Well done to all our athletes who competed at the National Cross Country at St Paul’s on 21st August 2010
Results were:
U/14 Girls 3k - 44th Elle Leahy 12.17
U/20 Girls 6k - 50th Reem Kodi 28.58
12 years Boys 3k - 22nd Hamish Granger 11.07
U/20 Mens 8k - 47th Osman Saleh 29.47 - 51st David Kai 30.29 - 62nd Tim Gibson 34.20
Open Men’s 12k - 22nd Daryl Crook 39.51 - 39th Wayne Heath 44.43
On July 18, Ashgrove Rangers Athletics Club played host to Qld Masters Athletics for their short course cross country championship. The race was held in conjunction with the Rangers’ monthly Flying 4 race.
A chilly 8am start meant times were slower than might have been expected.
Rangers members performed well in the event. Alastair Wallace took out gold in the 50-55 age group in 18:06.50 and was the first male across the line. Paul Circosta (21:21.12) took out silver in the same age group. Paul Holland gained gold in the male 40-44 age group in a time of 19:12.69.
The Rangers male team of Wallace, Circosta, Paul Holland and Dick Dunstan took out gold in the teams category.
Bardon State School took out the Joyce Petfield Memorial Trophy for girls and The Gap State School took the Ron Petfield Trophy for boys in the annual Primary Schools Challenge.
The Challenge is a 2km cross-country race contested by Year 5 – 7 boys and girls from public and private schools in the general Ashgrove-Bardon-The Gap area.
The meet was held in perfect autumn conditions on 29 April. 182 boys and girls lined up for the races, a very good turn out for an after-school activity.
Bardon bettered last year’s third placing on the back of top two placings in the girls event with Sarah Tisdall winning in 8 minutes and 18 seconds and Freya Lee 11 seconds behind. Mater Dei’s India Williams was third, a further 8 seconds back.
The Gap took out three of the top four placings in the boys event to claim the trophy in it’s first outing. Samuel Bailey placed first in 7 minutes and 52 seconds, 10 seconds ahead of Gavin de Wet. Bardon kept their representation consistent through Tiaki Cavanagh’s third placing in 8 minutes and 21 seconds. His excellent time showed the benefits of regular competition in the monthly Flying 4 event.
Queensland Masters Athletics (QMA) held their short course cross-country championship on Sunday 23 August in conjunction with Ashgrove Rangers monthly Flying 4 race.
Warm, fine weather promised a good race. The large field posted good times across the board. Honours went to the home club as Ashgrove were the only club fielding teams. The Rangers women’s team of Hubertien Wichers, Jodie Schubert, Lynda Bateson and Sophie Cockroft won their event. The Rangers fielded two mens teams with the A team of Tom Newman, Peter James, Wayne Heath and Alastair Wallace winning their event and the B team of Peter Effney, Don Stapleton, Paul Circosta and Dick Dunstan coming second.
Individual results were as follows:
Women
35-39
Jodie Schubert Gold
40-44
Hubertien Wichers Gold
Sophie Cockroft Silver
45-49
Lynda Bateson Gold
50-54
Marcy Sheer Gold
Men
30-34
Wayne Heath Gold
40-44
Tom Newman Gold
50-54
Alastair Wallace Gold
Peter Effney Silver
55-59
Jason Collie Gold
Paul Circosta Silver
60-64
Peter James Gold
Don Stapleton Silver
Dick Dunstan Bronze
Congratulations to Ashgrove Ranger member Freyja Lee who competed at the Qld Primary School Cross Country Championships at Runaway Bay on the 19th-20th July. Freyja competed in the 3km 11yr girl division. Well done Freyja!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Pat Carroll Shield at Carseldine on the weekend. Ashgrove finished in third place behind Athletics North
and UQ, which was a reasonable effort in the final Shield event of the Cross Country season.
Final Pointscore was:
1. Athletics North 195
2. UQ 130
3. Ashgrove Rangers 108
4. Thompson Estate 94
5. QE2 52
6. QMA 32
7. Galeforce 26
8. Gold Coast Victory 22
9. Caboolture 21
10. Intraining 21
11. Runaway Bay 19
12. Toowong Harriers 14
13. Townsville North Star 10
14. Jimboomba 8
The QEII track club put up a nice meet last Saturday with the annual and 70th running of the Fox-Fogarty memorial cross country.
There were a number of handicap races with some good performances by the Ashgrove Rangers. Our youngest and oldest competitors of the day, Jessica Stacey and Peter James, improved most and both took out third place. Jessica in the Under 10 1000m and Peter in the 6000m.
Other good performances in the handicap results included 5th, 7th and 8th places in the 6000m by Hubertien Wichers, Paul Jackson and Geoff Crowther. Paul Tierney came 4th in the 9000m.
Well done to the ASR members who competed at the X country state championships on Saturday 30th May.
In the masters mens 35-39 division Paul Jackson came first and Geoff Crowther second.
In the 40-44 masters men Paul Holland got the gold medal.
In the 45-49 mens masters Malcolm Powell came first.
In the masters men 50-54 category Alastair Wallace came first, with Peter Effeney in second postion.
In the 55-59 mens masters category Paul Circosta got the bronze medal.
In the 60-64 mens masters Don Stapleton got the silver medal and in the 70-74 category Ivan Rogers obtained 2nd.
For the women Hubertien Wickers obtained the gold medal in the masters women 40-44 category.
What a fantastic effort by Ashgrove Rangers at the Cross Country Relays on Saturday 9th May. It was great to see 10 teams supporting the club.
The open men took out the gold medal with the team comprising of Andrew Barralet, Chris Adams, Dan Nunan and Don Wallace. (pictured finishing right)
The masters women 35-49 category achieved a silver medal with Hubertien Wichers, Kris Stacey and Anita Fisher making a strong team.
The masters men 50 + achieved a bronze medal with the team comprising of Ashgrove Rangers veteran Graham Barralet, Peter James and Peter Effeney. Ashgrove Rangers also achieved 4th in this category with Dick Dunstan, Ivan Rogers and Paul Circosta.
The Ashgrove Rangers men in the 35-49 masters group obtained 4th position with Tom Newman making a strong start followed by Ken Stacey and Geoff Crowther.
The juniors also had a great day with April Macqueen, Jessica Stacey and Charlotte Meland taking out silver in the under 12 girls category and Ashgrove Rangers boys achieved bronze in the under 10 category with Anton Macqueen, Henry Meland and Marcus Von Rausch all having a great time.
April McQueen, Jessica Stacey
Anton McQueen, Henry Meland, Marcus Von Rausch
