The Senior Club Winter Edition of Footprint

Senior Club Winter Edition Aug 2015 The Senior Club Winter Edition of Footprint With registration for a new season not far away it is time to catch up on the last couple of months of performances for our Senior Athletes over the cross country season, the start of the school athletic representative season and for those who represented us abroad. Thank you to our helpers at our first fundraiser for the season. On Sunday the 9 th August, 30 of our members and families led by Ross Forster, braved the chilly early morning air at Bondi to RYDE ATHLETICS CENTRE INCORPORATED PO Box 3658 Marsfield 2122 www.ryde-athletics.org.au volunteer at the City to Surf handing out the medals to race participants. This is one of the Senior Club s major fundraising events for equipment and to help subsidise our athletes who represent NSW or Australia competing interstate or overseas. Thank you to the following families, Pretorius, Kelland, Wade, Nogajski, Winkcup, Lyon, Bergfield, Tall, Arcus, Bowtell, & Ryan for your assistance on the day. Special mention to the Hilders, Lauren & Ivana, who answered an urgent call up only a couple of days prior. Further details on how to volunteer are included inside this newsletter. Below some of the 2015 Ryde s City to Surf Volunteers. 1

Senior Registration Sunday 23 rd August at Dunbar Park Athletes wishing to register as a Ryde Senior athlete can do so on Sunday 23 rd August, at Dunbar Park, Sobraon Road, Marsfield between 10am to 2pm. All Ryde Little Athletes in the age groups U12 and above who register for Little Athletics for the 2015-16 season are automatically registered as Senior Athletes as well for no additional fee and you don t need to take any further action to register as a Senior. Your Senior number will be passed onto you in due course. Fees for Senior registration are as follows Opens - $170 Age Concession 60+ (pensioner/senior card) $130 Junior Athlete 15-19yrs -$145 Youth Athlete 14yrs & Under - $110 Athletes registered with a Little Athletics Club OTHER than Ryde - $40 Ryde U12-17 registered Little A s free In the event of wet weather please refer to http://www.ryde-athletics.org.au/ as alternative arrangements will be made to move registration to a local primary school. If you can t make it see p.13 for further details on registering. The Wade boys rock the City to Surf Adrian, Harrison & Logan Wade are officially the second fastest family team amongst the 587 family teams that completed the 2015 City to Surf. With Logan running his first City to Surf the Wades shifted up an event, from the father and son event that Adrian and Harrison had won the past three years. At just 15, Harrison finished an astonishing 46 th out of 65,480 runners who completed the City to Surf running a personal best time of 47m 23s. Harrison was also placed 1 st in the 13-15yrs age division. Further proof of what an outstanding run this was, is that his performance was The fastest u16 time this century 4th place in u20 this year 2nd place in King of the Hill for u16 this year Dad Adrian ran 54m 37s to finish 376 th overall and Logan in his first run ran a very fast 61m 39s to finish in 2187 th place. Other Ryde athletes finishing were Ashton Hanna at 11, one of our youngest competitors who didn t even looked puffed at the end! Ashton finished in 77min 28s and placed 14,213 th. Two other families who competed in the family division were the Bruntsch and Simula families. Adam, 11 led off the Bruntsch family with a speedy 58 minutes flat placing him 1,302 nd overall and 4 th in the 0-12 age group. Mum Christine finished in a time of 81m 44s in 18,292 nd place and Mikaela in 101m 48s and 35,149 th place. The Simula girls, Kierra, Niamh & Brianagh finished 25318 th in 88m 44s and 17,205 th in 80m 36s and 35,277 th in 100m 2s respectively. 2

Winter Round up By Ross Forster Gold & Bronze for our Girls at the NSW Cross Country Relay At the NSW Cross Country Relay held at Miranda on Saturday afternoon, 30 th May we were represented by 2 teams. Our Under 20 Girls team won the gold medal in their event in a time of 50m 49s. Our team in running order comprised Georgia Winkcup, Elly Gallagher, Scarlett Kidman and Sierra Collender their splits are listed below:- Above - and they re away. Below Eliza Georgia Winkcup 11 mins 25 secs Elly Gallagher 12 mins 23 secs Scarlett Kidman 14 mins 03 secs Sierra Collender 12 mins 58 secs The girls absolutely dominated finishing almost 3 minutes ahead of the second placed team. Our Under 16 Girls team won the bronze medal in their event in a time of 51 mins 18 secs. Our team in running order comprised Charlotte Ryan, Eliza Harvey, Georgia Arcus and Jemma Gallagher their splits are listed below:- Charlotte Ryan 12 mins 25 secs Eliza Harvey 12 mins 48 secs Georgia Arcus 13 mins 13 secs Jemma Gallagher 12 mins 52 secs. Georgia ran the third leg for the U16 Girls Above; Georgia always has time for a chat even at the starting line (with Charlotte) This too was an impressive results from our girls. Special mention to Georgia Arcus who at just 11 yrs of age was giving quite a few yrs away to her competitors but still ran an excellent leg in her first relay run for Ryde Seniors. 3

Above Elly & Charlotte. Below Eliza, Georgia, Georgia, Sierra, Elly, Charlotte & Jemma. Absent Scarlett 4

Winter Round up (Cont.) Podium Position at the Balmoral Burn for James The Balmoral Burn was held on Sunday, 31 st May and we had 1 competitor there. The race is run up Awaba Street, Mosman, one of Sydney s steepest streets. The race is 420m long but at its steepest, the gradient is nearly 30% and over its length it rises around 70m. James Bergfield won the Humpty s Run section in a time of 1 min 38 secs. NSW CIS Cross Country Results At the NSW Combined Independent Schools Cross Country held at Eastern Creek on 11 th June we had 6 athletes competing. Sierra Collender placed 8 th in the 17yrs 4km event with her time of 16m 49s. Sarah Playford placed 10 th in the 15 yrs 4km event with her time of 16m 30s. Charlotte Ryan placed 6 th in the 14 yrs 4km event with her time of 16m 3s. Eliza Harvey finished in 11 th place in the 14yrs 4km event with her time of 16m 45s. Madeline Playford placed 9 th in the 13 yrs 3km event with her time of 13m 6s. Ben Playford finished in 14 th place in the 17 yrs Boys 6km event with his time of 22m 21s and was a member of the Barker team which won this event. As a result of their performances, Sierra, Sarah, Charlotte, Madeline & Ben all qualified for the NSW All Schools Cross Country. Northern Regional Cross Country Results SW CIS Cross Country Results James almost at the finishing tape. It isn t often you see someone smiling at the end of the Balmoral Burn & for a good reason! At the Sydney North Regional Cross Country held at Gosford Race Course on 11 th June we had 14 athletes competing. Amy Portia-Wilson finished 2 nd in the 12 yrs 3km event. Sarah Brown finished in 27 th place in the 12 yrs 3km event. George Davis placed 12 th in the 12 yrs 3km event. Riley Leverett finished in 13 th place in the 13 yrs 3km event. Alex Doherty finished 19 th in the 13 yrs 3km event. Charlie Workman finished 30 th in the 13 yrs 3km event. Sam Galati finished in 41 st place in the 13 yrs 3km event. Hannah Tall placed 22 nd in the 14 Yrs 4km event. 5

Inika Gholkar finished in 34 th place in the 14 yrs 4km event. Logan Wade placed 44 th in the 14 yrs 4km event. Kelsey Cooper-Phillis finished 20 th in the 15 yrs Girls 4km event. Jack Talty finished in 13 th place in the 15 yrs Boys 4km event. Maya Leverett placed 18 th in the 16 yrs Girls 4km event. Harrison Wade won the 16 years Boys 6km event. As a result of their performances Portia, George & Harrison qualified for the NSW All Schools Cross Country. NSW Combined Catholic Colleges & McKillop Cross Country The Mackillop and Polding Primary Schools Cross Country were held at Eastern Creek and we had 2 competitors there. Georgia Arcus won the 11 years 3km Mackillop event in a time of 12m 45s. Sophie Boland finished in 13 th place in the 12 yrs 3km Mackillop event in a time of 14 mins 04 secs. At the NSW Combined Catholic Colleges Cross Country were also held at Eastern Creek we also had 2 competitors there. Elly Gallagher finished in 3 rd place in the 16 yrs Girls 4km event in a time of 15m 14s. Jemma Gallagher placed 7 th in the 14 yrs Girls 4km event in a time of 16m 22s. Elly and Jemma qualified for the NSW All Schools Cross Country and Georgia for the NSW Primary Schools Cross Country. NSW Cross Country The NSW Cross Country championships were held at Brownsville (West Dapto) on Saturday, 20 th June, 2015 and we had 8 competitors there. Georgia Arcus ran in the U12 2km event and finished in 4th place in a time of 7m 58s. Georgia will receive a bronze medal as she was the third NSW athlete across the line Ashton Hanna ran in the U12 yrs 2 km event and finished in 19 th place in a time of exactly 8 mins. Madeline Playford competed in the U14 3 km event and finished in 14 th place with her time of 12 m 15s. Harrison Wade competed in the U18 6 km event and finished in 25 th place with his time of 22 mins 23 secs. Ben Playford also competed in the Under 18 Boys 6 km event and finished in 33 rd place with his time of 22 mins 56 secs. Charlotte Ryan competed in the Under 16 Girls 4 km event and finished in 6 th place with her time of 16 mins 06 secs. Sarah Playford also competed in the Under 16 Girls 4 km event and finished in 19 th place with her time of 16 mins 57 secs. Sierra Collender finished in 17 th place in the Under 18 Girls 4 km event with her time of 17 mins 14 secs. Above left, Georgia takes top spot on the podium. Above Sarah, Charlotte & Maddie at Dapto 6

NSW Little A CX & Road Walk The NSW Little Athletics Cross Country and Road Walks were held on Sunday, 5 th July at Scheyville National Park, Scheyville and we were represented by 7 athletes. Harrison Wade won the U15 3km run. Elly Gallagher won the bronze medal in the U17 4km event. Jemma Gallagher finished in 4 th place in the U14 Girls 3km event. Charlotte Ryan finished in 4 th place in the U13 Girls 3km event. George Davis won the U12 Boys 1500 metres Walk event and also finished in 13 th place in the U12 Boys 2km Cross Country event. Ashton Hanna finished in 18 th place in the U11 Boys 2km event. Georgia Arcus finished in 5 th place in the U11 Girls 2km event. Above at Dapto. Charlotte after her run. Now that s a real cross country! Below Sarah mid race. More Success for our girls at the Athletics NSW Road Relay In July our U20 Girls cross country team proved their State title at the NSW Cross Country championships in May was no fluke, as they again finished on the top podium spot at the Road Relay held at Ourimbah on 11 th July. Showing Ryde s depth of talent in cross country, only two of the team that ran in May were available to run in this event, Sierra & Elly, with Jemma jumping up to join her sister, from the U16 s and, Sarah Playford making her debut appearance as a Ryde team runner.. Our Under 20 Team won the gold medal in their 4x4km event with their time of 61 mins 35 secs. Sierra Collender 15 mins 34 secs Sarah Playford 14 mins 49 secs Jemma Gallagher 16 mins 03 secs Elly Gallagher 15 mins 09 secs The Ryde girls didn t have the race all their own way this time but fought back and held on to take the State title by just six seconds! 7

Our Under 16 Team won the silver medal in their 4 x 2km event with their time of 29 mins 08 secs. Eliza Harvey 7 mins 12 secs Madeline Playford 7 mins 09 secs Georgia Arcus 7 mins 47 secs Charlotte Ryan 7 mins 00 secs Above State Champions Sarah, Sierra, Jemma and Elly. Below Maddie, Georgia, Charlotte & Eliza Above Georgia, Below Maddie Below Eliza and Charlotte Thank you to our parents who sent in photos. If you have photos of our athletes competing please email lbergfield@hotmail.com for inclusion in our next Footprint. 8

Ryde fields 12 athletes for the NSW Primary Schools & All Schools Cross Country The NSW Primary Schools & All Schools Cross Country were held at Eastern Creek Raceway on Friday, 17 th July, 2015. The weather was extremely wet and cold for the athletes. We had a total of 12 athletes competing there. Georgia Arcus improved on her 11 th placing from last year by finishing 6 th in the 11 yrs 3km event with her time of 13m 8s. Adam Bruntsch improved on his ninth placing from last year and finished in 7 th place in the 11 yrs 3km event with his time of 12m 51s. Ashton Hanna, who had not previously qualified to run in this event, placed 9 th in the 11 yrs 3km event in a time of 12m 53s. Portia Amy-Wilson finished in 42 nd place in the 12 yrs 3km event with a time of 16m 4s. George Davis (below) finished in 34 th place in the 12 yrs 3km event in a time of 14m 17s. Harrison Wade (Below) won the C.H.S. Cross Country 6km event in a time of 21m 47s. In the combined 16-17 years All Schools results Harrison was 8 th overall and third in his own age group. Harry s run has won for him the right to contest the Australian All School Cross Country at Moonee Valley Racecourse in late August..Above Adam & Ashton. Top ten placings at State awesome result. They finished two seconds apart. Below George Davis heads off down the straight. 9

Charlotte Ryan (below), despite falling during the run, finished in 10 th place in the 14 yrs 4km event with her time of 16m 20s. Maddie Playford finished in 11 th place in the 13 yrs 3km event with a time of 13m 26s. Jemma Gallagher finished in 27 th place in the 14 yrs 4km event with her time of 17m 42s. Sarah Playford finished in 19 th place in the 15 years Girls 4km event with her time of 17m 33s. Elly Gallagher finished in 9 th place in the 16 yrs 4km event with her time of 16m 42s. Above I think it safe to say that Charlotte is frozen and muddy in this shot Below Harrison takes out the Gold medal in the CHS Championship event. Sierra Collender finished in 16 th place in the 17yrs 4km event with her time of 17 m 45s. Ben Playford competed for Barker College in the I.S.F. 6km event. Ben s team won this event and as he was the 4 th Barker Boy to cross the finish line he will join his other 3 team mates to contest this event at the Australian All Schools Cross Country to be held in Melbourne. The time Ben recorded in this event for the 6km run was 22m 56s. Good Luck to all our qualifiers for the Australian All Schools CX in Melbourne Harrison Wade, Charlotte Ryan, Maddie & Sarah Playford have all qualified for individual events and Ben Playford has qualified as a member of the Barker Team for the Relay event. Our best wishes for a great experience 10

Athletics NSW Short Course Cross Country At the NSW Short Course Cross Country held at Upjohn Park, Rydalmere we were represented by 7 athletes. Georgia Arcus won the silver medal in the U12 Girls 1500m event in a time of 5m 29s. Ashton Hanna finished in 5 th place in the U12 boys 1500m event with his time of 5m 27s. Arabella Price finished in 11 th place in the U12 Girls 1500m event in a time of 6m 1s. Maddie Playford finished in 11 th place in the U14 Girls 2500m event in a time of 9m 45s. Sarah Playford finished in 20 th place in the combined U16 & U18 Girls 2500m event (11 th in Under 16) with her time of 9m 37s. Harrison Wade finished in 8 th place in the combined U18 & U20 Male 5000m event (4 th in U18) with his time of 16m 39s. Ben Playford finished in 24 th place in the combined U18 & U20 Male 5000m event (11 th in U18) with his time of 17m 46s. Above right Georgia receives her silver medal at Short Course. Below Ben, Harrison, Arrrabella and Ashton 11

Nicola Bowtell steps out on the international stage for the second time this season After collecting medals at the Oceania in May this year, Nicola Bowtell headed off again overseas this time as part of the PLC team that competed in the I.S.F. World Schools held at Wuhan in China. Nicola ran her heat of the 400m event in a time of 59.24s. She was also a member of the Relay team and Nicola ran the 300 metre leg of that relay event. In her Discus event Nicola threw 30.75m. Her School finished in equal 8 th place of the 27 teams that competed. A great experience for Nicola. The Sydney North Regional Athletics The Sydney North Regional Athletics were held at Homebush on Monday, 20 th & Tuesday, 21 st July, 2015 and we had a total of 20 athletes competing there. Eleanor Partridge finished 4 th in the 12 yrs 100m event in a time of 14.09s. In her 200m event Eleanor again claimed 4 th place with her time of 29.41s. Eleanor was a member of the Cheltenham Relay team which finished 2 nd in a time of 57.60s. Portia Amy-Wilson placed 5 th in the 12 yrs 100m event with her time of 14.11s. In her 200m event Portia finished in 5 th place in a time of 30.58s. Portia finished 8 th in her 800m event in a time of 2m 58.02s. In her 80m Hurdles Portia finished 2 nd with a time of 15.99s. Portia also finished 2 nd in High Jump with her clearance at 1.35m and in Long Jump with her leap of 4.55m. Portia finished 6 th in Discus with her throw of 17.46m. With the above results Portia was crowned Age Champion. Hannah Tall won the 14yrs 800m event with her time of 2m 27.72s. In her Discus event Hannah finished 6 th with her throw of 23.66m. In the 14 yrs & Under 400m Hannah finished in 2 nd spot with her time of 61.13s. Katrina Lyon won the 14 yrs 90m Hurdles event in a time of 15.59s. In her High Jump event Katrina finished in 8 th place with her clearance at 1.35m. Katrina placed 4 th in her Long Jump event with her leap of 4.65m. Kelsey Cooper-Phillis finished in 3 rd place in the 15yrs 100m event with her time of 13.24s. In her 200m event Kelsey again had to settle for 3 rd place in a time of 26.96s. Kelsey again finished in 3 rd place in her 400m event with her time of 62.26s. In her 800 m event Kelsey finished 7 th with a time of 2 m 47.81s. Cherie Pan placed 10 th in the 15 yrs 100m event in a time of 14.07s. In her 90 m Hurdles event Cherie claimed 6 th place in a time of 15.39s. Cherie claimed 3 rd place in her Long jump event with her leap of 4.86m. In Triple Jump Cherie placed 6 th with her leap of 9.68m. Amy Court finished in 6 th place in the 15yrs 200m event with her time of 28.26s. In her 400m Amy claimed 5 th spot with a time of 65.53s. Amy finished 7 th in her Triple Jump event with her leap of 9.64m. Chloe Davis finished in 7 th place in the 15 yrs 90m Hurdles event in a time of 15.70s. In her Javelin event Chloe claimed 2 nd placing with her throw of 29.77m. Jessica Brown placed 5 th in the 15 Yrs High Jump with her clearance at 1.40m. In Long Jump Jessica finished in 2 nd place with her leap of 4.89m. Maya Leverett finished in 5 th place in the 16 yrs100m in a time of 13.55s. In the 200m event Maya claimed 7 th place with her time of 27.52s. Maya won her Long Jump event with her leap of 5.26m. In her Triple Jump event Maya took out 3 rd place with her leap of 10.97m. Jordan Metcalfe finished in 3 rd place in the 13yrs 90 metre Hurdles event with a time of 14.53s. Jett Tall finished in 7 th place in the 13 yrs Discus event with his throw of 24.77m. Logan Wade placed 10 th in the 14yrs 800 m event in a time of 2m 34.92s. In his 1500m Logan finished in 5 th place with his time of 4m 55.23s. Logan also contested the 15yrs & Under 3000m event finishing in 8 th place with his time of 11m 00.48s. Michael Matheson finished 6 th in the 14yrs 100m Hurdles in a time of 18.38s. In Discus Michael again claimed 6 th place with his throw of 29.00m. Marko Prizmic finished in 5 th place in the 14 yrs Long Jump with his leap of 5.14m Louis Purcell won the 15 yrs 200m event with his time of 23.49s. In his 400m event Louis was again the winner in a time of 54.62s. In his 200m Hurdles event Louis claimed 3 rd place in a time of 30.95s. Alex Galati finished in 7 th position in the 15 yrs 100m Hurdles event in a time of 17.57s. In his 200 m Hurdles Alex claimed 4 th spot in a time of 31.39s. 12

Nathan Harrison won the 15 yrs Javelin event with his throw of 34.97m. Harrison Wade finished in 3 rd place in the 16 yrs 800m event in a time of 2m 06.87s. Harrison won the 1500m in the Record time of 4m 11.30s. Harrison add to his medal tally in the 17 yrs & Under 3000m event in a time of 9m 00.41s. Justin Sunderland finished in 4 th place in the 16 yrs 100m Hurdles in a time of 18.54s. Jay Butler placed 9 th in the 16 yrs Long Jump with his leap of 5.24m. In javelin Jay finished in 10 th place with his throw of 27.60m. Nicholas Purcell finished in 2 nd place in the 17+ 110m Hurdles in a time of 17.74s. In his High Jump event Nicholas finished 9 th with his clearance at 1.70m. Nicholas finished 7 th in his Triple Jump event with his leap of 11.39m. Haydn Houssenloge finished in 4 th position in the 17+ Shot Put with his throw of 11.54m. In his Javelin event Haydn again claimed 4 th place with his throw of 38.12m. Sam Galati finished in 8 th place in the 13 yrs Javelin event with his throw of 17.00m. NSW Masters Winter Throws Pentathlon At the first of the NSW Masters Winter Throws Pentathlon Series held at Bankstown on 26 th July, 2015 we were represented by 1 athlete. Lajos Joni competed in the 60-64 Age Group and won the gold medal in this event. The details of the throws by Lajos are - Event Result Points Hammer 43.44 790 Shot put 10.31 659 Discus 32.35 551 Javelin 21.67 308 Weight 14.46 739 Total 3047 Ryde Seniors The Seniors Division of Ryde Athletics Centre covers athletes from U12 s upwards to Opens and Veteran level. This opens up a whole further level of competition and events that athletes can compete in apart from those offered to Little Athletes through Little A NSW. These include all competitions run by Athletics NSW. It also means there are new events you can contest such as the hammer throw, steeplechase, 400m hurdles and pole vault. Full details on these competitions can be found by checking the ANSW website calendar http://www.nswathletics.org.au/competitions/calendar and we have listed the main events below. Register as a Ryde Senior If you can t make Sunday 23 rd August or require further information on registering as a Senior please contact Ross Forster on 0422690220 or see him down at the track on Monday, Tuesday & Thursday afternoon or email lbergfield@hotmail.com for further details ATHLETICS NSW COMPETITIONS Date Competition Venue 12th August 2015 NSW Schools Knock Out Hunter Hunter Sports Centre, Glendale, NSW 20th August 2015 NSW Schools Knock Out Metro Sydney SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 26th August 2015 NSW School Relays SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 13th September 2015 The Skillion Sprint The Haven, Terrigal, NSW 26th - 27th September 2015 NSW All Schools Warm Up / NSW All SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW Schools Multi s 8th - 11th October 2015 2XU NSW All Schools Track & Field SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 17th October 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 1 SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 24th October 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 2 Narrabeen Athletics Track, Narrabeen, NSW 31st October 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 3 The Crest Athletics Track, Bankstown, NSW 7th November 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 4 ES Marks, Moore Park, NSW 7th November 2015 NSW 3000m ES Marks, Moore Park, NSW 13

14th 15th November 2015 NSW Relay Blacktown International Sports park, Blacktown, 21st November 2015 The Grass Games Rotary Field, Chatswood, NSW 28th November 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 5 Blacktown International Sports park, Blacktown, 5th December 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 6 Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Campbelltown, 12th December 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 7 The Crest Athletics Track, Bankstown, NSW 17th December 2015 Albie Thomas Mile The Crest Athletics Track, Bankstown, NSW 19th December 2015 Kings Sports Store Treloar Shield 8 ES Marks, Moore Park, NSW 9th January 2016 NSW 10,000m Walks SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 9th - 10th January 2016 NSW Club SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 9th - 10th January 2016 NSW Combined Event SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 16th January 2016 Illawarra Track Classic Kerryn McCann Park, Wollongong, NSW 22nd - 24th January 2016 NSW Country SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 26th January 2016 Campbelltown ANSW Permit Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Campbelltown, 2nd February 2016 Campbelltown ANSW Permit Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Campbelltown, 5th - 7th February 2016 NSW Junior & Youth SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 13th February 2016 NSW 5000m SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 18th February 2016 Bankstown Invitational The Crest Athletics Track, Bankstown, NSW 20th - 21st February 2016 NSW Masters SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 26th - 28th February 2016 NSW Open, U23 & Para NSW NSW NSW NSW NSW SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 5th March 2016 NSW Allcomers SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 12th March 2016 NSW Allcomers SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 24th March 2016 NSW Allcomers SOPAC, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW Australian 7th November 2015 Australian 3k Sydney 4th - 6th December 2015 Australian All Schools Melbourne 5th December 2015 Zatopek:10 Melbourne 7th December 2015 Australian Schools Knock Out Melbourne 21st February 2016 Australian 20km Race Walking Adelaide 8th - 13th March 2016 Australian Junior Perth 31st March - 3rd April 2016 Australian Track & Field Sydney 31st March - 3rd April 2016 16th - 19th April 2016 Track Classics Australian Combined Event Australian Masters Association Sydney Adelaide 30th January 2016 Hunter Track Classic Newcastle 13th February 2016 Briggs Athletics Classic Hobart 20th February 2016 Canberra Track Classic Canberra 20th February 2016 Adelaide Track Classic Adelaide 5th March 2016 IAAF Melbourne World Challenge Melbourne 12th March 2016 Perth Track Classic Perth 19th March 2016 Sydney Track Classic Sydney 19th March 2016 Queensland Track Classic Brisbane 14

Can you help us on one of our Volunteer Days? The main way the Ryde Senior athletics club fundraises is via providing helpers at various fun runs. It is a great way for athletes especially to give back to the Club. Ryde is one of the few Athletic Clubs in NSW where the coaches are all volunteers and by your family volunteering to help on the Club s fundraising days it is a great way to say thank you and have some fun. Who knows you may even get to appear on the news that night! Below Pat made the news on just about every channel at City to Surf! For all of the events the promoters provide free shirts for volunteers and sometimes hats, backpacks or other freebies. They also provide food and drinks as well. For students putting a resume together for high school or university scholarships the participation certificates you receive are also useful in providing evidence of your community volunteer work. Our remaining two fundraising events for the year are below. If you can help please email me at lbergfield@hotmail.com. 22 nd September 2015 Blackmores Marathon We are usually located just in front of Fox Studios and man a drinks station. Work involved is filling up plastic cups with water/powerade and then keeping supplies up during the time our station is open. Breakfast and lunch is provided and there is plenty of free parking nearby. Late Oct/early Nov date tbc Run for Fun This is a run around Olympic Park. We are usually start marshals. This means we get there and direct people as to what coloured area they are to start in (based on their bibs) and ensure that only the elite athletes are right at the front. We stop people from pushing in to the front by diving under the ropes. We also direct people to the toilets. We get allocated parking for free and a breakfast muffin as well. 15