by Graham Ford | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ Edition 76 XCR Round 1 – Saturday 22nd April Round 1 kicked off XCR 2023 with a bang! Nine 40+ Athletes travelled to Jells Park in Mt Waverly for the cross country relays. 3 teams took on tough opposition, on a day that was picture-perfect...
by Graham Ford | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ Edition 76 XCR Round 1 – Saturday 22nd April Round 1 kicked off XCR 2023 with a bang! Nine 40+ Athletes travelled to Jells Park in Mt Waverly for the cross country relays. 3 teams took on tough opposition, on a day that was picture-perfect...
by Graham Ford | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter Victorian Championships Junior 24-26/2/2023 The Victorian Junior Championships presented an opportunity for Doncaster athletes to shine. There were multiple medals over most age groups. Jamison Harding was the most successful...
by Graham Ford | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ Edition 74 Playoffs 18/03/2023 Doncaster made a strong showing on the first weekend of the playoffs, finishing second in a field of five, the lower two likely to be relegated to Division 2 next year. However, we cannot rest on our laurels,...
by Graham Ford | Feb 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ Edition 71 Victorian Masters Championships, 11-12/2/2023 Photos Doncaster athletes excelled at the Victorian Championships at Doncaster at the weekend. There were records aplenty, but mainly from Kim Peak, Campbell McLennan, Laura McLennan,...
by Graham Ford | Feb 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ Edition 70 Round 9 – 4/2/2023 Doncaster athletes had to travel for round 9, so points were down, but we did finish in the top half of the Premier division, which augers well for the Playoffs. The over 40 teams both finished fourth in the...
by Graham Ford | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by Graham Ford | Dec 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Graham Ford | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by Graham Ford | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...