Round 3

By Graham Ford The third week of Shield (October 19) saw Doncaster athletes travelling quite a distance for their competition, so numbers were down, though Dani McDowell ran an 800 at Aberfeldie and a 400 at Yarra Ranges. However, we were still second in Division 2 to...

40+ A BIG Day Out

By Graham Ford Doncaster athletes competed successfully at the Victorian Masters Championships at the weekend. After a see-sawing battle with David Firth over the 100 all season, Paul Mierisch capitalised on his absence by breaking the club record and picking up...

Victorian Championships

by Graham Ford The first weekend of the Victorian Championships saw many fine performances from Doncaster athletes. Results: Men’s Open 400 metres: Conrad Coumaros 48.01 (47.90 in semi) 400 metres: Liam Procaccino 48.10 (47.85 in semi) 400 metres: Daniel Minz 48.76...

Finals Time

by Graham Ford The Shield Final at Lakeside was an exciting day. The Men’s Under 14 team battled hard all day and a successful relay pulled them up from third to second. With many of them moving into Under 16 next year, this should make that team more competitive....

40’s Plus on the Rise

By Graham Ford In a see-sawing day, Doncaster managed to finish seventh in the Shield Final on Saturday, an improvement on last year. As usual, the strength of the team was the number of athletes competing in several events. It was a great turnout with the team...