Author: John Purcell
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State 3k Run and 5k Walk Championships 2025
Turned out to be quite a nice night in terms of conditions for the State 3k Run and 5k Walk Championships at UQ tonight. Well done to Katie Bray Silver in the Under 18 5k Walk with 32:52.12. Brendan Press recorded 8:51.32 for 13th in the Men’s A Grade 3k and Daisy Carter 11:45.92 in…
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Dane Bird-Smith Shield 2025
The Dane Bird-Smith Shield today at QE2 was a bit quieter for us in the end with a few athletes resting up before States after a lot of recent racing. Whether you encountered good conditions or not for your event was pure chance as the wind swirled all over the place between big headwinds to…
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Sunshine Coast Track Challenge 2025
A very successful raid on the Sunshine Coast Track Challenge meet by our 3 competitors tonight. Kristina Kersten took Heat 2 of the Women’s 800m in 2:24.77 and Daniel Casey Heat 3 of the Men’s in 2:04.77. Tate Van Camp was 3rd in the A Grade Open Men’s race and 1st U16 steaming home in…
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Joanna Stone Shield 2025
More than anything the sport of athletics is about perseverance and it was great to see our seniors who really know what that means come right to the fore at today’s Joanna Stone Shield at QE2. Tiana Solley now has family bragging rights in the 100m after winning the Women’s A Grade today in a…
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Sally Pearson Shield 2025
We had a very strong day at QE2 even with many of our juniors away today taking a trail of places and records at Little As Regionals. Conditions were mostly conducive to good performances but still a bit changeable at times. The plane to Perth is starting to look crowded with National qualifiers going to…
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Jai Taurima Shield 2025
They say it’s the effort that counts and when the Titan’s Athletic Club from Las Vegas makes the effort to bring 24 athletes over here to QE2 for the Jai Taurima Shield the result seems to be that the locals lift even on a day where the prevailing headwinds are very difficult. There were some…
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Tamborine Mountain Relays 2025
It was great to be back at the Tamborine Mountain Relays at the Ling Road Sports Complex this morning after the big storm caused last year’s event to be cancelled. The weather this morning was much more hospitable and thankfully some cloud cover kept the temperature within bearable range. Fastest of our runners was Daisy…
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Norma Croker Shield 2025
A solid day’s competition for us at the Norma Croker Shield at QE2 today with just the sort of depth of teamwork we need to improve going forward across a good range of events including 100m, 800m, Long Jump and Sprint Hurdles from our athletes. Highlights included 2nd place to Genesis S’Au in U18 Discus…
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Queensland Trail Festival 2025
Not for the first time we pulled off the trick of performing at two places at once today with our team of Matthew Higgins, Michael Higgins, Greg Webster and Glenn Kerrison finishing fourth in the Qld Trail Festival 4 x 3k Relay at Victoria Park and Ciaran Barry also contesting a very hot and hilly…