{"id":10269,"date":"2018-02-27T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T02:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stawellgift.com\/?p=10269"},"modified":"2018-03-01T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T23:34:10","slug":"womens-gift-finalists-agree-stawell-is-the-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stawellgift.com\/wp\/2018\/02\/womens-gift-finalists-agree-stawell-is-the-one\/","title":{"rendered":"WOMEN&#8217;S GIFT FINALISTS AGREE STAWELL IS THE ONE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cAmazing what Australia Post and Stawell Gift are doing for gender equality,\u201d Liv Ryan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe best thing you can win as a pro runner,\u201d Kate Jones<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cStawell Gift has shone a light across the sport with equal prize money,\u201d Tom Burbidge<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cIt has motivated more female athletes to participate in the sport,\u201d Tara Domaschenz<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stawell, VIC, Feb 27&nbsp;2018: The Stawell Gift Women\u2019s defending champion Liv Ryan had no hesitations when asked if she will return to the historic Easter event this year. Steeped in tradition, and for the past four years offering equal prize money for the men\u2019s and women\u2019s finals, this is the race all professional runners want to win.<\/p>\n<p>The Australia Post Women\u2019s Gift final will be held on Easter Monday, April 2 at the famous Central Park in Stawell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was incredible, the best day of my life,\u201d enthused Liv Ryan speaking about her win last year. \u201cThis race has so much history, it\u2019s very prestigious and everyone wants to win it and you carry that win for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that it is important that female athletes are being recognised equally as we put in the same amount of hard work and training so it seems only fair that we compete for equal prize money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Australia Post Women\u2019s Gift has always been a prestigious Gift but with the increase in prize money in recent years it has made it the most prestigious in Australia and by far the one to win.&nbsp; It is amazing what&nbsp;Australia Post and the Stawell Gift are doing for gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liv has set 2018 has her development year.&nbsp; \u201cI want to develop as an athlete, improve on my times and see where that takes me.&nbsp; It will be a lot harder with the handicap at Stawell but I\u2019ll be happy as long as I produce some good times and hopefully a PB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from her win at the Ballarat Gift this month, local athletics star Kate Jones has also confirmed she will be running at Stawell at Easter.<\/p>\n<p>Two time Australia Post&nbsp;Women&#8217;s Gift finalist (3<sup>rd<\/sup> 2014, 5<sup>th<\/sup> 2016) Kate also won the Ararat Gift this season so is well placed to reach this year\u2019s $40,000 Australia Post Women\u2019s Gift final.&nbsp; Like Liv, Kate agrees that historically the Stawell Gift is \u201cthe be all and end all, the best thing you can win as a pro runner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo win at Stawell would be so special to me.&nbsp; My late grandpa used to watch the Stawell Gift before I was born, Pa used to love it as much as I do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just need to stick to my race plan and hope that I keep it together,\u201d said Kate.<\/p>\n<p>Tara Domaschenz, a previous 400m winner and 120m Gift runner-up who will be back for her 12<sup>th<\/sup> Australia Post Women\u2019s Gift this year, agrees equal prize money shows gender equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPro racing is about handicapping the race so everyone has an equal chance at winning. If everyone has an equal chance at winning then we should all have an equal chance at the same prize money no matter what gender. Both men and women train for just as long and work just as hard to get their body in optimal shape to win a race, the rewards should be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A close second to Kate Jones in the Ballarat Gift, Tara agrees it makes the race more exciting and helps to motivate women to race in the women&#8217;s races rather than trying to enter the men\u2019s Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Stawell Athletic Club increased the prize money the increase in numbers spoke for itself. It increased the number of women participating in the sport, it motivated the elite women athletes to enter and got more people (elite or just out there to have a go) involved in the sport. It also increased the number of people attending the event,\u201d said Tara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a 15- year-old girl I remember there being such a hype about the Stawell Gift. I just loved to race so my parents entered me into anything and everything. Stawell was one of those races and I was lucky enough to come 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the Women\u2019s Gift in 2007. I don\u2019t think I realised at the time how big of a deal Stawell was. As the years have gone by, I keep going back because the atmosphere at Central Park is so exciting to race at in front of such a big crowd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tom Burbidge, President of the Victorian Athletic League and previous Stawell Gift winner, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Stawell Gift has certainly shone a great deal of light across the sport when it comes to equal prize money and it\u2019s had a heavy influence on other meetings in doing so. Five years ago there may have only been one or two meetings with equal prize money for Women\u2019s and now about one-third of all Victorian Athletic League meetings have equality. In discussions with new and existing clubs, I\u2019m expecting this number to continually improve each season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year Australia Post celebrates 24 years of supporting the Stawell Gift, with the organisation providing equal prize money for the Australia Post Women\u2019s Gift for the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>Three days of action-packed racing, activities and entertainment make up the 2018 Stawell Gift Carnival. The off-track action is headlined by Fashions on the Field which takes centre stage on Easter Saturday (March 31, 2018) with $2500 in prize money and gifts up for grabs. Easter Sunday is Cadbury<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Family Day at Stawell with The Cadbury<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Easter Egg Hunt headlining a fantastic schedule of child-friendly activities including an athletics clinic, an animal nursery and plenty of other organised fun for the kids.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be purchased online in advance of the Stawell Gift <a href=\"https:\/\/stawellgift.com\/wp\/event-guide\/buy-tickets\/\">here<\/a>. Adult concession tickets start from just $12, while Child tickets are free on Cadbury<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Family Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cAmazing what Australia Post and Stawell Gift are doing for gender equality,\u201d Liv Ryan \u201cThe best thing you can win as a pro runner,\u201d Kate Jones &nbsp;\u201cStawell Gift has shone a light across the sport with equal prize money,\u201d Tom Burbidge \u201cIt has motivated more female athletes to participate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":10286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-release","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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