Richmond Harriers AV Club of the year
April 26th, 2009 by adminRichmond Harriers has won AV Club of the Year for 2008/9. President Rhys Coleman accepted the award of $1,000 on behalf of the club. Some of the achievements of the club in 2008/9 which contributed to the winning of this award are listed below:
A major development has been junior recruitment – for the first time in the club’s history we have been able to field both winter and summer junior teams in AV competition, resulting in a winter premiership and representation in the summer AV Shield final.
Over 2008/9 the club has arranged for the training of additional coaches (Tony Dell and Robert Caldwell), introduced beginner and intermediate groups, and provided more AV officials (John Coleman, Christine Dell and Tony Dell).
The image of the club has been enhanced throughout the year with new material, design and colour of shorts, singlet and warm-up uniform, a new tent for competition days, an upgraded website, a ‘tiger cubs’ MySpace site for juniors and club business cards.
The passing of our club president of 25 years, Brendan McVeigh, has been marked by the introduction of a new club track award across 400 and 800 metre events; and recently the unveiling of a photograph of Macka at the club rooms.
Socially, the club conducted end-of-season dinners, a Trivia Night, Christmas Dinner and the 95th Celebration. A re-developed Tiger Tales Newsletter keeps members informed.
An exciting development for the year has been the inclusion of three athletics stories, covering jumps, steeplechase and race walking, on Network 10 children’s television program ‘Totally Wild’. This excellent coverage of athletics has now been handed to AV for continued involvement.
Organisation of the Advanced Freight Half Marathon continues to be a major contribution of the club to the AV winter season, with about 500 participants again this year.
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