PRESENTATION DAY… THIS SUNDAY!!!!
Athletics Essendon’s annual presentation day is THIS COMING SUNDAY, May 5, commencing at 1pm. Come along for a barbie, a chinwag & celebrate many of our outstanding athletes & their performances over the summer track & field season! The weather is looking to be fairly sunny & I have it from a very reliable source, that our Club Olympians, Linden Hall & Liam Adams will be in attendance. Linden is going to have a chat to us all about her athletics career & her journey to becoming an Olympian, with a Q&A afterwards & both athletes are happy to make themselves available for some photos which will be an opportunity not to be missed. Tickets are available by clicking on the above link & are available up until 1pm on Sunday. We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there!!
ALAC – Australian Little Athletics Championships, Adelaide, April 26 & 27
Our very own Aidan Lowe, Sam Meehan & Darcy Parker recently headed over to the SA Athletics Stadium, Adelaide after being proudly selected to represent Team Vic at the ALAC… & their performances didn’t disappoint!!
Aidan finished a gutsy 5th in the U13 800m in a stellar time of 2:16.70.
Sam clinched the GOLD medal in the U15 1500m in an incredible 4:15.56.
Darcy backed up his success at the recent Australian Championships, also in Adelaide, with GOLD in the U14 Long Jump, recording a mighty jump of 5.85m, GOLD in the U14 400m, crossing the finish line in a speedy 51.84 & also medalled in his third event, claiming SILVER in the U14 800m with a magnificent time of 2:02.65!
What amazing results & we are sure you will be looking forward to a well-earned rest, even if only for a week or two! Congratulations on your fantastic season 23/24!
HELP NEEDED!! Call out for 2 helpers 24/25 AVSL season
Athletics Essendon needs you! With only 3 or possibly 4 rounds of AVSL being conducted at MVAC next season, we desperately require 2 volunteers to assist with the oversight of set up (11am-1pm) & pack up (4.30pm – 6pm) – one for each end of the day. This role comes with hands-on training, a written set of simple notes, club support from John Cooper & of course, endless gratitude!! Put simply, if you are not scared to give directions & can get along with a small but enthusiastic crew then this job can be managed by anyone over 18 & just may be for you!
Please contact John on 0414 373 157 or email john.cooper3041@gmail.com for any further questions.
XCR ‘24 at JELLS PARK, ROUND 1
The winter cross country season opened last Saturday at Jells Park in Rowville with perfect race conditions – very little wind, fast dry course & mild temperatures with a spattering of sunshine! There was the 6km (Open) & 3km (Junior) team relay options & AE fielded a total of 14 teams – 6 Open, 8 Junior teams for a total of 50 runners. Not bad considering the Aus Champs was only 1-2 weeks earlier!
Our newly elected Club Team Captains all raced & we would like to take a minute to celebrate the appointment of these new positions. AE very proudly appointed four very deserving athletes to lead the members through the upcoming winter season of XCR cross country & road running, made up of 10 rounds across various metro & regional venues.
FOP – Bianca Puglisi (Frances Lipscombe)
MOP – Matt Sostaric
FJnr – Emily Mifsud (Gregor Gojrzewski)
MJnr – James Cruse (Charlotte Wilson)
The Club would like to thank these four very deserving athletes for taking on these important Club leadership roles & ask everyone to help us in celebrating this achievement. Appreciation also goes out to our six Club distance coaches – Barb, Charlotte, Frances, Gregor, Mark & Ken, for supporting this integral part of recognising & mentoring these athletes.
XCR R1 Results
Best Team Performances:
FIRST – FOP Div 2 – 4 x 6km – Bianca Puglisi 21:34, Jennifer Mendes 25:51, Allison Rogers 23:26, Charlotte Wilson 22:22 = 1:33.13
FIRST – MU18 Team 2 – 3 x 3km – Jesse Lumby 9:46, Oliver Anthony 9:31, Jonty Neethling 9:32 = 28:49
SECOND – MU16 Team 2 – 3 x 3km – Archer Bramble 10:00, Lucas Harris 10:10, Aden Thompson 10:22 = 30:32
THIRD – FOP Div 4 – 3 x 6km – Rebecca Pile 28:56, Louisa Cochrane 28:36, Ellie Kays 27:56 = 1:25.28
THIRD – MOP Div 6 – 4 x 6km – Alexander Smith 24:58, Troy Jardine 25:42, Luke Gray 24:29, Danny Hawkesworth 26:43 = 1:41.52
Well done to everyone who raced & bring on Round 2 at Hanging Rock! This is a brand new course & promises to be a great venue – good luck to all athletes racing!
REACH OUT
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.
