Author: John Purcell

  • Joanna Stone Shield 2024

    Joanna Stone Shield 2024

    Another excellent 6th place team performance out of 47 clubs at the Joanna Stone Shield today and we were honoured to see Joanna’s coach Mike Frawley on hand to assist and cheer on Ashgrove Rangers athletes in the throws. An absolute shock win in the Open Men’s A Grade 1500m to former State 1500m and…

  • Denise Boyd Shield 2024

    Denise Boyd Shield 2024

    Another really tremendous performance by our team today grabbing 6th place out of 42 clubs at the Denise Boyd Shield at QE2. Conditions were hot and humid although there were favourable but sometimes illegal tailwinds that helped the sprinters. Among the standouts were Laura Bray who ran the fastest Women’s 2k Steeplechase of the day…

  • Darren Thrupp Shield 2024

    Darren Thrupp Shield 2024

    In maybe the stickiest couple of months of conditions we have experienced at QE2 I have been really impressed by the commitment and support of our athletes and parents like Haiden and Russell Boyd showing the grit that’s necessary in this sport above all else to keep fronting up and putting in each week. Haiden…

  • Gary Brown Shield 2024

    Gary Brown Shield 2024

    Some of us were a bit rusty after the longer than usual Christmas break but there were still some handy performances at the Garry Brown Shield to open proceedings at QE2 today for the 2024 year. Early fouls and somewhat lesser jumps were forgotten as Aidan Dallinger produced a big final effort of 13.21m to…

  • New Year’s Eve Resolution Run 2023

    New Year’s Eve Resolution Run 2023

    The obligatory storm threatened but didn’t quite materialise at an epic New Year’s Eve Resolution Run on a very interesting course with a variety of surfaces at Emerald Lakes Golf Club tonight. Well done to Kyoko from the Ernies who took first place in the Women’s 12k race.

  • 2023 Final Thoughts

    2023 Final Thoughts

    In trying to find a photo that summed up a year that ran at a frantic pace for us like no other I thought I would choose this one of Don Stapleton and Aidan Dallinger together at a low-key meet at UQ track at St Lucia the day of the AFL Grand Final. As sports…

  • Glynis Nunn Shield 2023

    Day 1 A very good Day One of the Glynis Nunn Shield and State Combined Events Championships at QE2 today.The ever-consistent Tiana Solley having her first hitout for the season was pleased with a 1.71m High Jump effort on her way to a 3rd placed standing overall in the Open Women’s Heptathlon at the end…

  • Flying 4 Winners 2023

    Flying 4 Winners 2023

    It was a very steamy morning but still an excellent turnout for the final Flying Four of the year this morning.A big congratulations to our annual trophy winners: Under 10 Girls Under 10 Boys Under 14 Girls Under 14 Boys Open Women Open Men

  • Gary Morrisby

    Gary Morrisby

    I often think we are the luckiest club in Australia with the athletics community we have around us at Ashgrove and once again this year the workload that Gary Morrisby has taken on with The Gap Little Athletics, Queensland Athletics as an official and Ashgrove Rangers and nearby schools as a coach has been nothing…