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XCR15 – Round 1 – Jells Park Cross Country Relays – 18 April 2015

April 27, 2015

JUNIORS SHINE AT JELLS PARK

Box Hill juniors performed extremely well at the Jells Park cross country relays on Saturday, winning one gold and three silver medals. Our over 40 teams also picked up two medals.

Of the 13 divisions in which Box Hill fielded complete teams, we picked up 6 medals and two 4th places.

The Box Hill under 14 men’s team of Murray Lovass, Spencer Anderson and Mac Anderson won the gold medal, while Scott McKenzie, Lucas Pamminger and Alex Ritchie (under 18 men), Amy Rives, Georgia Hansen, Paris Powell (under 18 women) and Tamsyn Lovass, Molly McCarthy and Amy Atkinson (under 16 women) all won silver. Box Hill also picked up bronze medals in the Over 40 women’s race (Amanda Harper, Pia Hunter, Talitha Crawford) and the Over 49 men’s event (Simon Watson, Tony Langelaan and John Meagher).

Our men’s division 1 team was below full strength but finished 4th only about 40 seconds outside of second place. For a full report on the Open Men’s Race, please refer to the report by Ian Sloane below.

Our under 20 men’s team came up against some extremely strong competition and was also unlucky to miss out on a medal.

Special thanks to Hanson Wong who came ready to race if needed and then helped officiating all day and to Rachel Johnson and Martine Prendergast who also helped as officials. Thanks also to everyone who helped with timekeeping, your help is very much appreciated.

Results

Men Division 1(Team place: 4th)

  1. Daniel Clark            19:47
  2. Michael Dowel        19:55
  3. Peter Green             19:37
  4. Steve Dinneen         18:55
  5. Will Potter               19:06
  6. Steve Kelly             18:40

Men Division 2 (Team place: 6th)

  1. Trent Collins           22:34
  2. Welday Mebrahtu   21:28
  3. James O’Connell     19:54
  4. Nick Baggott          20:15
  5. David Jiminez         22:53
  6. Andrew Hester       22:02

Men Over 40  (Team place: 3rd)

  1. John Meagher          20:45
  2. Tony Langelaan      22:21
  3. Simon Watson         22:38

Men Over 50 (Team place: 10th)

  1. Bill Dyer                 27:10
  2. Simon St. Hill         28:46
  3. Chris O’Connor      24:46

Men Under 20 (Team 1: place: 4th)

  1. Zac Hunter              20:58
  2. Ben Cox                  20:38
  3. Mitch Dyer              19:51

Men Under 20 (Team 2: place: 11th)

  1. Carlos Norman        24:12
  2. Jack Predergast       25:21
  3. Ray Chan                22:16

Men Under 18 (Team place: 2nd)

  1. Scott McKenzie      9:36
  2. Lucas Pamminger    10:15
  3. Alex Ritchie            9:43

Men Under 14 (Team place: 1st)

  1. Murray Lovass        11:22
  2. Mac Anderson        11:08
  3. Spencer Anderson   10:57

Women Division 1 (Team place: 7th)

  1. Grace Brown           22:40
  2. Hannh Deal             25:42
  3. Julie Norney            22:40
  4. Hayley Tomlinson   24:52
  5. Sarah Cant              24:54

Women Division 2 (Team place: 11th)

  1. Liza Henshall          27:15
  2. Grace Kalac                        25:08
  3. Louise Rait              26:55
  4. Caitlin Harrison       29:54

Women Division 4

  1. Kelly Ulf                 31:33
  2. Megan Sloane         29:51

Women Over 40 (Team place: 3rd)

  1. Amanda Harper      26:16
  2. Pia Hunter               28:04
  3. Talitha Crawford    27:18

Women Under 20 (Team place: 8th)

  1. Chloe Metzelling     12:37
  2. Imogen Purcell        13:02
  3. Zoe Schwerkolt       13:34

Women Under 18 (Team 1: place: 2nd)

  1. Georgia Hansen      11:02
  2. Amy Rives              11:27
  3. Paris Powell            11:37

Women Under 18 (Team 2: place: 7th)

  1. Sophie Schwerkolt  12:15
  2. Louise Ton              12:15
  3. Carly Atkinson        14:38

Women Under 16 (Team place: 2nd)

  1. Molly McCarthy     11:07
  2. Amy Atkinson        11:57
  3. Tamsyn Lovass       11:25

 

Ian Sloane’s Report on the Men’s Open Races:

Box Hill had a modest commencement to the winter season with our senior teams and an excellent beginning with our junior teams.

Our Premier Division male team finished fourth just out of the medals after a strong back-end performance.  The team started out in 7th position slipping to 8th and regaining 7th position at the end of the third leg. Steve Dinneen passed a number of opponents in the fourth leg to bring Box Hill up to fourth position 15 seconds behind third-placed Melbourne University. Ballarat had a commanding lead as one would have expected with Stuart McSweyn, Collis Birmingham, Ryan Gregson and Brett Robinson in their team.  Steve Moneghetti was a late inclusion in the Ballarat team after expecting to run in the 50 + team.

Geelong were also very competitive and as the race progressed Knox came into the picture with a surge towards the end.  Will Potter and Steve Kelly can very creditably to maintain fourth place. Will got past Melbourne University but was unable to hold off Zak Patterson who ran a very fast leg.  Knox’ momentum carried them into the silver medal position, over five minutes behind Ballarat.  Steve Kelly ran an almost identical time to his Knox opponent, and he just missed catching his Geelong opponent.  Geelong won the bronze medal and Box Hill was next over the line, fourth.

The Division 2 team had a hard battle, with the three top placed teams performing extremely well.  Essendon, relegated from Division 1 won the race from Doncaster, which is on the rise again, and Western Suburbs which took the early lead and fell back later when its depth was slightly less than its opponents. Nick Baggott and James McConnell were our standout performers.

Unfortunately, we did not field any other senior men’s teams, which is a surprising turnabout form previous seasons when we have been competitive in four divisions.

Premier Division

  1. Ballarat                  109:55
  2. Knox                      115:09
  3. Geelong                 115:27
  4. Box Hill                 115:51
  5. SSH                       119:01
  6. Melbourne Uni       120:12

Division 2

  1. Essendon                119:05
  2. Doncaster               121:26
  3. Western Suburbs    122:17
  4. Glenhuntly             124:55
  5. Diamond Valley     127:04
  6. Box Hill                  128:56

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 4

April 22, 2015

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

The Box Hill Athletic Club Presentation Night will be held at the club rooms on Friday night, May 1. This is a great chance to celebrate another successful year and we hope that all members can attend. This night will also incorporate (a brief) annual general meeting.

Date: Friday, May 1

Time: 7:30pm

Venue: The Graeme Olden Room (upstairs at the club rooms)

Cost: $10 ($20 per family)

Includes hot finger food, supper, soft drinks, tea and coffee.

No need to book, just pay on the night.

We hope to see you all there!

 

 

XCR’15 ROUND 2 AT LARDNER PARK ON SATURDAY, MAY 9

The second round of the XCR’15 season will be held on the testing hills of Lardner Park (between Drouin and Warragul) on Saturday, May 9.

To compete in this event you must enter via the AV website or better yet purchase a series ticket which enters you for all the individual events for this season.

Series tickets cost:

Open and Overage: $95 for six races

Under 20: $75 for five races

Under 18: $60 for four races

Under 16: $50 for four races

Under 14: $50 for four races

We are hoping to have a big turn out of athletes for this event.

 

 

JUNIORS SHINE AT JELLS PARK

Box Hill juniors performed extremely well at the Jells Park cross country relays on Saturday, winning one gold and three silver medals. Our over 40 teams also picked up two medals.

Of the 13 divisions in which Box Hill fielded complete teams, we picked up 6 medals and two 4th places.

The Box Hill under 14 men’s team of Murray Lovass, Spencer Anderson and Mac Anderson won the gold medal, while Scott McKenzie, Lucas Pamminger and Alex Ritchie (under 18 men), Amy Rives, Georgia Hansen, Paris Powell (under 18 women) and Tamsyn Lovass, Molly McCarthy and Amy Atkinson (under 16 women) all won silver. Box Hill also picked up bronze medals in the Over 40 women’s race (Amanda Harper, Pia Hunter, Talitha Crawford) and the Over 49 men’s event (Simon Watson, Tony Langelaan and John Meagher).

Our men’s division 1 team was below full strength but finished 4th only about 40 seconds outside of second place.

Our under 20 men’s team came up against some extremely strong competition and was also unlucky to miss out on a medal.

Special thanks to Hanson Wong who came ready to race if needed and then helped officiating all day and to Rachel Johnson and Martine Prendergast who also helped as officials. Thanks also to everyone who helped with timekeeping, your help is very much appreciated.

Results

Men Division 1(Team place: 4th)

  1. Daniel Clark            19:47
  2. Michael Dowel        19:55
  3. Peter Green             19:37
  4. Steve Dinneen         18:55
  5. Will Potter               19:06
  6. Steve Kelly             18:40

Men Division 2 (Team place: 6th)

  1. Trent Collins           22:34
  2. Welday Mebrahtu   21:28
  3. James O’Connell     19:54
  4. Nick Baggott          20:15
  5. David Jiminez         22:53
  6. Andrew Hester       22:02

Men Over 40  (Team place: 3rd)

  1. John Meagher          20:45
  2. Tony Langelaan      22:21
  3. Simon Watson         22:38

Men Over 50 (Team place: 10th)

  1. Bill Dyer                 27:10
  2. Simon St. Hill         28:46
  3. Chris O’Connor      24:46

Men Under 20 (Team 1: place: 4th)

  1. Zac Hunter              20:58
  2. Ben Cox                  20:38
  3. Mitch Dyer              19:51

Men Under 20 (Team 2: place: 11th)

  1. Carlos Norman        24:12
  2. Jack Predergast       25:21
  3. Ray Chan                22:16

Men Under 18 (Team place: 2nd)

  1. Scott McKenzie      9:36
  2. Lucas Pamminger    10:15
  3. Alex Ritchie            9:43

Men Under 14 (Team place: 1st)

  1. Murray Lovass        11:22
  2. Mac Anderson        11:08
  3. Spencer Anderson   10:57

Women Division 1 (Team place: 7th)

  1. Grace Brown           22:40
  2. Hannh Deal             25:42
  3. Julie Norney            22:40
  4. Hayley Tomlinson   24:52
  5. Sarah Cant              24:54

Women Division 2 (Team place: 11th)

  1. Liza Henshall          27:15
  2. Grace Kalac                        25:08
  3. Louise Rait              26:55
  4. Caitlin Harrison       29:54

Women Division 4

  1. Kelly Ulf                 31:33
  2. Megan Sloane         29:51

Women Over 40 (Team place: 3rd)

  1. Amanda Harper      26:16
  2. Pia Hunter               28:04
  3. Talitha Crawford    27:18

Women Under 20 (Team place: 8th)

  1. Chloe Metzelling     12:37
  2. Imogen Purcell        13:02
  3. Zoe Schwerkolt       13:34

Women Under 18 (Team 1: place: 2nd)

  1. Georgia Hansen      11:02
  2. Amy Rives              11:27
  3. Paris Powell            11:37

Women Under 18 (Team 2: place: 7th)

  1. Sophie Schwerkolt  12:15
  2. Louise Ton              12:15
  3. Carly Atkinson        14:38

Women Under 16 (Team place: 2nd)

  1. Molly McCarthy     11:07
  2. Amy Atkinson        11:57
  3. Tamsyn Lovass       11:25

(Times are correct to best of our knowledge! Tell us if you know of any errors)

 

Ian Sloane’s Report on the Men’s Open Races:

Jells Park Relays 18 April 2015

Box Hill had a modest commencement to the winter season with our senior teams and an excellent beginning with our junior teams.

Our Premier Division male team finished fourth just out of the medals after a strong back-end performance.  The team started out in 7th position slipping to 8th and regaining 7th position at the end of the third leg. Steve Dinneen passed a number of opponents in the fourth leg to bring Box Hill up to fourth position 15 seconds behind third-placed Melbourne University. Ballarat had a commanding lead as one would have expected with Stuart McSweyn, Collis Birmingham, Ryan Gregson and Brett Robinson in their team.  Steve Moneghetti was a late inclusion in the Ballarat team after expecting to run in the 50 + team.

Geelong were also very competitive and as the race progressed Knox came into the picture with a surge towards the end.  Will Potter and Steve Kelly can very creditably to maintain fourth place. Will got past Melbourne University but was unable to hold off Zak Patterson who ran a very fast leg.  Knox’ momentum carried them into the silver medal position, over five minutes behind Ballarat.  Steve Kelly ran an almost identical time to his Knox opponent, and he just missed catching his Geelong opponent.  Geelong won the bronze medal and Box Hill was next over the line, fourth.

The Division 2 team had a hard battle, with the three top placed teams performing extremely well.  Essendon, relegated from Division 1 won the race from Doncaster, which is on the rise again, and Western Suburbs which took the early lead and fell back later when its depth was slightly less than its opponents. Nick Baggott and James McConnell were our standout performers.

Unfortunately, we did not field any other senior men’s teams, which is a surprising turnabout form previous seasons when we have been competitive in four divisions.

 

Premier Division

  1. Ballarat                  109:55
  2. Knox                      115:09
  3. Geelong                 115:27
  4. Box Hill                 115:51
  5. SSH                       119:01
  6. Melbourne Uni       120:12

 

Division 2

  1. Essendon                119:05
  2. Doncaster               121:26
  3. Western Suburbs    122:17
  4. Glenhuntly             124:55
  5. Diamond Valley     127:04
  6. Box Hill                  128:56

 

 

XCR’15 SEASON

The XCR’15 season is underway. We are hoping to have a record number of athletes competing for Box Hill this winter season.

With 56 athletes and a high number of juniors competing in round 1 at Jells Park, this season is looking promising (despite a number of our open men being unavailable for the first event)

May 9, Saturday, XRC’15 Round 2, Lardner Park Cross Country

May 30, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 3, Lake Wendouree Road Race

June 13, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 4, Bundoora Cross Country Champs

June 28, Sunday, XCR’15 Round 5, Albert Park Road Race

July 11, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 6, Sandown Road Relays

August 1, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 7, Brimbank Park Cross Country

August 15, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 8, Ekiden Relay, Angelsea

August 29, Saturday, National Cross Country Championships, Melbourne

September 6, Sunday, XCR’15 Round 9, Burnley half-marathon

September 19, Saturday, XCR’15 Round 10, Tan Relays

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 3

April 15, 2015

JELLS PARK RELAYS ON THIS SATURDAY!

Round 1 of the XCR’15 season will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on this Saturday afternoon, April 18.

All Open overage and men’s Under 20 races start at 12:30pm and consist of each runner completing 2 laps of the course (6km), all other underage events start at 1:00pm and consist of 3km legs.

Please arrive early to check in at the Box Hill tent and receive your new bib numbers and to check for any last minute team changes. The Waverley Rd. entrance to Jells Park is closest to the club tent area.

Draft teams are listed below. Note that these teams are subject to change.

If anyone listed cannot run, please let us know as soon as possible. If anyone not listed in a team wishes to run, let us know and we will try to fit you into a team.

We also need timekeepers and officials for this day so please let us know if you can help.

 

Men Division 1

  1. Daniel Clark
  2. Michael Dowel
  3. Peter Green
  4. Steve Dinneen
  5. Will Potter
  6. Steve Kelly

Men Division 2

  1. Trent Collins
  2. Welday Mebrahtu
  3. James O’Connell
  4. Nick Baggott
  5. David Jiminez
  6. Andrew Hester

Men Division 3

  1. Hanson Wong
  2. Simon St. Hill

Men Over 40

  1. Simon Watson
  2. Tony Langelaan
  3. Dino Crevelli

Men Over 50

  1. John Meagher
  2. Bill Dyer
  3. Chris O’Connor

Men Under 20 (team 1)

  1. Zac Hunter
  2. Ben Cox
  3. Mitch Dyer

Men Under 20 (team 2)

  1. Ray Chan
  2. Carlos Norman
  3. Jack Predergast

Men Under 18

  1. Scott McKenzie
  2. Lucas Pamminger
  3. Alex Ritchie

Men Under 14

  1. Murray Lovass
  2. Mac Anderson
  3. Spencer Anderson

Women Division 1

  1. Courtney Powell
  2. Sarah Cant
  3. Julie Norney
  4. Hayley Tomlinson
  5. Grace Brown

Women Division 2

  1. Hannah Deal
  2. Grace Kalac
  3. Liza Henshall
  4. Louise Rait

Women Division 4

Three runners from:

Amelia Savige

Kelly Ulf

Caitlin Harrison

Chelsea Dyer

Women Over 40

Three runners from:

Amanda Harper

Talitha Crawford

Pia Hunter

Megan Sloane

Women Under 20

  1. Chloe Metzelling
  2. Imogen Purcell
  3. Zoe Schwerkolt

Women Under 18 (Team 1)

  1. Genevieve Wah
  2. Georgia Hansen
  3. Paris Powell

Women Under 18 (Team 2)

  1. Amy Rives
  2. Louise Ton
  3. Sophie Schwerkolt

Women Under 14

  1. Molly McCarthy
  2. Amy Atkinson
  3. Tamsyn Lovass

 

 

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

The Box Hill Athletic Club Presentation Night will be held at the clubrooms on Friday night, May 1. This is a great chance to celebrate another successful year and we hope that all members can attend. This night will also incorporate (a brief) annual general meeting.

 

 

BOX HILL ATHLETIC CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Box Hill Athletic Club will be held at the Box Hill club rooms commencing at 7:30pm. We invite all members and interested parties to attend.

See the attachment for the agenda and nomination form.

 

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP

The Club’s annual 5k handicap race was held last Saturday along the bike paths at Gardiner’s Creek in Box Hill South. Congratulations to Mark Stewart who was first across the line and to Steve Dinneen who won the Frank Tutchener Shield by running the fastest time (after stopping to wrestle a dog along the way!).

Results Frank Tutchener 5 K Handicap 11 April 2015

Place    Name                                    Elapsed time        Handicap  Actual time

1          Mark Stewart                        26:45                   1:00          25:45

2          Alex Ritchie                          27:14                   10:10        17:04

3          Julie Norney                         27:15                   9:20          17:55

4          Murray Lovass                      27:18                   7:40          19:38

5          Talitha Crawford                  27:19                   6:00          21:19

6          Simon Watson                      27:21                   10:10        17:11

7          Graeme Olden                      27:34                   8:00          19:34

8          Brodie Cross                         27:39                   8:30          19:09

9          Peter Stefanos                       27:40                   9:00          18:40

10        Carlos Norman                     27:41                   9:00          18:41

11        Liza Henshall                        27:42                   6:00          21:42

12        Lucas Pamminger                 27:43                   9:30          18:13

13        Grace Brown                        27:46                   9:30          18:16

14        Tony Langelaan                    27:55                   10:00        17:55

15        Andrew Hester                      27:59                   10:10        17:49

16        Hanson Wong                       28:13                   9:20          18:53

17        Imogen Purcell                      28:15                   6:00          22:15

18        Steve Dinneen                      28:16                   12:30        15:46

19        Dino Crivelli                         28:18                   8:40          19:38

20        Russell Clowes                     28:45                   8:00          20:45

21        Welday Mebrahtu                 28:48                   11:25        17:23

22        Amelia Savige                       29:12                   7:00          22:12

23        Julia Averill                          29:15                   8:30          20:45

24        Kelly Ulf                              29:23                   4:30          24:53

25        Michael Dowel                     29:36                   12:30        17:06:

26        Phillipa Hadjaz                     29:37                   4:00          25:37

27        Michelle Biggs                      29:38                   4:00          25:38

28        Jack Prendergast                   30:15                   9:00          21:15

29        Jack Hill                               30:40                   8:30          22:10

30        Blake Lucas                          30:58                   6:30          24:28

Fastest time: Steve Dinneen              15:46

 

 

MATT AND NANA TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA

Congratulations  to Matthew Harcourt and Nana Owusu-Afriyie , two of our top under 18 athletes who have been selected to represent Australia.

Matt Harcourt will compete in the Oceania Championships in Cairns in May while Nana has been selected to run in the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in September

 

 

NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to our medal winners in the Australian masters championships last week.

Andrew Wilcox  won the 400m in 51.36 (Vic record and Championship record). 2nd in 100m in 12.17 in the 45-49 age group.

In the same age group, Rob Schwerkolt won the 1500m in 4:24.03 and won silver medals in the 800m (2:06.72) and the 5000m (16:32.12)

In the 50-54 yearrs age group, Andrew Egginton won a silver in the 1500m (4:43.39) and a bronze medal in the 800m (2:16.12)

Apologies for any results we have missed.

 

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

Tom Chuang from Body Knots Studio is also still offering great discounts on massage and kinesio taping to Box Hill members. Call Tom on 0430 179 168 for more information.

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 2

April 7, 2015

REGISTER NOW!

With the new athletic year starting on April 1, registration fees are now due.

Your fees will cover your registration until April 1 next year.

Athletic Victoria have increased their portion of the fee for the second year in a row, but the Club has decided to absorb this increase and leave the fees the same as last year.

Register via the member’s portal on the Athletics Victoria website.

If you have any questions about registration, please let us know.

Life members and international representatives should contact the club.

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP – This Saturday, April 11 – EVERYONE WELCOME!

The Club’s annual 5k handicap race will be held at the usual venue, along the bike paths at Gardiner’s Creek in Box Hill South, on the morning of Saturday April 11. Meet at 9:00am in the car park next to the Bennetswood bowls club for a 9:30am race start. The run will be followed by brunch. This will be the launch of our winter season and we hope that as many members as possible will come along to race, run or jog the 5km course (or help out with timing and eating the brunch!).

If you plan to run please let us know as soon as possible. Also tell us you best recent time over 5000m (or 3000m or 1500m) and/or estimated 5k time so that a handicap can be calculated for you.

 

JELLS PARK RELAYS ON SATURDAY WEEK

Round 1 of the XCR’15 season will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday afternoon, April 18.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you are available to compete in this event. We are hoping to enter teams in all age groups, but we need an idea of how many athletes are available to run before we can enter our teams..

Remember that to compete at Jells Park you must be registered for the new 2015/16 season. We also need timekeepers and officials for this day so please let us know if you can help.

 

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

The Box Hill Athletic Club Presentation Night will be held at the clubrooms on Friday night, May 1. This is a great chance to celebrate another successful year and we hope that all members can attend. This night will also incorporate the Box Hill Athletic Club annual general meeting.

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

Tom Chuang from Body Knots Studio is also still offering great discounts on massage and kinesio taping to Box Hill members. Call Tom on 0430 179 168 for more information.

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 1

March 31, 2015

REGISTER NOW!

With the new athletic year starting on April 1, registration fees are now due.

Your fees will cover your registration until April 1 next year.

Athletic Victoria have increased their portion of the fee for the second year in a row, but the Club has decided to absorb this increase and leave the fees the same as last year.

Register via the member’s portal on the Athletics Victoria website.

If you have any questions about registration, please let us know.

Life members and international representatives should contact the club.

 

ROUND 1 OF XCR’15 ON APRIL 18

The 2015 cross country and road racing season starts in just over 2 weeks. The first event will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday, April 18.

Please let us know if you are available to compete in this event. We are hoping to enter teams in all age groups, but we need an idea of how many athletes are available to run before we can enter our teams..

Remember that to compete at Jells Park you must be registered for the new 2015/16 season.

 

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP – Saturday, April 11

The Club’s annual 5k handicap race will be held at the usual venue, along the bike paths at Gardiner’s Creek in Box Hill South, on the morning of Saturday April 11. Meet at 9:00am in the car park next to the Bennetswood bowls club for a 9:30am race start. The run will be followed by brunch. This will be the launch of our winter season and we hope that as many members as possible will come along to race, run or jog the 5km course (or help out with timing and eating the brunch!).

If you plan to run please let us know as soon as possible. Also tell us you best recent time over 5000m (or 3000m or 1500m) and/or estimated 5k time so that a handicap can be calculated for you.

 

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

The Box Hill Athletic Club Presentation Night will be held at the clubrooms on Friday night, May 1. This is a great chance to celebrate another successful year and we hope that all members can attend. This night will also incorporate the Box Hill Athletic Club annual general meeting. More details next week.

 

CONGRATULATIONS COURTNEY!

Courtney Powell put in a great performance for Australia at the world cross country championships in China last weekend. Despite a fall in training that left Courtney racing with a gash on her forehead, she ran a strong race to finish in 42nd place, just behind the first Australian in the race (Victoria Mitchell, 40th). At just 19 years of age, this is a terrific result.

 

RESULTS FROM NATIONALS

Congratulations to Matthew Harcourt and to Will Seton who won medals in the Australian junior decathlon championships in Brisbane on the weekend.

Matthew scored 6433 points to take the silver in the under 18 decathlon, while Will scored 5997 points to win bronze in the under 20 event.

Other results from nationals:

Flavien Basson, 4th, pole vault, 5.20m

Will Potter, 7th, 3000m steeple, 9:25.14

Natalia Kremenchutskaya, 7th, triple jump, 12.08m
Kathryn Brooks, 10th, javelin, 46.20m  (48.29m in qualifying)
Kate McCowan, 16th, hammer throw, 41.79m

 

RESULTS FROM 5000m/3000m EVENTS AT BOX HILL

3000m

Daniel Balassone 8:47

Nick Baggott 8:49

James O’Connell 8:56

Ben Noske 9:13

Klarie McIntyre 9:20

Simon Watson 9:57

Tony Langelaan 10:00

Liza Henshall 12:41

5000m:

Peter Green 15:13

Welday Mebrahtu 16:14

Bec Rosel 18:01

Peter Stefanos 18:31

Julie Averill 18:59

Simon St. Hill 21:47

Kelly Ulf, 23:30

 

RESULTS FROM RUN FOR THE KIDS

Box Hill runners performed well in the 15.5km Run for the Kids. With over 15,000 finishers this is the biggest “fun run” in Victoria.

Results:

Klarie McIntyre 10th 51:19

Charlie Blanch 25th 54:03

Andrew Hester 79th 57:54

Molly Tilbrook 5th 56:56

Julie Norney 8th 57:49

Charmaine Hester 52nd 66:15

Amelia Savige 75:55

Box Hill runners had some outstanding results in the supporting 5.4km event with Mitchell Dyer and Nick Baggott taking first and second places ahead of nearly 13,000 finishers in this event. Special mention also to 14 year old Tom Selwood who finished 6th overall.

Mithcell Dyer 1st 15:28

Nick Baggott 2nd 15:50

Tom Selwood 6th 16:45

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

Tom Chuang from Body Knots Studio is also still offering great discounts on massage and kinesio taping to Box Hill members. Call Tom on 0430 179 168 for more information.

2014 – 2015 Summer Bulletin No 25

March 24, 2015

ATHLETICS ADVISORY GROUP

The Board of Athletics Victoria has approved the establishment of an Athletics Advisory Group (AAG).

The AAG will meet three times a year to consider, review and recommend future programs across a number of areas including:

(a) Athlete, club, coach and officials pathway

(b) All forms of competition products

(c) Programs to assist athletes, coaches, officials and club administrators and

(d) Effective forms of communications to our membership.

Athletics Victoria invite the membership to provide an expression of interest to be part of the inaugural AAG.  This is an independent consultative group that will help guide the future of the sport in Victoria.

If you would like to be considered please email your interest to: glen@athsvic.org.au

Expressions of interest will be open until 5.00pm Tuesday March 31 with the first meeting of the AAG Scheduled for Wednesday 15th April at 6.00pm at Cathy Freeman Room, Athletics House 31 Aughtie Drive , Lakeside.

The purpose of the AAG is to be representative of the entire AV membership and has been formed to provide an opportunity for members to be actively involved in our sport.

We feel that it is important that Box Hill has representation within this group.

If you are interested put in an expression of interest or contact the club to discuss the matter further.

 

VICTORIAN RUNNING NETWORK AT BOX HILL THIS THURSDAY

Please note that the track will be closed for training from 7:00pm this Thursday,  March 26 for a series of 3000m and 5000m races. This is open to AV and non-AV members. If you wish to run, register via the AV website.

 

TRACK BOOKINGS

Please be aware that the track is sometimes booked by schools and other users (see club website for details). In particular note that the track is booked for a distance running meet on  Thursday, March 26 from 7:00pm. There is also a booking during the day on Wednesday, March 25, which will mean that the track is unavailable for training until 5:00pm on that day.

 

 

XCR’15 COMING SOON!

The 2015 cross country and road racing season starts in just over 3 weeks. The first event will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday, April 18. Let’s hope that Box Hill can have another successful winter season.

To compete at Jells Park you must be registered for the new 2015/16 season. Registrations are now open for the new athletics year. Registration fees cover both the XCR winter season and next summer’s track season. The Box Hill Athletic Club committee have decided to absorb the increase in AV fees, so that registration fees for Box Hill members will remain the same as last year.

Register via the AV website member’s portal.

Contact the Club if you have any questions about registration.

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP – Saturday, April 11

The Club’s annual 5k handicap race will be held at the usual venue, along the bike paths at Gardiner’s Creek in Box Hill South, on the morning of Saturday April 11. Meet at 9:00am for a 9:30 start. The run will be followed by brunch. This will be the launch of our winter season and we hope that as many members as possible will come along to race, run or jog the 5km course (or help out with timing and eating the brunch!).

If you plan to run please let us know as soon as possible. Also tell us you best recent time over 5000m (or 3000m or 1500m) and/or estimated 5k time so that a handicap can be calculated for you.

 

COURTNEY RACING IN CHINA

Good luck to Courtney Powell who will be racing for Australia in Guiyang, China in the World Cross Country Championships this weekend. Best wishes also to former Box Hill athlete, Sydney based, Harry Summers who will also be competing.

 

GOOD LUCK AT NATIONALS

The 2015 Australian Track and Field Championships will be held in Brisbane this weekend. Best wishes to all the Box Hill athletes competing.

 

MELBOURNE IAAF WORLD CHALLENGE

Congratulations to Natalia Kremenchutskaya and Ella Squires who put in terrific performances at the Melbourne IAAF World Challenge on the weekend. Natalia finished 3rd in the triple jump with a distance of 12.51m. while fourteen year old Ella Squires won the Oceania 100m challenge in a time of 12.16 (into a -1.0m/s headwind), a time that would have placed her well in the “A” race.

 

MILERS CLUB RESULTS

Results from round 4 of Victorian Miler’s Club, held at Box Hill March 19.

800m

Michael Dowel            1:52.5

Ben Noske                  1:54.8

Daniel Balassone         1:57.1

Ned Snibson               1:59.0

Zac Hunter                  1:59.5

Raymond Chan           2:02.5

Alex Ritchie                2:05.0

Carly Atkinson            2:59.3

1500m

Mitchell Dyer              3:49.6

Will Potter                   3:57.4

Nick Baggott              3:59.8

James O’Connell         4:11.0

Rob Schwerkolt          4:18.1

Lucas Pamminger        4:29.7

Austin Hunter             4:32.9

Hayley Tomlinson       4:45.0

Julia Averill                 5:02.4

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

Tom Chuang from Body Knots Studio is also still offering great discounts on massage and kinesio taping to Box Hill members. Call Tom on 0430 179 168 for more information.

2014 – 2015 Summer Bulletin No 24

March 18, 2015

 

MILER’S CLUB AT BOX HILL THIS THURSDAY

Please note that the track will be closed for training from 7:00pm this Thursday, March 19 and next Thursday, March 26.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

Congratulations to Georgia Griffith, Olivia Carah, Nana Owusu-Afriyie, Tayla Billington and Kathryn Brooks who won Australian titles at the national championships in Sydney last weekend. Box Hill’s other medalists included, Tom Selwood, Dalton Dimedio, Ella Squires, Imogen Purcell and Matt Harcourt.

Gold Medals:

Georgia Griffith, 800m, Under 20, 2:07.02

Olivia Carah, Pole Vault, Under 17, 3.45m

Tayla Billington, 10,000m walk, Under 20, 50:11.05

Kathryn Brooks, Javelin, Under 20, 47.44m

Nana Owusu-Afriyie, 200m, Under 17, 24.51, 4x100m relay, Under 18

Ella Squires, 4x200m relay, Under 16

Silver Medals:

Nana Owusu-Afriyie, 100m, Under 18, 11.85

Dalton Di Medio, Pole Vault, Under 16, 3.85m

Ella Squires, 4x100m relay, Under 16

Bronze Medals:

Tom Selwood, 3000m, Under 16, 9:06.91

Matthew Harcourt, 400m hurdles, Under 18, 54.18

Imogen Purcell, 400m hurdles, Under 18, 64.14

Other Results:

Mitchell Dyer, 1500m, Under 20, 4th, 3:51.44

Georgia Hansen, 800m, Under 18, 4th, 2:14.20

Ella Squires, 100m, Under 16, 4th, 12.12; 200m, Under 16, 5th, 25.02

Dalton Di Medio, Pole Vault, Under 17, 5th, 3.55m

Darcy Powne, 800m, Under 16, 4th, 2:00.45

Arjun Ravindran, Under 15, 100m hurdles, 4th, 14.32Matt Harcourt, 110m hurdles, Under 18, 5th, 14.46

Spencer Anderson, 800m, Under 14, 4th, 2:13.27; 1500m, Under 14, 10th, 4:51.47

Connor McKee, 400m, Under 15, 6th, 55.92

Sophia Davis, 400m, Under 16, 6th, 57.82

Emily Bertacco, 90m hurdles, Under 16, 8th, 13.84

Jessica MacKenzie, Javelin, Under 15, 8th, 32.56m

Olivia Carah, High Jump, Under 17, 6th, 1.60m

Sam McDonald, Javelin, Under 17, 7th, 46.83m

Nick Kronenberg, Shot Put, Under 16, 10.76m

Tamsyn Lovass, 1500m, Under 15, 11th, 4:54.62; 800m, Under 15, 16th, 2:22.85

Genevieve Wah, 800m, Under 17, 15th, 2:18.92

(Please let us know if we have missed any results!)

 

TRACK BOOKINGS

Please be aware that the track is sometimes booked by schools and other users (see club website for details). In particular note that the track is booked for a Miler’s Club meets on Thursday, March 19, and Thursday, March 26 from 7:00pm. There is also a booking during the day on Wednesday, March 25, which will mean that the track is unavailable for training until 5:00pm on that day.

The 800m and 1500m events on March 19 can be entered via the Victorian Miler’s Club website. The 3000m and 5000m events on March 26 are open to all (not just AV members) and is therefore run under the title of the Victorian Running Network. You can enter these events via the AV website.

 

 

XCR’15 COMING SOON!

The 2015 cross country and road racing season starts in just 5 weeks. The first event will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday, April 18. Let’s hope that Box Hill can have another successful winter season.

CLUB 5K HANDICAP – Saturday, April 11

The Club’s annual 5k handicap race will be held at the usual venue, along the bike paths at Gardiner’s Creek in Box Hill South, on the morning of Saturday April 11. Meet at 9:00am for a 9:30 start. The run will be followed by brunch. This will be the launch of our winter season and we hope that as many members as possible will come along to race, run or jog the 5km course (or help out with timing).

RESULTS FROM MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to all the Box Hill athletes who performed well at the Victorian Masters Championships, especially our medalists. A special mention to Andrew Wilcox, who not only won 4 gold medals, but set a couple of state age group records as well!

Gold Medals:

Brett Nuske, 30-34 years, Hammer 42.32, Weight Throw, 11.98m

David Featherston, 40-44 years, 110m hurdles, 18.19, 400m hurdles, 61.11

Talitha Crawford, 40-44 years, 400m, 61.42

Andrew Wilcox, 45-49 years, 60m, 7.76; 100m, 11.98; 200m, 24.71; 400m, 52.98

Rob Schwerkolt, 45-49 years, 1500m, 4:18.79; 800m, 2:06.7

Amanda Harper, 45-49 years, 2000m steeple, 8:32.31, Pole Vault 1.35m

Pia Hunter, 45-49 years, 3000m walk, 17:43.61

Julie Norney, 45-49 years, 5000m, 18:13.60

Tony Langelaan, 45-49 years, 5000m, 17:18.08

George Schillinger, 65-69 years, Pole Vault, 3.00m

Rob Barclay, 75-70 years, Pole Vault, 2.40m

Silver Medals:

Caitlin Harrison, 35-39 years, 1500m, 6:04.99

David Ayers, 50-54 years, 800m 2:19.98

Bronze Medals:

David Ayers, 50-54 years, 400m 62.54

Neville Gardner, 70-74 years, 1500m, 8:32.62; Discus, 22.99m

 

2014 – 2015 Summer Bulletin No 23

March 13, 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 11-15, Australian Junior Championships, Sydney

March 14-15, Victorian Masters Championships, Doncaster

March 19, Thursday, Milers Club, Box Hill

March 21, Saturday, IAAF World Challenge, Melbourne

March 26, Thursday, 3000m/5000m races, Box Hill

March 26-29, Australian Championships, Brisbane

April 3-6, Australian Masters Championships, Sydney

 

GOOD LUCK – Australian Junior Chams, Victorian Masters Champs

Good luck to all the Box Hill athletes who are competing in championships this weekend. Box Hill has a strong contingent of runners representing Victoria in the national junior championships in Sydney. The Victorian master’s championships will also be held this weekend.

 

TRACK BOOKINGS

Please be aware that the track is sometimes booked by schools and other users (see club website for details). In particular note that the track is booked for a Miler’s Club meets on Thursday, March 19, and Thursday, March 26 from 7:00pm. There is also a booking during the day on Wednesday, March 25, which will mean that the track is unavailable for training until 5:00pm on that day.

The 800m and 1500m events on March 19 can be entered via the Victorian Miler’s Club website. The 3000m and 5000m events on March 26 are open to all (not just AV members) and is therefore run under the title of the Victorian Running Network. You can enter these events via the AV website.

 

 

XCR’15 COMING SOON!

The 2015 cross country and road racing season starts in just 5 weeks. The first event will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday, April 18. Let’s hope that Box Hill can have another successful winter season.

 

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP – Saturday, April 11

The Club’s annual 5k handicap race will be held at the usual venue, along the bike paths at Gardiner’s Creek in Box Hill South, on the morning of Saturday April 11. Meet at 9:00am for a 9:30 start. The run will be followed by brunch. This will be the launch of our winter season and we hope that as many members as possible will come along to race, run or jog the 5km course (or help out with timing).

 

 

DION SETS AUSTRALIAN RECORD

Congratulations to Dion Finocchiaro who won the Coburg 6 hour Race, setting an Australian record of 84.637km (averaging 4:15 per km for 6 hours!). A fantastic effort by Dion.

 

RESULTS FROM AV KNOCKOUT FINAL

Congratulations to those athletes who performed well at the AV knockout final last Saturday, especially those who won their events (apologies if we missed any results)

Results:

Men 2000 Metre Walk Open

3 Simon Evans,  10:03.28

Women 200 Metre Run Under 16

6 Emily Butler, 28.77

Men 200 Metre Run Under 18

5 Matt Harcourt,  23.11

9 Sam McDonald,  24.34

Women 200 Metre Run Under 20

3 Jess Muirden,  26.44

Men 800 Metre Run Under 16

3 Connor Mckee 2:12.80

Men 800 Metre Run Open

5 Nick Baggott,  2:00.77

6 Daniel Balassone 2:04.81

7 Rob Schwerkolt,  2:06.86

Men 110 Metre Hurdles Open

3 James Baumgartner, 16.42

Men 110 Metre Hurdles Under 18

1 Matt Harcourt,  14.67

Women 100 Metre Hurdles Under 18

7 Hannah Heathcote,  20.54

Women 90 Metre Hurdles Under 16

2 Emily Bertacco,  13.90

8 Emily Butler,  15.63

9 Jessica Mackenzie, 15.67

Men 1500 Metre Run Under 18

2 Alex Ritchie,  4:14.55

6 Lucas Pamminger,  4:25.40

Women 400 Metre Run Under 18

1 Kate Boulter,  60.27

Men 400 Metre Run Open

8 Daniel White-Alikakos,  49.87

Men 3000 Metre Run Open

1 Will Potter  8:35.81

4 Peter Green  8:44.21

5 James O’Connell,  9:04.69

Women Javelin Under 16

5 Jessica Mackenzie, 29.67m

Women High Jump Under 18

2 Olivia Carah,  1.55m

Women High Jump Open

2 Yiota Carabourniotis,  1.55m

Men High Jump Under 16

3 Lucas Rindt,  1.65m

Men High Jump Under 18

5 Sam McDonald,  1.70m

Men High Jump Open

5 James Baumgartner,  1.75m

Women Pole Vault Under 18

1 Olivia Carah,  3.60m

Women Pole Vault Open

1 Isabelle Napier,  3.15m

Men Pole Vault Under 16

1 Dalton Di Medio,  3.75m

Men Pole Vault Open

1 Joel Pocklington,  4.95m

Women Shot Put Under 16

3 Charlotte Kennedy,  10.65m

6 Emily Bertacco,  10.47m

Men Hammer Throw Open

1 Brett Nuske,  41.35m

Women Triple Jump Under 16

7 Emily Butler,  9.32m

Women Triple Jump Under 18

2 Olivia Carah, 10.89m

Women Shot Put Under 18

2 Kate Boulter,  11.79m

Women Discus Under 16

8 Jessica Mackenzie,  25.43m

Men Javelin Under 18

2 Sam McDonald,  47.73m

Men Long Jump Under 16

1 Osei Owusu-Afriyie,  5.81m

Women Discus Open

2 Yiota Carabourniotis,  30.05m

Men Javelin Open

4 James Baumgartner, 32.45m

Women Long Jump Under 16

5 Emily Butler,  4.40m

Women Long Jump Under 18

4 Kate Boulter,  4.93m

 

2014 – 2015 Summer Bulletin No 22

March 3, 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 7, Saturday, AV Knockout Final – Albert Park

March 11-15, Australian Junior Championships, Sydney

March 14-15, Victorian Masters Championships, Doncaster

March 19, Thursday, Milers Club, Box Hill

March 21, Saturday, IAAF World Challenge, Melbourne

March 26-29, Australian Championships, Brisbane

April 3-6, Australian Masters Championships, Sydney

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STATE CHAMPIONS!

Congratulations to Kathryn Brooks, Flavien Basson, Matt Harcourt and Karen Carah, who won Victorian championships on the weekend.

Kathryn Brooks defended her open javelin title with a throw of 49.07m, Flavian Basson cleared 5.00m to take out the pole vault, Matt Harcourt won the under 18 decathlon title and Karen Carah won the over 30s heptathlon title.

There were a number of other outstanding performances including fifteen year old Olivia Carah winning silver in the open pole vault with a leap of 3.70m, David Grant winning bronze in the javelin (58.86m), Will Seton finishing 2nd in the under 20 decathlon, Kate Boulter 2nd in the under 18 heptathlon and Georgia Durham winning silver in the under 14 pentathlon.

PLEASE SHUT THE DOOR

One night last week one of our members was passing by the track at about 9:00pm and saw the lights on. On closer inspection he found the gate wide open, the gate to the club rooms wide open, lights in the gym on and music on the radio blaring.

Please, if you are the last person to leave the track, turn off the lights and close the club rooms and the gate to the track. If only one or two people are around when you are leaving, please let them know that you are leaving and remind them to lock up when they leave.

TRACK BOOKINGS

Please be aware that the track is sometimes booked by schools and other users (see club website for details). In particular note that the track is booked for a Miler’s Club meet on Thursday March 19, from 7:00pm. There is also a booking during the day on Wednesday, March 25, which will mean that the track is unavailable for training until 5:00pm on that day.

XCR’15 COMING SOON!

The 2015 cross country and road racing season starts in less than 7 weeks. The first event will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday, April 18. Let’s hope that Box Hill can have another successful winter season.

 

 

2014 – 2015 Summer Bulletin No 21

February 25, 2015

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 27 – March 1, Victorian Championships (and multi event champs)

March 7, Saturday, AV Knockout Final – Albert Park

March 11-15, Australian Junior Championships, Sydney

March 14-15, Victorian Masters Championships, Doncaster

March 19, Thursday, Milers Club, Box Hill

March 21, Saturday, IAAF World Challenge, Melbourne

March 26-29, Australian Championships, Brisbane

April 3-6, Australian Masters Championships, Sydney

 

GOOD LUCK AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Good luck to all the Box Hill athletes who are competing in the Victorian track and field championships at Albert Park this weekend.

RESULTS FROM THE ADELAIDE TRACK CLASSIC

A number of Box Hill athletes competed in the Adelaide track classic last weekend. Special mention to Blake Lucas who won the pole vault and to juniors Nana Owusu-Afriyie and Mitchell Dyer, who performed well in open competition.

Results:

Blake Lucas                1st pole vault    5.25m

Flavien Basson            3rd pole vault   5.25m

Joel Pocklington          4th pole vault   5.10m

Nana Owusu-Afriyie  6th 100m          12.08, 1st 4x100m relay

Courtney Powell         6th 3000m        9:33.45

Mitchell Dyer              7th 3000m        8:29.03

 

RESULTS FROM RARE AIR CLUB AT MELBOURNE UNI, FEB. 24

Pole Vault Results

Women:

Olivia Carah                3.55m

Isabelle Napier            3.20m

Brigid Davis                2.30m

Men

Flavien Basson            5.30m

Blake Lucas                5.15m

Dalton DiMedio          3.40m

George Schillinger      3.05m

 

RESULTS FROM 5000m AT MELBOURNE UNI, FEB. 24

Peter Green                 15:06.4

Dion Finocchiaro        15:23.4

James O’Connell         15:26.2

Ben Cox                      15:51.5

Welday Mebrahtu       15:54.6

Klarie McIntyre          15:56.2

Tony Langelaan          17:27.5

Peter Stefanos             18:20.0

WANGARATTA RUNNING FESTIVAL

Congratulations to Molly Tilbrook (81:24) and Bec Rosel (82:15) who finished 1st and 2nd in the Wangaratta half marathon this morning. Also Charlie Blanch finished 3rd in the 10k (34:47) and Julie Norney finished 4th (first in her age group) in the 10k in 38:46

TRACK BOOKINGS

Please be aware that the track is sometimes booked by schools and other users (see club website for details). In particular note that the track is booked for a Miler’s Club meet on Thursday March 19, from 7:00pm. There is also a booking during the day on Wednesday, March 25, which will mean that the track is unavailable for training until 5:00pm

XCR’15 COMING SOON!

The 2015 cross country and road racing season starts in less than 7 weeks. The first event will be the cross country relays at Jells Park on Saturday, April 18. Let’s hope that Box Hill can have another successful winter season.