2021-03-06 AVSL Round 8 40+

Doncaster 40+ Newsletter

Round 8 – 6/03/2021

This week was highlighted by the presence of a number of new members, who made a major contribution. Many came from Ruffey Runners, with some from Doncaster Masters, and both men’s and women’s teams scored their highest for the season.

A warm welcome to Matt Hughes, Ken Montgomery, Roberto Chavez and Wendy Smith, competing for their first time. We are excited to have you join us!

The women won their red zone competition and were fourth in the state, while the men, in a high scoring competition, came third in red zone and also in the state, only seven points behind Collingwood.

In round 6 we had four athletes scoring more than 1000 points. This week we had six, with Graham Ford narrowly finishing ahead of Paul Mierisch, 1187 to 1175. David Firth, back from injury, was also close with 1142, with Campbell McLennan on 1095, Charmaine Smith on 1054 and Darryl Kilmartin on 1008 (very pleased to finally break the 1000 point barrier).

Laura McLennan scored 983 and distance runner Colleen Kelly, a member of the DAC committee and organiser of Ruffey Runners, returned to Summer competition with a 200 metres, which was the highest scoring sprint for the women. However, she scored even higher in the 800 and 3000 metres, setting records in each and totalling 964 points. Peter Coumaros scored 938 with only two events, both records.

Only three other DAC athletes in other age groups scored more than 1000 points.

Darryl, David, Kim and Paul were all intent on getting their money’s worth, competing in five events each, even though only the three counted for points.

Matt Hughes, from Doncaster Masters, ran a sizzling 200 metres, but managed to tweak his hamstring at the end. However, he broke the club record in the shot put. Even if he doesn’t recover in time for playoffs, he will be useful in the throws. New members from Ruffey Runners, Ken Montgomery and Roberto Chavez (who also runs with Masters), and Wendy Smith all made significant contributions.

Athletes to finish in the top 10 in the state for over 40 were:

200 metres: Paul Mierisch (5th) Colleen Kelly (6th) Campbell McLennan (10th) Laura McLennan (10th)

400 metres: David Firth (6th)

800 metres: Colleen Kelly (2nd) Laura McLennan (4th)

1500 metres: Mark Purser (4th)

3000 metres: Colleen Kelly (2nd) Campbell McLennan (6th)

300 metres hurdles: Graham Ford (2nd)

2000 metres walk: Laura McLennan (7th)

3000 metres steeple: John Curry (2nd)

Triple Jump: Charmaine Smith (2nd)

High Jump: Charmaine Smith (1st)

Pole Vault: Jim Poulter (7th) Darryl Kilmartin (8th)

Javelin: David Firth (6th)

Shot Put: Peter Coumaros (5th)

Discus: Paul Mierisch (6th) Kim Peak (6th) Leighton Kearney (8th)

Hammer Throw: Peter Coumaros (2nd) Graham Ford (7th) Charmaine Smith (7th) Laura McLennan (10th)

Apart from the records already mentioned by Colleen, Peter and Matt, Laura and Kim both broke 2000 metres walk records, Charmaine broke her high jump record and set one in the triple, Graham Ford broke the 200 metres record he set last time and Darryl broke his high jump record.

3/6/2021

AVSL

W60

200 metres

Colleen Kelly

38.62

New

  

3/6/2021

AVSL

W60

800 metres

Colleen Kelly

03:22.1

New

  

3/6/2021

AVSL

W60

3000 metre

Colleen Kelly

14:36.8

New

  

3/6/2021

AVSL

W40

2000 metres walk

Laura McLennan

11:49.0

Laura McLennan

11:56.3

3/6/2021

AVSL

W50

2000 metres walk

Kim Peak

15:39.2

Karen Reynolds

19.00.1

3/6/2021

AVSL

W45

High Jump

Charmaine Smith

1.15

Charmaine Smith

1.05

3/6/2021

AVSL

W45

Triple Jump

Charmaine Smith

7.93

New

  

3/6/2021

AVSL

M70

200 metres

Graham Ford

31.96

Graham Ford

32.06

3/6/2021

AVSL

M60

Hammer Throw

Peter Coumaros

29.28

Peter Coumaros

28.63

3/6/2021

AVSL

M50

High Jump

Darryl Kilmartin

1.35

Darryl Kilmartin

1.30

3/6/2021

AVSL

M60

Shot Put

Peter Coumaros

9.53

David Lee

9.49

3/6/2021

AVSL

M40

Shot Put

Matt Hughes

9.49

Paul Mierisch

9.28

 

AVSL Playoffs

Remember, apart from competing in three rounds of AVSL, you also need to compete in the events you wish to enter at the playoffs (see draft program attached). If you have not qualified in 3 events, you will need to compete at Aberfeldie next week, or Nunawading the week after where the playoffs program is on offer.

Men’s 40+ (3 out of 46)

Diamond Valley

DIV

12,971

Collingwood

COL

11,570

Doncaster

DAC

11,563

Ivanhoe

IVH

886

Preston

PRE

858

Richmond

RIC

276

Women’s 40+ (4 out of 27)

Doncaster

DAC

4,046

Diamond Valley

DIV

3,385

Preston

PRE

905

Collingwood

COL

242

 Results:

Grade

Discipline

Distance

Name

Performance

Wind

Points

Notes

F45

Run

100

Wendy Smith

18.19

-4.3

177

  

F50

Run

100

Kim Peak

19.69

-4.3

170

  

F40

Run

200

Laura Mclennan

34.71

-0.9

183

  

F60

Run

200

Colleen Kelly

38.62

0.5

258

(New Record)

F50

Run

400

Kim Peak

01:55.8

  

129

  

F40

Run

800

Laura Mclennan

3:06.6h

  

195

  

F60

Run

800

Colleen Kelly

3:22.1h

  

296

(New Record)

F60

Run

3000

Colleen Kelly

14:36.8h

  

410

(New Record)

F40

Walk

2000

Laura Mclennan

11:49.0h

  

405

(Record)

F50

Walk

2000

Kim Peak

15:39.2h

  

239

(Record)

F50

Discus

  

Kim Peak

12.04m

  

205

1kg

F45

Hammer

  

Charmaine Smith

20.44m

  

375

4kg

F40

Hammer

 

Laura McLennan

16.35m

 

263

4kg

F45

High Jump

  

Charmaine Smith

1.15m

  

217

(Record)

F50

Javelin

  

Kim Peak

8.94m

  

171

500g

F45

Shot Put

  

Charmaine Smith

8.05m

  

422

4kg

F40

Shot Put

  

Laura Mclennan

6.96m

  

315

4kg

F55

Shot Put

  

Jacqui Ward

4.76m

  

253

3kg

F45

Triple Jump

  

Charmaine Smith

7.93m

  

257

  

M40

Run

100

David Firth

13.26

-4.8

260

  

M45

Run

100

Warren Hattwich

13.80

-4.8

253

  

M40

Run

200

Paul Mierisch

25.11

2.1

418

  

M40

Run

200

Justin Botha

27.34

-1.1

285

  

M45

Run

200

Campbell Mclennan

27.48

-0.6

335

  

M45

Run

200

Matt Hughes

27.90

0.7

307

  

M40

Run

200

Roberto Chavez

30.07

-2.9

193

  

M50

Run

200

Darryl Kilmartin

31.44

-2.9

205

  

M70

Run

200

Graham Ford

31.96

-2.2

309

(Record)

M50

Run

200

Ken Montgomery

35.58

-2.9

168

  

M40

Run

400

David Firth

56.61

  

401

  

M40

Run

400

Paul Mierisch

59.22

  

339

  

M50

Run

800

Ken Montgomery

3:12.8h

  

176

  

M50

Run

1500

Mark Purser

5:00.9h

  

404

  

M40

Run

1500

Leighton Kearney

5:18.7h

  

219

  

M40

Run

1500

David Firth

5:27.8h

  

197

  

M45

Run

3000

Campbell Mclennan

10:51.8h

  

355

  

M50

Run

3000

Navid Rashid

12:36.8

  

242

  

M50

Steeple

3000

John Curry

14:27.0h

  

226

91cm

M70

Hurdles

300

Graham Ford

57.37

  

386

76cm

M40

Discus

  

Paul Mierisch

27.79m

  

361

2kg

M40

Discus

  

Leighton Kearney

25.72m

  

332

2kg

M40

Discus

  

David Firth

23.55m

  

301

2kg

M45

Discus

  

Warren Hattwich

18.59m

  

214

2kg

M60

Hammer

  

Peter Coumaros

29.28m

  

451

(Record)

M70

Hammer

  

Graham Ford

18.70m

  

378

5kg

M50

High Jump

  

Darryl Kilmartin

1.35m

  

359

(Record)

M40

Javelin

  

David Firth

38.70m

  

440

800g

M45

Javelin

  

Warren Hattwich

26.93m

  

357

800g

M40

Javelin

  

Paul Mierisch

26.25m

  

315

800g

M40

Javelin

  

Leighton Kearney

24.83m

  

295

800g

M50

Pole Vault

  

Darryl Kilmartin

2.35m

  

281

  

M75

Pole Vault

  

Jim Poulter

1.90m

  

295

  

M60

Shot Put

  

Peter Coumaros

9.53m

  

487

(Record)

M45

Shot Put

  

Matt Hughes

9.49m

  

427

(Record)

M40

Shot Put

  

Justin Botha

9.43m

  

408

7.26kg

M40

Shot Put

  

Paul Mierisch

8.98m

  

396

7.26kg

M45

Shot Put

  

Campbell Mclennan

8.58m

  

405

7.26kg

M50

Shot Put

  

Darryl Kilmartin

7.58m

  

368

6kg

M70

Shot Put

  

Graham Ford

7.05m

  

423

5kg

M50

Shot Put

  

Navid Rashid

5.94m

  

217

6kg

M50

Triple Jump

  

Darryl Kilmartin

8.27m

  

257

  

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