SEASON 2008/09

This page contains a weekly diary of this Summer's Track & Field seasons Personal Best performances by our athletes taken from the Team Manager's report. 

Sat 28th  March  2009 - Make up 60m Hurdles Knox Centre Championships and Lap-A-Thon

Bayswater Bullets athlete total medals won was 29 over the Championships - 10 Gold, 9 Silver and 10 Bronze from 12 different athletes as well as many ribbon finalist placings being won! 

Centre Champion today was  U/11 Chris Heckenberg which brings his total medal hall to 1 Gold and 2 Silvers. U/10 Nathan Goodger won a silver in his 60m Hurdles and U/9's Bethany Ammann and Jade Huevel came 5th and 6th in their Hurdle events..

Please click on our 2008/09 Championships webpage for full results or by clicking here.

Today was also the Knox Centre's inaugural "Lap-A-Thon" day to raise funds for the Photographic Timing colour camera. Thankyou to the Roe, Goodger and Egan families in supporting this cause.

Photos courtesy of Stephen Egan, Phil Matthews and Andrea Dunn
Bethany		Jade		Nathan		Chris

2008/09 Personal Best  Award Winners

Sat/Sun  21st/22nd  March  2009 - 2008/09 VLAA State Track & Field  Championships

The VLAA State Track & Field Championships was held at Olympic Park with some great results including a State Champion.

Congratulations to U/11 Annie Egan who won State Gold Medals in both the 800m & 1500m and to U/11 Erin Holdway in winning a State Bronze Medal in the Shot Put. Annie also came 5th in 400m final and Erin came 12th in the Discus and 14th in the Javelin

U/13 David Thomson ,who has been struggling with an injury since the Regional Championships, came a very commendable 5th in the Discus.

These are excellent results considering that only a very small percentage make it into the State Championships and in each event, and they were competing against 24 of the best athletes in the State.

Excellent effort by U/11 Erin Holdway who increased her club record in the Shot Put to 8.22m as well as reaching her Gold PB Medal Status. U/11 Annie Egan increased her 400m club record to 1.07.29 sec and topped the PB effort with 3 PB's including a 17 second PB in the 1500m.

Please click on our 2008/09 Championships webpage for full results or by clicking here. 

Sat  14th  March  2008 - 2008/09 Knox Centre Championship Day

This has been another fantastic championships for Bayswater Bullets athletes winning 29 medals  - 10 Gold, 9 Silver and 10 Bronze from 12 different athletes as well as many ribbon finalist placings being won! (Includes 28th March 60m Hurdles catchup events)

Congratulations to Annie Egan  in winning a Knox Centre Award for "Best Overall Athlete - U/11 Girls". 

U/11 Annie Egan increased her club record in the 200m Hurdles with a time of 33.90 sec, U/12 Emma Heckenberg increased her Long Jump (Board) club record to 3.34m, U/12 Emma Thomson increased her Triple Jump (Board) record to 7.26m and U/13 David Thomson increased his club record in the Discus with a throw of 30.58m.

Centre Champions were U/11 Annie Egan with 4 Gold Medals, U/11 Erin Holdway with 2 Gold and 1 Bronze Medal, U/13 David Thomson with 2 Gold and U/7 Liam Goodger & U/11 Chris Heckenberg with 1 Gold and 2 Silver Medals each. Well done to all athletes competing!

Excellent effort to U/7 Liam Goodger and U/12 Emma Thomson on  both reaching their Silver PB Medal Status.

Best PB effort for the Championship Day was by U/12 Emma Thomson with 4 PB's followed by U/7 Liam Goodger, U/9 Bethany Ammann and U/12 Emma Heckenberg with 3 PB's each.

Some athletes still have the 60m Hurdles to complete due to the heavy rains. These will be conducted at the "Lap-A-Thon day" on 28th March 2009. These are U/9 Bethany Ammann, U/9 Jade Heuvel, U/10 Nathan Goodger, U/11 Erin Holdway, U/11 Chris Heckenberg and U/11 Emma Thomson.

Please click on our 2008/09 Championships webpage for full results or by clicking here. 

Saturday 7th March 2009

Our final normal competition for the 2009/09 season.

Congratulations to U/13 David Thomson who broke the U/13 Shot Put club record with 9.94m. The previous record of 9.50m was set on 2nd Nov 2002. This was David's 8th club record for the season and he currently holds 20 club records in total. An excellent effort!

Best PB effort for the morning was by the U/12 Emma Thomson with 5 PB's, followed by U/11 Chris Heckenberg and U/12 Emma Heckenberg with 3 PB's each.

Well done to U/12 Emma Heckenberg who has reached her 10 PB Certificate and to U/11 Chris Heckenberg who has reached his Silver PB Medal Status.

Photos courtesy of Andrea Dunn
Kyha		Liam		Emma		Erin, Emily & Annie

Checkout the Knox Centre website for further photos taken on this day

Saturday 28th February 2009

Thankyou to all the parents who did canteen duty, your help was very much appreciated.

Best PB effort for the morning was by the U/7's Josh Dewar, Bailey Eastwood and Liam Goodger with 3 PB's each.

Well done to U/10 Stephanie White who has reached her 10 PB Certificate.  Also to U/9 Bethany Ammann on reaching her Gold PB Medal Status and to U/7 Josh Dewar who has reached his Bronze PB Medal Status. 

Photos courtesy of  Phil Matthews & Grant Bertram
Chris		Emma		Emily

Friday 27th February 2009 - Bayswater South Primary Twilight Sports

The annual Bayswater South Primary School Twilight Sports was held at Bill Sewart Reserve at the Nunawading track with some of our athletes in action shown below:

Emily		Sarah		Daniel
Tayla		Stephanie		Annie

Saturday 21st February 2009

Congratulations to U/11 Annie Egan who increased her club record in the 60m Hurdles to 10.97 sec. 

Best PB effort for the morning was by U/11 Alan Daman and U/13 Claire Elliott with 4 PB's each hfollowed by U/7 Kyha Stapp, U/7 Josh Dewar and U/9 Bethany Ammann with 3 PB's.

Well done to U/7's Bailey Eastwood and Josh Dewar who have both reached their 10 PB Certificate.  Also to U/7 Kyha Stapp and U/7 Liam Goodger who have both reached their Bronze PB Medal Status and to U/11 Alan Damen and U/13  Claire Elliott on reaching their Silver PB Medal status 

Photos courtesy of  Phil Matthews and Andrea Dunn
Jade		Khya		Nathan		Claire

Checkout the Knox Centre website for further photos taken on this day

Eastern Metropolitan Regional T&F Championships - Sat/Sun  14th/15th February 2009

Congratulations to our athletes who competed against the best from the12 different Centres within the Eastern Suburbs. A credit to all our athletes competing. The first two in each event qualify for the State Championships at Olympic Park and then the next eight best results within the State will progress also.

We had six athletes competing for the Knox Centre with some great results.  

Congratulations to U/11 Annie Egan who broke a 18 year old 400m club record. Annie ran 1 min 09.32 sec breaking the record of 1 min 11.90 sec set on 9th Nov 1991. Annie also increased her 80m Hurdle club record to 14.42 sec

Best PB Effort was by U/11 Annie Egan with 4 PB's for the weekend.

Three of our athletes medalled this season:  U/11 Annie winning a Regional Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal,  U/11 Erin winning a Silver and a Bronze with U/13 David winning a Bronze before being stretchered off after injuring his leg in the Long Jump. We wish David all the best in his recovery!

We had three who have qualified or progressed to State. Well done to U/11 Annie Egan (400m, 800m, 1500m and 80m Hurdles - Annie will be dropping the hurdles as it clashes with the 800m), U/11 Erin Holdway (Discus & Shot Put) and  U/13 David Thomson (Discus).  Well done also to U/10's Cody Norton and Nathan Goodger who had some good results as well as U/11 Emily Dewar.

Full results are on our 2008/2009 Championships webpage or by clicking  here!

Cody - 800m		Nathan - 70m		Emily - 60m Hurdles
Erin - Discus		Annie - 1500m		David - Discus
Some photos courtesy of Phil Matthews, Andrea Dunn

Friday 13th February 2009 - Red Cross Bush Fire Appeal

In just a short 5 days, a Red Cross "Bush Fire" Appeal was setup for the twilight with companies and individuals donating over $10,000 worth of goods for the raffles and auctions. All clubs, including Bayswater pooled their BBQ supplies with all funds also being donated.

It was said the nights competition was the best atmosphere ever felt at Knox Park, no doubt influenced by everyone's generosity.

Welcome to Bayswater Bullets the Roe family whose daughter U/9 Emily tried out for the first time, coming second in her first event - the 400m.

Congratulations to U/11 Erin Holdway who increased her club records in the Shot Put (8.20mm). and to U/13 David Thomson who broke the 70m record with 9.43 sec. The previous record of 9.51 sec was set on 20th Nov 2004. Sadly, David pulled his thigh muscle in the last 10m on the eve of the EMR T&F Championships.

Best PB effort for the night was by U/8 Sarah Cobb, U/11 Alan Damen, U/12 Emma Thomson, U/12 Tayla White and U13 David Thomson with 3 PB's each.

Well done to U/8 Sarah Cobb and U/12 Emma Thomson who have both reached their 10 PB Certificate and U/11 Emily Dewar has reached their Bronze PB Medal Status. U/11 Chris Heckenberg has reached his Bronze PB Medal status and U/11 Annie Egan has reached her Gold.

Photos courtesy of  Phil Matthews and Darren Huxleyr
Sarah				Daniel

Sun 8th February 2009 - Seaford Little Athletics Open Day

Sat  7th February 2009

A  very hot morning with a limited program. 800m and 1500m cancelled and program finished at 11:00am ending with an untimed Steeple so athletes could get a drenching before going home.

Despite the heat, four club records were broken. Congratulations to U/11 Erin Holdway who increased her club records in the Discus (19.15m) and Javelin (16.63m). U/11 Annie Egan increased her club record in the 80m Hurdles to 14.46 sec and U/12 Emma Thomson broke the Long Jump (Board) record with 3.30m.

Congratulations to U/11 Bethany Ammann who has reached her Silver PB Medal Status.

Best PB effort for the day was by U/11 Erin Holdway with 2 PB's and 1 SB.

Photos courtesy of  Phil Matthews and Grant Bertram
David - 300m Hurdles		Annie & Erin - 80mH		Emma - LJ		Liam - 100m

VLAA State Multi-Event Championships - 31st Jan /1st Feb 2009 - Warrnambool

We had three athletes competing in the Multi-Event State Championships held up at Brauerander Park, Warrnambool against  the best athletes within the state for the title of best "all round" athlete in each age group. There were nearly 500 athletes competing from the 102 Centres within Victoria. The events contested are 100m, 800m, 80m Hurdles, Long Jump and Discus.

Congratulations to U/13 David Thomson who won a State bronze medal - being in the top three for three years in a row. U/11's Annie Egan and Erin Holdway also competed with Rob Holdway as the Knox Centre Assistant Team Manager.

Both U/11 Annie Egan and U/13 David Thompson increased their Club Records. Annie with 15.31 sec in the 80m Hurdles and David increasing his Discus Record to 30.10m.

U/11 Annie came 7th and increased her Multi-Event club record to 926 points

U/11 Erin came 39th with 408 points

U/13 David came 3rd and increased his Multi-Event club record to 1611  points

Best PB effort was by U/11 Annie Egan with 2 PB's.

Results have been posted on our 2008/09 Championship page .

Photos courtesy Stephen Egan and Andrea Dunn
Erin - 100m		Annie - 80m Hurdles		David - Bronze

Sat  31st January 2009

After the hottest run of temperatures since 1908, another quiet weekend with some up in Warrnambool for the State Multi-Event Championships.

Best PB effort for the day were by U/9 Bethany Ammann  and U/11's Alan Damen and Chris Heckenberg with 2 PB's each

Congratulations to U/11 Chris Heckenberg who has reached his 10 PB Certificate.

Photos courtesy of  Nathan Dewar and Phil Matthews
Bethany - TJ		Jack - HJ		Ashlee - TJ		Chris - LJ

Sat  24th January 2009 - Knox "40th Anniversary" Open Twilight

This was a special event where athletes from other Centres from around the state are invited to compete against the Knox Athletes.  Medals were presented to the first 3 placegetters and Ribbons for 4th to 8th place. 

This competition is a great opportunity to gain PB's and all seven Bayswater Bullets athletes obtained them including four club records being broken as well as 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals won.

Congratulations to U/11 Erin Holdway who broke two club records. The first in the Shot Put with 8.13m, the old record 7.92m was set on 20 Mar 2004. Erin also extended her Javelin record by over a meter to 16.18m. Erin now holds all three U/11 Girls throws records. Her team mate U/11 Annie Egan broke the 60m Hurdles club record with a time of 11.00 sec, the old record of 11.49 sec set on 14 Feb 2004 to now hold all three U/11 Girls Hurdle records. Congratulations also to  U/13 David Thomson who extended his Long Jump club record to 5.10m.

Best PB effort for the Twilight was by U/10 Nathan Goodger with 3 PB's followed by U/11 Annie Egan with 2 PB's and 1 SB.

Special guest Olympian medal presenters, former Bayswater Bullets Club President Dean Barton-Smith and Discus and Shot Putter Scott Martin		Special Guest Paralympian Brydee Moore presenting medals to the U/11 Girls Shot Put  including Erin Holdway

Alex, our club Team Manager successfully conducting Discus Chief Official for his first time.

Sat  17th January 2009

Another quiet weekend with many still away on holidays.

Excellent effort by U/13 David Thomson who has set his seventh club record for the season in breaking the 70m record with a time of 9.50 sec. The old record of 9.51 was set on 20 Nov 2004.

Best PB effort for the day was by U/12 Emma Thomson with 3 PB's and 1 SB followed by U/9 Bethany Ammann with 3 PB's.

Congratulations to U/10 Jack Bole-Brown who has reached his 10 PB Certificate, U/9 Bethany Ammann reaching her Bronze PB Medal Status and to U/11 Annie Egan reaching her Silver PB Medal Status.

Photos courtesy of  Nathan Dewar
Emma		Bailey		Josh		David

Checkout the Knox Centre website for further photos taken on this day

Sun 11th January 2008 - Annual Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser

Bayswater Bullets held their annual Bunnings BBQ fundraiser at the Bayswater store to help pay for this seasons costs as well as the end of season Track & Field and the winter Cross Country season trophies and club awards. 

The timing of the event  was not so good with many still away on holidays but It was our most successful day to date in the three seasons we having doing this which we thank the support of Bunnings Bayswater.

Also a big thankyou to the following helpers with your support greatly appreciated.:

Tracey Eastwood, Barbara Morris (who took off for the Peninsula straight after her shift for a 2 week holiday), Emma Shearer, Andrew Bright, Nathan Dewar (despite have a dirt bike accident in the morning) and in particular to Alex, David and Emma Thomson who along with myself did a double 5 hour shift.

Tracy & Barbara		Emma, Alex, Andrew and David

Sun 11th January 2008 - Southern Peninsula Little Athletics Open Day

At the Southern Peninsula Open Day at the Tootgarook Sports Reserve, we had three Bayswater Bullets athletes competing.  Congratulations to U/11 Erin holdway who won two Gold Medals and a Silver in the throwing events  U/7 Liam Goodger won Gold in the Shot Put and Silver in Vortex  with  U/0 Nathan Goodger producing some great results

Sat  10th January 2009

It was a quiet first day back for 2009 in both athlete numbers and PB's after the long Christmas break.

Both U/11's Erin Holdway and Annie Egan bettered the Javelin club record with Erin breaking the record with a throw of 14.96m The old record of 14.12m  was set on 17 Jan 1998. Congratulations to U/13 David Thomson breaking the 1100m Steeple Chase record with a time of 4 min 10.35 sec. The old record of 4.13.33 was set on 25 Nov 2000.

Best PB effort for the day was by U/10 Jack Bole-Brown with 3 PB's followed by  U/7 Josh Dewar and  U/7 Bailey Eastwood with 2 PB's each..

Congratulations to U/10 Cody Norton who as reached his 10 PB Certificate and to U/11's Alan Damen and Erin Holdway who have both reached their Bronze PB Medal Status.

Photos courtesy of  Nathan Dewar and Phil Matthews
Jack - 80mH		Erin - Javelin		Alan - Discus		Emily - 800m

Checkout the Knox Centre website for further photos taken on this day

Sat  20th December 2008 - Ray Abley Multi-Event Day

The Multi Event is a competition which tests athlete’s all round skills with points allocated depending on their level of performance in a set range of events. The winner of the Multi-Event is the athlete with the highest total point score after all events.

This event places a stronger emphasis on the participation of children in a wider range of events rather than the specialisation in one or two specific events. 

Congratulations to U/11 Annie Egan and U/13 David Thomson in taking out the title of best "all-round" Knox athlete within their respective age groups. Special mention to U/11 Alan Damen who still came 6th out of 37 despite having a fall in the 80m Hurdles and recording "0" points for that event.

Seven club records were broken today. Congratulations to U/11 Erin Holdway who broke the Discus record with a throw of 17.55m. The previous record was set on 20th Mar 2004 of 17.42m. U/13 David Thomson also broke a Discus record throwing 29.26m. The previous record of 25.74m was set on 20 Oct 1993. David also increased his club record in the Long Jump with 4.89m. U/11  Annie Egan increased her club record for the 80m Hurdles to 15.36 sec.

In addition, three Multi-Event Club Records were broken.  Excellent effort by U/8 Sarah Cobb who obtained 1572 points breaking the record of 1537 points set on 17 Dec 2005. U/11 Annie Egan obtained 954 points, previously 612 points set on 20 Dec 2003 and U/13 David Thomson with 1511 points beating 550 points set on 18 Dec 2004

Best PB effort for the day was by U/11 Emily Dewar with 4 PB's followed by U/11 Alan Damen with 3 PB's.

Congratulations to U/10 Daniel Cobb who has reached his Bronze PB Medal Status.

Photos courtesy of  Nathan Dewar
Bailey - 400m		Bethany - LJ		Lasaro - 400m		Riley - 800m

Checkout the Knox Centre website for further photos taken on this day

Sun 14th December 2008 - VLAA State Relay Championships - Olympic Park 

We had two athletes who made their way through to the State Relay Championships this year.

Congratulations to U/11 Annie Egan whose "Knox A" team  won a Silver for the  4 x 200m Relay in a very close finish missing out by just 0.03 sec. U/12 David Thomson's Knox team in the U13-15 Medley came eighth in the final. 

Fri  12th December 2008 

The competition was washed out with the constant rain since lunchtime. The Xmas BBQ for Sat 13th Dec was also a washout and will be scheduled at another date.

Sat 6th December 2008 - Doncaster Open Twilight

Annie Egan and David Thompson competed in the Doncaster Open Twilight which had frequent heavy storms throughout the afternoon followed by patches of sunshine. Olympian Scott Martin was there on a meet and greet, signing the popular Athletics Victoria cards as well as posing for photographs. Well done to the Doncaster Centre in running the competition in trying conditions with stoppages only during the worst of the storms. Although David made his way into the finals, he couldn't compete due muscle twinges - as it was better to rest than risk another injury.

U/11 Girls	Annie Egan		80m Hurdles - Heat 80m Hurdles - Final 400m 1500m High Jump Shot Put	2nd   16.22 sec 2nd  16.15 sec 2nd   1 min 14.39 sec 2nd   5 min 52.02 sec 2nd   1.22m 6th     5.65m
U/13 Boys	David Thomson		100m  - Heat 100m - Final  200m - Heat 200m - Final 400m - Heat 400m - Final Long Jump High Jump	4th   13.76 sec   -      Injured 3rd   28.41 sec   -      Injured 2nd  1 min 06.94 sec   -      Injured 3rd   4.98 sec 2nd  1.50m

Sat  6th December 2008 

This was our yearly Raffle and Cake stall and thankyou very much to all those that donated items. Special thanks also to those that helped on the stall and sold tickets around the ground - all contributions in items and help greatly appreciated - with the funds going towards the end of season awards and trophies!

Congratulations to U/13 David Thomson who broke a 14 year old Triple Jump club record with 10.20m - previous record 9.59m set on 15th October 1994. David also increased his club record in the Javelin with 30.77m. His previous record was 26.46m. U/11 Annie Egan also increased her club record in the 200m Hurdles with a time of 36.67 sec - her previous record being 38.43 sec

Best PB (Personal Best) effort for the morning was by U/11 Chris Heckenberg with 5 PB's followed by U/11 Alan Damen  with 4PB's followed by U/11 Emily Dewar with 3 PB's and 2 SB's and Erin Holdway with 3 PB's and 1 SB's .

Quite a few PB achievements for the morning.  Well done to  U/7 Liam Goodger, U/9 Bethany Ammann,  U/11 Emily Dewar and U/11 Alan Damen all have all reached their 10 PB Certificate. In addition, U/11 Nicholas Elliott, U/13 Claire Elliott and U/13 David Thomson have all reached their Bronze PB Medal Status.