Doncaster 40+ Newsletter
(edition 47)
Round 4 – 4/12/2021
The men’s team improved this week, finishing fourth, while the women slipped down to sixteenth.
Relays
The Victorian Relay Championships will be held on Australia Day, January 26, and we are looking to enter teams in this. We did very well last year, and want to continue this. Relays will be W40, M40 & M50: 4×400, 4×100 & distance medley (1200, 400, 800, 1600) No sprint medley No 4 x 1500.
Here are draft teams (all TBC):
W40 4 x 400: Laura McLennan, Wendy Smith, Kate Downward & Renee Reardon (em. Sue Kilmartin)
W40 4 x 100: Laura McLennan, Wendy Smith, Renee Reardon & Kim Peak (em. Kate Downward)
W40 Distance Medley: Colleen Kelly, Allison Parrott, Kate Downward & Sue Kilmartin
M40 4 x 400: Adrian Patti, Campbell McLennan, Paul Mierish & David Firth (em. Mike Rennie)
M40 4 x 100 Adrian Patti, Mark Howard, Paul Mierish & David Firth (em. Campbell)
M40 Distance Medley: Adrian Patti, Paul Mierish, Jason Merrett & Campbell McLennan (em. Leighton Kearney)
M50 4 x 400: Mark Purser, Ken Montgomery, Darryl Kilmartin & Navid Rashid
M50 4 x 100: Darryl Kilmartin, Graham Ford, Andrew Parrott & Mark Purser (em. Jim Finch)
M50 Distance Medley: Rod De Highden, Navid Rashid, John Curry & David Vaughan (em. Richard Mattison)
Please let Campbell know if you will or will not be available, so we can confirm and enter teams.
Those to top the lists in Zone A include:
Paul Mierisch was our top scoring athlete with 1239 ahead of David Firth on 1076 and then Campbell McLennan on 1068 and Darryl Kilmartin on 1000. Paul managed three club records and (more importantly) shaded his son, Brodie! Kim and Laura also broke their own records in the 1500 walk.
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Date |
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Event |
Name |
Performance |
Previous |
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4/12/2021 |
AVSL |
W55 |
1500 Walk |
Kim Peak |
11:27.0 |
Kim Peak |
11:51.3 |
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4/12/2021 |
AVSL |
W45 |
1500 Walk |
Laura McLennan |
09:19.0 |
Laura McLennan |
11:51.8 |
|
4/12/2021 |
AVSL |
M45 |
100 metres |
Paul Mierisch |
12.47 |
Warren Hattwich |
12.52 |
|
4/12/2021 |
AVSL |
M45 |
400 metres |
Paul Mierisch |
57.17 |
Campbell McLennan |
58.59 |
|
4/12/2021 |
AVSL |
M45 |
Discus |
Paul Mierisch |
29.82 |
Scott Young |
29.60 |
With everyone doing the same events this week, only one 40+ athlete finished top 10 in the state:
Hammer: David Firth (9th)
Vic Milers Club
Two of our athletes competed at the Vic Miler’s meet on Thursday:
|
Grade |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
|
M |
800 |
Navid Rashid |
02:45.5 |
|
M |
3000 |
John Curry |
12:41.8 |
Next week we have Peter Coumaros and David Firth competing at Casey, with Graham Ford, Paul Mierisch, Allison Parrott, Campbell McLennan, Laura McLennan and Jim Poulter competing at Aberfeldie, so numbers will be down. You have until Wednesday noon to enter.
Men’s 40+ (4 out of 41)
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ESS |
Essendon |
14,774 |
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DIV |
Diamond Valley |
10,764 |
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DAC |
Doncaster |
6,794 |
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WES |
Western Athletics |
5,622 |
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COL |
Collingwood |
5,618 |
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COB |
Coburg |
4,127 |
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KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
2,760 |
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BWK |
Brunswick |
1,966 |
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PTN |
Preston |
1,344 |
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IVA |
Ivanhoe |
1,335 |
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OSC |
Old Scotch |
951 |
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MUU |
Melbourne Uni |
913 |
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OLM |
Old Melburnians |
696 |
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RIC |
Richmond |
311 |
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WTN |
Williamstown |
180 |
Women’s 40+ (16 out of 27)
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KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
4,906 |
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DIV |
Diamond Valley |
4,054 |
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BWK |
Brunswick |
3,559 |
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PTN |
Preston |
2,996 |
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WES |
Western Athletics |
2,166 |
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DAC |
Doncaster |
1,876 |
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COL |
Collingwood |
1,070 |
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ESS |
Essendon |
946 |
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|
WTN |
Williamstown |
514 |
Results:
|
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Points |
|
|
F50 |
Run |
100 |
Allison Parrott |
19.31 |
(175) |
|
|
F50 |
Run |
1500 |
Allison Parrott |
7:37.2h |
(184) |
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|
F45 |
Run |
3000 |
Laura McLennan |
15:48.1h |
(173) |
|
|
F55 |
Walk |
1500 |
Kim Peak |
11:27.0h |
(273) |
(Record) |
|
F45 |
Walk |
1500 |
Laura McLennan |
9:19.0h |
(381) |
(Record) |
|
F45 |
Discus |
Wendy Smith |
15.70m |
(271) |
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|
F55 |
Discus |
Kim Peak |
11.63m |
(226) |
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|
F55 |
Javelin |
Kim Peak |
8.96m |
(193) |
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|
M45 |
Run |
100 |
Paul Mierisch |
12.47 |
(406) |
(Record) |
|
M40 |
Run |
100 |
David Firth |
12.74 |
(310) |
|
|
M70 |
Run |
100 |
Graham Ford |
16.06 |
(224) |
|
|
M55 |
Run |
200 |
Darryl Kilmartin |
31.54 |
(243) |
|
|
M45 |
Run |
400 |
Paul Mierisch |
57.17 |
(428) |
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|
M40 |
Run |
800 |
Navid Rashid |
2:46.2h |
(236) |
|
|
M45 |
Run |
1500 |
Campbell McLennan |
5:05.8h |
(323) |
|
|
M45 |
Run |
3000 |
Campbell McLennan |
11:12.0h |
(319) |
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|
M40 |
Discus |
David Firth |
24.02m |
(308) |
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|
M45 |
Discus |
Paul Mierisch |
29.82m |
(405) |
(Record) |
|
|
M40 |
Discus |
Leighton Kearney |
19.84m |
(243) |
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M70 |
Discus |
Graham Ford |
21.15m |
(343) |
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M60 |
Discus |
Peter Coumaros |
25.70m |
(376) |
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|
M55 |
High Jump |
Darryl Kilmartin |
1.25m |
(334) |
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M45 |
Javelin |
Campbell McLennan |
33.47m |
(426) |
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|
M40 |
Javelin |
David Firth |
41.52m |
(458) |
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|
M40 |
Javelin |
Leighton Kearney |
23.80m |
(311) |
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M70 |
Javelin |
Graham Ford |
16.95m |
(294) |
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|
M60 |
Javelin |
Peter Coumaros |
23.86m |
(384) |
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|
M55 |
Shot Put |
Darryl Kilmartin |
8.15m |
(423) |
Masters Inter-Venue Challenge
On Sunday Doncaster Masters hosted the Masters Inter-Venue Challenge. This was a competition between the various Masters venues organised by Graham Ford, and, for the third year in a row, Doncaster finished on top. The day started well with Shirley Coppock breaking the Australian record for the 60 metres! Graham Ford then managed to win his 60 metres by 0.02!
The event which epitomised the feeling of the day was the M40 300 metres. Jameson Perrine was leading for Doncaster when he over-balanced and fell to the track a few metres from the finish. Peter Gero from Collingwood, then stopped to help him across the finish line, losing a place in the process.
Jameson hadn’t been allocated a spot in the Doncaster relay team, and then repaid the favour by leading the first leg (the 800 metres) for Collingwood.
Selma Roth and Campbell McLennan both excelled in the 3000 metres and Campbell backed it up by running a 200 metres in the medley relay. A great time had by all. Particular thanks to Paul Reynolds from Little Athletics, who organised and operated the photo finish equipment, and Emma Peak, who came along to watch her mum and ended up helping all day.
|
60 metres |
Kim |
Peak |
(55) |
11.76 |
|
60 metres |
Graham |
Ford |
(72) |
9.43 |
|
60 metres |
Matt |
Hughes |
(46) |
8.60 |
|
600 metres |
Kath |
Gawthorn |
(47) |
2:50.84 |
|
600 metres |
Darryl |
Kilmartin |
(55) |
2:19:55 |
|
600 metres |
Roberto |
Chavez |
(42) |
1:55:25 |
|
800 Walk |
Kim |
Peak |
(55) |
5:36:70 |
|
800 Walk |
Laura |
McLennan |
(45) |
4:16:51 |
|
150 metres |
Graham |
Ford |
(72) |
23.77 |
|
150 metres |
Matt |
Hughes |
(46) |
20.67 |
|
1 mile |
Kath |
Gawthorn |
(47) |
8:20.98 |
|
1 mile |
Selma |
Roth |
(35) |
5:41.86 |
|
1 mile |
Darryl |
Kilmartin |
(55) |
6:53.74 |
|
1 mile |
Jason |
Merrett |
(49) |
6:08.41 |
|
1 mile |
Roberto |
Chavez |
(42) |
6:38.01 |
|
1600 Walk |
Kim |
Peak |
(55) |
12:22.08 |
|
1600 Walk |
Laura |
McLennan |
(45) |
9:40.29 |
|
300 metres |
Graham |
Ford |
(72) |
55.39 |
|
300 metres |
Jason |
Merrett |
(49) |
51.00 |
|
3000 metres |
Kath |
Gawthorn |
(47) |
16:28.20 |
|
3000 metres |
Selma |
Roth |
(35) |
11:16.60 |
|
3000 metres |
Campbell |
McLennan |
(49) |
10:49.40 |