We will be running Special Program 2 - States this week.  This is a modified version of Program 2 that has special events for those athletes who qualified for the State Championships.
There will be a few Dandenong athletes joining us as they don't have a track at the moment.  Please make them welcome.
8:15 am arrival and setup, 8:45 am warm up.  Duty goes to parents with surnames A-K.

Don't forget to wear a hat, bring a drink and put on sunscreen.  Please ensure that your hat and drink are clearly named as we have already collected a lot of lost property.  The lost property baskets are usually placed near the Administration tables in front of the clubrooms. All lost property not claimed by the end of the season will be either disposed of or given to charity.

Athletes are reminded that you are required to wear your registration patch and that results will not be recorded if you are not wearing it.  Go to the Administration table in front of the clubrooms for a temporary patch or a replacement.  Visitors from other centres should also obtain a temporary patch from the Administration table so that your results can be recorded.

Your results sticker for previous weeks can be picked up from the red boxes in front of the clubrooms.
At Waverley Little Athletics we are all about Personal Bests (PBs) and you can present your sticker at the canteen and get a free icypole!  U6-U8 will need 2 PBs and U9-U15 will need 3 PBs.

Central Reserve, Cnr Springvale & Waverley Road, Glen Waverley Map 71B5

The Committee has put together a survey covering many subjects of importance ….. including the future of our grass track.  Please complete to have “a say” in how your centre is run !  Hard copies will also be available from the Admin table over the coming weeks.  As an incentive, a $50 Rebel Sport vouchure will be drawn from all respondants for taking the time to complete     Click here to print out Survey   Please return completed forms to Admin asap

Waverley Little Athletics will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Saturday March 27 at Waverley Little Athletics Centre, Centre Club Rooms, Central Reserve, Glen Waverley.

Waverley Little Athletics relies solely on volunteers and are asking for parents/grandparents to nominate for the positions listed below.
If you would like to nominate please fill out the AGM Nomination Form and hand it to the Administration Managers (located at the tables at the front of the pavilion) or contact Tammy Stephens, 9792 2820, for further details on the Committee Members Position Descriptions. While nominations closed Saturday, February 27th, nominations can be taken from the floor during the meeting.

Committee roles:

Results and photos are now available.

The highest number of PBs per age group were:

• U6 - 4 - James Dixon, Eloise Hall, Ashleigh Mangan
  
• U7 - 4 - Blake Williams-Thomson, Paige Cotton
  
• U8 - 5 - Joshua Hepworth,
  
• U9 - 5 - Connie Coutselinis, Leah Paola
  
• U10 - 5 - Stacey Gray, Grace Cross, Milton Chiu
  
• U11 - 6 - Allannah Acciarito, Tia Stoforidis
  
• U12 - 4 - Kelly Laing, Amy Ventura
  
• Southern Stars - 4 - Patrick Ziguras
  

Congratulations to Natasha Bannon (U11G 60H) for setting a new Centre Record.

On Saturday and Sunday we saw many eager Waverley athletes make their way down to the EMR Qualifying Championships at Knox LAC. Both days were quite hot as usual, the program finished on time on both days and we witnessed outstanding performances by Waverley athletes and signalled to all in our new Region that we were not competing just to "make up the numbers".  Medal count here !  Qualifiers/Progressions (to States) should be posted by weeks end. Thank you to all parents for their commitment to duty allocation to make it possible for all children to be apart of this exciting event.

State Championships Qualifiers now available here ....   BOYS   GIRLS    WAVERLEY ONLY

EMR Results   SMR Results   NMR Results

A Special Thank you from the Waverley President to:

Lindsay Thomas for acting as Team manager early Saturday and also filling 2 other duty positions. (3 in total)

Fiona Squires - Waverley Team Manager

Matt Sturgess -  Jury Panel (Key official)

Lindsay Harrison and Craig Sanford - High Jump 2 (Key officials)

Darrin Stephens - Uniform Manager, Setup and Packup

Rhys Coleman and Brian Harrington (walks)

Krysia Debicki and Silvana Sekulovski (officials manager)

Lastly, I would like to recognise and Thank these families for doing more than their fair share (2 duties in total)

Craig Collins, Trichy Premkumar, Gavin Burren, Brian Harrington, Joanne Paola, and the Warren/Landre family.

Photos (Thanks Kate & Knox LA's)

TRAINING DAYS

Training will resume again from our xmas break on Monday 16th January 2010

• Mondays (5pm - 6:30pm)
• Fiona Squires

• Wednesdays (5pm - 6:30pm)
  • Jake Pedley (General Training)
  • Tammy Stephens (Shot Put and Discus)

• Sundays (10am - 11am)
  • Tammy Stephens (Javelin)

Training is suitable for all keen athletes in age groups U9 and up at our normal venue (Central Reserve - Glen Waverley) as follows:

In this part of the season we see may athletes training for the up and coming State Championships.

Coaching Co-ordinator: Please contact Fiona Squires

Waverley is expanding to include Under 16s from next season.  Athletes are reminded that from around Under 13 and above they can have dual membership (no extra cost) with Athletics Victoria and compete with our "seniors" club Athletics Waverley on Saturday afternoons !  It's a great way to stay fit, active and socialable, and you may even be able to convince mum and/or dad to "have a go" too.  There are plenty of us "oldies" running around having a run, jump, throw and even hurdle  - Athletics Victoria - Dual & Youth Athletics Flyer

All New members are asked to come along to any competition day, ask any question that they may have regarding the sport and join up.

The Registration cost for the year is $120 for the first child and $10 less for each additional child.  This is discounted by $10 prior to October 1^st and reduces back to $60 per child after January 1^st.

Two free Come and Try sessions are allowed for the Summer (Track and Field) Season and one for the Winter (Cross Country) Season each year.  Centre Shirts are also available for purchase ranging in price between $10 and $35

Cross Country Only registrations are available for $50, but there is no additional charge for athletes who are registered for the Summer Season.

Want to know what Little Athletics is all about? Have a look at What is Little Athetics?

Further details, including online registration (when available), are available from the Registration page.

Order photos of your child and they will be emailed to you (or copied to CD/DVD in high resolution (up to 5Mb).

All proceeds of the sale of the photographs go to WLAC.  Cost per photograph is $2. Please submit the Photo Order Form and payment to the registration table.  (Online payment is not available.)

Note: Only photos taken this season by Kate Sanford are available for purchase.

Athletics Waverley is the next step up from Waverley Little Athletics. Children from approx. u13 and above are encouraged to join with our senior club (FREE - as part of a "dual registration" with Little Aths & Seniors) and compete weekly from 1pm at various venues during the summer season.

Contact details are available on the Athletics Waverley website.

• Athletics Waverley Membership Form 2009/2010
• Athletics Victoria Membership Form 2009/2010
• Athletics Victoria - Dual & Youth Athletics Flyer