In only his first year of running with the Bendigo Athletic Club 14-year-old Lachlan Perdon won his second race of the season in the Schultz and Stewart Landscaping 6500 metre handicap at Notley’s Reserve on Sunday.  Improving on a second place at his previous start Lachlan hit the front with over a  kilometre of the race to go and drew away to win by 24 seconds.

Consistent veteran Kevin Shanahan held on for second place, 7 seconds clear of another first-year runner Glenn Roulston.  Winning the Bendigo Bank Fastest Time Award on the day was Michael Preece turning in a fine 22:13 for the distance, with Fastest woman going to Ingrid Douglass.

The next race on the Club calendar is the Viatek 8km handicap to be held at the Woodvale Recreation Reserve on Sunday July 24 at 10:30 a.m.  Last week’s placegetters Kevin Shanahan and Glenn Roulston are tipped to fight out the finish, but if there is to be a dark-horse it could be the wily veteran Paul Bennett to swoop in and take the sash from under their noses.