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Sunday run along the Mersey

24 May 12 | ONE of the Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania's favourite events will be held on Sunday at Devonport as runners compete along the scenic banks of the Mersey in the Molly Malones 6km handicap.

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Riverside wins in a canter

23 May 12 | RIVERSIDE produced its traditional performance at the Northern High School Sports Association inter-high cross-country yesterday.

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Trampolinists bounce into nationals

23 May 12 | THE Tasmanian trampolining team had its final intensive training session at Launceston's PCYC at the weekend for the upcoming Australian championships.

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Thomas embarks on Games quest

22 May 12 | TASMANIAN athlete Tristan Thomas is on a 24-hour flight and three-month quest in search of an elusive goal that lasts less than 50 seconds.

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Shelley heads to Launceston

22 May 12 | COMMONWEALTH Games silver medallist Michael Shelley has become the fourth Olympic-bound marathoner to sign up for the Launceston Ten.

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Prescott king (or queen) of mountain

21 May 12 | IN one of the closest finishes in the race's history, Margaret Prescott won the Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania's Upper Burnie Newsagency King of the Mountains 16.5km handicap on Sunday.

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Tassie hurdler clears path to relay glory

18 May 12 | TASMANIAN athlete Tristan Thomas ran ``like a man possessed'' to take a giant leap towards the Olympic Games yesterday.

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It's all uphill for cross-country competitors

16 May 12 | THE longest and toughest race of the season so far will present runners of all capabilities a genuine challenge this Sunday as they attempt the Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania's Upper Burnie Newsagency King of the Mountains 16.5km.

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Track and field stars pile up the trophies

16 May 12 | NORTHERN Branch athletics held its annual trophy night at St Leonards on Saturday. Top point-scorers for the track and field 2011-12 season were in senior men Cameron Milne, of Riverside, in senior women Chloe Marquis, of North Launceston, under-16 men Mitchell Gowan, of North Launceston, and under-16 women Jasmine Turner, of Western Suburbs.

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Runners put best foot forward at cross-country titles

15 May 12 | THERE were nerves, adrenaline rushes and muddy shoes as about 350 budding young running stars stood at the start line at the Northern Midlands cross-country titles yesterday at Cressy.

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Handicap victory is locked in

14 May 12 | FRONTMARKER Robyn Locke won her biggest race in the Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania's Essential Personal Training City of Devonport 10km handicap on Sunday. | GALLERY: Focus on weekend sport

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Kids keen for overland challenge

11 May 12 | BROOKS High School held a new and improved cross-country carnival this week.

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A close 10km result predicted

10 May 12 | ONE of the most prestigious blue riband events in the Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania program, the Essential Personal Training City of Devonport 10km handicap, will be held this Sunday at the Devonport Oval. | GALLERY: Focus on weekend sport

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Record highlight Exeter sports

09 May 12 | OUTSTANDING performances highlighted the Exeter High School's cross-country carnival, held on Monday. While participation was down a little on previous years two records were set.

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Harris hoping for Lope record

08 May 12 | NEARLY four decades after Don Cox set the inaugural Lilydale Lope course record, it remains the event's fifth fastest time

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Nation's track hopes gaining speed

06 May 12 | After last year's World Athletics Championships in Daegu, Korea, someone with more than a bit of knowledge about marketing sport told me that athletics in Australia had rocks in its head if it didn't make sure that the country had runners in the men's and women's 100 metres at major competitions.

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30 years of mid-week rosters celebrated

03 May 12 | THE Northern High Schools Sports Association celebrated 30 years of providing mid-week rostered sport to school kids across the region at its 2012 winter season launch yesterday.

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First of the blue ribbon races

02 May 12 | THE Professional Cross Country Club of Tasmania will head down to Circular Head this weekend with the prestigious Burnie North West Podiatry Steven Hanson Memorial Ace of Green Hills at Stanley.

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Newcomer Van Stralen conquers course conditions

02 May 12 | BLUSTERY conditions made the Launceston Athletics Club's hilly run even more challenging for the 64 entrants and resulted in some slower times than usual over the 11.6-kilometre Sidmouth course.

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