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2016 Winter Bulletin No. 7

May 16, 2016

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, May 21, XCR’16 Round 3, Cruden Farm Cross Country, Langwarrin

Sunday, May 29, Movie Night, Balwyn Cinemas

Saturday, June 4, Lake Wendouree Road Race, Ballarat

Saturday, June 18, Cross Country Championships, Bundoora Park

CRUDEN FARM CROSS COUNTRY ON THIS SATURDAY

Round 3 of the XCR’16 season will be held at a new venue, the scenic Cruden Farm at Langwarrin, on Saturday, May 21. Enter via McClelland Drive, off Cranbourne Rd.

To compete, you must be registered and have paid your fees, with an XCR’16 package or the “max package” or have paid an individual entry fee AND you must have your registration approved by the club before noon on the Wednesday before the event. Please don’t leave it until the last minute!

This is the “Heritage” round and athletes are encouraged to celebrate the history of this event.

Program:

12:00 noon: 4km cross country U14 men and women

12:20pm: 6km cross country U16 men and women, U18 women, U20 men

12:50pm: 8km cross country Open and U20 women

1:35pm: 8km cross country U18 men

2:05pm: 16km cross country Open men

MOVIE NIGHT, MAY 29 AT BALWYN CINEMA – GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Four athletes from Box Hill Athletics Club, Kathryn Brooks (Javelin), Nana Owusu-Afriyie (4x100m), Sarah Billings (800m + 4x400m) and Georgia Hansen (800m) have been selected to represent Australia and compete at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in July.
A Movie night fundraiser is being held at the Balwyn Cinema to assist with some of the costs associated with the trip.

A light supper will be provided prior to the movie starting up-stairs at the cinema.
Movie: Alice Through the Looking Glass (Tim Burton)
Tickets are $20 and can be collected from Kathryn, Nana, Sarah or Georgia or you can transfer the money to the following NAB account with your name and ‘movie night’ as the transfer description and number of tickets you are paying for.
OR, you can purchase them directly from either one of us (Kathryn, Nana, Georgia and Sarah) with cash!
Accout name: Box Hill Pole Vault Club
BSB: 083 202
Acct: 615 938 345
Hope you can all come! Looking forward to seeing you all 🙂

NATHAN COMPETES IN ROME

Congratulations to Canberra based Box Hill athlete Nathan Brill who represented Australia in open competition for the first time in the 20km event at the World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome last week. In hot conditions Nathan finished in 95^th position in a time of 1:32:48. Nathan has returned from a long period of injury to set a club record of 1:27:14 back in February to qualify for this event.

PRESENTATION NIGHT

Congratulations to all our award winners who picked up trophies at the Club’s presentation night last Friday.

Male athlete of the year (Alan Barlow Shield): Mohamad Zeed

Female athlete of the year (Martha Fraser Shield): Courtney Powell

Junior male athlete of the year (Reg Barlow Cup): Matthew Harcourt

Junior female athlete of the year (Armstrong Trophy): Sarah Billings

Masters athlete of the year (Peter Robbie Shield): Andrew Wilcox

Winter Champion – Male (Hansen Trophy): Steve Kelly

Winter champion – Female (Megan Sloane Cup): June Petrie

Winter champion – Junior (Grant Taggart Award): Carlos Norman

Winter champion – Masters: June Petrie

Colin Pocklington Sprint Trophy: Nana Owusu-Afriyie

Vladimir Slavnic Throwing Trophy: David Grant

Andrew Stewart Pole Vault Trophy: Men: Flavien Basson/Joel Pocklington Women: Isabelle Napier

Ross Haywood Walking Trophy: Simon Evans

Frank Tutchener 5km Handicap Shield: Stephen Dinneen

Outstanding finals athlete: David Thomson

Merv Blundy Cluman Award: Amanda Harper

Interclub Points Awards

Men Open: 1^st David Thomson 2^nd James Baumgartner 3^rd Michael Dowel

Women Open: 1^st Kelly Ulf 2^nd Monica Van Wynene 3^rd Simone Carre

Men Over 40: 1^st Nick Carah 2^nd David McConnell 3^rd Andrew Egginton

Women Over 40: 1^st Karen Carah 2^nd Amanda Harper 3^rd Kim Butler

Men Under 18: 1^st Matt Harcourt 2^nd Sam McDonald 3^rd Ned Snibson

Women Under 18: 1^st Hannah Heathcote 2^nd Kate Boulter 3^rd Olivia Carah

Men Under 16: 1^st Cameron Mackenzie 2^nd Will Murphy 3^rd Connor McKee

Women Under 16: 1^st Jessica Mackenzie 2^nd Emily Butler 3^rd Georgia Durham

REGISTRATIONS NOW DUE

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year are now open.

Register online via the Athletics Victoria website. The Athletics Victoria member portal is now live.

XCR’16 CALENDAR

Round 3 – Cruden Farm Cross Country Date: Saturday 21 May

16km cross country for open men and 6km for open women, various junior distances

Round 4 – Lake Wendouree Road Race Date: Saturday 4 June

15km for open men and women, 5km for juniors
Round 5 – Bundoora Cross Country Champs Date: Saturday 18 June
This day incorporates the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships and also serves as the selection trial for the Australian Cross Country Championships. The open and overage men’s race covers 12km while the women’s race covers 10km. Juniors race over 3km, 4km, 6km or 8km.

Round 6 – Sandown Road Relay Date: Saturday 9 July

6.2km legs for open ages, 3.1km for juniors
Round 7 – Albert Park Road Race Date: Sunday 17 July

10km open race, 3km junior race
Round 8 – Anglesea Surf Coast Ekiden Relay Date: Saturday 6 August

Various distances
Round 9 – Victorian Half Marathon Date: Sunday 4 September

21.1km along Burnley boulevard (no junior races)
Round 10 – Tan Relays Date: Saturday 17 September
Each runner complete the 3.8km lap of the tan

2016 Winter Bulletin No. 6

May 12, 2016

PRESENTATION NIGHT ON THIS FRIDAY!!!

The Box Hill Athletic Club presentation night will be held at the clubrooms on this Friday night, May 13 from 7:30pm. The evening will begin with a brief annual general meeting, followed by presentations, a special presentation and supper. This is great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our athletes over the past 12 months and also a chance for newer members to get to know the club. All members, parents and friends are invited to come.

There will be a $10 cover charge (maximum $20 per family) to cover the costs of the food that will be provided. No need to book, just turn up on the night!

We look forward to seeing you all at the presentation night on Friday!

CRUDEN FARM CROSS COUNTRY ON SATURDAY WEEK

Round 3 of the XCR’16 season will be held at a new venue, the scenic Cruden Farm at Langwarrin, on Saturday, May 21.

To compete, you must be registered and have paid your fees, with an XCR’16 package or the “max package” or have paid an individual entry fee AND you must have your registration approved by the club before noon on the Wednesday before the event. Please don’t leave it until the last minute!

MOVIE NIGHT, MAY 29 AT BALWYN CINEMA

Four athletes from Box Hill Athletics Club, Kathryn Brooks (Javelin), Nana Owusu-Afriyie (4x100m), Sarah Billings (800m + 4x400m) and Georgia Hansen (800m) have been selected to represent Australia and compete at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in July.
This is an amazing opportunity, however it does come at a cost for travel, accommodation and food etc. A Movie night fundraiser is being held to assist with some of the costs associated with the trip. A light supper will be provided prior to the movie starting up-stairs at the cinema.
Movie: Alice Through the Looking Glass (Tim Burton)
Tickets are $20 and can be collected from Kathryn, Nana, Sarah or Georgia or you can transfer the money to the following NAB account with your name and ‘movie night’ as the transfer description and number of tickets you are paying for.
OR, you can purchase them directly from either one of us (Kathryn, Nana, Georgia and Sarah) with cash!
Accout name: Box Hill Pole Vault Club
BSB: 083 202
Acct: 615 938 345
Hope you can all come! Looking forward to seeing you all 🙂

REGISTRATIONS NOW DUE

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year are now open.

Register online via the Athletics Victoria website. The Athletics Victoria member portal is now live.

If you registered via temp member form prior to Jells Park, you will now need to re-register and pay fees before you can compete again for the club.

XCR’16 CALENDAR

Round 3 – Cruden Farm Cross Country Date: Saturday 21 May

16km cross country for open men and 6km for open women, various junior distances

Round 4 – Lake Wendouree Road Race Date: Saturday 4 June

15km for open men and women, 5km for juniors
Round 5 – Bundoora Cross Country Champs Date: Saturday 18 June
This day incorporates the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships and also serves as the selection trial for the Australian Cross Country Championships. The open and overage men’s race covers 12km while the women’s race covers 10km. Juniors race over 3km, 4km, 6km or 8km.

Round 6 – Sandown Road Relay Date: Saturday 9 July

6.2km legs for open ages, 3.1km for juniors
Round 7 – Albert Park Road Race Date: Sunday 17 July

10km open race, 3km junior race
Round 8 – Anglesea Surf Coast Ekiden Relay Date: Saturday 6 August

Various distances
Round 9 – Victorian Half Marathon Date: Sunday 4 September

21.1km along Burnley boulevard (no junior races)
Round 10 – Tan Relays Date: Saturday 17 September
Each runner complete the 3.8km lap of the tan

Saturday 7 May 2016 – Wandin Park Cross Country

May 7, 2016

VICTORY AT WANDIN PARK

After winning a close contest in round 1 of XCR’16, Box Hill men’s Premier Division team again performed strongly to take another close victory in round 2 at Wandin Park last Saturday.

This new cross country course proved to be very tough, with jumps and some very steep hills.

Led by Steve Dinneen in sixth place, our top six runners all performed well to give our team a narrow victory and put Box Hill on top of the ladder.

We also had a win in the men’s over 50 division, with John Meagher winning this age group and Peter Stefanos (12^th) and Chris O’Connor (20^th) doing enough to give us the team win.

It was encouraging to see four open men’s teams complete this event.

Our women’s team, by contrast, was not at full strength, but we expect more runners to take part as the year progresses. A special mention also to some of our juniors, who placed exceedingly well, in particular Thomas Diamond who finished 4^th in the under 14s and Matt O’Donnell, 4^th in the under 20s

See Ian Sloane’s full race report below.

Men Premier Division (Team place: 1^st)

6 Steve Dinneen 27:32

12 Nick Baggott 28:07

13 Dion Finocchiaro 28:14

21 James O’Connell 28:33

23 Will Potter 28:40

38 Andre Waring 29:29

Men Division 2 (Team place: 3^rd)

44 Peter Green 29:49

55 John Meagher 30:27 (1st men 50-54)

65 Michael Dowel 30:55

82 Chris Bradford 31:36

88 Michael Vaughan 31:50

93 Welday Mebrahtu 31:58

Men Division 4 (Team place: 4^th)

103 Zac Hunter 32:42

128 Andrew Hester 33:31

176 Peter Stefanos 35:29

214 Chris O’Connor 36:44

227 Tony Langelaan 37:18

Men Division 6 (Team place: 3^rd)

236 Anthony Whitby 37:46

249 Luke Crozier 38:09

256 Graeme Olden 38:20

322 Jack Hill 43:00

358 Andrew Tunne 46:44

Women Premier Division (Team place: 9^th)

42 June Petrie 26:32 (1st women 50-54)

92 Rachel Johnson 29:15

133 Pia Hunter 31:36

147 Megan Sloane 32:52

160 Caitlin Harrison 33:34

166 Carolyn Fox 34:13

Under 20 Men (Team place: =3^rd)

4 Matt O’Donnell 14:02

8 Alex Ritchie 14:16

27 Jack Prendergast 17:08

28 Carlos Norman 17:37

31 Conor Yung 18:27

Under 20 Women

10 Chloe Rosenberg 22:06

Under 18 men

11 Lucas Pamminger 15:22

Under 14 Boys

4 Thomas Diamond 7:18

Cross Country races, Wandin Park 7 May 2016

The Victorian Men’s 8 k Cross Country Championship and Women’s 6 k Cross Country Championship races were held at Wandin Park near Wandin North on Saturday 7 May. Junior races were also run. It was a warm day with direct sunshine and a great spectacle with the undulating scenery affording good opportunities to watch the races from numerous vantage points.

The course was a very challenging, a bit like what real Cross Country used to be like, extremely hilly with barriers to clear, and anyone who finished their race could be well-satisfied with their efforts, especially if they did not have to stop to walk.

We had a really impressive turnout for the senior men’s event with four senior Men’s teams finishing. At the time of writing it appears that Box Hill won Premier Division team’s race from St Stephens Harriers and APS, and it appears that our Division 2 team could have finished third behind Doncaster and Western Athletics.

When the starter sent the field on its way, Will Potter and Steve Dinneen were the foremost Box Hill athletes in the leading group. In the race at Drouin last year, Will made a massive breakthrough in coming seventh and, no doubt he would have liked to have improved on this this year. Nick Baggott, James O’Connell and Dion Finocchiaro, who all had a strong start as well, were positioned just behind Will and Steve. Peter Green and John Meagher were moving well but perhaps 30 to 40 seconds further back from our second group of athletes. Andrew Waring and Michael Dowel were a little behind them and both running comfortably.

Ben Ashkettle (Doncaster) made a break on the field in the first lap. Behind him were Nick Wightman (Geelong), Mitch Brown (Ess), Jack Davies (Ball), Jack Rayner (Wes) and Nick Earl, with Steve Dinneen and Will Potter in close attendance. Nick Baggott was running a very strong race and picking up places as was Dion Finocchiaro. Andre Waring took the first lap coolly, but passed at least 20 other athletes in his second lap as he roared home.

In the second lap, the lead changed as Ben Ashkettle slipped off the lead and Mitch Brown got away from the other athletes. Nick Wightman held second and Jack Davies came into a medal winning position. Later, Ben Ashkettle surged past both Wightman and Davies to claim second place and Nick Wightman improved to hold the bronze medal position. So the race was won clearly by Mitch Brown, with Ashkettle, second and Wightman third. Steve Dinneen got past several athletes around and crossed the line in sixth place. His was a well-judged and competitive effort and showed that he is more than capable of mixing with the best Victorian Cross Country athletes. Not too far behind was Nick Baggott, twelfth, who ran an excellent, disciplined race and is now not far away from being a top 10 contender. One place behind him was Dion Finocchiaro, who is extremely fit at the moment and appears to be running in the best from of his life, despite a very heavy training regime. The ever-reliable James O’Connell raced home as hard as he could to claim 21^st position, another fine performance. Will Potter finished next, 22^nd, after conceding a number of places in the second lap. But he finished the race, which showed great strength of character, and, by doing so, he gave our team the opportunity to win the race, which was a commendable and courageous effort. As noted above, Andre Waring had a brilliant second lap. Unfortunately, he was omitted from the provisional results, possibly as a result of the failure of his timing chip. Daniel Balassone, now stationed in Sydney, ran in his Sydney team’s strip by invitation and also had a good run placing 30^th, 19 seconds in advance of Andre. Peter Green, still recuperating from a bad run of health, ran through in 40^th place with John Meagher running a great race, placing 50^th. He is truly an extra-ordinary athlete and a class above the others in his age group. Other Box Hill athletes to make the top 100 were Michael Dowel, returning from injury, 58^th, Chris Bradford, 73^rd, Michael Vaughan, 79^th, Welday Mebrahtu, 84^th and Zac Hunter 92^nd.

Provisional results can be found below but there will be subsequent amendments because a number of men and women were omitted from the results published on the web site.

The women’s race was conducted over a six kilometre course. There were obstacles to vault and avoid and the hills were tough, long and grinding. It was a very challenging course, indeed. Gemma Maini took the lead early with Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) in close attendance, with Tarli Bird (Glenhuntly, third. Others at the front of the field included Samantha Prima (Knox), Cassie Higham (Glenhuntly), Anna Kelly (South Melbourne) and Kate Seibold (Knox). Tracey Austin from Malvern gradually moved forward as the race progressed. Our best placed athlete was June Petrie, who worked her way into 40^th place according to the provisional results. We believe she actually finished 42^nd. Rachel Johnson is competing again and she did well to place 89^th and will certainly improve in later races. Other Division 1 team members were Pia Hunter, 126^th, Megan Sloane, 139^th and Caitlin Harrison, 152^nd.

Matt O’Donnell ran a great race in the Under 20 Men’s competition to finish 4^th. He ran well the whole way and with a little improvement still to come, it’s only a matter of time before he steps onto the podium. Alex Ritchie placed 8^th in the same race, running an exceptionally determined race. He is also improving every time he pulls on the spikes or flats, Jack Prendergast placed 27^th, with Carlos Norman who was 28^th with a whirlwind finishing burst. Conor Yung crossed the line in 31^st Our Under 20 team appears to have finished in fourth place behind Knox, Western Athletics and Glenhuntly.

Chloe Rosenberg ran very well in the Under 20 women’s race, being in a prominent position and placing 10^th at the finishing line.

Lucas Pamminger acquitted himself well in the Under 18 race, crossing the line in 11^th position, with a really strong finishing kick.

Thomas Diamond gave a very fine account of himself in the Under 14 2 k Cross Country finishing fourth in 7:18, just 4 seconds down on the bronze medallist.

Open Men’s results (AV results contained some inaccuracies at the time of writing)

1 Mitch Brown Essendon 26:41

2 Ben Ashkettle Doncaster 26:48

3 Nick Wightman Geelong 27:01

6 Steve Dinneen Box Hill 27:32

12 Nick Baggott Box Hill 28:07

13 Dion Finocchiaro Box Hill 28:14

21 James O’Connell Box Hill 28:33

22 Will Potter Box Hill 28:40

34? Andre Waring Box Hill 29:29

40 Peter Green Box Hill 29:49

50 John Meagher Box Hill 30:27

58 Michael Dowel Box Hill 30:55

73 Chris Bradford Box Hill 31:36

79 Michael Vaughan Box Hill 31:58

84 Welday Mebrahtu Box Hill 31:58

92 Zac Hunter Box Hill 32:42

117 Andrew Hester Box Hill 33:31

163 Peter Stefanos Box Hill 35:29

200 Chris O’Connor Box Hill 36:44

212 Tony Langelaan Box Hill 37:18

219 Anthony Whitby Box Hill 37:46

232 Luke Crozier Box Hill 38:09

239 Graeme Olden Box Hill 38:20

302 Jack Hill Box Hill 43:00

334 Andrew Tunne Box Hill 46:44

Division 1 Results

1 Box Hill 114 (est.)

2 SSH 132 (est.)

3APS 163 (est.)

Open Women’s results

Tarli Bird Glenhuntly 21:56
Gemma Maini Frankston 22:20
Virginia Moloney Collingwood 22:29

42 June Petrie Box Hill 26:32

89 Rachel Johnson Box Hill 29:15

126 Pia Hunter Box Hill 31:36

132 Megan Sloane Box Hill 32:52

152 Caitlin Harrison Box Hill 33:34

158? Carolyn Fox Box Hill 34:13

Under 20 Men

1 Liam Cashin Western Athletics 13:28

2 Nathan Percy Knox 13:39

3 Noah Deubel Knox 13:59

4 Matt O’Donnell Box Hill 14:02

8 Alex Ritchie Box Hill 14:16

27 Jack Prendergast Box Hill 17:08

28 Carlos Norman Box Hill 17:37

31 Conor Yung Box Hill 18:27

Under 20 Women

10 Chloe Rosenberg Box Hill 22:06

Under 18

11 Lucas Pamminger Box Hill 15:22

Under 14 Boys

4 Thomas Diamond Box Hill 7:18

2016 Winter Bulletin No. 5

May 3, 2016

WANDIN PARK CROSS COUNTRY ON THIS SATURDAY

Round 2 of the XCR’16 season will be held at a new venue, the scenic (and hilly) Wandin Park, on this Saturday. This park is more often used as an equestrian centre and is located off Victoria Rd, Wandin North, 10 minutes east of Lilydale.

There will be 2km, 3km and 4km events for the junior age groups, a 6km race for the open women and 8km event for the men.

Entries close at noon Wednesday!

Those who completed a temporary registration in order to compete at Jells Park in round 1, need to re-register and pay their fees before noon tomorrow (Wednesday) in order to be able to compete at Wandin Park this week.

To repeat, you must be registered and paid your fees, with an XCR’16 package or the “max package” or have paid an individual entry fee AND you must have your registration approved by the club before noon on Wednesday in order to compete at Wandin Park. Please don’t leave it until the last minute!

Program:

12:30pm 2km cross country U14 men, U14 women

12:40pm 4km cross country U18 men, U20 men, U20 women

1:00pm 3km cross country U16 men, U16 women, U18 women

1:20pm 8km cross country Open men

2:00pm 6km cross country Open women

PRESENTATION NIGHT ON FRIDAY MAY 13

The Box Hill Athletic Club presentation night will be held at the clubrooms on Friday, May 13 from 7:30pm. The evening will begin with a brief annual general meeting, followed by presentations, a guest speaker and supper. This is great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our athletes over the past 12 months and also a chance for newer members to get to know the club. All members, parents and friends are invited to come.

There will be a $10 cover charge (maximum $20 per family) to cover the costs of the food that will be provided. No need to book, just turn up on the night!

MOVIE NIGHT, MAY 29 AT BALWYN CINEMA

Four athletes from Box Hill Athletics Club, Kathryn Brooks (Javelin), Nana Owusu-Afriyie (4x100m), Sarah Billings (800m + 4x400m) and Georgia Hansen (800m) have been selected to represent Australia and compete at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in July.
This is an amazing opportunity, however it does come at a cost for travel, accommodation and food etc. A Movie night fundraiser is being held to assist with some of the costs associated with the trip. A light supper will be provided prior to the movie starting up-stairs at the cinema.
Movie: Alice Through the Looking Glass (Tim Burton)
Tickets are $20 and can be collected from Kathryn, Nana, Sarah or Georgia or you can transfer the money to the following NAB account with your name and ‘movie night’ as the transfer description and number of tickets you are paying for.
OR, you can purchase them directly from either one of us (Kathryn, Nana, Georgia and Sarah) with cash!
Accout name: Box Hill Pole Vault Club
BSB: 083 202
Acct: 615 938 345
Hope you can all come! Looking forward to seeing you all 🙂

REGISTRATIONS NOW DUE

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year are now open.

Register online via the Athletics Victoria website. The Athletics Victoria member portal is now live.

If you registered via temp member form prior to Jells Park, you will now need to re-register and pay fees before you can compete again for the club.

NEW FEE STRUCTURE
AV have introduced a new fee structure.

In short, you will pay one fee to join Athletics Victoria and another fee to join the club. You can then pay an XCR fee which gives you free entry to all AV cross country and road events or a Track and Field fee, which gives you entry to shield competition (or you choose the “maxpack” which gives you entry to both XCR and Shield).

There are four options for members in each age group.

Option 1 is recommended for those who plan to run XCR and Shield competition (we hope this includes most of our distance runners).

Option 2 is for those athletes who only compete in summer.

Option 3 is for those who wish to only compete in the cross country and road events and not the summer season.

Option 4 is for athletes who wish to only compete in winter relay events and/or pay an individual entry fee for each event, or those who do not wish to compete in XCR or Shield competition.

Note that you can upgrade your membership at any stage throughout the year.

Open:

Option 1: $390 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $200 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $315 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $125 (Shield)]

Option 3: $315 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $125 (XCR)]

Option 4: $190 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Junior (under 20 years of age as of Dec. 31 2016):

Option 1: $300 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $150 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $250 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $100 (Shield)]

Option 3: $250 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $100 (XCR)]

Option 4: $150 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Dual Registration with Little Aths

Option 1: $125 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $75 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $105 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $55 (Shield)]

Option 3: $105 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $55 (XCR)]

Option 4: $50 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Family discount $15 per person available when three (3) or more Open or Junior athletes reside at the same address and register at the same time.

Life members and international representatives should contact the Club to organize their registration.

Please let us know if you have any questions about registration.

XCR’16 CALENDAR

Round 2 – Wandin Park Cross Country Date: Saturday 7 May
8km for open men, 4km for open women, various junior distances

Round 3 – Cruden Farm Cross Country Date: Saturday 21 May

16km cross country for open men and 6km for open women, various junior distances

Round 4 – Lake Wendouree Road Race Date: Saturday 4 June

15km for open men and women, 5km for juniors
Round 5 – Bundoora Cross Country Champs Date: Saturday 18 June
This day incorporates the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships and also serves as the selection trial for the Australian Cross Country Championships. The open and overage men’s race covers 12km while the women’s race covers 10km. Juniors race over 3km, 4km, 6km or 8km.

Round 6 – Sandown Road Relay Date: Saturday 9 July

6.2km legs for open ages, 3.1km for juniors
Round 7 – Albert Park Road Race Date: Sunday 17 July

10km open race, 3km junior race
Round 8 – Anglesea Surf Coast Ekiden Relay Date: Saturday 6 August

Various distances
Round 9 – Victorian Half Marathon Date: Sunday 4 September

21.1km along Burnley boulevard (no junior races)
Round 10 – Tan Relays Date: Saturday 17 September
Each runner complete the 3.8km lap of the tan

2016 Winter Bulletin No. 4

April 28, 2016

PRESENTATION NIGHT, MAY 13

The Box Hill Athletic Club presentation night will be held at the clubrooms on Friday, May 13 from 7:30pm. The evening will begin with a brief annual general meeting, followed by presentations, a guest speaker and supper. This is great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our athletes over the past 12 months and also a chance for newer members to get to know the club. All members, parents and friends are invited to come.

There will be a $10 cover charge (maximum $20 per family) to cover the costs of the food that will be provided. No need to book, just turn up on the night!

MOVIE NIGHT, MAY 29

As some of you may know, four athletes from Box Hill Athletics Club including Kathryn Brooks (Javelin), Nana Owusu-Afriyie (4x100m), Sarah Billings (800m + 4x400m) and Georgia Hansen (800m) have been selected to represent Australia and compete at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in July.
This is an amazing opporunity, however it does come at a cost for travel, accomodation and food etc. This event will be a fundraiser to assist with some of the costs associated with the trip. A light supper will be provided prior to the movie starting up-stairs at the cinema.
NOTE: The definite time of the movie has not yet been announced, more information coming soon!
Movie: Alice Through the Looking Glass (Tim Burton)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3IWwnNe5mc
Tickets are $20 and can be collected from Kathryn, Nana, Sarah or Georgia or you can transfer the money to the following NAB account with your name and ‘movie night’ as the transfer desrciption and number of tickets you are paying for.
OR, you can purchase them directly from either one of us (we will be given movie tickets within the next week) with cash!
Accout name: Box Hill Pole Vault Club
BSB: 083 202
Acct: 615 938 345
Hope you can all come! Looking forward to seeing you all 🙂

Also check out the event facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1701969810081801/?active_tab=highlights

WANDIN PARK CROSS COUNTRY, MAY 7

Round 2 of the XCR’16 season will be held at a new venue, the scenic (and hilly) Wandin Park. This park is more often used as an equestrian centre and is located off Victoria Rd, Wandin North, 10 minutes east of Lilydale.

There will be 2km, 3km and 4km events for the junior age groups, a 6kn race for the open women and 8km event for the men.

Make sure you are entered if you wish to run this event.

REGISTRATIONS NOW DUE

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year are now open.

Register online via the Athletics Victoria website.

The Athletics Victoria member portal is now live. To access please use this link: https://members.athsvic.org.au/signin

If you intend to run XCR’16 Round 2 – Wandin Park, you must be registered with AV and entered before 12 midday on Wednesday 4 May.
Already a payed up AV member? Please log on to the AV member portal and double check your member details and package selections are correct.
Registered via temp member form prior to Jells Park?

AV received and processed your membership, allocating you a bib number. You will now need to confirm your member details, package selections and make payment via the member portal.
Remember you can either purchase an XCR package or enter each XCR event individually.

According to the AV website, only the following athletes are registered for the 2016/17 season:

Anderson	Spencer
Atkinson	Amy
Atkinson	Carly
Crawford	Talitha
Davis	Sophia
Diamond	Thomas
Doehmann	Lachlan
Featherston	David
Harper	Amanda
Harrison	Caitlin
Hesse	Kieran
Hester	Andrew
Hill	Jack
Holberton	Isaac
Johnson	Rachel
Lovass	Tamsyn
Lovass	Murray
Mackenie	Jessica
Meehan	Georgie
Norman	Carlos
Nuske	Brett
O’Connell	James
O’Donnell	Matthew
Ogilvie	Connor
Olden	Graeme
Pamminger	Lucas
Prendergast	Jack
Rosenberg	Chloe
Sellwood	Thomas
Seton	Michael
Seton	William
Stefanos	Peter
Stummer	Jack
Treagus	Ashlee
Watkins	Gemma
Wilcox	Andrew
Wilson	Hannah
Wong	Hanson

NEW FEE STRUCTURE
AV have introduced a new fee structure.

In short, you will pay one fee to join Athletics Victoria and another fee to join the club. You can then pay an XCR fee which gives you free entry to all AV cross country and road events or a Track and Field fee, which gives you entry to shield competition (or you choose the “maxpack” which gives you entry to both XCR and Shield).

There are four options for members in each age group.

Option 1 is recommended for those who plan to run XCR and Shield competition (we hope this includes most of our distance runners).

Option 2 is for those athletes who only compete in summer.

Option 3 is for those who wish to only compete in the cross country and road events and not the summer season.

Option 4 is for athletes who wish to only compete in winter relay events and/or pay an individual entry fee for each event, or those who do not wish to compete in XCR or Shield competition.

Note that you can upgrade your membership at any stage throughout the year.

Open:

Option 1: $390 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $200 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $315 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $125 (Shield)]

Option 3: $315 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $125 (XCR)]

Option 4: $190 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Junior (under 20 years of age as of Dec. 31 2016):

Option 1: $300 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $150 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $250 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $100 (Shield)]

Option 3: $250 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $100 (XCR)]

Option 4: $150 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Dual Registration with Little Aths

Option 1: $125 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $75 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $105 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $55 (Shield)]

Option 3: $105 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $55 (XCR)]

Option 4: $50 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Family discount $15 per person available when three (3) or more Open or Junior athletes reside at the same address and register at the same time.

Life members and international representatives should contact the Club to organize their registration.

Please let us know if you have any questions about registration.

XCR’16 CALENDAR

Round 2 – Wandin Park Cross Country Date: Saturday 7 May
8km for open men, 4km for open women, various junior distances

Round 3 – Cruden Farm Cross Country Date: Saturday 21 May

16km cross country for open men and 6km for open women, various junior distances

Round 4 – Lake Wendouree Road Race Date: Saturday 4 June

15km for open men and women, 5km for juniors
Round 5 – Bundoora Cross Country Champs Date: Saturday 18 June
This day incorporates the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships and also serves as the selection trial for the Australian Cross Country Championships. The open and overage men’s race covers 12km while the women’s race covers 10km. Juniors race over 3km, 4km, 6km or 8km.

Round 6 – Sandown Road Relay Date: Saturday 9 July

6.2km legs for open ages, 3.1km for juniors
Round 7 – Albert Park Road Race Date: Sunday 17 July

10km open race, 3km junior race
Round 8 – Anglesea Surf Coast Ekiden Relay Date: Saturday 6 August

Various distances
Round 9 – Victorian Half Marathon Date: Sunday 4 September

21.1km along Burnley boulevard (no junior races)
Round 10 – Tan Relays Date: Saturday 17 September
Each runner complete the 3.8km lap of the tan

2016 Winter Bulletin No. 3

April 19, 2016

PRESENTATION NIGHT, MAY 13

The Box Hill Athletic Club presentation night will be held at the clubrooms on Friday, May 13 from 7:30pm. The evening will begin with a brief annual general meeting, followed by presentations, a guest speaker and supper. This is great opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our athletes over the past 12 months and also a chance for newer members to get to know the club. All members, parents and friends are invited to come.

MOVIE NIGHT, MAY 29

Please save the date. Sunday evening 29 May, the Club will be holding a fund raising movie night for the Box Hill athletes selected for the World Junior Championships this year. Nana Owusu-Afriyie, Kathryn Brooks, Georgia Hansen and Sarah Billings will be representing Australia in Poland in July, but must meet some of the costs themselves. Please support this fund raising effort.

Balwyn Cinema, movie ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anvGUW-vsLE

More details to follow.

WANDIN PARK CROSS COUNTRY, MAY 7

Round 2 of the XCR’16 season will be held at a new venue, the scenic (and hilly) Wandin Park. This park is more often used as an equestrian centre and is located off Victoria Rd, Wandin North, 10 minutes east of Lilydale.

There will be 2km, 3km and 4km events for the junior age groups, a 6kn race for the open women and 8km event for the men.

BOX HILL OFF TO A GREAT START AT JELLS PARK

Box Hill started the XCR’16 cross country and road racing season in fine form, with wins in three divisions, including the men’s premier division. We also picked up silver medals in three other divisions.

It was great to see fifteen Box Hill teams (made up of 55 athletes) line up for this first event of the winter season.

A brilliant last leg from Will Potter saw our men’s premier division take out an exciting win. Great runs from Steve Dinneen, James O’Connell, Peter Green, Nick Baggott and Dion Finocchiaro, saw Box Hill in a three way tie for the lead when Will took off on the final leg of the relay. He took the lead immediately and held it all the way to the finish.

See Ian Sloane’s full report below.

Our Under 20 men’s team won an equally exciting race, with Scott McKenzie coming from 37 seconds behind on the last leg to take the lead in the final stages and win by just 2 seconds.

The Under 14 boys team of Murray Lovass, Connor Ogilvie and Mac Anderson had a huge win, with the 2^nd team five minutes behind.

Box Hill teams finished 2^nd in the women’s Under 16, men’s Over 40 and Men’s Over 50 divisions.

Our women’s premier division team, was in fourth position, only a few seconds outside of the top three, after the first three runners, but with a number of our women unavailable this week and despite the best efforts of our final two runners, the team dropped back to eighth.

A special congratulations and welcome to our new members, Conor Yung, Jackson Deane, Brent Harris, Robert Ashbridge and Steve Ross who competed for the Club for the first time.

Thanks to all those who helped with officiating and time keeping, Grant O’Donnell, Peter Lovass, John Rives, Megan Sloane, Ian Sloane, Jo Hajjar, Andrew Hester, Kirsty Ritchie, Francis Pamminger, Simone Lovass, Chris Muirden, Amelia Savige, Julie Norney and Georgie Meehan

Results:

Men Premier Division 1^st

Steve Dinneen 18:36
James O’Connell 19:23
Peter Green 19:28
Nick Baggott 18:55
Dion Finocchiaro 18:45
Will Potter 18:35

Men Division 2 9^th

Klarie McIntyre 20:17
Zac Hunter 20:46
Jackson Deane 23:02
David Jiminez 22:13
Welday Mebrahtu 21:26
Andre Waring 19:58

Men Division 4 5^th

Brent Harris 22:25
Andrew Hester 21:54
Luke Crozier 23:26
Chris O’Connor 23:51
Ben Cox 21:27

Men Division 6 7^th

Conor Yung 25:40
Robert Ashbridge 24:31
Steven Ross 28:21
Simon St. Hill 28:04

Men Division 7 dnf

Tony Rule 30:43
Andrew Tunne 30:02

3.

4.

Men 40+ 2^nd

Chris Bradford 20:58
Tony Langelaan 22:26
Anthony Whitby 24:51

Men 50+ 2^nd

Peter Stefanos 23:13
Graeme Olden 24:32
John Meagher 20:34

Men Under 20 1^st

Alex Ritchie 19:56
Matt O’Donnell 19:22
Scott McKenzie 19:21

Men Under 18 6^th

Sam Rattray 9:52
Lucas Pamminger 10:14
Kieren Hesse 10:36

Men Under 14 1^st

Murray Lovass 11:03
Connor Ogilvie 10:47
Mac Anderson 10:28

Women Premier Division 8^th

Georgia Meehan 22:52
Julie Norney 22:35
Audrey Campkin-Smith 22:56
Rachel Johnson 26:24
Amelia Savige 27:28

Women Over 40 8^th

Megan Sloane 30:31
Kerry Putt 29:19
Pia Hunter 28:12

Women Under 20 7^th

Jess Muirden 12:31
Zoe Schwerkolt 14:29
Chloe Rosenberg 13:00

Women Under 18 7^th

Louise Ton 11:34
Sophie Schwerkolt 12:29
Amy Rives 11:20

Women Under 16 2^nd

Tamsyn Lovass 11:30
Georgia Durham 11:46
Molly McCarthy 10:53

CLUB 5K HANDICAP: 11 April, 2016

Box Hill AC has run this event now for 25 years and inevitably someone runs the Bennettswood course a lot quicker than predicted. That happened again this year. However, of more interest was the fact that we had four runners who bettered 16 minutes which is noteworthy. I don’t think that this has occurred previously in our race.

Isabelle Napier’s estimate of her expected race time was the most inaccurate of all the starters and consequently, she won by over two minutes. This is sure to be remembered by the handicapper next year! Nevertheless this was an extremely good run by Isabelle, who is not used to running more than 30m on the pole vault runway! Second was Tony Rule who also ran much faster than predicted. Third was Blake Lucas who was clearly treated way too sympathetically by the handicapper. Andre Waring impressed in fourth place recording a very quick 15:46. Others to run extremely fast were Matt O’Donnell; (15:52), Alex Ritchie (15:58) and Steve Dinneen, who ran 15:13 in a fine hit out prior to the Cross Country Relays. Zac Hunter also performed creditably recording 16:32. The fastest female was Julie Norney who took 19:12 to complete this relatively flat course.

Thanks to Peter Stefanos, Graeme Olden and Chris O’Connor who attended to the setting out of the course and the handicap marks and Bert Pelgrim who took the times at the finish.

Race details

Place	Name	Elapsed time	Actual time
1	Isabelle Napier	24:04	23:04
2	Tony Rule	26:03	23:03
3	Blake Lucas	26:09	23:09
4	Andre Waring	27:06	15:46
5	Scott Lawrence	27:31	19:31
6	Matt O’Donnell	27:37	15:52
7	Alex Ritchie	27:48	15:58
8	Andrew Hester	27:50	17:55
9	Graeme Olden	27:52	19:12
10	Pia Hunter	28:00	23:00
11	June Petrie	28:01	20:01
12	Zac Hunter	28:12	16:32
13	Steve Preece	28:13	18:23
14	Steve Dinneen	28:13	15:13
15	Amelia Savige	28:18	22:18
16	Tony Langelaan	28:20	17:50
17	Peter Stefanos	28:20	18:50
18	Julie Norney	28:22	19:12
19	Kerry Putt	28:42	23:42
20	Brent Harris	28:46	17:46
21	Caitlin Harrison	29:08	24:08
22	Jo Hajjar	29:15	24:15
23	Carlos Norman	29:20	19:20
24	Rachel Johnson	29:52	21:22
25	Josh James	30:38	23:38

XCR’16 CALENDAR

Round 2 – Wandin Park Cross Country Date: Saturday 7 May
8km for open men, 4km for open women, various junior distances

Round 3 – Cruden Farm Cross Country Date: Saturday 21 May

16km cross country for open men and 6km for open women, various junior distances

Round 4 – Lake Wendouree Road Race Date: Saturday 4 June

15km for open men and women, 5km for juniors
Round 5 – Bundoora Cross Country Champs Date: Saturday 18 June
This day incorporates the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships and also serves as the selection trial for the Australian Cross Country Championships. The open and overage men’s race covers 12km while the women’s race covers 10km. Juniors race over 3km, 4km, 6km or 8km.

Round 6 – Sandown Road Relay Date: Saturday 9 July

6.2km legs for open ages, 3.1km for juniors
Round 7 – Albert Park Road Race Date: Sunday 17 July

10km open race, 3km junior race
Round 8 – Anglesea Surf Coast Ekiden Relay Date: Saturday 6 August

Various distances
Round 9 – Victorian Half Marathon Date: Sunday 4 September

21.1km along Burnley boulevard (no junior races)
Round 10 – Tan Relays Date: Saturday 17 September
Each runner complete the 3.8km lap of the tan

REGISTRATIONS NOW DUE

Note: presently the AV registration website is down!

We expect the registration website to be functional again very soon.

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year are now open. Register online via the Athletics Victoria website. Note that AV have introduced a new fee structure.

In short, you will pay one fee to join Athletics Victoria and another fee to join the club. You can then pay an XCR fee which gives you free entry to all AV cross country and road events or a Track and Field fee, which gives you entry to shield competition (or you choose the “maxpack” which gives you entry to both XCR and Shield).

There are four options for members in each age group.

Option 1 is recommended for those who plan to run XCR and Shield competition (we hope this includes most of our distance runners).

Option 2 is for those athletes who only compete in summer.

Option 3 is for those who wish to only compete in the cross country and road events and not the summer season.

Option 4 is for athletes who wish to only compete in winter relay events and/or pay an individual entry fee for each event, or those who do not wish to compete in XCR or Shield competition.

Note that you can upgrade your membership at any stage throughout the year.

Open:

Option 1: $390 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $200 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $315 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $125 (Shield)]

Option 3: $315 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + $125 (XCR)]

Option 4: $190 [$100 (AV fee) + $90 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Junior (under 20 years of age as of Dec. 31 2016):

Option 1: $300 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $150 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $250 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $100 (Shield)]

Option 3: $250 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + $100 (XCR)]

Option 4: $150 [$80 (AV fee) + $70 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Dual Registration with Little Aths

Option 1: $125 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $75 (XCR + Shield)]

Option 2: $105 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $55 (Shield)]

Option 3: $105 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + $55 (XCR)]

Option 4: $50 [$50 (AV fee) + $0 (Club Fee) + Individual entries (no shield)]

Family discount $15 per person available when three (3) or more Open or Junior athletes reside at the same address and register at the same time.

Life members and international representatives should contact the Club to organize their registration.

Please let us know if you have any questions about registration.

Jells Park Relays 16 April 2016

Box Hill AC had a brilliant opening to the 2016 XCR Winter season, with the highlight being a cracking win in the Men’s Premier Division. We also won the Under 14 Boys’ Relay and the Under 20 Men’s relay. This was a really great performance and the Division 1 team members performed extraordinarily well, not taking the lead until a decisive last leg from Will Potter who ran 33 seconds faster than he did in 2015, a tremendous improvement and had the tenth fastest time of all the competitors. Three hundred and eleven teams were entered, which is a clear sign of a very successful Cross Country and Road season to come. .

Last year, James O’Connell and Nick Baggott distinguished themselves with excellent runs in Division 2. This year they absolutely excelled in Division 1. James O’Connell improved his time over the two lap circuit by a huge 31 seconds, a great improvement and Nick Baggott improved by a massive 80 seconds, a monumental breakthrough and a wonderful achievement with a time of 18:55. He is now in the elite area of distance running performance with this effort. Peter Green put up one of Box Hill’s gamest performances in recent years, after being ill during the week. Despite being crook, he .still competed and improved his time from 2015 by nine seconds. That was a sensational effort. His gutsy run enabled Box Hill to stay in contention. If he had not run, and run this time, Box Hill would not have won the gold or the silver medal. We would probably have come away with the bronze.

We expected that Melbourne University, Geelong and Knox would be our main opponents. Knox had a depleted team so they were not in contention, once the race commenced. We overlooked APS and SSH both of whom excelled themselves, especially SSH, which has not really been competitive since the days of the Sansonetti brothers, Max Little, Gary Bentley, Andrew Garnham, Steve Roach and others, performed at the top level of their capability. Long term SSH official, Pat Robinson, who is also an integral part of the Victorian Milers Club, said after the race, whilst watching the medal presentation ceremony that she was absolutely thrilled with the SSH result. Well, we came away with the main prize, a season’s opening win, which was sensational. Box Hill didn’t actually get to the lead until; the last leg, with Will Potter running in the most determined way. It was clear from when he took off, he was a man on a mission and he had he goods.

The race started with Steve Dinneen leading off for Box Hill. He ran an outstanding opening leg. He was in fourth place after the first lap, running a swift first lap of 9:11. Melbourne University led, followed by Geelong and APS. In the second lap, Steve got past his APS opponent and ran through the changeover point in 3^rd place. Melbourne Uni’s Andrew Buchanan ran the fastest time of the day, recording 17:45, a huge effort, 51 seconds in front of our team. Geelong were 13 seconds ahead with Julian Spence running 18:23.

James O’Connell was next off and he completed the first lap in second place just behind his Geelong opponent with two other teams, APS and Glenhuntly, breathing down his neck. James held on as best he could in the second lap in improving his 2015 time by a very big margin as noted above, but the athlete from Melbourne University and A PS overtook the Geelong runner and James in the second lap, but of importance was that all the teams were in sight. .

As mentioned earlier, Peter Green had been most unwell during the week and he ran a great, determined leg, as well as improving his best time on the course by a significant amount. SSH moved from fifth to second in this leg. Melbourne University remained in the lead with a 43 second margin over SSH. APS were a further 17 seconds behind, third and Geelong was fourth, 18 seconds behind APS, with Box Hill fifth 9 seconds behind Geelong. We were still in the mix with strength in the back end, plus we suspected that Melbourne University might have run their three strongest runners in the first three legs, so were moderately confident that we could figure in the medals.

Nick Baggott was next out and ran brilliantly taking a massive chunk out of his best time. First he passed the Geelong runner in the first lap, and then he got by the APS runner, so when he completed his two circuits, Box Hill was third12 seconds behind second-placed SSH and 26 seconds behind the leaders, Melbourne University. This was a spellbinding contest with the only constant, at this point being Melbourne University holding the lead. Nicks leg kept us right in the hunt and he handed over to Dion Finocchiara.

Dion is extremely fit at the moment and he ran a marvellous leg. He drew lewvel with the athletes from APS and SSH at the end of his first circuit. These three teams were together at the end of his leg, although he had moved in front of APS. There was only a second in it, with Will Potterr to run our last leg. We were pretty confident that we were definitely on track for a medal, but what colour would it be. The leading three teams had opened a gap of more than a minute over Geelong, fourth and Melbourne University, fifth who were close together.

Will ran a really quick first lap so had built up a lead of 20 seconds over SSH and 26 seconds over APS. When he appeared in the distance on his way to the finish, he had maintained the lead, with APS passing SSH for second and Will maintained his lead until the finish, although he needed to be reminded to actually cross the official finishing point which he did quickly. So the outcome was that we won the Men’s Premier division by 11 seconds over APS with SSH a further 9 seconds behind in third place. This was really great result for Box Hill and we hope to have several athletes who have been ill or injured return to strengthen the team for races later in the season.

The Division 2 team faced a hard race, with the three top placed teams performing extremely well. Essendon, relegated from Division 1 a couple of years ago, had a good team but were eclipsed by Western Athletics, anchored by a brilliant first leg by Cody Shanahan who ran the second fastest time of the day (17:48). This was a phenomenal effort. Mitch Brown ran the last leg for Essendon, and ran a super quick 17:51, but couldn’t overhaul the leader. Klarie McIntyre and Andre Waring both ran quickly and their times, along with our other athletes who competed, are listed below.

Premier Division

Stephen Dinneen 9:11 9:25 18.36

James O’Connell 9:25 9:58 19.23

Peter Green 9:31 9:57 19.28

Nicholas Baggott 9:24 9:31 18.55

Dion Finocchiara 9:17 9:28 18:45

William Potter 9:05 9:30 18.35

Box Hill 113:44
APS 113:55
SSH 114:04
Geelong 115.33
Melbourne University 115:55
Collingwood 118:21

Division 2

Klarie McIntyre 10:02 10:15 20.17

Zac Hunter 10:04 10:42 20.46

Jackson Deane 10:53 12:09 23.02

David Jimenez 10:58 11:15 22.13

Welday Mebrahtu 10:53 10.33 21:26

Andre Waring 9:52 10:07 19:59

Western Suburbs 118:36
Essendon 119:42
Ballarat 121:37

9 Box Hill 127:43

Leading performances

Andrew Buchanan M. Uni 17:45

Cody Shanahan Wes. 17:48

Mitch Brown Ess. 17:41

Craig Appleby Knox. 18:03

Ben Ashkettle Don 18:11

Jack Davies Ball. 18:12

Julian Spence Geel. 18:23

Tim Norton Ring. 18:25

Nick Wightman Geel. 18:33

Will Potter BH 18:35

Steve Dinneen BH 18:36

Lachlan Connell SSH 18:35

Sean Guiney APS 18:41

Anthony Aloisio Rich. 18:44

Dion Finocchiara BH 18:45

Adam Pyke APS 18:45

Saturday 16 April 2016 – Jells Park Cross Country Relays

April 16, 2016

Box Hill AC had a brilliant opening to the 2016 XCR Winter season, with the highlight being a cracking win in the Men’s Premier Division. We also won the Under 14 Boys’ Relay and the Under 20 Men’s relay. We also picked up silver medals in three other divisions. This was a really great performance and the Division 1 team members performed extraordinarily well, not taking the lead until a decisive last leg from Will Potter who ran 33 seconds faster than he did in 2015, a tremendous improvement and had the tenth fastest time of all the competitors. Three hundred and eleven teams were entered, which is a clear sign of a very successful Cross Country and Road season to come. It was great to see fifteen Box Hill teams (made up of 55 athletes) line up for this first event of the winter season.