Structure has produced Olympians
The Lambrick Park Secondary School hammer cage has been home to numerous club and school hammer, discus and shot athletes and throwers who went onto the Olympics, Paralympics, Commonwealth Games, Pan Am Games and world championships such as Adam Keenan, Heather Steacy, Sultana Frizell, Agnes Esser, Taryn Suttie, Jessie Brockway and Ness Murby.
A call has gone out to the South Island track and field community to have it repaired or replaced. The cage was constructed in 2010 after parents of throwing athletes wondered why there was no place for hammer and discus throwers to train. Lambrick Park Secondary track and field coach Tom Turnbull took on the project. School District 61 gave permission to place the cage on the school fields with the proviso the school and/or the track and field community had to raise the money to pay for it.
“Lambrick Park families canvassed businesses for funds, fundraised and donated their own money to reach the goal,” said Turnbull.Turnbull has sent out an open letter to the track and field community: “Many schools, clubs, provincial teams, national teams and individuals have trained at Lambrick Park’s cage. High school league competition, Lower Island championships and Island championships are held yearly at Lambrick Park Secondary’s cage.
The hammer and discus events of the Lower Island school track and field championships are usually held at Lambrick Park Secondary with the track events at UVic’s Centennial Stadium, the same when the Island school championships are held in Greater Victoria. The 2023 Lower Island high school track and field championships are May 17 and the Island championships May 24-25, both at Centennial Stadium, with the hammer and discus events currently in limbo.
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