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 retain our position in Premier division. Next year will be much better with our new track.

This weekend we have round 6 at Knox and Epping. We would love to see a massive turnout this weekend from our members for one final hit-out before the Christmas/New Year break. For field event sheets, there are still plenty of spots available in Long Jump at Knox and Triple Jump, Hammer Throw and Shot Put at Epping. Track events at both venues still have plenty of spaces available.

Entries close at midday this Wednesday, so be quick!

Full results from Round 5 available below.

Christmas Party – This Wednesday! 

The annual DAC Christmas Party is on this Wednesday! 

Like last year, we will be providing rolls, drinks, fruit, snacks and desserts to our members as a thank you for your support of the club this season. 

Where: Ruffey Lake Park, park in the car park off Victoria St on the eastern side of the park, and go up to the hill past the playground behind the flying fox.
When: Wednesday 15th (this Wednesday)
Time: 6pm – 8pm 

During dinner, we will also be recognising our award winners from the 2020/21 season. 

The traditional post dinner games of egg toss, the three legged race and musical chairs will still be held! 

All members and their families are welcome to attend what is always a fantastic and relaxing way to finish the year. 

Melbourne Marathon festival results 

This morning, we had four DAC members compete in the Melbourne half marathon. Rob Shellie ran 1:28.36 while Navid Rashid ran 1:40.23. The Finch family were represented by Leah who ran 1:51.10, finishing in the top 500 females, and Jim Finch who ran 2:07.08 being ranked 47th in the Men’s 60-64 category 

On Saturday, Joel Tobin-White finished 4th in the 10km in a time of 29:48, Alastair Christy was 8th in 31:20 while Anthony Paige finished 43rd in 37:11 and Patrick Ward finished in the top 700 participants with a time of 52:18. 

Stations 

Stations was a favourite session of Tom Kelly’s which was held on Christmas Eve, and we are continuing the tradition to remember Tom’s contribution to DAC. 

When: Friday 24th of December (Christmas Eve)
Where: Schramms Reserve, JJ Tully Drive. Off Doncaster Rd, behind the Manningham Council chambers. Meet in front of the pavilion overlooking the top football oval from 7:45am.
Time: 8am (the session will likely finish around 9am) 

The session can be completed by anyone, regardless of age or ability level and has been well attended by current and former members in previous years. 

Equipment loans 

Any athletes or coaches wishing to borrow equipment from the club for training purposes will need to contact our council liaison officer, Andrew Parrott (facilities@doncasterac.org.au).

Engaged! 

We would like to give a special mention to long time DAC member and former 400m state champion, Kevin Rassool who recently announced his engagement to his university sweetheart, Laura Constable. 

We wish Kevin and Laura all the very best for their future together. 

 

It was the junior teams leading the way this week with the M14 coming second and the W16 finishing fourth in the state. 

Athletes to finish top 10 in the state over all age groups in Premier division were: 

100m: Anthony Jordan (3rd), Alessia Wynne (10th

400m: Alexandra Flynn (8th), Matthew Parrott (9th), Jochem Bowler (10th

800m: Lachlan Marasco (6th

1500m: Rachel White (2nd), John Portwood (6th), Jack Dalton (8th

100m hurdles: Alessia Wynne (1st), Nash Chandler (2nd

200m hurdles: Shakira Harding (1st

400m hurdles Nicole Reynolds (8th), Chris Butterworth (9th

Long Jump: Alessia Wynne (4th)  

Triple Jump: Isabella Parrott (10th

Pole Vault: Tahlia Grace (10th

Shot Put: Peter Coumaros (8th

Discus Throw: Declan Carman (2nd), Brodie Mierisch (4th

Hammer Throw: David Firth (6th

Those to top the lists in Zone A include: 

MOpen: 1500m John Portwood, Discus Declan Carman 

M40: 400m Paul Mierisch, Hammer David Firth 

M20: 800m Alex Jones 

M18: 100m Anthony Jordan, 400m hurdles Chris Butterworth, Javelin Hayden Lloyd 

M16: 800m Lachlan Marasco 

M14: Long Jump Max McCool 

MOpen: 400 hurdles Nicole Reynolds 

W40: Shot Put Kim Peak 

W20: 100m hurdles & Long Jump Alessia Wynne,  

W18: 200m Emma Peak, 400m Alessandra Flynn, 800m Sanne Bakker,  

W16: 1500m Rachel White, 200m hurdles Shakira Harding, Shot Put Eliza Chivers  

W14: 800m Charlotte Senior, 2000 walk Lulu Parrott, Pole Vault Jamison Harding 

Anthony Jordan was the top scorer this week with 543 for his 100 metres. Declan Carman, returning to competition, scored 535 in the Discus, and exceeded that with his extra throws. Brodie Mierisch was the only other one over 500 with 508 for his discus. Rachel White, Alessia Wynne, Alessandra Flynn, Lachlan Marasco and Matthew Parrott were all over 480. 

Alessia Wynne was our top scoring athlete with 1452 from her three events, with Brodie Mierisch narrowly shading his father Paul, 1323 to 1267. Eliza Chivers was the only other athlete over 1000 points with 1078, with Lula Parrott on 999, Allegria Basile on 976 and Kim Peak on 970. Peter Coumaros scored 890 from his two events. Thanks to all who helped as officials and team managers.

Premier Division 

ESS 

Essendon 

54,459 

  

20 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

39,836 

 

EAG 

Eaglehawk 

37,446 

 

COL 

Collingwood 

37,273 

  

14 

BOH 

Box Hill 

35,253 

 

GHY 

Glenhuntly 

33,494 

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

28,114 

 

CHI 

Chilwell 

26,409 

 

GLG 

Geelong Guild 

23,343 

 

ANW 

Nunawading 

19,263 

 

The results for Zone A with position in the state in brackets 

Open Men (17 out of 40) 

COL 

Collingwood 

6,469 

   

ESS 

Essendon 

3,515 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

2,234 

   

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

2,063 

   

PTN 

Preston 

2,004 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,435 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

1,406 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

888 

   

COB 

Coburg 

730 

   

WTN 

Williamstown 

631 

   

BWK 

Brunswick 

601 

   

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

428 

   

SME 

South Melbourne 

254 

 



 

 Men’s 40+ (14 out of 43) 

ESS 

Essendon 

9,567 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

9,429 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

7,396 

   

COB 

Coburg 

4,975 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

3,755 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

3,615 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

3,561 

   

BWK 

Brunswick 

1,254 

   

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

1,170 

   

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

1,162 

   

PTN 

Preston 

868 

   

RIC 

Richmond 

685 

   

OSC 

Old Scotch 

481 

   

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

410 

   

Men’s Under 20 (25 out of 28) 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

2,869 

   

ESS 

Essendon 

2,384 

   

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

2,236 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,934 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,212 

   

OSC 

Old Scotch 

874 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

834 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

799 

   

PTN 

Preston 

344 

 



 

 Men’s Under 18 (9 out of 41) 

WES 

Western Athletics 

6,726 

   

ESS 

Essendon 

4,787 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

4,504 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

3,822 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

3,739 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

3,307 

   

OSC 

Old Scotch 

1,754 

   

PTN 

Preston 

1,434 

   

BWK 

Brunswick 

1,043 

   

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

858 

   

COB 

Coburg 

644 

   

WTN 

Williamstown 

612 

 



 

 Men’s Under 16 (13 out of 34) 

ESS 

Essendon 

5,450 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

5,188 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

3,846 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

3,780 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

3,101 

   

WTN 

Williamstown 

2,549 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

1,586 

   

PTN 

Preston 

801 

   

COB 

Coburg 

752 

   

OSC 

Old Scotch 

616 

   

Men’s Under 14 (2 out of 31) 

DAC 

Doncaster 

2,664 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

2,488 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

2,449 

   

ESS 

Essendon 

2,446 

   

OSC 

Old Scotch 

1,936 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,559 

   

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

470 

 



 

 Women’s Open (32 out of 35) 

COL 

Collingwood 

5,093 

   

ESS 

Essendon 

3,292 

   

PTN 

Preston 

1,517 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

987 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

941 

   

BWK 

Brunswick 

550 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

490 

   

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

463 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

285 

   

 Women’s 40+ (20 out of 28) 

ESS 

Essendon 

4,366 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

3,637 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

3,426 

   

BWK 

Brunswick 

2,843 

   

PTN 

Preston 

2,479 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

2,268 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,688 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

1,342 



 

 

 Women’s Under 20 (6 out of 28) 

COL 

Collingwood 

2,904 

   

ESS 

Essendon 

2,325 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

1,674 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,553 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,353 

   

OSC 

Old Scotch 

1,009 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

952 

   

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

371 



 

 

 Women’s Under 18 (13 out of 31) 

ESS 

Essendon 

4,094 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

3,131 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

2,556 

   

WTN 

Williamstown 

1,613 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

1,603 

   

PTN 

Preston 

948 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

872 

   

COB 

Coburg 

870 

   

OSC 

Old Scotch 

718 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

375 

 



 

 Women’s Under 16 (4 out of 35) 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

11,656 

   

ESS 

Essendon 

5,668 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

4,800 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

3,550 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

2,217 

   

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

1,439 

   

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

968 

   

COB 

Coburg 

715 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

453 

   

WTN 

Williamstown 

365 

 



 

 Women’s Under 14 (7 out of 32) 

ESS 

Essendon 

6,565 

   

DAC 

Doncaster 

3,057 

   

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,392 

   

WTN 

Williamstown 

951 

   

COL 

Collingwood 

870 

   

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

807 

   

WES 

Western Athletics 

722 

   

PTN 

Preston 

619 

   

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

382 

   

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

209 

   

Results: 

Grade 

Discipline 

Distance 

Name 

Performance 

Points 

Notes 

FOP 

Hurdles 

400 

Nicole Reynolds 

67.86 

(285) 

76cm 

F20 

Run 

100 

Alessia Wynne 

12.28 

(486) 

 

F20 

Run 

100 

Harriette Glover 

14.85 

(222) 

 

F20 

Hurdles 

100 

Alessia Wynne 

14.43 

(477) 

84cm 

F20 

Long Jump 

 

Alessia Wynne 

5.85m 

(489) 

 

F20 

Long Jump 

 

Alessia Wynne 

5.89m 

(0) 

INV.  

F18 

Run 

200 

Emma Peak 

30 

(268) 

 

F18 

Run 

400 

Alessandra Flynn 

59 

(487) 

 

F18 

Run 

800 

Sanne Bakker 

2:26.2h 

(426) 

 

F18 

Shot Put 

 

Emma Peak 

6.52m 

(210) 

3kg 

F18 

Triple Jump 

 

Emma Peak 

8.12m 

(212) 

 

F16 

Run 

100 

Tahlia Grace 

14.79 

(265) 

 

F16 

Run 

100 

Lucy Jordan 

15.63 

(199) 

 

F16 

Run 

100 

Kara Ilardi 

16.21 

(191) 

 

F16 

Run 

200 

Shakira Harding 

27.97 

(416) 

 

F16 

Run 

200 

Isabella Parrott 

31.43 

(238) 

 

F16 

Run 

800 

Eliza Chivers 

2:43.0h 

(325) 

 

F16 

Run 

1500 

Rachel White 

4:49.1h 

(490) 

 

F16 

Run 

1500 

Lucy Jordan 

6:42.5h 

(184) 

 

F16 

Hurdles 

200 

Shakira Harding 

31.85 

(384) 

76cm 

F16 

High Jump 

 

Eliza Chivers 

1.50m 

(443) 

 

F16 

Long Jump 

 

Tahlia Grace 

3.73m 

(279) 

 

F16 

Long Jump 

 

Kara Ilardi 

2.86m 

(171) 

 

F16 

Pole Vault 

 

Tahlia Grace 

2.80m 

(418) 

 

F16 

Shot Put 

 

Eliza Chivers 

6.88m 

(310) 

3kg 

F16 

Shot Put 

 

Isabella Parrott 

5.60m 

(207) 

3kg 

F16 

Triple Jump 

 

Isabella Parrott 

8.23m 

(280) 

 

F14 

Run 

200 

Charlotte Senior 

31.02 

(299) 

 

F14 

Run 

800 

Charlotte Senior 

2:36.4h 

(421) 

 

F14 

Walk 

2000 

Lula Parrott 

14:09.6h 

(280) 

 

F14 

Discus 

 

Lula Parrott 

19.01m 

(387) 

1kg 

F14 

Discus 

 

Allegria Basile 

15.31m 

(312) 

1kg 

F14 

Javelin 

 

Lula Parrott 

16.66m 

(332) 

400g 

F14 

Javelin 

 

Allegria Basile 

19.65m 

(376) 

400g 

F14 

Long Jump 

 

Allegria Basile 

3.41m 

(0) 

Event Limit 

F14 

Pole Vault 

 

Jamison Harding 

2.30m 

(362) 

 

F14 

Pole Vault 

 

Allegria Basile 

2.05m 

(288) 

 

F40 

Run 

100 

Allison Parrott 

18.34 

(188) 

 

F40 

Run 

200 

Kim Peak 

42.54 

(0) 

Event Limit 

F40 

Run 

1500 

Allison Parrott 

7:38.7h 

(184) 

 

F40 

Walk 

2000 

Kim Peak 

15:24.5h 

(279) 

Y L/S.  

F40 

Hammer 

 

Kim Peak 

18.44m 

(320) 

3kg 

F40 

Shot Put 

 

Kim Peak 

6.01m 

(371) 

3kg 

MOP 

Run 

1500 

John Portwood 

3:58.3h 

(475) 

 

MOP 

Run 

1500 

Brock Goodings 

5:01.9h 

(209) 

 

MOP 

Run 

1500 

Michael Gallacher 

5:19.9h 

(187) 

 

MOP 

Discus 

 

Declan Carman 

55.40m 

(535) 

2kg 

MOP 

Discus 

 

Declan Carman 

55.65m 

(0) 

2kg. Extra Attempts 

M20 

Run 

800 

Alex Jones 

2:12.1h 

(355) 

 

M20 

Run 

1500 

Oscar Oconnor 

4:12.0h 

(444) 

 

M18 

Run 

100 

Matthew Parrott 

11.31 

(481) 

 

M18 

Run 

100 

Anthony Jordan 

11.52 

(543) 

T47 

M18 

Run 

400 

Matthew Parrott 

50.79 

(479) 

 

M18 

Run 

400 

Jochem Bowler 

51.11 

(473) 

 

M18 

Run 

400 

Liam McLennan 

57.35 

(339) 

 

M18 

Run 

1500 

Liam McLennan 

4:20.7h 

(435) 

 

M18 

Hurdles 

400 

Chris Butterworth 

70.4 

(215) 

84cm 

M18 

Discus 

 

Hayden Lloyd 

21.52m 

(276) 

1.5kg 

M18 

Javelin 

 

Hayden Lloyd 

28.50m 

(330) 

700g 

M18 

Triple Jump 

 

Chris Butterworth 

9.64m 

(251) 

 

M16 

Run 

100 

Brodie Mierisch 

11.85 

(452) 

 

M16 

Run 

400 

Brodie Mierisch 

58.27 

(363) 

 

M16 

Run 

800 

Lachlan Marasco 

2:05.3h 

(483) 

 

M16 

Run 

800 

Nathanael Uecker 

2:19.2h 

(363) 

 

M16 

Run 

1500 

Jack Dalton 

4:20.9h 

(462) 

 

M16 

Hurdles 

100 

Nash Chandler 

14.6 

(470) 

84cm 

M16 

Discus 

 

Brodie Mierisch 

49.14m 

(508) 

1kg 

M14 

Run 

100 

Christian Zapris 

12.73 

(396) 

 

M14 

Run 

100 

Max McCool 

13.14 

(342) 

 

M14 

Run 

400 

Christian Zapris 

58.93 

(406) 

 

M14 

Run 

800 

Aiden Marasco 

2:26.6h 

(355) 

 

M14 

Run 

800 

Elijah Bakker 

3:12.3h 

(172) 

 

M14 

Javelin 

 

Alex Lloyd 

18.09m 

(223) 

600g 

M14 

Long Jump 

 

Max McCool 

4.65m 

(386) 

 

M14 

Long Jump 

 

Alex Lloyd 

4.64m 

(384) 

 

M40 

Run 

100 

Paul Mierisch 

12.15 

(443) 

 

M40 

Run 

400 

Paul Mierisch 

57.37 

(425) 

 

M40 

Run 

400 

Campbell McLennan 

62.54 

(312) 

 

M40 

Discus 

 

Paul Mierisch 

29.02m 

(399) 

2kg 

M40 

Hammer 

 

David Firth 

38.80m 

(456) 

7.26kg 

M40 

Hammer 

 

Peter Coumaros 

25.85m 

(425) 

5kg 

M40 

Pole Vault 

 

Jim Poulter 

1.90m 

(295) 

 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

David Firth 

8.22m 

(341) 

7.26kg 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

Peter Coumaros 

8.79m 

(465) 

5kg