Relaxation was short lived as Ella and Andy headed off to Brisbane for the Australian Athletics Under 20 Nationals. Ella qualified for hammer and had hoped to be to be chosen for discus and javelin but team selectors thought otherwise.
Competing in only one event meant that it was a quick visit - flying up on the Saturday morning, watching friends compete in the afternoon, then competing Sunday morning and back home by the evening.
Ella threw 37.55m on her first throw and had two no throws after that. Her one legal throw (well below her PB of 41m) placed her 11th out of 18. Interestingly there were lots of fouls - 3 girls unfortunately didn't record a throw and 5 from the remaining 15 only recorded one legal throw! Ella enjoyed the competition and hanging out with her friend Mia.
Meanwhile Katy and Indi were responsible for providing birthday cheer for me! They did a great job - flowers and hand cream for presents followed by pancakes for breakfast. Once Andy and Ella returned we all ventured out for dinner. Birthday celebrations continued with flowers arriving on Monday and lunch at work on Tuesday :)
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