Due to inclement weather, competition at both Metro venues for Round 6 of AVSL has been cancelled.
Consideration was given to re-scheduling the round to either Saturday, 21st December or Saturday, 4th January but due to the lack of Officials available and the vast number of athletes not available to compete on either of the proposed dates, it was decided that the round would remain cancelled.
The day started out okay but then turned into a shocker. The Team performed quite well, placing 5th of 11 teams in the comp.
Great photo below showing Carla leading and Kate closing the 800m in torrential rain. Carla went on to win in a convincing run.
Some high standard performances from everyone. Perrin's 200m was excellent, as was David's 800m with Ben close behind in a time of 2:04.
Great to see Simon having a crack at the 5000m at the end of the day, a gutsy run.
The annual Ivanhoe Harriers Trivia Night is on agian, at Ivanhoe Park (corner The Boulevard and Wamba Road, Ivanhoe), 7pm on Friday, 8th November 2024.
Test your general knowledge. There will be lots of prizes to be won and silent auction items on offer including vouchers, food & wine, and hampers.
Tables seat 10 but if you don't bring a full table then we can easily slot you in with others.
Things to bring along:
Entry is $15 per person and $5 for children 14 and under (plus a small booking fee for online ticket purchases).
Tickets available at ivanhoeharriers.org.au/trivianight.
With close to our best team competing in Division 3, it was a cold, wet and windy greeting for runners on Saturday morning. We had 6 teams on the start line with Male and Female juniors, Male 50+ and 3 Open teams. It was great to see everyone so excited for our last event for the season despite the terrible weather conditions.
The Div. 3 team had a dominant victory, finishing 2 minutes ahead of their nearest rival, and in doing so secured second place on the Div 3 ladder.
It was an outstanding finish to the Cross Country season and has resulted in promotion to Division 2 for next season.
This is our most successful cross country performance in 25 years, congratulations to the entire team and coach Cyril Dixon.
This season has seen steady improvement, a little more depth in numbers and the maturing of our young list. In addition, we have some outstanding juniors emerging. The Cross Country performance this winter is evidence of us now ranked in the top 20 clubs in Victoria, a fantastic performance.
Ivanhoe Harriers had two representatives at Nationals XCR this year following some great performances in this season's Vic XCR, Jamie in the Male U20 and Leonardo in the Male U14.
This year's National XCR race was at Simmons Plain in Tasmania on Saturday, 31st August 2024. The weather leading up to the race was atrocious, raining heavily for 3 days, the course was essentially a bog and with the forecast for the day wind, rain and thunderstorms!
Leonardo, feeling a bit unwell, slogged his way around the 3km course for a gallant 24th place (12:09). Not the result he wanted but well done for getting out giving it your all Leonardo.
Jamie's race was the last of the day and the wind was blowing hard as they warmed up on the exposed course. With last minute notice that there was a thunderstorm about to hit, the race was moved forward 10 minutes and reduced by 1 lap to be 6km. Jamie toughed out the race, pulling his feet out of the mud, finishing in 12th place (22:26) and the third Victorian to finish.
Congratulations to Jamie and Leonardo on your performances and fantastic seasons, it was great to have athletes representing the club at Nationals.
Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) awarded to Club President Jeff Franklin!
Congratulations to the Ivanhoe Harriers Club President Jeff Franklin for being recognised for his service to athletics, being awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia! Jeff has been involved in many different roles with the club since joining in 1977, known to past members as an avid competing athlete and more recently as a Coach and the Club President, which is a position he has held since 2015. His continuous diligent efforts brought the club back to its feet from a slump that could have seen its end. More recently, through many years of tireless effort he played a pivotal role in winning the Council's approval for a major Chelsworth Park upgrade which will see a future home training ground and facilities for the Harriers athletes.
Congratulations from all involved with the Harriers, a very well earned recognition!
Notes from the honours list for Jeff:
Ivanhoe Harriers Athletic Club
The Annual General Meeting, on 15th May, was well attended and of course, the presentation of trophies was the highlight.
Notable attendees were life members, John Boas and Noel Burrows and special guests, John Griffith and wife Pam, very long and loyal supporters of the Club.
On this occasion, the Club unveiled a new trophy which has been donated jointly by John Griffith and Ashley Woods. (Ashley is currently residing in London)
The trophy, The Woods/Griffith Trophy, to be awarded to the “most outstanding junior jumper in the Club”, in essence replacing and expanding on a previous, very dated junior high jump trophy which had been donated by John back in the late 1970s. John and Ashley were thanked profusely for their generous donation.
Carla being presented the Woods/Griffth Trophy by John Griffith
Congratulations to all athletes and trophy winners:
W.A.Rawlinson Trophy: Jamie Blackburn
Statewide Trophy: Thomas Langdon
Hugh Lowe Memorial Trophy: David Greig
Banyule Trophy: Kate Bukovsan
St.James Ivanhoe Trophy: Perrin Theocharides
F.J.Holpen Trophy: David Burke
Jack McCann Trophy: Anne Bukovsan
Buffalo Sports / Athletes Foot Trophy: Eliza Nelson
Lew Hall Trophy: Theodora Hally
Geoff Legge Trophy: Lonardo Donareli
Boas/Hancock Trophy: Glen Nicholson
COVID Cup: Barry Greig
Woods/Griffth Trophy: Carla Parris
6km Handicap- 2024: Murray Fairplay
Additional medal honours:
Lonardo Donareli: National Champion in Men's U14 800m and 2nd in U14 1500m at Australian T&F Championships.
Finalist in the Victorian T&F Championships:
Jamie Blackburn MU20 3000m (1st), MU20 1500m (4th);
Liam Furlong MU20 3000m (13th);
Leonardo Donarelli MU14 800m (1st);
Theadora Hally WU20 3000m, WU20 1500m (12th);
Kate Bukovsan WU16 800m (10th);
Carla Parris WU13 800m (5th)
Congratulations to young, Leonardo Donarelli, who contested the Victorian Championships then travelled to Adelaide for the Australian Championships, where he won gold in the Under 14 Men's 800m and silver in the Under 14 Men's 1500m. Congratulations Leonardo from all at the Club.
The annual 6km all comers handicap is coming up on Saturday, April 20 at 9:30am (registration at 8:30am). Ivanhoe Harriers host the event each year to kick off the AV Cross Country season so if you are interested, contact the registrar (registrar@ivanhoeharriers.org.au) and we'll get you an entry and a handicap sorted out.
Location: Eaglemont Tennis Courts car park, The Boulevard, East Ivanhoe.
This is a great way to introduce yourself to the club and the program if you're thinking of having a go at Cross Country this year. All ages are welcome!
Don't forget to hang around for the sausage sizzle as well. See you there!
We had 8 contestants of the highest quality and came away with two Victorian Championships… a massive result.
Jamie Blackburn won the Under 20 Men's 3000m final in the time of 8:34.24 with a very well judged race. He maintained good steady position during the race, moved up to control the pace with 2 laps to go and showed superior speed and endurance to win comfortably. Congratulations to Jamie.
Leonardo Donarelli won the Under 14 Boys 800m running a very patient race and showing superior speed to win in 2:09.02. Congratulations to Leonardo on a fine performance.
These victories are the result of a lot of hard work and diligent training. It is a milestone for the Club, success in these highly contested events is a great indicator of our progress.
Congratulations to all of our contestants in these Championships: Jamie, Kate Bukovsan, Leonardo, Liam Furlong, David Greig, Theadora Hally, Alex Linke and Carla Parris.
With the AVSL season drawing to a close we can reflect on our performance, but more importantly embrace our continuous improvement. Team performance and PBs indicate that we are on the right track with some wonderful PBs achieved this summer.
Last season, in Division 4, we placed 6th after winning the Division 5 flag the previous year. This season we finished an improved 4th, just behind Melbourne Uni., but well behind Williamstown (1st) and Ballarat YCW (2nd), so we still have some work to do. Our personal performances have been outstanding this year, but we still need to increase our numbers for next season to be able to compete with the teams above us.
| Division 4 | ||||
| 1 | Williamstown | 181,014 | 126 | AP |
| 2 | Ballarat YCW | 155,224 | 119 | AP |
| 3 | Melbourne Uni | 99,465 | 86 | |
| 4 | Ivanhoe | 84,136 | 80 | |
| 5 | Old Xaverians | 90,240 | 78 | |
| 6 | Frankston | 74,521 | 65 | |
| 7 | Coburg | 63,966 | 53 | |
| 8 | St Kevins | 63,419 | 52 | |
| 9 | Brunswick | 49,054 | 39 | AR |
| 10 | Maccabi | 46,097 | 32 | AR |
| AP: Automatic Promotion. AR: Automatic Relegation. |
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