Doncaster Newsletter
Australia Day weekend – 22-24/01/2021
The long weekend provided many of us with an opportunity to holiday or spend a relaxing weekend at home. For some Doncaster athletes, this was a weekend of competition. Fourteen athletes travelled up to Ballarat to compete in the Victorian Country Track & Field Championships. Standout performances included:
- Tahlia Grace vaulting to a new club record of 2.85m in the Under 16 Pole Vault
- Stephanie Larkin running a PB in the Open 400m and unofficially claiming her third consecutive Open 400m hurdles country championship
- And David Mitchell running a second consecutive sixteen second PB in the Open 3000m Steeplechase
This coming weekend sees our relay teams in action at Box Hill athletics track in the Victorian Relay Championships. With twenty-two teams entered, the championships are looking to be another successful competition for the club. If you are able to come down to support, we’d love to see you there.
AVSL resumes on Saturday 6th at Doncaster and Knox. Pre-entries are likely to open around 2pm tomorrow so please make sure to get in early particularly if you want to compete in a field event.
Zatopek – Tuesday 26th
Don’t forget the annual Zatopek competition this afternoon!
We have five DAC members competing in this event:
- Josh Maisey in the Zatopek 10,000m national championship.
- Abbey Caldwell in the Under 20 Ondiecki Women’s 3000m
- Stephanie Larkin and Nicole Reynolds in the Open Women’s 400m Hurdles
- And Connor Gist in the Open Women’s 800m
A livestream of the event will be provided via the Athletics Australia page on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AthsAust?fbclid=IwAR3qKNruN9BC_9Gn7SfHVHkk-Gvj7eM57aWa9-PbHwXs-zQa1XljOy0fXvM
High Velocity Club
For our sprinters, there was a High Velocity meeting at Knox on Saturday the 23rd at Knox. Kevin Rassool ran an impressive 21.35 for the 200 metres. Other Doncaster athletes to compete were:
|
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Wind |
Place |
|
WB |
Run |
100 |
Alessia Wynne |
12.35 |
1.9 |
2nd |
|
MG |
Run |
100 |
Max McCool |
13.50 |
1.5 |
6th |
|
WB |
Run |
200 |
Alessia Wynne |
25.34 |
1.2 |
1st |
|
ME |
Run |
200 |
Max McCool |
28.43 |
0.6 |
6th |
|
MA |
Run |
400 |
Daniel Minz |
48.07 |
4th |
|
|
MB |
Run |
400 |
Kyle Nicolussi |
49.14 |
1st |
|
|
ME |
Run |
400 |
Ashton Sinn |
57.57 |
1st |
|
|
WD |
Run |
400 |
Chiara Bakker |
63.58 |
|
7th |
|
WE |
Run |
400 |
Lucy Kearney |
66.93 |
|
3rd |
|
W |
Long Jump |
|
Alessia Wynne |
5.93m |
1.1 |
2nd |
Knox also hosted the AV Throwers meet where Brodie Mierisch placed third in the Discus with a throw of 40.52m.
Email addresses:
To ensure the club is able to effectively communicate with our members, please check your email address in your profile on the AV members portal and please update if it is not current. DAC relies on the addresses to send club specific information such as our newsletter and team information regarding AVSL and Relays to you. To review your email address, go to the home page of the portal and click the ‘profile’ tab on the left of screen.
New Member Promotion:
DAC committee is pleased to announce a discount to any new member who signs up for the remainder of the current 20/21 season.
The discounted fee will be $50 for anyone who is joining Doncaster Athletic Club for the first time.
If you have a friend or family member who is interested in joining the club, please contact our registrar David Mitchell (registrar@doncasterac.org.au) for further information.
Uniforms:
Uniforms are still available, and the preference is to organise a time during the week to try them on. The selection of items is on the DAC website. Contact Kath on 0447 494 509 or uniforms@doncasterac.org.au Kath lives close to the track and can meet you there when training.
Premier Division Ladder after Round 5
|
Club |
Total AVSL score |
Ladder points |
|
Essendon |
217,365 |
50 |
|
Doncaster |
156,724 |
43 |
|
Box Hill |
123,060 |
36 |
|
Glenhuntly |
110,923 |
34 |
|
Nunawading |
102,114 |
28 |
|
Diamond Valley |
103,347 |
24 |
|
Geelong Guild |
99,139 |
23 |
|
Mornington |
89,113 |
14 |
|
South Bendigo |
80,417 |
12 |
|
Western Athletics |
79,453 |
11 |
Red Zone Ladders after Round 5
Open Men
|
Collingwood |
COL |
14,820 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
9,030 |
|
Preston |
PTN |
2,084 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
295 |
|
Ivanhoe |
IVA |
217 |
40+ Men
|
Collingwood |
COL |
34,880 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
33,123 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
31,893 |
|
Ivanhoe |
IVA |
3,727 |
|
Preston |
PTN |
3,413 |
Under 18 Men
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
14,368 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
10,766 |
|
Ivanhoe |
IVA |
9,674 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
4,264 |
Under 16 Men
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
22,163 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
6,830 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
5,871 |
|
Preston |
PTN |
3,516 |
|
Ivanhoe |
IVA |
1,430 |
|
|
|
|
Under 14 Men
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
11,661 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
6,787 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
4,078 |
Open Women
|
Collingwood |
COL |
8,787 |
|
Preston |
PRE |
4,297 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
3,466 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
737 |
40+ Women
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
13,180 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
5,296 |
|
Preston |
PTN |
4,358 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
1,013 |
Under 18 Women
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
18,057 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
5,913 |
|
Preston |
PTN |
5,853 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
1,460 |
Under 16 Women
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
16,719 |
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
9,846 |
|
Preston |
PTN |
7,579 |
|
Collingwood |
COL |
2,143 |
Under 14 Women
|
Doncaster |
DAC |
25,653 |
|
Diamond Valley |
DIV |
13,019 |
|
Preston |
PTN |
2,532 |
Victorian Country Championships Results:
|
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Wind |
|
F14 |
Walk |
1500 |
Lula Parrott |
10:28.61 |
|
|
F16 |
Run |
800 |
Eliza Chivers |
2:44.58 |
|
|
F16 |
Pole Vault |
|
Tahlia Grace |
2.85m |
|
|
F18 |
Run |
800 |
Sanne Bakker |
2:20.50 |
|
|
FOP |
Run |
400 |
Stephanie Larkin |
60.05 |
|
|
FOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Stephanie Larkin |
61.96 |
|
|
FOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Nicole Reynolds |
63.68 |
|
|
MOP |
Steeple |
3000 |
David Mitchell |
11:11.70 |
|
|
M20 |
Run |
100 |
Lachlan Parrott |
11.50 |
1.9 |
|
M20 |
Long Jump |
|
Lachlan Parrott |
6.38m |
1.5 |
|
M20 |
Pole Vault |
Lachlan Parrott |
3.60m |
||
|
M18 |
Run |
100 |
Matthew Parrott |
11.73 |
2.5 |
|
M18 |
Run |
200 |
Matthew Parrott |
23.93 |
0.6 |
|
M18 |
Run |
400 |
Thomas Reynolds |
50.44 |
|
|
M18 |
Run |
400 |
Matthew Parrott |
52.73 |
|
|
M18 |
Long Jump |
|
Matthew Parrott |
5.87m |
+0.0 |
|
M16 |
Run |
400 |
Lachlan Reynolds |
55.80 |
|
|
M40 |
Run |
100 |
Paul Mierisch |
11.95 |
2.6 |
|
M50 |
Steeple |
3000 |
John Curry |
14:01.54 |
|
|
M60 |
Pole Vault |
|
Jim Poulter |
2.20m |
|