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Happy 2022 to all of our members! And what a lovely Christmas Eve as a good few members took part in the traditional Tom Kelly Stations Session. A perfect morning and perfect surface greeted our members at the traditional ‘stations’ session on Christmas Eve The 2021/22 Season is about to fire up again Entries are…

With no McLennans in sight, Doncaster did OK to finish in seventh position out of ten in Premier Division. A big thank you to the parents and athletes who assisted with our club helper duties at Epping on Saturday. Your time and efforts are greatly appreciated by DAC, AV and the AV officials. Heading into…

The tyranny of distance and the Melbourne Marathon made it very difficult for us this week. The fields at Casey, for all clubs except the locals, were very sparse and we didn’t have any extras at Aberfeldie to compensate. So Doncaster slipped another place, though we are still well away from having to fight to…

AVSL at Knox and Keilor produced difficult conditions for our athletes to navigate and Doncaster finished a bit further down the ladder in 6th. The men’s 40+ team finished fourth, which was an improvement, but still well behind Essendon and Diamond Valley. The men’s under 14 were also fourth.  The performance of the round came…

Season 2021/22 is rolling on.  Round 2 got underway on Saturday 20 November.  Let’s hope this continues; here’s to the vaccines keeping COVID is check. Round 2 Report and Results available here. Round 2 40+ Report and Results available here.  

The annual DAC Christmas party is being held on Wednesday 15th of December at Ruffey Lake Park!  Please join us to celebrate the first major opportunity we have had to come together as one Club since our premiership in March. We will also be formally acknowledging and presenting our 2020/21 season award winners with their trophies. This is…

The 2021/22 Season is up and running. Round 1 Report and Results – available here. Round 1 40+ Report and Results – available here.  

With the AVSL season commencing next week at Doncaster, we will be holding the DAC Working Bee this Saturday from 1pm.  We need helpers to assist us with the necessary tasks to prepare the track for the start of the summer season.  Date: Saturday 6th of NovemberTime: 1pm-3:30pmLocation: Meet at the green shedWhat to bring:…

After the remarkable success of the 2020/2021 season, our Premier Division title defence kicks off at Doncaster on Saturday 13th of November!  The 2021/22 Season is in the starters hands. Pre-entries will open at 2pm this Wednesday the 3rd November via the AV members portal. If you are looking to compete in any field event(s),…

With Victoria again in lockdown, we are confident that you are aware of what this means for club training and activities. We have all unfortunately become accustomed to this see-saw COVID climate. Advice from Manningham City Council in response to the tightening of State Government lockdown restrictions is that the Tom Kelly Athletic Track will…