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Victoria Youth State Championships 14.03.10
Click here to download report.

VALE Les Smith 14.03.10
Les, a Life Member of our Sandringham Club in 1978, sadly passed away last week (w/c 1st March). Les along with his son Ray and daughter Lyn, both of whom competed for our Club in the 60’s, were great supporters of our club. Les committed many of his hours officiating at competitions and with Les living in Glamis Avenue, he was the custodian of the grounds for many years.

A special farewell picnic has been arranged for Friday 19 March at 6.00pm at Hampton Beach – opposite Small Street. Anyone who knew Les is welcomed to come and join in a BYO Fish and Chip “picnic” to farewell Les on his last journey.

Adidas Sale 27.02.10
Adidas is offering all Sandy athletes, coaches, officials and their family and friends up to 30% off marked prices of goods at their adiCentre. This is for one night only on Thursday 18 March. Bookings essential, phone 0411 104 138 to secure your place. See attached flyer for more information.

Summer AV 19.02.10
Summer AV Summary Edition of Down the Alley available now. Click here to read.

National Honours for Clint in the Australian Cross Country Team 19.02.10
Congratulations to Clint Perrett for his well earned selection in the national cross country team. After going close to seletion for the world half marathon Championships last year, Clint has made the team for the World Cross Country Championship. Clint is currently the Australian Cross Country Champion. We wish him well. Go Clint !!

AGM & Trophy Night 19.02.10
AGM is fast approaching and the club is now seeking a return of all trophies ie winners from season 2008 / 09 to return their trophy back to the club at Glamis Avenue by the first week in March ie 5 March 2010. Your assistance would be appreciated to allow us to get the next recipient's name processed and engraved. - Thanks SAC Committee

Australian School Championships Hobart 18.12.09
Sandringham athletes selected for Victoria competed in the Australian School Champs in a windy and refreshing Hobart over four days Friday 4 Dec – Monday 7 Dec. Hamish Robertson secures second for a Sandringham 1- 2 in the high jump. Click here to view.

Victorian Championships 18.12.09
Did you know that Tessa Craig showed some great determination to win the Victorian U20 5000m Championships on Nov 26 with atime of 17:26.71s and with that created new club records at U20, U19, U18 & U17 age gropups?

Well Done Tessa and Congratulations to our new Victorian 5K U20champion!

All Schools Championships 11.11.09
2009 Victorian All Schools Championships report and results available now. Click here to read.

Melbourne Marathon 15.10.09
Melbourne Half Marathon Champion - Clint Perrett has again run an outstanding race, this time over the Half Marathon Course on Sunday, 11 October to claim another title to go with the National Cross Country title earned in August of this year. Clint's time was a respectable 64 mins, 34 sec. The race finished at the MCG in bright sunny conditions. Congratulations & Well done Clint.

Congratulations 30.08.09
Congratulations to Clint Perrett on winning Australian Open Men's 12 km Cross Country Championship at Nowra in a time of 39.13.00 and to Tessa Craig on her second place in U18 4km in 15.07. Good runs also from James Bott, 6th in 12 yrs 3 km in 10.39.05 and Sean Guiney 17th in U16 4km in 14.05.. Also representing Victoria were Tashana Kehoe-Sporton and Tayla Daly in U18 4 km.

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.

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.