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GOLDEN GLINTS UNEARTHED AT BALLARAT

The Diamond Valley Athletic Club had 38 athletes (16 Female & 22 Male) journey to Victoria Park, Ballarat to compete in Round 6 of the 2025 XCR season and by the end of competition there were plenty of smiles around the Valley tent. The smiles most commonly reflected the sense of individual achievement that comes with having tackled a technical and challenging course and required some courage to complete.
Mon 14 Jul 2025

GOOD TIMES ROLL AT SANDOWN

The Diamond Valley Athletic Club enjoyed its best results for the current Winter season at the Sandown Road Relays. The results from the Round 5 event of the XCR25 season included a new club record for a 6.2km lap, a second placing in the Open Men Division 2, three podium placings, and a batch of other success across the board. As if that were not enough, the turnout of 58 DVAC athletes (21 Female & 37 Male) was equal to the best ever.
Mon 30 Jun 2025

SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY ROUND-UP

Bundoora Park maintained its reputation as the home of Cross Country running in Victoria as well over 1000 students gathered on the slopes of Mt Cooper for the 2025 Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships. There were twelve races on a busy program with the largest field of 227 students in the second event, the Male Under 14 3km. Twelve DVAC athletes took part in the day where they represented their schools.
Sun 22 Jun 2025

VALLEY TEAMS LAP UP THE SPEED AROUND THE LAKE

It was fast & wild from the start as just 1000 runners started the Lakeside: 5, from outside the Lakeside Stadium over two races. “I found that things did not settle down for over two kilometres. The runners were bunched up so tightly”, said DVAC’s fastest runner on the day, Vincent Donnadieu. Vincent was still happy to post his fastest 5km time, a 14:39, and many of the 41 DVAC athletes (15 Female & 41 Male) were also pleased with their 5km times at Lakeside.
Mon 16 Jun 2025

XCR'25 RD 3: CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS AT JELLS PARK

All runners found the course at Jells Park to be full of challenges with the constant turns, hill climbs and prevailing wind cited as the main difficulties. DVAC finished the day represented by 16 teams (6 Female & 10 Male) with the greatest success claimed by the Female 60 team (Karen Quinn, Michelle King & Jo Moxon) claiming Gold and the Male 40 team (Dylan Littlejohn, Charles Jacobson & Craig Cassidy) winning the Silver medal.
Sun 08 Jun 2025

XCR25 ROUND 2_CROSS COUNTRY AT MYRNIONG

The second round of the Athletics Victoria 2025 Cross Country season was set among the vineyards and surrounding acreage at St Anne’s Winery, Myrniong. Over four races, athletes were set distances of 4km, 7km and 12km that worked around the property. The 38 Diamond Valley Athletic Club athletes (14 Female & 24 Male) were challenged by the distance, the hills, the wind and the rough terrain.
Sun 25 May 2025

ROCKS, HILLS, HEAT - VALLEY WINS

The 43 DVAC athletes (17 Female, 26 Male) that journeyed to Hanging Rock for the opening round of Cross Country have succeeded in meeting all of the challenges to set up a season where individual and team success are possible. Most runners who completed the 5km or 8km courses were thoroughly exhausted by the time they crossed the finish line there was a sense of satisfaction and reward. They had been fully tested by the winding trail course, the hills and the heat on the day.
Sun 11 May 2025

PRESENTATION NIGHT

Members & Supporters of DVAC, our 2025 Presentation Night 30th May is fast approaching. Tickets are now open with a $30 Early Bird Special until 18th May! Head to the Event page to secure your seat(s) now!
Fri 02 May 2025

2025 DVAC Annual Report

The 2025 DVAC Annual Report has been published for your review. Please head to About > Annual Reports or the attached notice and scan the QR Code
Thu 01 May 2025

DVAC CROSS COUNTRY TRIALS AND RESULTS ROUND-UP

The 2025 Cross Country season gets under way on Saturday May 10th at Hanging Rock but the athletes at Diamond Valley have been busy on many fronts over the past week. Results from the Cross Country Trials, Boston Marathon, Ballarat Marathon, Masters Championships and Run the Tan all included below.
Sun 27 Apr 2025

TUNING UP AT ALBERT PARK - DVAC RESULTS

The 2025 Australian Grand Prix may be over but there is still a lot of tuning up going on at Albert Park. This week there were nine DVAC athletes taking part in the High Velocity Club #5 and the AV Throwers #5 meets that were held at Lakeside. Most of the number are in the final stages of preparing for the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships that get under way on Friday 4th April 2025 in Perth.
Sun 23 Mar 2025

DVAC ATHLETES AT SPECIALIST MEETS & IMPORTANT DATES

Now that the AV Shield and State Championships are over for the 2024/2025 Summer, there is an appetite for competition with many of the DVAC athletes. Some are looking to keep in shape for the Nationals that are only a month away while others are looking to squeeze that bit extra out of the Track & Field season. The Specialist meets such as the Box Hill Burn, the High Velocity Club, the AV Throwers Club, and Rare Air have all offered athletes a chance to achieve these outcomes in the past week.
Mon 10 Mar 2025

2025 VICTORIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS WK 2_DVAC RESULTS

It was a Championship filled with highlights for members of the Diamond Valley Athletic Club. DVAC athletes were in action every area of the arena and they were being called to the podium on a regular basis. Each athlete walked away from the experience of competing at Championship level richer for the experience.
Mon 24 Feb 2025

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