Around the Track PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Welcome to Season 2014/15 at Ringwood Little Athletics Centre. The weather for Saturday is looking fabulous with 26 degrees and sunny forecast, it should be the perfect start to our competition year. Welcome to all of our new families we will have parent volunteers at the entrance on Saturday morning to guide you on where to go and what to do if you are new to our centre! Returning families, welcome back to RLAC awarded the Top Centre in Eastern Metropolitan Region again for last season! We are asking ALL families to arrive by 8am this week please as athlete s need to collect their competition patches to be worn on the front of their team t-shirts (pins will also be provided for this). If your child does not yet have their team top, these will be available for purchase on Saturday from Wendy our uniform volunteer for $30. Uniform is plain black shorts, runners and your team top. (With this week's warm weather remember a cap and your drink bottles and sunscreen) Being the first week back the duty roster for parent helpers is also ALL families. We will have a quick information session / chat for new parents at 8.30am at the main gate entry to the track to explain how Little Athletics is run with parent help and a quick heads up on all you need to know. You need to head over to the sign up table and meet our new officials co-ordinator this season Deb Sandilands and take on your allocated role for the morning. There are many jobs to fill whether they be on track, at the jumps or throws or in the canteen or on the BBQ. If you select Canteen or BBQ duty there will be two timeslots to choose from 8.30-10.30 or 10.30-12.30 the first shift helps preparation and set up and the second shift includes pack up at the end of competition. We may move to pre-allocating families to these duties if enough volunteers are not forthcoming on these important roles. Additionally we have a fantastic parent volunteer Michelle Quan that oversees our canteen and food purchasing, she is onsite most weeks. We are looking for one or two parents that can act as her second in charge this season to assist with the smooth running of our canteen on a weekly basis this could be the role for you if you aren t confident or comfortable with the event side of things. This can be alternated as a fortnightly role please see Michelle / Deb and/or myself this Saturday if you are interested in this role please. The BBQ and Canteen are key fundraising tools for our centre. This is the perfect lead in to announce that we will be doing quite a bit of fundraising this season as we have very exciting news for our families. Yesterday the Premier Denis Napthine announced at Proclamation Park that the State Government have committed $650,000 towards a new development of facilities including clubrooms, gymnasium, new toilets and change-rooms, meeting rooms and storage and a new track at our centre and additionally the Maroondah Council have committed $2 million dollars to this project. The user groups of Proclamation Park are required to contribute $100,000 (of this our share is $30,000). We will be running a major raffle in the second half of the season to go a long way... Issue 01 Season 2014/15 Duty Roster Surnames ALL Weekly Competition and Coaching Times Morning: Warm-ups at 8.30am for an 8.45am start finishing about noon (Javelin at 8.00am) Twilight: Warm-ups at 5.30pm for a 5.45pm start finishing about 9.00pm (Javelin at 5.00pm) Throws Coaching: Sunday 9-10am with Bernie Sprints Coaching: Tues & Thur 6-7:30pm with Reinhart Sunday 12-2 with Peter Hurdles Coaching: Thur 5:30-7:15pm with Peter Long & Triple Jump Coaching: Wed 6-7:30pm with Reinhart High Jump Coaching: Wed 5:30-6:30pm with Mick All coaching is held at Proclamation Park, Sylvia Grove, Ringwood and is for U9 U16 athletes only www.rlac52.com.au Page 1 of 8
PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Club Contacts... toward raising our share of this contribution to this development. This Saturday night also marks a celebration dinner for Little Athletics Victoria that has just marked its 50th year of competition. The 50 Year Celebration Dinner is being held at the Pullman Hotel in Albert Park and our own Life Member Irene Harris has been an integral figure in the organisation of this event. Irene and Neville Harris are both long time volunteers at our centre (30+ years) and are key people in both the behind the scenes operation and knowledge base for our current committee. Geoff MaClean our treasurer, Deb Voogd our Chief of Officials and myself will represent RLAC at this event on Saturday evening. Carmen Mullenger - President 0413634410 Henk Westerveld - Vice President 0401770398 Tamara O'Dwyer - Secretary 0409943660) We are looking forward to a great day on Saturday and a fantastic season with all of the children having a wonderful time making friends, staying fit and healthy and improving their personal best performances throughout the year. Please note the RELAY team is open to JOIN NOW see our relay information in this newsletter, it is for U9 age groups up and is one of the most fun things to be a part of at Little Aths!! Carmen Mullenger, President RLAC NEWSLETTER CONTACT Richard Bailey ricnik@bigpond.com Please note the schedule for this Saturday is as follows 8am arrival for all families. 7.30am - 8am - Track set up / Tents / Timing gates / Equipment (anyone that is available to arrive early to help is welcome) 7.50am - Arrival for U12 - U16 athlete's for warm ups and registration patch collection with Javelin at 8am 8am - Arrival of remaining Age Groups. 8am - 8.30am - Collection of registration patches and registration packs and check in with team tables and parent roster sign on. 8.30am - Athlete Warm Ups and New Parent information session 8.45am - Full program commencement 12pm - End of program and pack up ww.rlac52.com.au Page 2 of 8
Jetstar has been announced as the National naming rights sponsor for Little Athletics Australia. As a result new Jetstar sew on patches will shortly be distributed to centres and are to be worn on all team and representative tops. They will need to be placed as high as possible on the FRONT of each uniform. Loss of this item may incur a nominal fee for replacement. It is now a requirement to please remove any IGA patches from uniforms Duty Roster Welcome to the 2014/2015 little athletics season, everyone. I m really looking forward to organising the officials roster this season. Thank you to Kim Rowe for doing such an amazing job over the past 3 years big shoes for me to fill! Little aths could not run without the help of all of our families. It is essential that we all pitch in and help out when it is our week, and even when it is not. We are all volunteering our time, and with your assistance, we can ensure that the competition mornings/evenings run smoothly and on time. And most importantly, that our little athletes have loads of fun. This week the duty roster is for ALL families. Please come to the sign-in table when you arrive and you can select an event/age group to assist with for the morning. Remember, the sooner you register, the more choices will be available. So remember to keep an eye out for your duty week you will find this information in the Around the Track newsletter, your handbook, and at the gate when you arrive at the track. Please contact me during the season if you have any questions about the roster or doing duty, and I will be happy to help. Bring on the season!! Deb Sandilands Welcome to Track & Field Season 2014/15. Each year, we publish a Program of Events for each competition. This year, similar to last year's competition, we will be running three different programs, A, B and C. We will rotate through each of these programs, ensuring that our athletes get ample opportunity to complete each event multiple times. The program may be altered from time to time, and you will be notified of this when it occurs. Towards the end of the season, we may change events of schedule additional events if some age groups have not had a chance to complete an event a sufficient number of times. ww.rlac52.com.au Page 3 of 8
We will also have to run special programs on special event days, and again these will be published in the week leading up to each of these events. Some key points for this week's competition: - Athletes are encouraged to arrive slightly earlier than normal 8:30am start time - being our first week we will need time to make sure everyone is in the right place at the right time - We are conducting a new parents session at 8:30am while our athletes are completing their warm-ups. We encourage all our new parents (and anyone else who would like to join in) to listen out for announcements regarding this session. - Javelin will be commencing for our U12 and up age groups at 8:00am. Please note that U11 athletes will not be competing in Javelin this week (training for U11 athletes will be conducted next week). Look forward to seeing you at the track. Bryce Sandow Track & Field Coordinator Dr Denis Napthine Announces Support of New Track and Facilities at Proclamation Park LITTLE ATHLETICS VICTORIA MINIFEST AND SEASON AWARDS Little Athletics Victoria held their annual Minifest and AGM on Saturday 12th July. This was an all day event for centres to find out the new and existing items that will form the basis for the forthcoming 2014/15 season. The day was filled with group presentations, individual forums, discussions, etc and was following by a Gala Awards Dinner. Our centre was fortunate enough to have a number of members represent our centre at the Minifest and AGM : Carmen Mullenger (President), Henk Westerveld (Vice President), Geoff Maclean (Treasurer), Deb Voogd (Chief of Officials), Irene and Neville Harris (Life Members RLAC). Andrew Stafford (EMR Representative) joined the group for the Gala Awards Dinner. ww.rlac52.com.au Page 4 of 8
On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank the above named for attending on behalf of our centre, and the information gained from this day will be very valuable to our upcoming season. RINGWOOD LITTLE ATHLETICS CENTRE AWARDS The following was announced at the Gala Awards Dinner : Ringwood won Top Eastern Metropolitan Region (EMR) Centre of the Year 2013/14 (The EMR centres include Ringwood, Box Hill, Camberwell/Malvern, Collingwood, Cockatoo, Croydon, Kew, Knox, Doncaster, Nunawading, Sherbrooke and Yarra Ranges. Ringwood came 6th (out of 104 centres) in Victoria, receiving a Silver Award plaque in the overall Victorian Awards. A huge congratulations to all that were involved in the Centre last year, for making ours such a great Centre for our kids! Photo L R, Henk Westerveld, Geoff Maclean, Irene Harris, Debbie Voogd, Carmen Mullenger and Neville Harris. Tamara O Dwyer RLAC Secretary ww.rlac52.com.au Page 5 of 8
DEAKIN COMMUNITY AWARD 2014 Congratulations to Irene Harris who was nominated by RLAC and received DEAKIN community award in recognition of her volunteer work spanning over 30 years at RLAC. Irene has been a volunteer at Ringwood Little Athletics Centre for more than 30 years. During this time she has held numerous positions on the Committee and Executive Committee including President, Vice President and many years in the position of Championships and Special Events, ensuring our Special Event days such as Pentathlon, Centre Games and Open Multi run smoothly. She also has been a long-term representative for Ringwood at EMR meetings. On behalf of all Ringwood members Thank you Irene for all your work! In Remembrance RLAC would like to recognise the contribution of Ann Fraser as a wonderful volunteer at our centre and the Ringwood community. She passed away on August 8, 2014. "Our Long Jump Lady - may she rest in peace." We are excited about a new 2014/ 2015 season and looking forward to seeing old and new faces on the Ringwood Heights team. We are hoping to get lots of PB stickers on the board and give out those medals quickly! If you haven't already collected your welcome packs or competitive patch please come and ask us at the table this week. This year we are asking all families to ask questions and be informed to see what's coming up! We love seeing you at the RH table and we want to make sure our team is well informed with all special events and what's on. If we don't know the answer, we'll find out. Bring on a super fun and brilliant season RH! Do your best and remember for this coming season... If you believe in yourself, Have dedication and pride and never quit! You'll be a winner. The price of victory is high! But so are the rewards. Go Ringwood Heights! ww.rlac52.com.au Page 6 of 8
Naomi & Avril Ringwood Heights Team Table Managers Congratulations to the Ringwood athletes who made it through to division and regional SSV championships. - a call out to parents if we have an ELECTRICIAN in the ranks. We are wanting to check a power point in the canteen to see if it is working correctly. - a call out to parents if we have anyone that works in commercial refrigeration that can assist in sourcing / great pricing on a new fridge for our canteen or in wholesale beverages that can supply a fridge for free. This is a reminder that our upcoming committee meeting on Monday 6th October at 7:30 p.m. at Proclamation Park. JOIN OUR RINGWOOD RELAY TEAM THIS SEASON & HAVE HEAPS OF FUN!!! The Relay events are coming up very early in the season and any athletes who are interested in participating in our Ringwood squad are encouraged to speak to Warren or Carmen Mullenger (Relay Team Managers) and fill in a relay team entry form at our first competition day on Saturday October 4th. These will be available at all of your team tables. There is no cost to participate only your Ringwood rep top $30. Athletes from Under 9 to Under 15 are eligible to participate. The relays are great fun and provide athletes with the chance to compete as a team. There are opportunities to compete in all boys/girls teams, mixed teams and varying distances. Races include 4x100m events, 4x200m events and medley relays which include 100m, 200m and 400m legs. ww.rlac52.com.au Page 7 of 8
RELAY COMPETION EVENTS WILL BE HELD ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: Box Hill Centre Invitational Relays : Sunday 26 October, 2014 Eastern Metro Region Relays (Doncaster Track): Sunday November 23, 2014 Albert Park State Relays (Qualify at Regional Events) : Saturday December 13, 2014 The Team entry fees are paid by Ringwood Little Athletics Centre. Events will be available to all registered athletes in the Under 9 to Under 15 age groups. Relay competitions are terrific! They are a great team event where our children learn to compete together. For a Team to win a medal they do not necessarily have to be the fastest runners but the best "Team". Ideally athletes entering Relay events need to be available for all 3 Relay Days. However at a minimum, participation at Region Relay Day at Doncaster on November 23rd is required. Relay training commences at 10.00am from Sunday October 12th and then every Sunday. Additional sessions will be available once confirmed based on athlete & team mgr availability. ALL ENQUIRIES TO WARREN MULLENGER on 0412369054, CARMEN MULLENGER on 0413634410 or email mullengerfamily@bigpond.com ww.rlac52.com.au Page 8 of 8