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Under 14 Shield Final Wrap Up

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Congratulations to the 8 boys who represented the club with such distinction on Saturday 6th February in the AV Shield Final at Lakeside Stadium finishing in 5th 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

Hunter Track Classic – Wrap Up

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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.

 

Keith Lodge

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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.

Vale – Keith Lodge

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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.

Shield Round 9 – Lakeside Stadium

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The first morning AV meet for quite some time saw St. Kevin’s start well enough and cover the sprints and field with distinction, but a lack of depth in the distance races ultimately cost the club a win against the ever-strong Box Hill, falling 125 points short, but importantly securing 2nd spot and another chance in round 10.

The Under 18’s finished 5th and the improving Under 16’s secured a strong win, with the Under 14’s also grinding out another win, which was enough to secure their 2nd Region Premiership in a row.

There were numerous Top 10 All-Time performances for the club, with Joel Bee securing two of them. 10.85 the 7th fastest ever in the 100m and 48.48 in the 400m enough to secure 9th All Time.

Deluca Lawson-Matthew took his coach Justin Rinaldi’s spot in 6th with a 48.13 400m

The Open 4×100 Relay of Dan Bailey, Joel Bee, Zach Nelson & Dan Martin running 43.13 for 7th fastest all time.

Jason Kozica improved his best 2000m Walk time by nearly 10 sec to be a mere 1.5 sec outside the club record and solidify his already strong hold in second place on the All-Time listings.

Shaun Hargreaves pulled out a 5m PB (39.15m) in the Discus to claim 6th spot, just behind his brother, Chris on 39.99m

There were also club records tumbling in the the Udner 13’s with Andrew Mathieson securing the Discus record that had stood for 40 years, improving the record to 25.03m with the 1kg and later stopping the clock in the 400m at 64.77.

Lauren McGarry improved her Discus”unified” Club Record to 21.06 with a great series of throws for a 10 year old. Lauren was also able to secure 3rd place on the day for her 1 athlete Under 14 Women’s team 🙂

Mens 1

The day started emphatically with Steve Cain, Dan Bailey and Lachlan Chan dominating the 100m Hurdles. The 100m racing was also strong with Joel Bee leading the way and Zach Nelson solid with 11.49, Dan Martin 11.76, Dan Bailey back from overseas running 12.22, with Shaun Hargreaves running 12.34 and Lachlan Chan running 12.86.

Two gaps in the 1500m would provide costly in the wash-up as would the club’s present lack of depth in the 1500m presently. However, Aaron ran strong to run and Luke Goodman 4:34.

The field is no doubt a strength for the club at present especially the Long Jump. With Zach Nelson jumping 6.91, Dylan 6.65and Dan Bailey 5.72 to take 3 of the Top 5 spots in the Division.

The 400’s were fantastic with Deluca (48.13)  Joel (48.48) and Steve Fabris (50.37)brilliant, with support provided by Chris Milne (54.11) , Steve Cain (53.39) & Dan Martin (55.20).

The relay team of Dan Bailey, Joel Bee, Zach Nelson & Dan Martin won easily in 43.83s.

However, the last two events of the day (Steeple & Pole Vault) Box Hill were able to power away and leave it all up to the last round for St. Kevin’s to claim a finals spot, where a win will allow us to claim a spot in the Shield Final.

Under 18

Conor Fry has had a fantastic season thus far, has been training hard since APS Sport and had a real breakthrough in the 400m running a barnstorming PB of 49.59s to be just outside the Top 10 All Time for the club. He also complete the 100m (11.74s) and 110m Hurdles (16.13s) to round out a fantastic day.

Under 16

How exciting is this??

The Under 16 team has a massive chance to make the Shield Final after securing a 100 point win over Box Hill. They must win the last round and they will be in!!

Great sprinting from Phil Borg, Massimo Acquaro, Sam Forbes & Harry Lee and Field event power from Harry Livens & Lucas Webb and hurdling power from Marcus Hope, have set this team alight. However, a vital 69 points from Tristan Day in the 1500m 4:30.00 and 2k Steeple 6:45.70 was a great effort in warm conditions.

This team is coming together really well after the normal slow start due to APS & AGS commitments.

We wish them all the best in Round 10, as they seek to secure a spot in the big dance at the Shield Final on 6 February 2016.

Under 14

A bit closer this week, with a few gaps, but still enough to secure a strong win and wrap up the White Region Premiership. Andrew’s pair of club records (Discus & 400m) and a near record in the 4×100 was a great reward for a big day. Also great to see Michael Dinan make his debut over 1500m and Jett-Paris take on 4 events (400m, Long Jump 3.76m, 1500m & Relay) and Adam McGarry 5 events, with an equal PB in the Pole Vault and a great effort in the relay at the last minute to run the last leg.

Jay Cavedon was our fastest 100m runner in 14.94 with Matt Dinan in 15.13 not far behind. This team has been fantastic all season and this week was no different.

 

See below for full results:

AVShield-White-Round-09-Graded-Results

See below for ladders:

AVShield-White-Round-09-Ladders

 

AV Shield Round 9 – Saturday 16th January @ Lakeside @ 10:00am to 2:45pm

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Round 9 of the AV Shield Competition is scheduled to be held at the Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park track on Saturday 16th January 2016 from 10:00am to approximately 2:45pm. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY START. Yes it will hurt – but it’s the same for every other club.

It is a crucial round for a number of reasons.

1) Mens Div 1 are currently outside the Top 2 teams. A win this round and we are back in it.

2) Another win for the Under 16 team, may see them leap into the Top 2.

3) If you are sudden death, that is have only competed once this season, you MUST compete this week to be eligible for finals. 3 rounds are required to qualify.

4) Please get there early to register for your field events, as this meet also is a Zone v Zone meet where the number of athletes virtually doubles and given that the meet is at Albert Park, it is sure to be popular.

A piece of very relevant information

Here is the event timetable for Round 9:

Red-vs-White-Rd-9-Timetable

Shield Round 8 – Nunawading

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A great turnout at Nunawading for Round 8, so early in 2016, saw an agonising 38 point loss for the Mens 1 team, however tempered by wins for the Under 16 and Under 14 teams.

Congratulations to Lachlan Chan, Jay Cavedon, Nigel Self and Hugh Pentland for making their debuts for the club.

Mens 1

In what was a crucial round for the club saw St. Kevin’s beaten by Box Hill by a mere 38 points. Our finals destiny is still in our own hands but with a win and a second required in the last two reounds endeavour similar to that on display on Saturday will be required.

The day started well with Steve Cain posting a Top 10 all time performance in the 400 hurdles stopping the clock at 56.85 to be fastest for the day. Great runs by Steve Fabris (62.70) and Dan Martin 63.02 saw SKAAC off to a flyer. The 200’s saw Joel Bee fastest in 22.53 with debutant Nigel Self running a sharp 22.86s (is his secret a small size singlet?). Iron man, Steve Fabris ran 23.90 after the sticks and Cainie a last minute starter ran 24.38, Lachlan Chan ran 26.67.

As has been the case all season the distance and middle distance has been our achillies heal. Fab the fastest with 2:02.01 and Chris Milne next with 2:16.18 with simply not enough support able to be provided to field 6 strong runners.

The SKAAC field events continue to be our strength with a trifecta in the Triple Jump. Dylan 14.50m, Lachlan Chan 12.54m (a great jump of limited preparation) and Cainie 12.13m.

A highlight for the day was the 8th fastest All Time 4×400 relay at 3:25.85 with Steve Fabris, Conor Fry, Nigel self and Joel Bee winning by 6.51 sec also great to see Simon Field and Tom Crowley down late in the day to help the team try and get over the line.

A huge thanks to Jason Kozica a real warrior on the day competing in the 3000m Walk, 800m & 3000m.

In summary close, but no cigar.

Under 18

Conor Fry is stamping himself as a talent in the 400m and 400m Hurdles and is off to the Nationals in Perth. A run of 56.81 in the 400m Hurdles followed by a 23.64 200m was a great start to 2016.

Callum Day missing the 800m earlier in the day was super impressive in the 3000m running 10:13

Under 16

Great effort by the Under 16’s to secure a win in what is looming as a super competitive age group within White Division. Borgy won the 200m in 23.80s and was well supported by Massimo Acquaro, Marcus ‘double hurdles’ Hope and Lucas Webb.

However the run of the day for Under 16’s went to Tristan Day with a 4 sec PB in the 3000m, stepping up to the first race and getting into a strong position from the get-go, Tristan ran a PB of 9:35.08.

A great effort by all of the boys (especially Tom Scroggie) to get a relay together, it was the difference on the day.

Under 14

Two gaps all day tells a strong story as to why this team won by nearly 200 points. Full fields in the 200m, 800m, 3000m and all field events not only secured the win for the Under 14’s but also valuable qualifiers for the upcoming Shield Final. Well done to Jay Cavedon in his first race for the club in the 200m running 32.43sec. A club record to Adam McGarry in the 3kg Hammer Throw with 13.91m and another in the 4×400 with Adam, Jett-Paris, Joel and Angus running 5:15.18. However, the best performance for the Under 13’s was Joel Imbriano’s 1500m Walk in 9:28.74 was the club’s 10th fastest all time and the first time Joel had completed the walk in competition. 8 events each for Tom Scroggie, and 7 events for Adam McGarry and Joel Imbriano was a huge factor in the massive win for the finals bound Under 14’s.

For full results click on the link below:

AVShield-White-Round-08-Graded-Results

For the ladders at the end of Round 8 click on the link below:

AVShield-White-Round-08-Ladders

AV Shield Round 8 – Saturday 9th January @ Nunawading

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Round 8 of the AV Shield Competition is scheduled to be held at Nunawading track on Saturday 9th January 2016 from 12:00pm to approximately 5:30pm.

It is a crucial round for a number of reasons.

1) You must have competed as a registered athlete 3 times to be eligible for finals, so this being the third last round, if you are yet to compete, you need to be at this round to be eligible.

2) The competition in Mens 1 is strong with Nunawading and Box Hill currently above us on the ladder, a strong showing in Round 8 is required to rectify the damage inflicted in Round 7.

3) Please get there early to register for your field events, as this meet also is a Zone v Zone meet where the number of athletes virtually doubles.

4) The program is also the same that will be used for the Shield Final, so this round is a great chance to get a event “ranking” by competing in the event that you wish to be considered for selection in at the Shield Final.

A few pieces of relevant information

Here is the event timetable for Round 8:

Timetable Round 8

The SKC based training calendar from Steve Fabris (dates training is on & a guide on the events to be covered) for the balance of December and January:

SKAAC Holiday Training 2016

Shield Round 7 – Cancelled

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To all SKAAC Athletes,

Athletics Victoria have just advised all Victorian clubs that this Saturday’s Round 7 Shield Meet has been cancelled. Please see below for the email sent by AV.

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Dear Team Managers,

The 5am forecast from the Bureau confirms extreme conditions (high temperatures) this Saturday across Victoria.

With the temperature exceeding 38 degrees, the extreme heat policy is in place and the assessment is a very high risk to athletes, officials, and club helpers in all regions.

Rescheduling and/or changes to the program or the provision of shelter/water etc is not an option based on the forecast on the day, and the preceding high temperatures forecast for the previous day.

As a result, the round of Shield for Saturday this weekend will be cancelled.

AV will post on our website and through social media and also send an email to all competing members.

At this stage no decision has been made to reschedule the competition to another time as a points scoring round.

If you would like to forward this onto your athletes, please feel free to.

 

Regards,

Travis Poznachowski