Friday Flashback - the truly remarkable Randal Markey 1972.
The Weekly Wrap:
Round 11 of Interclub was the Max Cherry Memorial and whilst there looked to be a strong turnout by the Blue and White, the result was a bit close for comfort, with our men’s team scraping home for a crucial win by just six points.
Lachlan Weeding led the way with maximum points in the U/15 division, a result that saw him awarded the Salty Dog Performance of the Week.
Our women’s team has finished in third position for most of the season but rose to the occasion to place second behind Northern Suburbs.
Ruby Smee completed a clean sweep of this season’s named awards and later in the day was crowned Athletics Tasmania’s Open Female Athlete of the Year, along with picking up the Female Distance Out of Stadium and Female Distance in Stadium Athlete of the Year Awards.
Other SBHC award winners were Ava Lindquist (U/16 Female Athlete of the Year), Violet Owen (U18 Female Athlete of the Year) and John Howe (Emerging Coach of the Year).
Sandy Bay won the Blake Shield for medals won at the State Championships for the first time this decade.
In Brisbane, Jess Collins was third female in the Guzzler Ultra 100km event in a time of 14:50.47, whilst on Sunday, Nick Tinning ran 1:23.14 in the Run Melbourne Half Marathon.
This Saturday is the State Cross Country Championships, for which entry lists are available on the AT Website.
If you have not entered yet and having reviewed the entries, fancy your chances, you can grab a late entry up until 10pm on Thursday night (also via the AT website).
Planning is progressing for our centenary celebrations, with Saturday 20 February locked in for our dinner at Wrest Point, preceded by a Civic Reception at Government House on Thursday 18 February at 6pm.
If you are a past member and want to receive an invitation to either of these events, please send us your email address and we will add you to the list.
In a round in which our Men’s team just scraped home, Lachlan Weeding’s 10 points was crucial and worthy of our Salty Dog Performance of the Week Award.
To celebrate our 100 year milestone, the Governor of Tasmania will be hosting a Civic Reception for the Club on Thursday 18 February from 6-7pm at Government House.![]()
This is being held two days prior to our Centenary Dinner to enable anyone travelling down to attend both events.![]()
The Civic Reception is invite only and capped at 150 attendees.![]()
If you are a past member of the Club and would like to attend, please send us your contact details so we can send you an invitation.![]()
Email: committee@sbhc.org.au or send us a message
Max Cherry Memorial
