Ashgrove Rangers

06/06/2026

More of the action from a very enjoyable afternoon in the Ipswich round of the SEQ Cross Country Series hosted by our friends from the Ipswich and District Athletic Club.

06/06/2026

Pleasant conditions, an excellent course and good camaraderie with our fellow clubs made for a pleasant afternoon for us at the Ipswich Round of the SEQ Cross Country Series this afternoon.

There was some very strong running from Emilia Schulze, Kristina Kersten and Daisy Carter taking out their Divisions of the Women’s 4k, 6k and 8k respectively and I thought our team performed very well on the whole.

A big thanks to Vic Pascoe and his loyal band of Ipswich Athletic Club helpers for putting on a very enjoyable event on one of the best Limestone Park course configurations we have encountered.

06/06/2026

A Queensland Day celebration at Ashgrove parkrun today saw good conditions and 238 finishers and quite a few club members on hand.

Frankie Hewett was second in the Females in 22:11.

At the Sandgate Speed Week parkrun which always tries to target good conditions at this time of year, Zach Rogers was 15th in 15:04, Sonny Adam 51st in 15:38, Xavier Wallace 70th in 15:57, Ben Flanagan 151st in 16:59, Anthony Wallace 184th in 17:29 and Kristina Kersten 316th in 19:34.

Well done on some good runs folks.

05/06/2026

Fine and sunny conditions with a top of 22 degrees expected for the Limestone Park,Ipswich round of the SEQ Cross Country Series round tomorrow.

We have a healthy 22 entries out of a meet total of 176 runners engaged.

Looking forward also to our Celebration Dinner on Sunday evening 6.30pm at Arana Leagues Club where those selected for Nationals in the past 12 months will receive a certificate and we thank everyone for their efforts in getting us to 7th in Track and Field over the summer out of 55 clubs and 2nd last season in Cross Country.

Currently we have an excellent attendance of 60 tickets but if you still want one you can jump in under the miscellaneous category at the online store.

With the Sandgate parkrun Speed Week and Brisbane Marathon also on there’s no shortage of events happening over the weekend.

Good luck to all athletes competing!

03/06/2026

With the big inter-school Cross Country events done and dusted for another year a lot of local focus will start shifting towards early season school and district athletics carnivals.

Marist Ashgrove Head Coach Robin Martin will join us at The Gap High School training at 5.45pm on Monday night to lead the sprinters in an acceleration and hurdles session.

Robin has a regular 3.15pm to 4.30pm Sprints and Hurdles session at Marist Ashgrove on Sunday afternoons and all athletes 12 years and up are welcome to attend.

03/06/2026

It’s not exactly for sheep stations but see-sawing battles with our neighbours Toowong Harriers have been going on pretty much since our club was formed in the 1960s so I’m sure once again there’ll be plenty of fun banter going on with them and our third-placed hosts Ipswich up at Limestone Park on Saturday.

Leading their Divisions individually are Kristina Kersten in the Under 20 Women’s and Cam Cox in the Under 18 Men’s.

Entries close 9am tomorrow at the Queensland Athletics website which also has the programme.

This Queensland Day we are heading to Ipswich for Round 7 of the South East Queensland Cross Country Series.

In the Michael Schultz Premiership, Ashgrove sit a top of the leaderboard with 279 points, over Toowong on 276 and Ipswich on 250.

A reminder that the Queensland Cross Country Relays for Schools and Clubs are coming up on the 20th June with entries closing on the 16th June.

More information on all our events: https://qldathletics.org.au/competition/

Fun Fact: Queensland day is celebrated annually on 6 June, marking the state’s official separation from New South Wales on 1859

03/06/2026

Just an update on Sunday’s Celebration Dinner 6.30pm at Arana Leagues Club.

If anyone else wants to come along we still have 9 tickets left of a maximum of 65.

Just go to our website and choose the Micellaneous item from the Online Store.

03/06/2026

It was a big day today for Marist Ashgrove winning the Secondary and in a tie with Iona in the Primary AIC Cross Country Premierships at Curlew Park, Sandgate.

Ethan Bird was the Captain and did well to finish fourth in the Opens.

Well done to the school on many excellent results achieved including those by these Ashgrove Rangers:

Year 5 2k
5th George O’Brien 6:56
6th Phoenix Bryant 6:57

Year 6 3k
3rd Geordie Edgerton 10:40

13 years 3k
9th Daniel Sadimenko 10:57

14 years 4k
1st Fred Little 13:26
25th Will Minahan 15:17
35th Matthew Higgins 15:38

15 years 4k
2nd Roman Sadimenko 13:29

16 years 5k
8th Ben Flanagan 17:34

Open 5k
4th Ethan Bird 16:24
33rd Perry Croft 18:48

Well done to all involved on a formidable day of achievement.

02/06/2026

It was certainly a huge day for our athletes at the Met North Regional Cross Country Trials today at Pine Rivers Park.

I have been attending this event since 1984 and certainly today was the best all round performance for our club’s runners as a whole so a big thanks to all of our athletes, parents, coaches and officials involved.

Whether they qualified through to States or not everyone absolutely ran their hearts out.

The weather was cool early and conditions were still good for most of the programme although by the time of the last couple of races for the 13 years it had certainly warmed up.

Making it through to the School States at Highfields, Toowoomba on 18th/19th July were:

3rd 10 years Boys 2k Fraser Lake

6th 11 years Girls 3k Amelia Kingsnorth

2nd 11 years Boys 3k Henry Dale

1st 12 years Girls 3k Jo-Jo Little

1st 12 years Boys 3k Patrick Reid

4th 12 years Boys 3k Finn Jackson

6th 12 years Boys 3k Elliott Stannard

1st 13 years Boys 3k Jayden Patten

1st 14 years Boys 4k Dylan Reid

4th 15 years Girls 4k Emelia Schulze

6th 16 years Girls 4k Sahara Ryan

1st 17 years Girls 4k Ava Thompson

2nd 18/19 years Girls 6k
Lara Wannenburgh

Full results including times are available at:

https://results.sportseventservices.com.au/results.aspx?CId=16287&RId=6552

31/05/2026

This week’s venue for the SEQ Cross Country Series of Limestone Park, Ipswich is one of Queensland’s most heavily used Cross Country courses having already hosted the Queensland All Schools and GPS Cross Country meets this season.

Originally set up as a lime-burning quarry in 1827 using convict labour, its usage transitioned to a horse park in 1894 and then a golf course in 1897.

In the post-war era it increasingly became a central sporting hub for the city of Ipswich and other sports that thrive there now include AFL, Rugby League, Basketball, Netball and Cricket along with a PCYC.

Ipswich and District Athletic Club was formed in 1978 and is one of Queensland’s leading clubs in track and field having fielded 73 teams at last season’s State Relays and finished third during the Track and Field Shield season.

The club uses Bill Patterson oval which is the start/finish area on Saturday as it’s home ground.

Ipswich parkrun is also based at the park.

In 1989 the park was home to the National Cross Country won in convincing fashion by Steve Moneghetti.

With wide open spaces and a series of long sweeping uphills and downhills it’s pretty much the perfect cross country venue and I’m often amazed by how well athletes can run immediately after doing a cross country race there.

It’s a venue that really provides inspiration to all communities as to what grassroots sport can aspire to be.

Entries close for this Saturday’s meet at the Queensland Athletics website at 9am Friday which also has the programme.