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****The provisional Calendar of Events for the 2010-11 Geelong Athletics Track & Field Season is here****
The Geelong Athletics 2010-11 Track & Field Opening Day is on Saturday 2nd October at Landy Field.

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'GJ McDonald & Co. Real Estate' Geelong Athletics 2010 Cross Country Season
Round 17 & Trophy Presentations, Landy Field, Sunday 29th August (Full Results)
Report by Karen Wekwerth

The final week of the GJ McDonald & Co Real Estate Cross Country run was held at Landy Field. Participants had a choice of 3 or 5kms. Conditions were perfect and a BBQ followed.

First across the line for the junior 3km event for the males was Andon Saplamaev in a time of 12.26 and the first junior female was Montana Jones in a time of 12.47. In the senior event, Tim Anderson was the first across the line in a time of 11.15. Simone Sciarrone was the first senior female with a time of 13.54.

In the 5 km course, the first junior male was first time runner Daniel Kimpton. Cinnamon Lewis Chandler was the first junior female in 33.03. Wayne Veitch was the first male in 19.14. The first senior woman was Sharon Pederson-Jones with a time of 21.28.

We would like to thank all of our sponsors including our major sponsors GJ McDonald & Co Real Estate and Charles Crawford and Sons. Their support is greatly appreciated. Thank you also to Neil Whitmore, Beth Bauer and all the officials for their hard work over the season.

 

Karen Wekworth & Andon Saplamaev	Successful Chilwell athletes

Season Results
Junior Female – Runner up – Madelaine Crawford, Winner – Maria Saplamaev

Junior Male – Runner up – Bevan Shelley, Winner – Andon Saplamaev

Veteran Female – Runner up – Debbie Shelley, Winner – Karen Wekwerth

Veteran Male – Runner up – Michael Panckridge, Winner – Alister Ward

Open Female – Runner up – Nicole Anskaitis, Winner – Rhiannon Spence

Open Male – Draw – Tim Anderson, Christopher Shelley

Club Points Trophy – Chilwell

Female Winter athlete : Karen Wekwerth

Male Winter athlete : Andon Saplamaev

2009-2010 Geelong Athletics Presentation Night Awards

Geelong Athletics held its Annual Presentation of Awards on Thursday 24th Match at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club to wind up the 2009/10 season.

The presentations were completed with service awards being made to officials and record certificates to those athletes who had broken Geelong records during the season. Pat Agg received recognition for her 45 years of service as an official to Geelong Athletics.

A special presentation of Life Membership was made to Mary and Geoff McDonald.

Presentation of Awards 2009/10
Interclub Premiers:
Pat Agg Trophy (Club Aggregate) – Athletics Chilwell.
Forrest Family Shield (Female Club Aggregate) – Athletics Chilwell.
Forrest Family Shield (Male Club Aggregate) – Athletics Chilwell.
Joan Baretta Memorial Cup (Female Open) – Geelong Guild.
Neil Trezise Trophy (Male Open) – Athletics Chilwell.
Jack Darcy Trophy (U20 Men) – Corio
Bill Wood Trophy (U18 Men) – Geelong Guild.
Jack Frewin Memorial Trophy (U18 Female) – Athletics Chilwell.
Colin Bright Memorial Trophy (U16 Male) – Bellarine.
Lauren Johns Trophy (U16 Female) – Athletics Chilwell.
Rudi Hochreiter Trophy (U14 Male) – Athletics Chilwell.
Shell Company Shield (U14 Female) – Corio.
Laurie Henry Trophy (Vets 40+ Male) – Athletics Chilwell.
Margaret Saunders Trophy (Vets Female) – Athletics Chilwell.
Ian Trezise Trophy (Vets 60+ Male) – Bellarine.

Geelong Championship Club Award – Athletics Chilwell.

Individual Awards:
Sprints
Men - Open – Dylan McGann (GLG). Jnr – Jack Armour (GLG). Vets – Peter Lamb (BEL).
Women - Open – Jess Gulli (DKN). Jnr– Kelsey Marshman (CHI). Vets – Sharon Pedersen-Jones (CHI).

Middle Distance
Men – Vets – Jack Verstraten (CHI).
Women – Jnr – Claudia Verstraten (CHI). Vets – Sharon Pedersen-Jones (CHI).

Distance
Men – Jnr – Joshua Dillon (COR). Vets – Jack Verstraten (CHI).
Women – Jnr – Claudia Verstraten (CHI).

Hurdles
Men – Open – Christopher McCurley (GLG). Jnr – Jackson Sealey (GLG).
Women – Open – Nicole Anskaitis (DKN). Jnr – Tessa Consedine (CHI).

Walks
Men – Jnr – Joshua Dillon (COR). Vets – James Seid-Christmass (COR).
Women – Jnr – Jmara Hockley-Samon (CHI).

Horizontal Jumps
Men – Open – Jordan Carruthers (CHI). Jnr – Thomas Henry (BEL). Vets – Nick Hodgson (GLG).
Women – Jnr – Kaytlyn Fitzgerald (GLG). Vets – Sharon Pedersen-Jones (CHI).

Vertical Jumps
Men – Open – Jed Bews (GLG). Vets – Darren Donlen (GLG) . Jnr – Thomas Henry (BEL).
Women – Open – Olivia Cummings (CHI). Jnr – Hannah Ruge (CHI).

Throws
Men – Open - Damian Birkinhead (COR).
Women – Open – Natalie Debeljuh (COR). Jnr – Josephine Mirarchi (COR).

Athletes with Potential – Dylan McGann (GLG). Meagan Hindle (COR). Megan Walker (COR).
Improvement Awards – Hannah Ruge (CHI). Isaac Hockey (CHI).
Best First Year Athletes – Kaytlyn Fitzgerald (GLG). Lachlan Dillon (COR).
Top Veteran Interclub Point Scorer – Joanne Rowan (CHI).
Recognition of Achievement Awards – Mark Tucker, Damian Birkinhead, Xavier Elsworthy, Jemima Moore & Richard Colman.
McKiernan Trophy – Damian Birkinhead (COR).
Joyce Lockyer Memorial Trophy – Steve Polizzi (CHI).
John Landy Award – Richard Colman (CHI).

Committee Award – Elizabeth Bauer & Lyn Taylor
Official Service Awards – 10 years – Bruce Bauer, 15years - Elizabeth Bauer & Nola Bradford, 45 years - Pat Agg.
Merit Awards – David Barfoot, Bruce Bauer, Nola Bradford & Anula Costa.

 
****Click here for all results and images from the Bellarine Athletics Four Bridges Fun Run*****

Geelong Athletics Twilight Trot Handicap Event & Presentations, Eastern Park, Monday 1st March (Full Results)
Report by Geoff McDonald

Geelong Relay teams win Country Championships Gold

The Chilwell 40+ women blitzed the field in the 4x400m on the Saturday and fronted up again the next day to convincinly win the 4x100m relay, breaking the Victorian Country record.

This was followed up by the under 18 men from Geelong Guild leaving the rest of the field in the their wake to achieve gold in the 4x100m race.

Winning team members - (L-R) Geelong Guild - Jack Armour, Darcy Nolan, Dylan McGann, Liam Dooley. Chilwell- Jacinta Burns, Sally Hockey, Joanne Rowan, Cathy Orelli.

****Updated: RULES FOR TRAINING – Hammer – Javelin - Discus****

Please check here for an updated set of rules for long distance throwing training. These rules apply to all hammer, javelin and discus training sessions.

Upcoming events:

AV Cross Country, Burnley Half Marathon, Yarra Blvd, Burnley, Sunday 5th September 2010,  
Geelong Athletics 2010-11 Track & Field Season Opening Day, Landy Field, Saturday 2nd October 2010