Athletes from Flack Advisory Services Group-backed Bendigo Region were in hot form on home turf at the weekend’s Athletics Victoria, Australian Masters and Victorian Masters multi-event championships. There was hot competition across all age groups as the 10-discipline decathlon or seven-event heptathlon were contested at the Retreat Road complex in Flora Hill.
Liam Shadbolt cleared 1.83m at high jump to set a Bendigo Centre record for under-15s and under-14s and Eaglehawk and Bendigo Harriers kept the heat on rivals in the weekend’s sixth round of Athletics Victoria Shield League track and field action. The Bendigo round was run on Friday as a twilight/night meet at the Flora Hill complex. In a fierce fight to earn a top two place and promotion for next season, Eaglehawk scored 26,452 to be second in the division two standings.
A group of 12 athletes with links to Flack Advisory Services Group-backed Athletics Bendigo Region clubs will compete at this weekend’s Victorian multi-event championships in Bendigo. Saturday’s and Sunday’s action at the Retreat Road complex in Flora Hill includes many vying for Australian Masters and Victorian Masters titles.
EAGLEHAWK’S dominance of Athletics Victoria Country Championships rolled on at the weekend’s action in Ballarat. The Hawks marked a fourth consecutive campaign as number one team. Eaglehawk scored 1189 ½ points across three days and two nights of competition at Llanberris Reserve to hold the Margaret Saunders Country Cup, overall; Ex-Athletes Cup, women’s team; and David Kitt Memorial Trophy, men’s team, for another year.
EAGLEHAWK will be chasing a fourth consecutive title as the number one team at this weekend’s Athletics Victoria country championships in Ballarat. A squad of 47 will represent the Hawks when the three-day meet starts at 3pm on Friday at Llanberris Reserve. The titles have drawn 106 competitors from the Athletics Bendigo Region.