NEWS

Weekly Wrap September 29th 2024

September 29, 2024
10:08 am

XCR ROUND 10 – 14 September – TAN RELAYS

What an incredible final round of the 2024 XCR season!!

Athletics Essendon had everyone from first time starters in the Club to our seasoned campaigners & the results did not disappoint!

Female 20 – 3×3.83km
🥈Ellie Kays 15:44, Emily Mifsud 15:46, Lara Sacaner 13:31 : 45:01

Female 18 – 3×3.83km
🥉 Sarah Fitzpatrick 14:16, Rosa Barbanti 15:09, Lauren Hanna 14:02 : 43:27
9th Ellie Kays 20:36

Female 16 – 3×3.83km
🥉 Saana Jayasinghe 16:03, Riddhi Mehta 15:45, Isabelle Kays 14:33 : 46:21

Male 18 – 3×3.83km
🥇 Finley Symons 11:54, Aiden Davis 12:06, Jonty Neethling 11:36 : 35:36

Male 16 – 3×3.83km
🥈 Miles Thompson 12:18, Noah Tarallo 12:59, Sam Meehan 12:44 : 38:01
🥉 Charlie Morton 12:55, Aden Thompson 12:58, Archer Bramble 12:33 : 38:26

Male 14 – 3X3.83km
🥈 Aidan Lowe 13:42, Alex Konstantinidis 14:24, Lenny Gray 13:53 : 41:59

Congratulations to the following teams who also ran & contributed to AE’s overall score total – M20 4th, M18 5th, M16 8th, 13th, 16th, MOP 10th, 11th, 13th, FOP 11th, F14 6th.

FINAL XCR LADDERS

WINNERS

F20 on 79 points, 12 points ahead of 2nd placegetters, Yarra
M18 on 82 points, 3 points in front of 2nd, Western
M16 on 86 points, 6 points more than Doncaster

SECOND

F16 – 59 points

THIRD

M20 – 75 points

M16 (2) – 4th
F18 – 5th
M14 – 7th
M Div 2 – 13th
M Div 4 – 9th
M Div 6 – 8th
F Div 2 – 11th
F Div 4 – 9th

Well done to every one of you, whether you raced in one round, five or all ten! Your performances contributed to AE’s overall ladder standings, helped to make it a fun & successful season & you all no doubt built some great friendships. It’s now time for the summer season of racing – good luck to all athletes, you’ve done the hard winter training now so it’s onto warmer training sessions & longer days 🙂

REMINDER!! AVSL PRE-SEASON LAUNCH EVENT

Please join us on Tuesday, 1 October after training for a BBQ dinner to celebrate the launch of the summer season! This will be a casual, fun event to socialise with fellow members, squads and friends alike!

Please RSVP to secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au

AVSL ROUND 1 – 5 October 2024

Yay, the summer track & field season kicks off next Saturday with AE hosting the first round at MVAC! Entries opened last Wednesday & close at midday on Wed 2/10 so if you haven’t already entered, get on it, especially as the field events usually fill up on the day entries open however track events pretty much have unlimited places. If you need any help with this process, please contact your relevant team manager or email secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au & Rebecca will step you through the process.

Make sure you have your AE uniform ready to go with your AV body numbers attached correctly. If you require any items of uniform, Tuesday night’s pre-season BBQ at the clubrooms is an ideal opportunity to try on & purchase merchandise.

As always, we need helpers for set-up, pack-up & for one-hour times slots across the day so please log in to your Helper App on your membership portal & find a time that works in with your schedule of events. REMEMBER – many hands make light work & every registered athlete is required to volunteer across the season, either in person or compliments of a parent or friend who can do a duty for them. Please don’t leave it to the same few who constantly put their time & efforts in…

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE FOR THE UPCOMING OPENING ROUND & WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING YOUR RESULTS IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER! GO ATHS ESSENDON!

CONGRATS TO BIANCA & TY!!

On Sunday 15/9, Bianca Puglisi competed in the 12km City to Bay which is also the National Road Racing Championships & finished 8th!!Coach, Frances Lipscombe described it as a very deep field with the top three placegetters being Olympians – Izzy Batt-Doyle, Jess Stenson & Jen Gregson! Even the quality & depth of the field behind them was impressive but so was Bianca’s PB OF 40:47!! Wonderful result Bianca & Frances, congratulations!!

We have a National Silver Medal Triathlete in our midst, with OUR VERY OWN Ty Davis PLACING 2nd at the National Junior Triathlon Championships recently. What a phenomenal result Ty, well done to you & your team!!

AFLW FRIDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER – ESSENDON V MELBOURNE

Last week we were asked if any AE members wanted to participate in the Guard of Honour at the Essendon v Melbourne AFLW Community Round on 27/9 at Windy Hill & four lucky athletes stepped forward & accepted the wonderful offer! Well done to Lenny & Harriet Gray & Sam & Georgia Meehan – we hope you enjoyed being surrounded by these superstars! Thankyou for representing AE so beautifully 🙂

FAREWELL TO AE MEMBER, BRIAN ANDERSON

Club stalwart, Brian Anderson is hanging up his spikes after 27 years at the Club! He had a couple of ‘breathers’ in those 27 years but was a regular at AVSL rounds, racing mainly in middle & long distance events with success. Brian always supported AE social events & was happy to lend a hand, but don’t worry, we will still see him around the grounds & supporting the Club.

Congratulations Brian on your loyal & successful athletics career & we look forward to seeing you around Aberfeldie for many more seasons to come!