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This Saturday – Club Champs (25th March)

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start time:  8AM FOR ALL. First race is at 8am – 1500m. Please be there to support the athletes in the first event.
• Parent duties: Please check what you have been assigned to https://signup.com/go/utNKJck. As you know, each parent was required to undertake at least 4 duties for their family over the season. If you haven’t done so – please make sure you contribute to the club (like many others) and help out this weekend.
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ / Canteen: YES! Please help us out if you can also so we can keep our hungry kids happy.
• Zooper doopers – YES!
• Bananas: YES! (Free, free, free)
• Rules: Please remember that the rules for Club Champs are official rules – you should know them at least at high level! Click Here to view the Guidelines. In summary:
  • Track races are based on best performance
  • Throws – 1 practice, then 1 throw & measure straight away, 2nd throw & measure straight away, 3rd throw & measure straight away
  • Long & triple jump – 1 practice jump, 1 jump & measure straight away, 2nd jump & measure straight away, 3rd jump & measure straight away
  • High jump (starting height is that of regional track and field).
• Timetable and conflicting events: It is the parents’ responsibility to KNOW what their child is doing….it is not the AGM’s role.  Please just Click Here to view the timetable for the Centre Club Championships. If your child has conflicting events, you need to prioritise the track but tell your AGM where you are going (and then come back!). For example, if Freddy has 70m and long jump on at the same time…… he goes to long jump and tells the AGM he is going to do 70m, after the 70m he returns to long jump.
• Track is LIVE the entire time on this day…everything is happening – so don’t wander through without checking..
• Weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner) for any issues.
• Prizes? Medals are awarded for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place or a ribbon for the next 10 places
• Registrations
  • Check you have registered – please check that you have an email confirming your nominations not an email saying “please finalise your nominations”
  • What if I want to change my child’s registration? Unfortunately registrations can no longer be changed or any new ones added. If our child can no longer attend a particular event, please email us
• Parking: Don’t park illegally….nothing ruins a fabulous day like a parking fine on your car (or a neighbour yelling at you for parking across their driveway…has happened).  Please take your time to find a safe and legal park.
• Lost Property: this has EXPLODED!  We have so many water bottles we’ve almost filled the shed…. (only half joking here).  We encourage everyone to have a look through it and pick up your things – all items will otherwise be donated to the charity bins in the next couple of weeks.

Next Saturday – AGM & Centre Awards

As we mentioned previously, a number of children will be receiving Club Championship Awards for their age groups.  Awards will be presented at the Track after our AGM on Saturday 1st April.

Athletes in U7—U17 Age Groups will be awarded a Trophy & Certificate for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places in the season and a Certificate for each of 4th to 10th place.

The Club also awards the following:

• U7-U17 Age Group Personal Best (ie highest number of PB’s over the whole season- Top 3 # centre champion winners excluded.)
• Centre Records for Current Season
• Recognition Certificate and thank you to our Graduating Under 17 Athletes

The program format for 1st April is as follows:

9am:  AGM

930am: Awards Commence

• U7
• U8
• U9
• U10
• U11
• U12/13
• U14/15/16/17
• U17 Graduates of 2022/23
• 10 year and 7 year certificates
• Centre Records Certificates

Community value pack – pick it up from the Canteen!

Don’t forget to pick up your community value pack from the Canteen this week.

We are extremely fortunate and grateful to the following local community partners which kindly donated vouchers and products exclusively for the SLAC Community.  Each Family will receive a community pack consisting of the following:

• Grill’d – Free Burger or Salad Voucher
• Bakers Delight – Free Finger Bun
• Augustus Gelatery – Buy 1 get 1 Ice cream Free
• Hotel Brighton – Free Kids Meal, Dessert & Drink Voucher or 25.0% off for Kids over 12 yrs old
• BlackLeopard Starter Kit – Beautiful skincare products for me  – Free sample kindly provided by our SLAC Member, Tyson Collins
• Tyson is offering the SLAC community a discount on the men’s starter pack, normally $49.99, now $30 using the code: Sandringham in the checkout (https://blackleopardskincare.com/product/starter-pack)

We are looking for some new parents to join the committee for next season!

We would love some new members to join the committee, influence the club and help guide the direction of the little athletes coming through. A number of the current committee members have older children who will soon be leaving Little Aths – we’d love some new members from the younger age groups!

We have had lots of enquiries which is amazing. Here are some additional questions/answers.

1. What type of member can you be?
   • You can be a general member, attend meetings and help out where it is required.
   • You can have a specific role – such as Social Media Coordinator, Equipment Manager, Weekly Program Coordinator, Competition, Newsletter Coordinator,  Marketing / Sponsorship Coordinator, Coaching Coordinator, Results / Timing Coordinator, Volunteer / Parent Duty Coordinator and Concessions Coordinator (oversees Merchandise & Canteen)
   • You can also have a more significant role such as the President, Secretary and Membership Registrar. We are very happy for the President role to be shared as Co-Presidents.
2. How often does the committee meet? We hold meetings at night time every 6 weeks or so during the season (Sep – March). Some meetings are on zoom too – so easy to get to from your home!
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3. What is the time commitment ? These roles are not massive and when everyone does them, it all works seamlessly.  For the specific roles, there would usually be a regular commitment of at least a couple of hours a week. Some of these roles can also have assistant parents who don’t need to be on the committee (eg Merchandise selling, timing, entry of field events). Some roles require a bigger commitment, but only a few times a season – such as the Marketing/Sponsorship Coordinator.

Se you on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

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This Saturday 18th March

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start times:  8:15AM for U6-U9s and 9:45AM for U10-U17s.
• Set up and pack up help: Parents of U8 GIRLS are on set up this week. Please make the effort to arrive at 7:20am to help out. Parents of U10 GIRLS are on pack up please.
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: YES! Parents of U6 BOYS & U11 GIRLS please help out as you are on BBQ duty. The BBQ is an enormous undertaking but a crucial fundraiser for the club.
• Zooper doopers – YES!
• Bananas: YES! (Free, free, free)
• Weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: here is the program for this week – CLICK HERE
• 200 / 300 Hurdles: Please let us know if your child is intending to do the long hurdles this week on Saturday (email Nicole sandringhampresident@lavic.com.au).

We are looking for some new parents to join the committee for next season!

The 2022/2023 season is almost coming to an end – and what a finish it will be with the Centre Club Champs!

We would love some new members to join the committee, influence the club and help guide the direction of the little athletes coming through. A number of the current committee members have older children who will soon be leaving Little Aths – we’d love some new members from the younger age groups!

We have had lots of enquiries, which is amazing. Here are some additional questions/answers:

1. What type of member can you be?
   • You can be a general member, attend meetings and help out where it is required.
   • You can have a specific role – such as Social Media Coordinator, Equipment Manager, Weekly Program Coordinator, Competition, Newsletter Coordinator,  Marketing / Sponsorship Coordinator, Coaching Coordinator, Results / Timing Coordinator, Volunteer / Parent Duty Coordinator and Concessions Coordinator (oversees Merchandise & Canteen)
   • You can also have a more significant role such as the President, Secretary and Membership Registrar. We are very happy for the President role to be shared as Co-Presidents.
2. How often does the committee meet? We hold meetings at night time every 6 weeks or so during the season (Sep – March). Some meetings are on zoom too – so easy to get to from your home!
3. What is the time commitment ? These roles are not massive and when everyone does them, it all works seamlessly.  For the specific roles, there would usually be a regular commitment of at least a couple of hours a week. Some of these roles can also have assistant parents who don’t need to be on the committee (e.g. Merchandise selling, timing, entry of field events). Some roles require a bigger commitment, but only a few times a season – such as the Marketing/Sponsorship Coordinator

Please email us (even to ask any questions) – sandringham@lavic.com.au

Here is a form to nominate for the upcoming AGM – click here

Next Saturday – Centre Championships (25th March)

This is our big club competition of the season and it is being held next Saturday, 25th March – see the  timetable online HERE

It is a kids favourite as they choose the events they want to compete in!

• When do registrations open? Centre Championships are open and close 10pm Tuesday 21 March. Some events will be capped.
• How do I nominate/enter? It’s done through ResultsHQ – make sure you know how to log into ResultsHQ. For info and guidance on this process simply CLICK HERE. Athletes participating in the Centre Championships must nominate via the ResultsHQ portal (see “nominations” tab at the top).  You cannot turn up on the day.
• How many events can my child enter?
  • Under 6 – Under 7 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 3 events to compete in.
  • Under 8 – Under 16 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 5 events to compete in.
• What if I want to change my registration? If you can do this yourself online, then please do. However, because the event is being monitored regularly, nominations into events are regularly checked and accepted. At that point you can’t change your child’s choice online, so you need to email sandringhampresident@lavic.com.au for a change.
• Time? The program starts around 8am FOR ALL and concludes by 12.30pm

• Cost? Centre Championships are free to members.
• Prizes? Medals are awarded for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place or a ribbon for the next 10 places.

Community and fundraising

Royal Child Hospital Appeal  – Little Athletics Victoria has for many years designated The Good Friday Appeal as their Charity.  Each year Centres are asked to raise as many funds as they can for the appeal.  SLAC’s online auction late last year was our avenue to raise money for the Appeal. We raised an incredible $1,000 for charities which we are very excited to share with The Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

We understand some members would still like to contribute so the Canteen this week will have a special donation jar for you to do that.

Results of State Track & Field

What a fantastic achievement from so many of our athletes. It was a very rewarding experience for all to see.  There were many successes, many PBs and most importantly, lots of hard work, dedication and great sportsmanship.

Here are some photos of the event (CLICK HERE) and the overall results for our club are available HERE, and the individual results are available HERE

Sandringham finished 5th of all the clubs overall, with a huge 14 Golds, 14 Silver and 7 bronze medals.

• Big congratulations to Mackenzie Duddy (U10 girls) and Matthew Milias (U14 Boys) who took home a bag of gold medals each. (You might be good at collecting medals but… not your jumpers it appears! We picked up your Sandy hoodie Mackenzie).
• Fantastic to see that we have the fastest 100m girls in the State in the U10 and U11 girls! Well done Mackenzie and Taylah. And to Polly Owen for being behind the gold by only 0.01s in the 200m and hurdles!
• Alannah Sullivan, Cooper Ille and Matilda de Young had some fantastic runs and massive PBs in their 800 and 400m.
• We also have some awesome hurdlers at our club – well done to Amy Fitzgerald (gold in 90m hurdles U15), Charlie Sullivan (gold in 300m hurdles U15), Mackenzie Duddy (gold in 60m hurdles U10), Polly Owen (silver in 60m hurdles U10) and Callan Duddy (silver in the 80m hurdles U11).
• Gemma and Jakob won silver medals in their first ever State Track & Field Events in Under 9. Well done champs!
• Xavier Harrison claimed 3 medals in his U12 Multi Class – gold for 100m, silver for 200m and silver for shot put. How fantastic to see!

Se you on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

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Coaching

Full Wednesday coaching will finish this week (8th March) – parent coaches are required back at work and most of our other coaches are back at university.

We will however hold a ‘run training only’ session (sprints or distance) for all ages on Wednesday 15th March, but sign up is still required:  https://signup.com/go/VqGdYzM

AGM for Sandringham Little Athletics and Seasonal Club Awards – 1st April

Please click here a link to the AGM notice  It will be held on Saturday 1st April at 9am, followed by the Club awards for the season.

We are looking for some new parents to join the committee for next season!

The 2022/2023 season is almost coming to an end – and what a finish it will be with the Centre Club Champs!

We would love some new members to join the committee, influence the club and help guide the direction of the little athletes coming through. A number of the current committee members have older children who will soon be leaving Little Aths – we’d love some new members from the younger age groups!

What does it entail? There are lots of different ways to get involved on the committee, including as a general member. We hold meetings every 6 weeks or so during the season (Sep – March) and have various sub-committees for particular roles. Don’t know much about discus or how to set up hurdles? It doesn’t matter! You might be great at comms, PR, fundraising or even general governance.

Please email us (even to ask any questions) – sandringham@lavic.com.au

Here is a form to nominate for the upcoming AGM – click here

Centre Championships (including timetable) – 25th March

This is our big club competition of the season and it is being held on Saturday 25th March – see the draft timetable online HERE

It is a kids favourite as they choose the events they want to compete in!

• When do registrations open? Centre Championships are open and close 10pm Tuesday 21 March. Some events will be capped.
• How do I nominate/enter? It’s done through ResultsHQ – make sure you know how to log into ResultsHQ. For info and guidance on this process simply CLICK HERE. Athletes participating in the Centre Championships must nominate via the ResultsHQ portal (see “nominations” tab at the top).  You cannot turn up on the day.
• How many events can my child enter?
  • Under 6 – Under 7 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 3 events to compete in.
  • Under 8 – Under 16 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 5 events to compete in.
• Time? The program starts around 8am FOR ALL and concludes by 12.30pm
• Cost? Centre Championships are free to members.
• Prizes? Medals are awarded for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place or a ribbon for the next 10 places.

Enjoy the long weekend and see you next week!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

Proudly Partnered with:

This Saturday 4th March

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start times:  8:15AM for U6–U9 and 9:45AM for U10-U17.
• Set up and pack up help: Parents of U7 BOYS are on set up this week. Please make the effort to arrive at 7:20am to help out. Parents of U12 GIRLS are on pack up please.
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: YES! Parents of U9 GIRLS & U11 BOYS please help out as you are on BBQ duty. The BBQ is an enormous undertaking but a crucial fundraiser for the club.
• Zooper doopers – YES!
• Bananas: YES! (Free, free, free)
• Weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: Here is the program for this week – CLICK HERE
• High Jump (including Scissor practice for States) – This Saturday from 7:30am, the scissor mat will be available for those successful in qualifying for State Track and Field and needing some additional practice.  The High Jump mats will be available at the end of the second session for those older athletes needing practice time as well.
• 200 / 300 Hurdles: Please let us know if your child is intending to do the long hurdles this week on Saturday (email Nicole sandringhampresident@lavic.com.au).  If we don’t hear back from parents by Friday 9pm then we will assume no long hurdles.

Next Saturday 11 March – NO SANDY LITTLE ATHS SESSION

Unfortunately we will not be holding a little athletics session at Sandy over the long weekend. Most of the committee members are with their children at State Track & Field, a lot of families are away and due to the lack of parent volunteering / assistance this season, we do not have enough adults for set up and running of the session. Back in full swing on March 18th though!

2023 Powercor Stawell Gift

A favourite event on the Little Athletics Victoria calendar is the Stawell Gift.

The 2023 Powercor Stawell Gift will take place at Central Park (10-18 Main St, Stawell VIC 3380) in Stawell on Saturday 8th April 2023 and runs through to Monday 10th April 2023. Registrations close on Monday 13th March 2023, 1:00pm.

Dhruv (from our Senior Club) who came to our little aths session on Saturday, actually won the Stawell Gift in 2019.

More info and registration details online here:
https://lavic.com.au/event/2023-powercor-stawell-gift-little-athletics-victoria-handicaps/

We are looking for some new parents to join the committee for next season!

The 2022/2023 season is almost coming to an end – and what a finish it will be with the Centre Club Champs!

We would love some new members to join the committee, influence the club and help guide the direction of the little athletes coming through. A number of the current committee members have older children who will soon be leaving Little Aths – we’d love some new members from the younger age groups!

What does it entail? There are lots of different ways to get involved on the committee, including as a general member. We hold meetings every 6 weeks or so during the season (Sep – March) and have various sub-committees for particular roles. Don’t know much about discus or how to set up hurdles? It doesn’t matter! You might be great at comms, PR, fundraising or even general governance.  Please email us (even to ask any questions) – sandringham@lavic.com.au

Centre Championships – 25th March

This is our big club competition of the season and it is being held on Saturday 25th March – see the draft timetable online HERE

It is a kids favourite as they choose the events they want to compete in!

• When do registrations open? Centre Championships are open and close 10pm Tuesday 21 March. Some events will be capped.
• How do I nominate/enter? It’s done through ResultsHQ – make sure you know how to log into ResultsHQ. For info and guidance on this process simply CLICK HERE. Athletes participating in the Centre Championships must nominate via the ResultsHQ portal (see “nominations” tab at the top).  You cannot turn up on the day.
• How many events can my child enter?
  • Under 6 – Under 7 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 3 events to compete in.
  • Under 8 – Under 16 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 5 events to compete in.
• Time? The program starts around 8am FOR ALL and concludes by 12.30pm
• Cost? Centre Championships are free to members.
• Prizes? Medals are awarded for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place or a ribbon for the next 10 places

Phew…. That’s certainly not all either! If you’d like to check out all of the results – have a look through the results here:  https://lavic.resultshub.com.au

Looks like Wednesdays’ middle distance training with Todd is working for many at the club!

Centre Awards

These are different to the Centre Championships and involve points accruing evenly over each NOMINATED week of regular Sandy Little Aths competition.

Athletes in U7—U17 Age Groups will be awarded a Trophy & Certificate for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places in the season and a Certificate for each of 4th to 10th place.  Athletes in U6 receive a participation medal which will be given out at the day of our Centre Championships.

The Club also awards the following:

• U7-U17 Age Group Personal Best (ie highest number of PB’s over the whole season- Top 3 # centre champion winners excluded.)
• Centre Records for Current Season
• Recognition Certificate and thank you to our Graduating Under 17 Athletes
• Club Awards will be presented to award winners on Saturday 1 April straight after the club AGM

How are the points accrued?

• The dates which are counted towards these awards are confirmed by the SLAC Committee and have been published on our Season Calendar since the start of the season (there is an * next to a point round).
• Athletes must be a SLAC registered and paid member by COB on the Wednesday prior to a session to accumulate points from that session.
• Trial athletes will not be eligible for points.
• Each event scores points according to the overall placing in that Age Group and Gender.
• Points can only be earned in the specific events in the program for that age group and gender allocated to that event day.

See you all on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

Proudly Partnered with:

This Saturday 25th February

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start times:  8:15AM for U6–U9s and 9:45AM for U10-U17.
• Set up and pack up help: Parents of U7 GIRLS are on set up this week. Please make the effort to arrive at 7:20am to help out. Parents of U12 BOYS are on pack up please.
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: YES! Parents of U8 GIRLS & U10 GIRLS please help out as you are on BBQ duty. The BBQ is an enormous undertaking but a crucial fundraiser for the club.
• Zooper doopers – YES!
• Bananas: YES! (Free, free, free).
• Merchandise: We won’t be selling much merchandise on Saturdays anymore given everyone is decked out in their gear! If there is a singlet/hoodie etc that you need, you can buy it online through our website and collect it at the track on a Wednesday or Saturday. (Search under member info Uniform & Merchandise on the Sandringham Little Athletics website –  www.sandringhamlac.com.au/index.php/uniform-merchandise
• Weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: here is the program for this week CLICK HERE
• Senior Aths Representatives will also be coming to the second session on Saturday: Parents, representatives of the Senior Club will be at the track for the start of the second session to chat to the U12,13,14-17’s about senior athletics.  They will also be available to parents if you have any questions.
• High Jump (including Scissor practice for States) – This Saturday (and next) from 7:30am, the scissor mat will be available for those successful in qualifying for State Track and Field and needing some additional practice.  The High Jump mats will be available at the end of the second session for those older athletes needing practice time as well. Gordon has also offered to open the High Jump (not scissor mats) on Wednesday for those who need to practice for States  (4.30pm-5.30pm).  Sign up is required:  https://signup.com/go/VqGdYzM

Centre Championships – 25th March

This is our big club competition of the season and it is being held on Saturday 25th March.  It is a kids favourite as they choose the events they want to compete in!

• When do registrations open? Centre Championships nominations go live on Saturday 25th February 12pm and close 10pm Tuesday 21 March. Some events will be capped.
• How do I nominate / enter my child? It’s all done online through ResultsHQ – so make sure that you know how to log into ResultsHQ, and if you need any guidance please just click here. Any athletes participating in the Centre Championships must nominate via the invite seen on theResultsHQ portal.  You cannot just turn up on the day.
• How many events can my child enter?
  • Under 6 – Under 7 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 3 events to compete in.
  • Under 8 – Under 16 athletes will be able to choose a maximum of 5 events to compete in.
• What Time? The program starts around 8am FOR ALL and concludes by 12.30pm.
• Is there a Cost? Centre Championships are free to members.
• Are there Prizes? Medals are awarded for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place or a ribbon for the next 10 places.

SLAC Centre Awards

These are different to the Centre Championships and involve points accruing evenly over each NOMINATED week of regular Sandy Little Aths competition.

Athletes in U7—U17 Age Groups will be awarded a Trophy & Certificate for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places in the season and a Certificate for each of 4th to 10th place.  Athletes in U6 receive a participation medal which will be given out at the day of our Centre Championships.

The Club also awards the following:

• U7-U17 Age Group Personal Best (ie highest number of PB’s over the whole season- Top 3 # centre champion winners excluded.)
• Centre Records for Current Season
• Recognition Certificate and thank you to our Graduating Under 17 Athletes
• Club Awards will be presented to award winners on Saturday 1 April straight after the club AGM

How are the points accrued?

• The dates which are counted towards these awards are confirmed by the SLAC Committee and have been published on our Season Calendar since the start of the season (there is an * next to a point round).
• Athletes must be a SLAC registered and paid member by COB on the Wednesday prior to a session to accumulate points from that session.
• Trial athletes will not be eligible for points.
• Each event scores points according to the overall placing in that Age Group and Gender.
• Points can only be earned in the specific events in the program for that age group and gender allocated to that event day.

Mladen Canadi

Last week, Mike and Nicole surprised Mladen with the news that the SLAC Committee had agreed he be nominated for Life Membership to the Club.

Mladen has been with the club for more than 10 years, having had two children enjoy the little aths program and one continuing to coach alongside him with the Under 6’s.

Mladen’s children have long left little aths but he still supports passionately our development program making sure our kids at entry level are taught the right sporting skill fundamentals and ensuring our incoming coaches know the same.  Not only does Mladen add experience as a Level 2 coach and athlete himself but he offers incredible energy & fun to every session.

We are very proud to honour Mladen this way and will present him with a plaque next week and include his name on our Life Members Honour Board Roll inside the Club Rooms.

Regional Track & Field results

What an exciting weekend for Sandringham and the broader SMR – have a flick through the photos online HERE

You know that you are in a strong region when you finish 5th or 6th in the region, but still make it into the States final.

Well done to so many of our athletes who are likely to progress (final placing are confirmed on 23 Feb by LAVIC) and those who had amazing PBs on the day and tried so hard! We love how you all support each other and show great manners to others.

Here are a few of the many highlights:

• How good are our future little up and comers? Those U9s made us so proud! Coco, Billie, Gemma, Isla and Matilda had some terrific results for the girls – with 6 medal placings! The boys had some amazing PBs on the day too – well done to Milo, Elliot, Hugo, Jasper, Ethan, Finn, Jakob and Zachary. Jakob scored two gold medals (shot put and hurdles)! While Zachary had an amazing 800m run which placed him in the top 12 of all U9 boys in Vic – watch out States, here they come.
• There was also some great middle distance running in the U12 Girls – Matilda and Leni took the first two placings in each of the 400, 800 and 1500m.
• Teddy Bowen took home 3 golds in the U12 Boys, while Michael Nicolin ran some great long distance races.
• We must say some sporting genes must also be getting passed down in the club successfully… Talia Franchina scored a medal in every event she entered in U13 girls!
• It would probably take 4 newsletter pages to call out all of the successes of the U10 Girls – medal after medal, and likely State finalists in SO MANY EVENTS.  A 1st, 2nd and 3rd medal in the long jump to say the least. What a group – Polly, Mackenzie, Allana, Charlie, Hope, Maddison,
• Matthew Milias scored FOUR GOLD MEDALS – we need to interview him to see how many weet bix he eats a day…
• We always knew the U11 Boys had some stars– how good were they all? Well done Cooper, Callan, Miles, Liam, Evan, Alex, Orlando, Henry and Tim

Phew…. That’s certainly not all either! If you’d like to check out all of the results – have a look through the results here:  https://lavic.resultshub.com.au

Looks like Wednesdays’ middle distance training with Todd is working for many at the club!

See you all on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

Proudly Partnered with:

This Saturday 18th February

A large number of the SLAC children (U9-U17), their parents and committee members will be attending the Regional Track & Field competition this Saturday.  Good luck to everyone and in particular the U9s, as it’s their first individual competition at regionals. We hope Barnaby can get his arm right just in time!

For those parents attending Regionals, please check here to see when you have been allocated a spot for parent duty.

For those not competing at regionals, we will still be running a session at Sandy. Please note the slightly later start time for the U9s though – you’ll join the later session at 9:45am.

Parent help would be great in U6-U8 as most of the SLAC committee are at relays

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start times: 8:15AM for U6–U8s and 9:45AM for U9-U17 (modified session)
• Set up and pack up help: Everyone please help to set up and pack up. It would be great if parents of the U6s-U8s who can help (please help!) could please arrive at 7:30am to help out.
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: YES! (please volunteer to help if you can)
• Zooper doopers: YES!
• Bananas: YES! (And Free!)
• Wet weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: here is the program for this week for U6-U8s. CLICK HERE U9-17s will have a modified session.

Peter Kiploks and Coaches – thank you, you rock!

A big thanks again to all of our coaches (who VOLUNTEER) at the club. In particular thanks to all the relay coaches Amelia, Chloe, Amy, Natasha, Zoe, Scarlett, Todd, Shane, Isabella, Isabelle and Barry.

We can’t thank the coaches enough for the time they put in to our little athletes. It would be lovely if parents could say a quick thank you to their children’s age group coaches over the next few weeks for the season.

And of course a huge thanks again to Peter Kiploks for his 25 years of voluntary service to Sandy Little Aths as Coach, Committee Member and President.  Peter was awarded a gorgeous glass trophy last Saturday morning as a thank you from all of us at Sandringham Little Athletics Club.

See you all on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

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We’re back in full swing this week and so is the club’s Monster Raffle!  Tickets will be available from Saturday for sale @ $10 per ticket, 3 for $20 or a book for $40. The prizes are amazing – including Fazio’s catered dinner for 10 at your own home, a Philip Island getaway, corporate box at Storm or Rebels Game and a diamond necklace.

This Saturday 11th February

Below are the key details for this Saturday:

• Start times:  8:15AM for U6-U9s and 9:45AM for U10-U17. We’re back to normal sessions/times!
• Set up and pack up help: Parents of U6 BOYS are on set up this week. Please make the effort to arrive at 7:20am to help out. Parents of U11 Girls are on pack up please.
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: YES! Parents of U7 BOYS & U12 GIRLS please help out as you are on BBQ duty. The BBQ is an enormous undertaking but a crucial fundraiser for the club.
• Zooper doopers: YES!
• Bananas: YES! (Free, free, free)
• Merchandise: We won’t be selling much merchandise on Saturdays anymore given everyone is decked out in their gear! If there is a singlet/hoodie etc that you need, you can buy it online through our website and collect it at the track on a Wednesday or Saturday. (Search under member info Uniform & Merchandise – Sandringham Little Athletics (sandringhamlac.com.au))
• Wet weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: here is the program for this week  – CLICK HERE

Parent duty roster and pickup of packs!

Please don’t forget about the Parent Duty Rosters – including for this this weekend.  The duty roster is here

A reminder of the parents who have carried out their season duties and will be able to collect their community value packs this week.

Well done – awesome work! The relevant children/families are below:

Orlando Edwards, Caden Barrow, Raya Noakes, Heidi Milat, Orlando Edwards, Dillstone Family, Kohler Family, Ewan Toner, Chris Carroll, Brae Bernasconi, Lucy Miller, Mitchell George, Lily Cahill, Scarlet Bilsborough, Tom Rhodes, Emilia Fode, Oscar & Victoria Harrison, Henry & Catherine Smith, Dolan Family, Worn Family, FitzGerald Family, Owen Family, Zack & Xavier Harrison, Charlie Ironmonger, Duddy Family, Hartley Family, Rowe-Natoli Family, Ille Family, Ohare Family, Franchina Family, Morley Family, Sluis-Cremer Family, Dwyer Family, Sullivan Family, Shackcloth Family, Shrimpton Family, Kersley Family, Hollins Family, Jaanimagi Family, Connolly Family, Albrecht Family, Tickner Family & De Pinho Henthorn Family.

ResultsHQ – access the little athletes’ results!

Do you know how to access your children’s results? You will need to know how to log on to register for the Club Champs next month!

Here is a link to more info and guidance about ResultsHQ:

https://www.sandringhamlac.com.au/index.php/results-2/

Competition Results – State relays and Mornington Open Day

State relays – 4th Feb

It was a very very fun day at states last weekend (have a flick through the photos online HERE) The Sandy teams performed so well and made us all very proud. Did you know you can watch the races on YouTube? It’s pretty cool…

Well done to all of the athletes who competed on the day. The camaraderie, support and sportsmanship was tremendous.

A big shout out to our youngest competitors – the U9 Girls and Boys. They raced competitively for the very first time this year and qualified for States in every single event. (The boys even had two teams who raced in the state finals for 4x100m). What a great future for them all!

And what can we say about those U11 Boys and U15 Girls – first in everything – wowsers!

Last but certainly not least – how AMAZING is it that the Sandy U10 girls came first and second in the 4x100m? UNBELIEVABLE!

Here are the results for the day – well done again!

Girls 15; Medley Relay: 2:23.30 (1st); 4x100m: 51.01 (1st); 4x200m: 1:49.19 (1st);
Girls 13: 4x100m: 57.70 (13th); 4x200m: 2:04.72 (7th);
Girls 12: Medley Relay: 2:42.14 (4th); 4x100m: 58.46 (8th); 4x200m: 2:01.54 (3rd);
Girls 11: Medley Relay: 2:54.65 (10th); 4x100m: 61.72 (13th); 4x200m: 2:10.45 (7th);
Girls 10: Medley Relay: 3:03.50 (2nd); 3:10.63 (8th); 4x100m: 64.15 (2nd); 61.30 (1st); 66.50 (18th); 4x200m: 2:15.80 (1st); 2:19.70 (5th);
Girls 9: Medley Relay: 3:17.45 (4th); 4x100m: 70.14 (12th); 4x200m: 2:34.48 (13th);
Boys 13: Medley Relay: 2:38.93 (9th); 4x100m: 54.88 (8th); 4x200m: 1:58.29 (8th);
Boys 11: Medley Relay: 2:37.33 (1st); 4x100m: 56.28 (1st); 4x200m: 2:02.29 (1st); DQ;
Boys 9: Medley Relay: 3:09.96 (6th); 4x100m: 65.37 (9th); 69.78 (19th); 4x200m: DQ;

Mornington Open Day – someone say medals galore?

A few of our little athletes also recently competed at the Mornington Open Day combined event on 22 January.

There were some fantastic results on the day, including overall medal placings! Jack Ille (1st), Jakob Tickner (2nd), Zachary Harrison (6th), Cooper Ille (2nd) and Ewan Toner (10th – what an effort for the first ever combined!).

See you all on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

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This Saturday 4th February – GO SANDY AT STATES!

A number of the SLAC children (U9-U17), their parents and committee members will be attending the Victorian State Relay competition this Saturday.  Go get them team!

We will still be running Little Athletics at Sandy for all those who are not competing at the relays. Please note a later start for the U9s though – you’ll join the later session at 9:45am.

Parent help would be great in U6-U8s session, as most of the SLAC committee are at relays.

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start times:  8:15AM for U6–U8s and 9:45AM for U9-U17 (modified session)
• Set up and pack up help: Parents of U6 BOYS are on set up this week. Please make an effort to arrive at 7:20am to help.
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: We will have a small BBQ for the club given the smaller number of attendees. Parents of U6 Girls & U10 Boys please help out as you are on BBQ duty. The BBQ is an enormous undertaking but a crucial fundraiser for the club.
• Zooper doopers – YES! We sold A LOT last week.
• Bananas: YES! (Free, Free, Free)
• Merchandise: YES!
• Wet weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: here is the program for this week for U6-U8s – CLICK HERE. U9-17s will have a modified session.

Parent duty roster and pickup of packs!

Please don’t forget about the Parent Duty Rosters – including for this this weekend.  The duty roster is here

Links to Duty and Mid Week coaching are also available on our Team App and our website for quick reference.

• If you can’t do a duty please use your sign up email address (email address you have used for membership sign up) and change it.  If this does not work, please email Nicole on sandringhampresident@lavic.com.au and advise of a different day you can do duty.
• If you believe you have done your 4 allocations of duties for the season….thank you, we are very grateful! Please email Nicole to confirm.

There are quite a few parents who have carried out their season duties and will be able to collect their community value pack next week. Well done – awesome work! The relevant children/families are below:

Orlando Edwards, Caden Barrow, Raya Noakes, Heidi Milat, Orlando Edwards, Dillstone Family, Kohler Family, Ewan Toner, Chris Carroll, Brae Bernasconi, Lucy Miller, Mitchell George, Lily Cahill, Scarlet Bilsborough, Tom Rhodes, Emilia Fode, Oscar & Victoria Harrison, Henry & Catherine Smith, Dolan Family, Worn Family, FitzGerald Family, Owen Family, Zack & Xavier Harrison, Charlie Ironmonger, Duddy Family, Hartley Family, Rowe-Natoli Family, Ille Family, Ohare Family, Franchina Family, Morley Family, Sluis-Cremer Family, Dwyer Family, Sullivan Family, Shackcloth Family, Shrimpton Family, Kersley Family, Hollins Family, Jaanimagi Family, Connolly Family, Albrecht Family, Tickner Family and De Pinho Henthorn Family.

ResultsHQ – access the little athletes’ results!

A huge shout out to David Hollins – our starter and behind the scenes data entry helper! He has been inputting results from Saturday’s events for us and doing a great job. But, alas, he has started year 12 this year so we have released him from duty.  Until we find someone to do this for the rest of the season, please be patient with results appearing in ResultsHQ.

Speaking of ResultsHQ – do you know how to access your children’s results? You will need to know how to log on to register for the Club Champs next month! Here is a link to more info and guidance about ResultsHQ:

https://www.sandringhamlac.com.au/index.php/results-2/

See you all on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

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A reminder that Wednesday coaching will start again on 1 Feb 2023. If you want to attend training, please sign up online as the sessions have capacity limits – the link is here

Also, please do cancel yourself out of a session (using the same link as shared above) if you can’t attend as we have had disappointed members miss out because cancellations have not been communicated, resulting in them missing out.

This week’s update covers the following topics:

1. This Saturday 28th January session
2. Saturday 4th February sessions
3. Parent duty roster – please don’t forget
4. Can you spot us?
5. Register for SMR by 30th January

This Saturday 28th January

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start times:  8:15AM for U6 – U9s and 10AM for U10-U17
• Set up and pack up help: Parents of U9 Girls are on set up this week. please make the effort to arrive at 7:20am to help out. Parents of U13-U17 Boys are on pack up.
• Your individual registration number: Please make sure your child is wearing it! It makes it very hard for us to be inputting children’s details at the end of a race without their tag. Much more efficient to scan!
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: A parent’s dad has put his hand up to oversee the BBQ this weekend for the first session (only) because our coordinator can’t.  We are very grateful to him and ask our members to help him where you can please!  Parents of U8 Boys please help out as you are on BBQ duty. The BBQ is an enormous undertaking but a crucial fundraiser for the club.
• Zooper doopers – we are bringing in zero sugar zooper doopers at a cost of $1.  We ask all members to ensure the plastic wrapper is put into the bin after eating.
• Bananas: YES! (Free, free, free)
• Merchandise: YES!
• Wet (or HOT!) weather: Check out the weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: here is the program for this week – CLICK HERE
• Donations of old uniforms: If you have any uniforms / shoes that your children have outgrown, please drop them in to our merch area. We all love to recycle and re-use! There’s a planet out there to look after.

Saturday 4th Feb Sessions

A number of the SLAC children (U9 – U17), their parents and committee members will be attending the Victorian State Relay competition on 4th February.  We will still run the Little Athletics competition on this morning at the Sandy track for all those who are not competing at the relays, don’t worry. The U6-U8 program will run as usual, and the U9-U17 program will be slightly modified.

Parent Duty Roster – Please Don’t Forget!

Please don’t forget about the Parent Duty Rosters – including for this this weekend.  The duty roster is HERE

Links to Duty and Mid Week coaching are available on our Team App and our website for quick reference.

• If you can’t do a duty please use your sign up email address (the same email address you have used for membership sign up) and change it.  If this does not work, please email Nicole on sandringhampresident@lavic.com.au and advise of a different day you can do duty
• If you believe you have done your 4 allocations of duties for the season….thank you, we are very grateful! Please email Nicole to confirm.

There are quite a few parents who have carried out their season duties and will be able to collect their community value pack soon. Amazing work!

Can you spot us?

You may have noticed that the committee and coaches have some new t-shirts – so that you can spot us and ask any questions of course!

Our committee has worked hard recently to obtain a grant to fund these uniforms specifically (they are not funded through any membership fees don’t worry!). Please always feel comfortable approaching any of us and asking for whatever you or your little athlete(s) may need from us. We’re here to help!

Register for SMR by 30th January

It’s your last chance chance to register for the Region Track and Field Carnivals for this season which will be held on 18th and 19th February 2023.

Online registrations close on 30th January, so get in quick via the link below:

https://lavic.com.au/event/2022-23-coles-region-track-and-field-carnivals/

See you all on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee
e: sandringham@lavic.com.au
m: 0413 705 357

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Happy New Year, we’re baaaaack! Did you miss little athletics? We missed you all and can’t wait to see you dashing around again.

This Saturday 21st January

Below are some further details for this Saturday:

• Start times:  8:15AM for U6–U9 and 10AM for U10-U17
• Set up and pack up help: The committee will set up this week. Parents of U11 Boys are on pack up.
• Your Individual Registration Number: Please make sure your child is wearing it! It makes it very hard for us to be inputting children’s details at the end of a race without their tag. Much more efficient to scan!
• Coffee van: YES!
• BBQ: No, unfortunately we don’t have enough committee members to run the BBQ this week. It might also be difficult next week, if you can help turn some sausages next week can you please email us?
• Bananas: YES! (& Free)
• Merchandise: YES!
• Wet weather: Check out the wet weather button on our website (in the top left hand corner), which we will update at 7.30am on Saturday mornings if the weather is concerning – and again at 9.15am so as to cover the second session.
• Program: here is the program for this week – click here. We are running program 3 given it was washed out at the start of the season. This means the hurdles are up! (Brighton Little Aths won’t be with us, given we had a joint session in December together).
• Donations of old uniforms: If you have any uniforms / shoes that your children have outgrown, please drop them in to our merch area. We all love to recycle and reuse! There’s a planet out there to look after.

Parent Duty Roster

Please don’t forget about the Parent Duty Rosters – including for this this weekend.  The duty roster for the next 2 weeks is here – click here.  Links to Duty and Mid Week coaching are also available on our Team App and our website for quick reference.

There are quite a few parents who have carried out their season duties and will be able to collect their community value pack from next week. Well done!

Upcoming competitions – register for SMR by 30 January!

22 January – Mornington are holding their open day this Sunday. Registrations close 5pm this FRIDAY.
www.morningtonlittleaths.org/open-day-2023

18 and 19 Feb 2023 – As we’ve mentioned before, registrations are open for the Region Track and Field Carnivals for this season which will be held on 18 and 19 February 2023.  Registrations close 30 January, so get in!

Athletes are allowed to choose up to 5 of their favourite events and enjoy participating in them alongside other athletes from Centres within their Region. Each registered Little Aths member would have received an email providing further details on this event.

Have a look on the website for more details https://lavic.com.au/event/2022-23-coles-region-track-and-field-carnivals/

Coaching

Wednesday Coaching (starting 1 Feb):

• Thank you to Community Bank Sandringham who have gratefully assisted SLAC in funding our Wednesday Coaching Program.  The schedule for the rest of the year is here
• Booking into these coaching sessions is a requirement so we know how many coaches we need to provide for each session.  Sign up is link is here. High Jump Training Sessions will be advised later.

Private coaching:

If anyone is looking for private coaching, SLAC can offer recommendations.  We ensure any coaches we recommend (and of course those who coach as part of our Little Aths Program!) hold a working with children’s check and coaching accreditation with the Athletics Association.  There are mandated regulations around coaching of young athletes and we would encourage any person considering taking up specific coaching, to thoroughly check all credentials. f you are keen to learn more on our private coaches please contact us at sandringham@lavic.com.au

See you all on Saturday!

Regards,

SLAC Committee

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