2015-2016 Summer Bulletin No. 1
October 1, 2015
SEASON LAUNCH ON TUESDAY – FREE PIZZA!
The Club will be holding a season launch at the club rooms on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, from 7pm. This is great opportunity to meet the club coaches, committee members and fellow athletes and pick up information about the upcoming track and field season. You can purchase new uniforms and if you do not have your registration bib numbers for this season, you can collect them at the season launch.
Pizza and soft drink provided.
We encourage all members (especially new members) to attend.
TRACK AND FIELD SHIELD COMPETITION STARTS ON SATURDAY WEEK
The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts on Saturday week!
Round 1 of shield competition will be held at Nunawading track (Bill Sewart Reserve, off Burwood Hwy, East Burwood).
Track competition starts at 1:30pm (sprint hurdles and steeple), followed by the walk, 100m, 1500m, 4x100m relay (at 4:00pm), followed by the 400m. Field events (javelin, discus, long jump, pole vault) will run in different divisions from 1:30pm to 4:45pm.
Shield Calendar
October 10, Saturday, Round 1, Nunawading
October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)
October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)
November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading
November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster
December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading
December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading
January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)
January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)
January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading
February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.
- We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster. Even if you can just help once for a few hours, let us know.
- We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.
- The white zone needs a scorer. This is a paid position. ($80 for each round of shield). If you are interested we can send you the job description.
TRIVIA NIGHT – BOOK NOW!
The Club’s biggest social and fund raising event of the year will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 7:00pm at the Chatham Primary School hall. We encourage all members to bring their friends and family to this fun night. You can book a table of 6 – 8 people of just come on your own and we will place you with a team. Book via return email or contact Grace Brown at gracelowdenbrown@gmail.com
We also need auction items for the silent auction, if you can donate anything, big or small, please let us know.
WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS FROM RUYTON
Box Hill is very pleased to welcome new members from Ruyton. As the Ruyton Athletic Club will no longer be competing in Athletics Victoria competition its members have joined forces with Box Hill. We hope that all new members have a successful and enjoyable time competing with Box Hill.
STEVE RUNS 4TH IN ADELAIDE
Congratulations to Steve Dinneen who ran 4th in a strong field of 30,000 runners in the Adelaide City to Bay fun run. Steve ran the 12km in 35:28 to finish behind Liam Adams, Ruben Kosgei and David McNeil, but ahead of many classy runners including Martin Dent and James Niperness.
2015 Winter Bulletin No. 26
September 23, 2015
UPCOMING EVENTS
October 6, Tuesday, Season Launch, Club Rooms
October 10, Saturday, Shield Competition, Round 1, Nunawading
October 17, Saturday, TRIVIA NIGHT, Chatham Primary School
October 24, Saturday, Shield Competition, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)
SEASON LAUNCH – FREE PIZZA!
The Club will be holding a season launch at the club rooms on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, from 7pm. This is great opportunity to meet the club coaches, committee members and fellow athletes and pick up information about the upcoming track and field season. You can purchase new uniforms and if you do not have your registration bib numbers for this season, you can collect them at the season launch.
Pizza and soft drink provided.
We encourage all members (especially new members) to attend.
See the attached flyer.
TRACK SEASON IS COMING! Are you registered?
The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts in just over 2 weeks! If you plan to compete this summer, please make sure you are registered. The Athletics year starts on April 1, so those who have registered since then are covered for the summer season up until March 31 2016.. If you have not registered for the 2015/16 season do so as soon as possible in order to be eligible to compete. Register online via the AV website.
Shield Calendar
October 10, Saturday, Round 1, Nunawading
October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)
October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)
November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading
November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster
December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading
December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading
January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)
January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)
January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading
February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED
There are a number of ways that you can help the Club and help the summer competition run smoothly. All help no matter how great or small is highly appreciated.
1. We need volunteers to help out on shield competition days. This may involve helping to record results or measuring throws or raking a sandpit. If you can help please let us know and we will organise a roster.
2. We need team managers! This is not an onerous task, but it does mean being present for the whole afternoon on most weeks of shield competition. Please let us know if you can help.
3. The white zone needs a scorer. This is a paid position. ($80 for each round of shield). See the attached job description.
TAN RELAYS RESULTS
After being on top of the ladder in the men’s premier division for most of the XCR’15 season, we unfortunately fell down in the last 2 events and finished 2nd on the ladder 9see Ian Sloane’s reports below). Our men’s team, without a number of our best runners finished in 5th place at the Tan relays, the last event of the winter season.
Our women’s team performed brilliantly to finish in 2nd place at the Tan, while our Over 50 men’s team won the gold medal in their division. We also had some outstanding performances in the Under 18 age group, where bot our men’s and women’s teams picked up bronze medals.
Results:
Men Premier Division (5th):
1. Nick Baggott 11:48
2. Will Potter 11:33
3. Michael Dowel 11:35
4. Dion Finocchiaro 11:40
5. James O’Connell 11:56
6. Oscar Robinson 12:15
Men Division 2 (5th)
1. Sam Dipnall 11:38
2. Trent Collins 13:35
3. Ryan Martin 12:38
4. Welday Mebrahtu 13:05
5. Michael Vaughan 13:06
6. Peter Green 12:02
Men Division 3 (9th)
1. Andrew Hester 14:03
2. Russell Clowes 14:49
3. Jack Hill 16:00
4. Simon St. Hill 17:19
5. Peter O’Leary 16:46
Men 40+ (6th)
1. Tony Langelaan 14:02
2. Simon Watson 13:48
3. Chris O’Connor 15:32
Men 50+ (1st)
1. John Meagher 12:23
2. Peter Stefanos 14:08
3. Graeme Olden 14:04
Men Under 20 (4th)
1. Ben Cox 12:10
2. Vaughan Smith 12:25
3. Zac Hunter 12:22
1. Carlos Norman 14:17
2. Raymond Chan
3.
Men Under 18 (3rd and 8th)
1. Sebastian Failla 12:30
2. Alex Ritchie 12:32
3. Scott McKenzie 12:25
1. Sam Rattray 13:04
2. Lucas Pamminger 13:06
3. Kieren Hesse 13:47
Women Premier Division (2nd)
1. Georgia Meehan 13:48
2. Courtney Powell 12:28
3. Georgia Hansen 13:54
4. Grace Kalac 14:51
5. Julie Norney 13:47
Women Division 2 (10th)
1. Amanda Harper 15:43
2. Hannah Deal 16:12
3. Zoe Schwerkolt 19:13
4. Amwelia Savige 17:13
Women Division 5 (9th)
1. Caitlin Harrison 17:26
2. Nicole Smith 18:33
3. Kelly Ulf 17:17
Women Under 18 (3rd)
1. Louise Ton 15:00
2. Sophie Schwerkolt 16:25
3. Holly Pedersen 14:56
Tan Relays 19 September 2015
Box Hill’s Men’s Division 1 team held a one point advantage over going to the last race of the 2015 winter calendar. After an ordinary showing at the Half Marathon where we had a very depleted turnout. We needed to either win the race or finish one or more places ahead of Geelong. Unfortunately this did not happen and although our Division 1 team members did their best, we were only able to secure fifth position whilst Geelong turned out a really solid team and won the race and thus the winter championship.
Our female Premier Division team performed really well and won the silver medal, being overtaken by Glenhuntly later in the race. Courtney Powell ran a brilliant lap pulling Box Hill into the lead and the other team members gave everything they had to try and hold the lead. However, Glenhuntly had too much depth and defeated our team.
The Men’s Premier Division race started with Luke Matthews (APS) leading the runners in in the very fast time of 10:55. Zak Patterson (Knox) held second place (11:01) and Nick Wightman had Geelong in third place (11:12). Frankston were just behind Geelong, followed by the University of Melbourne, Glenhuntly and Box Hill seventh with Nick Baggott recording 11:48 for his lap. Will Potter was next up for Box Hill and he ran a PB on the course, knocking five seconds of his previous best to run 11:33. During this lap, Frankston got to the lead, with APS dropping back to second eight seconds behind. Geelong were third a second behind second, with Knox, fourth, 23 seconds further back, Melbourne University, fifth, eight seconds behind Knox and Box Hill, now sixth, 21 seconds behind Melbourne University.
The third leg saw another club take the lead, Geelong, and from this point on, they dominated the race. They crossed five seconds in front of Frankston, with APS almost level with second place. Melbourne University were fourth, forty-five seconds behind the leader, and a second ahead of Knox in fifth place. Box Hill was next to reach the changeover point 19 seconds behind Knox. Glenhuntly was a minute behind Box Hill in seventh and SSH held eighth position. Michael Dowel ran 11:35 for his leg.
Box Hill’s next runner was Dion Finocchiaro ran a solid fourth leg recording 11:40 to hold sixth position. Harry Smithers (Geelong) extended Geelong’s lead over Frankston to 39 seconds. Knox was 19 seconds behind in third place. In fourth place, Melbourne University were in a close tussle with APS a couple of seconds behind third. Box Hill was sixth, 18 seconds behind fifth.
James O’Connell ran the fifth leg, maintaining our sixth position (11:56). Julian Spence (Geelong) handed over to Craig Mottram for the last leg with a lead of 55 seconds. Jordan Nelson (Knox) overtook his Frankston opponent to move into second, four seconds clear. APS were 28 seconds down on third and 32 seconds ahead of Melbourne University with Box Hill four seconds adrift in sixth place.
Mottram ran a great last lap of 10:43 to anchor Geelong to the win. Sam Crowther brought Knox in to the silver medal position92 seconds later with Frankston securing the bronze medal 39 seconds later. APS finished fourth 48 seconds behind third. Oscar Robinson ran 12:15, overtaking Melbourne University’s final runner to come in 26 seconds behind fourth, in fifth position, and he was eight seconds in front of sixth-placed Melbourne University.
Our Division 2 team performed creditably, recording fifth place. Essendon won be a very large margin, ahead of Doncaster and Western Athletic Club. Our runners were Sam Dipnall (11:38), Trent Collins (13:35), Ryan Martin (12:38), Welday Mebrahtu (13:05), Michael Vaughan (13:06) and Peter Green (12:02).
Athletics Victoria Half Marathon Championship at Burnley, 6 September 2015
Box Hill turned in a mediocre effort in the Half Marathon Championship. Most of the Box Hill runners put in their best effort on the day, but we simply didn’t have the firepower at the front end of the field. We now have to win the last event on the calendar and unless we win the race, there is a high probability that Geelong will capture the winter title.
This year’s race used the same venue but on a redesigned course of four and a bit laps. The course runs parallel with the Yarra River in Burnley and is relatively fast being flat with several small rises. Teams of five score the points, one fewer than the other races (in Division 1 and Division 2) There were over 300 starters on a greyish day and there was a slight wind, which did get stronger during the race several times. When the starter despatched the field, two Essendon runners cleared out immediately. Liam Adams, fresh from his National Cross Country title win at Moonee Valley race course last Saturday and Mitch Brown, who had a top four placing gained an early lead and ran out of sight of the field. These two athletes, who traded positions 1 and 2 throughout the race, were unchallenged for the 21.1 journey. Further back, a pack of around ten athletes coalesced. This pack was made up Zac Newman (Melb. Uni), Nick Earl (Melb. Uni), Nick Wightman (Geelong), Mark de Luca (APS), Craig Semple (Essendon), Chapman (APS) and two Collingwood runners, Justin Delaney and Jai Edmonds, Joshua Papanikolaou (GH), Sam Crowther (Knox) and John Dutton (Frankston) were not far behind. John Meagher was our first athlete, holding 18th position at this early stage. David Jimenez and Welday Mebrahtu were close together, in 43rd and 50th positions respectively. Trent Collins was around 55th with Nick Baggott being about thirty places down on Trent. Then there was a long gap to our other athletes who included James O’Connell, Peter Stefanos, Luke Crosier, Tony Langelaan, Graeme Olden, Oscar Robinson, Dino Crivelli, Chris O’Connor, Simon St Hill and Andrew Tunne.
The women’s race turned out to be a battle between Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) and Karina Fyffe. Tarli Bird (Glenhuntly was close to these two leaders and Cassie Higham was also well placed. Julie Norney looked impressive from the start and she moved up well in the early laps. Our other competitors were June Petrie, Amanda Harper, Kelly Ulf and Nicky Smith.
In the concluding stages of the Men’s race, Brown and Adams extended their lead from 98 seconds to over two minutes. In the end Mitch Brown took the lead to win the race from Liam Adams by 32 seconds. Nicholas Earl (M. Uni) surged and chased down Zac Newman (M. Uni), to collect the bronze medal. Our best placed athlete was John Meagher, 19th. Other Premier Division team members for Box Hill were David Jimenez, 41st, Welday Mebrahtu, 45th, Trent Collins, 51st and Nick Baggott, 80th. This result (Box Hill was sixth) puts us under pressure and we have to win the Tan Relays to win the winter championship, or beat Geelong by two positions. To do this we will need to field our best team possible, and hope that Geelong doesn’t have a star-studded team, which appears unlikely to happen.
The women’s race was won by Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) in a breakthrough performance. She defeated Kainna Fyfe (GH) by nine seconds with Cassie Higham (GH) a further 13 seconds astern in third place. Julie Norney ran brilliantly to place 7th and win the 40 + age division. June Petrie also went well to place 29th. Amanda Harper, 77th, Kelly Ulf, 98th and Nicky Smith, 125th were our other finishers.
XCR15 – Round 10 – Tan Relays – Saturday 19 September 2015
September 19, 2015
After being on top of the ladder in the men’s premier division for most of the XCR’15 season, we unfortunately fell down in the last 2 events and finished 2nd on the ladder (see Ian Sloane’s reports below). Our men’s team, without a number of our best runners finished in 5th place at the Tan relays, the last event of the winter season.
Our women’s team performed brilliantly to finish in 2nd place at the Tan, while our Over 50 men’s team won the gold medal in their division. We also had some outstanding performances in the Under 18 age group, where bot our men’s and women’s teams picked up bronze medals.
Results:
Men Premier Division (5th):
1. Nick Baggott 11:48
2. Will Potter 11:33
3. Michael Dowel 11:35
4. Dion Finocchiaro 11:40
5. James O’Connell 11:56
6. Oscar Robinson 12:15
Men Division 2 (5th)
1. Sam Dipnall 11:38
2. Trent Collins 13:35
3. Ryan Martin 12:38
4. Welday Mebrahtu 13:05
5. Michael Vaughan 13:06
6. Peter Green 12:02
Men Division 3 (9th)
1. Andrew Hester 14:03
2. Russell Clowes 14:49
3. Jack Hill 16:00
4. Simon St. Hill 17:19
5. Peter O’Leary 16:46
Men 40+ (6th)
1. Tony Langelaan 14:02
2. Simon Watson 13:48
3. Chris O’Connor 15:32
Men 50+ (1st)
1. John Meagher 12:23
2. Peter Stefanos 14:08
3. Graeme Olden 14:04
Men Under 20 (4th)
1. Ben Cox 12:10
2. Vaughan Smith 12:25
3. Zac Hunter 12:22
1. Carlos Norman 14:17
2. Raymond Chan
3.
Men Under 18 (3rd and 8th)
1. Sebastian Failla 12:30
2. Alex Ritchie 12:32
3. Scott McKenzie 12:25
1. Sam Rattray 13:04
2. Lucas Pamminger 13:06
3. Kieren Hesse 13:47
Women Premier Division (2nd)
1. Georgia Meehan 13:48
2. Courtney Powell 12:28
3. Georgia Hansen 13:54
4. Grace Kalac 14:51
5. Julie Norney 13:47
Women Division 2 (10th)
1. Amanda Harper 15:43
2. Hannah Deal 16:12
3. Zoe Schwerkolt 19:13
4. Amwelia Savige 17:13
Women Division 5 (9th)
1. Caitlin Harrison 17:26
2. Nicole Smith 18:33
3. Kelly Ulf 17:17
Women Under 18 (3rd)
1. Louise Ton 15:00
2. Sophie Schwerkolt 16:25
3. Holly Pedersen 14:56
Tan Relays 19 September 2015
Box Hill’s Men’s Division 1 team held a one point advantage over going to the last race of the 2015 winter calendar. After an ordinary showing at the Half Marathon where we had a very depleted turnout. We needed to either win the race or finish one or more places ahead of Geelong. Unfortunately this did not happen and although our Division 1 team members did their best, we were only able to secure fifth position whilst Geelong turned out a really solid team and won the race and thus the winter championship.
Our female Premier Division team performed really well and won the silver medal, being overtaken by Glenhuntly later in the race. Courtney Powell ran a brilliant lap pulling Box Hill into the lead and the other team members gave everything they had to try and hold the lead. However, Glenhuntly had too much depth and defeated our team.
The Men’s Premier Division race started with Luke Matthews (APS) leading the runners in in the very fast time of 10:55. Zak Patterson (Knox) held second place (11:01) and Nick Wightman had Geelong in third place (11:12). Frankston were just behind Geelong, followed by the University of Melbourne, Glenhuntly and Box Hill seventh with Nick Baggott recording 11:48 for his lap. Will Potter was next up for Box Hill and he ran a PB on the course, knocking five seconds of his previous best to run 11:33. During this lap, Frankston got to the lead, with APS dropping back to second eight seconds behind. Geelong were third a second behind second, with Knox, fourth, 23 seconds further back, Melbourne University, fifth, eight seconds behind Knox and Box Hill, now sixth, 21 seconds behind Melbourne University.
The third leg saw another club take the lead, Geelong, and from this point on, they dominated the race. They crossed five seconds in front of Frankston, with APS almost level with second place. Melbourne University were fourth, forty-five seconds behind the leader, and a second ahead of Knox in fifth place. Box Hill was next to reach the changeover point 19 seconds behind Knox. Glenhuntly was a minute behind Box Hill in seventh and SSH held eighth position. Michael Dowel ran 11:35 for his leg.
Box Hill’s next runner was Dion Finocchiaro ran a solid fourth leg recording 11:40 to hold sixth position. Harry Smithers (Geelong) extended Geelong’s lead over Frankston to 39 seconds. Knox was 19 seconds behind in third place. In fourth place, Melbourne University were in a close tussle with APS a couple of seconds behind third. Box Hill was sixth, 18 seconds behind fifth.
James O’Connell ran the fifth leg, maintaining our sixth position (11:56). Julian Spence (Geelong) handed over to Craig Mottram for the last leg with a lead of 55 seconds. Jordan Nelson (Knox) overtook his Frankston opponent to move into second, four seconds clear. APS were 28 seconds down on third and 32 seconds ahead of Melbourne University with Box Hill four seconds adrift in sixth place.
Mottram ran a great last lap of 10:43 to anchor Geelong to the win. Sam Crowther brought Knox in to the silver medal position92 seconds later with Frankston securing the bronze medal 39 seconds later. APS finished fourth 48 seconds behind third. Oscar Robinson ran 12:15, overtaking Melbourne University’s final runner to come in 26 seconds behind fourth, in fifth position, and he was eight seconds in front of sixth-placed Melbourne University.
Our Division 2 team performed creditably, recording fifth place. Essendon won be a very large margin, ahead of Doncaster and Western Athletic Club. Our runners were Sam Dipnall (11:38), Trent Collins (13:35), Ryan Martin (12:38), Welday Mebrahtu (13:05), Michael Vaughan (13:06) and Peter Green (12:02).
2015 Winter Bulletin No. 25
September 15, 2015
TAN RELAYS ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING
The XCR’15 season culminates with the Tan Relays on this Saturday morning, September 19, starting at 9:00am.
The first draft of teams is listed below. Note that these teams are subject to change.
If your name is listed and you cannot compete, please let us know as soon as possible.
If your name is not listed but you wish to run, please let us know as soon as possible.
Final teams will be sent out later this week.
Please arrive early, as parking may be problematic and last minute changes to teams might be necessary.
We also need helpers as time keepers, so please let us know if you can help.
Draft Teams
Men Premier Division:
- Nick Baggott
- Will Potter
- Michael Dowel
- Dion Finocchiaro
- James O’Connell
- Oscar Robinson
Men Division 2
- Sam Dipnall
- Michael Vaughan
- David Jiminez
- Welday Mebrahtu
- Trent Collins
- Peter Green
Men Division 3
- Andrew Hester
- Luke Crozier
- Russell Clowes
- Ryan Martin
Men Division 6
- Jack Hill
- Andrew Tunne
- Simon St. Hill
Men 40+
- Tony Langelaan
- Dino Crivelli
- Michael Eury?
Simon Watson?
Men 50+
- John Meagher
- Peter Stefanos
- Graeme Olden
Men Under 20 (two teams)
- Ben Cox
- Vaughan Smith
- Zac hunter
- Carlos Norman
- Jack Prendergast
- Peter O’Leary
Raymond Chan?
Men Under 18 (two teams of three)
From:
Scott McKenzie
Sebastian Failla
Alex Ritchie
Jordan Hesse
Sam Rattray
Lucas Pamminger
James Bernstein
Men Under 16
- Kieren Hesse
Women Premier Division
- Julie Norney
- Georgia Meehan
- Georgia Hansen
- Grace Kalac
- Courtney Powell
Women Division 2
- Hayley Tomlinson
- Hannah Deal
- Liza Hanshall
- Chloe Metzeling
Women Division 5
- Amelia Savige
- Kelly Ulf
- Caitlin Harrison
Women 40+
- Amanda Harper
- June Petrie
- Pia Hunter?
Nicole Smith
Women Under 20
Women Under 18 (two teams)
- Louise Ton
- Genevieve Wah?
- Holly Pedersen
- Zoe Schwerkolt
- Sophie Schwerkolt
TRACK SEASON IS COMING! Are you registered?
The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts in just over 3 weeks! If you plan to compete this summer, please make sure you are registered. The Athletics year starts on April 1, so those who have registered this winter are covered for the summer season also, but all others must register before the start of the season in order to be eligible to compete. Register online via the AV website.
Shield Calendar
October 10, Saturday, Round 1, Nunawading
October 24, Saturday, Round 2, Yarra Ranges (Mt. Evelyn)
October 31, Saturday, Round 3, Casey Fields (zone vs zone)
November 14, Saturday, Round 4, Nunawading
November 22, Sunday, Round 5, Doncaster
December 10, Thursday, Round 6, Nunawading
December 17, Saturday, Round 7, Nunawading
January 9, Saturday, Round 8, Nunawading (zone vs zone)
January 16, Saturday, Round 9, Lakeside Stadium (zone vs zone)
January 30, Saturday, Round 10, Nunawading
February 6, Saturday, Shield Final, Lakeside Stadium
SEASON LAUNCH – FREE PIZZA!
The Club will be holding a season launch at the club rooms on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, from 7pm. This is great opportunity to meet the club coaches, officials and fellow athletes and pick up information about the upcoming track and field season. You can purchase new uniforms and if you do not have your registration bib numbers for this season, you can collect them at the season launch.
Pizza and soft drink provided.
We encourage all members (especially new members) to attend.
TRIVIA NIGHT – BOOK NOW!
The Club’s biggest social and fund raising event of the year will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 7:00pm at the Chatham Primary School hall. We encourage all members to bring their friends and family to this fun night. You can book a table of 6 – 8 people of just come on your own and we will place you with a team. Book via return email or contact Grace Brown at gracelowdenbrown@gmail.com
We also need auction items for the silent auction, if you can donate anything, big or small, please let us know.
BUNNINGS BBQ
A huge thank you to Jack Hill for organising this highly successful fund raising event. Thanks also to all the helpers who worked throughout the day, cooking and selling sausages.
2015 Winter Bulletin No. 24
September 11, 2015
TAN RELAYS
The XCR’15 season culminates with the Tan Relays on Saturday morning, September 19, starting at 9:00am. We are hoping to enter teams in all age groups and divisions. This is a great event to finish the winter season and a great way to prepare for the summer track season. Teams must be entered by Monday, so please let us know as soon as possible if you are available for this event.
We also need helpers as time keepers, so please let us know if you can help.
TRACK SEASON IS COMING! Are you registered?
The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts in just 4 weeks! If you plan to compete this summer, please make sure you are registered. The Athletics year starts on April 1, so those who have registered this winter are covered for the summer season also, but all others must register before the start of the season in order to be eligible to compete. Register online via the AV website.
Please see the provisional shield calendar and timetable that is attached. (But note that there is a mistake on the attached program, Round 1 of shield is on October 10 not October 17)
SEASON LAUNCH
The Club will be holding a season launch at the club rooms on the evening of Tuesday, October 6, from 7pm. This is great opportunity to meet the club coaches, officials and fellow athletes and pick up information about the upcoming track and field season. You can purchase new uniforms and if you do not have your registration bib numbers for this season, you can collect them at the season launch.
We encourage all members (especially new members) to attend.
TRIVIA NIGHT – BOOK NOW!
The Club’s biggest social and fund raising event of the year will be held on Saturday, October 17, from 7:00pm at the Chatham Primary School hall. We encourage all members to bring their friends and family to this fun night. You can book a table of 6 – 8 people of just come on your own and we will place you with a team. Book via return email or contact Grace Brown at gracelowdenbrown@gmail.com
We also need auction items for the silent auction, if you can donate anything, big or small, please let us know.
See the attached flyers.
COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES
Congratulations to Nana Owusu-Afriyie who won her heat and finished 3rd in her semi-final (in a time of 11.99) to qualify for the final of the 100m at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa. Unfortunately Nana injured her hamstring in the last few metres of her semi-final and was not able to take her place in the final. Nevertheless, this was a great performance and good experience for Nana who will no doubt represent Australia again in the not too distant future.
XCR’15 ROUND 9 – BURNLEY HALF MARATHON
After what has been a tremendous effort by our distance runners over the first 8 rounds of the XCR’15 season, things did not go to plan in the half marathon championships on the Burnley Boulevard on Sunday. Having coped well with injuries and absences throughout the season, this week we had our top 6 runners all unavailable. After a gruelling month of competition in August, which saw many of our distance boys running the 16k cross country championships, the City to Surf in Sydney, the Ekiden Relay at Anglesea and the national cross country championships, our men’s premier division team could finish only 6th at Burnley, cutting our lead at the top of the ladder to just 1 point, with one round of XCR’15 still to go.
We did perform well in other divisions, with the women’s 40+ team and the men’s 50+ team winning their divisions.
The outstanding performances on the day were by John Meagher who finished 19th overall and first in his age group (50-54) with a time of 71:58; Julie Norney, who ran 81:07 to finish 7th overall and first in the 45-49 age group and June Petrie who won the 50-54 years age group with a time of 90:47
Results:
Men
19 John Meagher 1:11:58.3
41 David Jimenez 1:15:07.8
45 Welday Mebrahtu 1:15:23.2
51 Trent Collins 1:16:09.2
80 Nicholas Baggott 1:18:06.2
141 James O’Connell 1:21:48.6
143 Luke Crozier 1:21:53.0
180 Peter Stefanos 1:24:12.4
186 Tony Langelaan 1:24:28.8
203 Graeme Olden 1:26:27.7
215 Oscar Robinson 1:27:37.6
217 Dino Crivelli 1:27:39.4
323 Chris O’Connor 1:41:26.8
326 Simon St Hill 1:42:14.0
374 Andrew Tunne 2:03:01.3
Women
7 Julie Norney 1:21:07.7
29 June Petrie 1:30:47.1
77 Amanda Harper 1:41:26.7
98 Kelly Ulf 1:46:30.0
125 Nicole Smith 2:03:56.5
DION FINISHES 2ND ON THE SUNSHINE COAST
Congratulations to Dion Finocchiaro who ran 2:29:01 to finish 2nd in the Sunshine Coast marathon last week. Dion finished strongly and this performance suggests that (given good conditions) he might run even faster in the Melbourne Marathon next month
BUNNINGS BBQ THIS SUNDAY!
Thanks to all the volunteers who wil be helping to run the Box Hill Athletic Club BBQ at the Box Hill Bunnings (off Middleborough Rd) on this Sunday September 13. Although all shifts are covered we can always use another pair of hands, so let us know if you are available to help. We encourage all members who might be passing by Bunnings on Sunday, to drop in and but a sausage!
XCR15 – Round 9 – Burnley Half Marathon – Sunday 6 September 2015
September 6, 2015
After what has been a tremendous effort by our distance runners over the first 8 rounds of the XCR’15 season, things did not go to plan in the half marathon championships on the Burnley Boulevard on Sunday. Having coped well with injuries and absences throughout the season, this week we had our top 6 runners all unavailable. After a gruelling month of competition in August, which saw many of our distance boys running the 16k cross country championships, the City to Surf in Sydney, the Ekiden Relay at Anglesea and the national cross country championships, our men’s premier division team could finish only 6th at Burnley, cutting our lead at the top of the ladder to just 1 point, with one round of XCR’15 still to go.
We did perform well in other divisions, with the women’s 40+ team and the men’s 50+ team winning their divisions.
The outstanding performances on the day were by John Meagher who finished 19th overall and first in his age group (50-54) with a time of 71:58; Julie Norney, who ran 81:07 to finish 7th overall and first in the 45-49 age group and June Petrie who won the 50-54 years age group with a time of 90:47
Results:
Men
19 John Meagher 1:11:58.3
41 David Jimenez 1:15:07.8
45 Welday Mebrahtu 1:15:23.2
51 Trent Collins 1:16:09.2
80 Nicholas Baggott 1:18:06.2
141 James O’Connell 1:21:48.6
143 Luke Crozier 1:21:53.0
180 Peter Stefanos 1:24:12.4
186 Tony Langelaan 1:24:28.8
203 Graeme Olden 1:26:27.7
215 Oscar Robinson 1:27:37.6
217 Dino Crivelli 1:27:39.4
323 Chris O’Connor 1:41:26.8
326 Simon St Hill 1:42:14.0
374 Andrew Tunne 2:03:01.3
Women
7 Julie Norney 1:21:07.7
29 June Petrie 1:30:47.1
77 Amanda Harper 1:41:26.7
98 Kelly Ulf 1:46:30.0
125 Nicole Smith 2:03:56.5
Ian Sloan’s Race Report
Box Hill turned in a mediocre effort in the Half Marathon Championship. Most of the Box Hill runners put in their best effort on the day, but we simply didn’t have the firepower at the front end of the field. We now have to win the last event on the calendar and unless we win the race, there is a high probability that Geelong will capture the winter title.
This year’s race used the same venue but on a redesigned course of four and a bit laps. The course runs parallel with the Yarra River in Burnley and is relatively fast being flat with several small rises. Teams of five score the points, one fewer than the other races (in Division 1 and Division 2) There were over 300 starters on a greyish day and there was a slight wind, which did get stronger during the race several times. When the starter despatched the field, two Essendon runners cleared out immediately. Liam Adams, fresh from his National Cross Country title win at Moonee Valley race course last Saturday and Mitch Brown, who had a top four placing gained an early lead and ran out of sight of the field. These two athletes, who traded positions 1 and 2 throughout the race, were unchallenged for the 21.1 journey. Further back, a pack of around ten athletes coalesced. This pack was made up Zac Newman (Melb. Uni), Nick Earl (Melb. Uni), Nick Wightman (Geelong), Mark de Luca (APS), Craig Semple (Essendon), Chapman (APS) and two Collingwood runners, Justin Delaney and Jai Edmonds, Joshua Papanikolaou (GH), Sam Crowther (Knox) and John Dutton (Frankston) were not far behind. John Meagher was our first athlete, holding 18th position at this early stage. David Jimenez and Welday Mebrahtu were close together, in 43rd and 50th positions respectively. Trent Collins was around 55th with Nick Baggott being about thirty places down on Trent. Then there was a long gap to our other athletes who included James O’Connell, Peter Stefanos, Luke Crosier, Tony Langelaan, Graeme Olden, Oscar Robinson, Dino Crivelli, Chris O’Connor, Simon St Hill and Andrew Tunne.
The women’s race turned out to be a battle between Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) and Karina Fyffe. Tarli Bird (Glenhuntly was close to these two leaders and Cassie Higham was also well placed. Julie Norney looked impressive from the start and she moved up well in the early laps. Our other competitors were June Petrie, Amanda Harper, Kelly Ulf and Nicky Smith.
In the concluding stages of the Men’s race, Brown and Adams extended their lead from 98 seconds to over two minutes. In the end Mitch Brown took the lead to win the race from Liam Adams by 32 seconds. Nicholas Earl (M. Uni) surged and chased down Zac Newman (M. Uni), to collect the bronze medal. Our best placed athlete was John Meagher, 19th. Other Premier Division team members for Box Hill were David Jimenez, 41st, Welday Mebrahtu, 45th, Trent Collins, 51st and Nick Baggott, 80th. This result (Box Hill was sixth) puts us under pressure and we have to win the Tan Relays to win the winter championship, or beat Geelong by two positions. To do this we will need to field our best team possible, and hope that Geelong doesn’t have a star-studded team, which appears unlikely to happen.
The women’s race was won by Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) in a breakthrough performance. She defeated Kainna Fyfe (GH) by nine seconds with Cassie Higham (GH) a further 13 seconds astern in third place. Julie Norney ran brilliantly to place 7th and win the 40 + age division. June Petrie also went well to place 29th. Amanda Harper, 77th, Kelly Ulf, 98th and Nicky Smith, 125th were our other finishers.
2015 Winter Bulletin No. 23
September 1, 2015
XCR’15 ROUND 9 – BURNLEY HALF MARATHON ON THIS SUNDAY
The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the half-marathon along the Burnley Boulevard on this Sunday, September 6, starting at 8:00am. There will be no junior events on this day, but junior athletes may enter the open event (entries close at noon on Wednesday, even juniors with a season’s entry must enter separately for this event). Our men’s premier division team is 7 points clear on top of the ladder, but must still put in a strong showing in the two remaining events (the half marathon and the Tan relays) to make sure that we secure our third successive XCR premiership. With many of our top runners unavailable for this event we need all available runners taking part to make sure our premier division team stay on top of the ladder. Our men’s over 50 team is nine points clear on top of the ladder and a good performance in the half marathon will clinch the title in this division.
COURTNEY WINS NATIONAL TITLE
Congratulations to Courtney Powell who successfully defended her national cross country title at Moonee Valley race course on Saturday. In a great display of distance running, Courtney gradually drew away from the field to record an impressive win.
Australian Cross Country Championships Results:
Open Women
Courtney Powell 1st
Under 14 women
Molly McCarthy 4th
Under 16 women
Tamsyn Lovass 71st
Under 18 women
Paris Powell 21st
Georgia Hansen 38th
Genevieve Wah 62nd
Open Men
Steve Dinneen 15th
Will Potter 18th
Rhys Jones 19th
Steve Kelly 29th
James O’Connell 31st
Nick Baggott 33rd
John Meagher 43rd (1st, masters challenge)
Peter Green 47th
Under 18 men
Scott McKenzie 36th
Sebastian Failla 50th
Aidan McCormack 58th
Under 20 men
Ben Cox 30th
Zac Hunter 38th
BUNNINGS BBQ
Box Hill will be running a sausage sizzle at Box Hill Bunnings (off Middleborough Rd) on Sunday September 13. If you can help cooking or collecting money for a couple of hours please let us know. We need 3 more volunteers for the 11:30am to 2:00pm shift.
TRACK SEASON IS COMING! Are you registered?
The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts in just over 5 weeks! If you plan to compete this summer, please make sure you are registered. The Athletics year starts on April 1, so those who have registered this winter are covered for the summer season also, but all others must register before the start of the season in order to be eligible to compete.
Register online via the AV website.
TAN RELAYS
The XCR’15 season culminates with the Tan Relays on Saturday morning, September 19. We are hoping to enter teams in all age groups and divisions. This is a great event to finish the winter season and a great way to prepare for the summer track season. Please let us know if you are available for this event.
2015 Winter Bulletin No. 22
August 26, 2015
XCR’15 ROUND 9 – BURNLEY HALF MARATHON ON SEPTEMBER 6
The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the half-marathon along the Burnley Boulevard on the morning of Sunday, September 6, starting at 8:00am. There will be no junior events on this day, but junior athletes may enter the open event (if they wish to run 21.1km). Our men’s premier division team is 7 points clear on top of the ladder, but must still put in a strong showing in the two remaining events (the half marathon and the Tan relays) to make sure that we secure our third successive XCR premiership. Our men’s over 50 team is nine points clear on top of the ladder and a good performance in the half marathon will clinch the title in this division. Our men’s division 2 team and our women’s over 40 team have slipped back behind the ladder leaders after looking like possible premiership winners half way through the season, but good performances in the last two events will keep pressure on the teams above them.
GOOD LUCK AT NATIONALS
Good luck to all the Box Hill athletes competing in the Australian cross country championships at Moonee Valley race course this Saturday.
BUNNINGS BBQ
Box Hill will be running a sausage sizzle at Box Hill Bunnings (off Middleborough Rd) on Sunday September 13. If you can help cooking or collecting money for a couple of hours please let us know.
INTRODUCTION TO COACHING COURSE
An introduction to Coaching Coarse is being held at Box Hill Athletics Track this Sunday, August 30. If anyone is interested in helping out with Coaching Little Athletes this is a good basic course to do.
(There will also be a course run on Sunday, 27th September at Knox.)
The registration for this course is through the LAVic website via the link http://www.lavic.com.au/Education-Training/Coaching/Introduction-to-Coaching-Course-ITCC
The closing date for registration is the Wednesday night prior to the course, so the Box Hill course registrations close today!
TRACK SEASON IS COMING! Are you registered?
The 2015/16 track and field season Shield competition starts in just over 6 weeks! If you plan to compete this summer, please make sure you are registered. The Athletics year starts on April 1, so those who have registered this winter are covered for the summer season also, but all others must register before the start of the season in order to be eligible to compete.
Register online via the AV website.
TAN RELAYS
The XCR’15 season culminates with the Tan Relays on Saturday morning, September 19. We are hoping to enter teams in all age groups and divisions. This is a great event to finish the winter season and a great way to prepare for the summer track season. Please let us know if you are available for this event.
XCR15 – Round 8 – Anglesea Ekiden Relay – Saturday 15 August 2015
August 21, 2015
The ekiden relay was held at Anglesea for the first time andf although numbers in general were down on those of the other relay events, it proved to be a testing and enjoyable event that is likely to grow in popularity in future years.
Congratulations to our men’s premier division team, the men’s over 50 team and the women’s over 40 team who all won silver medals and the men’s under 20 team who took the bronze.
Special thanks to Amy Carrig and Francis Pamminger, who volunteered to act as officials.
See below for Ian Sloane’s report.
Results:
Men Premier Division (Silver Medal)
9.8km Steve Dinneen 31:20
8.8km Will Potter 28:48
7.9km Michael Dowel 26:31
6.0km Dion Finocchiaro 22:06
5.2km James O’Connell 16:57
4.6km Nick Baggott 15:17
Men Division 2 (8th)
7.9km Oscar Robinson 28:06
8.8km Michael Vaughan 32:50
7.9km Alex Ritchie 29:01
6.0km Tony Langelaan 28:22
5.2km Andrew Hester 20:14
4.6km Lucas Pamminger 16:49
Men Division 3
9.8km Russell Clowes 43:43
8.8km Jack Hill 41:00
7.9km Simon St. Hill 40:39
6.0km Andrew Tunne
5.2km
Men Under 20 (Bronze Medal)
8.8km Carlos Norman 34:19
7.9km Jack Prendergast 33:12
6.0km Peter O’Leary 32:17
Women Premier Division (6th)
9.8km Julie Norney 37:40
8.8km Hayley Tomlinson 39:04
6.0km Georgie Meehan 27:23
5.2km Grace Kalac 20:38
4.6km Sarah Cant 18:47
Women Division 2
9.8km Amelia Savige
7.9km Kelly Ulf
4.6km
Men 50+ (Silver Medal)
9.8km Peter Stefanos 39:28
7.9km Graeme Olden 33:00
5.2km Chris O’Connor 20:42
Women 40+ (Silver Medal)
8.8km June Petrie 38:11
6.0km Pia Hunter 32:02
5.2km Megan Sloane 25:33
Anglesea Ekiden Relays 15 August 2015 (Round 8)
This event was a new event on the calendar, and after a long hiatus, replaced the Coliban Relay races held near Bendigo, where they finished. The Coliban Relays were not a popular event, because they were difficult to follow, on dangerous open roads and many clubs experienced difficulties getting athletes to the next changeover point and then ensuring athletes who had completed their leg were picked up safely and reunited safely with their (hopefully) dry gear. Athletics Victoria (AV) discontinued the Coliban race several years ago and this event was created to replace it.
Apart from the first issue, compared with its predecessor, this event’s location proved to be a really good substitute. It was difficult to follow the progress of athletes, but because it was an out and back course for all legs (even though of differing lengths), it did meet every one of the other concerns and had several great advantages as well. These were the scenery and outlook were superb, the course was, by-and-large, safe and athletes could, if they wished, stay in Anglesea, Ocean Grove, Lorne, Airey’s Inlet or any number of other seaside locations the night before or stay on after the event had concluded. So AV’s decision to include it on the winter calendar was a very good one.
A tremendous amount of organisation went in to ensure that the running of the event was successful and the Anglesea Caravan Park and the local Council were exceptionally helpful. Geelong stalwart and highly respected athlete, Brett Coleman was a driving force behind the course design and ensuring that things were in readiness for the day and deserves the highest accolades for his work. He did a sensational job and deserves the congratulations of everyone who participated on the day.
There were fewer ill Hteams across all clubs that we had anticipated, and Box Hill’s starting contingent reflected this reality. It was disappointing to see that a number of late withdrawals meant that we were either without any starters or couldn’t finish teams in quite a number of divisions. Hopefully, given all events’ dates are published in advance, we won’t strike this problem in the last two rounds.
There were six legs in the Men’s Premier Division of 9.8 km, 8.8 km, 7.9 km, 6.0 km, 5.2 km and 4.6 km. These added up to 42.3 kilometres, so if the leg distances were accurate, then the race was 105 metres longer than the standard marathon distance, which is 42.195 km. These variable leg distances meant colour-coded bibs for each runner were deployed with the distance of the leg printed on them. The Men’s Division 2 race was over the same circuit. All other Divisions including the Women’s races had fewer runners and were therefore shorter.
Division 2 was sent off first at 12.30 p.m. and Liam Adams (Essendon) ran brilliantly, probably four or five minutes faster than was thought humanly possible. It turned out that the Division 2 runners had been turned back without running the full lap. This caught out the second runners from a number of clubs including Doncaster, because their second runners were running warm-up strides or putting their shoes when their first runner arrived at the changeover point. Box Hill was up in equal fourth place with a very impressive lap from Oscar Robinson. The first three teams to finish ahead of him fielded teams of Division 1 status. Oscar handed over to Michael Vaughan, our second runner.
The Premier Division runners came into view soon after, and Steve Dinneen had run a cracker of a leg, bursting clear of the field to hold a 42 second advantage over all the other teams. This was the fastest time of the day (Division 3 and 4 first leg runners also ran a short leg). Knox, through Jordan Nelson, were second, with Zac Newman (Melbourne University) crossing in third, seven seconds in arrears. Geelong, represented by Julian Spence, crossed in fourth place four seconds behind third, in striking distance, APS, Ballarat, Frankston and Glenhuntly, out of touch, behind the leading four clubs. However, it is always possible for a great athlete to bridge the gap in one leg and to get their team into contention.
Our Division 2 athlete, Michael Vaughan appears to have run the seventh fastest second leg in Division 2, but there were many errors in the provisional results, so this will need final confirmation. He ran solidly in this challenging leg.
Will Potter took over from Steve Dinneen and set off purposefully. He performed well, and although overtaken by Nick Wightman, currently the top in-form runner in Victoria this year, Will held onto second place and ran the fourth fastest time for this leg, eclipsed only by Wightman (Geelong), Mitch Brown (Essendon – Division 2) and Jack Rayner (WES – also Division 2). Will should be well-satisfied with this effort and there will be two more opportunities for him to improve further in the winter season. Michael Dowel was our third runner out and was up against Harry Smithers who increased Geelong’s lead by 17 seconds, so at the end of the third lap. Meanwhile, Melbourne University made up ground on Box Hill and crossed the line just behind us. Michael ran desperately hard in the last 100 metres to try to ensure that Box Hill maintained second place.
In Division 2, our third runner, Alex Ritchie performed really well and recorded 29:01 for the lap. This was the fourth fastest time recorded in this leg by a Division 2 runner and was faster than two Premier Division runners. Alex should be well-pleased with his performance, which was very competitive.
Dion Finocchiaro was next up in Division 1 and he ran a “blinder”, running away from his Melbourne University opponent, and reeling in Mark de Campo (Geelong) and overtaking him in a dazzling and extremely determined display of distance running. His leg time of 22 m. 06 was the third fastest time on this leg, and the two runners who marginally eclipsed his effort were in teams well behind Box Hill, which had no chance of getting amongst the medals. This put us in with a reasonable chance and ensured a medal would come Box Hill’s way. We held a lead of 14 seconds over Geelong and 44 seconds over Melbourne University at the conclusion of this leg.
Division 2’s team was represented by Tony Langelaan, and he ran 28:22 for his leg. This was the 11th fastest time for this leg in Division 2. Tony put in his usual honest effort.
James O’Connell set out determinedly and managed to pull 70 seconds ahead of Melbourne University. But the gap to Geelong shrank and Thompson (Geelong) got past him and pulled in to the changeover zone with a 12 second lead over Box Hill. James ran the third fastest fifth leg, 15:57, a smart time for the 5.2 lap, eclipsed only by Thompson (Geelong) and Kelly (Glenhuntly). He has good reason to be satisfied with this effort.
Andrew Hester was our fifth Box Hill representative in Division 2. He recorded 20:14, the ninth fastest Division 2 performance, and it was evident that he gave 100% on the day.
Nick Baggott set off chasing Julien Oey (Geelong). He anchored the team home in the silver medal position and ran very creditably. His sixth leg time of 15:17 was impressive and was the second fastest of the entire race. Nick also should be proud of his team-oriented effort. We finished just 43 seconds down on Geelong, and 68 seconds clear of Melbourne University, which finished third.
Our Division 2 team was brought home by Lucas Pamminger, who ran very well to record 16:49, a very creditable effort. This was the seventh fastest time in the leg and Box Hill finished eighth.
Other notable efforts occurred with a Bronze Medal in the under 20 race (Carlos Norman, Jack Prendergast and Peter O’Leary).
Our 50 Plus Men’s team won the Silver Medal (Peter Stefanos, Graeme Olden and Chris O’Connor).
Our 40+ Women won the Silver Medal (June Petrie, Pia Hunter and Megan Sloane).
The Division 1 Women’s team were 6th (Julie Norney 37:40, Hayley Tomlinson, 39:04, Georgie Meehan, 27:23, Grace Kalac, 20:38 and Sarah Cant, 18:47). Julie Norney’s effort to cross the line in second position in the first leg of Division 1 was exceptional. She is in really great form this year.
We lead clearly in Division 1 premiership points score and if we have strong teams for the final two rounds we can improve our positions in other Divisions, Men and Women.
Premier Division Times
Name Leg Time Elapsed Time Position Leading team
Steve Dinneen 9.8k 31:20 31:20 1 Box Hill (42s ahead)
Will Potter 8.8k 28:48 60:08 2 Geelong (BH 8 s behind)
Michael Dowel 7.9k 26:31 86:39 2 Geelong (BH 18 s behind)
Dion Finocchiaro 6.0k? 22:06 118:45 1 Box Hill (14 s ahead)
James O’Connell 5.2k 16:57 125:42 2 Geelong (BH 12 behind)
Nick Baggott 4.6k 15:17 140:59 2 Geelong (BH 43 s behind)
2015 Winter Bulletin No. 21
August 20, 2015
XCR’15 ROUND 9 – BURNLEY HALF MARATHON ON SEPTEMBER 6
The next round of the XCR’15 season will be the half-marathon along the Burnley Boulevard on the morning of Sunday, September 6. There will be no junior events on this day, but junior athletes may enter the open event (if they wish to run 21.1km). Our men’s premier division team id 7 points clear on top of the ladder, but must still put in a strong showing in the two remaining events (the half marathon and the Tan relays) to make sure that we secure our third successive XCR premiership. Our men’s over 50 team is nine points clear on top of the ladder and a good performance in the half marathon will clinch the title in this division. Our men’s division 2 team and our women’s over 40 team have slipped back behind the ladder leaders after looking like possible premiership winners half way through the season, but good performances in the last two events will keep pressure on the teams above them.
BOX HILL ATHLETES AT THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES
Congratulations to all the Box Hill athletes who performed so well at the World Masters Games in Lyon, France. In heat wave conditions Karen Carah, Andrew Wilcox, Amanda Harper and Simon Evans all put in outstanding results.
Andrew Wilcox won a bronze medal in the men’s 45-49, 400m event producing a time of 51.44. Amanda Harper ran a big PB to finish a very close 4th in the 2000m steeple in the 45-49 years division in a time of 8:15.9. Amanda also finished 17th in the 5000m and 20th in the 1500m. Karen Carah scored 4,832 points to finish 6th in the 45-49 years Heptathlon as well as performing well in the 200m and high jump. Simon Evans finished 6th in the 55-59 years 5000m walk with a time of 26:44.
WORKING BEE
A working bee is being held at the track on Sunday 23 August from 1:00 pm, with the following activities to be completed:
– Fill jump pits with sand and spread (2 m3 to be ordered)
– Spread approx. 3 m3 of en tout cas on shot put area
– Set up third high jump pit
– Trim matting on terraces
– Paint white lines on jump runups
– Repair hurdles
– Bolt down spare bench seats
– Wash / blow sand off track.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated to prepare the track and grounds for the coming track season.
BUNNINGS BBQ
Box Hill will be running a sausage sizzle at Box Hill Bunnings (off Middleborough Rd) on Sunday September 13. If you can help cooking or collecting money for a couple of hours please let us know.
