Round 12 at Nunawading on 21 January 2017 saw a famous victory to the SKAAC Under 14 Men, holding out a strong Box Hill team to claim their 3rd Region Premiership in succession, the first of any grade SKAAC team to complete a “hat-trick” of wins in our 72 year history.
Every one of the 9 individuals to represent SKAAC at Mens Under 14 this season can lay claim to making a difference this season in securing the Region Premiership:-
Joel Imbriano – our lone competitor in Round 5 at Doncaster, and scored 20% of the teams points as its youngest member, without his efforts there would be no premiership;
Samuel Scroggie – scored a massive 5,156 points (16%) for the season, without his efforts there would be no premiership;
Jett-Paris Bedelis – tried many new events for the first time (including Pole Vault on Saturday for the first time) and along with Joel, the only other competitor in Round 2, without his efforts there would be no premiership;
Luca Di Conza – a star all season, scored 1,319 points in Round 12 alone (the most of any athlete for the season), without his efforts there would be no premiership;
Adam McGarry – doing the events that kept the team in contention, 4 PB’s and 1,145 points in Round 12 alone, without his efforts there would be no premiership;
Daniel Doyle – State Sprint Champion and doing the hard yards in the 90m Hurdles and a 400m whilst under injury duress during round 12, without his efforts there would be no premiership;
Angus Down – Massive PB in the 2000m Steeplechase (8:02.5) in Round 12 and a crucial 400m at the end of the day, without his efforts there would be no premiership;
Matt Dinan – Under duress for most of the season with severs, competed the last two rounds to earn vital points in the 100m and set himself for the Shield Final, without his efforts there would be no premiership; and
Matthew Kim – Super talented sprinter/jumper/hurdler, scored a massive 1,047 points in Round 8, without his efforts there would be no premiership.
Well done boys and good luck at the Shield Final on 12 February 2017 at Lakeside Stadium.
Mens 40+
Whilst the Under 14’s got the chokkies, the Mens 40+ team fell agonisingly short in their quest for finals, being edged out by a solitary premiership point by a very good Victorian Masters team. To make matters worse were the injuries to Joe Lynch and James Flinn in a tough day at the office for the fossils. Hats off to Dino Imbriano who has championed the cause of the 40+ team all season, regularly made personal sacrifice to get there to compete to keep the fires burning, a finals spot was deserving, however not to be this season.
Mens Div 1
Our best performance for the season by some margin. With strong 400m representation in the form of Steve Knuckey, Conor Fry (for his first 400m race since APS Sports), Adam Pyke, Jonathan Taylor (also 2nd in the 100m 11.65) and Chris Milne all running strongly. Our 4×100 team also had a win for only the 2nd time at shield this season.
Under 18
Again a strong showing from Phil Borg (400m in 51.82), Gabe Shaw, Ned O’Brien (with a PB in the 400m 55.24s) Callum Day (PB in the 400m 56.44s)
Under 16
What a great set of team members Thomas Scroggie, Tristan Day and Marcus Osman have been this season. Regularly keeping the team in the hunt for that elusive Shield Final spot, their collective efforts can’t be faulted. It is a real shame this team didn’t make the Shield Final, as in this writer’s opinion they would have been super competitive. We wish each team member all the best as they continue their preparations for the Victorian Championships in late February / early March.
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