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Sandringham Adidas Discount Evening 29.06.09
Adidas is offering all Sandy athletes, coaches, officials and their family and friends up to 45% off marked prices of goods at their adiCentre. This is for one night only on Tuesday 21 July. Bookings essential. See attached flyer for more information.

Winter Season 2009 18.06.09
Winter Season 09 Round Three report available on the results page.

VALE Kemp Hollins 08.12.08
Kemp acted as an official for our Club for many years as well as a stint on the committee. Kemp was made a life member of the Club in 1985. Our sympathy is with his family, particularly his son, former club member, Graham Hollins.

Pacific School Games and Australian All-Schools Championships 08.12.08
Congratulations to all the 15 Club members who represented Victoria at the recent combined Pacific School Games and Australian All-Schools Championships in Canberra.

The outstanding performer was ASHLEIGH WHITTAKER who was a member of the winning Victorian team in both the U16 4 x 100 and 2 x 200 relays and then went on to record three great performances in the 100m to take the U16 GOLD MEDAL in that event. In both her heat (12.13) and semi-final (11.99), she set new Club records from U16 up to U20 and then broke the U16 PSG record and Victorian record as well as every Club record from U16 up to & including Open with an amazing 11.83 in the final. This was a qualifier for World Youth Games.
James Collier also won a GOLD medal in U18 4 x 400 relay and ran a PB of 57.67 In his heat of 400m Hurdles.
It was SILVER for Molly Grau (1.76) and BRONZE for Gabby Howard (1.73) in U17 High Jump.
Tashana Kehoe-Sporton took SILVER in U15 2000m Steeple in PB of 7.19.65
Kelsey McCloskey-Huckin took SILVER in U16 Long Jump with a leap of 5.81m
Sean Hendricks took SILVER in U16 200m Hurdles in 26.16.
Cameron Menzies took BRONZE in U15 Discus (46.64) and 4th in Shot Put (15.48)
Georgia Drover won BRONZE in U18 4 x 100 relay and ran 12.65 in her heat of 100m.
Kelby Lauritz was 4th & 3rd Aust. in U18 Triple Jump (11.71)
Sam Jewell was 4th in U17 200m (22.26) and ran 10.96 (w/a) in Final of 100m (after breaking U17 Club record with a run of 11.31 in Heat).
Sean Guiney came 7th in 6.45.78 (and was Junior Team Captain).
Hannah Lindstrom jumped 5.38 in Final of U16 Long Jump
Chris Eather ran 11.31 in heat of U18 100m.
Simone James jumped 4.70 in U13 Long Jump.

SAC News 08.12.08
Congratulations to Taylor Hunt who was selected by Geelong F.C. in the recent draft. However, this means that he is no longer available for athletics though we knew it was coming. Congratulations are also in order for another ex-member who chose another sport – Geoff Ogilvy who has just won the Aust. PGA Championship to add to his US titles.

Team Captains for AV Summer Season 15.10.08
A barbeque and meeting was held on Sunday 12th October to elect the team captains for the summer season commencing Saturday 18th October at Frankston.

Senior Women's Team Captain: Emma Knight
Senior Men's Team Co-captains: Ben King and Abir
Junior Women's Team Captain: Viv Law, Vice Captain: Georgia Drover
Junior Men's Team: Captain: Chris Eather, Joint Vice-Captains: James Collier and Sam Jewell

Tamsyn Lewis, World Champion 12.03.08
Our club's first GOLD medal on the world stage has been won by TAMSYN LEWIS (see article on results page) in the 800m at the World Indoor Championships. She beat the best of the best. Congratulations, Tamsyn and well done!

Australia Day Honours 26.01.08
Congratulations to Roy Boyd on being awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours "for services to athletics as a track and field coaching, particularly in the discipline of hurdling, and through a range of professional and amatuer sporting organisations" This is a well deserved honour for all he has given to so many athletes, the club and the sport over more than 50 years of coaching. His association with Sandringham Athletic Club goes back even further if you count his years as an athlete.

Congratulations Tess! 31.12.07
Congratulations to 13 year-old Tess Parton-Oliver on her 7th place in U16 Heptathlon at Australian Multi-Events Championships in Canberra (15th & 16th Dec). She created a new U15 Hepthatlon record with her score of 3832 points. She won the Long Jump and did PB's in 90m Hurdles, 200m, Long Jump, Javelin & 800m.

Australian All-Schools 31.12.07
Race Reports and Results for Australian All-Schools have been added to the Results page.

15 yr old Sam Jewell won the U16 100m and 200m events, while Tashana Kehoe-Sporton and Sean Guiney set new Club records in 2000m Steeple.

In an outstanding weekend for Sam he was undefeated in his heats and finals running a PB in the 200m to hold off determined opposition. He also anchored the Victorian Under 16 4 x 100m realy team to a silver medal.

Congratulations to Sam and his coach, Roy Boyd, for an excellent result.

Following the All Schools, Athletics Australia identified U17 talent to be included in the Talent Identification Squad. Sam Jewell and Molly Grau have both been included in this squad.

Congratulations to Molly and her coach Vic McFarlane for her inclusion for High Jump and to Sam and coach Roy Boyd for his inclusion for sprints.

Congratulations Tamsyn! 26.07.07
The Sandringham Athletic Club congratulates Tamsyn Lewis on her inclusion in the Australian team for the 11th IAAF World Championships which kick off in Osaka, Japan.

With a victory at this year’s national titles and a collection of 800m B-qualifiers under her belt, Lewis headed to Europe endeavouring to post that elusive 800m A-qualifier of two-minutes flat. At the IAAF World Tour meeting in Athens (July 2), Lewis recorded an impressive 1:59.45 – the 13th fastest in the world this year and her fastest time since 2003.

She went on to celebrate her 29th birthday in style at the IAAF meeting in Madrid last week with an impressive third placing to once again dip under the two-minute barrier. In perhaps her best international result, Lewis ran 1:59.80 with the indomitable Maria Mutola of Mozambique the winner in 1:58.80 while Morocco’s world and Olympic silver medalist Hasna Benhassi finished second in 1:59.47.

Vale Peter Wilkie 04.06.07
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of Peter Wilkie on 24th May, 2007. Peter was the father of our member, Helen Wilkie. Peter collapsed at training at Dolomore Oval. Our sincere condolances to Helen, her mother Heather and sister Cath on their tragic loss. Peter's bright personality and sense of humour will be missed by all who knew him.

Welcome to Sandyaths.com! 17.05.07
Welcome to the new website for the SAC. The website is aimed at increasing the communication level throughout our club. Don’t forget to bookmark the site and regularly check in to see what’s happening.