IN THIS ISSUE
- LOCK IN THE DATE – MAY 18 – END OF SEASON PRESENTATION
- (VICE) PRESIDENT’S REPORT
- VMA 30+ THROWS PENTATHLON, 23/03/25
- BOX HILL CLASSIC, 27/03/25
- BILL BURKE CLASSIC – APRIL 12
- XCR SEASON STARTS MAY 10
- BIG NEWSLETTER NEXT TIME WITH ALL THE EXCITING RESULTS FROM NATIONALS!
ATHLETICS ESSENDON PRESENTATION DAY & END OF SUMMER SEASON BREAK-UP, SUNDAY MAY 18 AT ABERFELDIE
LOCK IN THE DATE! Our end of season break-up will be taking place at Aberfeldie on Sunday May 18 at 12-3pm. Come along and celebrate the successes of our athletes across the 24/25 T&F season 😊 There will be food trucks, lots of fun games & of course, a great chance to catch up with all the great members of our Club. Can’t wait to see you all there 🙂
(VICE) PRESIDENT’S REPORT
What a fantastic AVSL season we have had! Athletics Essendon finished third on the Division 1 Premiership ladder with numerous records broken, both at a Club & State level. We welcomed many new members over the course of the season & saw really high participation numbers across all rounds of AVSL, States & specialist meets. We are definitely heading in the right direction as a Club & we now have the biggest membership of any AV club.
Our Club coaches have worked tirelessly with many of our members to achieve incredible results across all track & field events. We have welcomed some new coaches to our AE line-up too – Matt Hall (throws), Anna Bush (multis), Mark Donahoo (walks) & Adam Larcom ‘officially’ joining us, specialising in sprints. We also thank our stalwart coaches for their loyalty, support & assistance & flow of ideas over the course of the season.
We have introduced a new volunteer policy to hopefully assist with the signing up of helpers across the AVSL & XCR season & think that it will incentivise members & make it less of an arduous task with the offer of a financial benefit to sweeten the deal! This is a policy already utilised by many clubs across the state & we are looking forward to all our membership embracing it & appreciating the reasons behind it. You could even pay off your annual membership fees!
All the very best to those making the trip to Perth for Nationals & congratulations to those U13-U18 athletes that have already competed – I hope your campaign was successful & applaud all those that are bringing home medals, PB’s & learning experiences. No doubt many will be going into a rest period post-Nationals so we wish you all an enjoyable few weeks before the winter training block kicks off & the XCR season starts in May. Stay healthy & safe & I look forward to seeing many of you at the May break-up on the 18th 😊
Kristen Towers
AE Vice President
VMA 30+ THROWS PENTATHLON, 23/03/25
Kim Walsh you are amazing! Kim competed in the State Masters Throws Pentathlon on the 23rd of March at Murumbeena in the F50-54 age group & came home with the SILVER MEDAL & a total of 2113 points earned over five throws events.
- Hammer – 28.30m – 3rd (363 points)
- Shot Put – 10.56m – 1st (566 points)
- Discus – 24.15m – 3rd (353 points)
- Javelin – 25.52m – 2nd (392 points)
- Weight Throw – 10.41m (439 points)
Wonderful work Kim, congratulations!
BOX HILL CLASSIC, 27/03/25
Box Hill Burn was the last middle-distance hit out for athletes prior to Perth & many of our athletes put the icing on the cake for their Nationals campaign. The PB’s were actually massive for some of these – with 10 seconds or more off their previous PB’s! Perfect timing.
800m
- Oscar Lichter – 1:59.32
- Aiden Davis – 2:01.13 *PB
- Zara Smith – 2:15.02
- Charlotte Gray – 2:21.52
- Audrey Savage – 2:25.86
- Riddhi Mehta – 2:29.74
- Harriet Gray – 2:37.10
1500m
- Finley Symons – 3:50.86 *PB
- Archer Bramble – 4:11.96
- Nathan Rizk – 4:23.17 *PB
- Andre Faure – 4:46.21
- Lara Sacaner – 4:29.03
- Maddi Caulfield – 4:31.45
- Charlotte Jackson – 4:57.96
- Lelle Kovacs – 5:00.70 *PB
- Lila Casey – 5:14.53
3000m
- Charles Barrett – 8:15.50
- Jonty Neethling – 8:25.74 *PB
- James Cruse – 8:39.73 *PB
- Matthew Sostaric – 8:44.12 *PB
- Ethan Williams – 8:45.48 *PB
- Charlie Morton – 8:56.17 *PB
- Jasper Gay – 8:57.06 *PB
- Jude Barrett – 9:09.92 *PB
- Aden Thompson – 9:41.72
- Alex Konstantinidis – 9:42.65
- Lenny Gray – 9:44.20
- Max Collins – 10:26.73 *PB
- Bianca Puglisi – 9:29.41 *PB
AE’s BILL BURKE CLASSIC, APRIL 12, 2025
Call out to all AE coaches & their squad members for the 4km Bill Burke Classic taking place around the outside of our very own Aberfeldie Park, on the gravel tracks through the park. A great annual handicapped event which may be perfect for those athletes who didn’t make it over to Perth Nationals or building to the winter cross country season. See further details below….
XCR SEASON 2025 COMMENCES MAY 10, 2025
AV REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN FOR SEASON 25/26
Please read below if you are not familiar with the new volunteer levy that has been introduced…
NOW FOR A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SUBJECT….
- ARE YOU STUDYING JOURNALISM AT UNI, FANCY YOURSELF AS A BIT OF AN AUTHOR OR HAVE AN INSATIABLE ENTHUSIASM FOR ALL THINGS ATHS ESSENDON, THEN THIS MAY BE THE ROLE FOR YOU!! THE JOB IS UP FOR GRABS SOON & WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE INTERESTED IN THIS REWARDING & INTERESTING ROLE! OF COURSE A FULL HANDOVER WOULD BE GIVEN SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH KRISTEN – vicepresident@athleticsessendon or ph. 0417 117 252
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PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND IN ANY PHOTOS, PB’s OR EXCITING ACHIEVEMENTS TO OUR CLUB SECRETARY AT secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au OR CLUB VICE PRES. vicepresident@athleticsessendon.org.au
