All Schools Week 2
It was again wet at Doncaster for the 2nd week of the AV All Schools Track and Field Championship. Thanks to our parents and friends who put their hands up to be AV Helpers. Mark Sims, Tom Yeagher, Arthur Whitchell, Duncan Knox and Christian Knox. Without AV officials and club helpers, we don’t get to do […]
All Schools Week 1
Atrocious conditions greeted competitors for the first day of the AV All Schools on Saturday. This year due to the redevelopment of Lakeside it was held at Doncaster. The triple jumpers coached by Alwyn Jones didn’t disappoint. A massive PB jump from Angus Wood of 14.56m to win gold in the U20 men’s. An amazing […]
AVSL Round 3
Another Home venue meet. A big thanks to everyone who set up the events. It’s no easy task and we look forward to everyone helping set up or pack up on Nov 16. Also thank you to our Helpers and officials. Without these volunteers, we don’t have a competition. After 3 rounds, Essendon is well […]
XCR’19 Presentations.
AV XCR’19 Season at a glance For the Men’s Premier division, seventh at the Tan Relays, was the best finish for the season. Since the team finished last on the ladder, they are likely to be relegated to div 2 next season. The open women finished in fourth place. A great debut season back up […]
Vale John Higham OAM
I had the pleasure of competing against and with John Higham. The first time I competed against John was when John was running for St Kevins It was at the Preston Athletics track in a 400m. Despite John being a teenager you could see at the beginning of his athletics journey he had a special […]
Melb Marathon 2019
Full results from last Sunday’s Melb Marathon & Half Marathon Overall Place Athlete Time Gender Place Category Category Place 22 Damien Bruneau 2:28:37 22 M40-44 3 57 Bouchaib Chefnaoui 2:38:15 54 M40-44 7 104 Charlotte Wilson 2:44:15 5 F25-29 2 105 Liam Adams 2:44:15 100 M30-34 31 1488 Madeleine Sims (debut) 3:35:05 146 F25-29 35 […]
AVSL Round 2
Two from two. Athletics Essendon has had the perfect start to the 2019 / 20 aths season. We now sit 4 points clear on top of the Div 1 ladder, from Diamond Valley, Box Hill and Glenhuntly. We had wins in the Yellow Zone comp to the M14, W14, M16, W16, M20 and M40+ teams. […]
Silver medallist’s stance cast in bronze.
Tom Cowie TheAge The hardest part to get right, according to the sculptor, was the simplicity. In one of the most famous photographs in world sport, Peter Norman is standing still. He has just run second in the 200 metres at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Behind him are Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos. They […]
AVSL Round 1
What a great start to the new track & field season. Not only have we been given at least 4 “home” rounds this year, we got to conduct round 1. And what a team effort it was, with many people helping with the set up and pack up of all the equipment. Arthur was there […]
Round 10 XCR ’19
This was the last round of XCR ’19. All runners, male, female, open, masters and juniors ran one 3.8km lap of the iconic Tan course. We had twelve relay teams starting the event, six open men’s teams, two junior men’s teams, three open women’s teams and one junior women’s team. Women Div 1 finished eighth […]
