by Graeme Down | Oct 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Graham Ford It was back to our home track for the second week of the new Shield (12 October) format and it was another very successful one for Doncaster. Doncaster topped the state in Division 2! In the Red Shield competition, Doncaster came out top in the men’s...
by Graeme Down | Oct 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Graeme Down | Mar 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Graeme Down | Mar 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Graeme Down | Feb 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
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....
by Graeme Down | Feb 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by Graeme Down | Feb 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Graham Ford The last round of the Shield Competition saw athletes traveling to Nunawading and Meadowglen. The weather was most unpleasant for athletics, with some rain and strong winds most of the day. Undefeated all year, the Men’s Under 14 team easily won the...
by Graeme Down | Feb 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Graham Ford With a few injuries, we didn’t score as well this week, but still comfortably into the Shield Final in two weeks time. Unfortunately Peter Coumaros has injured himself, so won’t be available for the finals. Darryl Kilmartin has now qualified for the...
by Graeme Down | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Graham Ford With competition at Knox and Werribee, there were a number of athletes missing this week, but Paul and David stepped up and scored over 1500 points each. We now have four competitors in the 1500 with Leighton Kearney and Graham Ford competing in that...
by Graeme Down | Feb 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Graham Ford The eleventh round of Shield saw Doncaster having to travel to Knox or Werribee, so numbers were down. Congratulations to Charmaine Smith who competed in four events and was the only member of the Women’s Open team. The Men’s Under 16 were below...
