Funds from EFC
At a community sports club get together this week at Windy Hill, Essendon Football Club (Sections Committee), handed over cheques to the value of $178000. Over the last 20 years, the footy club has distributed about $2.5 million. Our share of that has been about $200,000. Athletics Essendon was represented by David Jones (who has […]
2019 Australia All Schools
The 2019 Australia All Schools took place in Perth over the weekend. A crew of Essendon Juniors took to the field to give it their all. High Jump was the event of choice with four club members taking to the skies. Club U/13 record holder Harry Orr took out the U/14 Boys clearing 1.84m. Completing […]
Zatopek 10 Lower grades
This event came back to Aberfeldie last week with a massive 125 runners entered into three heats. This event is a club fund raiser and we thank Santa Steve Murphy and his Elves for their help. One of our 40+ runners, Damien Bruneau has shared his thoughts before, during and after the run. Enjoy his […]
AVSL Round 6
Round 6 saw Essendon athletes spread all over Victoria, with the rain mostly holding off they just had the strong wind to contend with. Casey Over at Casey the Alwyn Jones coached jumpers were out in force bringing some big points to the club. Many with their first competition of the season, including Shemaiah James […]
Vic Relay Champs
A day perfect for fast running welcomed our relay squads at Box Hill. A very big thank you to Arthur Whitchell and Stella McNamara who were the only members who put their hands up to be AV Helpers on the day. Where were our runners and parents? Essendon’s highlight happened in one of the first […]
Heptathletes Shine
Young Heptathletes, Ellie Kewish and Kaylee Mangion have joined Athletics Essendon this year in the U16 age group. The girls attend Maribyrnong Sports Academy and are currently in year 9. The junior training partners decided to make the move to Athletics Essendon this season after making a connection with the Club whilst training at Aberfeldie. […]
AVSL 5
Geelong picked up their first win of the season and 20 points by using their Power Play. Chilwell had their best round by a long way, coming third to collect 16 points. Essendon came in second to move into the box seat just 2 points behind Diamond Valley. It was a big day at Aberfeldie, […]
Victorian 5,000m Championships
Ty Davis, 14, in just his second race over the 12 and a half laps, managed to win race E at Box Hill with a 72 second improvement over his 2018 time. Ty has represented Victoria in triathlons and is coached by his parents. Emelia Eagling – Every finished 18th in the women’s Vic Champs […]
AVSL 4 Relay Round
Relay Round rout. Unfortunately this wasn’t the club’s best. We look to have finished in 6th spot (Queries have been extended until Tues at 5pm due to the number of issues). Only our U16M won the day, with U14M coming third across the state. All our other age teams finished in the middle or lower. […]
Milers Club 1
A very wet opening round of Vic Milers’s club greeted our eleven club runners, who had made the trek out to the Glenhuntly track last Thursday evening. With plenty of rain around and puddles in lane 1, it wasn’t a night for P.B.s, it was a night to simply build up into the summer season […]
