Melbourne to Geelong race - Two birthdays, two bullets

3:36 PM Sat 11 Sep 2010 GMT

'John Williams in yellow is flanked by his co-owners and surrounded by the crew. - Melbourne to Geelong' John Curnow Click Here to view large photo

Melbourne to Geelong race update: The TP52 which is known as Calm, won Division One of the Racing Category in the annual Melbourne to Geelong race today, just as they did last year. For John 'Willow' Williams, those two wins, referred to as bullets from the firing of the gun afforded to the winner as they cross the line, coincide beautifully with his birthday. Last year that was on race day itself and it was a pretty special one at that and this year, the race is on the day before. His co-owners of the wonderful Farr-penned GenIV TransPac 52 ...

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