2021-11-13 Round 1

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Doncaster Newsletter 

AVSL Round 1 – 13/11/2021

It’s been some time coming, but AVSL returned to Doncaster on Saturday. Having won the Premiership last season, Doncaster did credibly to finish third on the day, which is a good start to our championship defence.

There is no Red Zone this year, just Zone A and B, and the country zones, so there are more teams in Zone A including Essendon, Melbourne University and Keilor St Bernard’s. Our Under 18 Men’s team excelled, coming top of the state! A wonderful effort. The Under 16 Women were second in the state, so it was a great first up effort.

Special congratulations to evergreen Jim Poulter, now 80 years young, who broke the Victorian Record in the Pole Vault for his age group. His 1.75m isn’t far from the Australian record of 1.90m, and it’s only the start of the season. Other notable performances include Peter Holland running a five second PB and three second Under 18 national qualifier in the 800m and Thomas Reynolds breaking 49 seconds for the first time in the 400m.

We also would like to say welcome to the following new members who made their DAC debut: Josh Ascar, Allegria Basile, Chris Butterworth, Zoe Cowlishaw, Jack Dalton, Zahara Dvir, Lucy Jordan, Alex Lloyd, Hayden Lloyd, Hamish McLennan, Lewis McLennan, Mollie McNamara, Ryan O’Neil-Parker, Lili Pertzel, Lydia Rinaudo, Selma Roth, Luca Scholes-Robertson, Victoria Stiliadis and Alanna Turner. 

Finally, a big thank you to the following families who assisted with setup, pack up, our club helper duties and lap scoring: Allen, Butterworth, Christy, Ford, Gallagher, Glover, Grace, Kilmartin, Lyness, McLennan, Menezes, O’Connor, Parrott, Peak, Reynolds, Rinaudo, Scholes-Robertson and Watson. Thanks to your time and efforts, the program ran smoothly and without delay.

Round 2 is being held at Aberfeldie and Casey this Saturday. Entries close at midday this Wednesday, so make sure you enter asap!

Working Bee: Thank you! 

We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the following members who helped at our working bee on Saturday the 5th: Alessia Wynne, Brock Goodings, Graham Ford, Andy Parrott, David Vaughn, Darryl Kilmartin, Allan Watson, Phil Allen, Peter Ruff, David Mitchell, Matt Christy, Paul Mierisch and Nicole Reynolds and her partner 

Thanks to your time and efforts, the track looked fantastic for interclub on the weekend and at club training during the week. 

Registration correction: 

In a previous email, we advised the junior registration fee was $215, this is incorrect.
A base junior membership is $235 ($100 DAC fee and $135 AV fee). Under 14 and 16 athletes who are also registered with a Little Athletics club for the 2021/22 season are eligible to have the $100 DAC fee reimbursed. 

We also wish to clarify the $15 fee for entering an individual round of AVSL has been increased by AV to $25 per round. This fee is only charged if athletes have not purchased the optional AVSL Package, which is $115.
We apologise for these mistakes. 

If you have any queries or are having difficulties with registration, please contact our registrar David Mitchell (registrar@doncasterac.org.au)  

Seeking: Uniform co-ordinator 

We are seeking a member or parent who is able to take on the role of uniform co-ordinator. 

Responsibilities include: 

  • Assisting new and returning members with enquiries about uniform 
  • Assist members with trying on and purchasing uniform 
  • Work alongside committee to ensure sufficient amount of stock is available and co-ordinating ordering of new stock 

If you feel this is something you can assist us with, please email Campbell McLennan (president@doncasterac.org.au) to express your interest. 

Entries across separate AVSL venues: 

We would like to ask athletes to please refrain from entering events across two venues unless you can make it to both venues for your events. 

When start lists are published, the heats are already pre-seeded and athletes not turning up at one venue to compete at another venue results in empty lanes and half-empty heats. This impacts the quality of competition and delays the program with officials calling out for athletes who are otherwise absent. 

Please consult the timetable and avoid entering events at both venues if you are unable to commit to them. 

Also, AV have ruled that athletes competing in Pole Vault must register in their club zone allocation, which for DAC is Zone A. Athletes who register and compete in Pole Vault at Zone B will be listed as invitation and will not score points, nor will their performance count towards eligibility for the AVSL Final.

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

100m: Anthony Jordon (1st) Matthew Parrott (6th) Alessia Wynne (9th

400m: Thomas Reynolds (2nd) Jochem Bowler (10th) Lachlan Reynolds (11th

800m: Peter Holland (1st) Lachlan Marasco (5th) Will Katic (6th) Josh Ascar (9th

1500m: Rachel White (5th

3000m: Luke Sinn (1st) Caleb Sinn (3rd) John Portwood (4th) Luca Scholes-Robertson (7th

5000m: Alastair Christy (1st) Lydia Rinaudo (3rd) Selma Roth (10th)  

80m hurdles: Jamison Harding (2nd

400m hurdles: Chris Butterworth (7th

1500m walk: Lula Parrott (9th

Triple Jump: Hayden Lloyd (8th

High Jump: Eliza Chivers (2nd

Shot Put: Peter Coumaros (6th

Those to top the lists in Zone A include: 

MOP: 5000m Alastair Christy 

M40+: Pole Vault Darryl Kilmartin 

M20: 800m Oscar Oconnor, Long Jump & Discus Patrick Ward 

M18: 100m Anthony Jordan, 400m Thomas Reynolds, 800m Peter Holland, Long Jump Matthew Parrott 

M16: 400m Lachlan Reynolds, 800m Lachlan Marasco, Shot Put Brodie Mierisch 

M14: 1500m Walk & Triple Jump Lewis McLennan, High Jump Alex Lloyd 

W40+: 100m Wendy Smith, 1500 metres Allison Parrott  

W20: High Jump Alana Mierisch 

W18: 800m Rosie Lyness 

W16: High Jump Eliza Chivers, Pole Vault Tahlia Grace, Javelin Rachel White, Discus Jasmine Smith 

W14: 80m hurdles Jamison Harding,  1500m Walk Lula Parrott 

There were four athletes scoring more than 500 points for an event this week. Peter Holland top scored with an impressive 531 for his 800 metres, with Thomas Reynolds (400 metres) and Alastair Christy (5000 metres) on 518 and Luke Sinn on 513 for his 3000 metres. His brother, Caleb, was just behind on 499 with John Portwood on 497. 

Brodie Mierisch was our top scoring athlete, with 1303 from his three events, just ahead of his father, Paul, who scored 1277. David Firth came in next on 1179 and then Rachael White, 1160, Campbell McLennan, 1099, Eliza Chivers, 1090, Liam McLennan, 1084 and Tahlia Grace on 1030. That’s a lot of athletes scoring more than 1000 points for the club. 

Thanks to all those who helped as officials and team managers.  

Premier Division 

 

GHY 

Glenhuntly 

46,543 

  

20 

 

ESS 

Essendon 

39,403 

 

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

37,463 

 

 

EAG 

Eaglehawk 

32,668 

 

 

BOH 

Box Hill 

30,746 

 

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

29,827 

 

 

COL 

Collingwood 

28,712 

 

 

ANW 

Nunawading 

26,279 

 

 

CHI 

Chilwell 

25,106 

 

 

GLG 

Geelong Guild 

19,216 

 

 

Open Men (9 out of 40 in Victoria) 

 

COL 

Collingwood 

5,887 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

2,436 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

2,421 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

2,248 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

2,160 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,997 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,940 

   

 

BWK 

Brunswick 

1,504 

   

 

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

1,461 

   

 

COB 

Coburg 

1,323 

   

 

RIC 

Richmond 

1,112 

   

 

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

470 

   

 

SME 

South Melbourne 

467 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

436 



 

 

 Men’s 40+ (5 out of 41 in Victoria) 

 

ESS 

Essendon 

10,454 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

8,225 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

7,499 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

7,112 

   

 

COB 

Coburg 

4,950 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

4,399 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

4,153 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

1,727 

   

 

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

1,419 

   

 

BWK 

Brunswick 

1,416 

   

 

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

1,253 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

1,013 

   

 

RIC 

Richmond 

775 

   

 

OSC 

Old Scotch 

495 

 



 

Men’s Under 20 (23 out of 30 in Victoria) 

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

2,642 

   

 

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

1,117 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

878 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

715 

   

 

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

493 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

464 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

402 

   

 

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

307 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

288 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

274 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

243 

 



 

 Men’s Under 18 (1 out of 40 in Victoria) 

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

6,491 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

4,686 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

3,128 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

2,616 

   

 

OSC 

Old Scotch 

2,143 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,702 

   

 

BWK 

Brunswick 

1,668 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

1,136 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

863 

   

 

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

807 

   

 

COB 

Coburg 

288 

   

 

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

279 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

266 

 



 

 Men’s Under 16 (6 out of 36 in Victoria) 

 

 

ESS 

Essendon 

6,450 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

4,030 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

2,367 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

2,133 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

1,782 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,666 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

1,476 

   

 

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

951 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

781 

   

 

OSC 

Old Scotch 

660 

   

 

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

330 

   

Men’s Under 14 (5 out of 32 in Victoria) 

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

2,619 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

2,264 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

1,891 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

1,465 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,251 

   

 

OSC 

Old Scotch 

1,089 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

851 

   

 

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

777 

 



 

 Women’s Open (9 out of 38 in Victoria) 

 

 

COL 

Collingwood 

3,762 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,853 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

1,664 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

1,481 

   

 

BWK 

Brunswick 

1,412 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,235 

   

 

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

998 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

528 

   

 

SME 

South Melbourne 

497 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

318 

   

 

COB 

Coburg 

168 

   

Women’s 40+ (14 out of 30 in Victoria) 

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

3,712 

   

 

BWK 

Brunswick 

3,067 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

2,670 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

1,973 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,942 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

1,546 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

1,054 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

824 

   

 

SME 

South Melbourne 

197 

 



 

Women’s Under 20 (23 out of 30 in Victoria) 

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,297 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

1,265 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

1,230 

   

 

COB 

Coburg 

832 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

410 

   

 

OSC 

Old Scotch 

337 

   

 

MUU 

Melbourne Uni 

330 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

198 



 

 

Women’s Under 18 (11 out of 32 in Victoria) 

 

ESS 

Essendon 

2,406 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

1,714 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

1,574 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

1,478 

   

 

COB 

Coburg 

857 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

820 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

646 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

390 

   

 

BWK 

Brunswick 

193 

 



 

Women’s Under 16 (2 out of 39 in Victoria) 

 

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

7,237 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

6,685 

   

 

ESS 

Essendon 

3,722 

   

 

SME 

South Melbourne 

1,178 

   

 

OLM 

Old Melburnians 

1,009 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

911 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

819 

   

 

COB 

Coburg 

802 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

617 

   

 

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

538 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

446 

   

 Women’s Under 14 (9 out of 31 in Victoria) 

 

 

ESS 

Essendon 

6,005 

   

 

DAC 

Doncaster 

2,440 

   

 

DIV 

Diamond Valley 

2,110 

   

 

WES 

Western Athletics 

1,895 

   

 

COL 

Collingwood 

1,243 

   

 

KSB 

Keilor St Bernards 

1,017 

   

 

WTN 

Williamstown 

974 

   

 

PTN 

Preston 

525 

   

 

IVA 

Ivanhoe 

498 

   

Results: 

Grade 

Discipline 

Distance 

Name 

Performance 

Points 

FOP 

Run 

200 

Nicole Reynolds 

26.58 

(404) 

FOP 

Run 

5000 

Lydia Rinaudo 

17:55.8h 

(482) 

FOP 

Run 

5000 

Selma Roth 

19:27.4h 

(381) 

FOP 

Shot Put 

 

Mollie McNamara 

6.67m 

(214) 

F20 

Run 

200 

Harriette Glover 

31.27 

(198) 

F18 

Run 

200 

Rosie Lyness 

31.28 

(212) 

F18 

Run 

200 

Emma Peak 

31.86 

(198) 

F18 

Run 

800 

Rosie Lyness 

2:34.4h 

(361) 

F18 

Run 

1500 

Sanne Bakker 

5:10.0h 

(377) 

F18 

Shot Put 

 

Emma Peak 

6.35m 

(198) 

F18 

Triple Jump 

 

Emma Peak 

8.33m 

(228) 

F16 

Run 

200 

Victoria Stiliadis 

28.26 

(404) 

F16 

Run 

200 

Isabella Parrott 

30.49 

(279) 

F16 

Run 

200 

Zoe Cowlishaw 

30.72 

(269) 

F16 

Run 

200 

Tahlia Grace 

31.07 

(254) 

F16 

Run 

200 

Alanna Turner 

34.84 

(183) 

F16 

Run 

200 

Lucy Jordan 

35.16 

(181) 

F16 

Run 

400 

Rachel White 

67.88 

(345) 

F16 

Run 

800 

Eliza Chivers 

2:34.3h 

(394) 

F16 

Run 

800 

Alanna Turner 

2:59.8h 

(240) 

F16 

Run 

800 

Lucy Jordan 

3:06.4h 

(210) 

F16 

Run 

1500 

Rachel White 

4:52.4h 

(477) 

F16 

Discus 

 

Jasmine Smith 

22.04m 

(401) 

F16 

High Jump 

 

Eliza Chivers 

1.45m 

(400) 

F16 

Javelin 

 

Rachel White 

18.66m 

(338) 

F16 

Javelin 

 

Jasmine Smith 

16.83m 

(314) 

F16 

Long Jump 

 

Jasmine Smith 

2.80m 

(166) 

F16 

Pole Vault 

 

Tahlia Grace 

2.80m 

(418) 

F16 

Shot Put 

 

Tahlia Grace 

7.60m 

(358) 

F16 

Shot Put 

 

Isabella Parrott 

6.19m 

(255) 

F16 

Shot Put 

 

Kara Ilardi 

6.13m 

(250) 

F16 

Triple Jump 

 

Eliza Chivers 

8.43m 

(296) 

F16 

Triple Jump 

 

Isabella Parrott 

7.91m 

(253) 

F14 

Run 

200 

Allegria Basile 

32.67 

(231) 

F14 

Run 

800 

Lili Pertzel 

2:36.1h 

(423) 

F14 

Run 

800 

Zahara Dvir 

2:42.5h 

(377) 

F14 

Run 

800 

Lula Parrott 

3:24.4h 

(190) 

F14 

Hurdles 

80 

Jamison Harding 

15.66 

(218) 

F14 

Walk 

1500 

Allegria Basile 

11:47.5h 

(196) 

F14 

Walk 

1500 

Lula Parrott 

9:57.1h 

(318) 

F14 

Triple Jump 

 

Lula Parrott 

7.41m 

(248) 

F14 

Triple Jump 

 

Allegria Basile 

7.31m 

(239) 

F40 

Run 

100 

Wendy Smith 

16.75 

(196) 

F40 

Run 

100 

Allison Parrott 

19.17 

(177) 

F40 

Run 

1500 

Allison Parrott 

7:50.7h 

(177) 

F40 

Walk 

1500 

Kim Peak 

11:51.3h 

(250) 

F40 

Walk 

1500 

Laura McLennan 

11:51.8h 

(193) 

F40 

Discus 

 

Wendy Smith 

14.30m 

(235) 

F40 

Shot Put 

 

Kim Peak 

5.41m 

(318) 

MOP 

Run 

200 

Brock Goodings 

28.82 

(185) 

MOP 

Run 

800 

Michael Gallacher 

2:25.7h 

(228) 

MOP 

Run 

800 

Brock Goodings 

2:29.5h 

(204) 

MOP 

Run 

3000 

Caleb Sinn 

8:40.3h 

(499) 

MOP 

Run 

3000 

John Portwood 

8:41.4h 

(497) 

MOP 

Run 

5000 

Alastair Christy 

14:29.4h 

(518) 

MOP 

Run 

5000 

David Mitchell 

17:43.6h 

(305) 

M20 

Run 

800 

Oscar O’Connor 

2:00.6h 

(464) 

M18 

Run 

100 

Matthew Parrott 

11.75 

(428) 

M18 

Run 

100 

Anthony Jordan 

12.25 

(481) 

M18 

Run 

200 

Darren Menezes 

24.67 

(396) 

M18 

Run 

200 

Hayden Lloyd 

26.89 

(260) 

M18 

Run 

200 

Chris Butterworth 

31.16 

(174) 

M18 

Run 

400 

Thomas Reynolds 

48.75 

(518) 

M18 

Run 

400 

Jochem Bowler 

51.79 

(459) 

M18 

Run 

800 

Peter Holland 

1:54.7h 

(531) 

M18 

Run 

3000 

Liam McLennan 

10:12.8h 

(370) 

M18 

Run 

3000 

Luke Sinn 

8:53.5h 

(513) 

M18 

Run 

3000 

Luca Scholes-Robertson 

9:16.4h 

(477) 

M18 

Hurdles 

400 

Chris Butterworth 

73.82 

(185) 

M18 

Hammer 

 

Liam McLennan 

25.80m 

(323) 

M18 

Hammer 

 

Hayden Lloyd 

17.87m 

(188) 

M18 

Long Jump 

 

Matthew Parrott 

5.80m 

(418) 

M18 

Shot Put 

 

Liam McLennan 

9.63m 

(391) 

M18 

Triple Jump 

 

Hayden Lloyd 

11.35m 

(379) 

M16 

Run 

200 

Brodie Mierisch 

24.35 

(446) 

M16 

Run 

200 

Ryan O’Neil-Parker 

25.73 

(380) 

M16 

Run 

400 

Lachlan Reynolds 

53.79 

(454) 

M16 

Run 

800 

Lachlan Marasco 

2:04.8h 

(487) 

M16 

Run 

800 

Will Katic 

2:05.3h 

(483) 

M16 

Run 

800 

Josh Ascar 

2:06.9h 

(471) 

M16 

Run 

800 

Jack Dalton 

2:09.3h 

(452) 

M16 

High Jump 

 

Brodie Mierisch 

1.65m 

(424) 

M16 

Shot Put 

 

Brodie Mierisch 

11.50m 

(433) 

M14 

Run 

200 

Joshua Kilmartin 

36.81 

(147) 

M14 

Run 

800 

Aiden Marasco 

2:31.9h 

(299) 

M14 

Run 

800 

Lewis McLennan 

3:18.0h 

(166) 

M14 

Run 

800 

Elijah Bakker 

3:19.1h 

(164) 

M14 

Run 

800 

Joshua Kilmartin 

3:26.9h 

(155) 

M14 

Walk 

1500 

Hamish McLennan 

10:07.8h 

(264) 

M14 

Walk 

1500 

Lewis McLennan 

9:57.5h 

(275) 

M14 

Hammer 

 

Hamish McLennan 

17.66m 

(222) 

M14 

High Jump 

 

Joshua Kilmartin 

1.15m 

(180) 

M14 

High Jump 

 

Alex Lloyd 

1.50m 

(413) 

M14 

Shot Put 

 

Hamish McLennan 

6.35m 

(166) 

M14 

Shot Put 

 

Lewis McLennan 

5.57m 

(0) 

M14 

Shot Put 

 

Joshua Kilmartin 

5.59m 

(0) 

M14 

Triple Jump 

 

Lewis McLennan 

6.85m 

(168) 

M40 

Run 

200 

David Firth 

25.47 

(403) 

M40 

Run 

200 

Paul Mierisch 

25.5 

(441) 

M40 

Run 

200 

Darryl Kilmartin 

32.78 

(199) 

M40 

Run 

200 

Andrew Parrott 

37.78 

(160) 

M40 

Run 

400 

Paul Mierisch 

60.69 

(0) 

M40 

Run 

800 

Campbell McLennan 

2:17.2h 

(413) 

M40 

Run 

800 

David Firth 

2:31.6h 

(0) 

M40 

Run 

3000 

Campbell McLennan 

11:15.5h 

(312) 

M40 

Run 

3000 

Navid Rashid 

12:19.0 

(264) 

M40 

Run 

5000 

John Curry 

22:21.7h 

(214) 

M40 

Hammer 

 

David Firth 

37.79m 

(450) 

M40 

Hammer 

 

Graham Ford 

18.43m 

(373) 

M40 

Hammer 

 

Andrew Parrott 

14.00m 

(199) 

M40 

Hammer 

 

Peter Coumaros 

27.67m 

(439) 

M40 

High Jump 

 

Paul Mierisch 

1.55m 

(431) 

M40 

Pole Vault 

 

Darryl Kilmartin 

2.35m 

(315) 

M40 

Pole Vault 

 

Jim Poulter 

1.75m 

(260) 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

Campbell McLennan 

8.01m 

(374) 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

David Firth 

8.02m 

(326) 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

Darryl Kilmartin 

7.34m 

(401) 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

Paul Mierisch 

8.58m 

(405) 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

Graham Ford 

6.48m 

(405) 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

Andrew Parrott 

5.76m 

(254) 

M40 

Shot Put 

 

Peter Coumaros 

8.68m 

(461)