Round 7 of the AV Shield Competition is scheduled to be held at Nunawading track on Saturday 19th December from 1:00pm to approximately 5:30pm. However the present weather forecast of 39 degrees would place the meet in some doubt, however a final decision to either cancel or re-schedule the competition won’t be made until later in the week.

As a guide only, the venue will normally cancel meets when the temperature has either reached or is forecast to reach 35 degrees.

I have attached the AV extreme weather policy, but as you will see it isn’t prescriptive.

Please keep an eye out for an update on this site later in the week about the status of Round 7.

Extreme weather policy:-

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Special Offer to All SKAAC members

Have you ever had trouble finding replacement spikes with the right specification for the surface you are running on?

Well, thanks to dual SKAAC club record holder, Jonathan Taylor your hassles are now over.

As a special offer to all St. Kevin’s Athletics Club members, there is a 20% discount to the listed price on the website (www.fastspikes.com.au).

To take advantage of this special offer please make sure that you make contact with Jonathan directly (jonathantaylor021097@yahoo.com) with your order.

Orders placed with Jonathan before 6 December 2015 can be picked up from Jonathan at AV Shield Round 6, at Nunawading on 10 December 2015.

This offer is ideal for those athletes planning to do some pro running on grass over the December / January period where longer length spikes are required.

State Relay Championships 28 November 2015 – Lakeside Stadium

There is no doubt that Athletics is about numbers. After an amazing day of relay racing for the club here are some of the key numbers:

1 (as in SKAAC Open 4x400m Relay teams for the whole SKAAC community to watch at the Zatopek Final on Saturday 5^th December at 8:30pm)

1 (as in Gold medals, magnificently won by the Under 16 4x100m team)

1.20 (as in the seconds sliced from the previous Open 4x100m relay Club Record)

2 (as in the fastest two Open 4x100m relay teams the club has ever had)

3 (as in medals) with 1 Gold Medal to the Under 16 4x100m and Bronze to the Open 4x100m and 4x800m teams.

4 (as in SKAAC underage Club records that the Under 16 4x100m team broke in running 45.40)

5 (as in SKAAC underage Club records that the Under 16 Distance Medley team broke in running 4:00.04)

5.18 (as in the seconds sliced from the previous Open Distance Medley relay Club Record)

7 (as in Club relays records broken on the day)

7 (as in where the Under 16 Medley team performance sits on the SKAAC All-time list)

8 (as in teams to compete on the day)

17 (Conor Fry’s age, and the high likelihood to be the youngest ever Open Track & Field medallist for the club)

18 (Jonathan Taylor’s age for the 2 SKAAC Open Club Records he was a huge part of)

21,826 (as in the days that the Open Distance Medley Open Club Record had stood for!!) Tom Tierney, Keith Lodge, G Michael Stewart & Jack Baker incredibly holding the previous record since 26 February 1956.

Thanks to all for making the 2015/2016 State Relays as monumental as they were, especially to all of the Athletes that prepared and executed so well on the day.

In one massive disappointment for the day, I do need to issue an apology to the Under 18 4×800 team for their disqualification and take full responsibility for it. Doubly so after a similar issue in 2014.

Medals

Men Under 16, 17, 18 & 19 4x100m Relay (Gold Medal & Club Record x 2)

(Harry Livens, Massimo Acquaro, Harrison Lee, Phil Borg) 46.00 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 1^st place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Heat. (Under 16 Club Record)

(Harry Livens, Massimo Acquaro, Harrison Lee, Phil Borg) 45.40 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 1^st place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Final. (Under 16 Club Record)

L-R Harry Lee, Massimo Acquaro, Phil Borg, Harry Livens

Men Open 4x100m Relay (Bronze Medal & Club Record x 2)

(Conor Fry, Joel Bee, Jonathan Taylor, Matthew Bertacco) 42.72 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 1^st place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Heat. (2^nd fastest All time)

(Conor Fry, Joel Bee, Jonathan Taylor, Matthew Bertacco) 42.13 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 3^rd place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Final. (Open Club Record)

L-R Matt Bertacco, Joel Bee, Conor Fry, Jonathan Taylor

Men Open 4x800m Relay (Bronze Medal & 7^th fastest All Time)

(Steve Fabris, Deluca Lawson-Matthew, Xavier Chapman, Alex Rowe) 7:49.35 Lakeside Stadium 3^rd place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Final.

L-R Steve Fabris, Xavier Chapman, Alex Rowe, Deluca Lawson-Matthew

Club Records

Men Under 14 (Club Record)

4x400m Relay

(Andrew Mathieson, Hugo Goodman, Angus Down, Thomas Scroggie 4:16.49 Lakeside Stadium 5^th place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Final. (Under 14 Club Record)

L-R Angus Down, Hugo Goodman, Andrew Mathieson, Thomas Scroggie

Men Under 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20 Distance Medley (Club Record)

(Massimo Acquaro, Phil Borg, Harrison Lee, Tristan Day) 4:00.04 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 6^th place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Final. (Under 16 Club Record, 7^th fastest All Time)

Men Open Distance Medley (Club Record)

(Jonathan Taylor, Joel Bee, Sebastian Purcell, Xavier Chapman) 3:33.82 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 5^th place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Final. (Open Club Record)

Other results

Men Under 14 4x100m Relay

(Jett-Paris Bedelis, Matt Dinan, Angus Down, Thomas Scroggie) 55.72 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 5^th place. Athletics Victoria State Relay Championships Final.

L-R Thomas Scroggie, Angus Down, Matt Dinan, Jett-Paris Bedelis

Men Open 4x400m Relay

(Conor Fry, Alex Rowe, Steve Fabris, Deluca Lawson-Matthew) 3:19.56 28/11/2015 Lakeside Stadium 3^rd fastest qualifier for Final to be held at Zatopek 10 Meet 5 December 2015at 8:30pm

 

Round 5 Doncaster Sunday 22^nd November 2015

The largest turnout for the club for the entire season (33 athletes) presented themselves for competition at Doncaster on a pleasant Sunday afternoon. 4 relay teams entered for the Day was the first time for quite a while that this has been possible. Thanks to the 16 hearty souls who made the Open, Under 18, Under 16 and Under 14 relay teams.

Congratulations to Jonathan Taylor, Jeremy Moore, Paul Hanlon and Harry Lee making their debuts for the club. Mention also to Joel Bee having his first run, but not quite registered in time to compete for points.

Club Record

A huge congratulations to Matt Dinan who broke the Under 13 90m Hurdles 17.50s (taking out the former equal record of Simon Gallagher and Alex Carew at 17.7). Well Done Matt!

 

Top 10 All time performances

• Daniel Martin 5^th All time (15.78) in the Mens 110m Hurdles.
• Shaun Hargreaves 10^th All time (34.70) in the 2kg Discus.
• Men’s 4×100 relay 43.59s 3^rd All time (Steve Fabris, Jonathan Taylor, Shaun Hargreaves, Zach Nelson)

 

Men’s Div 1

If you ever needed an incentive to get to interclub early there was never a better opportunity with 3 great hurdlers facing the starter in the first race of the day, the Mens Div 1, 110m Hurdles, Cain just shaded Martin, with Hargreaves finishing 5^th overall.

The build-up to the 100m for Men was amazing, something not seen at Shield for quite some time. All 8 starters well capable of going under 11 sec. After a couple of goes they were away with Matt Bertacco second fastest for the day in 10.84 followed not far behind by Michael Romanin (11.01 who hurt his hamstring) in doing so. Zach Nelson was super sharp in running 11.46. A super debut run by Jonathan Taylor 11.56, followed closely by Fab (11.64) & Shaun Hargreaves (11.79).

It is fair to say that the distance performance was quite poor only 1 athlete under 40 years of age fronting for the 1500m and having 2 gaps, really being the difference between a win and the 3^rd place that the Mens 1 team ended up with. A similar story in the 3000m with 3 gaps cruelling the hard work of the sprinters and field event athletes.

A week to regroup for Mens 1 before round 6.

Under 18

Conor Fry was fantastic on the day. 6.25 long jump off a short run up a great effort, and a good hurdles (15.74). But the highlight for mine was Conor’s 400m late in the day, stopping the clock at 50.33.

Also good to see Konrad back in action along with James Hanlon blowing the cobwebs out in the 1500m.

Continuing a great start to the AV season Ned O’Brien with a PB in the 1500m 4:24.5 and another PB in the 400m 57.74s.

Under 16

Nationals bound, Harry Lee made his debut for the club in the 100m (12.37) and 400m running 53.53 to nearly win Heat 5 of the Mens 400.

Phil Borg was out and about tuning up for State Relays with a 100m and 400m

Tristan Day was really strong in the 1500m (4:27.1) and will run an 800m at State Relays.

Marcus Hope was everywhere, sprint hurdles, relay, 400m & javelin showing versatility and ability.

Under 14

The Under 14 team won the round by over 110 points. Full fields for the team in the 100m, 110m Hurdles, Discus, 400m, 1500m is something the Mens 1 team could learn from. Plenty of highlights too, from the 14’s:

• Matt Dinan’s club record in the 90m Hurdles and 14.43s 100m;
• Andrew Mathieson’s near 400m club record;
• Jett-Paris’ great first leg of the 4x100m Relay;
• Angus Down getting close to breaking 5min for 1500;
• Joel Imbriano taking a leaf out of Dad, Dino’s book and grabbing a 1500m PB (6:05.1);
• Adam McGarry’s 128 points for the day across 7 individual event and 1 relay; and
• Tom Scroggie defying “parent orders to do some study” picking up a javelin PB (27.45m) and getting close to his 1500m PB in running 4:43.2.

The next round of AV Shield is a twilight meet scheduled for Thursday 10^th December 2015 at Nunawading.

However, with 10 teams entered there will be a strong SKAAC presence at the State Relays next Saturday 28^th November at Albert Park, whilst AV Shield takes a week off.

Full Results can be seen by clicking the link below

AVShield-White-Round-05-Graded-Results