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XCR15 – Round 2 – Lardner Park Cross Country – 9 May 2015

May 11, 2015

Box Hill had a successful day at Lardner Park, winning the men’s premier division team’s event. Steve Kelly continued his successful comeback from surgery, winning the bronze medal. Will Potter finished not far behind in 7th place, probably a career best performance. Daniel Clark finished 14th, Nick Baggott (in his best ever result) was 16th, James O’Connell, 22th and new club member Oscar Robinson filled out Premier Division team finishing in 31st position.

The other outstanding result for the day was a win by Molly McCarthy in the girls under 14 event.

See below for Ian Sloane’s race report.

Results:

Men Premier Division 8km (Team place: 1st)

3. Steve Kelly             26:50

7. Will Potter               27:01

14. Daniel Clark          28:20

16. Nick Baggott        28:26

22. James O’Connell   28:34

31. Oscar Robinson     29:01

Men Division 2

47. John Meagher        29:51   (1st in 50-54 age group)

60. Michael Dowel      30:34

70. Welday Mebrahtu 30:55

74. Michael Vaughan  31:08

83. Simon Watson       31:34

93. David Jiminez       31:49

Men Division 3

114. Trent Collins       32:29

194. Peter Stefanos     34:43

216. Chris O’Connor  35:29

223. Graeme Olden     35:44

(Mitch Milnes – inv)   36:01

317 Jack Hill               40:09

Men Division 6

328. Simon St. Hill     42:05

 

Women Premier Division 4km (Team place: 5th)

14. Grace Brown         15:44

20. Julie Norney          15:55   (1st in the 45-49 age group)

48. Sarah Cant            16:54

55. Grace Kalac          17:16

60. June Petrie             17:23   (1st in the 50-54 age group)

Women Division 2

115. Talitha Crawford 19:10

137. Amelia Savige     20:00

169. Megan Sloane     21:11

174. Caitlin Harrison   21:22

Women Division 5

191. Nicole Smith       23:24

 

Women Under 14, 2km

1. Molly McCarthy     7:53

Men Under 14, 2km

10. Murray Lovass      8:24

Women Under 16, 3km

10. Amy Atkinson      12:56

12. Tamsyn Lovass     13:01

Women Under 18, 3km

14. Genevieve Wah     14:04

17. Zoe Schwerkolt     15:13

Men Under 18, 4km

15. Alex Ritchie          14:40

Men Under 20, 4km

32. Carlos Norman      18:24

Ian  Sloane’s Full Report

We had relatively benign weather conditions at Drouin, although the wind was very strong. Rain threatened but did not eventuate.

We had a better turnout for the senior men’s event than at the relay meeting and it appears that Box Hill has won Premier Division team’s race by a significant margin.  The men’s race saw the return to the podium by Steve Kelly, who claimed the bronze medal, in a dashing display of solid running.  Steve was pushing the whole way and was in second position at the end of the first lap, in a bunch of about eight athletes all together. Will Potter and Daniel Clark were not far behind with Will running through in 11th with Daniel perhaps six places further back. James O’Connell has been going from strength to strength over the last year and he was only three seconds behind Daniel, with Michael Dowel just behind him.  Newly joined member, Oscar Robinson was at the front end of the field somewhere around 35th position.  Nick Baggott had a tremendous start as well.  John Meagher was prominent, probably in about 50th position or so. Other athletes crossed the halfway point further back (first lap times appear in the results below).

Nick Wightman (Geelong) got away from Douglas Hamerlok (Frankston) and Steve Kelly mid-way to late through the second lap and won his first Victorian title after sprinting flat out down the last slope.  Hamerlok placed second and Steve Kelly showed that he has regained fitness after an extended period of injury to claim the bronze medal, which certainly brought great cheer to our supporters. What was happening behind was remarkable, however. Three of our Division 1 or Premier Division athletes had huge breakthroughs.  Will Potter made an enormous improvement to take a top 10 position in running seventh.  He picked up four places in his second lap which shows a great improvement in strength.  Will looks certain to be a permanent member of our top team, and there is no reason to think that he shouldn’t be thinking about doing even better. It was really pleasing to see Daniel Clark run a solid 14th and he appears to have regained an upward trajectory with his fitness as well.  Nick Baggott had a breakthrough race easily eclipsing his previous best Cross Country position with 16th place, just behind Daniel. This was a most welcome outcome, and he should have an excellent winter season as well. James O’Connell has also been enjoying very good form and he also ran a new best placing in finishing 22nd, an excellent result. Completing the Premier Division team was Oscar Robinson who recorded 31st position.

Our Division 2 team also performed well, and although the provisional results were inaccurate at the time of this report being written, it appears that we have placed first or second.  The team was made up of John Meagher (45th), Michael Dowel (58th), Welday Mebrahtu (68th), Michael Vaughan (71st), Simon Watson (81st) and David Jimenez (91st). Full results can be found below.

The women’s race was over a four kilometre course, and like the men’s race, produced many muddy legs and clothing.  There was a fence to vault and six ditches to jump, the last akin to a quagmire. Sinead Diver (South Melbourne) outclassed Sarah Klein (Frankston) who was second and Virginia Moloney (Collingwood) who was third. In fourth place was Australian World Cross Country representative, Gemma Maini (Frankston). Grace Brown (13th) was our first athlete to finish, Julie Norney finished 18th, with Sarah Cant (46th), Grace Kalac (53rd) and June Petrie (approximately 58th) making up the Premier Division team. We believe that we finished in 5th place.

Earlier in the day, Murray Lovass finished in 9th position in the Under 14 Boys’ event, less than a minute behind the winner.

Molly McCarthy won the Girls’ Under 14 race in a really impressive display of running (she was fifth in the race overall, which included boys in the same age group, so this shows what a really classy effort she produced).

Alex Ritchie placed 16th in the Under 18 boys’ event, about a minute behind the winner.  Alex seems to improve every time he pulls his spikes on and looked strong on the course. Carlos Norman was 31st in the Under 20 men’s race. Amy Atkinson finished 10th in the Under 16 girls’ race, with Tamsyn Lovass finishing 12th.

Genevieve Wah was 14th in the Under 18 girls’ race. Zoe Schwerkolt also competed, but probably due to a chip malfunction was not recorded in the provisional results.

 

Open Men’s results (AV results contained some inaccuracies)

1 Nick Wightman                 Geelong                        13:34                      26:37

2 Douglas Hamerlok            Frankston                      13:34                      26:40

3 Steve Kelly                       Box Hill                        13:34                      26:50

7 Will Potter                        Box Hill                        13:43                      27:01

14 Daniel Clark                  Box Hill                        14:06                      28:20

16 Nick Baggott                  Box Hill                        14:20                      28:26

22 James O’Connell           Box Hill                        14:09                      28:34

31 Oscar Robinson             Box Hill                        14:21                      29:01

 

Division 1 Men’s team results

1 Box Hill                            89

2 Melbourne University       188

3 Geelong                             225

4 Frankston                          250

5 Glenhuntly                        255

 

Open Women’s results

  1. Sinead Diver                  South Melbourne          14:40
  2. Sarah Klein                    Frankston                      14:44
  3. Virginia Moloney           Collingwood                 14:47

14  Grace Brown                Box Hill                        15:44

20  Julie Norney                 Box Hill                        15:55

48  Sarah Cant                   Box Hill                        16:54

55  Grace Kalac                  Box Hill                        17:16

60  June Petrie                    Box Hill                        17:23

 

Estimated Women’s team placings

1 South Melbourne              91

2 Collingwood                     135

3 Knox                                 160

4 Glenhuntly                        179

5 Box Hill                            188

Presentation Night 2015

May 7, 2015

1 May 2015

Thanks to all the members who supported the Club Presentation Night on Friday 1 May 2015 and thanks to our guest speaker, Steve Cain.

Congratulations to all our award winners.

PERPETUAL TROPHIES 2014/2015
Male Athlete Of The Year (Allan Barlow Shield):                Flavien Basson
Female Athlete Of The Year (Martha Fraser Shield):          Courtney Powell
Junior Male Athlete Of The Year (Reg Barlow Cup):          Matthew Harcourt
Junior Female Athlete Of The Year (Armstrong Trophy):    Georgia Griffith
Winter Champion – Male (Hansen Trophy):                        Michael Dowel
Winter Champion – Female (Megan Sloane Cup):              Grace Brown
Winter Champion – Junior (Grant Taggart Award):             Molly Tilbrook
Frank Tutchener 5km Handicap Shield                               Stephen Dinneen
Andrew Stewart Pole Vault Trophy                                   Olivia Carah, Flavien Basson
Ross Haywood Walking Trophy                                        Tayla-Paige Billington
Vladimir Slavnic Throwing Trophy                                     Kathryn Brooks
Outstanding Finals Athlete                                                 David Featherston
Colin Pocklington Sprint Trophy                                        Nana Owusu-Afriyie
Merv Blundy Clubman Award                                           Barbara Johnson
SHIELD COMPETITION POINTS AWARDS
Men Open
1st James Baumgarnet
2nd David Thomson
3rd Brett Nuske
Women Open
1st Yiota Carabourniotis
2nd Vivienne Lee
3rd Angela Phillips
Men Under 18
1st Matthew Harcourt
2nd Ned Snibson
3rd Will Seton
Women Under 18
1st Hannah Heathcote
2nd Zoe Schwerkolt
3rd Rachel Limburgh
Men Under 16
1st Sam McDonald
2nd Dalton Di Medio
3rd Lucas Pamminger
Women Under 16
1st Emily Butler
2nd Jessica MacKenzie
3rd Olivia Carah
Men 40+
1st Andrew Egginton
2nd Nick Carah
3rd David Featherston
Women 40+
1st Karen Carah
2nd Talitha Crawford
3rd Pia Hunter

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 6

May 4, 2015

 

XCR’15 ROUND 2 AT LARDNER PARK ON THIS SATURDAY!

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

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

Entries Close at 12:00 noon on Wednesday. No late entries will be accepted. If you have not yet entered (or purchased a series ticket), enter now!

Series tickets cost:

Open and Overage: $95 for six races

Under 20: $75 for five races

Under 18: $60 for four races

Under 16: $50 for four races

Under 14: $50 for four races

We need all available athletes competing in this event to give us the best chance of having a successful winter season.

XCR’15 SEASON

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

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

Winter Calendar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 29, Saturday, National Cross Country Championships, Melbourne

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

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

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS STEVE

Congratulations to Steve Kelly who won the Great Train Race in the Dandenongs on Sunday. Steve ran the hilly 13.5km course in 42:27 to finish ahead of Puffing Billy and 3,500 other runners.

 

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 5

April 29, 2015

 

PRESENTATION NIGHT ON THIS FRIDAY!

The Box Hill Athletic Club Presentation Night will be held at the club rooms on this Friday night, May 1. Don’t miss out!

This is a great chance to celebrate another successful year and we hope that all members can attend. This night will also incorporate (a brief) annual general meeting.

Date: Friday, May 1

Time: 7:30pm

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

Cost: $10 ($20 per family)

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

No need to book, just pay on the night.

We hope to see you all there!

 

 

XCR’15 ROUND 2 AT LARDNER PARK ON SATURDAY, MAY 9 – Enter Now!

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

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

Series tickets cost:

Open and Overage: $95 for six races

Under 20: $75 for five races

Under 18: $60 for four races

Under 16: $50 for four races

Under 14: $50 for four races

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

 

 

SAM WINS AT HANGING ROCK

Congratulations to Sam Dipnall who won the hilly 19km Run the Rock fun run at Hanging Rock in a time of 68:00 minutes ahead of over 300 other runners.

 

 

Want to help coach little athletes?

Box Hill Little Athletics Centre is looking for help with coaching of their cross country runners, let us know if you can help.

 

ATHLETICS VICTORIA SUMMER SEASON SURVEY

We encourage all members to give their feedback on the past summer season track and field competition by completing the AV online survey. Also feel free to pass on any further feedback to AV and/or to the Club

 

 

XCR’15 SEASON

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 29, Saturday, National Cross Country Championships, Melbourne

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

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

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

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

 

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

April 27, 2015

JUNIORS SHINE AT JELLS PARK

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results

Men Division 1(Team place: 4th)

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

Men Division 2 (Team place: 6th)

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

Men Over 40  (Team place: 3rd)

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

Men Over 50 (Team place: 10th)

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

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

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

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

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

Men Under 18 (Team place: 2nd)

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

Men Under 14 (Team place: 1st)

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

Women Division 1 (Team place: 7th)

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

Women Division 2 (Team place: 11th)

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

Women Division 4

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

Women Over 40 (Team place: 3rd)

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

Women Under 20 (Team place: 8th)

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

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

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

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

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

Women Under 16 (Team place: 2nd)

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Premier Division

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

Division 2

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

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 4

April 22, 2015

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

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

Date: Friday, May 1

Time: 7:30pm

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

Cost: $10 ($20 per family)

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

No need to book, just pay on the night.

We hope to see you all there!

 

 

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

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

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

Series tickets cost:

Open and Overage: $95 for six races

Under 20: $75 for five races

Under 18: $60 for four races

Under 16: $50 for four races

Under 14: $50 for four races

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

 

 

JUNIORS SHINE AT JELLS PARK

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results

Men Division 1(Team place: 4th)

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

Men Division 2 (Team place: 6th)

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

Men Over 40  (Team place: 3rd)

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

Men Over 50 (Team place: 10th)

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

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

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

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

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

Men Under 18 (Team place: 2nd)

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

Men Under 14 (Team place: 1st)

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

Women Division 1 (Team place: 7th)

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

Women Division 2 (Team place: 11th)

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

Women Division 4

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

Women Over 40 (Team place: 3rd)

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

Women Under 20 (Team place: 8th)

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

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

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

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

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

Women Under 16 (Team place: 2nd)

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

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

 

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

Jells Park Relays 18 April 2015

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

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

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

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

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

 

Premier Division

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

 

Division 2

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

 

 

XCR’15 SEASON

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 29, Saturday, National Cross Country Championships, Melbourne

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

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

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 3

April 15, 2015

JELLS PARK RELAYS ON THIS SATURDAY!

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Men Division 1

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

Men Division 2

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

Men Division 3

  1. Hanson Wong
  2. Simon St. Hill

Men Over 40

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

Men Over 50

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

Men Under 20 (team 1)

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

Men Under 20 (team 2)

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

Men Under 18

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

Men Under 14

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

Women Division 1

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

Women Division 2

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

Women Division 4

Three runners from:

Amelia Savige

Kelly Ulf

Caitlin Harrison

Chelsea Dyer

Women Over 40

Three runners from:

Amanda Harper

Talitha Crawford

Pia Hunter

Megan Sloane

Women Under 20

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

Women Under 18 (Team 1)

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

Women Under 18 (Team 2)

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

Women Under 14

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

 

 

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

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

 

 

BOX HILL ATHLETIC CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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

See the attachment for the agenda and nomination form.

 

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP

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

Results Frank Tutchener 5 K Handicap 11 April 2015

Place    Name                                    Elapsed time        Handicap  Actual time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fastest time: Steve Dinneen              15:46

 

 

MATT AND NANA TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA

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

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

 

 

NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS

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

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

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

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

Apologies for any results we have missed.

 

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

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

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 2

April 7, 2015

REGISTER NOW!

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

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

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

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

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

Life members and international representatives should contact the club.

 

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

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

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

 

JELLS PARK RELAYS ON SATURDAY WEEK

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

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

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

 

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

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

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

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

2015 Winter Bulletin No. 1

March 31, 2015

REGISTER NOW!

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

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

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

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

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

Life members and international representatives should contact the club.

 

ROUND 1 OF XCR’15 ON APRIL 18

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

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

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

 

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP – Saturday, April 11

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

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

 

PRESENTATION NIGHT – MAY 1

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

 

CONGRATULATIONS COURTNEY!

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

 

RESULTS FROM NATIONALS

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

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

Other results from nationals:

Flavien Basson, 4th, pole vault, 5.20m

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

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

 

RESULTS FROM 5000m/3000m EVENTS AT BOX HILL

3000m

Daniel Balassone 8:47

Nick Baggott 8:49

James O’Connell 8:56

Ben Noske 9:13

Klarie McIntyre 9:20

Simon Watson 9:57

Tony Langelaan 10:00

Liza Henshall 12:41

5000m:

Peter Green 15:13

Welday Mebrahtu 16:14

Bec Rosel 18:01

Peter Stefanos 18:31

Julie Averill 18:59

Simon St. Hill 21:47

Kelly Ulf, 23:30

 

RESULTS FROM RUN FOR THE KIDS

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

Results:

Klarie McIntyre 10th 51:19

Charlie Blanch 25th 54:03

Andrew Hester 79th 57:54

Molly Tilbrook 5th 56:56

Julie Norney 8th 57:49

Charmaine Hester 52nd 66:15

Amelia Savige 75:55

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

Mithcell Dyer 1st 15:28

Nick Baggott 2nd 15:50

Tom Selwood 6th 16:45

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

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

2014 – 2015 Summer Bulletin No 25

March 24, 2015

ATHLETICS ADVISORY GROUP

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

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

(a) Athlete, club, coach and officials pathway

(b) All forms of competition products

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

(d) Effective forms of communications to our membership.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

VICTORIAN RUNNING NETWORK AT BOX HILL THIS THURSDAY

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

 

TRACK BOOKINGS

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

 

 

XCR’15 COMING SOON!

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

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

Register via the AV website member’s portal.

Contact the Club if you have any questions about registration.

 

CLUB 5K HANDICAP – Saturday, April 11

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

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

 

COURTNEY RACING IN CHINA

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

 

GOOD LUCK AT NATIONALS

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

 

MELBOURNE IAAF WORLD CHALLENGE

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

 

MILERS CLUB RESULTS

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

800m

Michael Dowel            1:52.5

Ben Noske                  1:54.8

Daniel Balassone         1:57.1

Ned Snibson               1:59.0

Zac Hunter                  1:59.5

Raymond Chan           2:02.5

Alex Ritchie                2:05.0

Carly Atkinson            2:59.3

1500m

Mitchell Dyer              3:49.6

Will Potter                   3:57.4

Nick Baggott              3:59.8

James O’Connell         4:11.0

Rob Schwerkolt          4:18.1

Lucas Pamminger        4:29.7

Austin Hunter             4:32.9

Hayley Tomlinson       4:45.0

Julia Averill                 5:02.4

 

BODYKNOTS STUDIO

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