Robins Roundup. 9 Dec. 10 & 11 Dec. WEBSITE prestonsrobinslac.org.

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1 Robins Roundup P R E S T O N S R O B I N S L I T T L E A T H L E T I C S C E N T R E N O. 1 4 S E P T E M B E R U P C O M I N G E V E N T S : Our Clubs 22 Oct Bunnings BBQ Doonside Gala 22 Oct Day Prestons Robins LAC is well underway and we are looking forward to a fantastic 2016/2017 Season. The Committee would like to thank all of our athletes and parents for your patience over the past few weeks. The beginning of the season is always more chaotic as we have new athletes, athletes completing trials and trying to plan the events based on different numbers in Age Groups. Liverpool Gala Day Scamper (Tiny Tots - U7 s) 23 Oct 12 Nov We have had some athletes already attend Gala Days, break records on Friday Competition Nights and lots of PB s made. Well done to all of our athletes for trying your best and having fun. Non-Point Score Night Zone Championships 9 Dec 10 & 11 Dec For more events and information, please see Kylie or go to F O R M O R E I N F O R M A T I O N WEBSITE prestonsrobinslac.org prestonsrobins@gmail.com Prestons Robins Little Athletic Centre Please ensure that you read the monthly newsletter to keep up to date with events throughout the 2016/2017 Season, Uniform requirements, Recipes, Profiles on some of our Club athletes, Friday Night Competition dates, Gala Days (including closing dates for entries) and Championship dates. If you have any healthy recipes, photos, athlete profiles you would like included or can sponsor our Club then please us via prestonsrobins@gmail.com. Can you assist in the Canteen, BBQ or on the field during our Friday Competition Nights?? If we spread the duties around, the nights flow smoother, quicker and everyone has a good night. Let a Committee Member know if you are available. We have lots of upcoming events in the next few months, so make sure you stay tuned and keep in contact through out website, Facebook and our newsletters, along with announcements made on a Friday Night.

2 Age Managers & Volunteers Each week we need a range of Volunteers to ensure our Friday Night Competition nights run smoothly. The Committee very much appreciates all those who assist when needed, and in particular, to those that assist each week, we realise some of these Volunteers, such as our Starters and Timekeepers don t always get to see their children's events each week but without their help our Friday Night Competitions would not go ahead. If everyone shares the load, then you might only need to do it a few times across the entire season. We need Volunteers to assist each week in the following areas: Age Managers Timekeepers Starters BBQ assistance Canteen Assistance Measuring distances for our field events If you are a new parent to our Club, then please join your child on the field and learn the simple ways that you can assist your child and all the athletes in that Age Group. If anyone is interested in helping other than being an Age Manager, please come and see a member of the Committee or your child s Age Manager before the Friday Night Competition begins. September Records Coaches Corner Training is available for Under 7 s and upwards during our Little Athletics season. Harley Isbitzki 9B High Jump Scissor Teagan Hunter 12G 200m, Triple Jump Taylah Watson 15G 100m Breanna Griffiths 13G Shot Put Jordan Scully 17G High Jump Alana Ellis 14G 1500m Preston Misa 8B Shot Put Maddison Hunter 10G High Jump Scissor Max Dawson 10B High Jump Scissor Emily Malakovski 12G Javelin Brandon Hodges 17B High Jump Training is provided by coaches accredited by Athletics Australia. Our Coaches, Kylie Wilmott and Craig Hardman, conduct midweek training sessions specialising in Sprints, Hurdle & Middle Distance events, while Mathew Wilson will conduct training sessions for the Walk. Predominantly these are Mondays for Seniors at 5.30 (Craig), Wednesday for Juniors at 4.00 (Kylie) and Mat to confirm PLEASE NOTE: All training is confirmed each week via our Facebook page, this includes confirmation of times and weather conditions. R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 2

3 BBQ Assistance Required We need volunteers to assist at our Bunnings Fundraising BBQ (either morning or afternoon shift), if you have some time, please speak to a Committee Member. Details are: When: Saturday, 22 October 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (volunteers will be in shifts) Where: Bunnings Crossroads, Cnr Campbelltown Rd & Camden Valley Way If you are in the area, please come and support our Prestons Robins LAC BBQ. All money is fundraising for the Club for this 2016/2017 Season. Upcoming Events Doonside Gala Day - 22 October 2016 Where: Charlie Bali Reserve (off Knox Road), Doonside (inside the Nurragingy Reserve) Time: 1.00pm for Gala Day (12noon start for Javelin and Walks) Liverpool Gala Day - 23 October 2016 Entries closed Entry fee: $20.00 per athlete or $5 per event. Maximum of five (5) events. Where: Dwyer Oval Williamson Crescent, Warwick Farm Time: First call 8.45am first events 9.00am No Late Entries will be accepted and no entries on the day Athletes MUST compete in their own age group. Zone Championship - 10 & 11 December 2016 Where: Dwyer Oval Williamson Crescent, Warwick Farm Ages: Under 7 to Under 17 s More details will be available on our website shortly. R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 3

4 Prestons Robins Uniform For our Friday night competitions, athletes should now be wearing our club uniform, which consists of our club singlet/crop top or a plain red T-shirt (please note that singlet/crop top must be worn at outside competitions). Our uniform also consists of plain black shorts or tights for girls. The shorts cannot display large logos or stitching of different colours. We do have new club shorts and tights available for purchase at the canteen, otherwise we are more than happy if you purchase plain black shorts from Big W/ Best & Less etc. A new supply of uniforms have arrived from our supplier, and are available for purchase at the canteen. Uniform Costs for 2016/2017 are as follows: Singlets and Crop tops $35 each and Shorts and Tights $30 each The U6-U11 McDonalds Registration number or the U12-U17 Dual Registration number must be attached to the front of the singlet. The entire patch must be showing, including the red line. The Jetstar Patch is attached to the top right hand side of the singlet or crop top Shorts and Tights The Age Patch is attached to the left hand side of the uniform, usually on the shorts. Shorts must be PLAIN BLACK in colour no stripes, logos or different coloured stitching Girls can wear PLAIN BLACK compression shorts (no logos or contrast stitching) but these must not extend below the knee. If compression tights show logos or different coloured stitching (eg Skins or 2XU), PLAIN BLACK shorts must be worn over the top. Boys must wear PLAIN BLACK shorts over compression tights. If you have any questions,or are not sure about something, please ask a Committee member prior to the day of the competition. It is always stressful for everyone if you arrive and need to make alterations with limited time. R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 4

5 This Season we are very excited to introduce black tights and shorts with Robins on them. These can be purchased at the Canteen on a Friday night for $30 each. Whilst these tights and shorts are not compulsory, if you choose to purchase elsewhere, please check the requirements on the following page. Particularly important for anyone who represents our Club outside of Friday Night Competitions. Child Adult We now have Prestons Robins LAC Caps arriving again shortly. They will be available for athletes and also parents. If you think you may be interested, please register at the Canteen in the Uniform section. They are both $20 each. Prestons Robins Athlete Profile? Would you like to be our next month s Athlete Profile?? If so, please the club via prestonsrobins@gmail.com R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 5

6 Keen Kitchen Tips A good well balanced diet is vital to a child s overall health, growth and therefore self-esteem, enjoyment, fitness and sporting performance. Good nutrition is vital to the well being of active Athletes. If you have a healthy recipe that you would like to share with the Club, why not us via prestonsrobins@gmail.com Prestons Robins Canteen & BBQ Have you visited Michelle in the Canteen and seen her very colourful specials board? Have you tried one of the yummy sausages on a bread roll from our BBQ? Next Friday night, why not have a look at what is available. All proceeds go back to the our Club. Also keep in touch with our website to see what specials might be available. Coffee Van If you have a coffee or hot chocolate craving on a Friday night or perhaps would like a milkshake please visit the Coffee Van located near the BBQ. The Coffee Van will be available from 6pm onwards. Spike Shoes Only Competitors in the Under 11 age group or older may we spike shoes in events run entirely in lanes, long jump, triple jump and javelin. Please note this does not include the Rubber spikes (waffles) which any athlete can wear. Spike shoes must only be worn during an event and are not to be worn to and from an event. If you are wearing spikes, please remember to be careful to avoid injury to yourself, other athletes or officials. R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 6

7 to our New Sponsors!!! We would like to welcome the following Sponsors to our Club for this season - please support them in anyway you can to show our appreciation. Address: Unit 4, 605 Hume Highway, Casula Phone: s: info@curvesliverpool.com.au Address: 1412 Camden Valley Way, Leppington Phone: Website: Address: 6 Progress Circuit, Prestons Phone: Website: Address: 43 Hubert Street, Leichhardt Phone: s: Our Club Patron Ms Melanie Gibbons, MP NSW Member for Holsworthy is our Club Patron. We appreciate her support and look forward to working with her and showing her around our Club and introducing her to our fun-filled and enthusiastic athletes. R O B I N S R O U N D U P 2016 N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 7

8 Do you have skills that could help our Club? Do you have knowledge, skills or equipment that could assist our Club in maintenance of our field or equipment during the pre-season in preparation for this season? Do you know someone who does? We are always interested if anyone who can help us on working bees, fundraising BBQ s across the year and as well as our usual Friday Night Competitions. Changes to Events Little Athletics NSW have made some changes to events beginning this season: Hurdles U15 & U17 will run 300m Hurdles instead of 200m. U13 & U14 run continue to run 200m Hurdles. Long & Triple Jump U11 & U12 to use 20cm take off board for long and triple jump. U6 to U10 to continue to use a 50cm sand board. High Jump (reminder from last Season) Don t forget that High Jump events for Under 9 s and Under 10 s can only be conducted using the Scissor technique. Do you want to know more about events?? If so,have a look at the Event Fact Sheets on our website The fact sheets are a guide towards the improvement of technique in the various events and cover such things as: 1. ages and correct specifications for the various age groups 2. basic instruction on how to do the event 3. basic rules 4. basic officiating procedures 5. safety considerations 6. handy tips for conducting the event at Centre level R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 8

9 Prestons Robins Athlete Profile Name: Isabella Age Group: Under 12 Girls When did you start Little Athletics? Tiny Tots in 2009/10 What is your favourite athletics event? 1500m Run & 1500m Walk Who is your favourite sports star? Sally Pearson What is your favourite food? Pizza What do you like to do to relax? Read books What is your goal for this Little A's season? To compete at the State Champs again and achieve PB's across all my events. With the hot weather heating up and lots of our athletes competing at Gala Days & upcoming Zone Championships, please remember to keep hydrated and to Slip, Slop & Slap!!!! This includes Friday Competition Nights also. Prestons Robins Athlete Profile Name: Alex Age Group: Under 15 Boys When did you start Little Athletics? 2012/2013 season in U/11 s What is your favourite athletic event? 3000m,1500m, 200m, 100m, long jump Who is your favourite sports star? Cristiano Ronaldo & Michael Phelps What other sports do you do? I also love Swimming and swim for Liverpool swim club. What is your favourite food? Lamb cutlets, and Apple pie How do you relax? Xbox, reading, listening to music What is your goal for this Little A's season? Break club records in my favourite events and just better my PB's, stay fit and have fun. R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 9

10 HQ Results All our Friday night results are entered into the ResultsHQ software and can be accessed at There is information on our website under Results for you to either register (if new to our Club) or to login (if previous member). The instructions are available for new registrations to access the HQ Results. Please let us know via if you have any problems. Registration Numbers The registration number must be attached to the front of the uniform, as this our method of identifying athletes during events. If you do not have your rego number attached, you may risk losing competition points towards the end of year results. We incorrectly issued a some junior numbers to athletes in U12 age groups and above. We apologise for the mix up - if any athletes in these age groups do not have a senior onesport number, please come to the canteen ASAP. Parent/Caregiver Participation and Supervision Prestons Robins Little Athletics Centre is a voluntary organisation, and we cannot operate without the assistance of parents each week. It has come to our attention that a number of parents are leaving their children unsupervised at the grounds. We are not a baby sitting service a parent/caregiver MUST BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES whilst athletes are on the field. This is a Little A s NSW requirement and we will be monitoring this throughout the season for the safety of our athletes. We encourage parents/caregivers to follow their age group around the field whilst their children compete. Young athletes love having their parents close by watching them compete. And importantly - the more parent helpers, the quicker our competition nights will run. Get Involved There are many ways in which you can help: Age Managers escort their group of athletes around the fields and conduct the various events. They record the times and distances on the weekly results sheet. All field events require parents to help the age manager by measuring throws and jumps, raking the long jump pit, and replacing the bar at High jump. We require Starters, Timekeepers and Place Judges to conduct the track events. If you require advice on how to help conduct and event, please speak to one of our committee members. R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 10

11 Do you need new shoes or equipment for field events? Shop 295 Westfield Shoppingtown Liverpool Phone: Athletes Foot Liverpool Are your kids starting Little Athletics for the first time or have they grown out of last season s shoes? Head into Athletes Foot Liverpool so your athlete can be fitted into waffles, spikes (Under 11 s and up) and sport shoes. Neil and the team will provide you with the right advice and excellent customer service. You will also be supporting a proudly owned local business. So if you have a card with them, make sure you link our club to it. Happy shoe shopping!! CROSSROADS Camden Valley Way Casula Phone: Our club is registered with Amart Sports Community Kickbacks program. If you have a loyalty card with Amart, you can link Prestons Robins to it in the profile section either online or in-store. SPONSORSHIP for 2016/2017 Season Do you own a local business?? Do you know someone that does?? Why not sponsor Prestons Robins LAC for our 2016/2017 Season. If you are interested in supporting our club through sponsorship please don t hesitate to contact us for further information via our - prestonsrobins@gmail.com.au We have different packages starting from just $250, so why not get your business known in the local community and support our great Club at the same time!! R O B I N S R O U N D U P N O S E P T E M B E R P A G E 11