Welcome to the Season

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1 Welcome to the Season Welcome to all families and athletes, as we move into a very enjoyable season ahead. The committee has been working hard to make the season a successful and fun year ahead. I d like to encourage everyone to read their handbooks that were given out at registration, there are many new rules and that you should be aware of. A full list of all rules is on our website. To make the night successful, parents play a vital role to help run the night. We are lucky though Athletics is one of the few sports that families can get involved, whether it s measuring the shot put or raking the sand pit. Your children will also enjoy you being up close and getting involved. We also need help with setting and packing up equipment and canteen. So please check the roster, which is displayed in your handbook or notice board. All age managers will need parent helpers every night, so if you re not rostered on a parent duty, please see your age manager to help them with the nights events. Don t forget it s still quite cold, so make sure your children have a jacket. Until it warms up you can wear your club singlet over a t-shirt. Also please be aware there is no smoking on the ground at all, you will need to head out to the car park. Remember when entering the field to use the gate at the equipment shed, so don t jump the fence. Parents please look at your handbook or on the notice board on where the out of bounds area is-between the straight track and the circular track. Please be a bit patient for the first few weeks while Age managers, parent volunteers and committee get into a routine. The more parent helpers with each group would be an advantage especially as we will have a few new athletes trialing. So good luck to everyone, have fun and always do your best! Thanks to our committee for this season; Nicole Reynolds, Aggie Hornung, Ian Strevens, Taren Gerrard, Michelle Lhotka, Lubi Maric, Paul Lhotka, Lilly Brett, Gary Brett, Dario Traini, Dianne Thompson, Michelle Vesey, Sasha Stevenson, Catherine Ong, Darren Dinte and Daniel Searle. Also welcome to our Club Captains Hannah Kaine and Rebecca Brett. Vice Captains Georgia Towell and Daniel Reynolds

2 Uniforms New uniforms are available now to pick up from 5:30 each Friday night. Just a reminder the old uniform can still be worn this season, but next season the new uniform will be the only uniform available. Make sure all your patches are fixed correctly, if you re not sure check the hand book handed out at registration day. Changes for this season Under 9 s & U10 s can no longer where metal spikes, athletes must also hand in a spike licence, and this is a code of conduct that athletes and parents must sign. Spikes can be very dangerous, so make sure you don t walk between events with them on, please remove them straight after your event. Javelin is now available for U11 S Scissors ONLY in the U9 High Jump commencing from this season, the scissor technique is the only high jump technique that is allowed to be used at any level of competition for athletes in the U9 age group and below. That is U9 athletes cannot use the fosbury flop technique. Please note that this will extend to the U10 age group for the season These changes were introduced by NSW Little Athletics Training Days Training is for U6 and up only from 5:30 6:30 Training Our Coaches Sharyn Dickson-Throwing- Monday and Wednesday Jerry Boateng- Sprint Coach Monday and Wednesday Rebecca Brett- Monday Sprint coach Daniel Reynolds- Javelin Throwing- Mondays, starting after September school holiday Lisa Campbell- Long Jump -Starting after September school holidays

3 Parent roster for next 2 weeks Date Setting up Canteen Canteen Recording Pack Up September U8 U8 U13 U11 U13 25 September U7 U7 U12 U12 U12 New Club Record Congratulations to Leteine Tikeri breaking the U13 Girls Discus record, with a massive throw of 36.63m. Well done Leteine. All age managers and parents, please make yourself familiar with all rules and regulations pertaining to records. These are located on our website, if you would like a hard copy; we have them available at the club. Skills Clinic Want to improve your skills of running, jumping and throwing regardless of your ability or limitations. Need to prepare for the school athletic season? Want to learn from nationally accredited coaches that specialise in coaching young athletes? Want the opportunity to meet and make new friends and have good ol fun. If you have answered YES to any of the above, come join us at a Little Athletics Skills Clinic. Date: Thursday, 1 October 2015 Events: TBC Time: 9.00am pm (sign on will start at 8.45am) pm pm Walks Clinic Venue: Dwyer Oval, Williamson Cres, Warwick Farm Cost: $35.00 per athlete Age: U9-U17 age groups 2015/16 season or born between 1 Oct Sept 2007 Closing Date: Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at midnight

4 Jets Clinic The JETS (Junior Encouragement & Talent Squad) program is the official Little Athletics NSW development program for dual age group athletes. Amongst its benefits, the program provides access to members-only coaching clinics and a live-in weekend performance camp, as well as discounts to other non-jets coaching clinics. Any athletes who are in the U12 to U17 age groups who achieve the qualifying standards and agree to the conditions of membership may apply to become a member of the squad at any time during the season. For more information please see our notice board or website. State Relays The State Relay Championships is the largest event on the LANSW calendar in terms of number of competitors. As the name suggests the Championships are comprised entirely of relay events. The State Relays are held in November each year. Junior athletes (U8 to U11) compete on the Saturday and senior athletes (U12 to U17) compete on the Sunday. This season the Championships are being held on the weekend of 21 & 22 November 2015 Campbelltown. The relays consist of track and field, and over the next few weeks we will be looking at putting teams in. We would like to know who is available, so please leave your name with Aggie. This takes a lot of planning as we need to make sure all athletes can turn up to compete on the day, but can also train for a few weeks leading up to the event. All final teams need to be given to Aggie by 16 October. Trans Tasman The Trans Tasman is for athletes in the U11 and U12 age groups, from both NSW and Auckland. Every second year, a team from NSW (boys and girls in both the U11 and U12 age groups), travel to Auckland for the Trans Tasman Tour. On alternate years, a team from Auckland travels to Sydney. This season the Trans Tasman Challenge will take place in Auckland in January Please note parents there are no trials this year; you must nominate, please see the flyer on our website or notice board. Entries close October 21.

5 Canteen Please support our canteen; we have a bbq every week. We also have hot chips, lollies, fruit, Krispy Cream donuts and a variety of drinks. New on the menu this year is Chicken Burgers. All the profit goes right back in to the club to help raise money for new equipment and our presentation day. We also have a slushy machine, which is really popular on hot days. Liverpool Gala Day This is held here at Dwyer Oval, and it s one of our biggest days of the season. We host to all other clubs across NSW. Entries must be by in no later than 12 th October. For entries please see Lilly Brett at the canteen, or see or website for flyer and entry details. Its $20 per athlete for 5 events or $5 per event, we hope everyone can attend. This is one of our biggest fundraisers for the club, so please support the club by coming along. It s a really fun day for athletes, who get to meet up with athletes all across Sydney. Dates for the Diary Liverpool Gala Day October 25 Closing date for State Relay Teams Friday 16 th October Scampers 7 th November held here at Dwyer Oval Zone Championships 12 & 13 December held Janice Crosio Oval, Smithfield

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