Weekly Newsletter (18th Jan 2023)

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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