HAILEYBURY ATHLETICS CLUB
Home of the Bloods & the Hearts
LATEST NEWS
Next run - Hare & Hounds, Berwick, September 10, 2.30pm
Next point scorer - Cooke McClelland, Burke Hall, Xavier, September 24, 1.30pm. APSOC annual dinner is also on that night - book tickets now by visiting APSOC website
HAC Annual Dinner - Friday October 14 - please put it in your diary. Venue to be confirmed
APSU - Please also consider APSU. A strong APS presence in AV will help secure the future of our fantastic APSOC comp.
Hooley Relay - report to come, 1st team fantastic, other teams, not our finest hour !
Churchill Park handicap - September 13th, 2011
Bloods dominate at Churchill
6km
Andrew Scott (21.02) continued his sensational season to be outright first across the line with a scorching 21.02 for the tough 6km Churchill bush track. Macca (21.34, 1st M40) was 2nd & close behind. Georgina Beech (23.41) flew past me at the finish, while Doug Lee (24.25), was 2nd in the M50 field. The Nickels family swelled the Bloods ranks with Daniel (26.04), Matthew (27.23), David (29.00 & 4th M50) & Simon (31.52), all contributing solid performances. Ross Hendy (29.07, 6th M40), toiled honestly, while club legend & Pres Dave Metherall (29.24, 2nd M60), proved as durable as ever. A big welcome to newcomer, Gines Satchithanandam (30.09), may this be the first of many runs for the Bloods in years to come.
12km
Trav Tremayne (47.49) was 2nd across the line overall, another fine performance, followed by Campbell Graham (49.18, 1st M40) who was 3rd, but left languishing in Trav’s wake. Robyn Millard (54.02, 1st female), works her way back into form, while Coups (56.38, 1st M50), continues his vintage form for 2011. Chris Couper (60.48) performed well over the tough terrain, as did Julianne Macca (64.07, 4th W40). Tony Correll (68.32, 1st M60) & Peter Couper (69.10, 2nd M50) completed a stellar day for the Bloods.
ABOUT THE CLUB
Welcome to the Haileybury Athletics Club. We're a friendly club catering for men & women runners of all ages & ability, from the elite to the battler. We compete in the Associated Public Schools Old Collegians Amateur Athletics Association cross country competition. Runs held all around Melbourne between April & September, from 4km to 21kms. We also compete in the Athletics Victoria summer competition.
You don't need to be a former Haileybury student - we welcome anyone who enjoys a run !
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The Associated Public Schools Old Collegians Amateur Athletic Association Inc. conducts cross-country and road races in and around Melbourne during the winter season (April to September).
Runners of all ages and abilities are welcome. It is usual for APSOC race fields to contain athletes from under ten to over seventy years of age. Female runners comprise up to thirty percent of total competitors and there are team premierships and individual awards for both men and women. APSOC provides a vibrant, exciting competition for both elite runners and “honest battlers” alike.
There are currently thirteen events on the APSOC calendar, ranging in distance from 3.2 km to a half marathon (21.1 km). Several of the APSOC events offer short or long course options, allowing participants to choose the distance that best suits their level of fitness. All races are scheduled so as not to clash with the Athletics Victoria winter series so that athletes can easily compete in both competitions, and many APSOC members take the opportunity to do so by joining APS United
Member clubs host the events in the APSOC series. There is afternoon tea after every race, at which athletes and friends mingle and swap stories about racing, training and club social events. This highly popular tradition of keen competition followed by friendly social interaction between club members has now endured for more than seventy-five years.
Eight of the APSOC races are handicap events, based on carefully compiled statistics of each athlete’s previous performances. Most of these are “time after go” races, where the slower runners start first and are pursued by the faster competitors, giving every runner in the field the chance to be first over the line. There are six “grand slam” team events, where the clubs compete for points towards hotly contested divisional premierships. These team races comprise three scratch and three relay races. This unique mixture of scratch, relay and handicap races provides a variety for competitors not found in other winter running events.
APSOC events are open to all members of the APSOC clubs. It is not necessary to have been a student at one of the associated APS schools. Information on how to join an APSOC club is available from the club contacts. After joining a club, an athlete must register with APSOC prior to competing for the first time.