Flinders Athletic Club

RELAY GOLD IN DAEGU FOR HOBBS

After a long week competing in 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 4x100m, TONY HOBBS was third leg in the winning M50 4x400m relay team.

In Tony’s own words
“Cracking last day in Daegu, Australia was punching well above its weight taking out 3 consecutive 4x400m age groups.
I was blessed to be in one of them.
Thanks to my team mates and all of the support, both near and far.
I think I ran a 56.59 split, which I am pretty happy with as my training has been impacted this last month”.

Our club has athletes of all ages ranging from eleven through to seventies!

There is competitions for everyone. Competing at the World Masters Chsmpionship is special. This was a special moment never forgotten.

Just reward for all the hard work Tony puts in, both on and off the track.

HOLLAND-SMITH HEADS GREAT WEEKEND AT BALLARAT

Last weekends National Cross Country Championships at Ballarat really tested the strength, mindset and resilience of competitors. If you haven’t seen the pictures, the course was mud, mud and more mud. Well except for the water, man made hills, and just for measure the logs out on the 2k loop. It was great to be there in person to see everyone slog it out in their races! This was a classic case of positions versus times.

In the women’s 10k KATE HOLLAND-SMITH made her way through the field over the first three laps moving up into the top 15. From there it was a challenge to keep others at bay and move up to finish 13th. In her first senior cross country ISABEL HOBBS had to step up from 6k to 10k and too her credit slogged it out to the end – a great experience.

There were some fantastic top ten finishes with ROCCO KENYON (U13) getting 4th place on the finish line, MARTINA HAMS GARRIGA (U15) was super strong on the second lap coming through get 6th place after finishing 26th last year, and EDDIE WILLIAMS (U12) who got in the lead group early and hung onto 8th. It can’t be estimated how hard it is to come top ten at the national cross country.

With big fields, the conditions, there were plenty of other great performances. One that stood out was LACHLAN HODGES (U17) who has made massive improvements this year to finish 17th but was 13th Australian.

EDDIE SHEPPARD (U13) proved why it’s important to run to the end and beat as many competitors as possible. His 23rd enabled the SA team including Rocco Kenyon to grab U13 team silver. Martina’s performance was instrumental in giving the U15 girls a team bronze. The young U12 squad missed a medal by 1 point.

The photos (ASA & Paul Sutcliffe) show many of our athletes in action.

All the Results
3k (U12) Edward Williams 8th 11.39
3k (U12) Harry Thomas 23rd 12.06
3k (U12) Cody Kenyon 24th 12.07
3k (U12) Leo Ewer 25th 12.08
3k (U12) Henry Sheppard 32nd 12.24
3k (U12) Harry Collingwood 64th 13.42
3k (U13) Rocco Kenyon 4th 11.16
3k (U13) Eddie Sheppard 23rd 12.01
4k (U17) Lachlan Hodges 17th (13th Aust) 22.46
Women:
3k (U12) Amelia Loiterton 38th 13.54
3k (U12) Maria Kowalaczyk 49th 14.14
3k (U13) Olivia Hams Garriga 39th 13.39
3k (U13) Hayley Fenna 68th 17.03
4k (U15) Martina Hams Garriga 6th 15.59
4k (U15) Eva Pfitzner 34th 17.09
4k (U15) Katie Fenna 71st 20.35
4k (Masters) Rachel Hobbs 55th 21.09
10k (Open) Kate Holland-Smith 13th 42.13
10k (Open) Isabel Hobbs 40th 48.36

Huge shout out to our very own club legend, Treasurer & all round great guy Antony Hobbs who is currently in Daegu, South Korea competing as part of the Aussie Masters team on the world stage!

Wishing Hobbsy all the best in his events (100m, 200m, 400m & 800m) - run well mate!!
📷 courtesy of SAMA

HOLLAND-SMITH STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPION

It was a dominant display at the recent cross country championships at Waite Arboretum, when KATE HOLLAND-SMITH extended her lead every lap to comfortable win the Open Women’s 10k title. Big props to ISABEL HOBBS and CHELSEA DREDGE for representing the club in arguably the toughest event of the winter calendar.

Congratulations to EDWARD WILLIAMS (U12), MARIA KOWALCZYK (U12) and RACHEL HOBBS (O50) on their championship winning runs.

As expected plenty of other podium finishes for Flinders athletes.

All the Results
3k
U12
Edward Williams 1st 9.22
Cody Kenyon 2nd 9.24
Harry Thomas 4th 9.46
Henry Sheppard, 5th 9.52
Leo Ewer 6th 10.29
Harry Collingwood 8th 10.58
U13
Rocco Kenyon 2nd 9.37
Logan Morley 3rd 9.52
U14
Jack Newman 6th 10.35
4k
U15
Jack Fanning 4th 13.20
Conor Mac Mathuna 13th 16.10
U16
Oscar Norman 4th 14.06
6k
U17
Charlie Ellis 2nd 20.53
Lachlan Hodges 3rd 21.21
Charlie Stott 6th 23.31
U18
Lawson McInnes 6th 23.03
Daniel Oddie 8th 24.57
8k
O35
Adrian Riessen 4th 31.43
Women:
3k
U12
Maria Kowalczyk 1st 11.12
Grace Jolly 3rd 11.40
Amelia Loiterton 4th 11.42
U13
Olivia Hams Garriga 3rd 11.41
U14
Mikayla Szelag 5th 11.50
4k
U15
Martina Hams Garriga 2nd 13.55
Eva Pfitzner 3rd 14.42
U16
Millie Stars 4th 16.32
Aylish Bradley 6th 17.17
U17
Lily Woodward 2nd 16.12
U18
Maddy Humphry 2nd 15.06
6k
O35
Sarah Woodward 2nd 31.48
O50
Rachel Hobbs 1st 27.49
10k Open
Kate Holland-Smith 1st 35.38
Isabel Hobbs 4th 41.57
Chelsea Dredge 5th 47.43

A reminder that entries for State Cross Country Championships close 11.59PM WEDNESDAY.

This event is a qualifying event for State Team selection for the Nationals in Ballarat (22/08).

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Next up: State XC Champs!

The iconic Waite Arboretum awaits our athletes as we move on to our State Championships.

State titles and spots on Team SA for Ballarat are on line - and we look forward to what is sure to be an incredible day of competition 💪

Register before Wednesday, July 15.

🔗 https://www.athleticssa.com.au/events/352901

BIG WIN AT EKIDEN RELAY (2.09.49)

As it turned out the conditions were tough having to navigate wet and some slippery patches on the Bonython Park course. It was a great day for Flinders winning both races.

Fantastic to have WILLIAM McCANN, KATE HOLLAND-SMITH, JACOB C***S, RILEY C***S, ISOBEL BATT-DOYLE and CONNOR HORTLE go under 2.10 to win by nearly 3 minutes.

Thank you to everyone who ran. We had 47 athletes compete.

Special mention to JACOB C***S, FRASER DARCY, ISABEL HOBBS, ASHA LAWSON, JACK HOBBS and COLIN AMBROSE who all ran the gruelling 10k leg, Without them its hard to get teams together.

A big thanks to STEVEN HODGSON for getting everyone ready before the start and as we attempted to keep track of leg times through rainy periods!

The pictures tell the story. Starting with the A team (can't find a photo of Kate).

All the Results
21.1k
Flinders A 1st 1.18.47 (Edward Williams 10.56, Olivia Hams Garriga 8.18, Eva Pfitzner 22.48, Conor Mac Mathuna 15.12, Jack Newman 7.29, Oscar Norman 14.04)
Flinders B 5th 1.29.00 (Mikayla Szelag 13.25, Maeya Robinson 7.56, Maddy Humphry 23.20, Lily Woodward 16.15, Zipporah Varcoe 7.54, Sarah Woodward 20.30)
42.2k
Flinders A 1st William McCann 18.19, Kate Holland-Smith 13.03, Jacob C***s 30.00, Riley C***s 24.10, Isobel Batt-Doyle 19.09, Connor Hortle 25.08)
Flinders B 7th 2.27.05 (Jordan Harvey 20.28, Leni Knowles 14.14, Fraser Darcy 32.39, Jett Noble 26.52, Karen Els 27.03, Torben Roberts)
Flinders C 11th 2.34.16 (Lachlan Hodges 22.03, Eden Grant 16.03, Isabel Hobbs 39.33, Nicholas Dallimore 27.21, Daniel King 20.34, Hudson Kerley 34.42)
Flinders O35 16th (Robert Killmier 22.23, Alison Sorell 17.38, Colin Ambrose 38.31, Meagan Palmer 34.46, Adrian Riessen 22.37, Bennett Maxwell 31.48)
Flinders D incomplete (Jamie Basford 29.43, Jonathan George 14.42, Asha Lawson 45.21, Chelsea Dredge 37.00)
Individual first leg Martina Hams Garriga (22.43).

ASA MEMBERSHIP NEARS 200 NOW AT 195

A surge in mid-winter registrations has seen our ASA membership jump up to 195!!

It appears we are attracting athletes to our winter based training programs. Many have been younger school or Little Aths athletes keen to train and compete for the club now and in the summer.

Expect to see plenty of new faces at this weeks 4x2k Relays.

Still time to reach 200???

OAKBANK – BIG TURNOUT AT SCHOOLS XC

Another big day at the Schools Cross Country Championships at Oakbank yesterday. While the weather was wet at times and the course got muddier as the day went on, it was a true test of cross country for everyone.

By the numbers:
Competing: 37
Podium individual medals: 8
Top ten: 25
Team Medals: 13

All the Results:
11B (3k) [183]
Eddie Williams (Southern Heights District) 2nd 10.58
Cody Kenyon (Southern Fleurieu District) 3rd 11.01
Harry Thomas (Southern Heights) 4th 11.07
Leo Ewer (City South District) 6th 11.17
Xavier Fountas (City South District) 7th 11.20
Henry Sheppard (East Adelaide District) 8th 11.26
12B (3k) [215]
Rocco Kenyon (St Francis De Sales College) 2nd 10.41
Eddie Sheppard (East Adelaide District) 6th 11.12
13B (3k) [178]
Jack Newman (Urrbrae Agricultural High School) 15th 11.33
Mitchell Ryan (Aberfoyle Park) 29th 12.05
14B (3k) [169]
Jack Fanning (Sacred Heart College) 5th 10.19
15B (4k) [98]
Oscar Norman (Sacred Heart College) 7th 15.21
16B (5k) [68]
Charlie Ellis(Victor Harbor High School) 2nd 17.28
Lachlan Hodges (Woodcroft College) 3rd 17.47
Jacob Keller (Woodcroft College) 12th 19.29
OpenB (6k) [92]
Jett Noble (Sports College SA) 4th 19.59
Hudson Kerley (Brighton High School) 10th 20.52
Lawson McInnes (Scotch College) 11th 21.05
Tom Carroll (Scotch College) 12th 21.08
Daniel Oddie (Tatachilla Lutheran College) 31st 23.29

Women:
11G (3k) [162]
Grace Jolley (South West District) 6th 12.42
Indii Blackwell (Southern Heights District) 7th 12.43
12G (3k) [213]
Olivia Hams Garriga (Southern Heights District) 7th 12.44
13G (3k) [157]
Mikayla Szelag (Willunga High School) 13th 12.50
Tayla Backwell (Scotch College) 35th 13.26
14G (3k) [142]
Martina Hams Garriga (Cabra Dominican College) 2nd 10.34
Eva Pfitzner (Brighton High School) 6th 11.22
15G (3k) [119]
Leni Knowles (Cardijn College) 3rd 10.48
16G (4k) [93]
Alice Fisher (Willunga Waldorf School) 4th 17.51
Aylish, Bradley (Tatachilla Lutheran College) 7th 18.05
Zipporah Varcoe (Sacred Heart College) 10th 18.33
Grace Ellis (Willunga Waldorf School) 18th 19.35
Lily Woodward (Woodcroft College) 41st 23.52
OpenG (4k) [42]
Hannah Tourneur (St John’s Grammar School) 2nd 15.06
Maddy Humphry (Cabra Dominican College) 4th 16.06
Tasmin Stuart (Cabra Dominican College) 9th 17.44
Emma Tucker (Woodcroft College) 36th 22.34

TOURNEUR WINS WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY AT FLINDERS UNIVERSITY

Back under lights for the first time since 2019 last Friday night for the Flinders Cross Country. While the loop was restricted to 1k it didn’t disappoint.

In the women’s race HANNAH TOURNEUR went clear early and never relinquished her lead to take a comfortable win. Behind her were two of the clubs talented young athletes MARTINA HAMS GARRIGA and EVA PFITZNER in third and fourth.

Great to see a new crop of Flinders athletes coming through with JETT NOBLE, TOM CARROLL and HUDSON KERLEY the first three home.

They might be young, but EDDIE WILLIAMS, ROCCO KENYON and CODY KENYON were impressive out in front of the 2k event.

As our ASA registrations grow over the 180 mark it was great to have KEEGAN WILSON, AYLISH BRADLEY, EMMA TUCKER, HUDSON KERLEY, CHARLIE STOTT and TIMON SIDERIS having their first run foe the club on home turf.

Thanks to everyone who helped on the night. The FREE BBQ was a welcome addition to the events.

Great photos from Riley Hughes.

We look forward to making next year’s event bigger and better.

All the Results:
2k
1 6.45 Edward Williams
2 6.56 Rocco Kenyon
3 7.08 Cody Kenyon
5 7.35 Jack Newman
10 7.46 Mitchell Ryan
13 8.13 Keegan Wilson

4k
9 13.14 Jett Noble
15 13.41 Tom Carroll
16 13.45 Hudson Kerley
17 13.46 Jordan Harvey
18 13.50 Jack Fanning
20 14.08 Lachlan Hodges
21 14.08 Daniel King
22 14.11 Lawson McInnes
23 14.12 Alex Thorpe
27 14.35 Oscar Norman
30 14.43 Damian Robinson
34 14.56 Daniel Oddie
36 15.09 Charlie Stott
37 15.18 Timon Sideris T20
39 15.58 Adrian Riessen

Women:
2k
6 7.38 Eden Grant
12 8.04 Maeya Robinson
14 8.20 Aylish Bradley
16 8.49 Mikayla Szelag
17 9.49 Emma Tucker
4k
24 14.14 Hannah Tourneur
32 14.46 Martina Hams Garriga
35 15.02 Eva Pfitzner
38 15.29 Maddy Humphry
42 16.27 Isabel Hobbs
44 16.59 Tasmin Stuart
48 18.24 Zipporah Varcoe
49 19.21 Alison Sorell

Great to have our cross country back on Friday night under lights. Looking to make this event bigger and better in the coming years.

Thanks to everyone who ran, volunteered or just came to support.