This past Saturday saw the running of the New South Wales Open Short Track Championships which was the warm up for this coming weekend's Australian Open Short Track Championships. I have attached the links to the Masters 1000m and 1500m finals video on WMST YouTube site. Unfortunately, I was unable to film the 500m or 3000m finals.
There were six Masters men entered for the competition which was won by Jim Lynch after a couple of years hiatus from competition. Jim is looking fit, and I'm sure he hasn't entered the nationals to be an 'also ran'.
I do not have the protocol at this point in time but I am sure that several of the 60+ National and New South Wales masters records were broken by Jim.
I competed in the Senior men division to boost the numbers and try and keep the young ones honest, and in the process broke 2 national masters records and set 3 New South Wales Open masters records; even after getting hit by a car the previous weekend, so I was reasonably happy with those results.
There are 12 Masters entered for this weekends Nationals, so it should bring out some good racing with Herbie Labiche attempting to back up with consecutive national titles. Michael Attwood and myself will be making Herbie work if he wants that national title again this year, and I'm sure the presence of Jim Lynch will also make an impact.
Good luck to all the skaters for the Nationals. I will be sure to post as many videos and results as soon as they become available.
Frank
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