Northern Territory State Athletic Championships 2019
PAC has now reached the maturity to the point that NT Athletics Championship is one of many interest we have. PAC has had good growth, we never have had a negative year for last 5 years, 2019 we had 10% plus growth, supported by 2018 60% and 2017 40% growth, we are the fastest growing Athletics club in NT
19 athletes participated in this event and 17 of them medalled, which means we have over 89% success, compared to last 4 years we had a very small squad in this event. Even though the club had 10% growth of membership.
Total 38 medals with 21 gold, 13 silver and 4 bronze
Gold medal winners - 21 in Total
Holly Guymer 3000M race walk U16G
Angelena W 3000M race walk U14G
Romone Lewin long Jump AWD
Romone Lewin 100M AWD
Romone Lewin 200M AWD
Luke Mayo 100M Masters
Luke Mayo 200M Masters
Luke Mayo 60M Masters
Luke Mayo 400M Masters
Cadell McMahon 60M hurdles 11B
Cadell McMahon discus 11B
Kara McMahon 200M Masters
Kara McMahon 400M Masters
Kara McMahon 1500M Masters
Harry Sage 200M 12B
Harry Sage Triple Jump 12B
Rachael Saywell 60M masters
Rachael Saywell 100M masters
Lilly Smith 60M hurdles 11G
Mary Wheaton 100M masters
Mary Wheaton 200M masters
Silver Medal Winners - 13 in Total
Mick Dixon 60M masters
Mick Dixon 200M masters
Mick Dixon 100M masters
Mick Dixon 400M masters
Senaru Mudiyanselage 90M hurdles U14
Aloysius Herbert 60M Masters
Aloysius Herbert 60M Masters
Cadell McMahon shot put 11B
Kara McMahon 60M Masters
Harry Sage 60M hurdles 12B
Harry Sage long jump 12B
Mary Wheaton 60M masters
Takiyra Wunungmurra-Saywell 200M U18
Bronze Medal winners - 4 Bronze
Harry Sage 100M 12B
Naomi McMahon shot put 10G
Malik Rowan discus U16
Eritabeta Tieannang 60M 10G
Northern Territory State Athletic Championships 2018
Our club has done very well in the NT Athletics Championships 2018. Outstanding results for our club 36 Gold, 30 Silver and 13 Bronze total medal count 79 for our club and we are 4th in the overall medal count amongst 16 clubs and regions.
We are delighted to announce we have met all our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in our strategic plan this season. We are the fastest growing athletic club in NT with 60% growth this year and 40% growth last year and since we started we have never had a negative year.
Gold medal winners - 36 in Total
Luke Mayo – 60M Masters
Luke Mayo – 200M Masters
Luke Mayo – 100M Masters
Elizabeth Maguire – 60M Masters
Elizabeth Maguire – 100M Masters
Elizabeth Maguire – 200M Masters
Harry Sage – Triple Jump (11B)
Taelah Smith – 100M (11G)
Taelah Smith – 200M (11G)
Taelah Smith – 400M (11G)
Taelah Smith – Long Jump (11G)
Taelah Smith – High Jump (11G)
Priyantha Wickremasena - 400M Masters
Priyantha Wickremasena - 200M Masters
Priyantha Wickremasena – Long Jump Masters
Mary Therese Wheaton – 60M – Masters
Mary Therese Wheaton – 100M – Masters
Mary Therese Wheaton – 200M – Masters
Sarah Fowler – 5000M Racewalk – Masters
Sarah Fowler – Javelin – Masters
Mark Hunter – U14B - Javelin
Beau Black – Open age – Shot Put
Greg Jansen – Masters – Discus
Greg Jansen – Masters – Shot Put
Aloysius Herbert – Masters - 100M
Aloysius Herbert – Masters – 200M
Aloysius Herbert – Masters – 60M
Matt McKenna – Masters – Long Jump
Matt McKenna – Masters – 200M
Matt McKenna- Masters – 100M
Hester Dixon – Masters – 100M
Angelena Wickremasena - 1500M race walk (12G)
Anita Wickremasena – 5000M race walk – Masters
Anita Wickremasena – 1500M race walk – Masters
Under 11 girls 4 x 100 relays (Lara Morrow, Isabell Maguire, Mollie Nichaloff, Taelah Smith) - Gold
Open age women's 4 x 100 relays (Isabell Maguire, Liz Maguire, Mollie Nichaloff, Taelah Smith) - Gold
Silver Medal Winners - 30 in Total
Mick Dixon – 200M Masters
Mick Dixon – Long Jump Masters
Toby Sage - Discus (9B)
Toby Sage – Shot put (9B)
Harry Sage – 100M (11B)
Harry Sage – 200M (11B)
Harry Sage – Long Jump (11B)
Starzia Fowler - 1500M race walk (12G)
Paddy Smith – 1500M run (10B)
Simon Jackson – Open age – Long Jump
Simon Jackson – Open age – Javelin
Anita Wickremasena – Discus – Masters
Anita Wickremasena – Hammer Throw – Masters
Anita Wickremasena – Shot put – Masters
TAKIYRA WUNUNGMURRA - U16G – 400M
TAKIYRA WUNUNGMURRA - U16G – Long Jump
TAKIYRA WUNUNGMURRA - U16G – High Jump
TAKIYRA WUNUNGMURRA -U16G – 200M
Beau Black – Open age - 100M
Beau Black – Open age – Discus
Greg Jansen – Masters – Javelin
JENNIFER JANSEN – Masters – Javelin
Angela Tole – Masters – 100M
Michelle Kirk – Masters – 100M
Priyantha Wickremasena - 100M Masters
Priyantha Wickremasena - 60M Masters
Masters Women's 4 x 100 Relay (Hester Dixon, Michelle Kirk, Angela Tole, Elizabeth Maguire) - Silver
Masters Men's 4 x 100 Relays (Priyantha Wickremasena, Michael Smith, Mick Dixon, Luke John Mayo) - Silver
Open Mens relays 4 x 100 Relays Team A – (Luke Mayo, Simon Jackson, Mick Dixon, Aiden Smith) - Silver
Bronze Medal winners - 13 Bronze
Mick Dixon – 60M Masters
Mick Dixon – 400M Masters
Mick Dixon – 100M Masters
Toby Sage - 200M (9B)
Mollie Nichaloff (10G)
Simon Jackson – Open age – 200M
Simon Jackson – Open age – Shot Put
Anita Wickremasena – Javelin – Masters
Malik Rowan – U14 B – Javelin
Malik Rowan – U14B – Discus
Michael Smith – Masters – long Jump
TAKIYRA WUNUNGMURRA – U16G - 100M
Mollie Nichaloff - Shotput - 10G
Open Mens relays 4 x 100 Relays Team B (Mark Hunter, Harry Sage, Paddy Smith, Priya Wickremasena) - Bronze
Rolly Howard Memorial Handicap Sprint - Priyantha Wickremasena second with 10.85 seconds and Luke Mayo jointly in third place with Jonathon Schoenmaker both recorded time of 11.08 seconds
We have participated in the 2017 NT Athletic Champinships
Participation in the NT Athletic Championships 2017 has been unprecedented, we were one of the largest contingents of athletes in the event, we had 40 athletes from ages 9 to 65 in the event doing 146 events.
Total medal tally for PAC is 86 with 41 Gold 29 Silver 16 Bronze as per NTA advise, congratulations to all the athletes who had won medals, in comparison to this year, 2015 we won 29 medals with 15 gold and 2016 we won 37 medals with 18 gold.
Gold Medals (41)
Jessica Heit - 10 G - 800M
Anita Wickremasena- Masters Women 5000M race walk
Anita Wickremasena Masters Women 1500M race walk
Angelena Wickremasena 11G - 1500M racewalk
Mary Therese Wheaton - Masters Women - 100M
Mary Therese Wheaton - Masters Women – 200M
Mary Therese Wheaton - Masters Women - 60M
Dan Moss - Masters Men - 1500M
Dan Moss - Masters Men - 5000M
Mollie Nichaloff - 9G - 60M
Mollie Nichaloff - 9G - 100M
Shona Gower - Masters Women - 1500M race walk
Nelson Minogue 10B - High Jump and New NT Record of 1.37M for 10 year old boys, and also received the award of Junior athlete of the year 2017 award in the awards ceremony.
Christine Minogue - Masters Women - 60M
Christine Minogue - Masters Women - 100M
Christine Minogue - Masters Women - 200M
Tauri Minogue - Masters Men - 1500M race walk
Georgia Day - 10G - 1100M race walk
Simon Unzi - Under 20 Men - Triple Jump
Ella Day -13G -400M
Priya Wickremasena - Masters Men - 100M
Priya Wickremasena - Masters Men - 200M
Priya Wickremasena - Masters Men - 400M
Priya Wickremasena - Masters Men - 60M
Priya Wickremasena - Masters Men - Long Jump (PB)
Beau Alexander Black - Open age - 100M
Beau Alexander Black - Open age - 200M
Beau Alexander Black - Open age - Shot put
Roly Howard Trophy - Luke John Mayo - second year in a row
Drew Duncan - Masters Men - 60M
Georges Oteng - Masters Men - 60M
Georges Oteng - Masters Men - 100M
Georges Oteng - Masters Men – 200M
Georges Oteng - Masters Men – 400M
Georges Oteng - Masters Men – Long Jump
Luke John Mayo - Masters - 100M
Simon Luke Jackson - Open age - Javelin
Simon Luke Jackson - Open age - Triple Jump
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Silver Medals (29)
Jessica Heit - 10G - 60M
Jessica Heit - 10G - Long Jump
Anita Wickremasena - Masters Women - Discus
Anita Wickremasena - Masters Women - Hammer Throw
Mary Therese Wheaton - Masters Women - 60M
Sarah Moss - Masters Women - 60M
Sarah Moss - Masters Women - 1500M
Mollie Nichaloff - 9G - Shot put
Mollie Nichaloff - 9G - Long Jump
Malik Rowan - 12B - Javelin
Nelson Minogue 10B - 60M
Nelson Minogue 10B - 60M Hurdles
Nelson Minogue 10B - Long Jump
Nelson Minogue 10B - 100M
Simon Unzi - Under 20 Men - Long Jump
Ella Day -13G - 200M
Elise Duncan - Masters Women - 100M
Paddy Mcauliffe Smith - 9B - 60M
Paddy Mcauliffe Smith - 9B - 400M
Simon Luke Jackson - Open age - 100M
Simon Luke Jackson - Open age - Discus
Luke John Mayo - Masters - 60M
Luke John Mayo - Masters - 200M
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Bronze Medals (16)
Jessica Heit - 10G - 1500M
Anita Wickremasena - Masters Women - Shot put
Michael Dixon - Masters Men - 60M
Michael Dixon - Masters Men - 100M
Michael Dixon - Masters Men - 200M
Michael Dixon - Masters Men - 400M
Ebony Bellew -9G- Long Jump
Senali Thiansa Malavi Arachchi - 9G - Shot Put
Nelson Minogue 10B - 200M
Simon Unzi - Under 20 Men - 100M
Simon Unzi - Under 20 Men - 200M
Drew Duncan - Masters Men - 100M
Elise Duncan - Masters Women - 60M
Paddy Mcauliffe Smith - 9B - 200M
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Relays - We had eleven 4 x 100 relay teams
First places -
4 x 100 Masters Men - Drew Duncan, Priya W, Mick Dixon, Luke Mayo
4 x 100 Masters women - Elise Duncan, Sarah Moss, Michelle Day, Christine Minogue
4 x 100 U 20 Men - Jiam Mo, Simon Unzi, Liam Mentor, Stephen Anzo
4 x 100 Open women - Elise Duncan, Sarah Moss, Michelle Day, Christine Minogue (Masters women team went on to win the open age category 4 x 100 also which was held in a different day - unofficially established a new record in NT, this can not be confirmed due to technical issues)
Second places
4 x 100 Open men (team A)- Simon Jackson, Drew Duncan, Luke Mayo, Beau Black
4 x 100 12B - Ian Mshindi Odhiambo, Aadit Kanjiraparambil, Nelson Minogue, Paddy Smith
4 x 100 12G - Abby Duncan, Mollie Nichaloff, Sheila Ashley Odhiambo, Jessica Heit
4 x 100 13B - Ian Mshindi Odhiambo, Aadit Kanjiraparambil, Ewan Dixon, Paddy Smith (kids 10 to 12 years of age had go in U14 boys relays and had finished in second place)
Third places
4 x 100 Open men (team B) - Priya W, Dan Moss, Mick Dixon, Israel Tshepo Kgosiemang
4 x 100 13G - Abby Duncan, Ella Day, Sheila Ashley Odhiambo, Jessica Heit (kids 10 to 12 years age had go in U14 girls relays and had finished in second place)
We have participated in the 2016 NT Athletic Champinships
Total medal tally 37 Medals this year compared to 29 Medals last year. 18 Gold, 16 Silver and 3 Bronze
Congratulations to the following athletes for winning gold Medals (18 Gold Medals and the Rolly Howard Memorial Trophy)
Rolly Howard Memorial Handicap 100M Sprint - Luke John Mayo (Very prestigious event to win most sprinters persue this honor for many years)
High Jump - 9 year old boys - Nelson Minogue (first time participant)
100M - 12 year old boys - Chhitiz Maskey
100M - Open - Beau Black (first time participant)
200M - Open - Beau Black
High Jump - Open - Beau Black
Discus - Open - Beau Black
Shot Put - Open - Beau Black
Race Walk 9 year old boys - Ji Fisher (first time participant)
Race Walk 10 years old girls - Angelena Wickremasena
1500M Run -10 year old Boys - Brody Walker
1500M - Race walk - Masters - Anita Wickremasena - (first time participant as a Field Athlete, after surviving breast cancer last year)
Javelin - Masters - Anita Wickremasena
Hammer Throw - Masters - Anita Wickremasena
400M Masters - Priya Wickremasena
200M Masters - Priya Wickremasena
60M Masters - Priya Wickremasena
100M Masters - Priya Wickremasena
Long Jump Masters - Priya Wickremasena
Congratulations to the following athletes for winning Silver Medals (16 Silver Medals)
High Jump - 10 year old Boys - Brody Walker
200M - 12 year old boys - Chhitiz Maskey
Long Jump - Open - Beau Black
Javelin - Open - Beau Black
400M Masters - Luke John Mayo
60M Masters - Luke John Mayo
200M Masters - Luke John Mayo
100M Masters - Luke John Mayo
100M - 9 year old Boys - Nelson Minogue
60M - 9 year old Boys - Nelson Minogue
200M - 9 year old Boys - Nelson Minogue
Shot Put - 9 year old girls - Taylar Guymer - (first time participant)
Discus - Masters - Anita Wickremasena
Shot Put - Masters - Anita Wickremasena
Congratulations to following athletes for winning Bronze Medals (3 Bronze Medals)
Discus - Masters - Luke John Mayo
Long Jump - 9 year old boys - Nelson Minogue
400M run - 10 year old boys - Brody Walker
800M run - 10 year old Boys - Brody Walker
60M Hurdles - 10 year old Boys - Brody Walker
Open relays 4 x 100 - second place - Luke Mayo Start, Priya second 100, Mark Walker 3rd 100, Beau Black last 100 (anchorman)
NT Athletics Awards Nights 2015 24-10-2015
Congratulations to Andrea Foot from Palmerston Athletic Club
Andrea Foot wins Female Athlete of the year award
Congratulations to Anita Wickremasena from
Palmerston Athletic Club
Anita Wickremasena wins Administrator / Volunteer of the year - NT Athletics Awards Nights 2015 at Hilton Hotel Darwin, Australia
Adventure Sports for Kids and Adults
Palmerston Athletics Club not only does Athletics but also adventure sports for kids and adults, please contact us for more information, also check out our face book page for videos.
Rock climbing
Kids - Challenge yourself and win
Adults - Impossible takes a bit longer than difficult,
We have participated in the 2015 NT Athletic Champinships
We had many success stories to tell, the most recent is we did exceptionally well at the Northern Territory State Championships 2015. We had 46 entries overall we were third place in the points table with our wins. Our Medal tally is as below:
Gold Medals are won by the below Athletes - (15 gold medals)
Peter Archer - Masters 800M run (Men)
Andrea Foot - Master 1500 run (Female)
Daryl Miller - Discus Throw - Masters (Men)
Daryl Miller - Hammer Throw - Masters (Men)
Daryl Miller - Shot Put - Masters (Men)
Luke Mayo - Masters 100 run (Men)
Luke Mayo - Masters 200 run (Men)
Luke Mayo - Masters 60 run (Men)
Joshua John Cameron - Masters 800 (Men)
Joshua John Cameron - Masters 1500 (Men)
Priya Wickremasena - 100M Masters (Men)
Priya Wickremasena - 200M Masters (Men)
Priya Wickremasena - 400M Masters (Men)
Priya Wickremasena - 60M Masters (Men)
Priya Wickremasena - Long Jump Masters (Men)
Silver Medal by the below Athletes (8 silver medals)
Stella Murray - 12 year old girls - 400M sprint
Peter Otto - Open men 200 M sprint
Peter Archer - Shot put Masters men
Peter Archer - Masters men 60M Sprint
Daryl Miller - Discus Throw - Open (Men)
Daryl Miller - Javelin Throw - Masters (Men)
Bailey McKinney-Smith - 9 year old boys - 60M hurdles
Brody Walker - 9 year old boys - High Jump
Bronze Medal by the below Athletes ( 6 Bronze medals)
Peter Otto - Open men 100M sprint
Jayden McKinney-Smith - 13 years old Boys - Javelin throw
Jayden McKinney-Smith - 13 years old Boys - Disus throw
Chhitiz Maskey - 11 year old boys - 100M sprint
Angelena Wickremasena - 9 year old girls - Discus throw
Angelena Wickremasena - 9 year old girls - Shot put throw
We had a relay team for 4 x 100M Open, we decided to go against the best of the best , our relay team won a bronze medal in the open race, mighty effort by 4 brave soles with half broken and sore bodies after three days of competition trying to outrun athletes in their peak performance, we managed to pull out a bronze medal performance.
Luke Mayo took the start, Mark Walker (recruited from our parent pool of athletes who is engaged in our "Community Athletics Program " on Sundays) ran the second phase of the race, Peter Archer took the Baton from Mark for the third hundred and gave it to Priya Wickremasena for the final home run, It was a photo finish for third place.
A very big thanks to NT Athletics for organising this event to international standards (IAAF), the opening ceremony was excellent, we had a number of interstate athletes and also overseas (France) athletes participating in the event. Also a very big thanks to Anita Wickremasena who has been in poor health but still worked very hard as the alternate team manager for the team and stepped in to work as a volunteer and officiated the events and did an excellent job as the team photographer..
End of Athletic Season 2015 Participation Certificate - All the club members should have received the participation certificate by ow - if you did not receive the certificate please let us know.
Palmerston Athletic Club in 1881- Please read below
Did you know during 1881 in Palmerston Northern Territory there was an Athletic Club called “Palmerston Athletic Club”.
We are not sure how or when the historical PAC was founded and also how long they have operated.
In the Saturday 5th of March 1881 the issue of the Northern Territory Times and Gazette there was a classified advertisement from the Palmerston Athletic Club stipulating of their upcoming athletic tournament on the 12th of March 1881.
See the above which was an extract of that classified advertisement from the newspaper. Also see the full page of the newspaper below where this advertisement had appeared which gives an indication of the life in 1881, Particularly what was happening in the society at that time.
Interestingly the article refers to the Palmerston Oval where the tournament was held ,We are not sure if we still can find any reference to where the Palmerston Oval was, in Modern times.
It is a privilege to be part of the Modern PAC when you realize historically over 134 years ago someone in Palmerston NT had done exactly what we did for the purpose of Athletics and have used the exact same name as we did.
Source documents - National Library of Australia
