All previous scales relating to extreme National Cross Country events were obliterated as damaging winds, heavy rain and a course that was flooded in parts put our juniors through the toughest test imaginable at Launceston and they all showed tremendous courage. U15 Girls 4k Laura Bray 46th 19.36U17 Girls 4k Lara Wannenburgh 20th 17.43U17 Boys… Read More

A really tremendous day of consistently strong effort from our athletes and helpers at the Queensland Cross Country Championships today at Victoria Park. In the 44 years that I have been involved in local Qld Athletics Cross Country two brutal courses always stood out – the old ankle-busting Mt Cotton farm course with nine creek… Read More

I always regard the Ashgrove Rangers Gift as a great barometer as to how well the club is going in Track and Field.With our biggest roll up since the year 2000 at tonight’s 34th running at The Gap High School it augurs well for us given we had 36 competitors in the Gift and 30… Read More

The annual call to outgreen Club President Ken Hastie seemed to promote an incredible amount of club energy today at the final round of the Brisbane Cross Country Series at Minnippi Parklands Tingalpa hosted by Thompson Estate.Certainly our best rollup in many years to a south side venue suggests that Sundays aren’t quite as problematic… Read More

It was great to have our annual National Medallists gathering this morning at Cafe Tara at The Gap with five of our National Medallists from the past 12 months Laura Bray, Sam Shaw, Tate Van Camp, Lee Martin and Hayden Lockhart able to celebrate their accomplishments with their families, Club committee, coaches and officials, our… Read More

If awards for excellence in Cross Country course presentation were made there’s no doubt that Bruce Jones and his Toowong Harriers team would be up for a Gold Medal and once again today lots of compliments about the Biambi Yumba Park course for the Brisbane Cross Country Series at Fig Tree Pocket. Despite us having… Read More

A tremendously enjoyable day of friendly but competitive contests on a fast flat track at Nudgee College with Ashgrove and Toowong ending up with equal second highest number of teams on 16 behind an incredible 29 teams for Athletics North. Bronze Medal to our Under 20 Men’s team where we knew after a sub-16 5k… Read More

Great to see athletes, officials and supporters from all generations of the club out in force at today’s Honeyeater Street Park Round of the Brisbane Cross Country Series at Upper Kedron including Official Don Stapleton who was a fourteen year old when the club started in 1962. It was a very enjoyable day for us… Read More