September 1, 2015
XCR’15 ROUND 9 – BURNLEY HALF MARATHON ON THIS SUNDAY
The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the half-marathon along the Burnley Boulevard on this Sunday, September 6, starting at 8:00am. There will be no junior events on this day, but junior athletes may enter the open event (entries close at noon on Wednesday, even juniors with a season’s entry must enter separately for this event). Our men’s premier division team is 7 points clear on top of the ladder, but must still put in a strong showing in the two remaining events (the half marathon and the Tan relays) to make sure that we secure our third successive XCR premiership. With many of our top runners unavailable for this event we need all available runners taking part to make sure our premier division team stay on top of the ladder. Our men’s over 50 team is nine points clear on top of the ladder and a good performance in the half marathon will clinch the title in this division.
COURTNEY WINS NATIONAL TITLE
Congratulations to Courtney Powell who successfully defended her national cross country title at Moonee Valley race course on Saturday. In a great display of distance running, Courtney gradually drew away from the field to record an impressive win.
Australian Cross Country Championships Results:
Open Women
Courtney Powell 1st
Under 14 women
Molly McCarthy 4th
Under 16 women
Tamsyn Lovass 71st
Under 18 women
Paris Powell 21st
Georgia Hansen 38th
Genevieve Wah 62nd
Open Men
Steve Dinneen 15th
Will Potter 18th
Rhys Jones 19th
Steve Kelly 29th
James O’Connell 31st
Nick Baggott 33rd
John Meagher 43rd (1st, masters challenge)
Peter Green 47th
Under 18 men
Scott McKenzie 36th
Sebastian Failla 50th
Aidan McCormack 58th
Under 20 men
Ben Cox 30th
Zac Hunter 38th
BUNNINGS BBQ
Box Hill will be running a sausage sizzle at Box Hill Bunnings (off Middleborough Rd) on Sunday September 13. If you can help cooking or collecting money for a couple of hours please let us know. We need 3 more volunteers for the 11:30am to 2:00pm shift.
TRACK SEASON IS COMING! Are you registered?
The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts in just over 5 weeks! If you plan to compete this summer, please make sure you are registered. The Athletics year starts on April 1, so those who have registered this winter are covered for the summer season also, but all others must register before the start of the season in order to be eligible to compete.
Register online via the AV website.
TAN RELAYS
The XCR’15 season culminates with the Tan Relays on Saturday morning, September 19. We are hoping to enter teams in all age groups and divisions. This is a great event to finish the winter season and a great way to prepare for the summer track season. Please let us know if you are available for this event.