2023 Steigen Victorian Country Athletics Championships
This week a large number of Essendon athletes made the trek out to John Landy Athletics Field to compete at the Steigen Victorian Country Athletics Championships. The excellent representation at the Championships saw us as one of the most represented clubs over the three days. Congratulations to the following 53 athletes who represented the club […]
AVSL 2022/23: Round 8 Wrap
AVSL for 2023 began with a bang with three club records falling in a matter of hours. Congratulations to Kevin Healy on adding a 7th hammer throw record to his tally. Healy broke Grant Dunt’s 33-year U20 record with a massive throw of 59.47m. Another 3-decade old record fell when Mackenzie Leith set a new […]
2023 Victorian Combined Event Championships
Whilst the majority of us enjoyed a weekend at the beach or at home with the air-conditioning at full blast 10 of our athletes were braving the scorching weather at the Victorian and Australian Masters Combined Event Championships in Bendigo. There were impressive results from all athletes, showcasing their immense depth across both track & […]
2022 Wrap
What a year 2022 has been both on and off the track as well as domestically and internationally. In many ways it has been non-stop actions for many of our athletes. Over the past twelve months our athletes have quite possibly clocked more frequent flyer points than ever before, with athletes competing in the USA, […]
AVSL 2022/23: Round 7 Wrap
We’re officially back! AVSL Round 7 marked the return of inter-club competition to Aberfeldie after the flooding in October and we couldn’t have asked for a better day. With a twilight competition to mark the end of 2022 it was the perfect night to finish the first half of the season. With over 1,250 event […]
2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Track & Field Championships
Congratulations to all of our athletes that represented Victoria over the weekend at the 2022 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Track & Field Championships in Adelaide. The Championships saw some of Australia’s best junior athletes go head-to-head on the newly resurfaced SA Athletics Stadium. The action kicked off on Friday with nine Essendon athletes proudly […]
Peter Norman honoured at Sports Australia Hall of Fame Awards: Heroes & Legends
Former club member, the late Peter Norman, was overnight honoured with the prestigious “The Dawn” Award at the 2022 Sports Australia Hall of Fame Awards: Heroes and Legends, which was broadcast on Channel 7 last night. The award recognises a courageous ground-breaker who has demonstrated achievement against the odds and challenged the status quo, something […]
AVSL 2022/23: Round 6 Wrap
It took six rounds, but we finally hit our first 30+ degree competition for the 2022/23 season. As we’ve now past the midpoint of the season it was fantastic to see number of athletes begin to enter extra events in order to ensure they’d qualified for the Playoffs. This week our “power event” was triple […]
2022 Victorian Track Relay Championships
Congratulations to all our athletes who represented the club yesterday at the 2022 Victorian Track Relay Championships at Hagenauer Reserve in Box Hill. It was fantastic to see an increase of team entries from last year, as well as a number of podium finishes. In tough and windy conditions our open women’s 4x1500m consisting of […]
AVSL 2022/23: Round 5 Wrap
The Melbourne weather threw ferocious gusts of wind, arctic blasts and rain, but none of that could contend with the determination of the athletes to outlast natures force. Despite a number of flying marquees, chairs and high jump mats round 5 of AVSL went ahead successfully. Despite the many challenges faced by our athletes it […]
