Jimboomba athletes contested the open men’s high
jump relay and the team of Lucas Dibb, Brett Minett and Lindsay Newton-Smith won
the gold medal.
Jimboomba Athletics club president, Steve
Fielding-Smith said he was delighted but not surprised by the result.
“We have three high jumpers who can clear 1.80m
plus so we thought they would be in with a good shot. The Gold Coast Victory
team threw out a challenge but ultimately had to settle for second place.”
Brett, Lindsay & Lucas. State Champions for High Jump
2011 U14 Challenge Team & Interclub 2 Team
 
Queensland All Schools State Championships
Well
it was an awesome four days of competition at the state titles, we had
13 athletes compete over the four days and some had very heavy
schedules competing on every day.
All of our athletes can be proud of their achievements with many PB's and close misses.
We achieved 17 medals & four records.
Well done to the squad: Lindsay, Mikala, Nick, Torita, Rebecca, Shannon, Lucas, Cody, Tayem, Nathan, Zac, Jessica & Cam.
Most have qualified for nationals in March, so we will now be looking forward to Sydney.
Good luck to Torita, she will be competing at Sydney on the 13th of November in the
AWD National Championships
 Torita wining the 100m sprint
State Champion & National Record Holder
Congratulations to Torita Isaac,
gold medallist and state champion who competed at the 2011 Queensland Underage
AWD Athletics Championships held earlier this month.
Torita broke the national record in
the 400m for her classification and was runner up for the Tracey Freeman Female
Athlete of the Meet Award. Torita also ran the 200m, 800m and 1500m.
2011 Downunder Championships
Jimboomba athletes did well at
the annual Gold Coast Downunder meet on the 1-3 July.
This is a meet which usually
attracts lots of competitors from the USA, Canada, New Zealand and other
Pacific-rim nations. Numbers were down this year, possibly due to lingering
effects of the GFC and the strength of the Aussie dollar as well as the
earthquake in Christchurch.
13 year old Zac McDonald stepped up
to compete in the U16 age group and benefitted from the experieince with fine
performances in the 200m, shot put, discus and javelin.
Competing in his first ever pole
vault competition, Nick Whitmore cleared 2.70m to win the U18 age group. Nick
also jumped well in high jump.
U20 athlete, Lindsay newton-Smith
won the pole vault and 400m as well as placing second in javelin and picking up
a bronze medal in the 110m hurdles.
Also competing in the U18 age group
Mikala Roberts won the U18 triple jump and narrowly missed out on medals in the
discus and hurdles.
Training partners unite to run in relay: Jordan, Mikala, Elana & Lindsay
 Jimboomba
athletes did well at the 2010 Queensland Athletics State Relay
Championships held in conjunction with the little Athletics relay
championships at the State Athletics Facility at Mount Gravatt.
Jimboomba was represented in U18 men’s and women’s events.
The U18
team of Liam Burnett, Tayem Renton, Julian Watkins and Lindsay
Newton-Smith placed second to the QEII Track Club team in the 4X400m
relay event while the women’s team of Mikala Roberts, Jessica Pickles,
Katie Clow and Miranda Ricketts placed 4th in the same event.
Liam, Tayem
and Lindsay also picked up silver medals in the U18 3Xlong jump and
3Xhigh jump relays and placed a creditable 5th in the 4x100m sprint
relay with 13 year old Kyle Somerville competing as the 4th runner.
Congratulations to all athletes who competed.
 
The
Australian Paralympic Committee in association with Jimboomba Athletics
conducted specialised testing to help identify the next
generation of Paralympic Athletes
Sunday 29th August 2010.
More
than twenty Athletes came from as far away as Gladstone & Bundaberg
to take part in sprint testing, standing long jump, reach test &
throws events in the Toyota sponsored program.
Thank you to the Jimboomba parents for your assistance.
 2010 Queensland All Schools State Cross
Country
Jimboomba Athletics Club had its
biggest ever representation at the 2010 Queensland All Schools State Cross
Country Running Titles held recently. Runners
had to compete over distances ranging from 2000mtrs up to 8000mtrs at
st Pauls School in Bald Hills.
The
event also doubled as the selection trials for the national titles to
be in Brisbane at the same venue.
17
year old Tayem Renton secured his highest ever placing finishing 5th in
the U18 boys 6000mtrs which
qualifies him to represent QLD at nationals next month.
14
year Miranda Ricketts ran a very smart race to finish 6th in
the girls U15 4000mtrs her highest ever placing and beating 50 other
state runners home.
12
year old Locky Bell finished 7 places higher than last year with a
very nice 7th in the U13 boys 3000mtr event booking himself a
reserve spot for nationals.
14
year old Jonathan Gabbert finished 9th in his 4000mtr race and
is competing at nationals next month for the second year in a
row.
15
year old Jaimee Newton-Smith was representing Met West region for
the first time at States and surprised many people with her great 10th placing, she also only
narrowly missed a spot on the QLD team.
17 year old Chloe Lees better
known for running fast over 400mtrs than 4000mtrs ran a great race
finishing 18th in Queensland.
The club's youngest runner 12 year
old Hannah Cox was at her first ever State Cross Country Titles and ran
a 20 second personal best over 3000mtrs finishing in the top 20.
16 year old Julian Watkins ran in
the U17 4000mtrs and has also qualified for nationals next month due to
his 2nd placing at allschools.
Our
runners also helped their regions win 5 team relay medals which
was a lot of fun.
(in the photo form left to
right:
Back row - Tayem Renton, Jonathan Gabbert, Julian Watkins, Toby Campbell
Front row - Jaimee Newton-Smith,
Hannah Cox, Miranda Ricketts, Locky Bell)
Absent: Chloe Lees
 Downunder Championships 2010
Jimboomba Athletics had another successful Downunder Championships bringing home 14 medals & several
top 8 finishes.
Backrow: Mikala, Oliver, Julian, Lindsay, Liam.
Frontrow: Aiden,Kendal,Jessica, Jaimee & Miranda.
Absent: Blake Rogers, Joshua Foote, Chloe Lees.
Athletes
do well at Nationals 2009
Jimboomba Athletics Club was represented by its biggest ever team of
athletes at the Australian All schools & Youth Athletics
Championships.
The competition was held in Hobart from Friday December 4th to Monday
December 7th.
Julian Watkins (15) won the national title in the 2000m steeple chase.
He also came 6th in the 1500m.
Jessica Pickles (15) showed great determination by claiming bronze in
the 3000m walk, she also came 11th in the 2000m steeple chase.
Jonathan Gabbert (13) took out the bronze medal in the 1500m and backed
this up with a 4th place in the 800m.
Tayem Renton (16) placed 5th in the 2000m steeple chase and 11th in the
3000m.
Mikala Roberts (14) Placed 6th in both the discus and the triple jump.
Luke Morgan (15) placed 6th in the 3000m and 7th in the 2000m steeple
chase.
Lindsay Newton-Smith (16) placed 7th in both the javelin &
triple jump, And 8th in the 400m hurdles.
Abbie Ryan (14) placed 7th in the hammer throw.
Jasmine Sinclair (15) competed in both the 200m & 400m.
Well done to all athletes
2009 State Cross Country Championships
This was a fantastic competition & all fully enjoyed themselves.Jonathan 13yrs- Silver & Bronze in relayJulian 15yrs- 4th & Silver in relayLuke 15yrs- 12thTayem 16yrs- 18th - silver in relayBraelan 11yrs- Bronze in relayNational rep team will be Jonathan, Julian, Luke & Miranda (Reserve)
Down Under Championships 2009Medal
count: 4 Gold, 7 Silver & 1 Bronze. Plus 2 meet records for Julian.
What a great result from the eight athletes
that took part. Julian Wathkins: 1st in the 3000m, 2000m steeple, 1500m & 800m. meet records for the 3000m & 1500m. Luke Morgan: 2nd 2000m steeple & 3rd 1500m, 5th 3000m. Tayem Renton: 2nd 2000m steeple. Lindsay Newton-Smith: 2nd Javelin, 2nd Pole Vault, 5th High Jump. Jasmine Sinclair: 2nd 200m, 6th 100m, 7th 400m Abbie Ryan: 2nd Hammer, Jessica Pickles: 1st 1500m Invitational Walk, 2nd Javelin. 5th 2000m steeple, 11th Long Jump, 4th Shot. Liam Burnett: 9th 100m, 9th 200m, 13th 400m.   
Club runs hot in battle for supremacy UPBEAT president Ralph Newton wants Jimboomba to be Logan’s premier athletics
club - seven national representatives is a good start.
The club has made
moves recently to form a sub-branch in central Logan, reaching out to the wider
community.
Jimboomba gave itself the best possible advertisement last
weekend when two club members met the qualifying standards for December’s
Australian All Schools and Youth National Championships in Hobart.
Long
distance specialist Julian Watkins, 15, booked a spot in the 800m, 1500m and
3000m events as well as the 2000m steeplechase.
Watkins highlighted his
promise in a four-gold, two-records performance at the international Down Under
Championships on the Gold Coast, which involved more than 500 athletes.
Teammate Luke Morgan, 15, joined Watkins on the podium. He claimed silver
and a national qualifying spot in the 2000m steeplechase.
``We have a number
of other athletes who are only a fraction away from qualifying as well,’’ Newton
said.
The duo join Abbie Ryan, Jessica Pickles, Tayem Renton, Jonathan
Gabbert and Lindsay Newton-Smith in the national set-up.
Story: logan-west-leader.whereilive.com.au/.../club-runs-hot-in-battle-for-supremacy
Congratulations to Lindsay
Newton-Smith for making the 2009 Australian
Athletics U17 Development Squad & Queensland Athletics TIDG
Squad.
Lindsay was selected for the
Decathlon. Good work Lindsay.
Congratulations to Jessica
Pickles for making the Queensland Athletics TID
Squad.
Jessica was selected for
Walks.
Good work Jess.
 Congratulations to Julian Watkins for making the Queensland Athletics EAL
(Emerging Athlete List)Julian makes the list for the 2000m Steeple. Well done Julian.
 Saturday 7th February 2009, Jimboomba Boys U18 Team Finished 3rd in the Queensland Championships
Open 4X400m Relay
 
Lindsay, Oliver, Julian & Tayem
Queensland
Combined Events Championships December 2008. We had four
athletes compete
in this event.
Jasmine
& Jessica in the U16 women’s Heptathlon. Jasmine finished 3rd
&
Jessica 4th. This was a great result for the girls & gives them
lots of experience
for next year.
Lindsay & Oliver competed in the U16 Men’s Heptathlon, Lindsay
finished
second & Oliver 3rd. This was a great
performance from both boys.
Queensland all schools
combined events championships November 2008: U16 Heptathlon
U16 Female, Jasmine Sinclar 4th, Jessica Pickles 5th. U16 Male, Kade
Jennings QE2 Track club 1st, Lindsay Newton-Smith 2nd.
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DOWNUNDER
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
The
Downunder championships were cold and wet but what a meet we
had.
Our athletes were among the 250 Australians that
competed
against 166 Americans & 88
New Zealanders over the three
days. They came away with five Gold, two
Silver, and
one Bronze medal, as well as three huge
personal
best performances and two All Schools National
Qualifiers.
Well done.
Jessica, Jasmine, Lindsay, Abbie & Julian
Jason
Burt to represent Australia at Oceania Masters
ALLROUNDER
Jason
Burt is gearing up to represent Australia at July's Oceania Masters
Games in Townsville after only recently taking up athletics.Jason
Burt, who has been training for just six months, earned his
place in
the national set-up with a five-medal haul at the national Masters
Championships in Sydney in the 35-39 years age group, Athletics, Logan West Leader.
The highlight was a gold in the high jump competition.
ALLROUNDER ... Jason Burt is an athlete on a fast track to successs. / News Limited
picture, Logan West Leader.
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