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Saturday 16 April 2016 – Jells Park Cross Country Relays

April 16, 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results:

Premier Division

Stephen Dinneen          9:11                 9:25                 18.36

James O’Connell           9:25                 9:58                 19.23

Peter Green                   9:31                 9:57                 19.28

Nicholas Baggott          9:24                 9:31                 18.55

Dion Finocchiara          9:17                 9:28                 18:45

William Potter               9:05                 9:30                 18.35

1. Box Hill                           113:44
2. APS                                 113:55
3. SSH                                 114:04
4. Geelong                           115.33
5. Melbourne University     115:55
6. Collingwood                   118:21

Division 2

Klarie McIntyre            10:02               10:15               20.17

Zac Hunter                    10:04               10:42               20.46

Jackson Deane              10:53               12:09               23.02

David Jimenez              10:58               11:15               22.13

Welday Mebrahtu         10:53               10.33               21:26

Andre Waring               9:52                 10:07               19:59

1. Western Suburbs             118:36
2. Essendon                         119:42
3. Ballarat                            121:37

9          Box Hill                           127:43

Leading performances

Andrew Buchanan        M. Uni            17:45

Cody Shanahan            Wes.                17:48

Mitch Brown                Ess.                 17:41

Craig Appleby              Knox.              18:03

Ben Ashkettle               Don                 18:11

Jack Davies                   Ball.                18:12

Julian Spence                Geel.               18:23

Tim Norton                   Ring.               18:25

Nick Wightman            Geel.               18:33

Will Potter                   BH                  18:35

Steve Dinneen              BH                  18:36

Lachlan Connell            SSH                18:35

Sean Guiney                 APS                18:41

Anthony Aloisio           Rich.               18:44

Dion Finocchiara        BH                  18:45

Adam Pyke                 APS                18:45

Men Division 4                       5^th

1. Brent Harris            22:25
2. Andrew Hester       21:54
3. Luke Crozier           23:26
4. Chris O’Connor      23:51
5. Ben Cox                  21:27

Men Division 6                       7^th

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

Men Division 7                       dnf

1. Tony Rule               30:43
2. Andrew Tunne        30:02

 Men 40+                                 2^nd

1. Chris Bradford        20:58
2. Tony Langelaan      22:26
3. Anthony Whitby     24:51

Men 50+                                 2^nd

1. Peter Stefanos         23:13
2. Graeme Olden         24:32
3. John Meagher          20:34

 Men Under 20                       1^st

1. Alex Ritchie            19:56
2. Matt O’Donnell       19:22
3. Scott McKenzie      19:21

 Men Under 18                       6^th

1. Sam Rattray                        9:52
2. Lucas Pamminger    10:14
3. Kieren Hesse           10:36

 Men Under 14                       1^st

1. Murray Lovass        11:03
2. Connor Ogilvie       10:47
3. Mac Anderson        10:28

 Women Premier Division     8^th

1. Georgia Meehan      22:52
2. Julie Norney            22:35
3. Audrey Campkin-Smith 22:56
4. Rachel Johnson       26:24
5. Amelia Savige         27:28

 Women Over 40                    8^th

1. Megan Sloane         30:31
2. Kerry Putt               29:19
3. Pia Hunter               28:12

Women Under 20                  7^th

1. Jess Muirden           12:31
2. Zoe Schwerkolt       14:29
3. Chloe Rosenberg     13:00

Women Under 18                  7^th

1. Louise Ton              11:34
2. Sophie Schwerkolt  12:29
3. Amy Rives              11:20

 Women Under 16                  2^nd

1. Tamsyn Lovass       11:30
2. Georgia Durham     11:46
3. Molly McCarthy     10:53

2016 Winter Bulletin No. 2

April 11, 2016

JELLS PARK RELAYS ON THIS SATURDAY

The XCR’16 season will commence this Saturday, April 16, with the traditional Jells Park cross country relays. Please let us know about your availability for this popular event. We plan to enter teams in all age groups.

Events start at 12:30pm (juniors at 1:00pm).

To compete in this event you must be registered for the new 2016/17 athletics season. Register online now from the AV website. Please let us know as soon as possible if you are available to run.

We will also need helpers to do the timekeeping, please let us know if you can help.

Draft teams will be sent out tomorrow.

AWARDS FOR COURTNEY AND PHILIPA

Congratulations to Courtney Powell and Phillipa Hajdasz who collected awards at the Athletics Victoria Awards Night on Friday. Courtney won the XCR’15 outstanding female athlete award for her wonderful cross country season that culminated in her winning the national cross country title. Phillipa was awarded the prize for the most outstanding junior international performance for her personal best of 4.05m to take a silver medal in the pole vault in the world youth championships

CLUB 5K HANDICAP

Congratulations to Isabelle Napier who won the Club 5k handicap on Saturday and to Steve Dinneen who won the trophy for the fastest time.

Full report next week.

MOVIE NIGHT, MAY 29

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

Balwyn Cinema, movie ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS:

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

More details to follow.

XCR’16 CALENDAR

Round 1 – Jells Park Cross Country Relay  Date: Saturday 16 April

6km legs for open and overage, 3km for juniors

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

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

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

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

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

Round 6 – Sandown Road Relay                   Date: Saturday 9 July

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

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

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

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

REGISTRATIONS NOW DUE

Note: presently the AV registration website is down! While this is the case, register via the link:

http://athsvic.org.au/201617-membership-form/

You will then be invoiced to pay fees next week.

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

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

There are four options for members in each age group.

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

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

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

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

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

Open:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dual Registration with Little Aths

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Saturday 9 April 2016 – 5 km Handicap

April 9, 2016

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

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

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

Race details

2016 Winter Bulletin No. 1

April 5, 2016

JELLS PARK RELAYS ON SATURDAY WEEK

The XCR’16 season will commence with the traditional Jells Park cross country relays.

Please let us know about your availability for this popular event. We plan to enter teams in all age groups. To compete in this event you must be registered for the new 2016/17 athletics season. Register online now from the AV website.

Please let us know this week if you are available to run, so that we can enter the correct number of teams.

We will also need helpers to do the timekeeping, please let us know if you can help.

CLUB 5K HANDICAP THIS SATURDAY! Enter Now!

The annual Club 5k handicap will be held at the usual venue along the trail beside Gardiner’s Creek, near Deakin University on the morning of this Saturday, April 9. Everyone is invited to race, run or jog and then join us for brunch afterwards. If you wish to run, please let us know as soon as possible so that handicap marks can be calculated.

DATE: Saturday, April 9

TIME: 9:00am for a 9:20am sharp start

VENUE: Meet at the car park of the Bennettswood Bowls Club, Station St. Box Hill South.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME, STAY FOR BRUNCH AFTER THE RUN!

XCR’16 CALENDAR

Round 1 – Jells Park Cross Country Relay  Date: Saturday 16 April

6km legs for open and overage, 3km for juniors

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

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

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

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

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

Round 6 – Sandown Road Relay                   Date: Saturday 9 July

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

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

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

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

REGISTRATIONS DUE, APRIL 1

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year are now open. Register online via the Athletics Victoria website.

Note that AV have introduced a new fee structure.

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

There are four options for members in each age group.

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

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

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

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

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

Open: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dual Registration with Little Aths

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 27

March 29, 2016

UPCOMING EVENTS?

March 31-April 3, Australian Championships, Sydney

Saturday, April 9, Club 5k handicap, Gardiner’s Creek

Saturday, April 16, XCR’16 round 1, Jells Park Relays

GOOD LUCK AT NATIONALS!

Good luck to all the Box Hill athletes competing at the Australian Track and Field Championships this weekend. Let’s hope for some great results.

FOUR BOX HILL ATHLETES SELECTED FOR WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to Sarah Billings (800m, 4x400m), Georgia Hansen (800m), Kathryn Brooks (javelin) and Nana Owusu-Afriyie (4x100m relay) who have been selected to represent Australia in the World Junior Championships in Poland in July. This is a fabulous result for the Club and well earned reward for the hard work done by these athletes and their coaches.

XCR’16 IS COMING!

The 2016 cross country and road racing season is less than 3 weeks away. The winter season will commence with the Club 5k handicap on April 9 and then the official start of XCR’16 at the Jells Park cross country relays on April 16.

JELLS PARK RELAYS: APRIL 16

The XCR’16 season will commence with the traditional Jells Park cross country relays.

Please let us know about your availability for this popular event. We plan to enter teams in all age groups. To compete in this event you must be registered for the new 2016/17 athletics season. Register online from the AV website from April 1.

REGISTRATIONS DUE, APRIL 1

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year opens on April 1. Register online via the Athletics Victoria website.

Note that AV have introduced a new fee structure. Please see the attached Membership Guide.

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

There are four options for members in each age group.

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

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

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

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

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

Open: 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dual Registration with Little Aths

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 CLUB 5K HANDICAP

The annual Club 5k handicap will be held at the usual venue along the trail beside Gardiner’s Creek, near Deakin University on the morning of Saturday, April 9. Everyone is invited to race, run or jog and then join us for brunch afterwards. If you wish to run, please let us know as soon as possible so that handicap marks can be calculated.

DATE: Saturday, April 9

TIME: 9:00am for a 9:20am sharp start

VENUE: Meet at the car park of the Bennettswood Bowls Club, Station St. Box Hill South.

EVERY ONE IS WELCOME, STAY FOR BRUNCH AFTER THE RUN!

LIKE A RUN IN THE FOREST?

Everyone is welcome to join us for a run in Sherbrooke Forest at 8:00am on Sunday April 3.

The run will begin at Grants Picnic Ground and finish with a coffee and/or breakfast at the picnic grounds café. There are a number of different distances that you can complete after running the first loop together.

RESULTS FROM VICTORIAN RUNNING NETWORK 3000M

Nick Baggott                8:38.0

Zac Hunter                   9:17.9

Michael Eury               11:39.2

 RESULTS FROM RARE AIR CLUB: MARCH 23

Joel Pocklington     5.20m

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 26

March 22, 2016

VICTORIAN RUNNING NETWORK EVENT AT BOX HILL ON WEDNESDAY

Be aware that there is a running event at Box Hill on Wednesday night from 7:00pm.

We apologise for any inconvenience to those who usually use the track on a Wednesday evening.

For those wishing to run in a 3000m event, this series of graded 3000m races is open to everyone and entries are still open via the AV website.

XCR’16 IS COMING!

The 2016 cross country and road racing season (XCR’16) is less than 4 weeks away. The winter season will commence with the Club 5k handicap on April 9 and then the Jells Park cross country relays on April 16.

JELLS PARK RELAYS: APRIL 16

The XCR’16 season will commence with the traditional Jells Park cross country relays.

Please let us know about your availability for this popular event. We plan to enter teams in all age groups. To compete in this event you must be registered for the new 2016/17 athletics season. Register online from the AV website from April 1.

REGISTRATIONS DUE, APRIL 1

Registrations for the new 2016/17 athletics year opens on April 1. Register online via the Athletics Victoria website.

Note that AV have introduced a new fee structure and you should soon receive a membership guide.

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

CLUB 5K HANDICAP

The annual Club 5k handicap will be held at the usual venue along the trail beside Gardiner’s Creek, near Deakin University on the morning of Saturday, April 9. Everyone is invited to race, run or jog and then join us for brunch afterwards. If you wish to run, please let us know as soon as possible so that handicap marks can be calculated.

LIKE A RUN IN THE FOREST?

Everyone is welcome to join us for a run in Sherbrooke Forest at 8:00am on Sunday April 3.

The run will begin at Grants Picnic Ground and finish with a coffee and/or breakfast at the picnic grounds café. There are a number of different distances that you can complete after running the first loop together.

CONGRATULATIONS DION!

Dion Finocchiaro has again put in an amazing ultra-marathon performance, winning the 100km event in Canberra running a time of 7 hours and 16 minutes. Dion ran 250 laps of the Canberra track averaging around 4:20 per km., a remarkable performance. This is likely to qualify Dion for the world 100km championships later in the year.

RESULTS FROM VICTORIAN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Box Hill athletes put in many outstanding performances at the state masters championships on the weekend. Special mention to our medalists listed below.

Gold:

Brett Nuske                  30-34   hammer throw 41.76m

Brett Nuske                  30-34   weight throw    12.32m

Amanda Harper            45-49   2000m steeple 8:47.57

Julie Norney                 45-49   5000m             19:00.19

Tony Langelaan            45-49   5000m             17:16.24

Karen Carah                 45-49   high jump        1.40m

Karen Carah                 45-49   javelin              28.01m

Karen Carah                 45-49   shot put             9.10m

Kynan Dawes              45-49   1500m             4:32.5

Rob Schwerkolt           50-54   1500m             4:20.1

Simon Evans                55-59   3000m walk     15:22.4

Rob Mayston               55-59   100m               12.76

Rob Mayston               55-59   200m               25.34

Rob Mayston               55-59   400m               58.05

David McConnell        60-64   100m hurdles   18.61

David McConnell        60-64   pole vault         2.30m

David McConnell        60-64   high jump        1.40m

David McConnell        60-64   300m hurdles   47.85

George Schillinger       70-74   pole vault         2.60m

George Schillinger       70-74   80m hurdles     18.19

Silver:

Simone Carre               30-34   pole vault         3.20m

Liza Henshall               35-39   5000m             21:38.73

Karen Carah                 45-49   80m hurdles     13.82

Karen Carah                 45-49   200m               28.41

Andrew Egginton         50-54   1500m             4:42.7

Rob Schwerkolt            50-54   800m               2:05.52

David McConnell         60-64   200m               26.96

Bronze:

Andrew Egginton         50-54   javelin              28.64m

David McConnell        60-64   400m               61.69

Neville Gardner           70-74   discus              23.28m

Neville Gardner           70-74   1500m             8:09.7

RESULTS FROM MILERS CLUB: MARCH 15

Despite the windy conditions, Box Hill athletes performed well at the last Victorian Miler’s Club meet for the season.

800m Men:

Zac Hunter                   1:59.9

Ben Noske                   2:00.6

Ray Chan                     2:03.5

Kynan Dawes              2:04.5

Rob Schwerkolt           2:05.7

Antony Baldwin          2:11.5

Andrew Egginton         2:15.7

Steve Preece                2:17.3

Nick Carah                  2:20.5

Simon St.Hill               2:56.5

800m Women:

Jess Hepworth             2:22.5

Hyley McGoldrick       2:29.3

1500m Men:

Nick Baggott                3:58.7

Steve Dinneen             4:01.6

Peter Green                  4:06.7

Andre Waring              4:09.4

Alex Ritchie                 4:13.7

Welday Mebrahtu        4:22.7

Jack Prendergast          4:25.2

Tony Langelaan            4:41.5

1500m Women:

Nicole Roberts             4:32.3

Audrey Campkin-Smith 4:41.1

Chloe Rosenberg         5:57.6

RESULTS FROM RARE AIR CLUB: MARCH 17

Women:   

Jacqui Williams           3.30m

Isabell Napier              3.15m

Brigid Davis                 2.55m

Men:

Joel Pocklington          5.35m

Flavien Basson            5.10m

Michael Toso               3.15m

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 25

March 14, 2016

SARAH WINS GOLD AT JUNIOR NATIONALS

Congratulations to all the Box Hill athletes who competed so well at the national junior track and field championships in Perth. There were many outstanding performances.

Sarah Billings won an exciting U20 800m to take the national title.

Tom Selwood, Matt Harcourt and Dalton Di Medio all won silver medals, while Nana Owusu-Afriyie and Molly McCarthy won bronze. Sarah Billings teamed up with Georgia Hansen to help Victoria to a silver medal in the U20 4x400m

Gold Medals

Sarah Billings               U20     800m   2:07.23

Silver Medals

Matthew Harcourt        U20     400m Hurdles  53.48

Sarah Billings               U20     4x400m           3:46.78

Georgia Hansen           U20     4x400m           3:46.78

Dalton Di Medio          U17     Pole Vault        3.95m

Tom Selwood              U17     3000m             8:47.30

Bronze Medals

Nana Owusu-Afriyie   U20     100m               11.85

Molly McCarthy          U15     3000m             10:00.44

Other results:

Georgia Hansen           U20     800m               4^th        2:07.60

Amy Atkinson             U16     800m               5^th        2:12.63

Jessica Mackenzie       U16     Pole Vault        5^th        2.75m

Lachlan Doehmann     U14     800m               5^th        2:15.20

Connor Ogilvie            U14     1500m             5^th        4:45.51           

Will Seton                    U20     Shot Put           6^th        14.43m

Darcy Powne               U17     800m               6^th        1:57.63

Sophie Westcott           U16     2000m Steeple 6^th        7:21.41

Will Seton                    U20     Discus              7^th        44.86m

Phillips Hajdasz           U20     Pole Vault        7^th        3.35m

Molly McCarthy          U15     1500m             7^th        4:51.37

Connor Ogilvie            U14     800m               7^th        2:18.28

Ella Squires                  U17     100m               8^th        12.73

Arjun Ravindran          U16     100mH             8^th        15.02

Jessica Mackenzie       U16     Javelin             8^th        36.10

Spencer Anderson       U15     800m               8^th        2:11.34 

Imogen Purcell             U20     400mH             9^th        65.79

Kate Boulter                U18     400mH             9^th        76.95

Maddy Truong             U15     3000m             9^th        10:35.21

Anastasia Purcell         U15     200mH             9^th        31.43

Mac Anderson             U14     1500m             10^th      5:00.72           

Audrey Campkin-Smith U20   5000m             11^th      18:19.37

Kate Boulter                U18     Shot Put           11^th      11.17m

Austin Hunter              U17     1500m             11^th      4:26.42

Osei Owusu-Afriyie     U17     Long Jump       11^th      6.07m

Sophia Davis               U17     400m               12^th      58.58

Meredith Rule              U17     400mH             12^th      70.21

Genevieve Wah            U18     800m               13^th      2:19.28

Tamsyn Lovass            U16     1500m             14^th      4:49.50

Mac Anderson             U15     3000m             14^th      9:49.80

Kate Boulter                U18     Javelin             15^th      31.06m

Charlotte Kennedy       U17     Shot Put           15^th      9.42m

Jessie Muirden             U20     800m               16^th      2:24.81

Olivia Harper               U16     3000m             16^th      11:16.02

Tamsyn Lovass            U16     1500m             17^th      2:21.25

GEORGIA RUNS THIRD IN PERTH

Georgia Griffith put in a good run in the 800m at the Perth Track Classic. Georgia finished 3^rd in the 800m in a time of 2:05.38

XCR’16 IS COMING!

The 2016 cross country and road racing season (XCR’16) is less than 5 weeks away. The winter season will commence with the Club 5k handicap on April 9 and then the Jells Park cross country relays on April 16.

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 24

March 7, 2016

RHYS AND NATHAN IN FORM AT MELBOURNE WORLD CHALLENGE

Congratulations to Adelaide based Box Hill member, Rhys Jones, who has been in stunning form recently. After recording a 3.5 second PB in Adelaide two weeks ago, Rhys knocked another 2 seconds off his 1500m time, to record 3:42.42 in the Melbourne World Challenge event on Saturday night.

It has also been good to see another Box Hill member, Nathan Brill, return to form this year after a long injury layoff. Nathan finished 4^th in the 5000m walk with a time of 20:15:78.

JUNIOR NATIONALS

Good luck to all the Box Hill athletes competing in Perth at the national junior championships this week. We are sure that our talented and hardworking juniors will perform well over in the west.

KNOCKOUT FINAL

Box Hill athletes put in some good performances in the AV open and overage Knockout final

Results:

Men 800 Meter Run Open

Andre Waring,             2^nd        1:55.02

Men Pole Vault

Flavien Basson,           1^st        5.15m

Joel Pocklington,         2^nd        5.15m

James Filshie,              3^rd        4.25m

Men Hammer Throw Open

Brett Nuske,                 1^st        43.00m

Women Javelin Throw Open

Irene Margaronis,        2^nd        23.49m

Women Discus Throw Open

1 3615 Carabourniotis, Pa 90 BOH 30.54m

Women Pole Vault

Isabelle Napier,            1^st        3.50m

Jacqueline Williams,    4^th        3.30m

Belle Anderson,                       2.85m

Women High Jump

Rachel Limburg,                      1.75m

Kelly Ulf,                                1.60m

Yiota Carabourniotis,               1.55m

800 Meter Run 40+

Nick Carah,                 7^th        2:19.97

400 Meter Sprint 40+

Andrew Wilcox,          1^st        52.29

Men Long Jump 40+

Nick Carah,                 4^th        4.69m

Men Javelin Throw 40+

Nick Carah,                3^rd        34.71m

Women Shot Put Open

Yiota Carabourniotis,   3^rd        9.24m

Women Long Jump Open

Kelly Ulf,                    2^nd        5.06m

Yiota Carabourniotis,   3^rd        4.78m

XCR’16 IS COMING!

The 2016 cross country and road racing season (XCR’16) is less than 6 weeks away. The winter season will commence with the Club 5k handicap on April 9 and then the Jells Park cross country relays on April 16.

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 23

February 29, 2016

SARAH QUALIFIES FOR THE WORLD JUNIORS!

Congratulations to Sarah Billings who ran a brilliant PB of 2:05.77 in the 800m at the junior AV knockout finals on the weekend to qualify for the world junior championships. Sarah joins Georgia Hansen who has already qualified for this same event.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STATE CHAMPIONS

Congratulations to David Grant, Mohamad Zeed, Flavien Basson, Phillipa Hajdasz and Isabelle Napier who won Victorian Championship titles on the weekend.

David Grant threw 60.53m to take gold in the men’s javelin and Mohamad Zeed ran 54.22 to win the 400m hurdles. Again Box Hill athletes dominated the pole vault. Flavien Basson cleared 5.00m to win the men’s event, while Phillipa Hajdasz and Isabelle Napier both went over 3.60m to share the gold medal in the women’s event.

Box Hill had many other athletes put in strong performances. Georgia Griffith lead most of the way in the women’s 800m before finishing a desperately close 3^rd in 2:06.93. 17 year old Matt Harcourt stepped up to the open 400m hurdles and finished 3^rd in 54.55 and James Filshie took the bronze in the men’s pole vault.

Box Hill Results at state championships:

David Grant                  1st        javelin              60.53m

Mohamad Zeed            1^st        400m hurdles   54.22

Flavien Basson             1^st        pole vault         5.00m

Phillipa Hajdasz          =1^st      pole vault         3.60m

Isabelle Napier            =1^st      pole vault         3.60m

Georgia Griffith            3^rd        800m               2:06.93

Matt Harcourt               3^rd        400m hurdles   54.55

James Filshie                3^rd        pole vault         4.60m

Nana Owusu-Afriyie    4^th        100m               12.14

Rachel Limburg             4^th        high jump        1.65m

Jacqueline Williams     4^th        pole vault         3.40m

Irene Margaronis          5^th        javelin              25.38m

Brett Nuske                  5^th        hammer           42.47m

Yiota Carabourniotis    5^th        discus              30.59m

Annabelle Anderson    6^th        pole vault         3.20m

Kelly Ulf                     6^th        long jump        5.40m

Imogen Purcell             6^th        400m hurdles   1:08.49

Yiota Carabourniotis    8^th        long jump        4.54m

Nicole Roberts             9^th        1500m             4:34.16

Kelly Ulf                     11^th      high jump        1.55m

Yiota Carabourniotis    11^th      high jump        1.50m

Osei     Owusu-Afriyie 12^th      long jump        5.97m

Brigid Davis                 13^th      pole vault         2.50m

Ella Squires                  14^th      100m               12.79

Andre Waring              16^th      800m               1:56.12

Nick Baggott                17^th      1500m             4:01.18

Matt Zwarts                  18^th      200m               23.22

Sanjana Alex               19^th      100m               13.33

Sanjana Alex               20^th      200m               27.42

Antony Baldwin          26^th        200m                    23.73

Daniel White-Alikakos 27^th      400m               50.71

James O’Connell         30^th      1500m             4:11.67

Robert Owen               31^st      400m               51.54

Robert Mayston           33^rd      200m               25.85

Antony Baldwin          33^rd      400m               52.33

Andrew Wilcox           35^th      400m               52.75

Kynan Dawes              41^st      800m               2:05.76

Robert Mayston           48^th      400m               58.66

AV KNOCKOUT – JUNIOR FINALS

Box Hill had a number of athletes achieve good results at the AV Knockout junior final.

The following athletes gained top three placings:

UNDER 20

1. Sarah Billings           800m               2:05.77            WJQ
2. Jess Muirden             400m               59.39
3. Alex Ritchie             1500m             4:11.16

UNDER 18

2. Dalton Di Medio      Pole Vault        3.50m
3. Kate Boulter            400mH             67.16
4. Jess Hepworth         800m               2:20.86
5. Genevieve Wah       800m               2:22.10

UNDER 16

1. Tamsyn Lovass        1500m             4:54.91
2. Jessica Mackenzie   Pole Vault        2.70m
3. Jessica Mackenzie   Discus              26.80m
4. Jessica Mackenzie   Javelin             29.57m

UNDER 14

1. Lachlan Doehmann 800m               2:17.43
2. Connor Ogilvie        1500m             4:52.01
3. Connor Ogilvie        800m               2:24.70
4. Murray Lovass         1500m             5:08.66

MILERS CLUB RESULTS

One Mile Championships Men

Will Potter                    4:15.5

Peter Green                  4:19.0

Michale Dowel            4:21.8

Tom Selwood              4:24.2

Andre Waring              4:26.1

Bouchaib Chefnaoui    4:29.0

Klarie McIntyre           4:36.7

Welday Mebrahtu        4:40.4

Rob Schwerkolt           4:41.2

Will Lindsay                4:43.6

Lucas Pamminger        4:46.3

Austin Hunter              4:48.4

Tony Langelaan           5:04.7

One Mile Championships Women

Audrey Campkin-Smith 5:01.7

Molly McCarthy          5:10.7

Sophie Westcott           5:25.5

Louise Ton                  5:37.3

Hannah Wilson            5:43.5

Olivia Harper               5:44.0

Chloe Rosenberg         6:23.2

800m Men

Nick Baggott                1:57.1

Darcy Powne               1:57.6

Zac Hunter                   1:57.6

Raymond Chan           2:00.2

Spencer Anderson       2:04.3

James O”Connell         2:06.0

Hanson Wong              2:07.9

Russell Clowes            2:09.8

Steve Preece                2:15.5

Mac Anderson             2:20.6

Nick Carah                  2:20.6

Scott Lawrence           2:24.8

David Ayers                2:33.9

Simon St. Hill              2:54.0

800m Women

Georgia Hansen           2:09.1

Amy Atkinson             2:14.0

Jess Muirden                2:15.9

Genevieve Wah          2:19.6

Jess Hepworth             2:20.5

Hayley McGoldrick     2:25.4

RARE AIR CLUB    

Ladies’ Pole Vault

Isabell Napier              3.55

Anabelle Anderson      3.20

Jacqui Williams           3.20

Brigid Davis                2.65

Amanda Harper           1.75

Gentlmen’s PV

Joel Pocklington          5.20

Flavien Basson            5.20

George Schillinger       2.65

THANKS FOR DOING THE SURVEY

Thank you to everyone who completed the Club’s online survey. We received 102 responses and an analysis of the results will be in this year’s Annual Report.

An initial viewing of the survey results seem to present some common themes which are summarised below: (ratings are a maximum of 5.00,where 5.00 is very good):

The XCR season was rated highly at 4.62 and there are no major issues (one person noted that Sydney’s City2Surf is very popular so don’t hold events that clash with it)

The AV Shield season was rated 3.99.  The strong consensus was that there are not enough rounds – only 5 respondents wanted fewer rounds, with 65% of respondents wanting 11 or 12 rounds – some wanted even more, right up to Easter each year

Over 80% of respondents were happy to have more Shield rounds at the expense of the Knockout competition

Not surprisingly, Box Hill was the most preferred venue for Shield rounds and Casey Fields was least preferred (now that Box Hill has a new hammer cage, AV Shield rounds can be scheduled at Box Hill in 2016/2017)

Zone vs Zone was rated 3.49 and generally considered too busy, crowded, hard to book events unless done in advance online (one person arrived 90 minutes before the first field event and couldn’t get into an event until 5 hours later!), too long – the number of people meant that it always ran late and officials were stretched.  The very strong view is that it should be discontinued – members are interested in their Club, not their Zone

Knockout was rated 3.30 which is less than the unpopular Zone vs Zone and the strong view was to replace it with more Shield rounds or competitions like the popular Milers Club.

 Milers Club – everyone loves it – it was rated 4.89 and it appears to be the most popular competition – no significant changes to it were suggested

 Rare Air was rated 4.56 but only 10 respondents had competed in it.  Some suggested adding high jump to the evening’s events

The best aspects of the Club were stated to be – friendly, good track and coaches, good team spirit, welcoming, good athletes and a diverse range of ages, good facilities and history, strong community feel about the Club

Aspects of the Club that could be improved included better facilities (not well kept, untidy, toilets not good), working bees to address this, some track resurfacing is needed (eg long jump runway), gym to be cleaned up with better equipment, better communication with members about the Club’s plans, changes to the uniform, attract more members perhaps using social media, get more sponsorship and promote what is one of the best athletic clubs in Australia

Preferred spending is on the gym/equipment and shade cloth, although other matters come very close behind

There is a strong desire to get AV Shield rounds back to Box Hill in 2016/2017

2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 22

February 23, 2016

VICTORIAN MULTI EVENT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to Matt Harcourt, David McConnell and Karen Carah who won state titles at the Victorian Multi-Event championships on the weekend. Kate Boulter and Will Seton won silver medals while Josiah Becker, Emily Butler, Madeline Lawson and Sam McDonald also performed well.

Women’s Open Heptathlon

Madeline Lawson        5^th        4236 points

Women’s Under 18 Heptathlon

Kate Boulter                2^nd        4052 points

Emily Butler                5^th        3113 points

Women’s Over 40 Heptathlon

Karen Carah                1^st        3504 points

Men’s Open Decathlon

Josiah Becker              5^th        5486 points

Men’s Under 20 Decathlon

Matt Harcourt              1^st         6358 points

Will Seton                    2^nd        6005 points

Men’s Under 18 Decathlon

Sam McDonald            6^th        4989 points

Men’s Over 50 Decathlon

David McConnell        1^st         3027 points

REGISTRATION FEES

Athletics Victoria have announced a new fee structure for the 2016/17 season.

As you are probably aware, your annual registration fee is made up of two components, an Athletics Victoria fee and a Box Hill Club fee. Over the past few seasons AV have increased their fees several times. In most instances Box Hill has actually reduced the Club fee to absorb these increases.

This season open aged athletes have paid a $170 AV fee and a $90 club fee for a total of $260.

AV have announced that their fee will increase from $170 to $225 for the Shield season only (or XCR season only), and up to $300 for both Shield and XCR (although the XCR fee will cover race entries) and there will be entry fees for Knockout and state championships as usual.

Although this is a large increase, AV point out that athletics is still cheaper than many other sports. 

As the Club is yet to set its fee for the upcoming season, we are happy to hear your feedback.

VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Good luck to all the Box Hill Athletes taking part in the state track and field championships at Lakeside Stadium this weekend. Let’s hope that Box Hill can pick up a swag of medals.

WELL DONE VANESSA!

Congratulations to Vanessa Bourne who was the 2nd woman across the line (and 10th overall) in the Buller gorge Marathon in New Zealand last week. Billed as New Zealand’s most scenic athletic event, the course ranges from 100m to 252m above sea level. Vanessa completed this tough course in 3:15:01, less than 16 minutes behind the winner of the men’s race!