SECOND PLACE – WHO CARES? THE VALLEY DOES.
DVAC is in a battle with Eaglehawk for second place in the Premier Division. Clearly the Bendigo club want the second place back after the Valley pushed them into third place in Round 6. In Round 8 Eaglehawk finished in second place with DVAC in third place; that means the two clubs are tied on 76 points for the season. At this point DVAC still holds onto second place for the season, leading Eaglehawk by a score of 7,542. In Round 8 there were only 50 athletes out in action compared to the 70 athletes who competed in Round 6. Come back, we need you!
Get your entries in for AVSL Rd 9 EARLY. There was some frustration in Round 8 when athletes found that many of the field events had filled up early.
Photo Gallery
The team results for Rd 8 were as follows:
Women: Open 15th/36; Under 20 5th/24: Under 18 5th/32: Under 16 3rd/39: Under 14 5th/31: 40+ 5th/28
Men: Open 16th/40: Under 20 11th/30: Under 18 9th/40: Under 16 10th/36: Under 14 – no points scored: 40+ 3rd/38
Before Rd 8 the following DVAC Teams were in the top 10 across Victorian clubs:
Women: Open (4th); 40+ (4th); U18 (7th); U16 (1st)
Men: 40+ (3rd); U20 (3rd); U18 (10th)
VALLEY PB CLUB
It was hot, damned hot at Aberfeldie. There were still number of Personal Best efforts recorded by the Valley athletes on the day. These included:
Name: Age Group Event: PB Previous PB
Alexia Moxon WU16 Triple Jump 7.43m n/a
Asher Andrews MU16 Discus 40.92m n/a
Alexia Moxon WU16 Javelin 7.23m 6.87m
Alexia Moxon WU16 Discus 11.30m 10.55m
Asher Andrews MU16 Javelin 45.43m 41.08m
James Hurley MU18 Triple Jump 11.63m 11.59m
Jordan Rudd MU16 200m 31.65 34.20
Tara Smith WU16 Javelin 35.52m 33.17m
Elisha Blair WU14 100m 12.87 13.21
Georgia Gillson WU20 200m 26.24 26.25
Elijah Zantey MU18 200m 23.44 23.83
Riley Neecowen MU16 200m 23.85 24.00
DVAC CLUB HELPERS
DVAC had a rare break from providing CLUB HELPERS in AVSL Rd 8. Thanks to Rob Wendel & Lyn Davis for Lap scoring.
The jobs coming up are:
2022 Victorian Relay Championships: DVAC has to provide ONE Club Helper All Day. Let’s share this around as much as we can. It’s an easy gig – Admin Runner (Results)
11:00am until 5:00pm: that is 6 x 1hr shifts & Barbara Neecowen has kindly offered to start proceedings off with the 11:00am to 12:00pm shift. Any other offers, text Max on 0409 350 280.
2022 Victorian Country Championships: Fri 28 to Sun 30 January @ Bendigo. This one is a tough one: ONE Club Helper on Javelin on Sunday 30th. The Javelin events on Sunday start at 8:15am; 9:45am; 11:15am; 12:15pm; & 1:30pm. I will be at Bendigo on the Friday & Saturday but not on Sunday. HELP! Any takers? Let me know on 0409 350 280
AVSL ROUND 9 @ ABERFELDIE: Saturday 4th February 2022. DVAC is down for the following jobs in Round 9 – LONG JUMP (Pit #2) x 3 HELPERS: Hurdles – Set up & move: Steeple – Set up & move
VALLEY VOICES
- Several DVAC athletes missed competition in Round 8 due to either having COVID or being in Isolation due to COVID. I’m sure any support we can offer to these members of our club would be appreciated.
- Asher Andrews is having an amazing season of athletics. In Round 8 Asher scored high points in the Javelin 45.43m (506); Discus 40.92m (461) & Triple Jump 11.37m (417). It’s tough when you run a 200m in 25.65 & it doesn’t count in the scoring because they only count your top three results. Asher’s total point score of 1,384 led the DVAC scores & ranked 10th over the state.
- Tara Smith was another athlete to join the 500 club. In Round 8, Tara’s best throw of 35.52m with the Javelin was a pb & scored 500 points.
- Ilija Simonovski donned the DVAC colours for the 1st time on Saturday. Because of a slight entry problem, Ilija had to wait until Heat #19 of the 200m’s before setting off. His 24.66 was very impressive especially after that wait.
- The results of the Victorian Milers Club, Meet #3, are listed below. On a very warm night Tyler Murphy, Cameron Simon and Brody McCarthy managed to lower their times for the 1500m.
NEXT ROUND OF Athletics Victorian Shield League competition:
AVSL RD 9 @ Aberfeldie & Casey
Saturday 5 February 2022 (1:30pm – 6:00pm)
Entries close @ Midday on Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Events @ Aberfeldie
2000m/ 5000mWalks: Hurdles: 400m/300m/200m
100m: 400m: 1500m: 3000m
Steeplechase: 2000m/ 3000m
Pole Vault, Long Jump, Discus, Javelin
Events @ Casey
2000m/ 5000mWalks: Hurdles: 110m/100m/90m/80m
200m: 800m: 3000m
High Jump, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Hammer Throw
SHIELD FINALS
Saturday 5 March 2022
Lakeside Stadium
To be eligible to compete at the AV Shield Finals then each athlete must have competed in THREE rounds of the AVSL 10 round season. They will also need to have competed in the events on the AV Shield Final at least once throughout the season in order to qualify for competition.
The events on the AV Shield Final are as follows:
TRACK: 2000m Walk; 400m Hurdles; 300m Hurdles; 200m Hurdles; 200m; 800m; 3000m; 4 x 400m Relay
FIELD: Shot Put; Hammer Throw; Triple Jump; High Jump
AVSL Rd 8
Saturday 22 January 2022
Aberfeldie & Glenhuntly
DVAC Results:
Women
FOP
200m: Elyse Scheuermann 43.58 (-0.7); Sarah Papadopoulos DNS;
1500m: Elyse Scheuermann 7:54.7h;
3000m Walk: Sarah Papadopoulos 19:43.7h;
4x400m: (Sugi Neecowen, Ally Brooks, Sophie Compton-Cook, Elyse Scheuermann) 5:08.14;
Discus: Sarah Papadopoulos DNS;
Triple Jump: Sarah Papadopoulos 7.16m;
F20
100m: Keely Boyne 12.81 (-0.8);
200m: Georgia Gillson 26.24 (0.3); Elyssia Kenshole DNS;
100m Hurdles: Keely Boyne 15.55 (0.7);
Javelin: Elyssia Kenshole 12.39m;
Triple Jump: Elyssia Kenshole NM;
F18
200m: Sugi Neecowen 28.78 (-0.6); Sophie Compton-Cook 32.33 (-0.6); Elsie Clifford 34.01 (-1.2); Jessica Fitzpatrick DNS;
Discus: Jessica Fitzpatrick DNS; Bianca Brown 20.97m;
Javelin: Bianca Brown 19.70m;
Pole Vault: Elsie Clifford 2.95m;
Triple Jump: Elsie Clifford 7.31m; Sugi Neecowen 7.59m; Sophie Compton-Cook 9.34m;
F16
200m: Katie Oliver 26.20 (0.7); Tess Gillson 28.65 (0.8); Ally Brooks 28.96 (0.5); Alexia Moxon 35.32 (0.3); Mackenzie Genders DNS;
1500m: Ally Brooks 4:51.9h;
200m Hurdles: Vanessa Smith DNS;
Discus: Vanessa Smith 24.17m; Tara Smith 24.82m; Alexia Moxon 11.30m;
Javelin: Vanessa Smith 28.55m; Tara Smith 35.52m; 33.60m; Alexia Moxon 7.23m;
Triple Jump: Vanessa Smith 8.31m; Tara Smith 8.70m; Mackenzie Genders 9.22m; Alexia Moxon 7.43m;
F14
100m: Elisha Blair 12.87 (2.1); Maddy Meagher 13.21 (-1.0);
200m: Ines Caton-Smith 31.48 (1.5); Zoey Ryan 34.28 (-0.6); Ines Caton-Smith DNS;
Discus: Zoey Ryan 16.38m;
Javelin: Ines Caton-Smith 23.20m; Zoey Ryan 23.73m;
Triple Jump: Maddy Meagher 8.91m (1.1);
F40
200m: Michelle King 34.12 (-1.2); Gaelyne Kenshole 34.78 (-0.6); Jo Moxon 43.07 (1.5); Gayle Clifford 53.92 (-0.6);
1500m: Debbie McKenzie 6:17.1h; Michelle King 6:50.3h; Jo Moxon 7:11.4h; Gayle Clifford 8:43.6h;
1500m Walk: Jo Moxon 11:15.6h; Debbie McKenzie 9:46.9h;
4x400m: (Michelle King, Debbie McKenzie, Jo Moxon, Gayle Clifford) 6:29.96;
Discus: Debbie McKenzie 12.71m;
Javelin: Debbie McKenzie 10.63m; Gaelyne Kenshole 16.10m;
Pole Vault: Gaelyne Kenshole 2.50m;
Triple Jump: Gaelyne Kenshole 8.19m;
Men:
MOP
200m: Brody McCarthy 27.79 (-0.7); Dylan Littlejohn 29.48 (-0.6);
1500m: Dylan Littlejohn 4:35.2h; Brody McCarthy 4:46.4h;
4x400m: (Elijah Zantey, Jarryd Cripps, Dylan Littlejohn, Brody McCarthy) 3:58.11;
Discus: Colin Newman DNS;
Javelin: Colin Newman DNS;
M20
200m: Jarryd Cripps 26.31 (-0.6); Isaac Andrews DNS;
1500m: Jarryd Cripps 4:35.0h;
Discus: Ryan Blair 36.27m; 36.28m;
Triple Jump: Isaac Andrews DNS;
M18
100m: Vicson Jackley 11.48 (-0.9);
200m: Elijah Zantey 23.44 (+0.0); Ilija Simonovski 24.66 (0.4); Hayden Moon 24.78 (0.4); Harley Gilbert 26.28 (0.4); Saxon Howkins DNS;
Discus: Harley Gilbert 18.97m;
Triple Jump: James Hurley 11.63m; Harley Gilbert 10.94m;
M16
200m: Riley Neecowen 23.85 (+0.0); Asher Andrews 25.65 (0.4); Jordan Rudd 31.65 (-0.2);
1500m: Jordan Rudd 5:56.4h;
Discus: Asher Andrews 40.92m;
Javelin: Asher Andrews 45.43m;
Triple Jump: Riley Neecowen 9.87m; Asher Andrews 11.37m;
M40
100m: Chris Boyne 13.13 (-0.4);
200m: Adam Scott 27.11 (-0.6); Ivan Dodin 27.48 (0.8); Spiro Neofitou 29.10 (-0.7); Greg Luck 30.71 (-0.9); Cyrus Wong 31.04 (-0.8); Andrew McKenzie 36.11 (-0.2); Jeffrey Young DNS; Darren Rudd DNS;
1500m: Spiro Neofitou 5:53.8h; Andrew McKenzie 6:09.1h; Cyrus Wong 6:39.3h;
3000m Walk: Bernie Keirl 19:43.3h;
4x400m: (Adam Scott, Spiro Neofitou, Ivan Dodin, Mark Tapping) 4:34.04;
Discus: Andrew McKenzie NM; Greg Luck 18.00m; Adam Scott DNS; Luke De Biasi 27.83m; Ivan Dodin 27.47m; Matthew Hall 32.00m;
Javelin: Luke De Biasi 34.31m; Cyrus Wong 26.49m; Ivan Dodin NM; Matthew Hall 26.94m;
Triple Jump: Greg Luck 8.11m; Adam Scott 8.84m; Darren Rudd 8.23m;
Victorian Miler’s Club
Meet #3
Box Hill
Thursday 20 January 2022
DVAC Results:
Female
800m: Ally Brooks 2:20.46; Shania Murray 2:22.61; Poppy Scot-Dalgleish 2:30.67;
Male
800m: Jarryd Cripps 2:11.83;
1500m: Tyler Murphy 4:15.07; Cameron Ellis 4:17.93; Brody McCarthy 4:24.61; Dylan Littlejohn 4:25.30;
