The Thompson Estate Harrier's Amateur Athletic Club was founded by interested men of the district of Thompson Estate, Junction Park, Annerley, Stones Corner, Coorparoo and Woolloongabba.
Messrs F. W. Nissen (Vice-President of the Queensland Amateur Athletic Association), James A. Donnan and John Innes Brown called a meeting of young men at the residence of Frederick William Nissen on 6th October, 1900.
At this meeting, the members of the committee and officials were elected, with Mr. Joseph Allen being the inaugural President, Mr. W. C. Anderson the inaugural Secretary, andMr. J. A. Donnan the inaugural Treasurer, while the first Club Captain was Michael Waterman. Other members of the first Committee were Frederick William Nissen, Walter C. Pritchard, F. Higginbotham, F.G. Jutsam, W. Stringfellow, J. Brown Sen., Allan Innes, J. Hourigan and James McHugh.
The term "The Roaring Twenties" could easily apply to Thompson Estate Harriers Amateur Athletic Club during the 1920's. The Harriers were the Champion Club of Queensland in 1920, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, and 1929 - a remarkable achievement; R. W. Cook (1921) and H. V. Scouller (1923) were named Champion All-Round Athlete of Queensland; G. Lewis won the first ever Queensland Decathlon Championship; Thompson Estate Harriers won the Wallace Bishop Cup for Champion Indoor Games Club of Queensland in 1923 and 1924; the Club also won the Cross Country Championship of Queensland in 1920 and was runners-up in 1921 and 1923 and third in 1922 and 1929; the juniors won the title of Most Successful Junior Club of Queensland in 1920, were runners-up in 1927 and were third in 1926.
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U18 & OPEN TRACK & FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - QE2 20-22 FEB 2009
Written by Tui Edwards
Sunday, 22 February 2009 20:12
Some great results were recorded this weekend, with young indigenous sprinter, 16yr old Yarnell Fisher breaking his personal best performance twice this weekend in the 200m U18 Track & Field State Championship hosted at QE2 this weekend. The speedster recorded 23.3 in his heat personal best in -2 headwind then back this up with 23.13 in the finals against tremendous headwinds causing havoc at the track, which placed him 4th overall in the state against some stiff competition with names such as Michael Fenwick 2008 National All Schools medalist who placed 6th in the final.
It will be interesting to see how fast the youngster can go over the off season winter preparation for All Schools in October 2009.
Young National Bronze All Schools Medalist, 15yrs Michael Criticos, stepped up to the plate to compete against the states best javelin throwers in U18 category, with a great start to 2009 a distance 41.36m for the young javelin thrower which placed him 5th overall, not a bad go at it considering the age category the young gun played the field in.
Well done boys.. we certainly look forward to your results at the end of the year.
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