Double Wins at Alan Hooley Relay

June 25, 2026

Race Report by Christine Williams

The Alan Hooley Relay is one of APSOC’s most cherished traditions, honouring Alan Hooley, longserving Chief Official and co-founder of this unique event.

Each runner completes two 3km legs, making it a tactical, rhythm-breaking challenge that rewards depth, pacing and smart team strategy.

Old Xavs arrived in force, fielding nine teams, the largest contingent of the day — and the red and black stripes were everywhere.

On the men’s side, we had four of the top six fastest times and our team of Conor Murtagh, Ben Ferretto, Simon Holt and Tim Tyers took the team win. Another highlight was Peter Curtis returning to racing after several years away and clocking a superb 11:54 for his first leg as top M60 runner on the day.

Peter Curtis made a strong return to racing

For the women, Annabelle Colman, Georgia Guiney and Di Guiney took first place with Annabelle the fastest woman overall and Di the fastest W50.

Full team results below.

Georgia Guiney hands off to Di

Men Division 1

  • OX1 (1st Place): Ben Ferretto — 9:23 / 9:31; Conor Murtagh — 9:08 / 9:14; Tim Tyers — 10:07 / 10:08; and Simon Holt — 9:55 / 9:45
  • OX2 (5th Place): Michael Tsorlinis — 11:23 / 11:49; Alan Colman — 10:37 / 10:37; Finn Harvey — 12:40 / 12:58; and Carlo Manolitsas — 11:20 / 11:55
  • OX3 (7th Place): David Martini — 12:08 / 12:26; Peter Curtis — 11:54 / 12:05; Thuan Ma — 12:04 / 12:00; and Brendan Carius — 12:43 / 12:34
  • OX4 (5th Place): Seb Harvey — 14:34 / 14:34; Dean Whiteley — 15:45 / 15:35; and Richard Dickmann — 14:00 / 14:09

Men Division 2

  • OX5 (7th Place): Alex O’Callaghan — 13:26 / 13:49; Margaret Cass  — 16:52 / 16:39; and Josita Hicks  — 16:05 / 16:42
  • OX6 (11th Place): Gus Llano — 14:15 / 14:19; Jamieson Whiteley — 19:46 / 19:47; and Christopher Worsnop — 17:44 / 17:34

Women’s Division

  • OX1 (1st Place); Annabelle Colman — 10:41 / 11:04; Georgia Guiney — 12:53 / 12:52; and Di Guiney — 12:00 / 12:10
  • OX2 (4th Place); Belinda Blackburn — 12:47 / 13:08; Montana Whiteley — 13:35 / 13:52; and Neda Jamshidi — 12:59 / 13:19
  • OX3 (6th Place); Amelie Lague — 15:22 / 15:44; Lexi Guiney — 14:23 / 14:27; and Taya Kalman — 15:36 / 15:17
Neda is all focus

A Family Outing

We had a remarkable number of families with multiple runners out on course:

  • Di, Georgia & Lexi Guiney 
  • Alan & Annabelle Colman 
  • Seb & Finn Harvey
  • Dean, Montana & Jamieson Whiteley
  • Josi Hicks & Carlo Manolitsas
  • Amelie Lague and Brendan Carius
  • Margaret Fitzgerald (official) and Richard Dickmann

Next up is another set of relays at the Calder Raceway as AV season continues.

Gus Llano hands off to Jamieson Whiteley

Photo credits Gary Zuccala