AE 2008 Presentation - Cedric Sidebottom Award

The presentation video for the 2008 Cedric Sidebottom Most Improved Funrunner Award - won by Sally Lynch

Athletics East - SMH Sydney Half Marathon, May 18, 2008

Scenes from the Sydney Half Marathon, including interviews with Pete Trewin and Jackie. Courtesy of Paul.

Mother's day Classic Fun Run 8K 11 May 08

Congrats to all Fun runners in the opening race of our run season....
Weather was warm, wet road but the rain held off. Breakfast was french style and very welcome after a hard run around the Domain. Official times!

Name chip time place ageplace
Sally L 34m 33s 45 4 ... 4pts then Sally did 16.05 in the 4K race at 9am
Wayne M 35m 33s 70 5 ... 3pts
Sarah B 40m 46s 213 40 ... 2pts
Caroline S 49m 38s 677 94 ... 1pt
Anna P 55m 29s 906 294 ... 1pt
Rosemary B 65m 46s 1025 7 ... 1pt
Julia S DNS (injury)

Wayne
VP/Coach

STOP PRESS - ANSW 10km Champs – STOP PRESS

Jaquelyn Wright 1^st place 40 – 44 age division

Dave Macanally 3^rd place 35 – 39 age division

Congratulations on great performances

Teams competition results still to be advised

Congratulations to Mothers Day Fun runners

Anne, Sarah, Sally, Anne, Rosemary and Wayne – nice work.

Looking forward the next results!!!

Athletics East 2008 NSW 10 Km Road Champs at Sydney Olympic Park May 3, 2008

Video from the NSW Road Champs. Footage courtesy of Ann. Editing by Paul.

ANSW 10km Road Championships-Homebush

ANSW 10km Road Champs, Homebush – 3^rd May 2008

Homebush 7.00am this really didn’t seem right, ANSW races are normally held in the afternoons and post AGM/Presentation night the snooze button was looming even though I was standing up! Fortunately a beautiful cool and sunny morning plus a great runner friendly course turned things around.

This was a new course for ANSW, two 5km loops on traffic free roads and the combination of fun run addition to the club champs race. With such a perfect morning and a larger field entertaining racing was the order of the day.

Female 10km

Fresh from receiving the clubs most prestigious award the previous night (most improved athlete of the year) Rona Macniven set off with sub 40 min. intent, at 5km she was well on track with 19.44. A premature finishing surge almost upset the plans however mental toughness prevailed and she achieved the planned goal.

Jackster Wright stepped up another gear on the comeback trail and posted a tidy 40.19 with negative splits – awesome.

AE welcomed Sally Lynch in her maiden run for the club. Although first runs create anxious moments Sally was a model performer, she produced a good result from a consistent effort and showed great potential.

Dierdre Slattery completed the team with a competent training effort as part of her road back to racing fitness with a 68 second negative split performance.

Male 10km

Dave Mac, Chamkaur and Adam ran as the big three for the first 5km, there was only 3 seconds splitting them and all looked great. The question was who would prevail during the second 5km? Track times would favour Chamkaur, Dave mac has the marathon strength if he chose to surge early, Adam, as a fairly new AE member that has vastly improved over the last 6 months was the unknown. Positions were still tight with 2.5 km to go when Big Dave surged forth to test Chamkaur. The result was as desired and the extra pace created a gap that separated them. A tight finish was to follow with season’s best times from Dave and Chamkaur, and a Personal best to Adam with his first ever sub 35 min performance.

Peter Trewin produced negative splits for a solid effort and seasons best with the fast improving Oskar following in a big seasons best time (2 mins faster)

Alan Gardner also did an Oskar hitting the big seasons best time (2 min. faster).

Paul “Speilberg” Mcguire completed the men’s team and after the Oscar (not Oskar) performance of the previous night still found the energy to get around without having to use the pause button.

Women - 10km
		1st lap	2nd lap
	Rona Macniven	19:44	19:58	39.42
	Jackie Wright	20:18	20:01	40:19
	Sally Lynch	20:51	21:58	42:49
	Deirdre Slattery	22:34	21:26	44:00
Men - 10km
	David McAnally	17:05	17:00	34:05	SB
	Chamkaur Dhaliwal	17:05	17:05	34:10	SB
	Adam Paleg	17:08	17:31	34:39	PB
	Peter Trewin	18:16	18:06	36:22	SB
	Oskar Booth	18:55	19:03	37:58	SB
	Alan Gardner	21:09	22:00	43:09	SB
	Paul McGuire	24:27	23:39	47:06
	SB = Seasons Best
	PB = Personal Best

Athletics East 2008 NSW Novice Cross Country April 26, 2008 at Scarborough Park, Ramsgate

Video from the first race of the ANSW 2008 Winter Season. Footage courtesy of Anne. Editing by Paul.

Pics from the AE 2008 Presentation at Paddington RSL

Matt Hammond - 800m - Payton Jordan Cardinal Invititational Meet - USA - April 4, 2008

Matt's latest race in the USA. Compliments of Runnerspace.

Athletics East 2007-2008 Best Male Performance

A special upload of Matt Hammond's AE Best Male Performance Award for 07-08 for Matt to view whilst he is racing in the USA. Courtesy of Paul

Athletics East 2007-2008 Presentation Opening Video

The opening video of the 07-08 AE Annual Presentation. We will present videos of award winners over upcoming weeks. Well done to all at Athletics East on a great year. Courtesy of Paul. Size: 34.2MB

2008 Annual Awards

Athletics East Annual Awards Winners

Annually Athletics East combines the AGM with an Award Presentation night. On this night trophies for outstanding performance and personal development are awarded to club members. AE is encouraged by the number of nominations for each award this year and applauds your effort and dedication. Congratulations to all winners we are proud to have you as members.

Most improved athlete of the year award

This award recognizes your effort/dedication and values your performance wherever you finish against the competition as you have achieved your personal best.

This is the clubs ultimate trophy and it encapsulates our total philosophy.

It is an award that can be won by ANY AE CLUB MEMBER; it is not based on ability. All athletes that have improved are in contention and all are winners in their own right.

The award can be won by an athlete recording numerous PB's (over the same distance/event or many distances/events) or a single but significant PB (i.e. a long standing PB as age makes it more difficult to achieve).

The award also recognizes the long climb back to fitness and performance after injury, illness or break from the sport.

All performances are reviewed individually with respect being given to single pb's as well as multiple improvements. This recognizes the different frequencies of competition that some events can tolerate. The marathon for example requires a very specialized approach and normally would only be contested once or twice a year.

Winner:

Rona Macniven

Club person of the year

This is for consistent outstanding work and support for the club.

Joint Winners:

Julia Syzmanski & Paul Mcguire

Tony Brown memorial trophy

The athlete that has consistently competed & represented plus supported the club throughout the year.

Footnote: Tony Brown was club captain, statistician / committee member and embraced both distance and track running. His support and interest in all club members is legendary. His family in his memory donated this award.

Winner:

David Macanally

Best female performance

The best performance by a female athlete from the year. This is judged on individual accomplishment and not on high profile performance

Winner:

Rona Macniven

Best male performance

The best performance by a male athlete from the year. This is judged on individual accomplishment and not on high profile performance

Winner:

Matt Hammond

Fun runner of the year

The athlete that has performed with distinction and or represented, supported the club in Fun Runs throughout the year. Also the Fun Runner point score counts towards this award.

Winner:

Rosemary Bridge

Cedric Sidebottom Award

This an encouragement award to recognize effort, enthusiasm and improvement.

Winner:

Sally Lynch

Club Point score

Female point score winner - Gillian Sohun

Male point score winner - Peter Trewin

Athletics NSW (ANSW) conducts a number of Cross Country, Road Races and Distance Relays each year. These events form the Winter Premiership Series.

Note: for more information refer ANSW racing article (Track and field does not have a point score at present).

The AE club point score is based on these races plus the annual AE club races (fun cross country and Tony Brown 10km). Total number of races is 10 and the number of AE participants and finishing order determines the point scoring. All participants receive a minimum of 1 point for any race completed.

At present there is a Fun runner point score on trial using similar principles with 8 fun runs and the annual club races. The ultimate intention is to be able to combine the results to produce one point score that works for all members.

Winner of the Tony Brown Memorial 10km:

Female Club 10km Road Champs - Gillian Sohun

Male Club 10km Road Champs - Peter trewin

Fun Runners awards 2008
Congrats to all nominees for the AEFRC awards presented at the club AGM.

The winners are:
Ced Sidebottom Most Improved Fun Runners - Sally Lynch
Fun Runner of the Year - Rosemary Bridge