Club News — Sandringham Athletic Club

Sandringham athletes together after a cross-country race

27 September 2026

Welcome to our new members

A warm welcome to everyone who has joined Sandy Aths in recent weeks. Find a few useful places to start.

A Sandringham Athletic Club runner racing

26 September 2026

40+ coffee catch-up: Saturday 3 October

Join Mike Bryant and the age group runners at Lennox 3188, Hampton, at 10.30am to catch up after winter and look ahead to summer.

Two Sandy volunteers at the track during the September working bee

26 September 2026

Thank you for the September working bee

Volunteers cleared drains, tidied the track surrounds and shifted old material into a skip. See the photos from Sunday.

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Sandringham athletes celebrating after the 2026 Tan Relays

26 September 2026

Four Sandy athletes on the XCR individual podium

Logan Janetzki, Ben Buckingham, Mia Roux and Mike Bryant each finished in the top three of their season category.

The Sandringham Athletic Club track at Glamis Avenue, Hampton, from the air

16 September 2026

Working bee at the track: Sunday 20 September, 10am

Hands needed from 10am — club room and gym clear-out, track railings, drains, rubbish and the jumps pits.

Sandringham’s women and men celebrate their Premier Division double at the Tan Relays

12 September 2026

A historic Premier Division double: XCR Round 10 Tan Relays

Sandringham’s women and men are both 2026 Victorian Premier Division XCR champions.

Two Sandringham women racing the 15km at Burnley

6 September 2026

Burnley Premier win and full results: XCR Round 9

Sandringham women won Premier Division and the men were second at Burnley. Full club results.

Saskia Lloyd running in Victorian colours at the national cross country championships in Ballarat

22 August 2026

Sandringham at the national cross country championships

Updated: 15 Victorian team selections and eight further Sandy entrants at Ballarat, including Mike Bryant in the Masters 4km.

Saskia Lloyd competing at the national cross country championships in Ballarat

27 September 2026

Mike Bryant’s nationals result added to the club report

We missed Mike in our original Ballarat report. He finished 58th in the mixed Masters 4km in 21:17; the full club results have been corrected.

Sandringham athletes at XCR Round 8, Lake Wendouree

9 August 2026

A Premier double at Lake Wendouree: XCR Round 8 recap

Sandringham’s women and men both won their Premier Division contests at Lake Wendouree.

The Sandringham XCR squad with their medals

2 August 2026

Summer is coming: AVSL starts 17 October

Athletics Victoria has released the 2026-27 calendar. Ten AVSL rounds from October to February, plus every championship date.

Matt Hodder, John McGuinness, Paul Azad and Jonathan Reeve after the Lakeside:10 at Albert Park, XCR Round 7

2 August 2026

Where every Sandy team sits after seven rounds

Both Premier ladders led, the men by 17 points and the women by two, with seventeen Sandy teams on the board.

2 August 2026

Four in the top nine at Lakeside: XCR Round 7 recap

Four Sandy men in the top nine of a 695-strong field and the most dominant Premier win of the season, with Natalie Rule second in the women's race.

John McGuinness on the podium with his bronze medal at the Victorian Cross Country Championships, Bundoora

2 August 2026

John McGuinness, the Irish Greyhound, takes state bronze

John McGuinness runs 24:44 at Bundoora to take third in the Male 40+ Short Course at the Victorian Cross Country Championships.

Sandy athlete racing cross country at Bundoora, XCR Round 6

11 July 2026

Logan wins at Bundoora: XCR Round 6 recap

Logan Janetzki wins the Male Open 10km outright — Sandy's first one-two of the season — and the club stays top of both Premier ladders.

Sandy runner in the women's relay at Calder Raceway, XCR Round 5

28 June 2026

Sandy fight it out on the relays: XCR Round 5 recap

Round 5 moves to the road relays at Calder Raceway — Sandy's Male Open team second, the women third.

Sandy athletes racing cross country at Cruden Farm, XCR Round 4

13 June 2026

Sandy sweep at Cruden Farm: XCR Round 4 recap

Alice Oakley Kerr wins the Female Open outright — the first Sandy female to win an XCR race in living memory. Plus a third straight Premier Division double at Cruden Farm.

Mike Bryant, coach at Sandringham Athletic Club

18 June 2026

Coaching with Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant's new Thursday 6:30pm session is open to experienced and returning runners and near-beginners. No club membership needed, all welcome.

St Stephen's Harriers athletics club history

18 June 2026

Honouring our St Stephen's Harriers heritage

A dedicated heritage page celebrating St Stephen's Harriers — founded 1908, merged with Sandy in 2024 — is now live on the website.

Sandringham Athletic Club members at the 96th AGM and Awards Night, Brighton Beach Hotel

29 May 2026

2026 AGM & Awards Night

The 96th AGM & Awards Night at the Brighton Beach Hotel — photos from the night, all the 2025–26 award winners, and the new 2026–27 committee.

Sandy athletes racing at Ravenswood, XCR Round 3

30 May 2026

Running strong at Ravenswood: XCR Round 3 recap

Three rounds in, Sandy sit top of the table in both Premier Divisions. Logan Janetzki wins outright and the women go five in the top 20.

Sandy squad at the SAC tent, XCR Round 2, Jells Park

16 May 2026

Double gold at Jells Park: XCR Round 2 recap

Eight teams, two gold medals in the premier Open relays. The strongest start to a relay round in years.

Sandy runners at Lakeside, XCR Round 1, Albert Park

10 May 2026

Sandy open the season at Lakeside: XCR Round 1 recap

The 2026 cross country season opens with a 5km around Albert Park lake — and a club-championship win in Male Division 4.