In a fantastic night for the club, with the Annual Presentation Night held on 16 April 2016, the efforts and achievements of all of our athletes were acknowledged for their volume and their quality. For the first time in over 20 years, all perpetual trophies were available for distribution to the 2015/2016 winners.

40 SKAAC supporters were in attendance at the Pavilion to see over $1,300 worth of Awards be made available to:-

• our White Region Premiership Under 14 Men;
• our Club Champions;
• our Service Award Winners; and
• our Outstanding Performers.

66 Club Records were broken during the 2015/2016, more than any other season in recent memory, underlining the quality of performances and the difficult job the Committee had in determining the award winners.

Please see below for the list of Award winners for 2015/2016. Please note also that the Club Honour Boards (on this website) have also been updated with this information.

• Male Club Champion – Luke Mathews
• Female Senior Club Champion – Not Awarded
• Senior Cross Country Champion – Mark De Luca
• Female Cross Country Champion – Karen Thorp
• Under 13 Male T & F Champion – Andrew Mathieson
• Under 13 Female T & F Champion – Lauren McGarry
• Under 14 Male T & F Champion – Thomas Scroggie
• Under 16 Male T & F Champion – Phil Borg
• Under 18 Male T & F Champion – Conor Fry
• Mens 40+ T &F Champion – Andrew Thomas
• Junior Cross Country Champion – John Cornwell
• Outstanding Junior Performance – Conor Fry (3rd National Under 20 400m Hurdles)
• Outstanding Female Junior Performance – Lauren McGarry (3rd National Schools 10yo Shot Put)
• Marathon Award – Luke Goodman (2:50.21 Tokyo Marathon 10 March 2016)
• Outstanding Senior Performance – Luke Mathews (800m National Champion 1:46.20) & Sam McEntee (5,000m National Champion 13:37.95)
• Outstanding Female Senior Performance – Not Awarded
• President’s Award – Dino Imbriano
• Best Clubman – Steve Fabris
• Best Junior Clubman – Joel Imbriano
• Most Improved – Tristan Day
• Richard Hope Tan Champion – Luke Mathews (10:56)

Notice is hereby given that the 71st Annual General Meeting of SKAAC will be held on Monday 18th April 2016 at the SKC Pavilion at 7:00pm.

Please see below for the agenda, and also detail regarding a Special Resolution to be put to the membership regarding the adoption of the Model Rules to replace the current SKAAC Constitution.

Agenda:-

01_SKAAC AGM Agenda

Background regarding the Special Resolution:-

03_SKAAC Special Resolution 2015_160418_FINAL

Should anyone wish to discuss any aspect of the agenda please don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

Peter McGarry

President – SKAAC 2015/2016

Joel Bee and Deluca Lawson-Matthew have both secured Bronze medals at the Victorian Championships held 26-28 February 2016 at Lakeside Stadium. Joel finished 3rd in the 100m in the 5th fastest ever time of 10.80 for a SKAAC athlete and Deluca also got through 3 rounds to finish 3rd in the 400m in a time of 47.87s enought to claim 6th on the all-time SKAAC ranking.

Numbers at the champs, particularly the 400m were awesome with Steve Fabris most unlucky not to break 50s in his Heat, running 50.00. Alex Rowe and Peter Bol had great hit out before the Melbourne Track Classic this coming weekend.

Also on the junior front at the AV knockout, Conor Fry won the Under 20 400m Hurdles in 55.77s, Phil Borg secured 2nd in the Under 18 200m (23.33), Massimo Acquaro secured 3rd in the Under 16 100m (11.84) and Thomas Scroggie finished 4th in the Under 16 2000m Steeplechase in a new Under 14 Club Record on 6:59.59s

Full results are listed below…

Victorian Open Athletic Championships 26-28 February 2016 (Lakeside Stadium)

Open

100m Joel Bee 10.87s (0.1) Heat 1^st, 10.80s (1.2) Semi 2^nd, 10.80s Final 3^rd

100m Michael Romanin 10.95s (1.4) Heat 3^rd, 11.04s (-0.1) Semi 4^th

200m Joel Bee 22.93s (1.4) Heat 2^nd, 21.95s (0.3) Semi 2^nd, 21.75s Final 4^th

400m Deluca Lawson-Matthew 48.28s Heat 1^st, 48.86s Semi 1^st, 47.87s Final 3^rd

400m Alex Rowe 48.46s Heat 1^st

400m Peter Bol 48.51s Heat 1^st

400m Conor Fry 49.62s Heat 3^rd

400m Steve Fabris 50.00 Heat 4^th, 50.35 Semi 7^th

800m Chris Milne 2:04.54 Heat 6^th

5000m Walk Jason Kozica 22:22.96

Long Jump Zach Nelson 7.07m 3^rd

 

AV Knockout Final 27-28 February 2016 (Lakeside Stadium)

Under 20

400m Hurdles Conor Fry 55.77s 1^st

Under 18

100m Phil Borg 11.66s (0.3) 4^th

200m Phil Borg 23.33 (-0.4) 2^nd

Under 16

100m Massimo Acquaro 11.84 (1.4) 3^rd

2000m Steeplechase Thomas Scroggie 6:59.59 4^th (Under 14 Club Record)

 

Triple Jumping sensation Dylan Johnson has added 20cm to his already formidable Open & Under 20 Triple Jump records in finishing 5th behind training partner Alwyn Jones at the Adelaide Track Classic on 20 February 2016. However, the record breaking effort has come at a cost, with a foot injury forcing Dylan to pass on his final 3 attempts.

The new record stands at 15.20m.

Subject to his foot recovering in time, Dylan is hoping to compete at the Victorian Championships this coming weekend, and failing this will compete at the AV Knockout Final, possibly the Brisbane Track Classic and then the National Championships in Sydney.

Also on show in Adelaide was Alex Rowe and Peter Bol in the 800m. Alex finished 4th in 1:48.39 with Peter finishing 8th in 1:49.19, taking 0.33sec from his 8th All-time fastest performance for SKAAC.

Good luck to all of our Juniors that have entered the Victorian Junior Championships at Lakeside Stadium starting on Friday 12th February 2016 and concluding on Sunday 14th February. The following athletes will be representing themselves and the club in the following events:-

Under 14   

Angus Down (1500m)

Andrew Mathieson (400m, Discus, Shot Put, Triple Jump)

Adam McGarry (Hammer & Pole Vault)

Lauren McGarry (Shot Put)

Under 15

Tom Scroggie (1500m & 2000m Steeplechase)

Under 16

Massimo Acquaro (100m & 200m)

Tristan Day (3000m)

Under 17

Phil Borg (100m & 200m)

Will Lewis (800m)

Under 20

Conor Fry (110m Hurdles & 400m Hurdles)

Chris Hibbert (800m & 1500m)

Congratulations to the 8 boys who represented the club with such distinction on Saturday 6^th February in the AV Shield Final at Lakeside Stadium finishing in 5^th place in a very strong field.

The team didn’t get off to the greatest start with 6 gaps in the first 3 events (3000m, 200m Hurdles & High Jump) costing over 180 points and a real shot at a podium finish. However from that point onwards the boys performed brilliantly.

Despite the gaps in the 3000m, it didn’t stop Jett-Paris Bedelis running a slashing 11:53.54, and Joel Imbriano 12:35, both massive PB’s.

The Shot Put was also a good event for the lads, up against some massive competition with Andrew Mathieson extending his own club record to 8.63m and Thomas Scroggie 8.44m

Thomas Scroggie (19.14m) & Adam McGarry (16.30m) fought bravely in the hammer witnessing at close quarters a Victorian State Record (61.90m) by the Ringwood athlete.

The 800m racing was a highlight with 4 great runs Thomas Scroggie (2:23.18), Andrew Mathieson (2:26.07), Hugo Goodman (2:32.36) & Angus Down (2:44.59). Clearly, the pre-race warm-up and advice from SKAAC’s own National Record Holder Alex Rowe did the trick. A huge thanks to Alex for giving up his time to be a huge part of the day for the boys.

The 200m was also a great event for the team with Thomas Scroggie (28.42), Andrew Mathieson (29.74), Jay Cavedon (31.35) & Jett-Paris Bedelis (31.98) really getting the team up and going and shooting the team up 3 place on the scoreboard.

Joel Imbriano was awesome in the 1500m walk 11:47.32

In the Triple Jump Thomas Scroggie jumped 9.83m and Joel Imbriano 6.43m

After a huge day, and at 7:15pm the boys in the 4×400 ran 4:36.06. (Andrew Mathieson, Angus Down, Jett-Paris Bedelis & Thomas Scroggie)

I thank all athletes who competed in this team during the season. I also thank the boys who had other sporting commitments on the in the morning for making the huge effort in hot conditions to represent yourselves and your club so well. Shield Finals are hard to make, and of all the teams that tried to make the Shield Final, you boys, the Under 14 team are the only ones to have achieved that, and you should be well proud, as I have been to act as team manager.

Final points were:

Western Athletics             782.5

Diamond Valley                 751

Ringwood                           605

Essendon                            578

St. Kevin’s                      452

Frankston                           422

Doncaster                          239

Ballarat                               212

Geelong                              191

It what can only be described as an amazing night of racing for 4 of SKAAC’s best athletes at the Hunter Track Classic on 30th January 2016 resulted in:

• 1 Club Record;
• 2 First Place results;
• 1 second place result;
• 1 effort the club’s second fastest ever and another the 8th fastest all time over 800m in the same race.

Deluca Lawson-Matthew won the 400m in 48.07, a season’s best and an improvement in the SKAAC 6th All-time fastest that was held already by Deluca.

Sam McEntee staged an intriguing duel with training squad member Ryan Gregson to be just pipped on the line in the 3000m running 7:48.35, slicing 3.35 seconds from the previous club record held by Peter O’Donoghue (7:51.70 in 1993).

The 800m held great interest for the club with Luke Mathews and Peter Bol facing the starter. In a fantastic race Luke was able to pull away and win in most impressive fashion, stopping the clock at 1:46.35, a mere 0.35sec from an Olympic qualifier. Peter Bol ran a strong race, his first over 800m this season, running 1:49.52 and in doing so becoming only SKAAC’s 8th member to dip under 1:50.00 for 800m.

Please see the link below to the AthNSW vision of each of the 3 races featuring SKAAC athletes.

https://www.youtube.com/user/NSWAthleticsTV

 

Stay tuned for more action as the Telstra A Series progresses around the country and the Sydney National Championships carrying the ultimate prize.

 

The Funeral for Keith James Lodge will be held at St Bede’s Catholic Church, 1 Severn St, Balwyn on FRIDAY (Jan. 29, 2016) at 11.30 a. m. A Private Burial will take place on a later date.

This article has been provided by Luke Travers.

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Please see It is with some sadness that I report upon the death of Keith Lodge.

Keith was a great of St.Kevin’s College Athletics and the St.Kevin’s Amateur Athletic Club.

In 1943 he was a member of the SKC Premiership Athletics team in the ACC; the sole Athletics Premiership of the school until 2006. He completed his schooling in 1948 and was a competing member for the SKAAC from 1948 until the late 1990’s in both track and field and Cross Country. In 1956 he was among a select group of athletes who were able to train on the MCG athletics track in preparation for the Olympic Games. His best performance as an athlete was a third place in the Victorian 440yards Championships in 1956-57. Later in his running he was a strong runner over distance  races from 800m up to 5000m and in Winter events. He was a member of the 1969 SKAAC Cooke-McClelland Shield winning team in the APSOC Cross Country; the team’s first win in this competition and, until 1996, its sole victory.

Keith, along with his brother Alan, were instrumental in the establishment of Cross Country in the SKAAC which until the Club’s admission to the APSOC in 1958 had been non-existent. They were responsible for the establishment of the 16km (then 10 mile) handicap race in and around the College, a race which now bears their name in recognition of their work for both SKAAC and the APSOC.

Keith was President of the APSOC in 1969-70, the first Old Kevinian to be appointed to this position in the organisation. He was a long-time member of the SKAAC committee and  President in the 1970’s.

When the APS Old Boy Clubs decided to form APS United Athletic Club in 1980, Keith was the inaugural President of the Club and successfully steered the organisation in those early years.

Keith was a Life Member of both the SKAAC and the APSOCAAC in recognition of his long service as both a competitor and administrator.

For many years, Keith had been the Chief Umpire at the APS Athletics Carnival. He had only recently retired from the position after nearly twenty years.

As an architect, his firm Henderson & Lodge were responsible for several of the College’s building projects in the 80’s and 90’s.

His son and grandson also attended the College and with familial connections to the Lewin family, he was strongly embedded in SKC.

Keith was a great stalwart of SKC, APSOC, APS, and SKAAC activities. He brought a great dignity to all he did.

The St. Kevin’s Amateur Athletics Club is saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Keith Lodge on Sunday evening.

Deepest sympathy is extended to the entire Lodge family and the many people within SKAAC community that have had very close association with Keith over his many years with the club.

The SKAAC Committee.