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2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 5

October 28, 2015

ROUND 3 OF SHIELD COMPETITION AT CASEY FIELDS THIS SATURDAY

Round 3 of shield competition will be held at Casey Fields in East Cranbourne, this Saturday, October 31. This is also a zone versus zone competition, so the competition will include blue zone athletes as well as white zone.

Although it is some distance to travel for most athletes, Casey Fields is a nice facility and we need as many athletes as possible competing to make sure our teams make it through to the shield finals at the end of the season.

The program starts at 1:30pm (1:00pm for the long jump).

Please allow yourself plenty of travel time.

See the attached program of events.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.

We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster. Even if you can just help once for a few hours, let us know.
We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.

LOST AND (HOPEFULLY) FOUND

A diamond pendant was lost at the training last week. If anyone has seen it, please let us know so that it can be reunited with its owner.

SHIELD CALENDAR

October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)

November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading

November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster

December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading

December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading

January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)

January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)

January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading

February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium

SHIELD ROUND 2 RESULTS

Women division 1

It appears that we finished 3^rd, behind Nunawading and Ringwood. This was due to the fact that we only had eight of our forty registered open women athletes competing. At full strength, we have a good chance of winning the premiership this year, but we won’t get to the finals unless we have more athletes regularly taking part.

200m: Angela Phillips 27.52; Isabelle Napier 30.40; Panayiota Carabourniotis 31.28; Grace Kirley 31.56;

800m: Jessica Mourney 2:18.7h;

3000m: Hannah Deal 11:53.6h; Caitlin Harrison 13:13.8h;

4x200m Relay: Kelly Ulf, Grace Kirley, Angela Phillips, Panayiota Carabourniotis 1:57.1h;

Triple Jump: Kelly Ulf 10.21m;

High Jump: Kelly Ulf 1.55m; Panayiota Carabourniotis 1.45m; Isabelle Napier 1.30m;

Shot Put: Angela Phillips 11.62m; Panayiota Carabourniotis 8.95m;

Women 40+

The team finished 3^rd or fourth this week (points are still being finalised, as there was some problem scoring the relay results), Great efforts from Amanda Harper (six events) and Karen Carah (five events).

200m: Karen Carah 29.47; Kimberly Butler 32.74; Amanda Harper 34.40;

800m: Amanda Harper 2:54.5h; Kimberly Butler 2:55.9h; Kerry Putt 3:03.6h;

3000m: Amanda Harper 12:19.6h; Kerry Putt 13:10.0h; Pia Hunter 13:19.6h;

4x200m Relay: Pia Hunter, Kerry Putt, Amanda Harper, Karen Carah 2:13.4h;

3000m Walk: Pia Hunter 18:02.4h;

Triple Jump: Karen Carah 9.39m; Amanda Harper 7.33m;

High Jump: Karen Carah 1.45m;

Shot Put: Karen Carah 8.34m; Amanda Harper 5.55m; Pia Hunter 5.22m;

Women under 18

The under 18 women finished 2^nd to Ringwood. Hopefully with a few more athletes competing, they can go one better this week.

200m: Kate Boulter 28.33; Hannah Heathcote 32.63;

800m: Sophie Schwerkolt 2:20.1h; Genevieve Wah 2:20.9h;

3000m: Louise Ton 11:22.0h;

400m Hurdles: Hannah Heathcote 1:35.12;

Triple Jump: Bec Maynes 8.85m; Hannah Heathcote 7.97m;

Shot Put: Kate Boulter 9.74m; Hannah Heathcote 5.90m;

Women Under 16

The under 16 women had another win in round 2. There were a number of great performances, in particular Sophia Davis running 25.78 in the 200m. To win the premiership this year we will also need athletes competing in the 3000m, hammer throw and 1500m walk

200m: Sophia Davis 25.78; Emily Butler 28.48; Georgie Monsell-Butler 28.49; Tara Samaranayake 28.91; Sophie Tadgell 29.10;

800m: Amy Atkinson 2:20.3h; Molly McCarthy 2:21.0h; Jess Hepworth 2:26.7h; Georgia Durham 2:31.0h; Carla Dreyer 2:42.6h; Carly Atkinson 2:53.4h;

4x200m Relay: Sophie Tadgell, Jess Hepworth, Meredith Rule, Georgie Monsell-Butler 1:52.9h;

200m Hurdles: Jessica MacKenzie 36.66;

400m Hurdles: Meredith Rule 71.81;

Triple Jump: Emily Butler 10.22m; Jessica MacKenzie 9.76m; Georgia Durham 9.29m; Georgie Monsell-Butler 7.67m; Sophie Tadgell 7.41m;

High Jump: Emily Butler 1.55m; Georgia Durham 1.50m; Jessica MacKenzie 1.40m;

Shot Put: Charlotte Kennedy 10.39m; Meredith Rule 9.46m; Jessica MacKenzie 8.39m;

Men Division 1

We finished 3^rd this week, behind Nunawading and St. Kevins. There were some good performances in the 3000m, 800m and 200m, but we only has one athlete in each of the hurdles, hammer throw and walk, and nobody competing in the triple jump, so we were beaten by inferior teams who filled all their events. Hopefully this week we have more athletes taking part in the throws and jumps.

200m: Daniel White-Alikakos 22.92; Matt Zwarts 23.08; Mohamad Zeed 23.56; James Baumgartner 23.72; Robert Owen 24.22; Mitchell Graham 24.46;

800m: Michael Dowel 1:55.9h; William Potter 1:57.0h; Nicholas Baggott 1:59.0h; Raymond Chan 2:03.6h; James O’Connell 2:07.5h; Jack Prendergast 2:10.4h; Russell Clowes 2:17.8h; Carlos Norman 2:18.0h;

3000m: William Potter 8:33.9h; James O’Connell 8:58.0h; Michael Dowel 9:00.8h; Oscar Robinson 9:01.6h; Nicholas Baggott 9:12.1h; Klarie McIntyre 9:17.4h; Zac Hunter 9:32.1h; Vaughan Smith 9:37.4h; Welday Mebrahtu 9:38.7h; Michael Vaughan 10:00.1h; David Jimenez 10:01.1h; Russell Clowes 11:40.1h;

4x200m Relay: Matt Zwarts, Robert Owen, Mohamad Zeed, Daniel White-Alikakos 1:32.6h;

400m Hurdles: Mohamad Zeed 55.26;

3000m Walk: Simon Evans 15:42.3h;

High Jump: James Baumgartner 1.75m; Russell Clowes 1.60m;

Shot Put: Mohamad Zeed 9.09m; Mitchell Graham 7.68m;

Hammer: James Baumgartner 16.04m;

Men 40+

Our 40+ men had a win in round 2. New club members Dave McConnell, Michael Eury and Steve Preece have added depth to this team. We also have many athletes willing to do multiple events, which helps the team score extra points.

200m: Andrew Wilcox 24.08; Nick Carah 27.96; David McConnell 29.08; Steve Preece 31.76; Peter McDonald 35.34; Neville Gardner 43.32;

800m: Robert Schwerkolt 2:04.9h; Andrew Egginton 2:15.2h; Steve Preece 2:16.7h; David Ayers 2:23.3h; John Meagher 2:24.6h; Nick Carah 2:27.3h; Michael Eury 2:32.1h; David McConnell 3:08.5h; Neville Gardner 4:05.9h;

3000m: Robert Schwerkolt 9:41.0h; John Meagher 10:25.5h; Andrew Egginton 10:45.8h; Scott Lawrence 10:50.2h; Steve Preece 10:58.9h; Nick Carah 11:47.0h; Neville Gardner 19:19.4h;

4x200m Relay: Peter McDonald, Nick Carah, Andrew Egginton, Andrew Wilcox 1:57.0h;

300m Hurdles: David McConnell 50.94;

Triple Jump: Nick Carah 8.65m; Peter McDonald 7.66m;

High Jump: David Featherston 1.40m; David McConnell 1.35m; Nick Carah 1.30m; Michael Seton 1.20m; Peter McDonald 1.20m;

Shot Put: Michael Seton 8.65m; Andrew Egginton 8.61m; Nick Carah 8.18m; David Featherston 7.49m; Peter McDonald 5.77m; Neville Gardner 5.49m;

Hammer: Michael Seton 19.90m; David Featherston 19.76m; Nick Carah 18.26m; Peter McDonald 15.58m;

Men Under 18

The under 18 boys finished 2^nd in round 2. Sam McDonald competed in five events and Ned Snibson (800m) and Matt Harcourt (400m hurdles) put in great poerformances.

200m: Samuel McDonald 24.21; Matthew Baumgartner 25.19;

800m: Ned Snibson 1:56.4h; Sebastian Failla 2:01.9h; Alexander Ritchie 2:03.4h; Lucas Pamminger 2:10.6h;

3000m: Scott McKenzie 9:16.7h;

4x200m Relay: Matthew Baumgartner, Lucas Pamminger, Samuel McDonald, Ned Snibson 1:40.1h;

400m Hurdles: Matthew Harcourt 53.82;

Triple Jump: Samuel McDonald 11.09m;

High Jump: Samuel McDonald 1.65m;

Hammer: Samuel McDonald 18.03m;

Men Under 16

The under 16s finished 5^th out of 7 teams. There were some outstanding performances by the boys in this team, but unfortunately we did not have enough athletes taking part to score sufficient points to finish better than 5^th. Hopefully more of the under 16 boys will compete at Casey fields in round 3.

800m: Darcy Powne 1:58.2h; Thomas Sellwood 2:03.6h; Connor McKee 2:19.5h; Finnian MacKen 2:22.5h;

3000m: Isaac Holberton 10:28.5h;

High Jump: Lucas Rindt 1.70m;

Shot Put: Parmeshvar Sandhu 10.67m;

2015-2016 Shield Round 2 – Mount Evelyn – 24 October 2015

October 24, 2015

SHIELD ROUND 2 RESULTS

Women division 1

It appears that we finished 3^rd, behind Nunawading and Ringwood. This was due to the fact that we only had eight of our forty registered open women athletes competing. At full strength, we have a good chance of winning the premiership this year, but we won’t get to the finals unless we have more athletes regularly taking part.

200m: Angela Phillips 27.52; Isabelle Napier 30.40; Panayiota Carabourniotis 31.28; Grace Kirley 31.56;

800m: Jessica Mourney 2:18.7h;

3000m: Hannah Deal 11:53.6h; Caitlin Harrison 13:13.8h;

4x200m Relay: Kelly Ulf, Grace Kirley, Angela Phillips, Panayiota Carabourniotis 1:57.1h;

Triple Jump: Kelly Ulf 10.21m;

High Jump: Kelly Ulf 1.55m; Panayiota Carabourniotis 1.45m; Isabelle Napier 1.30m;

Shot Put: Angela Phillips 11.62m; Panayiota Carabourniotis 8.95m;

Women 40+

The team finished 3^rd or fourth this week (points are still being finalised, as there was some problem scoring the relay results), Great efforts from Amanda Harper (six events) and Karen Carah (five events).

200m: Karen Carah 29.47; Kimberly Butler 32.74; Amanda Harper 34.40;

800m: Amanda Harper 2:54.5h; Kimberly Butler 2:55.9h; Kerry Putt 3:03.6h;

3000m: Amanda Harper 12:19.6h; Kerry Putt 13:10.0h; Pia Hunter 13:19.6h;

4x200m Relay: Pia Hunter, Kerry Putt, Amanda Harper, Karen Carah 2:13.4h;

3000m Walk: Pia Hunter 18:02.4h;

Triple Jump: Karen Carah 9.39m; Amanda Harper 7.33m;

High Jump: Karen Carah 1.45m;

Shot Put: Karen Carah 8.34m; Amanda Harper 5.55m; Pia Hunter 5.22m;

Women under 18

The under 18 women finished 2^nd to Ringwood. Hopefully with a few more athletes competing, they can go one better this week.

200m: Kate Boulter 28.33; Hannah Heathcote 32.63;

800m: Sophie Schwerkolt 2:20.1h; Genevieve Wah 2:20.9h;

3000m: Louise Ton 11:22.0h;

400m Hurdles: Hannah Heathcote 1:35.12;

Triple Jump: Bec Maynes 8.85m; Hannah Heathcote 7.97m;

Shot Put: Kate Boulter 9.74m; Hannah Heathcote 5.90m;

Women Under 16

The under 16 women had another win in round 2. There were a number of great performances, in particular Sophia Davis running 25.78 in the 200m. To win the premiership this year we will also need athletes competing in the 3000m, hammer throw and 1500m walk

200m: Sophia Davis 25.78; Emily Butler 28.48; Georgie Monsell-Butler 28.49; Tara Samaranayake 28.91; Sophie Tadgell 29.10;

800m: Amy Atkinson 2:20.3h; Molly McCarthy 2:21.0h; Jess Hepworth 2:26.7h; Georgia Durham 2:31.0h; Carla Dreyer 2:42.6h; Carly Atkinson 2:53.4h;

4x200m Relay: Sophie Tadgell, Jess Hepworth, Meredith Rule, Georgie Monsell-Butler 1:52.9h;

200m Hurdles: Jessica MacKenzie 36.66;

400m Hurdles: Meredith Rule 71.81;

Triple Jump: Emily Butler 10.22m; Jessica MacKenzie 9.76m; Georgia Durham 9.29m; Georgie Monsell-Butler 7.67m; Sophie Tadgell 7.41m;

High Jump: Emily Butler 1.55m; Georgia Durham 1.50m; Jessica MacKenzie 1.40m;

Shot Put: Charlotte Kennedy 10.39m; Meredith Rule 9.46m; Jessica MacKenzie 8.39m;

Men Division 1

We finished 3^rd this week, behind Nunawading and St. Kevins. There were some good performances in the 3000m, 800m and 200m, but we only has one athlete in each of the hurdles, hammer throw and walk, and nobody competing in the triple jump, so we were beaten by inferior teams who filled all their events. Hopefully this week we have more athletes taking part in the throws and jumps.

200m: Daniel White-Alikakos 22.92; Matt Zwarts 23.08; Mohamad Zeed 23.56; James Baumgartner 23.72; Robert Owen 24.22; Mitchell Graham 24.46;

800m: Michael Dowel 1:55.9h; William Potter 1:57.0h; Nicholas Baggott 1:59.0h; Raymond Chan 2:03.6h; James O’Connell 2:07.5h; Jack Prendergast 2:10.4h; Russell Clowes 2:17.8h; Carlos Norman 2:18.0h;

3000m: William Potter 8:33.9h; James O’Connell 8:58.0h; Michael Dowel 9:00.8h; Oscar Robinson 9:01.6h; Nicholas Baggott 9:12.1h; Klarie McIntyre 9:17.4h; Zac Hunter 9:32.1h; Vaughan Smith 9:37.4h; Welday Mebrahtu 9:38.7h; Michael Vaughan 10:00.1h; David Jimenez 10:01.1h; Russell Clowes 11:40.1h;

4x200m Relay: Matt Zwarts, Robert Owen, Mohamad Zeed, Daniel White-Alikakos 1:32.6h;

400m Hurdles: Mohamad Zeed 55.26;

3000m Walk: Simon Evans 15:42.3h;

High Jump: James Baumgartner 1.75m; Russell Clowes 1.60m;

Shot Put: Mohamad Zeed 9.09m; Mitchell Graham 7.68m;

Hammer: James Baumgartner 16.04m;

Men 40+

Our 40+ men had a win in round 2. New club members Dave McConnell, Michael Eury and Steve Preece have added depth to this team. We also have many athletes willing to do multiple events, which helps the team score extra points.

200m: Andrew Wilcox 24.08; Nick Carah 27.96; David McConnell 29.08; Steve Preece 31.76; Peter McDonald 35.34; Neville Gardner 43.32;

800m: Robert Schwerkolt 2:04.9h; Andrew Egginton 2:15.2h; Steve Preece 2:16.7h; David Ayers 2:23.3h; John Meagher 2:24.6h; Nick Carah 2:27.3h; Michael Eury 2:32.1h; David McConnell 3:08.5h; Neville Gardner 4:05.9h;

3000m: Robert Schwerkolt 9:41.0h; John Meagher 10:25.5h; Andrew Egginton 10:45.8h; Scott Lawrence 10:50.2h; Steve Preece 10:58.9h; Nick Carah 11:47.0h; Neville Gardner 19:19.4h;

4x200m Relay: Peter McDonald, Nick Carah, Andrew Egginton, Andrew Wilcox 1:57.0h;

300m Hurdles: David McConnell 50.94;

Triple Jump: Nick Carah 8.65m; Peter McDonald 7.66m;

High Jump: David Featherston 1.40m; David McConnell 1.35m; Nick Carah 1.30m; Michael Seton 1.20m; Peter McDonald 1.20m;

Shot Put: Michael Seton 8.65m; Andrew Egginton 8.61m; Nick Carah 8.18m; David Featherston 7.49m; Peter McDonald 5.77m; Neville Gardner 5.49m;

Hammer: Michael Seton 19.90m; David Featherston 19.76m; Nick Carah 18.26m; Peter McDonald 15.58m;

Men Under 18

The under 18 boys finished 2^nd in round 2. Sam McDonald competed in five events and Ned Snibson (800m) and Matt Harcourt (400m hurdles) put in great poerformances.

200m: Samuel McDonald 24.21; Matthew Baumgartner 25.19;

800m: Ned Snibson 1:56.4h; Sebastian Failla 2:01.9h; Alexander Ritchie 2:03.4h; Lucas Pamminger 2:10.6h;

3000m: Scott McKenzie 9:16.7h;

4x200m Relay: Matthew Baumgartner, Lucas Pamminger, Samuel McDonald, Ned Snibson 1:40.1h;

400m Hurdles: Matthew Harcourt 53.82;

Triple Jump: Samuel McDonald 11.09m;

High Jump: Samuel McDonald 1.65m;

Hammer: Samuel McDonald 18.03m;

Men Under 16

The under 16s finished 5^th out of 7 teams. There were some outstanding performances by the boys in this team, but unfortunately we did not have enough athletes taking part to score sufficient points to finish better than 5^th. Hopefully more of the under 16 boys will compete at Casey fields in round 3.

800m: Darcy Powne 1:58.2h; Thomas Sellwood 2:03.6h; Connor McKee 2:19.5h; Finnian MacKen 2:22.5h;

3000m: Isaac Holberton 10:28.5h;

High Jump: Lucas Rindt 1.70m;

Shot Put: Parmeshvar Sandhu 10.67m;

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 4

October 20, 2015

ROUND 2 OF SHIELD COMPETITION AT MT. EVELYN THIS SATURDAY
Round 2 of shield competition will be held at the Yarra Ranges track at Mt. Evelyn on this Saturday, October 24. This is the first time this track has been used for Shield Competition and we hope that all available athletes can take part and try out this new facility.
The track is at Morrison Reserve, Mt. Evelyn. Enter via Burdap Drive, just a few metres from the intersection of Hereford Rd and Old Hereford Rd. (Note that some GPS units will direct you to Mikado Drive, there is no entrance to the track from Mikado Drive)
Hereford Rd can be reached from the Maroondah Hwy (via Anderson St.) or from Canterbury Rd (via Swansea and York Rds)
There is very little shade or seating at this venue, so we will bring the Box Hill tent. Please check in at the Box Hill tent when you arrive.
The program is listed below and begins at 1:30pm (1:00pm for the hammer throw).
Hope to see lots of athletes competing in Shield competition this week!

TRACK EVENTS
TIME EVENT Men Women
1:30pm 3000m Walk All (except U14/U16) All (except U14/U16)
1:30pm 1500m Walk U14/U16 U14/U16
1:30pm 400m Hurdles D1,D2,40+,50+,U20,U18 D1,D2,40+,50+,U20,U18
1:50pm 300m Hurdles 60+ 50+,60+
2:00pm 200m Hurdles U16,U14 U16,U14
2:10pm 200m All
2:45pm 200m All
3:05pm 800m All
3:30pm 800m All
4:05pm 4 x 200 Relay All
4:25pm 4 x 200 Relay All
4:50pm 3000m All All

3000m run in grade heats, fast grade athletes in first heat to slowest graded athletes in last heat
FIELD EVENTS
TIME HAMMER SHOT HIGH JUMP TRIPLE JUMP
1:00pm 35m+ (men)
30m+ (women)
1:30pm 7.00m- 9.00m 1.25m-1.60m 12.00m+ (men)
10.00m+ (women)
2:00pm 20m – 35m <7.00m 2:15pm 1.05m-1.40m 10.25+ 2:30pm Warm up 2:45pm <20m 11.00m+ (men) 9.50m+(women) 8.50m-10.50m 3:00pm 1.60m+ 3:15pm <8.00m 3:30pm <35.00m 7.00m-9.00m 3:45pm 6.50m – 8.50m 4:00pm 9.00m-11.00m 1.40m-1.75m 4:15pm All 4:30pm All 4:45pm 1.10m-1.45m YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.
1. We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster. Even if you can just help once for a few hours, let us know.
2. We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.

SHIELD CALENDAR
October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)
October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)
November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading
November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster
December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading
December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading
January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)
January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)
January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading
February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium

TRIVIA NIGHT A GREAT SUCCESS!
Thank you to Grace Brown, who took on the role of Trivia Night organiser this year, to our MC, James, to Barbara Johnson and Angela Robbie, who helped out in many ways, to Marcus Johnson who did a great job as scorer on the night, To everyone who helped in the set up of the hall, to our sponsors and those who donated goods for the silent auction and thank you to all those who came along on the night and made it a success.
The Club raised about $4,000 and importantly it seems that everyone had an enjoyable evening.

MELBOURNE MARATHON
Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Melbourne Marathon Running Festival.
There were some great efforts by Box Hill marathon runners.
The amazing John Meagher finished 13th in a time of 2:32:26 and easily won the over 50 years age group. Trent Collins ran 2:49:54, Luke Crozier 2:54:37, Peter Stefanos ran a huge PB to finish in a time of 2:59:26 and Simon St. Hill ran 3:39:21. (Former Club member Chris Bradford ran 2:45:09)
There are two other efforts in the marathon that deserve special mention.
Neville Gardner completed his 38th consecutive Melbourne Marathon in a shade over 6 hours. Neville has completed every Melbourne Marathon since its inception in 1978.
Dion Finocchiaro was in 7th place at the 40km mark, heading for a time of about 2:23. With about 500m to go he collapsed. After an hour and a half of medical treatment and re-hydration, he completed his lap of the MCG to finish the marathon 4:00:29.
In the half marathon, Klarie McIntyre finished 19th in a time of 71:51, while Julie Norney was the 10th woman across the line (and first in her age group), running 80:09.
The 10km race was won by former Box Hill athlete, Harry Summers, in 28:58. James O’Connell was 9th in 32:23, Peter Green 11th (32:33) and Bouchaib Chefnaoui 12th in 32:52

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 3

October 13, 2015

TRIVIA NIGHT ON SATURDAY – LAST CHANCE TO BOOK!
Invite your friends, invite your family, everyone is welcome!
The Club’s biggest social and fund raising event of the year will be held on this Saturday, October 17, from 7:00pm at the Chatham Primary School hall. We encourage all members to bring their friends and family to this fun night. You can book a table of 6 – 10 people of just come on your own and we will place you with a team. Book via return email or contact Grace Brown at gracelowdenbrown@gmail.com
We are also still looking for auction items for the silent auction, if you can donate anything, big or small, please let us know.

ROUND 2 OF SHIELD COMPETITION AT MT. EVELYN ON SATURDAY WEEK
Round 2 of shield competition will be held at the Yarra Ranges track at Mt. Evelyn on Saturday week, October 24.
This is the first time this track has been used for Shield Competition and we hope that all available athletes can take part and try out this new facility.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.
1. We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster. Even if you can just help once for a few hours, let us know.
2. We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.
3. The white zone needs a scorer. This is a paid position. ($80 for each round of shield). If you are interested we can send you the job description.

SHIELD CALENDAR
October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)
October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)
November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading
November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster
December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading
December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading
January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)
January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)
January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading
February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium

RESULTS FROM ROUND 1 OF SHIELD COMPETITION
Numbers were down for the first round of shield competition. It is important that we have as many athletes as possible competing in the early rounds of shield to make sure our teams qualify for the finals next February. We understand that some athletes have school athletics at this time of the year or have exams coming up soon, but if you are available, please try to make it to shield competition to score points for your team. The results below are from the AV website, please let us know if there are any mistakes.
MEN OPEN DIVISION 1
We finished 2nd in division 1 this week. In men’s division 1 we can have up to 6 scoring athletes in the 100, 400 and 1500m and three scoring athletes in other events. We only filled our quota in one event this week. Best performances were from Will Potter winning the 1500m, Joel Pocklington the pole vault and David Grant in the javelin. James Baumgartner competed in four individual events and a relay to be our top points scorer.
Results:
Nunawading 865
Box Hill 528
St Kevins 345
Old Scotch 152
Box Hill 2 20
Men Open Division 1 100m
James Baumgartner 11.70
Men Open Division 1 400m
Michael Dowel 52.2
Mohamad Zeed 52.56
Peter Hill 55.47
Men Open Division 1 1500m
William Potter 3:53.5
Michael Dowel 3:56.9
Nicholas Baggott 4:02.4
James O’Connell 4:12.1
Zac Hunter 4:13.4
Raymond Chan 4:26.9
Carlos Norman 4:50.0
Men Open Division 1 110m Hurdles
James Baumgartner 17.04
Men Open Division 1 2000m Walk
Simon Evans 10:33.5
Men Open Division 1 Pole Vault
Joel Pocklington 5.10m
Men Open Division 1 Long Jump
James Baumgartner 5.54m
Men Open Division 1 Javelin
David Grant BOH 53.09m
James Baumgartner 28.70m
Men Open Division 1 Discus
Blake Lucas 23.35m
James Filshie 14.36m

WOMEN OPEN DIVISION 1
Our women’s team won a close encounter, despite numbers being low on the track. As in most of the other divisions, we can have up to 4 points scorers in the 100, 400 and 1500m and 2 points scorers in the other events. Fortunately our field event athletes performed well to score enough points to win. Monica Van Wynen performed well in the 100m and 400m in her first competition for the club.
Results:
Box Hill 195
Ringwood 183
Nunawading 125
St Stephens 75
Women Open Division 1 100m
Monica Van Wynen 13.00
Catherine Hibberd 14.41
Women Open Division 1 400m
Monica Van Wynen 61.27
Women Open Division 1 1500m
Caitlin Harrison 6:00.70
Women Open Division 1 3000m Steeple
Liza Henshall 14:35.1
Women Open Division 1 Pole Vault
Isabelle Napier 3.30m
Jacqueline Williams 3.30m
Brigid Davis 2.40m
Women Open Division 1 Long Jump
Kelly Ulf 4.70m
Catherine Hibberd 4.24m
Women Open Division 1 Javelin
Irene Margaronis 20.18m
Catherine McCowan 19.79m
Women Open Division 1 Discus
Catherine McCowan 35.70m
Angela Phillips 31.88m
Catherine Hibberd 20.14m

MEN OVER 40
Our over 40 men’s team finished 2nd behind our constant rivals, Waverley. New club member, David McConnell scored well in the 400m, pole vault and javelin, Nick Carah competed in five events and David Featherston in four, while Andrew Wilcox put in a superb run in the 400m producing a time of 51.42
Results:
Waverley 365
Box Hill 294
Yarra Ranges 134
Box Hill 2 41
Old Xaverians 13
Men 40+ 100m
Andrew Wilcox 11.76
Nick Carah 13.55
Men 40+ 400m
Andrew Wilcox 51.52
David Featherston 54.61
David McConnell 64.93 (57.78 M60)
David Ayers 62.09 (58.98 M50)
Nick Carah 64.58
Men 40+ 1500m
John Meagher 4:53.8 (4:33.2 M50)
Steve Preece 4:54.6
Tony Langelaan 5:13.7
Andrew Tunne 6:29.1 (6:01.8 M50)
David Featherston 6:11.6
Men 40+ 2000m Walk
Graeme Olden 11:25.2 (10:37.2 M50)
Men 40+ Pole Vault
David McConnell 2.40m (3.02m M60)
Men 40+ Long Jump
David Featherston 4.87m
Nick Carah 4.48m
Men 40+ Javelin
Nick Carah 31.00m
David McConnell 22.73m (28.86m M60)
Michael Seton 15.92m (17.98m M50)
Men 40+ Discus
Michael Seton 23.02m (24.17m M50)
David Featherston 23.35m
Nick Carah 22.42m

WOMEN OVER 40
Our over 40 women’s team won a very close competition. Thanks largely to Amanda Harper doing four individual events and a relay and Karen Carah, 3 events and a relay. Pia Hunter and Anna Di Medio joined them to score 18 points for 2nd place in the relay, without which the tea would have finished 3rd.
Results:
Box Hill 165
Waverley 159
Ringwood 152
Yarra Ranges 121
Women 40+ 100m
Karen Carah 13.92
Amanda Harper 16.06
Women 40+ 400m
Amanda Harper 76.18
Women 40+ 1500m
Amanda Harper 5:44.5
Kerry Putt 6:10.6
Women 40+ 2000m Walk
Pia Hunter 11:52.8
Women 40+ Long Jump
Karen Carah 4.49m
Amanda Harper 2.79m
Women 40+ Javelin
Karen Carah 22.98m
Anna Di Medio 16.67m
Women 40+ Discus
Anna Di Medio 23.58m
Pia Hunter 13.11m

MEN UNDER 18
The under 18 boys finished 3rd. Matt Harcourt ran a good hurdles, Ned Snibson ran a fast 400m and Scott McKenzie did well in the 1500, but we need more under 18 boys competing to make sure we can finish in the top two and make it to the finals at the end of the season.
Ringwood 516
Nunawading 324
Box Hill 261
Waverley 115
Yarra Ranges 108
Results:
Men U18 100m
Ned Snibson 11.41
William Wu 12.22
Men U18 400m
Ned Snibson 50.46
Men U18 1500m
Scott McKenzie 4:10.5
Sebastian Failla 4:15.8
Lucas Pamminger 4:31.4
Samuel Rattray 4:41.3
James Dakin 4:42.7
Men U18 110m Hurdles
Matthew Harcourt 14.81
Men U18 Pole Vault
Matthew Harcourt 4.05m
Men U18 Long Jump
William Wu 5.24m

WOMEN UNDER 18
The under 18 girls finished 4th. We need more under 18 girls taking part to improve this team’s performance. Imogen Purcell and Kate Boulter did three events each and then Imogen stepped up to the open team for the relay.
Old Xaverians 235
Nunawading 232
Ringwood 184
Box Hill 152
Yarra Ranges 78
Waverley 36
Results:
Women U18 100m
Imogen Purcell 13.64
Women U18 400m
Imogen Purcell 62.05
Kate Boulter 62.82
Women U18 100m Hurdles
Imogen Purcell 16.78
Women U18 Pole Vault
Olivia Carah 3.15m
Women U18 Javelin
Kate Boulter 25.40m
Women U18 Discus
Kate Boulter 27.18m

MEN UNDER 16
The under 16 boys also finished 3rd, a good effort considering we only had 4 boys competing in this age group on the day. Hopefully we have a few more of our under 16 boys taking part in round 2.
Ringwood 421
Nunawading 200
Box Hill 168
Old Xaverians 114
Yarra Ranges 88
Men U16 100m
Harrison Truscott 13.29
Men U16 1500m
Murray Lovass 5:31.3
Men U16 Pole Vault
Michael Toso 3.00m
Men U16 Long Jump
Harrison Truscott 4.88m
Men U16 Discus
Cameron Mackenzie 22.20m
Men U16 Javelin
Cameron Mackenzie 18.01m

WOMEN UNDER 16
The under 16 girls had a great win with a number of excellent performances. Jessica Mackenzie and Georgia Durham both did three individual events, scoring well for the team.
Box Hill 527
Croydon 372
Ringwood 318
Old Xaverians 280
Yarra Ranges 157
Nunawading 127
Results:
Women U16 100m
Ellie Masters 13.34
Georgie Monsell-Butler 13.80
Sophie Tadgell 14.21
Georgia Durham 14.91
Tara Samaranayake
Women U16 400m
Sophie Tadgell 65.21
Georgie Monsell-Butler 66.17
Georgia Durham 67.21
Carla Dreyer 69.15
Women U16 1500m
Amy Atkinson 4:51.4
Molly McCarthy 4:55.6
Georgia Durham 5:16.3
Jess Hepworth 5:38.3
Carly Atkinson 5:58.1
Women U16 90m Hurdles
Ellie Masters 13.42
Emily Butler 14.69
Women U16 Long Jump
Emily Butler 4.59m
Jessica Mackenzie 4.54m
Women U16 Javelin
Jessica Mackenzie 28.96m
Women U16 Discus
Jessica Mackenzie 25.77m

2015-2016 Shield Round 1 – Nunawading – 10 October 2015

October 10, 2015

RESULTS FROM ROUND 1 OF SHIELD COMPETITION

Numbers were down for the first round of shield competition. It is important that we have as many athletes as possible competing in the early rounds of shield to make sure our teams qualify for the finals next February. We understand that some athletes have school athletics at this time of the year or have exams coming up soon, but if you are available, please try to make it to shield competition to score points for your team. The results below are from the AV website, please let us know if there are any mistakes.

MEN OPEN DIVISION 1

We finished 2^nd in division 1 this week. In men’s division 1 we can have up to 6 scoring athletes in the 100, 400 and 1500m and three scoring athletes in other events. We only filled our quota in one event this week. Best performances were from Will Potter winning the 1500m, Joel Pocklington the pole vault and David Grant in the javelin. James Baumgartner competed in four individual events and a relay to be our top points scorer.

Results:

Nunawading 865

Box Hill 528

St Kevins 345

Old Scotch 152

Box Hill 2 20

Men Open Division 1 100m

James Baumgartner 11.70

Men Open Division 1 400m

Michael Dowel 52.2

Mohamad Zeed 52.56

Peter Hill 55.47

Men Open Division 1 1500m

William Potter 3:53.5

Michael Dowel 3:56.9

Nicholas Baggott 4:02.4

James O’Connell 4:12.1

Zac Hunter 4:13.4

Raymond Chan 4:26.9

Carlos Norman 4:50.0

Men Open Division 1 110m Hurdles

James Baumgartner 17.04

Men Open Division 1 2000m Walk

Simon Evans 10:33.5

Men Open Division 1 Pole Vault

Joel Pocklington 5.10m

Men Open Division 1 Long Jump

James Baumgartner 5.54m

Men Open Division 1 Javelin

David Grant BOH 53.09m

James Baumgartner 28.70m

Men Open Division 1 Discus

Blake Lucas 23.35m

James Filshie 14.36m

WOMEN OPEN DIVISION 1

Our women’s team won a close encounter, despite numbers being low on the track. As in most of the other divisions, we can have up to 4 points scorers in the 100, 400 and 1500m and 2 points scorers in the other events. Fortunately our field event athletes performed well to score enough points to win. Monica Van Wynen performed well in the 100m and 400m in her first competition for the club.

Results:

Box Hill 195

Ringwood 183

Nunawading 125

St Stephens 75

Women Open Division 1 100m

Monica Van Wynen 13.00

Catherine Hibberd 14.41

Women Open Division 1 400m

Monica Van Wynen 61.27

Women Open Division 1 1500m

Caitlin Harrison 6:00.70

Women Open Division 1 3000m Steeple

Liza Henshall 14:35.1

Women Open Division 1 Pole Vault

Isabelle Napier 3.30m

Jacqueline Williams 3.30m

Brigid Davis 2.40m

Women Open Division 1 Long Jump

Kelly Ulf 4.70m

Catherine Hibberd 4.24m

Women Open Division 1 Javelin

Irene Margaronis 20.18m

Catherine McCowan 19.79m

Women Open Division 1 Discus

Catherine McCowan 35.70m

Angela Phillips 31.88m

Catherine Hibberd 20.14m

MEN OVER 40

Our over 40 men’s team finished 2^nd behind our constant rivals, Waverley. New club member, David McConnell scored well in the 400m, pole vault and javelin, Nick Carah competed in five events and David Featherston in four, while Andrew Wilcox put in a superb run in the 400m producing a time of 51.42

Results:

Waverley 365

Box Hill 294

Yarra Ranges 134

Box Hill 2 41

Old Xaverians 13

Men 40+ 100m

Andrew Wilcox 11.76

Nick Carah 13.55

Men 40+ 400m

Andrew Wilcox 51.52

David Featherston 54.61

David McConnell 64.93 (57.78 M60)

David Ayers 62.09 (58.98 M50)

Nick Carah 64.58

Men 40+ 1500m

John Meagher 4:53.8 (4:33.2 M50)

Steve Preece 4:54.6

Tony Langelaan 5:13.7

Andrew Tunne 6:29.1 (6:01.8 M50)

David Featherston 6:11.6

Men 40+ 2000m Walk

Graeme Olden 11:25.2 (10:37.2 M50)

Men 40+ Pole Vault

David McConnell 2.40m (3.02m M60)

Men 40+ Long Jump

David Featherston 4.87m

Nick Carah 4.48m

Men 40+ Javelin

Nick Carah 31.00m

David McConnell 22.73m (28.86m M60)

Michael Seton 15.92m (17.98m M50)

Men 40+ Discus

Michael Seton 23.02m (24.17m M50)

David Featherston 23.35m

Nick Carah 22.42m

WOMEN OVER 40

Our over 40 women’s team won a very close competition. Thanks largely to Amanda Harper doing four individual events and a relay and Karen Carah, 3 events and a relay. Pia Hunter and Anna Di Medio joined them to score 18 points for 2^nd place in the relay, without which the tea would have finished 3^rd.

Results:

Box Hill 165

Waverley 159

Ringwood 152

Yarra Ranges 121

Women 40+ 100m

Karen Carah 13.92

Amanda Harper 16.06

Women 40+ 400m

Amanda Harper 76.18

Women 40+ 1500m

Amanda Harper 5:44.5

Kerry Putt 6:10.6

Women 40+ 2000m Walk

Pia Hunter 11:52.8

Women 40+ Long Jump

Karen Carah 4.49m

Amanda Harper 2.79m

Women 40+ Javelin

Karen Carah 22.98m

Anna Di Medio 16.67m

Women 40+ Discus

Anna Di Medio 23.58m

Pia Hunter 13.11m

MEN UNDER 18

The under 18 boys finished 3^rd. Matt Harcourt ran a good hurdles, Ned Snibson ran a fast 400m and Scott McKenzie did well in the 1500, but we need more under 18 boys competing to make sure we can finish in the top two and make it to the finals at the end of the season.

Ringwood 516

Nunawading 324

Box Hill 261

Waverley 115

Yarra Ranges 108

Results:

Men U18 100m

Ned Snibson 11.41

William Wu 12.22

Men U18 400m

Ned Snibson 50.46

Men U18 1500m

Scott McKenzie 4:10.5

Sebastian Failla 4:15.8

Lucas Pamminger 4:31.4

Samuel Rattray 4:41.3

James Dakin 4:42.7

Men U18 110m Hurdles

Matthew Harcourt 14.81

Men U18 Pole Vault

Matthew Harcourt 4.05m

Men U18 Long Jump

William Wu 5.24m

WOMEN UNDER 18

The under 18 girls finished 4^th. We need more under 18 girls taking part to improve this team’s performance. Imogen Purcell and Kate Boulter did three events each and then Imogen stepped up to the open team for the relay.

Old Xaverians 235

Nunawading 232

Ringwood 184

Box Hill 152

Yarra Ranges 78

Waverley 36

Results:

Women U18 100m

Imogen Purcell 13.64

Women U18 400m

Imogen Purcell 62.05

Kate Boulter 62.82

Women U18 100m Hurdles

Imogen Purcell 16.78

Women U18 Pole Vault

Olivia Carah 3.15m

Women U18 Javelin

Kate Boulter 25.40m

Women U18 Discus

Kate Boulter 27.18m

MEN UNDER 16

The under 16 boys also finished 3^rd, a good effort considering we only had 4 boys competing in this age group on the day. Hopefully we have a few more of our under 16 boys taking part in round 2.
Ringwood 421

Nunawading 200

Box Hill 168

Old Xaverians 114

Yarra Ranges 88

Men U16 100m

Harrison Truscott 13.29

Men U16 1500m

Murray Lovass 5:31.3

Men U16 Pole Vault

Michael Toso 3.00m

Men U16 Long Jump

Harrison Truscott 4.88m

Men U16 Discus

Cameron Mackenzie 22.20m

Men U16 Javelin

Cameron Mackenzie 18.01m

WOMEN UNDER 16

The under 16 girls had a great win with a number of excellent performances. Jessica Mackenzie and Georgia Durham both did three individual events, scoring well for the team.

Box Hill 527

Croydon 372

Ringwood 318

Old Xaverians 280

Yarra Ranges 157

Nunawading 127

Results:

Women U16 100m

Ellie Masters 13.34

Georgie Monsell-Butler 13.80

Sophie Tadgell 14.21

Georgia Durham 14.91

Tara Samaranayake

Women U16 400m

Sophie Tadgell 65.21

Georgie Monsell-Butler 66.17

Georgia Durham 67.21

Carla Dreyer 69.15

Women U16 1500m

Amy Atkinson 4:51.4

Molly McCarthy 4:55.6

Georgia Durham 5:16.3

Jess Hepworth 5:38.3

Carly Atkinson 5:58.1

Women U16 90m Hurdles

Ellie Masters 13.42

Emily Butler 14.69

Women U16 Long Jump

Emily Butler 4.59m

Jessica Mackenzie 4.54m

Women U16 Javelin

Jessica Mackenzie 28.96m

Women U16 Discus

Jessica Mackenzie 25.77m

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 2

October 5, 2015

TRIVIA NIGHT ON SATURDAY WEEK – BOOK NOW!

Invite your friends, invite your family, everyone is welcome!

The Club’s biggest social and fund raising event of the year will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 7:00pm at the Chatham Primary School hall. We encourage all members to bring their friends and family to this fun night. You can book a table of 6 – 8 people of just come on your own and we will place you with a team. Book via return email or contact Grace Brown at gracelowdenbrown@gmail.com

We also need auction items for the silent auction, if you can donate anything, big or small, please let us know.

SEASON LAUNCH ON TUESDAY – FREE PIZZA!

The Club will be holding a season launch at the club rooms on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, from 7pm. This is great opportunity to meet the club coaches, committee members and fellow athletes and pick up information about the upcoming track and field season. You can purchase new uniforms and if you do not have your registration bib numbers for this season, you can collect them at the season launch.

Pizza and soft drink provided.

We encourage all members (especially new members) to attend.

TRACK AND FIELD SHIELD COMPETITION STARTS ON THIS SATURDAY

The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts on Saturday.

Round 1 of shield competition will be held at Nunawading track (Bill Sewart Reserve, off Burwood Hwy, East Burwood).

Track competition starts at 1:30pm (sprint hurdles and steeple), followed by the walk, 100m, 1500m, 4x100m relay (at 4:00pm), followed by the 400m. Field events (javelin, discus, long jump, pole vault) will run in different divisions from 1:30pm to 4:45pm.

See the full timetable at the end of this email

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.

We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster. Even if you can just help once for a few hours, let us know.
We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.
The white zone needs a scorer. This is a paid position. ($80 for each round of shield). If you are interested we can send you the job description.

SHIELD CALENDAR

October 10, Saturday, Round 1, Nunawading

October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)

October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)

November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading

November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster

December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading

December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading

January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)

January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)

January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading

February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium

WHITE ZONE 2015 – 16: AV SHIELD Round 1
Saturday 10^th October 2015 Venue Nunawading

TRACK EVENTS

*TIME*	*EVENT*	*Men*	*Women*
1:30pm	Sprint Hurdles	All		All
1:30pm	3000m Steeple (91cm) 2000m Steeple (91cm)	U20/Open/40+/50+ U18
1:50pm	3000m Steeple (76cm) 2000m Steeple (76cm)	U14/U16/60+		Open/ U20 U14/U16/U18/40+
2:10pm	100m			All
2:15pm	2000m Walk	All		All
2:35pm	100m	All
2:55pm	1500m			All
3;20pm	1500m	All
4:00pm	4x100m Relay			All
4:15pm	4x100m Relay	All
4:35pm	400m			All
4:55pm	400m	All

Notes Sprint Hurdles conducted longest (110m) and highest (106cm) to shortest (80m) and lowest (76cm)

FIELD EVENTS

*TIME*	*JAVELIN*	*DISCUS*	*LONG JUMP*	*POLE VAULT*
1:30pm	<14m	35m+ (men) 28m+ (women)	6.00m+ (men) 5.00m+ (women)	3.80m +
2:00pm	13m- 20m
2:15pm		27m – 35m
2:30pm	18m-28m		5.20m +
2:45pm		14m – 21m		3.00m +
3:00pm	Warm up		4.25m- 5.50m
3:15pm	40m+ (men) 30m+ (women)	<15m
3:30pm			3.40m – 4.75m
3:45pm		21m-27m
4:00pm	26m-40m		<3.70m	1.60m+
4:15pm		14m-21m
4:30pm	18m – 28m		All
4:45pm		21m-27m

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 1

October 1, 2015

SEASON LAUNCH ON TUESDAY – FREE PIZZA!

The Club will be holding a season launch at the club rooms on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, from 7pm. This is great opportunity to meet the club coaches, committee members and fellow athletes and pick up information about the upcoming track and field season. You can purchase new uniforms and if you do not have your registration bib numbers for this season, you can collect them at the season launch.

Pizza and soft drink provided.

We encourage all members (especially new members) to attend.

TRACK AND FIELD SHIELD COMPETITION STARTS ON SATURDAY WEEK

The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts on Saturday week!

Round 1 of shield competition will be held at Nunawading track (Bill Sewart Reserve, off Burwood Hwy, East Burwood).

Track competition starts at 1:30pm (sprint hurdles and steeple), followed by the walk, 100m, 1500m, 4x100m relay (at 4:00pm), followed by the 400m. Field events (javelin, discus, long jump, pole vault) will run in different divisions from 1:30pm to 4:45pm.

Shield Calendar

October 10, Saturday, Round 1, Nunawading

October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)

October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)

November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading

November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster

December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading

December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading

January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)

January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)

January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading

February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.

We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster. Even if you can just help once for a few hours, let us know.
We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.
The white zone needs a scorer. This is a paid position. ($80 for each round of shield). If you are interested we can send you the job description.

TRIVIA NIGHT – BOOK NOW!

The Club’s biggest social and fund raising event of the year will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 7:00pm at the Chatham Primary School hall. We encourage all members to bring their friends and family to this fun night. You can book a table of 6 – 8 people of just come on your own and we will place you with a team. Book via return email or contact Grace Brown at gracelowdenbrown@gmail.com

We also need auction items for the silent auction, if you can donate anything, big or small, please let us know.

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS FROM RUYTON

Box Hill is very pleased to welcome new members from Ruyton. As the Ruyton Athletic Club will no longer be competing in Athletics Victoria competition its members have joined forces with Box Hill. We hope that all new members have a successful and enjoyable time competing with Box Hill.

STEVE RUNS 4^TH IN ADELAIDE

Congratulations to Steve Dinneen who ran 4^th in a strong field of 30,000 runners in the Adelaide City to Bay fun run. Steve ran the 12km in 35:28 to finish behind Liam Adams, Ruben Kosgei and David McNeil, but ahead of many classy runners including Martin Dent and James Niperness.

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 26

September 23, 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 6, Tuesday, Season Launch, Club Rooms

October 10, Saturday, Shield Competition, Round 1, Nunawading

October 17, Saturday, TRIVIA NIGHT, Chatham Primary School

October 24, Saturday, Shield Competition, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)

SEASON LAUNCH – FREE PIZZA!

The Club will be holding a season launch at the club rooms on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, from 7pm. This is great opportunity to meet the club coaches, committee members and fellow athletes and pick up information about the upcoming track and field season. You can purchase new uniforms and if you do not have your registration bib numbers for this season, you can collect them at the season launch.

Pizza and soft drink provided.

We encourage all members (especially new members) to attend.

See the attached flyer.

TRACK SEASON IS COMING! Are you registered?

The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts in just over 2 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 since then are covered for the summer season up until March 31 2016.. If you have not registered for the 2015/16 season do so as soon as possible in order to be eligible to compete. Register online via the AV website.

Shield Calendar

October 10, Saturday, Round 1, Nunawading

October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)

October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)

November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading

November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster

December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading

December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading

January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)

January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)

January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading

February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED

There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.

1. We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster.

2. We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.

3. The white zone needs a scorer. This is a paid position. ($80 for each round of shield). See the attached job description.

TAN RELAYS RESULTS

After being on top of the ladder in the men’s premier division for most of the XCR’15 season, we unfortunately fell down in the last 2 events and finished 2^nd on the ladder 9see Ian Sloane’s reports below). Our men’s team, without a number of our best runners finished in 5^th place at the Tan relays, the last event of the winter season.

Our women’s team performed brilliantly to finish in 2^nd place at the Tan, while our Over 50 men’s team won the gold medal in their division. We also had some outstanding performances in the Under 18 age group, where bot our men’s and women’s teams picked up bronze medals.

Results:

Men Premier Division (5^th):

1. Nick Baggott 11:48

2. Will Potter 11:33

3. Michael Dowel 11:35

4. Dion Finocchiaro 11:40

5. James O’Connell 11:56

6. Oscar Robinson 12:15

Men Division 2 (5^th)

1. Sam Dipnall 11:38

2. Trent Collins 13:35

3. Ryan Martin 12:38

4. Welday Mebrahtu 13:05

5. Michael Vaughan 13:06

6. Peter Green 12:02

Men Division 3 (9^th)

1. Andrew Hester 14:03

2. Russell Clowes 14:49

3. Jack Hill 16:00

4. Simon St. Hill 17:19

5. Peter O’Leary 16:46

Men 40+ (6^th)

1. Tony Langelaan 14:02

2. Simon Watson 13:48

3. Chris O’Connor 15:32

Men 50+ (1^st)

1. John Meagher 12:23

2. Peter Stefanos 14:08

3. Graeme Olden 14:04

Men Under 20 (4^th)

1. Ben Cox 12:10

2. Vaughan Smith 12:25

3. Zac Hunter 12:22

1. Carlos Norman 14:17

2. Raymond Chan

3.

Men Under 18 (3^rd and 8th)

1. Sebastian Failla 12:30

2. Alex Ritchie 12:32

3. Scott McKenzie 12:25

1. Sam Rattray 13:04

2. Lucas Pamminger 13:06

3. Kieren Hesse 13:47

Women Premier Division (2^nd)

1. Georgia Meehan 13:48

2. Courtney Powell 12:28

3. Georgia Hansen 13:54

4. Grace Kalac 14:51

5. Julie Norney 13:47

Women Division 2 (10^th)

1. Amanda Harper 15:43

2. Hannah Deal 16:12

3. Zoe Schwerkolt 19:13

4. Amwelia Savige 17:13

Women Division 5 (9^th)

1. Caitlin Harrison 17:26

2. Nicole Smith 18:33

3. Kelly Ulf 17:17

Women Under 18 (3rd)

1. Louise Ton 15:00

2. Sophie Schwerkolt 16:25

3. Holly Pedersen 14:56

Tan Relays 19 September 2015

Box Hill’s Men’s Division 1 team held a one point advantage over going to the last race of the 2015 winter calendar. After an ordinary showing at the Half Marathon where we had a very depleted turnout. We needed to either win the race or finish one or more places ahead of Geelong. Unfortunately this did not happen and although our Division 1 team members did their best, we were only able to secure fifth position whilst Geelong turned out a really solid team and won the race and thus the winter championship.

Our female Premier Division team performed really well and won the silver medal, being overtaken by Glenhuntly later in the race. Courtney Powell ran a brilliant lap pulling Box Hill into the lead and the other team members gave everything they had to try and hold the lead. However, Glenhuntly had too much depth and defeated our team.

The Men’s Premier Division race started with Luke Matthews (APS) leading the runners in in the very fast time of 10:55. Zak Patterson (Knox) held second place (11:01) and Nick Wightman had Geelong in third place (11:12). Frankston were just behind Geelong, followed by the University of Melbourne, Glenhuntly and Box Hill seventh with Nick Baggott recording 11:48 for his lap. Will Potter was next up for Box Hill and he ran a PB on the course, knocking five seconds of his previous best to run 11:33. During this lap, Frankston got to the lead, with APS dropping back to second eight seconds behind. Geelong were third a second behind second, with Knox, fourth, 23 seconds further back, Melbourne University, fifth, eight seconds behind Knox and Box Hill, now sixth, 21 seconds behind Melbourne University.

The third leg saw another club take the lead, Geelong, and from this point on, they dominated the race. They crossed five seconds in front of Frankston, with APS almost level with second place. Melbourne University were fourth, forty-five seconds behind the leader, and a second ahead of Knox in fifth place. Box Hill was next to reach the changeover point 19 seconds behind Knox. Glenhuntly was a minute behind Box Hill in seventh and SSH held eighth position. Michael Dowel ran 11:35 for his leg.

Box Hill’s next runner was Dion Finocchiaro ran a solid fourth leg recording 11:40 to hold sixth position. Harry Smithers (Geelong) extended Geelong’s lead over Frankston to 39 seconds. Knox was 19 seconds behind in third place. In fourth place, Melbourne University were in a close tussle with APS a couple of seconds behind third. Box Hill was sixth, 18 seconds behind fifth.

James O’Connell ran the fifth leg, maintaining our sixth position (11:56). Julian Spence (Geelong) handed over to Craig Mottram for the last leg with a lead of 55 seconds. Jordan Nelson (Knox) overtook his Frankston opponent to move into second, four seconds clear. APS were 28 seconds down on third and 32 seconds ahead of Melbourne University with Box Hill four seconds adrift in sixth place.

Mottram ran a great last lap of 10:43 to anchor Geelong to the win. Sam Crowther brought Knox in to the silver medal position92 seconds later with Frankston securing the bronze medal 39 seconds later. APS finished fourth 48 seconds behind third. Oscar Robinson ran 12:15, overtaking Melbourne University’s final runner to come in 26 seconds behind fourth, in fifth position, and he was eight seconds in front of sixth-placed Melbourne University.

Our Division 2 team performed creditably, recording fifth place. Essendon won be a very large margin, ahead of Doncaster and Western Athletic Club. Our runners were Sam Dipnall (11:38), Trent Collins (13:35), Ryan Martin (12:38), Welday Mebrahtu (13:05), Michael Vaughan (13:06) and Peter Green (12:02).

Athletics Victoria Half Marathon Championship at Burnley, 6 September 2015

Box Hill turned in a mediocre effort in the Half Marathon Championship. Most of the Box Hill runners put in their best effort on the day, but we simply didn’t have the firepower at the front end of the field. We now have to win the last event on the calendar and unless we win the race, there is a high probability that Geelong will capture the winter title.

This year’s race used the same venue but on a redesigned course of four and a bit laps. The course runs parallel with the Yarra River in Burnley and is relatively fast being flat with several small rises. Teams of five score the points, one fewer than the other races (in Division 1 and Division 2) There were over 300 starters on a greyish day and there was a slight wind, which did get stronger during the race several times. When the starter despatched the field, two Essendon runners cleared out immediately. Liam Adams, fresh from his National Cross Country title win at Moonee Valley race course last Saturday and Mitch Brown, who had a top four placing gained an early lead and ran out of sight of the field. These two athletes, who traded positions 1 and 2 throughout the race, were unchallenged for the 21.1 journey. Further back, a pack of around ten athletes coalesced. This pack was made up Zac Newman (Melb. Uni), Nick Earl (Melb. Uni), Nick Wightman (Geelong), Mark de Luca (APS), Craig Semple (Essendon), Chapman (APS) and two Collingwood runners, Justin Delaney and Jai Edmonds, Joshua Papanikolaou (GH), Sam Crowther (Knox) and John Dutton (Frankston) were not far behind. John Meagher was our first athlete, holding 18^th position at this early stage. David Jimenez and Welday Mebrahtu were close together, in 43^rd and 50^th positions respectively. Trent Collins was around 55^th with Nick Baggott being about thirty places down on Trent. Then there was a long gap to our other athletes who included James O’Connell, Peter Stefanos, Luke Crosier, Tony Langelaan, Graeme Olden, Oscar Robinson, Dino Crivelli, Chris O’Connor, Simon St Hill and Andrew Tunne.

The women’s race turned out to be a battle between Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) and Karina Fyffe. Tarli Bird (Glenhuntly was close to these two leaders and Cassie Higham was also well placed. Julie Norney looked impressive from the start and she moved up well in the early laps. Our other competitors were June Petrie, Amanda Harper, Kelly Ulf and Nicky Smith.

In the concluding stages of the Men’s race, Brown and Adams extended their lead from 98 seconds to over two minutes. In the end Mitch Brown took the lead to win the race from Liam Adams by 32 seconds. Nicholas Earl (M. Uni) surged and chased down Zac Newman (M. Uni), to collect the bronze medal. Our best placed athlete was John Meagher, 19^th. Other Premier Division team members for Box Hill were David Jimenez, 41^st, Welday Mebrahtu, 45^th, Trent Collins, 51^st and Nick Baggott, 80^th. This result (Box Hill was sixth) puts us under pressure and we have to win the Tan Relays to win the winter championship, or beat Geelong by two positions. To do this we will need to field our best team possible, and hope that Geelong doesn’t have a star-studded team, which appears unlikely to happen.

The women’s race was won by Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) in a breakthrough performance. She defeated Kainna Fyfe (GH) by nine seconds with Cassie Higham (GH) a further 13 seconds astern in third place. Julie Norney ran brilliantly to place 7^th and win the 40 + age division. June Petrie also went well to place 29^th. Amanda Harper, 77^th, Kelly Ulf, 98^th and Nicky Smith, 125^th were our other finishers.

XCR15 – Round 10 – Tan Relays – Saturday 19 September 2015

September 19, 2015

After being on top of the ladder in the men’s premier division for most of the XCR’15 season, we unfortunately fell down in the last 2 events and finished 2^nd on the ladder (see Ian Sloane’s reports below). Our men’s team, without a number of our best runners finished in 5^th place at the Tan relays, the last event of the winter season.