AVSL Round 7 Wrap 2024-25
The weather at Meadowglen made for uncomfortable conditions for a large part of the day. We ended the round in 7th place with a score of 22 657 points. It was a relatively quiet day with only 3 Premier division teams scoring over 30 000 points.
This round’s Premier Division ladder was EAG, DIV, ESS, SBE, WEN, CHI, WES, GHY, MEN and BOH.
With the power plays included we are currently 4th, one place ahead of SBE, but WEN and GHY, who are yet to play their powerplays, will likely move ahead of us once they play their power plays.
When we exclude the extra points from the Power Play rounds for EAG, MEN, WES and SBE then the seasonal ladder is: EAG 59, DIV 55, ESS 44, WEN 34, GHY 31, WES 29, SBE 29, MEN 24, BOH 17 and CHI 13. That would realistically put us in equal 6th place with SBE.
Rounds 8 and 10 are at Aberfeldie and Round 9 is at Doncaster. We will need good participation by our athletes in order to finish 5th or 6th.
A very warm welcome to Lachlan Smith who competed in his first round of AVSL.
In all we had 39 scoring athletes and they completed a total of 71 scoring events.
11 athletes did three or more scoring events, 10 athletes completed two scoring events and 18 completed one scoring event.
Thanks to these athletes who completed three individual scoring events: Ruth O, Tahnee H, Maddi H, Brenda C, Janice H, Duman N, Ethan Y, John P, Alan B, Wayne B & Stan P.
Thanks to Lucy C, Charli B, Amy G, Cheryl N, Tracy C, Daniel B, Matthew P, Callan J, Elijah A & Mal H for completing two individual scoring events.
Our top ten points scorers: Tahnee 1236, Ruth O 1085, Stan P 1045, Wayne 1001, Alan B 922, Ethan Y 894, John P 871, Janice H 858, Lucy 794 and Charli 757.
State Age Group Ladders for this round:
M60+ 3rd Place
State Age Group Top 3 individual performances:
FOP – Jade Chitty 1st 5km Walk and Rebekah Sutton 2nd Hammer.
F20 – Ruth Ong 1st Long Jump
M20 – Duman Nurgali 3rd Discus
F18 – Holly Gardiner 2nd High Jump
F16 – Tahnee Hutchison 1st Long Jump
F14 – Abby Bassos 2nd 1500m
F40 – Amy Gardiner 2nd Javelin & 2nd Discus.
M40 – Alistair McDonald 1st 1500m
F50 -Cheryl Nelson 2nd 200m and Tracy Colbert 2nd 2km Walk.
M50 – Phil Dunstone 1st 2km Walk and John Papworth 3rd 800m.
F60 – Janice Hodgart 2nd 2000m Walk and Brenda Cashin 3rd Discus.
M60 – Stan Peska 1st Shot Put, 1st Javelin & 2nd Discus. Alan Baldry 1st 2km Steeple, 2nd 400m and 3rd 100m. Wayne Bingham 1st 100m.
Club Helpers
If you have not been allocated a timeslot this AVSL season, please step forward and offer to help. We have a couple of families who have already indicated they cannot do their 2:00pm allocated duty next week, but that they are happy to help in round 10.
Thank you to the following families who have already helped at AVSL so far this season: Arnold, Bainbridge, Baker-Mayer, Barber, Barbie, Barlow, Bassos, Brown, Cashin, Chitty, Cleveland, Colbert, Dhaliwal, Gunn, Heading, Hines, Hodgart, D. Johnson, G. Johnson, Jordan, Mackrell, Aiden McDonald, Morgan, Mudie, Musarra, Nelson, Pinto, Shaw, Sneyders, Wright and Young.
I am looking to step down from the role of Summer Team Manager after this summer. Please let me know if you would consider taking on the position.
Regards
Peter Cashin
Summer Team Manager
Western Athletics