Media Release

Congratulations Liv Ryan, winner of the 2017 Australia Post Women’s Gift.

At the tender age of 16, Donvale’s Liv Ryan now has three Stawell sashes. After winning last year’s U’17 girls 100m, Ryan not only won the Australia Post Strickland Family Women’s Gift today, but incredibly added the Telstra Store Ararat 70m title to her resume within the hour. “Winning the

Favourites Announced for 2017 Stawell Gift

MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 11 April 2017 It’s race week and the Stawell Athletic Club Stawell Gift is all set to start this Saturday. After the release of handicaps, the bookies have started to frame the market and the first set of odds have surfaced. In somewhat of a surprise, the

Bumper Entries for 2017 Stawell Gift

MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 5 April 2017 The Stawell Gift has received its largest number of entries in more than a decade for the 136th edition of the famous carnival. 701 athletes have entered for the three day event, in a bumper 1838 individual races. Former men’s gift winner and now

TAC steps up to the starting blocks at the Stawell Gift

MEDIA RELEASE: TAC steps up to the starting blocks at the Stawell Gift The organisers of the Stawell Gift Carnival are delighted to announce that Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has been confirmed as a major partner of the upcoming 2017 Stawell Gift. As part of the new partnership, TAC

Luke Versace the new Patron for Stawell Gift

MEDIA RELEASE: Versace the new Patron for Stawell Gift DATE: 1 March 2017 The Stawell Athletic Club have named Luke Versace as their next club patron, just the third in the clubs long history. “I was blown away to be asked to be the patron of the club, understanding the