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Winter season presentation

The end of season lunch saw the annual Club brownlow award shared in a 3 way tie between Petra, Martin and James.

XCR16 performance prize winners were:
* Best Junior - Daniel Spiteri, ran all the races and improved out of sight
* Most improved - Rob Carstairs - kept improving with every run
* 1 Hour run - Men James, Women Janice
* 10K - James
* Winter Trophy - 1st James, 2nd Niamh, 3rd Martin

Notable special prize winners included the "Jells Park Running through hard times award" by Glenn Carroll for surviving two pit stops at the Jells Park - 1 sick bag, and the annual "how close can I turn up before the start of a race" by Uma Muthia for her effort at Bundoora - an alarm clock to add to her growing collection.

 

XCR16 overall team results

Men Div 3 - 6th
Men Div 5 - 2nd
Men 40 plus - 7th
Men 50 plus - 2nd
Women Div 2 - 11th
Women Div 5 - 23rd
Women 40 plus - 5th
u/18 men - 18th

 

XCR16 overall individual results

Niamh O'Reilly W40-44: 2nd
Martin Spiteri M45-49: 14th
Sally Lim W45-49: 16th
James Atkinson M50-54: 2nd
Anthony George M50-54: 9th
Glenn Goodman M50-54: 17th
Janice Marston W50-54: 6th

 

AV results - Tan relays: 17 Sep 2016

 

Sprinting

Terry Baldwin's new starting technique in action: http://www.gifbin.com/989837

 

Hurdles

Clyde is not sure how he'll go with the new hurdle heights: http://i.imgur.com/h3xZWuG.gifv

 

AV Results - Burnley half marathon: 4 Sep 2016

Junior 5k:
Male u/16 - 14th Daniel Spiteri 24.44
Male u/18 - 14th Nicholas Spiteri 27.34
Men's open:
Div 3 - 49th James Atkinson 76.03, 82nd Ewen Vowels 79.17, 105th Stephen Paine 81.37, 134th Tony George 83.10,
Div 5 - 145th Martin Spiteri 84.11, 195th Michael Harvey 88.06, 209th Tim Albiston 89.29, 225th Rob Carstairs 90.41
Div 7 - 381st Hugh Hunter 119.10, 389th Clyde Riddoch 127.31
Women's open:
Div 2 - 35th Niamh O'Reilly 91.00, 57th Sally Lim 95.28, 92nd Janice Marston 104.03,
Div 5 - 121st Emily Stokes 116.56, 125th Clare Holst 119.53

 

Coaching update:

Athletics Waverley present pre-Season Athletics Training for Secondary School and University Students
Eight Monday nights 6pm to 7pm starting August 15th 2016
@ The Athletics Track, Central Reserve, Corner of Waverley and Springvale Roads (enter from Springvale Rd)
Please arrive from 5.45pm for a 6pm start.
Focus on drills, technique and building strength and conditioning for the Summer Track Season.
Additional coaching will be provided by other Waverley coaches and Senior Athletes as appropriate.
For more information please contact Coach: Simone Albiston on 0418 591 438 or email salbiston@optusnet.com.au
No Cost involved.

 

Results - Club one hour run: Sun 28 August 2016

1. James Atkinson 15.322k (new M50-54 record)
2. Martin Spiteri 14.490k
3. Daniel Spiteri 12.39k
4. Janice Marston 12.333k (new F50-54 record)
5. Clyde Riddoch 10.930k (new M60-64 record)
6. Nicholas Spiteri 10.363k
7. Petra Spiteri 10.136k
8. Ewen Vowels 10.000k
9. James McEniry 5.600k
10. Simone albiston 4.000k

Hammer throw technique is important

The athlete looks like Terry Baldwin in the off-season, not sure who the official is: http://i.imgur.com/NOuThPi.gif

 

AV results - Angelsea relays: 6 August 2016

 

AV results - Albert Park road race: 17 July 2016

Mens open 10k
Div 3 - 78th James Atkinson 34.44, 106th Shane Fielding 35.52, 116th Stephen Paine 35.56, 154th Glenn Carroll 36.54, 160th Ewen Vowels 37.11
Div 5 - 171st Martin Spiteri 37.21, 194th Tim Albiston 38.13, 285th Rob Carstairs 41.34, 324th Matt Zonneveldt 42.47
Div 7 - 334th Norval Hope 43.16, 355th Michael Jansen 44.27, 402nd Hugh Hunter 48.51, 421st Clyde Riddoch 51.55
Womens open 10k
Div 2 - 58th Niamh O'Reilly 40.25, 98th Uma Muthia 43.05, 145th Nickie Scriven 45.51, 152nd Janice Marston 46.06
Div 5 - 205th Emily Stokes 53.16, 209th Clare Holst 53.30, 231st Simone Albiston 65.12
u/18 mens 10k
17th Nicholas Spiteri 46.44
u/16 mens 3k
23rd Daniel Spiteri 11.50

 

AV results - Sandown relays: 9 July 2016

 

AV results - Bundoora cross country: 18 June 2016

Mens open 10k:
Div 3 - 89th James Atkinson 36.04, 154th Tony George 39.17, 177th Martin Spiteri 40.00, 181st Glenn Carroll 40.09, 188th Ewen Vowels 40.26,
Div 5 - 215th Glenn Goodman 41.36, 241st Tim Albiston 42.38, 262nd Matt Zonneveldt 43.41, 296th Rob Carstairs 45.27
Div 7 - 333rd Michael Jansen 48.23, 361st Hugh Hunter 51.12, 378th Clyde Riddoch 54.00
Womens open 10k:
Div 2 - 48th Niamh O'Reilly 42.15, 86th Uma Muthia 45.17, 138thd Janice Marston 49.14, 170th Emily Stokes 55.04
Div 5 - 187th Jacqueline Mitchell 60.01

Niamh was first 40 plus female, James was second 50 plus male.

 

Other results:

Congratulations to Clyde Riddoch who recently achieved his first ever AV medal, at the age of 62 - a bronze in the 50+ 10k walk event at the 2016 Victorian Walk Championships at Albert Park on 28 May 2016.

 

AV results - Ballarat road race: 4 June 2016

Mens open 15k:
Div 3 - 75th James Atkinson 56.03, 131st Tony George 59.25, 148th Glenn Carroll 60.06, 167th Martin Spiteri 61.24, 179th Ewen Vowels 62.05
Div 5 - 181st Glenn Goodman 62.13, 272nd Simon Duffy 69.12, 283rd Matt Zonneveldt 70.04, 288th Rob Carstairs 70.30
Div 7 - 320th Michael Jansen 74.25, 335th Clyde Riddoch 81.12
Women's open 15k:
Div 2 - 43rd Niamh Reilly 65.32, 126th Janice Marston 76.31, 159th Emily Stokes 82.52, 171st Clare Holst 86.09
Div 5 - 190th Tracee Rowe 99.26
Men's u/16 5k:
37th Daniel Spiteri 20.56
Men's u/18 5k:
32nd Nicholas Spiteri 24.55

 

AV results - Cruden Farm cross country - 21 May 2016

Mens open 16k
Div 3 - 81st James Atkinson 58.57, 148th Glenn Carroll 63.57, 149th Anthony George 63.57, 171st Martin Spiteri 65.37, 172nd Glenn Goodman 65.44
Div 5 - 183rd Ewen Vowels 66.34, 192nd Michael Harvey 67.12, 238th Norval Hope 71.39, 290th Michael Jansen 77.18
Div 7 - 298th Rob Carstairs 78.20, 324th Hugh Hunter 84.07, 336th Clyde Riddoch 92.00
Womens open 8k
Div 2 - 62nd Niamh O'Reilly 33.48, 130th Janice Marston 38.10, 157th Emily Stokes 41.39, 179th Clare Holst 45.04
u/16 mens 6k
33rd Daniel Spiteri 25.56
u/18 mens 8k
32nd Nicholas Spiteri 41.35

 

AV results - Wandin Park cross country: 7 May 2016

Mens open 8k
Div 3 - 129th James Atkinson 33.33, 142nd Glenn Carroll 34.04, 165th Glenn Goodman 35.08, 202nd Martin Spiteri 36.25, 215th Ewen Vowels 36.47
Div 5 - 260th Tim Albiston 38.39, 291st Simon Duffy 40.38, 334th Michael Jansen 43.55, 362nd Robert Carstairs 47.05
Div 7 - 367th Hugh Hunter 47.23, 387th Clyde Riddoch 50.44

Womens open 6k
Div 2 - 56th Niamh O'Reilly 27.22, 77th Uma Muthia 28.23, 118th Nickie Scriven 30.51, 134th Janice Marston 31.51
Div 5 - 190th Clare Holst 37.41, 211th Simone Albiston 45.10

u/18 mens 4k
31st Nicholas Spiteri 20.14

u/16 mens 3k
32nd Daniel Spiteri 14.21

 

Albert Park 5k club handicap: 30 April 2016

 

AV results - Jells Park cross country relays: 16 April 2016

Welcome to new members Petra Spiteri and Jacqui Mitchell, and the return of past member Hugh Hunter.

Men's 50 plus - 1st
Women's 40 plus - 3rd
Men's 40 plus - 3rd

 

 

Winter 2016 - calendar of events

Round Date Event
1 Sat 16 April 2016 Cross country relays - Jells Park
2 Sat 7 May 2016 Cross country - Wandin Park
3 Sat 21 May 2016 Cross country - Cruden Farm
4 Sat 4 June 2016 15k Road race - Ballarat
5 Sat 18 June 2016 Cross country - Bundoora
6 Sat 9 July 2016 Road relays - Sandown
7 Sun 17 July 2016 10k road race - Albert Park
8 Sat 6 August 2016 Ekiden Relay - Angelsea
9 Sun 4 September 2016 Half marathon - Burnley
10 Sat 17 September 2016 Tan relays