The tyranny of distance and the Melbourne Marathon made it very difficult for us this week. The fields at Casey, for all clubs except the locals, were very sparse and we didn’t have any extras at Aberfeldie to compensate. So Doncaster slipped another place, though we are still well away from having to fight to retain our position in Premier division. Next year will be much better with our new track.
This weekend we have round 6 at Knox and Epping. We would love to see a massive turnout this weekend from our members for one final hit-out before the Christmas/New Year break. For field event sheets, there are still plenty of spots available in Long Jump at Knox and Triple Jump, Hammer Throw and Shot Put at Epping. Track events at both venues still have plenty of spaces available.
Entries close at midday this Wednesday, so be quick!
Full results from Round 5 available below.
Christmas Party – This Wednesday!
The annual DAC Christmas Party is on this Wednesday!
Like last year, we will be providing rolls, drinks, fruit, snacks and desserts to our members as a thank you for your support of the club this season.
Where: Ruffey Lake Park, park in the car park off Victoria St on the eastern side of the park, and go up to the hill past the playground behind the flying fox.
When: Wednesday 15th (this Wednesday)
Time: 6pm – 8pm
During dinner, we will also be recognising our award winners from the 2020/21 season.
The traditional post dinner games of egg toss, the three legged race and musical chairs will still be held!
All members and their families are welcome to attend what is always a fantastic and relaxing way to finish the year.
Melbourne Marathon festival results
This morning, we had four DAC members compete in the Melbourne half marathon. Rob Shellie ran 1:28.36 while Navid Rashid ran 1:40.23. The Finch family were represented by Leah who ran 1:51.10, finishing in the top 500 females, and Jim Finch who ran 2:07.08 being ranked 47th in the Men’s 60-64 category
On Saturday, Joel Tobin-White finished 4th in the 10km in a time of 29:48, Alastair Christy was 8th in 31:20 while Anthony Paige finished 43rd in 37:11 and Patrick Ward finished in the top 700 participants with a time of 52:18.
Stations
Stations was a favourite session of Tom Kelly’s which was held on Christmas Eve, and we are continuing the tradition to remember Tom’s contribution to DAC.
When: Friday 24th of December (Christmas Eve)
Where: Schramms Reserve, JJ Tully Drive. Off Doncaster Rd, behind the Manningham Council chambers. Meet in front of the pavilion overlooking the top football oval from 7:45am.
Time: 8am (the session will likely finish around 9am)
The session can be completed by anyone, regardless of age or ability level and has been well attended by current and former members in previous years.
Equipment loans
Any athletes or coaches wishing to borrow equipment from the club for training purposes will need to contact our council liaison officer, Andrew Parrott (facilities@doncasterac.org.au).
Engaged!
We would like to give a special mention to long time DAC member and former 400m state champion, Kevin Rassool who recently announced his engagement to his university sweetheart, Laura Constable.
We wish Kevin and Laura all the very best for their future together.
It was the junior teams leading the way this week with the M14 coming second and the W16 finishing fourth in the state.
Athletes to finish top 10 in the state over all age groups in Premier division were:
100m: Anthony Jordan (3rd), Alessia Wynne (10th)
400m: Alexandra Flynn (8th), Matthew Parrott (9th), Jochem Bowler (10th)
800m: Lachlan Marasco (6th)
1500m: Rachel White (2nd), John Portwood (6th), Jack Dalton (8th)
100m hurdles: Alessia Wynne (1st), Nash Chandler (2nd)
200m hurdles: Shakira Harding (1st)
400m hurdles Nicole Reynolds (8th), Chris Butterworth (9th)
Long Jump: Alessia Wynne (4th)
Triple Jump: Isabella Parrott (10th)
Pole Vault: Tahlia Grace (10th)
Shot Put: Peter Coumaros (8th)
Discus Throw: Declan Carman (2nd), Brodie Mierisch (4th)
Hammer Throw: David Firth (6th)
Those to top the lists in Zone A include:
MOpen: 1500m John Portwood, Discus Declan Carman
M40: 400m Paul Mierisch, Hammer David Firth
M20: 800m Alex Jones
M18: 100m Anthony Jordan, 400m hurdles Chris Butterworth, Javelin Hayden Lloyd
M16: 800m Lachlan Marasco
M14: Long Jump Max McCool
MOpen: 400 hurdles Nicole Reynolds
W40: Shot Put Kim Peak
W20: 100m hurdles & Long Jump Alessia Wynne,
W18: 200m Emma Peak, 400m Alessandra Flynn, 800m Sanne Bakker,
W16: 1500m Rachel White, 200m hurdles Shakira Harding, Shot Put Eliza Chivers
W14: 800m Charlotte Senior, 2000 walk Lulu Parrott, Pole Vault Jamison Harding
Anthony Jordan was the top scorer this week with 543 for his 100 metres. Declan Carman, returning to competition, scored 535 in the Discus, and exceeded that with his extra throws. Brodie Mierisch was the only other one over 500 with 508 for his discus. Rachel White, Alessia Wynne, Alessandra Flynn, Lachlan Marasco and Matthew Parrott were all over 480.
Alessia Wynne was our top scoring athlete with 1452 from her three events, with Brodie Mierisch narrowly shading his father Paul, 1323 to 1267. Eliza Chivers was the only other athlete over 1000 points with 1078, with Lula Parrott on 999, Allegria Basile on 976 and Kim Peak on 970. Peter Coumaros scored 890 from his two events. Thanks to all who helped as officials and team managers.
Premier Division
ESS |
Essendon |
54,459 |
|
20 |
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
39,836 |
9 |
|
EAG |
Eaglehawk |
37,446 |
8 |
|
COL |
Collingwood |
37,273 |
|
14 |
BOH |
Box Hill |
35,253 |
6 |
|
GHY |
Glenhuntly |
33,494 |
5 |
|
DAC |
Doncaster |
28,114 |
4 |
|
CHI |
Chilwell |
26,409 |
3 |
|
GLG |
Geelong Guild |
23,343 |
2 |
|
ANW |
Nunawading |
19,263 |
1 |
The results for Zone A with position in the state in brackets
Open Men (17 out of 40)
COL |
Collingwood |
6,469 |
||
ESS |
Essendon |
3,515 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
2,234 |
||
MUU |
Melbourne Uni |
2,063 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
2,004 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
1,435 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
1,406 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
888 |
||
COB |
Coburg |
730 |
||
WTN |
Williamstown |
631 |
||
BWK |
Brunswick |
601 |
||
IVA |
Ivanhoe |
428 |
||
SME |
South Melbourne |
254 |
|
Men’s 40+ (14 out of 43)
ESS |
Essendon |
9,567 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
9,429 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
7,396 |
||
COB |
Coburg |
4,975 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
3,755 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
3,615 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
3,561 |
||
BWK |
Brunswick |
1,254 |
||
IVA |
Ivanhoe |
1,170 |
||
MUU |
Melbourne Uni |
1,162 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
868 |
||
RIC |
Richmond |
685 |
||
OSC |
Old Scotch |
481 |
||
OLM |
Old Melburnians |
410 |
Men’s Under 20 (25 out of 28)
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
2,869 |
||
ESS |
Essendon |
2,384 |
||
IVA |
Ivanhoe |
2,236 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
1,934 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
1,212 |
||
OSC |
Old Scotch |
874 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
834 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
799 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
344 |
|
Men’s Under 18 (9 out of 41)
WES |
Western Athletics |
6,726 |
||
ESS |
Essendon |
4,787 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
4,504 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
3,822 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
3,739 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
3,307 |
||
OSC |
Old Scotch |
1,754 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
1,434 |
||
BWK |
Brunswick |
1,043 |
||
IVA |
Ivanhoe |
858 |
||
COB |
Coburg |
644 |
||
WTN |
Williamstown |
612 |
|
Men’s Under 16 (13 out of 34)
ESS |
Essendon |
5,450 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
5,188 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
3,846 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
3,780 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
3,101 |
||
WTN |
Williamstown |
2,549 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
1,586 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
801 |
||
COB |
Coburg |
752 |
||
OSC |
Old Scotch |
616 |
Men’s Under 14 (2 out of 31)
DAC |
Doncaster |
2,664 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
2,488 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
2,449 |
||
ESS |
Essendon |
2,446 |
||
OSC |
Old Scotch |
1,936 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
1,559 |
||
OLM |
Old Melburnians |
470 |
|
Women’s Open (32 out of 35)
COL |
Collingwood |
5,093 |
||
ESS |
Essendon |
3,292 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
1,517 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
987 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
941 |
||
BWK |
Brunswick |
550 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
490 |
||
MUU |
Melbourne Uni |
463 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
285 |
Women’s 40+ (20 out of 28)
ESS |
Essendon |
4,366 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
3,637 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
3,426 |
||
BWK |
Brunswick |
2,843 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
2,479 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
2,268 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
1,688 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
1,342 |
|
Women’s Under 20 (6 out of 28)
COL |
Collingwood |
2,904 |
||
ESS |
Essendon |
2,325 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
1,674 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
1,553 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
1,353 |
||
OSC |
Old Scotch |
1,009 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
952 |
||
MUU |
Melbourne Uni |
371 |
|
Women’s Under 18 (13 out of 31)
ESS |
Essendon |
4,094 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
3,131 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
2,556 |
||
WTN |
Williamstown |
1,613 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
1,603 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
948 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
872 |
||
COB |
Coburg |
870 |
||
OSC |
Old Scotch |
718 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
375 |
|
Women’s Under 16 (4 out of 35)
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
11,656 |
||
ESS |
Essendon |
5,668 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
4,800 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
3,550 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
2,217 |
||
OLM |
Old Melburnians |
1,439 |
||
IVA |
Ivanhoe |
968 |
||
COB |
Coburg |
715 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
453 |
||
WTN |
Williamstown |
365 |
|
Women’s Under 14 (7 out of 32)
ESS |
Essendon |
6,565 |
||
DAC |
Doncaster |
3,057 |
||
DIV |
Diamond Valley |
1,392 |
||
WTN |
Williamstown |
951 |
||
COL |
Collingwood |
870 |
||
IVA |
Ivanhoe |
807 |
||
WES |
Western Athletics |
722 |
||
PTN |
Preston |
619 |
||
KSB |
Keilor St Bernards |
382 |
||
OLM |
Old Melburnians |
209 |
Results:
Grade |
Discipline |
Distance |
Name |
Performance |
Points |
Notes |
FOP |
Hurdles |
400 |
Nicole Reynolds |
67.86 |
(285) |
76cm |
F20 |
Run |
100 |
Alessia Wynne |
12.28 |
(486) |
|
F20 |
Run |
100 |
Harriette Glover |
14.85 |
(222) |
|
F20 |
Hurdles |
100 |
Alessia Wynne |
14.43 |
(477) |
84cm |
F20 |
Long Jump |
Alessia Wynne |
5.85m |
(489) |
||
F20 |
Long Jump |
Alessia Wynne |
5.89m |
(0) |
INV. |
|
F18 |
Run |
200 |
Emma Peak |
30 |
(268) |
|
F18 |
Run |
400 |
Alessandra Flynn |
59 |
(487) |
|
F18 |
Run |
800 |
Sanne Bakker |
2:26.2h |
(426) |
|
F18 |
Shot Put |
Emma Peak |
6.52m |
(210) |
3kg |
|
F18 |
Triple Jump |
Emma Peak |
8.12m |
(212) |
||
F16 |
Run |
100 |
Tahlia Grace |
14.79 |
(265) |
|
F16 |
Run |
100 |
Lucy Jordan |
15.63 |
(199) |
|
F16 |
Run |
100 |
Kara Ilardi |
16.21 |
(191) |
|
F16 |
Run |
200 |
Shakira Harding |
27.97 |
(416) |
|
F16 |
Run |
200 |
Isabella Parrott |
31.43 |
(238) |
|
F16 |
Run |
800 |
Eliza Chivers |
2:43.0h |
(325) |
|
F16 |
Run |
1500 |
Rachel White |
4:49.1h |
(490) |
|
F16 |
Run |
1500 |
Lucy Jordan |
6:42.5h |
(184) |
|
F16 |
Hurdles |
200 |
Shakira Harding |
31.85 |
(384) |
76cm |
F16 |
High Jump |
Eliza Chivers |
1.50m |
(443) |
||
F16 |
Long Jump |
Tahlia Grace |
3.73m |
(279) |
||
F16 |
Long Jump |
Kara Ilardi |
2.86m |
(171) |
||
F16 |
Pole Vault |
Tahlia Grace |
2.80m |
(418) |
||
F16 |
Shot Put |
Eliza Chivers |
6.88m |
(310) |
3kg |
|
F16 |
Shot Put |
Isabella Parrott |
5.60m |
(207) |
3kg |
|
F16 |
Triple Jump |
Isabella Parrott |
8.23m |
(280) |
||
F14 |
Run |
200 |
Charlotte Senior |
31.02 |
(299) |
|
F14 |
Run |
800 |
Charlotte Senior |
2:36.4h |
(421) |
|
F14 |
Walk |
2000 |
Lula Parrott |
14:09.6h |
(280) |
|
F14 |
Discus |
Lula Parrott |
19.01m |
(387) |
1kg |
|
F14 |
Discus |
Allegria Basile |
15.31m |
(312) |
1kg |
|
F14 |
Javelin |
Lula Parrott |
16.66m |
(332) |
400g |
|
F14 |
Javelin |
Allegria Basile |
19.65m |
(376) |
400g |
|
F14 |
Long Jump |
Allegria Basile |
3.41m |
(0) |
Event Limit |
|
F14 |
Pole Vault |
Jamison Harding |
2.30m |
(362) |
||
F14 |
Pole Vault |
Allegria Basile |
2.05m |
(288) |
||
F40 |
Run |
100 |
Allison Parrott |
18.34 |
(188) |
|
F40 |
Run |
200 |
Kim Peak |
42.54 |
(0) |
Event Limit |
F40 |
Run |
1500 |
Allison Parrott |
7:38.7h |
(184) |
|
F40 |
Walk |
2000 |
Kim Peak |
15:24.5h |
(279) |
Y L/S. |
F40 |
Hammer |
Kim Peak |
18.44m |
(320) |
3kg |
|
F40 |
Shot Put |
Kim Peak |
6.01m |
(371) |
3kg |
|
MOP |
Run |
1500 |
John Portwood |
3:58.3h |
(475) |
|
MOP |
Run |
1500 |
Brock Goodings |
5:01.9h |
(209) |
|
MOP |
Run |
1500 |
Michael Gallacher |
5:19.9h |
(187) |
|
MOP |
Discus |
Declan Carman |
55.40m |
(535) |
2kg |
|
MOP |
Discus |
Declan Carman |
55.65m |
(0) |
2kg. Extra Attempts |
|
M20 |
Run |
800 |
Alex Jones |
2:12.1h |
(355) |
|
M20 |
Run |
1500 |
Oscar Oconnor |
4:12.0h |
(444) |
|
M18 |
Run |
100 |
Matthew Parrott |
11.31 |
(481) |
|
M18 |
Run |
100 |
Anthony Jordan |
11.52 |
(543) |
T47 |
M18 |
Run |
400 |
Matthew Parrott |
50.79 |
(479) |
|
M18 |
Run |
400 |
Jochem Bowler |
51.11 |
(473) |
|
M18 |
Run |
400 |
Liam McLennan |
57.35 |
(339) |
|
M18 |
Run |
1500 |
Liam McLennan |
4:20.7h |
(435) |
|
M18 |
Hurdles |
400 |
Chris Butterworth |
70.4 |
(215) |
84cm |
M18 |
Discus |
Hayden Lloyd |
21.52m |
(276) |
1.5kg |
|
M18 |
Javelin |
Hayden Lloyd |
28.50m |
(330) |
700g |
|
M18 |
Triple Jump |
Chris Butterworth |
9.64m |
(251) |
||
M16 |
Run |
100 |
Brodie Mierisch |
11.85 |
(452) |
|
M16 |
Run |
400 |
Brodie Mierisch |
58.27 |
(363) |
|
M16 |
Run |
800 |
Lachlan Marasco |
2:05.3h |
(483) |
|
M16 |
Run |
800 |
Nathanael Uecker |
2:19.2h |
(363) |
|
M16 |
Run |
1500 |
Jack Dalton |
4:20.9h |
(462) |
|
M16 |
Hurdles |
100 |
Nash Chandler |
14.6 |
(470) |
84cm |
M16 |
Discus |
Brodie Mierisch |
49.14m |
(508) |
1kg |
|
M14 |
Run |
100 |
Christian Zapris |
12.73 |
(396) |
|
M14 |
Run |
100 |
Max McCool |
13.14 |
(342) |
|
M14 |
Run |
400 |
Christian Zapris |
58.93 |
(406) |
|
M14 |
Run |
800 |
Aiden Marasco |
2:26.6h |
(355) |
|
M14 |
Run |
800 |
Elijah Bakker |
3:12.3h |
(172) |
|
M14 |
Javelin |
Alex Lloyd |
18.09m |
(223) |
600g |
|
M14 |
Long Jump |
Max McCool |
4.65m |
(386) |
||
M14 |
Long Jump |
Alex Lloyd |
4.64m |
(384) |
||
M40 |
Run |
100 |
Paul Mierisch |
12.15 |
(443) |
|
M40 |
Run |
400 |
Paul Mierisch |
57.37 |
(425) |
|
M40 |
Run |
400 |
Campbell McLennan |
62.54 |
(312) |
|
M40 |
Discus |
Paul Mierisch |
29.02m |
(399) |
2kg |
|
M40 |
Hammer |
David Firth |
38.80m |
(456) |
7.26kg |
|
M40 |
Hammer |
Peter Coumaros |
25.85m |
(425) |
5kg |
|
M40 |
Pole Vault |
Jim Poulter |
1.90m |
(295) |
||
M40 |
Shot Put |
David Firth |
8.22m |
(341) |
7.26kg |
|
M40 |
Shot Put |
Peter Coumaros |
8.79m |
(465) |
5kg |