Ringwood Athletic Club

It was a warm but very windy day at Sandown for the Road Relays.  The Juniors were running one lap of 3.1km and the Seniors ran two laps for 6.2km.  Ringwood Little Athletics Centre were also represented with the U9 girls who took out their age group in convincing fashion.

Our senior men took out Division 5 with a two second win and a perfectly timed run on the last leg from Andrew Stafford.  We led by 5 minutes at the changeover and 2m 40s with the last lap to go.  Needless to say it was going to be very tight.  Andrew played with the opposition in the finishing straight always staying in front and ensuring the rest of the team he had some left in the tank, if needed.

Welcome to new member David Haigh who ran a great second leg.  David is no stranger to athletics and racing and has run many an 800m at the old Olympic Park at State League level.

Fasest time of the day for Ringwood was Dean Tromp who led out the mens team in 20.33.  Shannon McDade had the fastest of our womens times with 24.51.  Our two U16 men were very close together with Lachlan Barrett running 11.38 and Taylor Mainard an 11.43.

The opening event of the season got under way today with the Cross Country Relays held at Jells Park.  The conditions were interseting with it being a mild enough temperature but the wind was horrendous.

The Club would like to welcome new members Taylor Mainard and Lachlan Barrett who ran with the U16 mens team and a welcome back to former member Andrew Stafford who ran with the Open men.

With the senior men competing in Division 5 it is no wonder that we won that division by 16 minutes.  Our senior womens team competing in Division 3 was 5th.  Our U16 mens team was 11th out of 17 teams and a thankyou to Jess Reid (U14) for filling in that team.

Thanks to our official officials Anne Lord and Lavinia Petrie and our mums who helped with the time keeping for the U16's.

Ofiicial times were:

The new athletic year has kicked off and it is very important for all of those athletes who are training at the track to renew their membership ASAP to insure that they are covered by insurance whilst training.

To join and re-join the Ringwood Athletic Club you need to fill in the membership application and forward it to the registrar, along with the appropriate fee.

You may download or print a form from here, or pick one up from the club rooms.
 

Registration form (PDF format)

To download the form, you do a right click on the form link and select “save as”. You can then save the form to a location on your computer and print it out later.

Postal address for all correspondence:
Secretary

P.O. Box 616
Heathmont 3135
Victoria Australia

Subscriptions for 2013 - 2014
Senior: $250

Under 20 and Under 18 (as at 31/12/13): $210

Under 16 and Under 14 (as at 31/12/13): $170

(Note that Under15 athletes wishing to be dual registered to also compete in Little Athletics competitions should contact their Little Athletics Centre)

Youth (as at 31/12/13): $135

Dual (as at 31/12/13): $90

The above fees include registration with Athletics Victoria as well as the Ringwood club fee.

Your Club fee covers expenses such as elecrticity, lighting, affifliation fees, club website, team entries for AV Shield competition and State Relay Championships, AV registration for Club Officials and Coaches, end of season trophies, plus Gym maintenance.

Subcriptions are due from April 1st. each year. This athletics year runs from April 1st until March 30th each year.  In some years the registraton will run until the end of the Australian Open Championships, usually in March/April.

If you are using the facilites you MUST be registered. If you are not you may be asked to leave the premises.

Non-competing membership

Official or Coach: $0
Coach subject to Ringwood Athletic Club and Athletics Australia guidelines.

Training member, when registered with another AV Club - Full use of facilities: $150
A non-member of another club is $250.

Welcome to the Ringwood Athletic Club where you can become the athlete you want to be.

The Ringwood Athletic Club caters for male and female athletes of all standards, from Primary School (Year 6) beginners to elite senior athletes. We provide opportunities to participate at a variety of levels in both senior and under-age competition.

At Ringwood you can commence at the standard of your choice and step up to higher levels as you improve.

One of the features of the club has been its development of junior athletes. Many members who joined the Club as teenagers have gone on to win Victorian Championships, Australian Championships and subsequently represented Australia in Commonwelath Games, Olympic Games and World Championships.

High profile members of the Club include Commonwealth and Olympic representatives, Catherine Freeman, Lauren Hewitt, Lisa Dick, Kyle Vander-Kuyp, David Culbert, Cecilia McIntosh, Scott Martin and Ben Harradine.