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50 Years ago – A whole new race

Won by 28 year old Bernie L. Moss from Croydon, the 1973 Stawell Gift carnival featured a host of new initiatives. The carnival was the first run under the new metric system, with the event changing in distance from 130 yards to its new 120 metre distance. The new VAL

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‘Off the Bench with Hutchy and Pickers’ to broadcast live from Stawell

Leading sports radio station SEN’s ‘Off the Bench with Hutchy and Pickers’ will be broadcasting live from the Powercor Stawell Gift from 9am on Easter Saturday April 8. Hosts Craig Hutchison and Liam Pickering have built a loyal audience of Off the Bench fans who tune into the show every Saturday

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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS WILL BE BACK AT STAWELL THIS EASTER

Reigning champions in the Strickland Family Women’s Gift and Powercor Stawell Gift, Carla Bull and Harrison Kerr, have confirmed they will return to defend their titles at the historic Easter event this year. Carla Bull finished off an incredible Easter weekend at Stawell in 2022, taking out the Strickland Family

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New Chair of Stawell Gift Event Management, Murray Emerson, sees local attendance as vital for the event and the region

Northern Grampians Shire Councillor and former Mayor of Stawell Murray Emerson has been appointed Chair of SGEM, the management committee behind the staging of the 2023 Powercor Stawell Gift. Murray has been attending the Easter carnival for over 40 years and he has a vision to “get the local community

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Tickets to Witness History at the 2023 Powercor Stawell Gift are now on sale via Ticketek.

The 141st running of the Powercor Stawell Gift will take place from April 8-10  in Stawell, Victoria. Visitors to the famous three-day carnival will be treated to top level athletics on the track and plenty of off-track activity for fashionistas and family’s alike. “We are delighted to have tickets on

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