Doncaster Newsletter – 3/3/2021
Week two of the Victorian Championships produced more outstanding results for Doncaster, with our athletes winning six gold, six silver and four bronze medals. This resulted in the club winning a total of thirteen gold, nine silver, seven bronze medals and four club records across both weekends of the championships. We also had twenty athletes place in finals across the second weekend, showcasing the amazing quality of our athletes at the club.
Petra Edwards (U18 Long Jump), Alessia Wynne (U20 Long Jump) and Anthony Jordan (U17 Para Long Jump and 200m) won gold medals for a second week in succession, Tahlia Grace claimed the Under 15 Pole Vault title (breaking five of her own club records in the process), while Jamison Harding claimed her first state title in the Under 14 Pole Vault, all the more remarkable considering she injured her wrist a few days prior!
A special mention to Jamison’s older sister Shakira Harding, who despite placing second in the Under 15 200m hurdles, broke the club record held by J. Harvey which has stood since 1993! We would also like to give a special mention to Tom Reynolds. Last week, Tom’s performance of 49.25 in the Under 18 Men’s 400m final (as a sixteen-year-old), broke the Under 17 Men’s 400m club record, which was set in 1997!
Finally, a big thank you to Ben Jordan, John Nicolussi, Wendy Smith, Kim Peak and Darryl Kilmartin who assisted us with our club helper duties at Long Jump on the Saturday. Your help is sincerely appreciated.
AVSL returns to Doncaster this Saturday! There are only three rounds left before the final on Saturday the 27th and every event is important for us to qualify for the final! Please make sure you save the below dates for the remaining rounds, and the final so we have the best chance to contend against Essendon and either Box Hill or Glenhuntly.
Saturday 13th AVSL Round 9 – Nunawading and Aberfeldie (Entries now open!!!)
Saturday 20th AVSL Round 10 – Doncaster and Nunawading (Powerplay round)
Saturday 27th AVSL Final – Lakeside Stadium
Grill’d Local Matters Jar
Don’t forget we have a local matters jar available for donations at Grill’d Doncaster! Pop into Grill’d at the Doncaster Shoppingtown food court, have a healthy burger for the club and use your Grill’d token to donate to the DAC jar!
Cross Country draft schedule
AV has released a draft schedule of the 2021 season with venues yet to be confirmed. However, the dates, race type and distance have been confirmed.
Saturday May 1, Round 1 – Relay
Saturday May 22, Round 2 – 8km XC
Sunday June 6, Round 3 – 10km road
Saturday June 26, Round 4 – 12km XC
Saturday July 10, Round 5 – Road Relay
Saturday July 17, Round 6 – 10km XC
Saturday July 31, Round 7 – 15km Road
Saturday August 14, Round 8 – Ekiden Relay
Sunday September 5, Round 9 – Burnley Half Marathon
Saturday September 18, Round 10 – The Tan Relays
Please wait until after April 1 to register for the XC season, as this is the date the new membership period begins.
Box Hill Burn 2/3/21
On Tuesday night, five Doncaster athletes contested the ‘Box Hill Burn’ event in 1000m and 5000m races. Abbey Caldwell finished fifth in the Women’s A 1000m race in 2:38.68, while DAC newcomer Rosie Lyness came third in the Women’s C 1000m race in 3:04.62.
In the 5000m C race, John Portwood finished 9th in 15:12.54, Matthew Christy made his DAC debut in the D race, clocking 16:20.53 in a 13th place finish and John Curry also finished 13th in the Mixed M-B race, running 20:53.67.
Victorian T&F Championships weekend two results:
|
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Wind |
Notes |
|
|
W14 |
Run |
800 |
Lili PERTZEL |
02:28.5 |
9th |
||
|
W14 |
Walk |
3000 |
Lula PARROTT |
21:37.3 |
3rd |
||
|
W14 |
Pole Vault |
Jamison HARDING |
2.00m |
1st |
|||
|
W15 |
Run |
800 |
Poppy WILLIAMS |
02:49.9 |
7th |
||
|
W15 |
Run |
3000 |
Rachel WHITE |
10:31.6 |
2nd |
||
|
W15 |
Hurdles |
200 |
Shakira HARDING |
30.92 |
1.3 |
2nd |
|
|
W15 |
Pole Vault |
Tahlia GRACE |
3.00m |
1st |
|||
|
W16 |
Run |
800 |
Grace WILSON |
02:45.2 |
9th |
||
|
W16 |
Discus |
Jasmine SMITH |
24.78m |
9th |
|||
|
W16 |
Javelin |
Jasmine SMITH |
22.01m |
10th |
|||
|
W17 |
Run |
800 |
Rosie LYNESS |
02:18.2 |
4th |
||
|
W17 |
Run |
800 |
Sanne BAKKER |
02:18.4 |
5th |
||
|
W18 |
Run |
200 |
Emma PEAK |
29.60 |
0.7 |
heat |
|
|
W18 |
Run |
800 |
Chiara BAKKER |
02:39.7 |
9th |
||
|
W18 |
Discus |
Emma PEAK |
17.69m |
5th |
|||
|
W18 |
Long Jump |
Petra EDWARDS |
5.34m |
1.4 |
1st |
||
|
W18 |
Long Jump |
Emma PEAK |
3.77m |
0 |
12th |
||
|
W20 |
Run |
200 |
Alessia WYNNE |
25.11 |
0.3 |
3rd |
|
|
W20 |
Run |
200 |
Alessia WYNNE |
25.57 |
-0.5 |
heat |
|
|
W20 |
Run |
800 |
Hannah WILLIAMS |
02:22.2 |
heat |
||
|
W20 |
Hurdles |
400 |
Harriette GLOVER |
69.91 |
7th |
||
|
W20 |
Long Jump |
Alessia WYNNE |
5.93m |
0.1 |
1st |
||
|
WOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Stephanie LARKIN |
60.70 |
3rd |
||
|
WOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Stephanie LARKIN |
62.14 |
heat |
||
|
WOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Nicole REYNOLDS |
62.46 |
6th |
||
|
WOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Nicole REYNOLDS |
66.15 |
heat |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
800 |
Yuan Chow LUI |
01:54.3 |
7th |
||
|
MOP |
Run |
800 |
Yuan Chow LUI |
01:53.2 |
heat |
||
|
MOP |
Discus |
Declan CARMAN |
45.91m |
2nd |
|||
|
M20 |
Long Jump |
Lachlan PARROTT |
6.77m |
0.6 |
4th |
||
|
M18 |
Run |
200 |
Thomas REYNOLDS |
22.63 |
0.4 |
2nd |
|
|
M18 |
Run |
200 |
Thomas REYNOLDS |
22.60 |
-1.5 |
heat |
|
|
M18 |
Run |
800 |
Luke SINN |
01:58.9 |
6th |
||
|
M18 |
Run |
800 |
Luke SINN |
01:59.1 |
heat |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
200 |
Matthew PARROTT |
24.57 |
1.2 |
heat |
|
|
M17 |
Run |
800 |
Remy WILLIAMS |
02:03.2 |
5th |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
800 |
Remy WILLIAMS |
02:05.2 |
heat |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
800 |
Benjamin PURSER |
02:07.3 |
heat |
||
|
M17 |
Run |
3000 |
Tariku NATSCHEV |
09:34.5 |
11th |
||
|
M17 |
Long Jump |
Matthew PARROTT |
5.66m |
1.3 |
11th |
||
|
M16 |
Run |
800 |
Lachlan MARASCO |
02:08.1 |
heat |
||
|
M16 |
Run |
800 |
Tom-George SPEED |
02:09.6 |
heat |
||
|
M16 |
Discus |
Brodie MIERISCH |
45.65m |
4th |
|||
|
M15 |
Run |
800 |
Will KATIC |
02:05.8 |
2nd |
||
|
M15 |
Run |
800 |
Josiah BAKKER |
02:27.7 |
9th |
||
|
M14 |
Run |
200 |
Max MCCOOL |
27.49 |
1 |
2nd |
|
|
M14 |
Run |
800 |
Aiden MARASCO |
02:23.3 |
8th |
||
|
M14 |
Run |
800 |
Elijah BAKKER |
03:08.9 |
11th |
||
|
M14 |
Long Jump |
Max MCCOOL |
4.22m |
0.1 |
3rd |
||
|
MPAR17 |
Run |
200 |
Anthony JORDAN T47 |
24.32 |
1.4 |
87.04% |
1st |
|
MPAR17 |
Long Jump |
Anthony JORDAN T47 |
5.41m |
-0.2 |
71.37% |
1st |
Box Hill Burn event results:
|
Grade |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
|
W |
1000 |
Abbey Caldwell |
02:38.7 |
|
W |
1000 |
Rosie Lyness |
03:04.6 |
|
M |
5000 |
John Portwood |
15:12.5 |
|
M |
5000 |
Matthew Christy |
16:20.5 |
|
M-B |
5000 |
John Curry |
20:53.7 |