Victorian Race Walking Club Summer program : available for perusal at http://www.vrwc.org.au/vrwcs15.shtml
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS Welcome to the track season of 2014-15. And what a wonderful prelude, with the club finishing off an exciting Cross Country season by being promoted to Premier division next year after finishing in second place in Division 2. This is due to some fantastic individual performances, but also great team efforts culminating in great results in the Tan relays. The Men’s Division 2 team won, as did the Mens Division 6 team. The women also performed exceptionally well with the Div 2 team coming in at a creditable 3rd, just behind Glenhuntly and Doncaster. Apart from these results, what stands out about this meeting is the fact that the club was able to fill 10 teams across all divisions. Just goes to show what we can do if we can consistently build some depth in the club. More competitors on the day leads to everyone motivating each other and giving us the outstanding results witnessed. Congratulations to all who competed. On another matter I am delighted to report that your new committee, with the addition of some new members elected at the recent AGM, had its first meeting last week. I can only say I was delighted with the enthusiasm and fresh ideas coming from the new members. Ideas were flying off the walls!! With such an influx of new thinking I can only conclude that your club will take some giant steps in the coming 12 months both on and off the track! We have a reinvigorated committee, new members joining the club every month and, with the sort of results demonstrated through the cross country season, SSH may be poised to enter a golden age of success both on and off the track. Thanks to all those who agreed to take on additional responsibilities at the AGM, whether it be Track Captain, Team Manager or Record Keeper. All roles are of critical importance if we are to lay the foundations for a successful club that provides an environment that allows all to compete and enjoy themselves at their full potential. The challenge of course is to build on this newfound enthusiasm and, indeed, use it to meet the challenges that face us as individuals and as a club. One of these challenges is to support the requirement to provide officials at most meetings throughout the year. The committee decided to roster all members to be responsible for fulfilling a duty as required by Vic Aths at least once a year. It is reasoned that we cannot continue to rely on the few people who to date have given up their time selflessly to support the bulk of those who have chosen not to contribute. This is not a sustainable model. For this reason I ask you to assist the club in supporting the initiative. If you are unable to assist, at least provide a substitute so we are not running around at the last minute trying to conscript the same people to help "just one more time". Look forward to seeing all at the track. Carpe Diem!
Greg Nolan President
BIRTHDAYS
OCTOBER – Graeme Rose, Alex MacCallum, Graeme & Kevin Craigie, Lachlan Aspinall, Cameron Gatt, Grace Mackie, Stephen Rennick, Nolene Schofield, Peter Westwood, Anne Spence, Chirath Pathirana, Alex Berry, Rebecca Cato, Shaun Geraghty
NOVEMBER – Ben Buckingham, Matthew Nolan, James Christensen, Stuart Cooper, Jacqui Bull,
Martin Hall, Hasalanka Fernando
DECEMBER – Shirley Young, David McNair, Tim Cooke