Ashgrove Rangers

Great running conditions although a bit chilly for spectators this morning at Des Connor parkrun.

Henry Dale was first over the line with a PB of 6:53.

A bumper field of 260 runners at Ashgrove parkrun this morning with nice conditions.

Henry Dale was 2nd overall in 18:48 and Daisy Carter 3rd Female in 21:19.

At Bunyaville Kristina Kersten was first Female over the line in 22:46.

News through that Anthony Wallace has finished in 7th place in the World Masters Athletics Championships 55 Plus 5k in Daegu, South Korea in 17:22.41.

After Bronze at Ballarat in the mud it’s been a big week for Anthony so suffice to say there won’t be a longer run at Bunyaville tomorrow morning however there will be a 3k ring road loop at 6am and another at 6.30am from the picnic grounds off Old Northern Rd.

Great work Anthony!

Folks,

Some handy results starting to filter through from Day One of Metropolitan East Regionals at QE2 yesterday.

Will post the full set for our athletes once final results are posted.

Boys

Jack Kingsnorth
8th U14 1500m 4:40.58
9th U14 1500m 63.95

Cam Cox
1st U18 1500m 4:06.51

Axle Pratten
2nd U18 1500m 4:18.06

Nick Kenos
4th U18 1500m 4:21.21

Ollie Van Camp
7th U15 Boys 400m 57.73
1st U15 Boys Discus 39.57

Folks,

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 12th September at 4pm.

The usual venue of Mitchelton Library is unavailable so the meeting will instead be held at Everton Park Library, 573 South Pine Rd, Everton Park.

However we will still stick with tradition having our post-meeting social dinner catchup at Gaythorne RSL on Samford Rd from 5.15pm.

This is your chance to hear what’s been happening during a very busy 12 months and have your say about how we move forward with the once in a lifetime opportunity of an Olympic Trials meet in 2032 likely to be 5k away from Ashgrove, and a modern lifestyle of local community connection through our sport.

Current committee consists of 7 members so we need a quorum of 15 club members on the day.

It’s been a whirlwind last week with the National Cross Country at Ballarat over the weekend, Met North Regionals at QE2 Tuesday/Wednesday and Met East Regionals starting today and concluding tomorrow at QE2.

Met West Regionals comes up next Tuesday/Wednesday at QE2 but thankfully we get a break from Qld Athletics events this weekend.

On Sunday though we have the Sydney Marathon which is the Australian Championship and now a World Major with 40,000 competitors including quite a few Ernies making the trip down.

You have to admire the Sydney folk for their perseverance as the idea of a major marathon showcase event in Sydney has been around since the days of the Wang Marathon which made its debut in 1983 but it was only last year that the current incarnation was finally granted Abbott World Major status.

Also this weekend we have the start of the Little Athletics season at both The Gap and Arana Centres.

Australia’s powerhouse efforts at the senior level of athletics these days has a lot to do with the early foundations built through running, jumping,throwing and socialising that Little Athletics provides as it helps bring local communities together.

Without local Little Athletics and school programmes as feeders, senior clubs like Ashgrove Rangers clearly couldn’t perform at the level they do.

Good luck to all athletes competing!

Full Results are now available from the Met North Regionals held over the past two days at QE2.

A big thanks to all of the athletes, parents, club and school coaches and officials who helped make it a rather extraordinary meet.

https://metnorthschoolsport.eq.edu.au/Documents/2026%20full%20results%20tfmm6results2col.pdf

Athletes in the school season will be heading not only to the QRSS Championships 13th to 19th October but also the Qld All Schools 1st to 4th October at QE2 and Australian All Schools in Perth 4th to 6th December.

Last year’s National All Schools Under 18 High Jump champion in Melbourne was Marist Ashgrove’s Lyndon Maynard who was back on the winner’s dais today in the 19 years event with a 1.91m clearance.

Looks like another epic school season coming up and for those who don’t qualify there are plenty more opportunities with the Qld Athletics Club Shield season kicking off on 31st October with State 5k and Relay Championships on 14th and 15th November.

The Final Day of Met North Regionals today and there was an absolute feast of action.

If you were an athletics fan it was a very exciting day where the action never stopped coming at you from all directions.

Once again we displayed great depth across all ages and events.

A big thanks to all the club and school coaches who had a hand in assisting athletes to do their very best on the day.

Those who got through the tough qualifying standards to States today were:

Girls

Ashleigh Preston
2nd 17 years Discus 28.07m

Allegra Carnell
2nd 13 years Discus 31.35m

Daisy Clarke
1st 17 years 200m 26.22

Lily Brooks
2nd 13 years 200m 27.83

Laura Bray
3rd 16 years 800m 2:26.69
3rd 16 years 400m 62.47

Jo-Jo Little
1st 12 years 800m 2:29.96

Amelia Kingsnorth
5th 11 years 800m 2:37.72

Boys

Jayden Patten
1st 13 years 800m 2:11.77

Dan Sadimenko
3rd 13 years 800m 2:14.97

Hayden Lockhart
1st 16 years 200m 22.92

Lyndon Maynard
1st 19 years High Jump 1.91m

Ethan Bird
1st 17 years 800m 1:59.28

Dylan Reid
4th 14 years 800m 2:06.38

Fred Little
5th 14 years 800m 2:10.84

Eli Miles
2nd 16 years Javelin 42.79m

Max King
2nd 14 years Triple Jump 11.53m

Cody Christison
1st 11 years Discus 34.94m
2nd 11 years High Jump 1.51m
5th 11 years Long Jump 4.51m

Elliott Stannard
1st 12 years 800m 2:18.36 - Meet Record

Ario Swenson
2nd 10 years 1500m 5:03.45
3rd 10 years 800m 2:31.06

Louis Johnson
3rd 12 years 200m 26.67
2nd 12 years Tetrathon 1240 points

Fraser Lake
3rd 10 years Long Jump 4.05m

Henry Dale
1st 11 years 800m 2:25.63

Hugo Russo
1st 14 years Javelin 34.37m

Perry Croft
3rd 17 years 400m 52.84m
6th 17 years 800m 2:04.76

Day One of the Met North Regionals was conducted today at QE2 in fine conditions and a quick back-up for those back from the very wet track at Ballarat.

Club athletes performed exceptionally well overall showing a lot of depth once again and quite a few managed to get on to the podium across a wide range of events.

Those to qualify through to States included:

Girls

Amelia Kingsnorth
3rd 11 years 1500m 5:16.39

Jo-Jo Little
1st 12 years 1500m 5:05.56

Ava Thompson
1st 17 years 5:02.58

Allegra Carnell
2nd 14 years Javelin 29.97m

Lily Brooks
3rd 13 years Discus 26.81m

Boys

Fraser Lake
4th 10 years 1500m 5:08.94

Henry Dale
4th 11 years 1500m 4:57.12

Patrick Reid
1st 12 years 1500m 4:47.40

Finn Jackson
3rd 12 years 1500m 4:50.04

Matthew Heidstra
1st 17 years Long Jump 6.27m
1st 17 years Pole Vault 3.85m

Lyndon Maynard
1st 19 years Long Jump 6.03m

Max King
2nd 14 years Long Jump

Ethan Bird
4th 17 years 1500m 4:16.07

Dylan Reid
1st 14 years 1500m 4:26.43

Fred Little
2nd 14 years 1500m 4:29.51

Jayden Patten
1st 13 years 1500m 4:39.16

Hayden Lockhart
1st 16 years Long Jump 6.66m
1st 16 years 100m 10.80

Hugo Lockhart
3rd 13 years High Jump 1.61m

Liam Griff
1st 19 years 100m 10.90