2008 International Results

[jimevs]

2008 Canberra Athletics Classic

Men Javelin Throw Open
1, Stuart Farquhar, NZL, 83.23m.
2, Jarrod Bannister, QAS, 82.60m.
3, William Hamlyn-Harris, Nswis, 74.96m.
4, Sang-Jin Chung, Korea, 74.89m.
5, Joshua Robinson, QAS, 72.60m.
6, Oliver Dziubak, WAIS, 72.40m.
7, Hamish Peacock, TIS, 70.71m.
8, Jamal Idris, NSW, 65.72m.
--, Leslie Copeland, FIJ, NM.

[slinger]

the other night gold threw 56m in a competition whilst warm weather training in SA.

she told me she might compete, but only off a shortish approach, as she has been throwing well i gather. She had a quiet air of confidence surrounding her when i spoke to her at breakfast one morning and as always she talks alot of sense and you get the feeling she really understands what she is doing and what it is that really makes her tick.

[danield]

Yellow Pages Athletics Meeting Potchefstroom South Africa

FINAL WOMEN 25 JAVELIN
1.SUNETTE,VILJOEN(58.51) ; 2.JUSTINE,ROBBESON(57.81) ; 3.GOLDIE,SAYERS(56.69) ; 4.TAZMIN,BRITS(53.80) ; 5.MOONIKA,AAVA(52.99) ; 6.RENCIA,FOURIE(49.43) ; 7.ANZEL,VAN DER SCHYFF(47.16) ; 8.GERLIZE,DE KLERK(41.51)

[slinger]

i know, i know not javelin, but british throwers doing good need a mention - mark edwards has thrown 20.25m indoors, massive PB that and tbh i'd have loved to have seen his reaction.

33 years old, proving yet again throwers get better with age!

fantastic stuff this!

[nije]

I hope he is down to throw at this week's AAA's to see how he fares against Myerscough, the US thrower at Oxford and former training partner Scott Rider.

[slinger]

just re-reading my previous post, i forgot to mention mark edwards throws shot!! ;D

apologies! ;D

[nije]

I read on other sites that the think Mark is a certainty for valencia with his number 2 ranking in Europe. Mark is a good bloke but ironically this excellent performance probably puts pressure on him. I spoke to him recently and he has a clear vision of what he wants to do - and he has also been beset by some niggling injuries - which may not sound like much, but severely affect your ability to perform the movement effectively - and as throwers, we appreciate that this can lead to other injuries.

The more sceptical would suggest that many of our top throwers in this event have achieved their best marks at 'open' type meets and not where it matters so let's hope he can replciate this performance at Sheffield. I think the men's shot with the four people I previously mentioned, and a couple others in the mix - will be one of the highlights of the meet and I hope the TV coverage reflects this.

Two of the best moments in last yearss GB grand prix at Gateshead and C Palace were the Hoffa, Cantwell etc comps - and demonstrated that the throws can be good TV as well as entertaining.

Good luck to the throwers (and girls) this weekend.

[mike]

Melbourne Classic:

1 Mike Hazle USA 80.84
2 Jarrod Bannister AUS 80.78
3 Stuart Farquhar NZL 78.12
4 Oliver Dziubak AUS 75.17
5 Leslie Copeland FIJ 74.40
6 William Hamlyn-Harris AUS 72.61
7 Hamish Peacock AUS 71.36
8 Sang-jin Jung KOR 66.84

Looks like Mike Hazle's fit.
Is Hamish Peacock 17yrs? If so, good result keeping it over 70 with the 800, and probably another pb.

[robyn2012]

mike said:

Melbourne Classic:

1 Mike Hazle USA 80.84
2 Jarrod Bannister AUS 80.78
3 Stuart Farquhar NZL 78.12
4 Oliver Dziubak AUS 75.17
5 Leslie Copeland FIJ 74.40
6 William Hamlyn-Harris AUS 72.61
7 Hamish Peacock AUS 71.36
8 Sang-jin Jung KOR 66.84

Looks like Mike Hazle's fit.
Is Hamish Peacock 17yrs? If so, good result keeping it over 70 with the 800, and probably another pb.

Yeah the name rings a bell! I'm sure he did well in last years World Youths? I'm sure he won or got a medal of some sort but the name deffo rings a bell!

Any results for the ladies?

[slinger]

toumas laaksonen [same birth year as peacock] won the world youths, hamish peacock was indeed second.

he's 18 in october.

last year he threw 76m with the 700g, imo there's 5 - 7m difference between 7 versus 8 throws and he could have thrown 70-72m last year.

there are quite a few of his throws on youtube btw.

[james]

Aussie champs - thought it might have been a misprint at first but appears not to be!

1 Jarrod Bannister 84 QAS 89.02m
82.06m 81.70m 81.28m 78.95m 82.86m 89.02m
2 Mike Hazle 79 USA 81.89m
FOUL 78.04m 79.38m FOUL 81.89m 79.75m
3 Stuart Farquhar 83 NZL 78.92m
78.92m 78.25m FOUL FOUL FOUL 76.70m
4 Ken Arai 81 JPN 76.41m
70.27m FOUL 72.35m 73.84m 70.17m 76.41m
5 Joshua Robinson 85 QAS 76.00m
75.07m 74.71m 76.00m 71.17m 73.26m 73.61m
6 William Hamlyn-Harris 78 NSWIS 73.65m
FOUL 71.51m 73.65m 73.38m 70.32m 72.55m
7 Oliver Dziubak 82 WAIS 73.20m
71.36m 66.14m 69.56m 67.44m FOUL 73.20m
8 Benjamin Baker 83 NSW 71.98m
70.92m 70.10m 67.17m 69.23m 71.98m 67.73m
9 Brett Castle 84 VIC 70.80m
70.80m 65.61m FOUL
10 Hamish Peacock 90 TIS 70.19m
70.19m 68.77m FOUL

[slinger]

mental!

not only a national record but goes ahead of gavin lovegrove to take AR!

[dobster]

Ouch - talk about nailing it - how much of a PB improvement is that??

[slinger]

wasn't his best 83.70m?

[tshield]

I have chatted with Jarrod's coach, Garry Calvert, and he has been confident of a big jump for some time now. Apparently some good things were happening in training.

His PB was 83.70 set at the same comp last year. He made a PB of barely 78m at the Comm games in 2006. 11m in two years is nice work.

Only Zelezny and Backley have thrown further (with this spear) in Aus. Andrew Curry had the Aussie record (although it was never ratified as such) with 86.67, although Lovegrove no doubt had the Oceania record (88.20m).

The local media have made nothing of this throw, to busy singing the praises of our "golden girl" 400-800m runner who just turned in a 51.4ish to realise its significance.