Gold Coast Heartbreak
Essendon’s star, Liam Adams was shattered to miss an Olympic Qualifying time by just 6 secs last Sunday on a wet and windy Gold Coast. His marathon PB of 2:11.36 is a new club record, but he’d hoped to go even quicker. Liam finished in 6th place and was the first Aussie home. Club stalwart […]
Round 5 XCR ’19
The Victorian Road Relay championships were conducted at Sandown race track under blue skies but with the usual Melbourne wind. Essendon entered teams in most divisions with our Div 1 women’s team of Liselle Aitken, Emilie Guy, Sam Gates, Fasika Metafriya & Maddi Caulfield again showing the way with another win. Aiden Roberts (20:12), was […]
Annual General Meeting
The club’s AGM was held on Sunday July 7 in the club rooms. This year was a little different in that the committee decided to award the Arthur Whitchell award after the recipient was unable to attend the Presentation Night. Ian Williams spoke about the history of the award and told the audience about the […]
Oceania Games
Athletics Essendon were very well represented at the recent Oceania Games in Townsville. Special mention to the jumps squad who, under the watchful eye of medal winning coach, Alwyn Jones, dominated their events. Chris Mitrevski Open Long jump 3rd 7.50m Jack Hale Open 100m 3rd 10.51 Alwyn Jones Open Triple jump […]
Bendigo Bank Sponsorship
This year Bendigo Bank invited our club to “Pitch for Funding” along with 20 other community groups and clubs. Vice President, Andrew Boudrie and incoming Treasurer, Adrian Fitzgerald prepared a three minute PowerPoint presentation. The focus was on how our club supports its athletes, particularly those who might struggle financially to stay involved in our […]
Round 4 XCR ’19
Anglesea Ekiden Cross Country Relay Championships. Jun 22, 2019 Round 4 of XCR’19, had our distance runners heading down south-west to the Surf Coast and the Anglesea Family Caravan Park. Runners had been pre-selected in relays teams of 3, 4, 5 or 6, depending on the division. Each runner would head out of the caravan […]
Round 3 XCR ’19
Round 3 of XCR’19, had our distance runners heading out to Bundoora and Bundoora Park and the selection trials for the Victorian teams to represent Victoria at the National Cross Country Championships at Wollongong in August 2019. Open men and women ran 10km, while juniors ran either 3km, 4Km or 6Km The race conditions were […]
Neil Lawson is Yellow Zones Best.
Congratulations to Neil Lawson, who has been awarded the title of best official in the yellow zone for the Athletics Victoria summer competition 2018/19. Great work Neil!
XCR’19 Round 2, St. Anne’s Winery, Myrniong.
St. Anne’s Winery, Myrniong, June 1 2km, 3km, 4km & 8km Individual Cross Country Championships. Round 2 of XCR’19, had our distance runners driving out to Myrniong and St. Anne’s Winery, for the first individual race of the season. Open men and women ran 8km, 4 x 2km laps of the 2km course, while juniors […]
Liam and Charlotte in the winners circle on the weekend.
Massive congratulations to Athletics Essendon stars Liam Adams and Charlotte Wilson, who both breasted the tape in first place on the weekend. Liam won the Sydney Morning Herald half marathon, in a slick 1:02:51. Charlotte was victorious in the half marathon at the Great Ocean Road Run Fest. Fantastic results from our two superstars!
