MattyB DEPT. ready for 2010 Queanbeyan Gift
A squad of 22 athletes will take to Queanbeyan Park on Saturday for the annual Queanbeyan Gift with the MattyB DEPT. trying to make it a hat trick of winners after Brendan Matthews won in 2008 and Luke Storta took the title in 2009. Both Brendan and Luke will be attempting to become the first person to win the gift twice while local boy Patrick Elliott will be looking to win his own gift after making the final last year.
Other squad athletes in contention for the $10000 first prize may include 2010 Stawell Gift winner Tom Burbidge and 2010 Macksville finalist Stephen Sheppard.
The squad will also be represented by 7 girls in the Women’s Gift including Commonwealth Games representatives and former winners of the gift Melissa Breen (2007) and Lauren Boden (2008). Fellow squad member Ramona Casey will be trying to go one better than her runner up in the 2009 Gift.
Overall the squad will have athletes running in the 70m (14 entered), Men’s Gift (12 entered), Women’s Gift (7 entered), Novice (5 entered), Veterans (3 entered), 300m (10 entered), 600m (1 entered) and Invitation Backmarkers.
Events kick off at 1015am with the 70m Heats with Finals running from 3pm-5.10pm.
TIMETABLE
1015am 70m heats – (1st, 2nd, 3rd plus 2 to Semi)
- Heat 1 – Shep, Ramona
- Heat 2 – Vicki Matthews
- Heat 3 – Patrick Elliott
- Heat 4 – MattyB
- Heat 5 – Tom, Mel
- Heat 6 – Storta, Worm
- Heat 7 – Grant, Kev
- Heat 8 – Buzz, Michael Rutter
- Heat 9 – Charlie Bucket
11.00am 120m Novice Heats (1st and next 3 fastest to Final)
- Heat 1 – Emily
- Heat 2 – Jaryd, Rach
- Heat 4 – Tarin , Chloe
11.25am 120m Veterans Heats (1st, 2nd plus 2 to Final)
- Heat 2 – Kev, Michael Rutter
- Heat 3 – Vicki
11.45am 120m Women’s Gift Heats (1st,2nd,3rd and 4th to Semi)
- Heat 2 – Loz, Emily
- Heat 3 – Mel, Tarin
- Heat 4 – Chloe, Ramona, Rach
12.10pm 120m Men’s Gift Heats (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th to Semi)
- Heat 1 – Derek, Patty
- Heat 2 – B Man, Jaryd
- Heat 3 – Grant, Luke
- Heat 4 – Charlie Bucket
- Heat 5 – Buzz, Shep
- Heat 6 – Tom
- Heat 8 – Worm, MattyB
1.25pm 70m Semi Finals (1st and 2nd to Final)
1.55pm 120m Women’s Gift Semi Finals (1st,2nd,3rd and 4th to Final)
2.10pm 120m Men’s Gift Semi Finals (1st and 2nd to Final)
2.30pm 300m Heats
- Heat 1 – Jaryd
- Heat 2 – Emily
- Heat 3 – Derek, Kev
- Heat 4 – Rach
- Heat 5 – Chloe, Taz
- Heat 6 – Jesse
- Heat 7 – Ramona
- Heat 8 – Luke
3.15pm 120m Veterans FINAL
3.20pm 120m Novice FINAL
3.45pm 300m FINAL
4.10pm 120m Women’s Gift FINAL
4.20pm 120m Men’s Gift FINAL
4.50pm 600m FINAL – Derek (26m)
5.00pm 70m FINAL
5.05pm 100m Women’s Invite Backmarkers FINAL
5.10pm 100m Men’s Invite Backmarkers FINAL
| MATTYB DEPT. SQUAD | Gift | Sprint | Womens | Novice | Vets | |||
| 120 | 70 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 300 | 600 | ||
| 1 | EMILY BARBOUR | 8.75 | 18 | 54 | ||||
| 2 | MATT BECKENHAM | 11.5 | 7 | |||||
| 3 | GRANT BILLINGHAM | 7 | 5.25 | |||||
| 4 | LAUREN BODEN | 1.25 | ||||||
| 5 | MELISSA BREEN | 7 | Scr. | |||||
| 6 | TOM BURBIDGE | 3.5 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | RACHAEL CARNEGIE | 9.25 | 18 | 51 | ||||
| 8 | RAMONA CASEY | 12.5 | 8.5 | 43 | ||||
| 9 | DEREK COLLINGE | 6.75 | 13 | 26 | ||||
| 10 | JARYD COWLEY | 9 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| 11 | PATRICK ELLIOTT | 8.75 | 5.5 | |||||
| 12 | BRANDAN GALIC | 5 | ||||||
| 13 | CHLOE JAMIESON | 6.5 | 15.5 | 40 | ||||
| 14 | CHARLIE MARQUES | 8.5 | 5.5 | |||||
| 15 | BRENDAN MATTHEWS | 5.25 | 2.75 | |||||
| 16 | JESSE MATTHEWS | 7.75 | 5.25 | 13 | ||||
| 17 | KEVIN MATTHEWS | 13.25 | 14.75 | 45 | ||||
| 18 | VICKI MATTHEWS | 18 | 22 | |||||
| 19 | TARIN NEVIN | 12 | 19.5 | 52 | ||||
| 20 | MICHAEL RUTTER | 13.25 | 12 | |||||
| 21 | STEPHEN SHEPPARD | 7.75 | 5.25 | |||||
| 22 | LUKE STORTA | 7.25 | 5 | 14 |
MattyB DEPT. (MBD) 