September 2009 Results
The eyes of Australia gaze upon the last Saturday in September, but the eyes of the world focus on the last Thursday of the month. Footy Shmooty. Who cares about the footy when it’s throwin time!
After wet and windy weather in Adelaide, EH Throw knew they needed to appease the weather gods for the September competition. The gods were angry. They had unleashed great fury upon St Albans reserve during and week and they were hungry for more. The only way to appease the weather gods was with a sacrifice…. but what exactly does that do?
King Julian: What does that do? Excellent question! My sacrifice goes in the volcano, then the friendly gods will eat up my sacrifice, "Mmm thank you for the sacrifice" "please have another sacrifice"…"No I've had enough for the day"…"listen, I'm going to be very upset if you don't have another"…"I don't want another sacrifice ok?!"…"Come on you look so skinny!"…"No I think I've had enough is that clear?!"......The gods eat the sacrifice…they are grateful.
EH Throw had to sacrifice beef, onion, bread and sauce to calm the great weather gods. The only way to do this was naturally with the EH BBQ. Luckily we had the services of Leon and Tom McNamara who are both experts in BBQ sacrifices and the pair cooked up our very own EH Throw storm.
The sport of athletics has its many ups and downs. Here at EH Throw competitions, we focus on the ups; or rather at the September EH Throw competition 2UP. The rules of 2UP were simple. If an athlete had competed at a previous EH Throw competition, they had an EH Throw PB. If not, the best attempt form their first three throws would be this PB. The athletes September EH Throw performance was compared against their EH Throw PB and the difference provided them with a positive or negative result. For example, if an EH Throw PB was 40m and they threw 41.69 they would be +1.69. If they threw 37.50 their result would be -2.50. Now the competition was called 2UP because a minimum of two events had to be competed in. The athlete’s results would be totalled together and the athlete with the highest total, would be the EH Throw 2UP champion.
The first event for the night was the hammer throw, and EH Throw noob Dan Chan lead the two up competition with a handy +4.57. Masters’ athletes David Bates and Greg Cameron were close behind +4.2 and +2.14 respectively; followed by Jacqui Emms +1.92. Consistent throwing was seen from coach Paul Carlin who threw the 5kg hammer 63.89 and EH Pres Darren Billett who threw 60.64m with the 8kg implement.
Shot put saw a good battle between Paul Carlin and Wayne Willis. Wayne unveiled his new rotational technique to throw the 16lb shot 14.06m. However it was not good enough to beat Paul who threw the 5kg shot 14.48m on his last attempt. Of note, Kylie Montgomery broke the 9m barrier (which has been blocking for several seasons now,) throwing 9.18m and Alifa Djibril 13.12m. In the 2UP competition David Bates recorded +0.59, Alifa Djibril +0.72 and Paul Carlin +0.43. Going into the final event, the 2UP leader board was: David Bates +4.79, Dan Chan +4.57 and Greg Cameron +2.23.
Discus saw Alifa Djibril lead from the front, throwing the 1kg implement 49.56m. Ali Bajwa won the men's competition, throwing the 2kg disc 38.04m. The real competition however came in the last round when a chocolate frog inspired a grunting competition. Ali Bajwa started off with a roar of 6.3 on the gruntometer. A fair effort by anyone’s standards, but Dan Chan followed up with a roar of 7.2 and left Ali in his trail. However it was Keith Kaesler who on the last throw of the night stole the show, unleashing with a mighty 8.7 on the gruntometer. Well done Keith!
2UP saw the lead change yet again. Jacqui Emms (who hurled a discus into the cage and almost wore it in her head) managed a massive +4.92. This was enough to steel the competition from David Bates who could only manage a +0.74. Final results for 2UP:
1st Jacqui Emms : +6.84
2nd David Bates : +5.53
3rd Dan Chan : +4.57
For their efforts, Jacqui won $25, David received a world race walking back pack and Dan a Mars Bar to help him work rest and play.
EH Throw inspires and helps athlete dreams come true. The competition builds international athletes, sculpting them into tomorrows heroes. EH Throw would like to wish Alifa the best of luck in her up and coming competition in the French games, and the masters’ athletes who are competing in the world masters games next month.
Thursday October 29 is the next EH Throws competition. This is the last of the EH State competitions before the EH Elite competitions start. All are still welcome at the EH Elite competitions, however EH Elite competitions will be conducted in accordance with IAAF rules; providing national qualification competitions. Athletes must be registered to compete in EH Elite Competitions. In addition, athletes MUST nominate to compete in EH Elite competitions.
September EH Throw Results