Ballarat AVSL Season Review (Awards Night)
The Ballarat AVSL awards nights brings together the best Track & Field athletes across Ballarat to celebrate the AVSL in style. The BRAC premierships are awarded to clubs across different age category including the Loughlin Shield & Sandra Griffin Trophy! Along with club awards, age aggregate awards are given to those who have performed consistently across the season winning points for their club.
The annual Loughlin Shield was this year won by Wendouree Athletics Club who have continued to ascend in not just Ballarat but the entire state. Wendouree finished with both the Loughlin and Sandra Griffin Trophy for the highest scoring clubs in both OPEN Men’s and Women’s! The club also managed to stay near the top of the division 2 ladder all year in the AVSL competition. To cap off a terrific season, Wendouree won the combined Barry Brooks trophy by acuminating the most points across all the age categories in Ballarat.
Along with the club premiership, the awards day celebrates the best athletes by awarding the Paul Schnyder and Sandra Griffin Shields given to the male and female athletes deemed to have displayed the most consistent performances across the entire season.
The Paul Schnyder shield this year went to Conrad Oberholzer for his continued success in the Men’s 40+ category netting him points for the Ballarat Harriers. The Sandra Griffin shield went to Eureka thrower Alyssa Benbow who had an astonishing seventeen 500 point performances throughout the year.
A big thank you to all volunteer, officials and administrators who made the season possible and well done to all athletes on their achievements