NEWS

Weekly Wrap October 31st 2024

October 31, 2024
12:23 pm

IN THIS ISSUE:

AVSL Round 3 results
AV All Schools State Champs, weekend one
Upcoming Essendon Gift on November 9
AV State Relays – November 23 & 24 at Doncaster

ROUND 3 AVSL, October 19th

Some great results again from the third round of AVSL with some handy PB’s & MVA & age group ladder standings.

Congratulations to the following athletes on their super performances!

Samual Duncan – 1500m, 4:15.3 – 11sec PB
Xavier Walsh – 400m, 58.21 – PB
Team Gregor, athlete PB’s –
Rosa Barbanti – 400m, 68.36
Lelle Kovacs – 1500m, 5:09
Nathan Rizk – 1500m, 4:45.6
Archer Bramble – 1500m, 4:15.4
Charlie Morton – 1500m, 4:23.1
Elijah Marshall – 1500m, 4:23.5
Chase Jardine – 4:43.6
Alexander Carroll – 100H – 17.72 (-0.4w)

Most Valuable Athlete Ladder –
Armani Mauriohooho F16 – 2nd with 1,317 points
Ella Leith F16 – 5th with 1,245 points
Hannah Gec F16 – 18th with 1,179 points

Top 10 Age Group Premiership Scores –

M16 – 1st
F16 – 2nd
F18 – 3rd
M18 – 4th
M40-49 – 4th
M50-59 – 7th
M60+ – 9th

These are fantastic results after only three rounds of track & field action & we look forward to the remainder of the season & wish each & every athlete a continued successful & injury-free season!

AVSL returns for Round 4 on November 9 & entries opened at 5pm on Wednesday Oct 30 so make sure you log in & register your events as early as possible as the field events fill up ridiculously quick! Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the helper duties, so please, if you haven’t yet volunteered for a round, please consider doing your bit 🙂

PLEASE ALSO LOGIN TO YOUR HELPER APP VIA THE MEMBER PORTAL HERE TO VOLUNTEER FOR A DUTY!

It is expected that each member assist with AT LEAST 3 duty allocations during the season.

Please don’t leave it to the same volunteers week in, week out, it’s just not team spirit.

AV ALL SCHOOLS T&F CHAMPS, W/E 1, Oct 26/27

Lakeside lit up all last weekend with many of the state’s best athletes representing their school in their chosen events & Athletics Essendon was magnificently represented!! Huge thanks to all those families that completed the helper duties assigned to the Club & helped to make the first weekend of the All Schools Champs a great success! We received quite a few messages & photos of our athletes out there but it was a tricky one to cover as the easily recognisable red & black colors were of course not represented so we hope we haven’t missed out on too many results from around the traps! Please drop us a line if we have inadvertently missed anyone in our celebrations! secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au

GOLD

Samual Duncan U20 3000m Steeple
Noah McMenamin U18 HJ
Lesley Mendikia U18 100m
Arden Stevens U18 TJ
Charles Barrett U18 2000m Steeple
Will Hurt U17 100m
Ella Duncan U17 HJ
Maddox Wilson U17 HJ
Jonty Neethling U17 2000 Steeple
Archer Bramble U16 2000m Steeple
Lillian Micallef U16 TJ
Owen Veltman U15 100m & 400m
Molly Bremner U15 2000m Steeple
Ethan Vom U14 90H
Ela Uzun U14 3000m Walk

SILVER

Charles Barrett U18 1500m
Maddox Wilson U17 Discus
Finn Dooley U17 HJ
Armani Mauriohooho U16 90H & HJ
Ella Leith U16 Shot Put
James Moore U15 Shot Put
Madi Gilchrist U15 2000m Step
Zara Smith U14 400m

BRONZE

Lila Casey U17 2000m Steeple
Oscar Lichter U17 2000m Steeple
Charlie Morton U16 2000m Steeple
Annabelle Thomas U16 Shot Put
Lillian Micallef U16 90H
Havana Ali U14 3000m Walk

BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND 2 OF ALL SCHOOLS & THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE SUPERSTARS THAT HAVE HELPED OUT WITH DUTIES – YOUR GENEROSITY DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED!

ESSENDON GIFT, SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2024

649 entries!!! This is massive!! If you want to see a huge day of excitement, talent & enjoy a burger & a beer, make sure you come on down to MVAC & maybe witness history or at the least, some incredible racing with 14 sashes to be won & that’s just the track program… because there’s a handicapped high jump competition with some of the biggest jumpers on the circuit, touting clearances of 2.25m!!

There will be live music, all-day commentary & a vibe you won’t want to miss! Action starts at 10.30am for the two LAVic races on the program & then the even bigger guns commence racing from 11am onwards, until the sun starts setting. You won’t want to miss this epic day we look forward to seeing many of you there 🙂

Any assistance on the day would be greatly appreciated – please contact domenicocondello@bigpond.com if you would like to lend a hand.

AV TRACK & FIELD RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS – NOVEMBER 23 & 24, DONCASTER

Teams are currently being configured for as many relay teams as possible for the upcoming State Relay Champs so if you are interested in racing in one or more teams, please reach out to your TM, the Club Secretary or perhaps your coach & register your interest in competing. It’s an awesome way to get to meet other AE members, form new friendships & enjoy the team camarardie. Good news is the Club pays the entry fees too! Please see the timetable below for all the events scheduled. Names need to be in by Friday Nov 15 at the latest.