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25.01.2022 Great article on current member and Olympic hopeful Amy Alice Cashin.

25.01.2022 Women Champions of Sport Colette Taylor Western Athletics Colette Taylor started officiating at Little Athletics when her three children were competing and she saw the need for more parent helpers. She completed all the required training and became a weekly volunteer.... When her daughter moved up into the seniors’ competition, she became a parent helper at Western Athletics and then gained the necessary qualifications to become an official for both the Track and Field and Cross Country seasons. Even after her daughter stopped competing and moved on to football, Colette continued officiating for the club. She also started actively trying to recruit other officials, starting with her 13-year-old son, who is now a cadet official with Athletics Victoria. Her personal highlight was being an official in the Australian Masters Championships in Melbourne, prompting her to start running with a coach. I encourage moms (and dads) that have to take their kids to sports events (games, training sessions, competitions) to not just sit on the sidelines get off the bench or out of your car and volunteer in the canteen, officiate, carry the kids' water bottles and even train while they are training, Colette said.

24.01.2022 Congratulations to Jackson Glover! Bronze medallist in the U20 Mens 3000m Steeplechase, with a new club record in a time of 9:44.73! #athletics #athsvic #running #track #steeplechase

24.01.2022 We werent able to get together this year for our end of season presentation evening. So were doing things a little differently with a series of video presentations to celebrate the 2019-2020 season! First up is Club President Peter Cashin with the Presidents Report! Stay tuned for more presentations and awards to be announced throughout the week!

23.01.2022 Day 3 of Western Athletics presentation evening. Today we have the Presidents Award! Congratulations to whoever the winner of this award might be..

23.01.2022 WOW. Huge weekend of athletics at Lakeside for the first weekend of the Victorian Track and Field Championships. Congratulations to all the athletes who competed this weekend. Western Athletics came away with 8 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze medals as well as at least top 10 finishes and numerous PB's. Gold: FOP Morgan Mitchell 1500m FU17 Jade Chitty 5000m Walk FU18 Abigail Thomas 2000m Steeplechase... FU20 Aliyah Canepa Hammer Throw MU14 Matai Haunga Hammer Throw, Shotput MUi6 Franleen Newar-Jarfoi 100m MU18 Heath Beveridge 5000m Walk Silver: FU17 Ella Tobin 400m FU18 Mia White 2000m Steeplechase FU20 Rebekah Sutton Hammer Throw MOP Luke Stevens 400m MOP Cody Shanahan 1500m MU14 Mafi Ato Shotput Bronze: FOP Aliayh Canepa Hammer Throw FU20 Soumeya Biao 100m MU14 Mafi Ato Hammer Throw U18 Liam Morgan 2000m Steeplechase MU20 Jackson Glover 3000m Steeplechase All results can be found here https://www.athsvic.resultshub.com.au/results.html Good luck to those competing next week.

23.01.2022 Finally its our pleasure to announce the Western Athletics Summer Champions! Congratulations to: Cody Shanahan - Senior Male Summer Club Champion Frankleen Newah-Jarfoi - Junior Male Summer Club Champion... Morgan Mitchell - Senior Female Summer Club Champion Aliyah Canepa - Junior Female Summer Club Champion We hope youve enjoyed our virtual presentation evening!

23.01.2022 The Bunnings BBQ has been extremely popular today in Hoppers Crossing - and we’re still going strong this afternoon! Thanks to everyone who has come down to support the club! #bbq #bunnings #fundraiser #thanks

22.01.2022 The Jaimangal family are our volunteers of the month for November 2019. Ticket 12 was drawn which was for the Jaimangal's completing club duties at AVSL Round 1 held at Aberfeldie. The Jaimangal's come from Werribee Little Athletics with Taleisha and Jalen now competing for Western Athletics in Stu Macaulay's squad. You'll find Taleisha and Jalen sprinting over distances from 100m to 800m! Parent's Michael and Susan and the family have been regular helpers over the season, he...lping with club duties on at least three occasions at Aberfeldie and Werribee. The Jaimangal family have won their choice of a Western Athletics cap or beanie and a coffee and cake voucher for The social sutra cafe in Werribee. Congratulations! P.S. Sorry we've fallen a bit behind on celebrating our volunteers. We'll be posting the December and January winners soon too!

22.01.2022 Who needs a new pair of shoes? The Running Company-Yarraville re-opening tomorrow!

22.01.2022 Good luck to Luke Stevens (Mens 200m), Aliyah Canepa (Womens Hammer Throw), Cody Shanahan and Liam Cashin (Mens 5000m A race) who are all competing tonight. Go Western A's

22.01.2022 We have updated our website with the latest information on COVID-19 restrictions. Stay safe everyone! http://westernathletics.com.au//558-important-information-

22.01.2022 Happy New Year. We hope 2020 is everything you hope it to be.

21.01.2022 A big shout out to our coaches who give their time, advice, wisdom, knowledge and guidance to our athletes. It is important reflect and thank them for their time and effort in helping to prepare the athletes to achieve the best they can be as an athlete as well as an individual.We are sure parents, guardians and friends appreciate the work put into by the coaches to help develop a well rounded athlete. So take a bow Kylie Smith, Fernando Canepa,Peter Burke, Stu Macaulay, Daniel Sneyders, John Alchin, John Henry and any other coaches who has supported and coached athletes this weekend

21.01.2022 If you are a runner, jogger or someone who likes to go for long walks you may be wondering how best to adjust your training and exercise to a 60 minute a day limit. Here are five tips to adjust your training to 60 minutes a day. http://westernathletics.com.au//560-five-tips-to-adjust-yo

19.01.2022 Women Champions of Sport Jamieson Battistella Western Athletics After captaining her Little Athletics club for two years in a row, Jamieson Battistella progressed to the Seniors club, Western Athletics, where her journey to becoming the Under 20 Dual National Champion commenced.... In 2019 Jamieson scored a gold in the high jump, where she jumped a 1.78 metre personal best, at the Under 20 Women’s Track and Field National Championships in Sydney. She also received gold in the heptathlon, which resulted in four personal bests across the seven different track and field events and earned her a ticket to compete in the Oceania Games in Townsville where she represented Australia. Her successful streak continued here with another gold in the heptathlon and silver in the high jump. Jamieson has since been offered a US athletic scholarship, and she is now studying at the University of Nebraska in America. Western Athletics describes Jamieson as a dedicated, friendly, and community-minded athlete who inspires others to enjoy their sport. She also liked to help coach and mentor younger athletes around her and cheer her fellow team mates on at athletic competitions.

19.01.2022 Western Athletics club training is suspended until further notice. Please stay safe and we look forward to seeing everyone again soon. http://westernathletics.com.au//556-important-information-

17.01.2022 We had a successful AVSL Round 10 at our home track on Saturday! With many venue records broken- records to be released soon! Stay tuned! @ Vu Athletics Track Werribee

17.01.2022 Where are the female coaches? In the 23 years of Western Athletics the club has had three female coaches. In the early days we had Leonie Viterbo and more recently Alida Weitsz and Kylie Smith. Is this a new issue? No, if you go back to the days of the former Footscray, Sunshine and Werribee Athletic Clubs you could count on one hand the number of female coaches each of these clubs had. So where are the female coaches? Is this just our clubs problem?... Continue reading: http://westernathletics.com.au//551-where-are-the-female-c

16.01.2022 Women Champions of Sport Kylie Smith Western Athletics Kylie Smith started competing in Little Athletics when she was only six, and she has also competed in Seniors and Masters competitions, favouring long jump, triple jump and sprinting. She competed in many State teams as well as in the Pacific School Games, but in 2015 an injury resulted in her retiring from competition.... However, Kylie knew she still wanted to be involved in the sport she loved, and after being approached to become a coach she decided to give it a go. Western Athletics, assisted Kylie in paying for her coaching courses as well as providing all the equipment that was required. She has since attended Australian Institute of Sport training camps and learned from elite coaches in the Athletics Victoria Target Talent Program and the Athletics Australia Target Talent Program. In her short coaching career Kylie has had State and National level success with her squad and wants to continue to coach elite jumpers (both females and males) in the hope that one day she can become a coach at an International level.

16.01.2022 Girls and Women in Sport in Wyndham Event, tomorrow night. Please follow the link below to join in. We have several females nominated in various catergories.https://girlsandwomeninwyndhamsport.eventbrite.com.au

15.01.2022 Another huge weekend of athletics for the 2nd round of the State T&F Championships. This time the athletes headed to Duncan MacKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena. Once again excellent results were recorded: Gold: FU20 Aliyah Canepa Discus MU16 Frankleen Newar-Jarfoi 200m MU14 Mafi Aho Discus... Silver: FU18 Yara Taylor Javelin MU14 Matai Haunga Discus Bronze: FU15 Katrina Tau Discus FU17 Ella Tobin 200m FU18 Abigail Thomas 800m FU20 Soumeya Baio 200m FU20 Rebekah Sutton Discus MU14 Frankleen Newar-Jarfoi We also had over 10 top 10 finishes and numerous PB's. Well done to all who competed

14.01.2022 Congratulations to our 2019 Winter Champions! Watch on for a reflection of our 2019 XCR season from XCR team manager Phil Dunstone and announcement of our Winter Champions!

14.01.2022 Thanks to all our club helpers for helping out this weekend. Without our club helpers, events like these cannot run smoothly. Thanks to Peter Cashin, Brenda Cashin, Cheryl Beveridge, Julie White, Steve Glover, Lorraine Glover, Janice Hodgart ( Sat and Sun ), Julie Morgan, Stephanie Thomas, Tevita Haungo,, Brigitte Sneyders, Di McDonald for giving up their time. If you have an athlete competing next week please consider putting your name to help.

14.01.2022 As set out in the release earlier today, Athletics Australia and its member associations have agreed to suspend all events and competitions, until 1 May, 2020. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2ISnN1K Stay up to date on all COVID-19 athletics related news here: http://bit.ly/393r7BD

12.01.2022 At Western Athletics the health and safety of our members, coaches and family is a priority. Follow the link below for our guidelines and advice to help you and every other member remain healthy and have a positive experience. http://westernathletics.com.au//555-coronavirus-covid-19-a

12.01.2022 Congratulations to Western Aths member, Sasha. Well deserved recognition for true community spirit.

12.01.2022 Women Champions of Sport Amy Cashin Western Athletics and West Virginia University Athletics Amy Cashin’s passion for athletics started at age 10, when she first competed for Werribee Little Athletics. She finished there as Centre Captain in 2008/09 before moving on to Western Athletics, competing in both the Track and Field and Cross Country seasons and winning numerous Junior Club Champion awards as well as winning State age divisions for Athletics Victoria Cross Country.... She was National and PanPac Champion in the Under 14 2000m Steeplechase, U16 3000m Champion and had three podium finishes at National Cross Country Championships. In 2013 she represented Australia at the Junior World Cross Country Championships. In 2013 Amy went to West Virginia University (WVU) on a student/athlete scholarship. Four years later she earned WVU’s most prestigious student honour, The Order of Augusta. She has also earned multiple Big 12 Conference awards, three National Collegiate Athletic Association All-American Track and Field honours, and the 2018 Google Cloud All American Track and Field/Cross Country First team while maintaining a 4-point Grade Point Average. She has also supported many community groups and junior athletes. WVU coach Sean Cleary said: "Words alone cannot describe Amy's leadership in helping guide not only our track and cross country programs, but more so the overall student-athlete experience at WVU.

11.01.2022 Great night the Presidents Dinner. Well done to all involved and thank you to Joanne Ryan for her support,

11.01.2022 Important information regarding tomorrow's AVSL.

10.01.2022 Hope you have enjoyed our Western Athletics 2019-2020 virtual presentation week! Today well be wrapping things up with our final few presentations. First up our Summer Points Champions presented by Vice President Adrian Jeffkins. Congratulations!

10.01.2022 Its day 4 of our 2019-2020 presentations! Today were excited to announce our AVSL event winners! The winners are awarded for best performance at AVSL Competiton for Junior and Senior age groups. Congratulations to all of our event winners! Stay tuned as we still have our summer club champions, coaches award and a new life member to announce over the next few days!

10.01.2022 We’d like to congratulate our very own Jack Rayner, who has been selected to represent Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games! Jack has shown how incredibly well he can perform at international level, and following his success in the Commonwealth Half Marathon Championships in 2018, he will now represent the country in the Men’s Marathon later this year. Wishing you all the best, Jack!... Check out Jack’s profile on the Australian Olympics site: https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/jack-rayner/ #olympicteam #selected #olympics #greenandgold #represent #moustachemania #jackrayner #congratulations #goodluck #marathon

10.01.2022 Glenn Evans is our volunteer of the month for October. Ticket 31 was drawn which was for Glenn completing club duties at AVSL Round 3 held at Aberfeldie. Not surprising to see Glenn's name drawn, he's always happy to help whether it's club duties, or setting up/packing up both for shield events or during the winter season. Notably just 6 days prior to this Glenn had completed his debut marathon at Melbourne Marathon, in a very respectable time of 3:39:17! Glenn has won his choice of a Western Athletics cap or beanie and a coffee and cake voucher for The social sutra cafe in Werribee. Congratulations Glenn!

10.01.2022 Remember. You can still train using social distancing guidelines.

09.01.2022 Got a niggling feeling that someone you know or care about isnt behaving as they normally would? Perhaps they haven't been to training for a while or theyre just not themselves. Trust that gut instinct and act on it. We have a strong athletics community. Through good times and tough times, we will always be there for each other. Check on your teammates, friends and family! We encourage you to to trust the signs. You don't need to be an expert to reach out - just a good frie...nd and a great listener. Resources: www.ruok.org.au/how-to-ask Find help: www.ruok.org.au/findhelp #RUOKDay

08.01.2022 Next up for Western Athletics 2019-2020 presentations, we have life members John Alchin and Graham Shaw awarding a new Western Athletics life member! Congratulations to.. ??

08.01.2022 Come on down to Bunnings at Hoppers Crossing and support the club! Grab a bite to eat or can of soft drink to help out the club’s fundraising efforts! #bunnings #fundraiser #snag #bbq

08.01.2022 Western Athletics has 12 athletes competing tonight, three in the Mens "A" race. Settle back and watch them all on the live stream.

06.01.2022 Next up we have coach Stu Macaulay presenting the Coaches Award. Congratulations Glenn Evans!

05.01.2022 Caption this! Two elite running coaches; what are they talking about? #captionthis #laugh #running #westernaths #westernathletics #presentation #tactics @dan.sneyders @burkiemob

05.01.2022 Good Luck to Liam Cashin, Cody Shanahan (1500m) Luke Stevens (100 yard run) and Ebony Dodemeaide (U20 Women) tonight at Zatopek:10. If you can't get to Box Hill you can watch on the livestream. Go Western Athletics.

05.01.2022 TRIFECTA ALERT! Congratulations to Lachie Barber, Cody Shanahan and Matthew Hussey for some brilliant racing Tuesday night at the 104th Victorian Mile Championships! #running #athsvic #vicmilersclub #athletics

03.01.2022 Great interview with Stu Macaulay talking about Western Athletics.

02.01.2022 WynActive and Wyndham City want to help all residents achieve 30 minutes of daily activity while social distancing. The Find Your 30 Challenge has been launched to help you, friends and family be active and #FINDYOUR30. These challenges are free, easy and fun for everyone of all fitness and activity levels! The challenge is to find 30 minutes of activity per day for any 5 days in the week. If 5 days sounds a lot, then set your own target of 3 or 4 days to strive for and achie...ve. This is about finding what works for you Do it your way! For more information visit https://www.wyndhamtogether.com.au//find-your-30-weekly-f/ and https://wynactive.com.au/find-yo/find-your-30-register-now/ #findyour30 #doityourway #WynActive #wereinthistogether #wyndhamtogether #activewyndham

01.01.2022 Don't forget strength and conditioning.

01.01.2022 Also for Day 3, heres Santa with our 2019 Christmas Gift winners

01.01.2022 Women Champions of Sport Teagan Newman Western Athletics and Olympic Weightlifting Teagan Newman is an Indigenous athlete who had early success in the hammer throw and discus through Western Athletics, winning multiple State and National medals.... She first tried out weightlifting in 2013 as a way to strengthen her athletic development, before switching to competitive weightlifting in 2016. In 2017 she represented Victoria and won the Under 75kg class after lifting 137kg before representing Australia at the Commonwealth Oceania Junior Championships. She came home from those Championships with a silver medal in the junior Under 75kg category. She has also competed at the National Championships in 2018 and 2019, successfully making the difficult cross over from junior to senior level and improving her standing each year. She won bronze in the 2019 Arafura Games and currently holds the under 23-76kg National records. Although only getting the chance to compete once this year she is currently ranked 2nd in the Senior -76kg category. Despite not being able to access the gym where she usually trains due to COVID-19, Teagan has kept up her gruelling six-day training regime as well as starting a new full-time job as a Dental Nurse. Teagan is hoping her dedication will lead her to her dream of representing Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

01.01.2022 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 Athletics Victoria State Championships Weekend 2 (Saturday 7th Sunday 8th March) To Move To Duncan Mackinnon. Timetables: Weeke...nd 1: https://bit.ly/3855LUG Weekend 2: https://bit.ly/30q91r6 Event Infomation: https://bit.ly/2FNBY6K See more

01.01.2022 Good luck to all Western Athletics members competing in the first week of the Victorian Track & Field Championships. Go Western Aths