Up: Major Events & Achievements
Swaggy Wilson – Recollections from Glenn Fisher with approval from Anne Wilson.
Geoffrey Wilson 20 Years Membership plaque
From Glenn Fisher
I started a race in the memory of a great friend and member of our club, with the sudden death of Geoff (Swaggy) Wilson. I put it to the committee about having a race in the memory of Swaggy, which they approved. So my next stop was Anne Wilson to see if it was ok and to get a nice picture of Swaggy. She was more than happy to keep the little man’s memory and his love for running going on with the Harriers. I then organised a plaque to be made and a course for the run. With the help from Laurie Edmondstone we soon had a course for a 12 and 6 km run.
The date was set and away the race went a lot of runners turned up for the very first Swaggy Run. To make the day very special Anne Wilson was there to hand over the plaque to the first winner of this race. It made me feel good knowing that that the club Swaggy enjoyed running for will remember him for a long time. Swaggy died in January 1997.
Nick Schilling – Recollections from Keith Tomholt about his Son in Law.
Nick was quite a talented athlete, who could compete at a fairly high level from 5km to the Marathon. His Shepparton Marathon win was a great personal achievement for him. He was a great club person and was always positive towards other aspiring athletes. He was a great believer in supporting aspiring athletes and always encouraged others to at least “have a go”. He was passionate about being physically fit and healthy and also was active in the education department, as a teacher encouraging his students to at least take part in some type of physical activity. I think Nick would like to be remembered for his athletic achievements and aspirations and his passion to support other like-minded athletes, he always gave 100%.
With the support from Anne Wilson in 2016 it was decided by the Traralgon Harriers Committee of Management to name the 6km support race the “Nick Schilling Memorial”. Nick died on the 6th July 2015.
It was also decided that a donation to Beyond Blue would be made.
6km Nick Schilling Memorial Trophy Winners
DATE | MALE WINNER | TIME | FEMALE WINNER | TIME |
2016 | Kristiaan Vallak | 27.50 | Molly Irvine | 23.56 |
12km Geoff “Swaggy” Wilson Memorial Trophy Winners
DATE | MALE WINNER | TIME | FEMALE WINNER | TIME |
1997 | Paul Wilson | 40.12 | Birgit Wilson | 50.21 |
1998 | Michael Lancaster | 42.59 | Kylie Fox (Murray) | 48.08 |
1999 | Michael Lancaster | 43.33 | Sandra Timmer-Arends | 44.40 |
2000 | John Mackenzie | 42.30 | Corey Harle | 54.39 |
2001 | John Mackenzie | 39.39 | Peta Mullens | 52.54 |
2002 | Nenet Suza | 41.04 | Penny Burgess | 54.34 |
2003 | Steve Quirk | 42.59 | Sandra Timmer-Arends | 49.27 |
2004 | Steve Quirk | 42.07 | Penny Burgess | 54.04 |
2005 | Steve Quirk | 42.19 | Leanne Keating | 1.02.31 |
2006 | Steve Quirk | 44.23 | Sandra Timmer-Arends | 49.41 |
2007 | John Mackenzie | 43.10 | Lynda McRae | 48.31 |
2008 | John Mackenzie | 42.01 | Delwyn Hewitt | 51.37 |
2009 | Nick Schilling | 44.10 | Kathryn Ewels | 51.36 |
2010 | Nick Schilling | 46.06 | Kylie Murray | 52.23 |
2011 | Ryan Wissmer | 44.04 | Lynda McRae | 53.25 |
2012 | Ryan Wissmer | 39.25 | Kylie Murray | 46.55 |
2013 | Flynn Boyle | 45.45 | Liz Kenny | 56.07 |
2014 | Nick Schilling | 44.33 | Kylie Murray | 47.30 |
2015 | Ian Cornthwaite | 45.34 | Karen Graham | 50.57 |
2016 | Bryan Cake | 49.40 | Liz Kenney | 59.15 |
