Doncaster 40+ Newsletter
Round 7:
The latest round of Shield was the Nitro round, and being at our track, it was well supported. Of course, holding it the day before the Zatopek meant some of our top athletes were unavailable.
It was a different competition, with unusual distances and bonus points for the field events – if you landed the shot or javelin in a 30 cm strip, if you landed within 5 cm of your nominated distance in the long jump, or managed four high jumps without a miss. It was all done with goodwill and any bonus performance was applauded by all.
Earlier in the week there was a miler’s meet and Mark Purser broke his M50 1500 record with 5:00.8.
Once again the 40+ team was the largest and scored far more points than any other age group, only narrowly going down to Diamond Valley and finishing third in the state. Once again it was athletes running multiple events that did it for Doncaster. As usual, Paul Mierisch was the top scorer with 1455 points and also ran in an open relay. Darryl Kilmartin, Graham Ford, Campbell McLennan and David Firth also scored more than 1000 points.
The highlight for the Doncaster president was running a 2 x 2 x 400 with his wife, Laura. Well done Campbell and Laura!
Men’s 40+
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
8,274 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
8,199 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
5,723 |
|
Preston |
PRE |
2,510 |
|
Richmond |
RIC |
1,786 |
|
Ivanhoe |
IVH |
1,160 |
Women’s 40+
|
Preston |
PRE |
2,404 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
2,247 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
1,208 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
511 |
|
Richmond |
RIC |
325 |
Results:
|
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Points |
Notes |
|
F40 |
Run |
600 |
Laura Mclennan |
2:19.6h |
182 |
|
|
F40 |
Shot Put |
Laura Mclennan |
7.17m |
329 |
||
|
M40 |
Run |
60 |
David Firth |
7.82 |
433 |
|
|
M40 |
Run |
60 |
Darryl Kilmartin |
9.4 |
258 |
|
|
M40 |
Run |
60 |
Paul Mierisch |
7.86 |
425 |
|
|
M40 |
Run |
600 |
Campbell Mclennan |
1:37.8h |
407 |
|
|
M40 |
Run |
600 |
Graham Ford |
2:16.9h |
196 |
|
|
M40 |
Run |
600 |
Jason Merrett |
1:51.9h |
239 |
|
|
M40 |
Run |
600 |
Paul Mierisch |
1:42.1h |
294 |
|
|
M40 |
Mile |
1 |
Campbell Mclennan |
5:35.7h |
304 |
|
|
M40 |
Mile |
1 |
John Curry |
5:58.5h |
281 |
|
|
M40 |
Mile |
1 |
Jason Merrett |
6:01.5h |
221 |
|
|
M40 |
High Jump |
Graham Ford |
1.15m |
378 |
New rec |
|
|
M40 |
High Jump |
Paul Mierisch |
1.50m |
363 |
||
|
M40 |
Javelin |
David Firth |
24.31m |
286 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Javelin |
Peter Coumaros |
22.86m |
346 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Javelin |
Darryl Kilmartin |
20.83m |
274 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Javelin |
Graham Ford |
18.86m |
333 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Javelin |
Paul Mierisch |
30.51m |
373 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Long Jump |
Darryl Kilmartin |
3.62m |
201 |
||
|
M40 |
Long Jump |
Paul Mierisch |
4.55m |
272 |
||
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Campbell Mclennan |
8.00m |
373 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
David Firth |
7.97m |
322 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Peter Coumaros |
7.95m |
417 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Darryl Kilmartin |
7.14m |
332 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Graham Ford |
7.18m |
427 |
Bonus 30 |
|
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Andrew Parrott |
5.71m |
248 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Jason Merrett |
5.57m |
183 |
|
|
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Leighton Kearney |
7.16m |
255 |
|
|
|
X40 |
Relay |
1600 |
Doncaster |
05:26.6 |
233 |
DAC Christmas Party tonight!
Tonight is our annual Christmas Party at the Tom Kelly Athletics Track!
All members and friends are invited.
The Peter Ruff 100m handicap for Men and Women is scheduled to start around 6pm.
Other events are the Tom Kelly Memorial 800m Handicap for Women, Ivan Harding 800m Handicap for Men and the Adam Robertson Javelin Handicap for Men and Women.
The club will put on a BBQ and drinks, Men please bring a salad and Women please bring a dessert.
Don’t forget to stay behind for the post dinner games of egg toss, three legged race and musical chairs!
40+ Team Manager
Campbell McLennan
0414 533 677