Thankyou for looking at this webpage. So what's the big deal about the
22nd November 2008?
On this day we will be having a celebration with the Knox Centre for their
"Come Back to Knox" Family Fun Day starting in the afternoon. For more
details, please click HERE!
Bayswater Bullets is approaching a major milestone of its 40th Anniversary.
We are one of the foundation clubs within the Knox Little Athletics Centre and
the very first day of competition was held on Saturday, 2nd November 1968 at the
old Boronia High School oval. This was the first weekend after the Mexico
Olympics had ended.
If you are an ex-Bayswater Athlete, Parent or Committee Member - or know of any, please email
or phone your contact details so we can keep it on record.
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Early Club Memorabilia |
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First Club Uniform |
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First Club Team Banner |
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1968/69 Knox Championships Medal |
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First results booklet |
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First result tickets |
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1969 Knox Cross Country
Championship Medal |
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to see our first Club Affiliation Form for the 1968/69 season |
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to see memories from the Knox Centre beginnings in season 1968/69 |
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First Knox Centre Championships
29th March 1969. Sir Gib Chandler, the
Federal Minister of
Agriculture and Knox Centre Patron is seen here
about to present the medals to the winning athletes in the Boys Under 10, 800
metres event at the Boronia High School oval. All three athletes had broken the
Knox Centre U/10 Boys 800m record. The Silver Medallist at the rear is a Bayswater athlete wearing
the original uniform of a Black Jacket and a Yellow Sash. The Gold medal winner in
the centre is Dean Chandler of Rangeview, a grandson of Gib Chandler, from the
early settler Boronia family. The
Bronze Medallist closest to the camera is Stephen Egan from Fairpark, who today
is the Secretary of Bayswater Bullets. Bayswater had won 18 Gold Medals in these Championships. The
1969 Championships were held over three weekends due to competition had to
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1971 Knox Centre Record by Judy Addicoat
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Please click here for our Club History webpage.
All seasons have links to our known Club Awards, Championship Results, Cross
Country results and Annual Reports.
Do you have any information not listed?
Please contact us to have it added!
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First Knox Centre State Gold Medallist
Bayswater's Bruce Beaton
Knox Gazette 15th June 1969 The
first Knox Centre winner for "the most outstanding performance of the
year". The following season (1969/70), the winner of this award
became the John Bennett Memorial Trophy winner |
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22nd November 2008 - 40th
Anniversary News Updates |
| 27 Oct 2008 |
Data sent off for DVD menu authoring. |
| 11 Apr 2008 |
It has been confirmed that the Knox Centre
"Come back to Knox" Family Fun Day will be on Saturday, 22nd
November starting in the afternoon. |
| Feb 2008 |
The research being conducted by the Knox
Historical Society had ceased after losing their local sporting researcher. |
| 12th Nov 2007 |
Draft version of the Little
Athletics - The Early History posted on website. |
| Oct 2007 |
All 40th celebrations from now on will only be
at the Knox Little Athletics Centre level. For latest information from now on, please see:
www.klac23.org.au/KLAC1968-2008.htm |
| Sep 2007 |
Met with Christine Billingham for an interview
and obtained early VLAA historical documents for the project. |
| Aug 2007 |
Met with Alan & Kate Triscott for an
interview and obtained early VLAA historical documents for the project. |
| Aug 2007 |
Met up with Bruce Beaton who as a Bayswater
athlete won the first State gold medal for the Knox Centre. Bruce still
had all his club memorabilia from season 1968/69 and 1969/70.
Will add photos I took to the section above. |
| July 2007 |
Corresponding with Alan Triscott - an
originator of Little Athletics on the early Little Athletics history part
of the project |
| April 2007 |
Made a start on the "season by season"
Bayswater Bullets (and Knox Centre) History |
| April 2007 |
Meetings with John Guerra, Bayswater Bullets
Life Member and former Australian Little Athletics Chairman on club and VLAA
history. |
| 27 Nov 2006 |
The Knox Historical Society has submitted the
"Letter of Offer" to the Public Record Office Victoria |
| 14 Nov 2006 |
Received Official "Letter of Offer"
from the Public Record Office Victoria of the Grant Approval with a
comment by the Assessment Panel that they were impressed with the Project
and stated "Good links to local historical groups and other community
resources are demonstrated in this proposal for the history of a
grass-roots sporting organisation". Please click
here to view. |
| 01 Nov 2006 |
Bayswater MP Peter Lockwood's Office called to say our
Local History Grants Program application worth $2,524 for the "Bayswater
Bullets Little Athletics Club 40th Anniversary History Project
" was accepted. |
| 30 Sep 2006 |
Submitted an application to the State Public
Records Office for the Local History
Grants Program in conjunction with the Knox Historical Society to have our
missing information from the mid 1970's to the late 1980's researched.
It is also to produce a "Digital Story" DVD of our club history
titled "Bayswater
Bullets Little Athletics Club 40th Anniversary History Project
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| 26 Aug 2006 |
An announcement was made on Heidi Victoria's
radio program on Eastern FM 98.1 of our 40th Anniversary plans |
| 16 Jun 2006 |
We are in the VLAA Newsletter "Making
Tracks" edition 118 and 119 about our 40th Anniversary Project. See: http://www.littleathletics.com.au/site_content/pdf/100003922.pdf
We would like any athlete, parent or committee member from anytime time
period to contact us |
| 7th Jun 2006 |
The Committee had a presentation by the Sports
Researcher from the Knox Historical Society Steve Flemming on ideas and
recommendations for our 40th Anniversary Project which was very useful.
Steve's father is a Life Member of Fairpark Flyers Little Athletics Club
and his sister is Heptathlon athlete Jane Flemming. |
| 1st May 2006 |
Two and a half years to go. Kicked off this
webpage as a starting point for for our celebrations. Continuing on from
Life Member Kerry "Hodgkinson" Semfel 25th Club Anniversary
book. |
