The final Interclub of the season was held on Saturday and whilst it wasn’t a Premiership round, it was reasonably well attended with a light hearted atmosphere.![]()
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Pam Siggins is in career best form at the moment and notched up a PB of 14.15 in the first of the 100m races, followed by 14.04 in the second race held an hour later.![]()
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The 1000m events were two of the best races of the day and saw PB’s to Grace Hinder, Libby Crispin, Sky Bestley Toman, Bonnie McMahon Jones and River Howe.![]()
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A Swedish Relay rounded out the meet, followed by a BBQ with the snags cooked to perfection by our very own Patrick Lyden and Darren Sheen.![]()
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The State SATIS Championship was held in Launceston on Tuesday, with the highlights being Meet Records to Violet Owen and Ava Lindquist in the 800m and 1500m respectively.![]()
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Violet’s time of 2:09.75 is a Club Under 16 , U/18 and U/20 record.![]()
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Athletics South’s Winter Season commences in Saturday 12 April, with the calendar now available: ![]()
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The Kunyani Mountain Run Golden Trail National Series is on this weekend, with the Hobart Marathon Festival the following Sunday.![]()
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We still have a number of athletes training for the National Championships in Perth from 5-13 April, with a reminder that the DAC will be unavailable for training this weekend until 3pm on Sunday due to the Relay for Life event.
Friday Flashback - Happy 70th birthday to Peter Lyden who turned 70 yesterday, shown here leading the Athletics South cross country event in 1993 at Tynwald Park in New Norfolk.
The “Weekly” Wrap:![]()
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The State Championships in Launceston two weeks ago produced the following Club Records:![]()
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* Jemima Geappen - U/16 girls 100m 12.29 (heat) then 12.22 (final).![]()
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* Ava Lindquist - U/14 girls 400m, 59.82 (breaking Emily Bell’s record from 1994).![]()
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* Douglas Poskitt - U/14 boys 2000m steeple, 6:50.06.![]()
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A shout out to Jackson Mellor who missed out on breaking Gavin Ryland’s 1994 Club Open Shot Put record by 6cm. His time will come.![]()
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At the Little Athletics Championships in Launceston last weekend, Madeleine Sinquin van Santen broke her own U/13 High Jump record by 1cm, clearing 1.63m.![]()
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We had numerous members competing at the Southern SATIS event, with Jemima Geappen breaking the meet record in the U/15 girls 200m with 25.74 and Ava Lindquist the U/14 girls 800m with 2:16.90.![]()
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Last Sunday Lachlan Sheen, Pia Abberton, Chris Sullivan, Will Harding and Selina Crispin contested the State 10km Road Championships in Devonport as part of the Buff to Boat Ramp event.![]()
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Also on Sunday, Jarred Gilroy competed in the Geeling Gift, making the semis in the 120m event.![]()
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This Saturday is the final Interclub of the season (non-point scoring) from 12.45pm at the Domain.![]()
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It’s a short, sharp meet that includes a 1000m and a Swedish Relay, with a BBQ supplied by Athletics South to finish.
State 10km Championship included in the Bluff 2 Boat Ramp 10km.![]()
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1st 34:34 Lachlan Sheen (M) Under 20yrs![]()
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1st 41:57 Pia Abberton (F) Under 20yrs![]()
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3rd 35:03 William Harding (M) 40+ ![]()
4th 36:36 Christopher Sullivan (M) 40+![]()
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3rd 48:53 Selina Crispin (F) 40+![]()
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Full results can be found here![]()
events.barefootsport.co.nz/event/1019/results