NEWS
The sun was shining but the icy wind was in full force as our 31 athletes took on the challenging XCR course. There were plenty...
Twenty one Essendon members travelled down the highway to run at Cruden farm over distances ranging from 5 to 12K. Our Premier women's team was...
Our athletes shined brighter than the Queensland sun during last week’s Oceania Athletics Championships in Mackay. Thirteen Essendon athletes competed across nine different events. They...
The Gold Coast Invitational over the weekend provided a solid opportunity for some performances for the Australian Junior Team, who were on a training camp...
We welcomed two new members to the club on Saturday and they can both be proud of their performances. Campbell Johns finished 17th in the...
About 90 members, guests and family came together at Buckley Park Bowls Club to celebrate another successful track & field season. Our numbers were down...
The XCR season got under way at Jells Park, with a slightly different but still challenging course. Thanks to Adrian Fitzgerald, Mitch Brown & James...
By Matthew Millington The year was 1897. The VFL held its inaugural season which saw Essendon win the premiership (Carlton finished second last on the...
While the weather didn't bring its A-game to Sydney, Athletics Essendon athletes certainly did at the Australian Track and Field Championships. Nine jam-packed days of...
While many of our club's younger champions headed to Sydney, a few of our Masters athletes (30+), headed further north to Brisbane. Spread over 4...
Men Triple Jump Ayo Ore 1st 16.11m (-0.9) Photo by ryan.t.jones Men 100m Jack Hale 2nd 10.40 (-0.1) Jacob Despard 3rd 10.41 (-0.1) Men 3000m...
Stars were out in force for Athletics Essendon at the Melbourne Track classic. Plenty of great performances including a sneaky club record! Former club coach...
Respect your (club) elders. After the weekend's State Masters championships at Lakeside we should all have more respect for those with grey, coloured or no...
Our members have continued to compete since the Play Offs. Lily-Bella Hilli sliced 0.16 seconds off the girls under 16 200m hurdles record at the...
The final Milers was run and won at Murrembeena on Thursday. Women 800m: Matisse Lazzari 6th in the A event in 2:17.85 and Anna Kasapis...
Congratulations to our three time Olympian, Chris Erikson, on his appointment as selector for the Australian aths teams. Chris competed at Beijing, London and Rio...
World Junior Qualifier Alert for Archie Noakes, this time in the 5000m with a 38sec PB. Photo by Jazz Deol (@quads.of.fury) Archie Noakes has 4...
Athletics Essendon lead for most of the day to grab a well earned win at Lakeside. Our "pre game" analysis suggested 60,000 points would be...
Perfect conditions greeted athletes at Lakeside over the weekend, although a wind up the front straight peaked close to 4 making the 200s tough work....
Our club went into the state champs chasing the H H Hunter Shield for another year. This is awarded to the club achieving the best...
The "home & away" AVSL season came to an end over the weekend. Our members were spread between Bendigo (Thurs), Geelong (Fri), LA regionals (Geel...
For the third year, VMC and Athletics Essendon celebrated the life of our great middle distance runner and administrator, John Higham with the running of...
For most athletes who make it to the pinnacle of their sport, their dreams of glory begin in childhood. For Maria “Maz” Strong, Paralympic dreams...
