2023-01-21 AVSL Round 8 40+

Doncaster Newsletter 40+ Edition 69 Round 8 – 21/01/2023 Round 8 was the first round after the Christmas break, and the over 40s were there in spades. Both men’s and women’s teams scored almost twice as much as in round 7. Unfortunately, many of the younger teams were...

2022-12-17 AVSL Round 7

Doncaster Newsletter   AVSL Round 7 – 17/12/2022 Christmas is coming and with Christmas parties aplenty, Doncaster Little Aths with their Open Day and large distances for athletes to travel last weekend, numbers were down and we finished near the bottom. Having...

2022-12-03 AVSL Round 6 40+

Doncaster Newsletter 40+  (Edition 67)  Round 6 – 3/12/2022  Summer has arrived! It certainly did at Doncaster with the temperature hovering around thirty degrees. With competition at our local track, numbers were up and we finished ahead of Box Hill, who employed...

2022-11-19 AVSL Round 5

Doncaster Newsletter  Round 5 – 19/11/2022 Photos It was wild and woolly at Round five of AVSL at Epping and Casey last Saturday, at one stage it all stopped for the officials’ tents to be taken down, and then the photo finish equipment had been damaged, so we were...

2022-11-19 AVSL Round 5 40+

Doncaster Newsletter 40+ (Edition 66) Round 5 – 19/11/2022  It was wild and woolly at Athletics on Saturday, at one stage at Meadowglen it all stopped for the officials’ tents to be taken down, and then the photo finish equipment had been damaged, so we were back to...

2022-11-12 AVSL Round 4 40+

Doncaster Newsletter 40+ (Edition 65) Round 4 – 12/11/2022  Older Doncaster Athletes are definitely pulling their weight, coming fourth and fifth in the state! A number of records were broken, with Deb Garden, Campbell McLennan and David Firth breaking their own...