Croydon Masters Athletics

18/06/2026

Greetings all. Andrew Egginton has booked us in at the Dorset Gardens hotel for 6.30pm tomorrow (Friday).
See you there. 😀

11/06/2026

Times from round 1 of 120m handicap:
1-John Thompson 15.13
2-Matt Kofi 15.25
3-Col Williams 15.44
4-Ryder Dux 15.54
5-Grant Murfett 15.78
6-Jess Dux 15.98
7-Andrew Arnott 16.31
8-Geoff Arnott 16.40
9-Andrew Egginton 16.44
10-Russell Oakley 16.75
11-Barry Murley 16.78
12-Allan Wood 17.16
13-David Gorman 17.55
14-Annemarie Lee 18.39
15-Kathie Williamson 18.60
16-John Cherubin 19.72
17-Phyllis Gosbell 20.65
18-Ron Smith 27.60
According to these times, handicaps have been adjusted and the following heats will run next Tuesday, 16/6. Handicaps in brackets.
Heat 1
Lane 2-Ron Smith (60)
3-Phyllis Gosbell (58)
4-Allan Wood (50)
5-Kathie Williamson(43)
6-John Cherubin (43)
7-Barry Murley (46)
Heat 2
Lane 2-David Gorman (36)
3-Russ Oakley (35)
4-Annemarie Lee (42)
5-Andrew Egginton(19)
6-Geoff Arnott (36)
7-Col Williams (33)
Heat 3
Lane 2-John Thompson (13)
3-Ryder Dux (10)
4-Jess Dux (13)
5- Matt Kofi (5)
6-Andrew Arnott (9)
7-Grant Murfett (0)
Hopefully these adjustments will compress all the times making it more competitive.
Anyone who missed round 1 is welcome to join in the next two rounds as we have a spare lane in each heat and can even add another if needed. Thanks again to everyone, looking forward to next Tuesday.
Cheers, Grant.

11/06/2026

Greetings all. Needless to say it was a busy night last Tuesday but, thanks to everyone who participated and helped, it ran very smoothly and we got through the program without much delay. So it’s a big thankyou to all our competitors who made it a successful first round of our 120m handicap sprint. The racing was certainly spirited with many surprising the scorers with their prowess. On raw times our fastest overall was John Thompson just shading Matt Kofi, Col Williams and Ryder Dux. I’ll list the finishing order later. Now that we have times for reference, I’ve adopted a standard handicap formula and adjusted the handicaps accordingly. All but three have been re-handicapped with nearly all getting a boost. I’ll post the heats for round 2 later.
I’m getting in early this week as I’m off to Townsville tomorrow, returning Tuesday morning. Will send some pics in shorts and singlet. 😀
Next Tuesday,16/6, our program is:
-1200m walk.
-120m h’cap round 2.
-1500m NOT.
-300m sprint.
-8 laps run/4 laps walk NOT.
See you there.
Cheers, Grant.

07/06/2026

Heats for round one of 120m handicap sprint, handicaps in brackets.
Heat 1:
Lane 2-Phyllis Gosbell (52)
3-Ron Smith (47)
4-Allan Wood (45)
5-Barry Murley (42)
6-Kathie Williamson (35)
7-Geoff Arnott (35)
Heat 2:
Lane2-Col Williams(37)
3-Annemarie Lee (35)
4-Russ Oakley (32)
5-Tania Neale (32)
6-David Gorman (30)
7-John Cherubin (30)
Heat 3:
Lane 2-Colin Page (30)
3-Andrew Egginton(17)
4-John Thompson (14)
5-Jess Dux (12)
6-Rob Stagg (12)
7-Ryder Dux (10)
Heat 4.
Lane 2-Andrew Arnott (8)
3-Chris Andonopoulos(7)
4-Kim Beswick (5)
5-Matt Kofi (5)
6-Grant Murfett (0)
-Handicaps can adjusted after each round.
-Each competitor will be ranked overall after each round according to time and points allocated according to their position in the following manner. 1st=1point
2nd=2 points
3rd=3points, etc.
After three rounds, the six competitors with the lowest scores, having competed in all three preliminary rounds, will contest the final.
-Each of the preliminary rounds will be videoed to assist with placings.
Forward any questions you may have as I’m bound to have missed something, otherwise, I’m looking forward to kicking off our inaugural Croydon masters gift.
Cheerio for now.
Grant.

07/06/2026

Greetings all. A big night again last Tuesday with plenty of participants putting out some hotly contested performances. Great to see Kanya and Ollie back for a run and Dad, Andrew, getting into the sprinting groove pushing the rest of the field a notch faster I think. On the subject of sprinting, I’ve allocated everyone on our list into one of four heats for our 120m handicap first round this week. We’ve had a great response, even better than expected, so the pressure is on the organisers to live up to expectations. I intend to mark out the track handicap distances on Tuesday early afternoon as the forecast looks favourable again. With four heats, this will save a lot of time. The rest of our programme will run as scheduled, hopefully not too much later.
Program for Tuesday 9/6 is:
-1600m NOT walk.
-120m hdcp sprint Rd 1.
-1200m run.
-2 or 3x 200m relay.
-8 laps run/4laps walk.
See you there. I’ll post the heats separately.
Cheers, Grant.

31/05/2026

Greetings all. The new week kicks off a new season as Winter begins on Monday. Colder, probably wetter and dark earlier which makes it more important to keep up the physical activity. We had our best attendance for the year last Tuesday which is very encouraging and it definitely makes the events more enjoyable and competitive. Great to welcome Kim Beswick for his first night and showing some pretty good form, as well as Knox regular, David Gall, also setting a good pace in the distance events. We’re always happy to welcome any newcomers at Croydon and we hope you enjoyed your evening with us. Please keep in mind our proposed social night on Friday 19/6 at the Dorset Gardens hotel, thanks to Andrew Egginton for organising.
As mentioned earlier, our new program begins on Tuesday which features our two Winter trophy events. The 120m handicap sprint begins on 9/6 and for the ensuing three weeks with the final on 30/6. This is followed by our 3000m age-graded event which starts on 7/7 for three consecutive weeks. Winners will need to have competed in all rounds for each event. A more detailed description of each event next week. A huge thanks to all our regular taskmasters, Cec, Les, Liz,Gary, Paul, Phyllis and all who chip in when something needs doing. We’re fortunate, if not unique, at Croydon that we don’t need to roster duties weekly thanks to our cohort of quiet achievers.
Next Tuesday, 2/6, our program is:
-1000m walk.
-100m sprint.
-1 mile NOT.
-250m NOT.
-4km run/2km walk NOT.
See you there.
Cheers, Grant.

26/05/2026

Some action shots from 26/5 at Croydon.

25/05/2026

Greetings all. Thanks and well done again to all who got involved on the track at Croydon last week. It was another busy night with plenty of good performances from many across all our events. We’re still leading the field in the post-competition social and supper stakes too if I’m any judge which is not only very enjoyable but indicative of a great bunch of people. We’re back in action as usual this Tuesday for the last night of our current program. The next three months program is viewable on this site, posted 13/5, Facebook and I have some hard copies at the clubhouse (shed). Col Williams and I have set the handicaps for the first round of the 120m sprint gift which I’ll publish next week before round one on June 9th.
Next Tuesday, 26/5, our program is:
-2x2x400m walk relay.
-70m sprint.
-1100m NOT run.
-260m sprint NOT.
-8 laps run/4 laps walk.
See you there.
Cheers, Grant.

17/05/2026

Greetings all. Great turnout last week at Croydon and always good to have some familiar faces return to the track in Nicole and Nasa. Also good to see Pete Shanahan on deck despite his injury issues which we hope you can overcome as quickly as possible. Further thanks to everyone for continually raising the bar in our supper stakes, anecdotally, other venues are getting envious. As the colder weather comes in for a few months, such a diverse choice at the table will be all the more welcome.
The AV cross country season is underway and the great ocean road running events were held over the weekend. If any Croydon members took part, please update us on your feats as there is always interest about any events contested. On that subject, I’ll be visiting Townsville for a little athletics festival over the weekend of 13/14 June. Barring a cyclone, the weather should be good at least. I’ll post a link to the event.
On the home front, our program for this Tuesday 19/5 is:
-1200m walk.
-2x110m sprint relay.
-1500m run.
-300m sprint.
-4km run/2km walk.
It’s not listed but we’ll make the last event an NOT.
Cheers, Grant.

15/05/2026