to run a qualifier for the 50km World Championships in Romania on 1 September, and we feel this has the potential to attract many of our leading runners to take part in what is likely to be a very exciting and competitive event. If any AURA member wishes to see the changes being implemented by ARF, please email me at president@aura.asn.au

12 months of digital newsletter

We launched the online version of the AURA monthly newsletter in October 2017, meaning we’ve been “online” now for 12 months. A huge thanks to Kate Dzienis, who I think is doing a fantastic job with the newsletters and regular weekly Facebook postings. We are always keen on your feedback — if you have any suggestions for how we’re communicating, please don’t hestitate to get in touch with any of the committee (or Kate directly).

2018 AURA National Champions

Congratulations to the following AURA members who are our 2018 AURA National Champions. You can view a history of the AURA NC events & winners by selecting AURA / Annual Champions from the top menus, or click here.

2018 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (MALE)

Committee updates

The AURA committee meets every month to discuss a variety of matters. Some subjects are quite mundane (such as finances, insurance renewals etc), but we also spend a lot of time discussing ways to keep AURA relevant and move the association forward. This includes looking at ways to improve member benefits, enhance our International team representation & build relationships with other bodies such as Athletics Australia. Over the past 18 months, we’ve been working with AURA membership groups to develop new policies to cover subjects such as event safety, state representation and annual awards. We are always looking for ideas for improvements, and we do discuss all member feedback (both good and bad). I’d encourage you to reach out to a member of the committee if you have any questions, ideas or feedback ; our phone numbers and email addresses are listed on the contacts page. We’d love to hear from you!