Thompson Estate and Eastern Suburbs Athletics (TEES) is a well-established club promoting athletics and cross country activities at all levels. It has been in existence for over 108 years, being one of the few Brisbane athletic clubs that still exists in its original historical level athletes. The club's impressive achievements are due to the hard work of the committee and the talented team of qualified coaches who run training sessions most days of the week. Most of all, TEES owes much to the late Clem Jones, life member of Thompson Estate Athletics.
Enquire about our professional training that covers Junior, Senior and Master Development groups. We specialise in all aspects of Track & Field, and Cross Country. The club's goals are to help individuals reach their athletic aspirations through structured training guidance by our experienced, committed and qualified coaches. We believe that our coaching can help individuals achieve their school athletic, little athletic and master's athletic state and national aspirations.
Over the years, TEES has developed young athletes who have risen to proudly represent Australia at international levels. Some of these athletes include Jai Taurima, Bronwyn Thompson, Denise Robertson-Boyd and Gerrard Gosens, to name just a few.
Our main training facility is located by the bus stop on Stanley Rd in Carina.
Whether you are an emerging athlete looking for expert coaching and training, or whether you would just like a safe lit area to walk some laps of the track in the evenings with others, you can benefit from the services offered by TEES. We welcome all beginners, intermediate, established and social athletes; and encourage all to become part of this prestigious club.
Jenny Lund Club points published - TEES take 2nd place
Written by Site Admin
Saturday, 20 June 2009 10:04
The club points for the Jenny Lund shield have been published. TEES raised the bar even higher by taking second place ahead of QEII Track Club. Once again this excellent result was due to an all round team performance from Juniors up to Masters. Thanks to everyone who competed and and also to all family and friends who went along to offer support and encouragement.
Place
Club Name
Code
Points
1
Saint Stephen's College
ST STE
157
2
Thompson Estate
TES
88
3
QEII Track Club
QE2
84
4
St Hilda's College
ST HIL
69
5
Toowong Harriers
TWH
44
6
Queensland Masters
QMA
43
7
Runaway Bay
RNB
37
8
Ashgrove Rangers
ASR
36
9
Gold Coast Victory
GCV
34
10
University of Queensland
UNQ
24
11
Athletics North
ATN
21
12
Intraining
INT
11
13
Jimboomba
JIM
7
Last Updated on Saturday, 20 June 2009 12:06
Qld Cross Country Chamionships - TEES 3rd in medal table
Written by Site Admin
Sunday, 07 June 2009 10:08
TEES athletes are keeping up the pressue on the other clubs as the cross country season continues. Last week Qld Cross Country Championships were held, with medals being awarded to the first 3 finishers in each category. With two gold medals and 3 silvers, TEES showed their class and came third overall. Great effort guys. Full results can be seen here.
Below , Daniel Rolley (centre) and Katrina Robinson (far right) start well in the 1 km and both went on to win gold for TEES.
Gold
Silver
Bronze
INT
3
1
UNQ
2
4
3
TES
2
3
JIM
2
1
1
QE2
2
1
QMA
2
ATN
1
3
5
TWH
1
2
IPS
1
CRR
1
STR
1
RNB
1
1
ASR
3
GCV
2
Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 16:14
TEES Cross Country starts the season with a blast
Written by Site Admin
Sunday, 17 May 2009 18:20
Thompson Estate has started the 2009 Cross Country season with a swag of medals and great overall team results in the various race events.
Last week (9th May) was the Qld Cross Country Relay championships. Thompson Estate were on the podium no less than 5 times:
Gold medal. Under 12 Boys - 3x2000m. Kurt Frampton, Katrina Robinson, Daniel Rolley. 23:12.
Gold medal. Under 14 Boys - 3x2000m. Nathan Swan, Connor Fountain, Liam Gee. 23:05.
Bronze medal. Masters Men 35-49 - 3x4000m. John Sheer, John Crook, Grahame Rowley. 48:28.
Gold medal. Masters Men 50+ - 3x4000m. Greg Coulter (top podium left), Jason Collie, Don Adams (top podium right). 45:52. (See image right)
Earlier in the season, Thompson Estate scored highly in the Nickey Carrol Shield ending in 2nd place overall, what a fantastic effort. This was only possible due to great performances from all TEES runners who competed on the day including Samantha Wilson, Daniel Rolley, Katrina Robinson, Eloise Schlecht, Connor Fountain, Nathan Swan, Alice Robinson, Hayley Walsh, Greg Coulter, Martin McKone, Jason Collie, John Crook and Don Adams.
Place
Club Name
Code
Points
1
Athletics North
ATN
147
2
Thompson Estate
TES
93
3
Ashgrove Rangers
ASR
90
4
Intraining
INT
85
5
University of Queensland
UNQ
81
6
QEII Track Club
QE2
69
7
Toowong Harriers
TWH
51
8
Jimboomba
JIM
43
9
Ipswich & District
IPS
22
10
Runaway Bay
RNB
22
11
Gold Coast Victory
GCV
18
12
GaleForce Running
GFR
16
13
Aspley
ASP
12
Last Updated on Sunday, 17 May 2009 21:37
Thanks for then and watch out later
Written by MDH
Tuesday, 07 April 2009 20:12
Graham is writing an article to wrap up the first season for the TEES Aged Contingent (just call us the ‘TACS' as in sharp as) and I don't want to steal any of his thunder. I do just want to blog on a bit mainly to thank TEES and Tui in particular but also to add some mandatory end of season motivational hype.
Tui kindly offered to help get me in shape about 12 months ago. After injuries really kept me from doing much for over 6 months I had my first competitive run on 12 November last year.
You folks know I'm an ordinary old bloke, but with help from Tui and dedication to improvement, this season has been a good one. My first 100m time back in November was certainly nothing to write home about for a male sprinter - 13.65. But at least I was out there having a go. I've now shaved 1.18 seconds off that time, down to 12.47 in less than 5 months. I started from a low base but even for an ordinary old bloke like me, good improvements are possible.
Now I know you don't see me at training much. Age has a bit to do with that. My body just doesn't recover as fast as it once did. If I have two really hard track sessions, bits start falling off and it's hard to glue them back on. Then there are family duties and work that also take their toll. What you don't see is that I do a full-on weights session every week. My squats are back up to 90 kgs and I load 280 kgs onto the 45 degree leg press (don't believe what they say about leg press being no help for sprinting - it isolates your quads better than squats and you need them to get a good start). The two weeks, before the Qld Masters championships when I missed Tui's session I didn't take a break. I found other time to do 12 x 80 metre / 100 metre uphill runs / bounds with up to 20kg in a back pack. I didn't worry about the strange looks I got at my local park.
There will be a number of you laughing at my time - go on have a good laugh (till next season!!) - but Masters Athletics does age grading which corrects your time for age and tells you how fast you would have run if you were in your prime. To give you an idea, my time of 12.47 would have been 11:58 for a young fully fit bloke. When I was a school athlete that was about my best time. It has taken me less than 5 months of competition and training free of major injury to get there. I didn't train much as a kid, it seemed like too much hard work. As I look back I wonder what I could have done if I had put in the effort and if I had been lucky enough to have had a coach like Tui. So to you young folks, the talented kids I see most Monday nights - you only live once, TAKE NO PRISONERS! If you feel a bit stale sometimes, why not mix it up - concentrate on something specific and set yourself a challenge. Give it everything so when you're older you don't look back and say ... I wonder. And don't ponder too long if you don't want to see us oldies ripping past you in the outside lane
Thompson Estate and Eastern Suburbs Athletics (TEES) is a well-established club promoting athletics and cross country activities at all levels. It has been in existence for over 108 years, being one of the few Brisbane athletic clubs that still exists in its original historical level athletes. The club's impressive achievements are due to the hard work of the committee and the talented team of qualified coaches who run training sessions most days of the week. Most of all, TEES owes much to the late Clem Jones, life member of Thompson Estate Athletics.
in the various race events.
