THOMPSON ESTATE ATHLETICS - September 2010 Newsletter
REGISTRATION
Registration for the 2010-2011 year is now possible through the Queensland Athletics website. For any U13 to U15 Little Athletes it is free to join QA and TEES. We are encouraging members to pay online if possible. All members must be at least registered with the club for insurance purposes. Any problems please call Rosalie on 33981016, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
New Registration Fees for 2010/2011. This includes both the Queensland Athletics' fee and the Thompson Estate fee.
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RESULTS
Last month the cross country season ended, and our four club members performed spectacularly at the Australian Cross Country Champs held in Brisbane. Daniel Rolley came first in the 10 year boys race, Katrina Robinson came 2nd in the 10 year girl's race, Samantha Whitting came 12th in the10 year girls and Luke Kingdon came 5th in the 11 year boy's race.
The MetEast region held their track and field trials last week at QSAC and Thompson Estate athletes pulled off some great results. At last count 25 athletes had qualified for the State Championships to be held next month. At least 5 records were broken by club athletes. Vandy Kanneh won the 13 year boy's 200m in a record breaking time of 23.49 seconds. Elise Bourke won the 14 years high jump in a new record jump of 1.73m. Daniel Rolley set a new 800m record for 10year boys of 2.20.93 and Katrina Robinson set a new 10 year girl's record in the 800m of 2.36.7. Tom Waller-Brown set a new record for the 10 year old boy's Tetrathlon event. There were many other great results, and we will put them on the TEES website. If you have any photos you would like put on the website you can email them to the above address.
EVENTS
For upcoming events visit the QA website - www.qldathletics.org.au
NOTICES
If you are needing any names embroidered on sports clothes you can contact Karla Turner on 38992632 or visit her website on www.ttfembroidery.com.au. Mention you saw her name on the Thompson Estate newsletter.
Urgent! Guide Runner Needed
Are there any club members who would be willing to be a guide runner for a visually impaired paralympic athlete.
Jonathan Bernard is 23 years old and has been competing as a visually impaired athlete since 2005. Jon represented Australia at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games making it to the semi-finals with the 6th fastest 100m time in the Commonwealth. Jon has also competed in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands. In 2008 he represented Australia in Beijing. Paul Pearce was his guide runner. He did a fantastic job.
Jon's sight has deteriorated in the last year and so it is imperative that he find a dedicated guide runner so that he will be able to compete in January in the World Championships in New Zealand and in London 2012.
Jon needs a 400m track athlete to pace him as a guide. This would require a person to train twice a week with Jon and be available for targetted meets and overseas events. This person would need to be able to run 400m around 48-49 seconds. Jon currently runs 52secs but has potential to run 50 or better with a guide. Appropriate renumeration will be offered through his manager.
Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
THOMPSON ESTATE ATHLETICS - July Newsletter
Last Updated on Monday, 10 January 2011 22:06
email: admin@thompsonestateathletics.
Some of the Downunder team 2010 - setting out on the team bus
July has already produced some great results for the club after a busy weekend on the Gold Coast. 24 athletes went down to the Annual Downunder Meet accompanied by Tui and a number of parents. They brought home many medals and the meet was considered a big success. It is a good experience for our athletes to compete with athletes from other countries and many useful contacts were made. If anyone attending Downunder wants to write about their experiences there, they can email it to the above address and we’ll put it in the next newsletter.
While these athletes were all competing, not far away a number of club juniors took part in the Gold Coast Marathon Junior Dash events. In the 2km event with over 600 competitors Daniel Rolley was the first boy(6 minutes 53 seconds) and Katrina Robinson(7 minutes 13 seconds) was the first girl across the finish line. It was a hard start with a lot of pushing and shoving for half an hour before the race. Christabel Kingdon(8minutes10seconds) was 7th girl in her age category while her brother Jordan was first in the 5-6 year old category in a time of 9minutes and 3 seconds. In the 4km Junior Dash event Luke Kingdon came first in the 5-10 age division in a time of 15minutes and 15seconds, closely followed by teammate Callum Davies who was 2ndboy in that age division.
Congratulations to Shane Webb who has qualified for the State Cross Country Running Champs to be held at Bald Hills on July 18th. Good luck to Shane and to all our athletes who will be competing there.
CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING HELPERS NEEDED! This Saturday 10th July, Thompson Estate is hosting the Brown-Bonwick Memorial cross country running event. If you can assist for a few hours to help run the canteen, take nominations and act as course marshals it would be greatly appreciated. Details of the runs are on the www.qldathletics.org.auwebsite. Volunteers will need to be at Minnippi Parklands by around 1:30pm. If you can assist please contact Eddie on 0411 591511.
REGISTRATION: There has been a good response to call for all members to be registered, but there are still a few members who come to training who have not joined. Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you need assistance registering online through the QA website. Remember all registered athletes get a free Thompson Estate Shirt. Please remember to sign in at the clubhouse at the beginning of each training session.
COACHING is available to TEES members from one of our coaches, Mrs Pitt at QE2 for jumps, sprints and hurdles. Phone 0423159642.
ATHLETE ASSISTANCE: This site offers assistance to athletes who have to travel to State or National events.
SCHOOL ATHLETICS: School athletics has now started so keep up the good training, eat well and sleep well.
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