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Sat  24 Jun   Coliban Relay, Harcourt - Bendigo
Sat   1 Jul   Working Bee, Club Rooms
Sat   8 Jul   Road Relays, Sandown
Tues 11 Jul   Annual General Meeting, Club Rooms
Sat  22 Jul   12 km Cross Country, Jells Park
Sat  29 Jul   Trivia Night, Ashburton Primary School
Sat   5 Aug   8 km Cross Country, Ballarat
Sun  20 Aug   Club 10 Mile Championship, Box Hill
Sun   3 Sep   Half Marathon, Burnley
Sat  16 Sep   Tan Relays

Club Room Upgrade Update
Special General Meeting
Annual General Meeting
New Ground Manager
Club Room Opening
Presentation Night
Trivia Night
Joan Hines 35 Year Service Award
China Development Tour Squad Members
Change of Address for Secretary
High Jump Cross Bars
Commonwealth Games Legacy Equipment
Working Bee - Saturday 1 July 2006
Frankston Cross Country
Sandown Road Races
Yarra Bend Cross Country Relays
5 km Handicap
Run for the Kids

The long saga of the construction of our new club rooms is almost over and it appears that the keys to the new rooms and the disabled ramp will be handed over to us in the next few weeks.

Before we can use the rooms, there are still a couple of other tasks that need to be completed. Firstly we need to construct a privacy screen behind the rooms to block the view from the upstairs rooms into the property behind the Clubrooms.

Secondly, we need to complete painting of the walls and floors to make the rooms suitable for general use. A working bee has been scheduled for 1 July 2006 to complete these painting works and other tasks (see below).

We are planning to hold an official opening within the next few months to celebrate gaining access to the rooms. Further details will be distributed to members in the near future.

About 30 Club members attended the Special General Meeting of the Box Hill Athletic Club held at the Club rooms on Tuesday 16th May 2006. Some of the highlights and achievements of the past 10 years were discussed and suggestions were presented for what the Club should be aiming to achieve within the next 10 year period.

Most importantly, a number of people volunteered to take on extra roles and responsibilities within the Club. Please give the following people your support as they take on these new roles:

While these people will have a big impact on the running of the Club, there are still a number of roles that were not filled. We still require volunteers to fill the following positions:

If you feel that you would be able to take on one of these roles, or know of someone that could, please contact Graeme Olden on 9885 0890 or by email at golden@sprint.net.au or else contact any other member of the committee.

NOTICE OF 2005 – 2006 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
BOX HILL ATHLETIC CLUB INC.
7.30 PM TUESDAY 11 JULY 2006, CLUB ROOMS, BOX HILL

Please click on the following link to download a copy of the agenda and committee nomination form:
Annual General Meeting Agenda and Committee Nomination Form.

After many years of outstanding service, Peter Robbie has resigned from his position as Ground Manager to retire to the beach and spend more time playing golf.

We would like to thank Peter for his valuable contribution over the last 3 years and wish him all the best in retirement.

Elena Shuravetsky has taken on the role of ground hire manager so please make her feel welcome and provide her with assistance whenever possible. However, we are still in need of someone to look after general maintenance of the facility and equipment.

If you are interested in more information regarding this position please contact a member of the Committee.

Due to the late completion of the disabled access ramp and the large amount of internal painting still required to be completed within the club rooms, it has been decided to defer the official opening of the new club rooms for a few months from the previously published date of 16 June 2006 until some time in September or October.

Details of this function will be distributed soon once it is clear how long it will take to finish off refurbishment of the rooms.

A change of venue and format from recent years saw a good attendance at Presentation Night on Sunday 7 May 2006 at the Box Hill RSL.

Congratulation to all the award winners. For a full list of awards winners and photos from the night, please click on the following link: Presentation Night Results.

If you were unable to attend and have won an award please contact Julie Milner to arrange collection of your trophy – Email: jmilner@tpg.com.au or phone 9568 2985.

At the Athletics Victoria Officials and Administrators Awards Night held recently, Joan Hines was recognised for her many years of service to the sport of athletics with the award of a 35 Year Service Award.

Congratulations to Joan on a wonderful achievement. We all hope that you will still be involved for many years to come.

Congratulations to Jacinta Lynn, Lane Harrison and Joel Pocklington on their selection on the Australian Development Squad to tour China for a series of track and field competitions. This a well deserved recognition for several years of success at a senior level and will hopefully lead on to selection in senior Australian teams to compete at major championships in the future.

Please note the new address for the Secretary, Julie Milner.

3/2 The Rialto
Malvern East 3145.
Ph: 9568 2985
email: jmilner@tpg.com.au

The Club is most fortunate to have had a number of new high jump cross bars donated to us by Neil Ryan from Runners World. Neil has provided support to the Club on many occasions in the past so all Club members are encouraged to recognise this support by visiting his store when next you need a new pair of running shoes.

Athletics Victoria has called for expressions of interest from Clubs interested in obtaining some of the equipment left over after the Commonwealth Games. Athletics Victoria will collate submissions from Clubs and prepare recommendations for submission to the State Government as to how this equipment should be distributed.

We will be applying for as much equipment as possible and we are hopeful that Athletics Victoria will support our application when they prepare their recommendation to the State Government. We believe that there is a very strong case for at least some of the equipment being allocated to us, however there are certainly no guarantees as the decision making process will no doubt involve a number of people who may or may not look favourably on our submission.

We will keep you informed of developments as more information comes to hand.

Thank you to everyone who helped out with the working bee on Saturday the 20th of May. A good turn out saw a number of important tasks completed, including:

Apologies to anyone who was missed. However with the new ramp almost ready for hand over to the Club, there is still quite a lot of work to be done to complete painting of the floors, walls and window frames upstairs before an official opening in the next couple of months. There are also a number of other maintenance tasks which were not completed and need to be completed prior using the club rooms and prior to the start of the next track season.

Hence we seek your support for the next working bee to be held on SATURDAY 1 JULY 2006, from 12:00 noon until 5:00 pm. A full list of tasks to be completed will be circulated in the next few weeks. A BBQ lunch will be provided at about 2:00 pm for all those who help at the working bee.

Despite having many runners missing due to injury, illness, auctions, babies, exams and other commitments, there were some good performances by Box Hill athletes in the cross country championships at Frankston on Saturday 3rd June.

Although not at full strength, our women's team finished 2nd in division 1 and our under 20 women's team also finished second. The under 20 men's team finished 3rd and Box Hill were 4th in the men's over 40 division. Unfortunately our open men's team struggled just to get the required 6 runners across the line and finished in 11th place.

A full report will appear in the next edition of Club News.

Box Hill had a successful day at the Sandown Road Racing Championships, with the Women's Division 1 and 2 teams both finishing in second place, while the Men's Division 1 team finished in fourth place. In the best conditions at Sandown for several years, Alice Baquie finished in 5th place in the Open women's race while Andrew White finished in 9th place.

For a full report, photos and results, please click on the following link: Sandown Road Race Results.

The Cross Country Relay meeting was run at Yarra Bend Reserve for the second consecutive year. We entered five senior men’s teams, an Under 20 men’s team, three senior women’s teams and an Under 20 women's team and an Under 18 women’s team.

The Box Hill teams had a good start to the cross country season with both the men's and women's Division 1 teams finishing fourth, wins by the men's Division 5 and 7 teams, and second places by the men's Division 3, Under 20 men's team and the Under 20 women's team.

This year was the 15th Anniversary of the 5000 m handicap event, started to give Winter athletes a race hit out before the first event on the Winter calendar, and to give the selectors a mean of gauging club athletes’ form.

35 starters were ready to commence in varying states of readiness, depending on when they had calculated the start would be. Several cut it very fine. This number of participants was virtually equal to the best turn up we have ever had, with 36 participants starting in 1998.

By the time the recorders were at their stations to time and place athletes, Steve Hodgkinson, an invitee, emerged and crossed the line ahead of the rest of the field in the time of 22 minutes 30 seconds. Thirteen seconds behind was the race winner, Simone Carre, a member of the pole vaulting fraternity, who shocked the handicapper by running the time of 22 minutes 43 seconds, to be declared the official winner of the race. Ten seconds behind her was Heidi Riordan who recorded the time of 19 m. 38 s. A further eight seconds behind was Michael Bourne, officially third, recording the time of 17 m. 16 s. Other notable performances came from Sam Dipnall, 16 m. 19 s., Chris Hamer, 15 m. 29 s., Andrew White who had the fastest time of the day, 15 m. 22 s., Cameron Baker, unencumbered by huge quantities of medals around his neck in 2006, 21 m. 39 and Brodie Cross, who recorded a very similar time to his father.

For a full report, photos and results, please click on the following link: 5km Handicap Results.

Chris Hamer and Alice Baquie headed a strong Box Hill performance at the inaugural Run for the Kids 14.7km run through the city, via the Bolte Bridge and Domain Tunnel on Sunday 2nd April 2006.

With 20,000 participants, this is the largest run ever held in Victoria and 17 year old Chris Hamer ran brilliantly to finish 8th, while Alice Baquie did one better to be the 7th woman across the line.

Behind Chris and Alice there were a number of strong performances from Box Hill athletes.

For a full report and results, please click on the following link: Run for the Kids Results.