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Round 11 – Let’s go Team Essendon!!!
Best of luck to all our athletes competing this weekend across all of our AVSL venues. Second last round of the summer season & hopefully with some consistent performances across all age groups & maybe a few more sneaky PB’s, NQ’s & records, we can push ourselves a bit closer to second place on the Premier Division ladder as there is no Play Offs this year as in previous seasons.
Let’s make this POWERPLAY count!!
ATHLETICS ESSENDON STRATEGY
We are seeking your feedback, ideas & assistance on how to make our Club even better. Please take 10 mins to complete this questionnaire HERE to help us shape the club’s future.
Your replies will help us to mould a vision for our Club’s future as well as our sport moving forward.
HELPERS REQUIRED – Equipment Management
Athletics Essendon is looking for a number of responsible, generous & motivated people to look after our competition equipment.
For the last 50 years, our Club legend, Arthur Whitchell (OAM) has done ALL these jobs on his own! It’s now time to share the load in the hope of attracting the right people for the job/s. Most of the tasks only require attendance between October to February. The jobs include:
- Hammers – paint before competition & repairs where necessary
- Shot Put – maintain paint
- Hurdles – replace batons when required & ensure adequate supply of same
- Discus – maintenance of good order
- Steeple – two persons required to maintain/paint them, ensure they remain adjustable, move them on & off the infield during AVSL season
- Two dedicated people that have a dash of leadership ability, to supervise set up & pack up when AVSL is on at Aberfeldie approx. four times per season
- Other small jobs as they arise.
If any of these pique your interest, please contact John Cooper on 0414 373 157 for more info. Thanks in advance 🙂
AE RECORD BREAKER!
Jonty Neethling (M16) continues his superlative season with an Essendon record broken at National All Schools on 8/12/24 in the 2k steeple with a blistering 5:56.61.
Well done Team Jonty!
ROUND 10 ROUND UP!!
Every week we are pleased to receive emails from parents & athletes alike, celebrating stellar performances & in Round 10 we are going to start by celebrating the Weickhardt brothers. They both competed at Geelong on the weekend, with the following PB’s –
- Andreas (M20) – 200m – 23.26
- Sebastian (M18) – Long Jump – 6.32m & a win in Heat 3 of the 100m – 11.47
AE Coach, Gregor Gojrzewski & his middle-distance squad also achieved some magnificent results last weekend with these PB’s & some sneaky National Qualifiers (NQ) –
800
- Charlotte Gray F18 – 2:26.8 – PB
- Riddhi Mehta F14 – 2:35.1 – SB
- Finley Symons M18 – 1:58.4 – NQ/PB
- Oscar Lichter M16 – 2:00.3 – NQ/PB
- Lucas Harris M16 – 2:03.7 – NQ/PB
- Sam Meehan M16 – 2:04.3 – PB
- Archer Bramble M16 – 2:06.2 – PB
- Oliver Byrnes M18 – 2:08.0 – PB
- Charlie Morton M16 – 2:23.7 – PB
200
- Jayme-Lee Cobain F16 – 28.28 =PB
- Lara Sacaner F18 – 29.71 – PB
200 Hurdles
- Alexander Carroll M14 – 30.98 – NQ/PB
Congratulations to you all & bring on the Australian Championships in Adelaide, April 11-19, 2024!
Other Top Performers – 1000+ point total
- Marlon Cummings – M45 – 1229 points
- Kristian Lakusa – M50 – 1113 points
- Macca Leith – M18 – 1010 points
- Kevin Healy – M20 – 1000 points
500+ points
- Kevin Healy – M20 – Hammer – Throwing another gigantic 60.02 – 532 points
- Luca Sebastiano – M18 – 200m – With a heat one win at Landy & a 21.79 – 522 points
- Jonty Neethling – M16 – 1500m – Continues to impress with a NQ of 4:05.3 – 517 points
- Oscar Lichter – M16 – 800m – In the quickest heat @ Doncaster in a time of 2:00.3 – 513 points
- Mark Harper – M45 – 200m – Taking out the win in heat 3 @ Doncaster in 23.73 – 512 points
- Lesley Mendekia – M18 – 200m – Rounding out 1st & 2nd in heat 1 at Landy, behind Luca with 22.10 – 509 points
Amazing efforts all around across the day from all of our athletes & big point scorers!
MISSED RESULTS DEFINITELY WORTH MENTIONING!
Metro athletes compete alongside regional athletes & are awarded invitational medals. Essendon had 42 athletes competing over the Australia Day weekend.
Essendon coach, Mark Carey travelled to Llanberris Reserve in Ballarat with his squad & they recorded the following sensational results –
- Noah Tarallo (M16) 2000m Steeple – 6:52.81 – Gold
- Charlotte Jackson (F20) 3000m Steeple – 12:20.30 – Gold
- Maggie Armstrong (F60) 800m – 3:24.68 – Gold1500m – 7:17.39 – Gold200m – 36.65 – Silver400m – 83.79 – Silver
- Sarah Fitzpatrick (F18) 2000m Steeple – 7:34.21- Silver
- Samual Duncan (M20) 3000m Steeple – 10:46.94 – Silver (23 sec PB too!)
- Lachie Steward (M20) 400 Hurdles – 66.31 – Bronze
- Chase Jardine (M16) 2000m Steeple – 8:01.05 – 12 sec PB!
Congratulations Mark & squad – a dedicated bunch of athletes who deserve every success 🙂
FOP – Montana Djatschenko – Long Jump – 5.72m – Silver
– Zara Keca – Triple Jump – 11.82m – Bronze
F20 – Amanda Wrout – 100m – 12.37 – Gold
– 200m – 26.07 – Silver
– Long Jump – 5.49m – Silver
– Sukhnoor Rangi – Pole Vault – 3.60m – Gold
– Khushnoor Rangi – Pole Vault – 3.60m – Silver
– Tessia Haggai – Triple Jump – 11.42m – Silver
– Ella Birk – Triple Jump – 10.87 – Bronze
F16 – Ella Leith – Javelin – 35.88m – Gold
– 90 Hurdles – 14.40 – Silver
– High Jump – 1.50m – Silver
– Long Jump – 4.95m – Bronze
MOP – Benan Oztorun – Long Jump – 7.19m – Gold
– Angus Wood – Triple Jump – 14.94 – Gold
M20 – Macca Leith – Discus – 47.85m – Silver
– Shot Put – 12.43m – Silver
– Sebastian Weickhardt – Triple Jump – 13.07 – Bronze
M18 – Maddox Wilson – High Jump – 1.90m – Silver
– 100m – 11.73 – Bronze
– Jonty Neethling – 2000m Steeple – 6:10.68 – Gold
M14 – Mackinlee Carroll – 3000m – 10:13.60 – Gold
– Tate Jardine – 1500 Walk – 10:01.87 – Bronze
M40 – Sukhjivan Singh – Long Jump – 5.04m – Silver
– 100m – 12.99 – Bronze
– Marlon Cummings – 200m – 24.47 – Gold
M50 – Kristian Lakusa – 100m – 12.77 – Gold
I hope I haven’t left anyone out and apologies if I have, but let’s celebrate these very strong results across all age groups & bring on AV States (entries are now open & close Feb 15)
STAY TUNED
SAVE THE DATE – Presentation Day
A REMINDER that our annual Presentation afternoon is on Sunday, 5 May at Buckley Park Bowls Club. Further details & tickets available soon.
Vic Milers Meet
There will be an extensive round up & celebration of results from Tuesday’s Vic Miler’s Meet 4, held at Aberfeldie in next week’s newsletter…. stay tuned
STAY TUNED
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if there is anything we missed, by sending our secretary Rebecca an email at secretary@athleticsessendon.org.au.
