Ashgrove Rangers

07/09/2026

A reminder that this Saturday we have our Annual General Meeting at the Everton Park Library followed by dinner at the Gaythorne RSL at 5.15pm.

Come along and hear about a very busy year behind us and what’s hopefully a really exciting one coming up.

Many of us who are involved had a really good experience in days gone by in either the Ashgrove sporting village or other passionate communities.

We would love to hear from people with ideas on how we can move forward even further in the coming 12 months in creating memorable local pathways in athletics that can sustain long after the flame is extinguished at Victoria Park in 2032.

07/09/2026

On Friday 18th September it’s the Qld Athletics Awards Evening.

If you would like to pop along and help us collect the SEQ Cross Country Series Trophy and catch up with our friends from the other clubs it would be most appreciated!

You can order tickets at the Qld Athletics website.

Welcome to the Qld Athletics Awards Evening!

07/09/2026

There’s another UQ meet this Saturday if anyone is looking for a hitout prior to the School Track and Field Majors at QE2 in October.

Enter by Friday 9am at the Queensland Athletics website.

***This event will open on Wednesday the 2nd of September as the new QA 2026-27 season will commence on Tuesday the 1st of September***

06/09/2026

Consistency, variable surfaces like the Uq Hill, quicker ground contacts, maximising vertical and rotational force and pulsing will all be key themes for us as we head into the new season starting with the All Schools at QE2 from October 1st to 4th.

This week:

Tues 4.50pm Uq Hill up to 4 x 3 big laps and 4 up downs

Thurs 5.45pm The Gap High School 8 x 250 at 800 pace with 250 jog back

Saturday 8.30am Circuit at UQ near netball courts or 20 minutes parkrun, threshold, Mona, Mountain Running or 6 x 200m steep hill reps.

06/09/2026

Lower numbers due to the warmer weather but still a handy field of 142 at Des Connor parkrun today.

Henry Dale was first over the line in the Boys 2k in 7:27.

05/09/2026

Bunyaville was called off due to air quality with the burn offs but a bumper field of 269 at Ashgrove parkrun yesterday.

Frankie Hewett did well again being first over the line in 21:10.

04/09/2026

Queensland Athletics All Schools Championships

Entries are now open and close on the 22nd September.

This is the only meet where you can book your ticket to Perth for the Australian Athletics All Schools Championships.

Head to our website for entry information. A reminder the new season started in the 1st September so you will need to renew or become a member first and then complete the entry.

Fun Fact: Unlike the Queensland Representative School Sport pathway, there are no entry standards or qualification meets for this competition for able bodied or para athletes.

https://qldathletics.org.au/event/queensland-athletics-all-schools-2/

02/09/2026

With some burning off at Bunyaville this weekend, Anthony Wallace will instead lead a long run from the Samford Conservation Park along the rail trail from 6.30am.

All are welcome to join in.

02/09/2026

Spring has officially sprung and you can now renew your registration for the new season starting 1st October with Ashgrove Rangers and Queensland Athletics by going to the Queensland Athletics website and choosing Ashgrove Rangers as the club.

This will also allow you to enter the Queensland All Schools to be held at QE2 from 1st to 4th October.

Four of the major meets this season will be the Primary School Nationals at Lakeside track in Melbourne from 29th November to 3rd December, the Australian All Schools in Perth from 4th to 6th December, the Senior Nationals in Sydney again from 1st to 4th April and the National Cross Country at Ballarat 22nd to 23rd August.

There is no date or venue announced yet for Junior Nationals.

Hang on to your hats for another 12 months of fun with events catering for all ages, standards and disciplines.

31/08/2026

Looking forward to attending the annual Western Bulldogs Athletic Performance Summit in Melbourne this Friday and Saturday at their home the Whitten Oval, affectionately known as the ‘kennel’.

This popped up conveniently the day before the National Cross Country at Ballarat last year and I decided to check it out. The decision to attend was coloured somewhat by being a lifelong Western Bulldogs supporter given my grandmother kicked footballs around with the boys in Footscray in the early 1900s.

It’s promoted as Australia’s leading development event for high performance and rehab professionals and covers a range of topics across many areas.

Last year was a sellout with 300 attendees from a wide variety of sports clubs at both professional and community levels.

Both last year and this year’s programmes included a large emphasis on both sprinting and distance running as well as many other sports science areas.

Even though we are a relatively small non-profit community club, trying our best to innovate at pace and learn from our successes and failures via regular testing in the competition arena has helped us move forward a lot over the past few years so it’s good to see an innovation item on the agenda for the Summit.

I’ll report back on anything that might pop up as potentially being of particular interest to our members moving forward in the next 12 months at our AGM on Saturday 12th September 4pm at the Everton Park Library which will be followed by the traditional dinner at 5.15pm at the Gaythorne RSL.