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'GJ McDonald & Co. Real Estate' Geelong Championships, Day 2, Saturday 30th January (Full Results)

Day 2 of the Geelong Athletics Championships saw athletes from as far afield as Sandringham and South West Athletics take on some of Geelong's finest at Landy Field on Saturday.

Despite hot weather the competition was strong with Jason Woolhouse from Deakin taking line honours in the 5000m with an impressive time of 15.22.72 while the sprinters showed true style in the 200m sprints with Rory Nolan from Geelong Guild's under 20 matching the men's open Caleb Byrt also from Geelong Guild both with a time of 22.64.

Chilwell's Kaitlyn Kort took home gold in the women's Under 16 Shot Put with a result of 9.70m and 26.47m in the Under 16 Discus. Cameron Menzies from Sandringham made sure the trip down the highway was worth it with a stunning result in the Men's Under 16 Discus recording 56.42m in two of his attempts.

Congratulations to the Hockey family with personal bests recorded for Isaac in the Under 14 men's 800m with a time of 2.15.61 and Sally recording 3.06.33 in the women's Veteran 800m and 3.14m in the Long Jump.

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make the day such a success.

Geelong Athletics Twilight Trot, Eastern Park, Monday 1st February (Full Results) (Season Program)
Report by Geoff McDonald

Records continue to fall at the running of the GJ McDonald & Co Real Estate Twilight Trot conducted by Geelong Athletics at Eastern Park on Monday evening.

Scott Rantall, preparing for his marathon run in Japan this month broke his own record over one lap of the long course by 2 seconds. Jmara Hockley- Samon also continued her excellent form over the summer months by breaking her record over one lap by 6 seconds.

Participants at the Trot had the choice of either one lap of 2245m or two laps of 4490m.

In the junior one lap run Harry Hockley-Samon continued his impressive form of the season by taking line honours ahead of Mitchell Board. Harry then continued to complete two laps in 20.46. In the junior females Lauren Board continued her winning form by crossing the finish line in first place ahead of Maria Saplamaev.

The senior one lap run produced another record time of 6.46 by Scott Rantall with Stephen Oldfield coming back from injury in second place. Jmara Hockley-Samon led the female’s home in a record time of 8.22 followed by newcomer Michelle Morrissey in second place.

Over the two lap course David Board, despite carrying injuries, was first across the finish line in 17.00 followed by new comer Jamie McCarthy. Pattie Galvin ran a strong race to be the first female.

It was good to see a field of eight walkers some socialising others contesting one lap of the Eastern Park circuit with Jill Coyte taking line honours.

Welcome to Jamie McCarthy, Michelle Cyganowski, Michelle Morrissey and Mich Kennedy for his first run at the Trot.

Congratulations to Aaron Hitch and Harry Hockley-Samon for achieving personal best times over two laps.

The next Twilight Trot will be held at Eastern Park BBQ Pavilion on Monday 8th February commencing at 6.15pm. The event will be one, two or three laps of the short course. Everyone is welcome to attend to walk, jog or run the course. Enquiries please phone Geoff or Mary McDonald on 5229 3920 or email geoff.mcd@bigpond.com.

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.

Geelong Regional Cross Country Presentations
by Brett Coleman

Thanks to everyone who was able to attend an enjoyable evening at The Barking Dog for the presentations. Congratulations to all the award winners who are listed on the website (http://www.grcc.net.au). Thank you to everyone who helped out & competed during the season. Our numbers were about 30% up compared with 2008 which is a great sign.

A big thanks also to Chris Sly who is stepping down as the Winter Team Manager of our junior athletes. Chris has given an enormous amount of his time to the team over recent winter seasons getting out junior athletes co-ordinated as well as arranging & driving the team bus & officiating at most events where that is required. He has also been heavily involved in much of the behind the scenes work that is required to make sure everything "works"!

Consequently, I am looking for a new Junior Team Manager. If you feel that you could help out in that respect, please let me know. I'm also always looking for extra help to co-ordinate the season so if you think you can help out in any way, please let me know (preferably by the end of Nov if possible). Also if anyone enjoys playing with photos and has any skills with Photoshop or similar and is able to spare some time, please also let me know. It's great to have new banners on the website but it also takes a bit of spare time to put them together & my knowledge of about 5 Photoshop functions in total doesn't always make it an efficient process!

Finally thanks so much to all of our sponsors this year. Where possible, please try to support them as they have supported us during the season.

I look forward to seeing everyone again in 2010 and hopefully some new faces. Remember Run Geelong (http://www.rungeelong.com.au) is coming up on Sun Nov 22 and it would be good to see the team well represented. A large number of marshals are also required so please contact Lee Troop if you can help out - contact details on the website. All the best to everyone over the summer & take care.

'GJ McDonald & Co. Real Estate' Geelong Athletics 2009 Cross Country Round 16 & Awards Presentation, Sunday 6th September (Full Results)
Report by Karen Wood

The final round of the 2009 GJ McDonald & Co Real Estate Cross Country season is was held at Landy Field. Participants had a choice of either a 3 kms or 5 km circuit.

In the 3km event, the first junior male was Noah Vernon in a time of 16:31. The first junior female across the line was Holly Curtis in a time of 11.30. In the senior event Christopher Shelley was the first male to cross the line in 13:58 and keeping it in the family for the second week in a row, Debbie Shelley was the first female in 15:03.

In the 5 km event, Andon Saplamaev was the first junior male in a time of 21:52. The first junior female was Ricci Curtis in a time of 21:27. In the Senior competition, the first male was Stephen Oldfield in a time of 17:32 and the senior women’s race was won by Cathryn Hoare in a time of 22.06.

We would like to thank our major sponsors GJ McDonald & Co Real Estate and Charles Crawford and Sons. Their support has been greatly appreciated.

We would also like to that the following people for their assistance during the season. Neil Whitmore for managing the winter season, Richard Lawysz for time keeping, John Moore and Geoff McDonald for course setup, Mary McDonald and Beth Bauer for recording, Michael Panckridge for collating the distances everyone has done for the season and Terry Crawford for sponsoring the BBQ.

Season Aggregates:
Male Winter Athlete of the Year : Stephen Oldfield

Female Winter Athlete of the Year : Karen Wood

Giddings & McKenzie Trophy (Interclub Premiers) – Athletics Chilwell

Women:
U16 winner – Holly Curtis. Runner up – Ricci Curtis

Open winner – Christine Coleman. Runner Up – Nicole Anskaitis

Veteran winner - Karen Wood. Runner up – Connie Anskaitis

Men:
U16 winner - Jackson Hamill-Beach. Runner up – Andon Saplamaev.

Open winner – Christopher Shelley. Runner up – Richard Webb.

Veteran winner – Stephen Oldfield. Runner up – Mario Profaca

****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 Shield Regional Final, Landy Field, Saturday 6th February 2010,
'GJ McDonald Real Estate' Twilight Trot, Eastern Park, Monday 8th February 2010