By Campbell McLennan

Round 11 of the Shield Competition saw Doncaster back on their home track, though the weather was nasty and the program finished early. However, it was a big win for the 40+ team over Collingwood and Diamond Valley.

Paul Mierisch and David Firth were back competing in four events, and David was top scorer with 1375 to Paul’s 1374. Darryl was also over 1000. Kath set a new record in the hammer throw while Darryl continues to improve, breaking his 200 metres record.

Keen to qualify in more events, Will took his courage in his hands and had his first attempt at the 300 metres hurdles and was only beaten by a younger athlete who should not have been competing in this event. This qualified him for another event in the finals and was also a new record.

Rod De Highden also qualified for the 800 and shot put. With one more competition he will qualify for the finals, but Mark still needs one more competition to qualify.

Next week the finals program is at Box Hill, so we hope everyone can make it and ensure we stay in the top three. I notice that there is a three hour gap between the 200 and the 800!

The previous week there were some other competitions: a Milers Meet and Country Championships.

Milers meet:

M40

Run

800

Campbell McLennan

2:11.02

M40

Run

800

Mark Purser

2:25.97

With another record for Mark Purser.

Country Championships:

M40

Run

400

Paul Mierisch

58.14

M40

Steeple

3000

John Curry

13:20.52

With a gold medal for Paul and silver for John.

Round 11 40+ Results:

Grade

Discipline

Distance

Name

Performance

Points

 

F40

Hammer

 

Kathryn Gawthorn

9.92m

(164)

(New Record)

F40

Hammer

 

Charmaine Smith

20.48m

(333)

 

F40

Shot Put

 

Kathryn Gawthorn

5.46m

(251)

 

M40

Run

100

Paul Mierisch

12.7

(315)

 

M40

Run

200

Campbell Mclennan

29.49

(239)

 

M40

Run

200

David Firth

26.01

(368)

 

M40

Run

200

Will McCombie

29.8

(378)

 

M40

Run

200

Darryl Kilmartin

29.86

(267)

(Record)

M40

Run

400

Paul Mierisch

58.21

(363)

 

M40

Run

800

Campbell Mclennan

2:27.0h

(313)

 

M40

Run

800

David Firth

2:51.8h

(182)

 

M40

Run

800

Will McCombie

3:02.2h

(227)

 

M40

Run

800

Roderic De Highden

2:40.7h

(267)

 

M40

Steeple

3000

John Curry

13:38.4h

(277)

 

M40

Hurdles

300

Will McCombie

57.86

(280)

(New Record)

M40

Discus

 

Paul Mierisch

26.55m

(344)

 

M40

Hammer

 

David Firth

41.59m

(472)

 

M40

Hammer

 

Peter Coumaros

24.96m

(405)

 

M40

Hammer

 

Graham Ford

18.00m

(365)

 

M40

High Jump

 

Campbell Mclennan

1.40m

(340)

 

M40

Javelin

 

Paul Mierisch

20.16m

(216)

 

M40

Long Jump

 

Paul Mierisch

5.09m

(352)

 

M40

Shot Put

 

David Firth

8.39m

(353)

 

M40

Shot Put

 

Peter Coumaros

8.30m

(427)

 

M40

Shot Put

 

Darryl Kilmartin

7.97m

(400)

 

M40

Shot Put

 

Roderic De Highden

5.93m

(216)

 

M40

Shot Put

 

Graham Ford

6.78m

(414)

 

M40

Shot Put

 

Jason Merrett

5.87m

(194)

 

M40

Shot Put

 

Scott Young

8.79m

(410)

 

M40

Triple Jump

 

Darryl Kilmartin

8.81m

(310)

 

Ladders:

Men’s 40+

Doncaster

DAC

8,478

Collingwood

COL

6,362

Diamond Valley

DIV

5,424

Preston

PRE

2,322

Richmond

RIC

2,227

Ivanhoe

IVH

792

Women’s 40+

Preston

PRE

3,203

Diamond Valley

DIV

2,597

Doncaster

DAC

748

Collingwood

COL

588

Richmond

RIC

450