Burnie Gift
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The Burnie Gift is a professional footrace held in Burnie, Tasmania
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The race is conducted by the Tasmanian Athletic League, and the feature race is run over 120m.
The prize pool for the race is worth $15,000.
Burnie Carnival is the premier running carnival in Tasmania and is on a par with Victoria's Stawell Gift
and the later Bay Sheffield in South Australia.The 2009 race was won by Clay Watkins of South Australia.
The 2010 race was won by Ollie Wurm of Victoria
The race is held at West Park Oval in Burnie.
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
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The race is conducted by the Tasmanian Athletic League, and the feature race is run over 120m.
The prize pool for the race is worth $15,000.
Burnie Carnival is the premier running carnival in Tasmania and is on a par with Victoria's Stawell Gift
Stawell Gift
The Stawell Gift is Australia's oldest and richest short distance running race. It is run over every Easter weekend by the Stawell Athletic Club, with the main race finals on the holiday Monday, at Central Park, Stawell in the Grampian Mountains district of western Victoria.The race is run on grass...
and the later Bay Sheffield in South Australia.The 2009 race was won by Clay Watkins of South Australia.
The 2010 race was won by Ollie Wurm of Victoria
The race is held at West Park Oval in Burnie.