Reports
Great Summer Season Cavvy!!
Track and Field Season Report - John Stinson
The 2010/11 Track and Field Season saw Caversham members participating in good numbers and featuring well in all forms of competition. The days of Caversham being largely considered a Winter Club only now appear well behind us.
The standout competitor was easily Daniel Balchin who secured 4 Otago titles from 800 to 5000 metres in his first Senior Year. This was a remarkable achievement by Daniel who continues to take everything in his stride and quietly enjoys all his success in Athletics. Hopefully Daniel will continue his great form at the upcoming New Zealand Championships. Nicole Bradley, now based in Auckland, has also been in dominant form in the Junior Women Shot Put, Hammer and Discus competition. During the Otago Championships Nicole won both the Women 17-19 and Women 20-34 4kg Hammer and Shot Put competition.
One of the features of the season was the continuing rivalry between Claire Giles and Allison Newall both on the Track and in Throwing and Pentathlon Events for Women 50+. While Claire was usually the victor Allison was never far behind with both achieving a number of personal best times during the season. Another Athlete who reduced his times considerably during the season was Ken Fahey, a relative newcomer to the Track arena. Benefiting from a number of weekly training sessions with Club Coach Dave Stinson, Ken has rapidly improved with every race and has gained considerable satisfaction from his performances. So well was Ken performing in one particular race that his identity became a mystery to a top performing Caversham Athlete watching on.
Among the Junior competitors Ben Anderson has been racing with renewed enthusiasm in both 800 and 1500 metres events since returning from Nelson, while 14 year old Otago Boys High School pupil Hamish Cooper has recorded a number of wins along with impressive times over 800, 1500 and 3000 metres.
As always a vote of thanks should be recorded to our hard working Officials in particular Meeting Manager Ron Cain, Senior Throwing Official Malcolm Giles and High Jump Official Graham Williams for their efforts during a long season. [And thanks to Ian McDonald for providing results - Ed].
