Monthly Archives: July 2013

Katrina Hunt dominated the first Independent Girls Sschools’ Sports Association twilight track and field meeting at SOPAC, winning her 100m, 200m and 100m hurdles. Fellow Ron Bendall squad member Bella O’Grady also won her 100m. At the second twilight competition … Continue reading →

With only 200 days to go to the Winter Olympics, the Sochi Olympic website has been launched featuring skeleton racer John Farrow. Check it out. http://sochi2014.olympics.com.au/athlete/john-farrow Farrow has returned to the States for two weeks training at Lake Placid in New … Continue reading →

Robbie Baskin has come seventh in the 100m final at the 19th Maccabiah Games in Israel. The Ron Bendall squad member successfully progressed through the heats and semi finals to qualify for the final. He contests the 200m and long jump … Continue reading →

Ron Bendall has been appointed the sprints coach for Athletics NSW’s junior high performance Target Talent Program. In announcing Bendall’s appointment Athletics NSW’s Development Officer Matt Rowan said: “Ron brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the sprints coach … Continue reading →

Channel 10 filmed Winter Olympics hopeful John Farrow training with the Ron Bendall squad on Tuesday evening. John is almost certain to represent Australia in the skeleton in next year’s Winter Olympics in Russia and Channel 10 will be the … Continue reading →

Ali Bartholomew has been accepted into the NSW Institute of Sport’s 400m Fast Track Program.  The current NSW under 20 years 400m champion, Ali, a Ron Bendall squad member, has been indentified by NSWIS as an athlete of potential. The … Continue reading →

Robbie Baskin leaves for Israel on Thursday as part of the Australian team to contest the 19th Maccabiah Games. It is the third time the Ron Bendall squad member has contested the 100m and 200m at the event often referred … Continue reading →

Members of the Ron Bendall squad took home 13 awards from the UTS Northern Suburbs presentation dinner. Masters sprinter Jackie Bezuidenhout was made a life member of the club and also won the women’s 35 years plus Club Premiership pointscore. … Continue reading →

One of NSW’s fastest women sprinters Larissa Pasternatsky has joined the Ron Bendall squad. Coached by Robert Medlicott, who recently has transferred from the NSW Institute of Sport to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Larissa will  train at … Continue reading →

Australia’s No 1 skeleton racer John Farrow is back doing sprint work with the Ron Bendall squad after a successful two-week training camp in Utah, USA. As part of his preparation for the Winter Olympics in Russia in 2014, John returns to … Continue reading →