Western Athletics Club

13/06/2026

Congratulations Jess Stenson!

After weeks of public voting, Jess Stenson has been crowned the Limestone Coast's Greatest Sportsperson of All Time, narrowly beating out Keith's Andy Caldecott.
Read about Jess's achievements at the link.

https://limestonecoasttoday.com.au/news/2026/06/12/jess-stenson-our-top-sporting-legend/

07/06/2026

❄️ The wait is over... our newest winter event has officially defrosted! ❄️
Introducing the 2026 Winter Track & Field Challenge 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🔥
Get ready for a fun, exciting, and team-focused day of competition featuring a fresh format, club rivalry, and plenty of opportunities to challenge yourself. Whether you're a seasoned athlete or giving athletics a go for the first time, this event is for you!
📅 Sunday, 26 July 2026
📍 SA Athletics Stadium
Members and non-members are welcome, so start gathering your teammates and friends.
👀 Stay tuned — more information, event details, and entries will be coming soon!

06/06/2026

Western Athletics Club Quiz Night - Supporting Tessa Ebert U20 World Championships Campaign. Book your table of 8 today or register your name to be added to a table.
[email protected] or Debbie 0412 356 088

02/06/2026

⭐️⭐️ WINNER - Westerns Caitlin Adam’s takes the win in Launceston Half Marathon with an awesome time of 31:38! ⭐️⭐️

31/05/2026

⭐️⭐️What a night!⭐️⭐️
Congratulations Hugo ‘Rockstar’ - not a dry eye in the house

🏆 Congratulations to the Winner of the 2026 Aceit Transport Solutions Sports in the Community Award, Hugo Taheny!

Hugo Taheny of Yorke Peninsula known as Hugo Rockstar, is a world champion para-athlete and disability advocate who has set world records and won gold medals at the Virtus Global Games in shot put, discus, and javelin. A Health Ambassador for Down Syndrome Australia, Hugo presents annually to hundreds of medical students, lobbies government ministers on disability inclusion, and volunteers as a Little Athletics SA Para Athlete Ambassador every Saturday morning. He has contributed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital's Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, the NDIS Supported Decision Making Reference Group, and the World Down Syndrome Congress. Winner of the inaugural SA Life Young Inspiring Leader Award, Hugo is paving the way for future generations of athletes with disability.

30/05/2026

CELEBRATE SEASON 25/26!💛🖤💙
At the Athletics SA Awards night last night our club had a lot to celebrate!

Club of the year - WESTERN ATHLETICS CLUB!!
Coach of the Year - Development- Matt Clarke
Junior Female Athlete of the year - Tessa Ebert
Open Female Premiership - Lillee Wakefield
U14 Male Premiership- Josh Day
Life members - Kym Symonds/ Adam Dydik
(Oh and Hugo Taheny won the raffle 🥰)
Thank you to our AWESOME athletes, officials, coaches and parents!

22/05/2026

VALE - MICHAEL BUTLER
17/12/1940 - 05/2026

Western members will be saddened to hear of the recent death of Life Member Mike Butler. He joined the club in 1964 upon arriving in Adelaide after immigrating from Yorkshire, England. He was part of a British contingent that bolstered WD in that era.
Mike was a very accomplished athlete at that time after a long and successful involvement in junior, senior track and cross-country athletics. At 16yo., he was placed 4th in the English Youth Cross Country Championships over 3 mile and had involvement in international junior representations.
Mike bought a new level of determination to Westerns with his intense training and he soon became considered to be the backbone of Western’s winter supremacy when he captained the team to win 13 Winter Pennants undefeated. He anchored many of the hugely popular relay events of that time and was also deemed a Legend of the Western-Glenhuntly Challenge after competing in the event for a span of 23 years with a break while he returned to England for several seasons from 1973.

On the track Mike was also successful in winning 6 South Australian State titles:
10,000m State Title in 1966 and 1969
​ 3,000m Steeplechase State Title in 1966 and 1967
​3 Mile Cross Country State Championship in 1968
5 Mile Cross Country State Championship in 1973

Mike was a member of the 1966 Pt Pirie Relay Team, where twelve Western District runners set out to smash the club’s 1959 time for a relay event from Adelaide to Port Pirie. The group, running 2 mile change overs, finished the distance in 12hours 37 minutes and 28 seconds with an average mile rate of 5 minutes 20 seconds slashing the previous time set by the 1959 team. Mike recorded the fastest 2 mile leg time for the relay.

Mike, with his wife Pauline, were both huge supporters of club events, and assisted the club both socially and organisationally He served on the club committee for many years in the 60’s and 70’s, and in the position of both Summer and Winter Captain over those years. He served as club delegate to ASA for various years through to the 90’s.

He was awarded Life Membership of Western’s in 1970.

Mike’s son Paul ran with Western’s in 1998 as an under16 and still holds the club record for U16 3000m and U16 2000m Steeple Chase

Thank you Garry Goodwin for putting this info together

19/05/2026

Congratulations Aiden Fantastic run!

WORTH THE WAIT 🫡🔥

Aidan Murphy has headlined an Australian sweep in the Men’s 400m at the Oceania Athletics Championships, rising to second on the Australian all-time list in 44.44-seconds!

Finishing just shy of Darren Clark’s 44.38-second national record, Murphy beat home Thomas Reynolds in 44.69 and Luke van Ratingen in 45.04 😳

📸 - Casey Sims / Oceania Athletics

16/05/2026

Well done to all the athletes who competed in last nights winter event!
Shout out to Matthew Clarke who won the open men’s!