Nail Can Hill Run
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Postal: Rotary Club of Albury West
PO Box 762 ALBURY NSW 2640
Email:
Telephone: 0418261317
Welcome
Welcome to the Nail Can Hill website where you can find out all you need to know about Albury's premier community fun run.
The annual Nail Can Hill Run is conducted in early May each year. The run is one of the most popular country fun runs with over 1500 entrants. At the beginning of April each year you will find a link to the entry form which you can download from the Event Info page. Be part of this great community event which benefits selected local charities each year.
Nail Can Hill Results 2010
Click the Results-Records button to see the results for 2010.
Benefit Kids with a Disability!
The Rotary Club of Albury West will donate all funds raised to the local charity organisation Woodstock Support Inc. These funds will help develop an outdoor playground for kids with a disability.
When our club discovered there was no suitable outdoor playground facility for children with a disability we decided to act! The Nail Can Hill Fun Run is a great way to achieve something of lasting benefit to our community.
Woodstock is a local organisation providing early intervention services for children with a disability. Woodstock assists children with conditions such as autism, downs syndrome and cerebral palsy. It also provides respite services for the carers of these children.
Run, walk, and enjoy this stunning event knowing you are doing something positive for the most vulnerable in our community. Find out more at www.woodstocksupport.com.au.
History
Albury Wodonga's Nail Can Hill Run was originally the brainchild of orienteers Peter Harper and Lester Sawyer. First held in 1977, the run attracted 98 starters. The following year this grew to 474 and now attracts well over 1000 competitors.
The Nail Can Hill Run has been conducted by the Albury Wodonga Orienteering Club from 1977 to 2009 after which the Rotary Club of West Albury took over the running of the event.
Over the years, this event has become somewhat of a local institution and attracts tremendous support from all sectors of the community including local authorities, businesses and volunteer groups. Our major sponsors over many years have been the Border Mail, Hume Building Society, Global Advertising Products and Albury City Council. Their continued support has been a major factor in developing this fun run into the major community event it is today.
The appeal of this event to consistently attract large numbers of competitors, including many walkers and family groups, is due mainly to scenic nature of the course and the challenge it provides. The course is run mainly along the fire trails on the ridgeline of the hills surrounding the western side of Albury and finishes on the banks of the Murray River. Many of the competitors are "once a year runners" (or walkers) who take on the run as an opportunity to get outdoors, get fit and enjoy the scenic beauty of the local bushland surrounding Albury.
In 2003 Steve Moneghetti smashed the long-standing men's record previously held by Greg Webster. Steve ran an amazing 34min 57sec taking almost 2 minutes off the previous record which had stood for 10 years. The only other people to go under 38 minutes are former Olympian Pat Scammell, Jeremey Horne and Melbourne runner Ian Minter. A new women's record of 43min 53sec was set in 2008 by Kate Seibold-Crosbie, eclipsing Julie Gollan-Foard's 2002 time of 45min 28sec.
In 1993 the Age Buster category was introduced. To qualify, a runner has to complete the course in a time lower than their age (or age plus 20% for women). For example a 50 year old male must run under 50 minutes whereas a 50 year old female must run under 60 minutes. To date this has proven to be quite a challenge with only a small percentage of the total field able to qualify. Age Busters are presented with a commemorative T shirt. Five time Age Busters are now presented with the Max Scherleitner Medal. Max is a living legend of Nail Can have completed more Nail Can Hill runs than any other person and is a fourteen time Age Buster himself.
2006 saw the introduction of the Age Masters. Age Master status is awarded to anyone who can achieve Age Buster on ten occasions. Age Masters will be awarded lifetime entry into the run, a permanent number and a commemorative singlet with race number. Donn Stevens became the first qualifier in 2006. He was joined by Daniel Cole in 2007, David Cromarty and Ian Spencer in 2009 became the third Age Master in 2008.
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