by Graham Ford | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ Edition 69 Round 8 – 21/01/2023 Round 8 was the first round after the Christmas break, and the over 40s were there in spades. Both men’s and women’s teams scored almost twice as much as in round 7. Unfortunately, many of the younger teams were...
by Graham Ford | Dec 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter AVSL Round 7 – 17/12/2022 Christmas is coming and with Christmas parties aplenty, Doncaster Little Aths with their Open Day and large distances for athletes to travel last weekend, numbers were down and we finished near the bottom. Having...
by Graham Ford | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ (Edition 67) Round 6 – 3/12/2022 Summer has arrived! It certainly did at Doncaster with the temperature hovering around thirty degrees. With competition at our local track, numbers were up and we finished ahead of Box Hill, who employed...
by Graham Ford | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter Round 5 – 19/11/2022 Photos It was wild and woolly at Round five of AVSL at Epping and Casey last Saturday, at one stage it all stopped for the officials’ tents to be taken down, and then the photo finish equipment had been damaged, so we were...
by Graham Ford | Nov 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ (Edition 66) Round 5 – 19/11/2022 It was wild and woolly at Athletics on Saturday, at one stage at Meadowglen it all stopped for the officials’ tents to be taken down, and then the photo finish equipment had been damaged, so we were back to...
by Graham Ford | Nov 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter 40+ (Edition 65) Round 4 – 12/11/2022 Older Doncaster Athletes are definitely pulling their weight, coming fourth and fifth in the state! A number of records were broken, with Deb Garden, Campbell McLennan and David Firth breaking their own...
by Graham Ford | Nov 29, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter Round 4 – 12/11/2022 Photos With competition at Doncaster again this week, we were down a bit on what we would expect, partly due to athletes choosing to run in the Vic Milers on Thursday. Diamond Valley used their Power Play, but were...
by Graham Ford | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster 40+ Newsletter (Edition 64) Round 3 – 22/10/2022 Older Doncaster athletes went on a record-breaking spree on Saturday. First off was Lydia Rinaudo on her first stint on the track (she did run cross-country), taking a minute and a half off the W40...
by Graham Ford | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster 40+ Newsletter (Edition 63) Round 2 – 15/10/2022 The 40+ teams again did well this week, with the women doing considerably better. They were second in zone 1, just forty points behind Diamond Valley, while the men were third in the state again. With...
by Graham Ford | Oct 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Doncaster Newsletter AVSL Round 2 – 15/10/2022 Photos With competition at Doncaster this week, it was a much improved performance from the club, coming fourth in Premier Division, only one point behind Glenhuntly, who were also competing on their home track....
