Clarence Little Athletics Centre

President Update: The second week of our annual Championships was even better but without cupcakes!

We have finished walks for the season, congratulations to our walk’s champions!  Thanks to our guest judges, Rosie, Alan, Will and Amanda, who came to assist us in running the walks.

There were 4 Records set last weekend and one equal record.

Arlie G U15 Boys set a new 70m record of 8.8 seconds, a 0.1-second improvement.

Nick C U13 Boys set a new 200m H record of 29.4 seconds, a 1.1-second improvement, and he equalled the 70m record time, 9.4 seconds which has stood since 1998.

Maighan, A U13 Girls, set a new Discus record of 35.5m, a 2m+ improvement!

Lucy W U7 Girls set a new Vortex record of 18.15m, beating the old mark by 1.27m!

CONGRATULATIONS Arlie, Nick, Maighan and Lucy.

The start time for Saturday is 08:15, with warmup/messaging and the first event call at 0830 sharp!

We start our Meet with a tradition at CLAC that we showcase the very last 100m of our U15 athletes by lining the track to cheer them on. We also invite our very youngest athletes U6s to run their 100m race then too, their faces light up as they become the stars of the show! It’s a wonderful tradition in honour of the pride we have for every single CLAC athletes young or old. No other events will be called at this time so please help us cheer them on by lining the track 🙂

Individual State Championships: The Entries for the Individual Champs have now closed, and you should have an update about the lists this week.

Weekly Set-Up: Pierre, Prebble, Ranlsey and Volunteers, if you are unable to assist, please contact us urgently, but preferably swap with another family.  Set up from 0730, and don’t forget packing up duties too.

Tiny Tots: Tiny Tots this week will commence at 10 am on Saturday.

Uniforms:  All uniform items are still for sale, but only by request. If you need anything, please ask at the canteen or tower.

Reminder on Registrations:  Unregistered athletes CANNOT attend our Centre Championships. 

Social Night:  There are spots left for our social night at the Shoreline Hotel – Terrace from 7 pm 27 February 2021. A sign-up sheet will be at the canteen so we can organise catering, please only sign up if you can attend. This is a chance for parents and guardians to talk to your committee members about the season, ideas for change and improvement, but most importantly, have a night out amongst friends and celebrate the season that was.

COVID Safety:  Visitors, uncle/aunts/cousins/grandparents and families from different clubs must sign in to attend our meets. We now only offer sign in via the Tas Government COVID safety App (Check-In Tas) which is available from the play store or app store, so visitors can sign in via the app using our specific Centre QR code in a few places at the Centre. Please note, during the Champs, we do not accept visiting athletes.

Reminder to keep socially distanced when watching, household groups can sit close, but other household members should maintain at least the 1.5M gap.  Hand sanitiser is available, and we ask that you regularly use it.

Winners of the $10 Coles Vouchers for best dressed last week will be announced this week at the meet; we forgot to do this last week – Sorry!

CLAC Centre Championships Round 3: – This weekend will be the third of the 3 weekends of Centre Championships. Centre Championships are programmed a little differently from our regular meets.

No visiting athletes are permitted for our championships, CLAC athletes only.

There is to be no coaching during the Championships. Encouragement is not coaching but verbally pacing, including shouting out times at points on the track or showing videos between field event attempts is coaching.

Track: On the track, sprint races will be structured around seeded finals. The fastest athletes will be seeded in the first final, where there are more than 8 athletes. These will be TIMED FINALS; we do not run heats.  We allow athletes to start the race regardless of the number of false starts during the season; however, for the Centre Championships, athletes will be disqualified from that race if they personally false start twice.

If necessary, we will run timed finals with the placings decided by the fastest times for distance races.  Athletes can be disqualified for interference etc.

Field: The standard rules for field events will be followed with the expectation that there is no coaching at or during the event. Chief Officials for the field events will be experienced chief officials and someone without a child in that event. On the track, experienced officials in starting and the finished line will be used and a Start Marshal to place athletes in lanes and finals.

Ribbons: These will be presented out as soon as practicable following the event.

Qualifications/Requirements: Athletes must be in full CLAC uniform, black shorts and CLAC top. Please ensure that name badges and 25 event badges are on the tops (pinned on is acceptable). We will have a few spare 25 event badges. You must have competed in the relevant event at least once at CLAC this season to compete in that event; if you haven’t yet competed at CLAC in the event, the following restrictions apply.

Field events: Those athletes who have not yet competed at least once at CLAC in the discipline are not eligible for a place regardless of the result, but you can compete and receive a participant ribbon.

Laned Events: Those athletes who have not yet competed in a particular event at CLAC may be placed in the second or third final and in an outside lane, regardless of their PB. They can compete, but they are not eligible for a place regardless of the result but will receive a participant ribbon.

Non-Laned Events: Athletes who have not competed in the relevant non-laned event (800m/1500m/Walk) at CLAC at least once will not be able to compete in the Championship event.

Note: Events will not be re-run for athletes that do not turn up to the events on time, so be very careful about being on time!

Have fun, and this may be your last chance to compete before the State Champs.

Presentation Day – 13 March 2021: Our final meet of the year is our Presentation Day, which is on 13 March 2021 at Clarence High (our regular ground).  This is where we will be handing out our athlete’s prizes, conducting a few fun events involving parents (parents don’t be scared), and putting on our end of season party.  Whilst we know other sports will be competing with us on the day, we would appreciate it if as many people as possible can commit to coming, so it’s a great day for all.  We don’t want to end up taking boxes of trophies home to store for the winter. 

We are planning this meet running from 0900-1100 only.

Chris Kennedy

President

Congratulations to all our CLAC athletes on an amazing day one of CLAC CHAMPS!

The atmosphere was electric with a whopping 187 PBs and 82 Qualifiers achieved by 143 athletes in attendance!!

A special mention to our new Record holders:

Otis J U9B 60m Hurdles, old record 11.5, New Record 10.7

Toby S U6B 70m, old record 13.9, New Record 13.7

CONGRATULATIONS!

It was also a massive celebration to thank COLES for their support of Little Athletics throughout Australia – I couldn’t think of a better cause!! Well done to those who threw on some red in celebration – our Voucher Winners will be announced next week! More on our COLES celebrations soon.

A massive thank you to all of our volunteers and to the hard work behind the scenes (ordering cupcakes, U13s packing the show bags etc) to make this such a huge success and so much fun!

Results are now updated.

REMINDER for U9 – U15 athletes: LATAS STATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGISTRATION CLOSES MONDAY 15th (tomorrow) at 6pm – please do not leave it too late in case you have issues entering as NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!

Next Saturday is CLAC Centre Championships Week 2. Including WALKS CHAMPS.

Program 2 (Modified)

We will contact Chief Officials during the week. Anyone who would like to ‘shadow’ a Chief, or our Track Crew (starter, finish line etc) we’d love for more of our CLAC members to gain the skills to take us forward. We have many skilled members whose athletes are leaving us soon! Please let us know 🙂

GO CLAC!

• President Update: Well to paraphrase Eddie “What a big week it has been in Little Athletics!” We had a washout last Friday for our Athletes Choice Part 2 (track program); we tried to negotiate about a replacement meeting. After securing a booking, it appears the timetable has worked against us in relation to Qualifying for State Champs. 
• We must reschedule the centre Walks Champs, and this may be midweek or combined with Centre Champs week 2; to be confirmed asap.
• Individual State Championships: The State individual champs are now open, and entries close on Monday at 5 pm.  The only way to enter is via ‘resultshq.com.au” portal which you used for registration. Use the same account; don’t make a new one! If you can’t remember your password follow the reset password process.  If you still have issues, please contact the Little Athletics Office BEFORE the closing date.
• ***IMPORTANT***If your athlete needs a qualifier or the second entry in an event, please contact us urgently.  We are prepared to extend Saturday for a short period to cater to specific requests and track events only!
• Weekly Set-Up: McShane, Mizzen, Morris, Mumme, if you cannot assist, please contact us urgently, but preferably swap with another family.  Set up from 0730, and don’t forget picking up duties too.
• State Relays: Last weekend the LATAS state relays were held in Launceston, it was a great day for our centre, with records broken by our athletes!  Massive congratulations to our U13 Boys!  Well done to all involved and especially the volunteers who make these events possible.
• Tiny Tots: Tiny Tots this week will commence at 10 am.
• Uniforms:  All uniform items are still for sale, but only by request, if you need something, please ask at the canteen or tower.
• Reminder on Registrations:  Unregistered athletes CAN NOT attend our Centre Championships. 
• Proof of Age: If you need to prove age, you will have received an email; you can upload the documents through the ‘registration portal (results)’.
• COVID Safety:  Visitors, uncle/aunts/cousins/grandparents and families from different clubs must sign in to attend our meets. We now only offer sign in via the Tas Government COVID safety App (Check-In Tas) which is available from the play store or app store, so visitors can sign in via the app using our specific Centre QR code in a few places at the centre. Reminder to keep socially distanced when watching, household groups can sit close, but other household members should maintain at least the 1.5M gap.  Hand sanitiser is available, and we ask that you regularly use it.
• Coles Community Round: – This week is our annual Major Sponsor Round, which is COLES; so please wear something red, there will be PRIZES for the ten best-dressed, courtesy of Coles. But also bring your CLAC uniform for the competition!
• CLAC Centre Championships Round 1: – This weekend will be the first of the 3 weekends of Centre Championships. The Centre Championships will be programmed a little differently to our regular meets; however, in essence, they are the same. Events will only be done once, thus were over the regular 3 Programs during the season an event might be done twice. We modify the Program for the Centre Championships to only undertake it once over the next 3 weeks (such as the 100m and long jump). No visiting athletes are permitted for our championships, CLAC athletes only. There is to be no coaching during the Championships. Encouragement is not coaching, but verbally pacing including shouting out times at points on the track or showing videos between field event attempts is coaching.
• Track: On the track, sprint races will be structured around seeded finals. The fastest athletes will be seeded in the first final, where there are more than 8 athletes. These will be TIMED FINALS; we do not run heats.  During the season we allow athletes to start the race regardless of the number of false starts, however for the Centre Championships athletes will be disqualified from that race if they personally false start twice. If necessary, we will run timed finals with the placings decided by the fastest times for distance races.  Athletes can be disqualified for interference etc.
• Field: The standard rules for field events will be followed with the expectation that there is no Coaching at or during the event. Chief Officials for the field events will be an experienced Chief Official, and someone without a child in that event. On the track experienced officials in starting and the finished line will be used, along with a Start Marshal to place athletes in lanes and heats.
• Ribbons: These will be presented out as soon as practicable following the event.
• Qualifications/Requirements: Athletes must be in full CLAC uniform, black shorts and CLAC top. Please ensure that name badges and 25 event badges are on the tops (pinned on is acceptable) We will have a few spare 25 event badges. You must have competed in the relevant event at least once at CLAC this season to compete in that event; if you haven’t yet competed at CLAC, the following restrictions apply.
• Field events: Those athletes who have not yet completed at least once at CLAC in the discipline are not eligible for a place regardless of the result, but you can compete and receive a participant ribbon.
• Laned Events: Those athletes who have not yet competed in a particular event at CLAC will be placed in the second or third heat and an outside lane, regardless of their PB. They can compete, but they are not eligible for a place regardless of the result but will receive a participant ribbon.
• Non-Laned Events: Athletes who have not competed in the relevant non-laned event (800m/1500m/Walk) at CLAC at least once, will not be able to compete in the Championship event.
• Note: Events will not be re-run for athletes that do not turn up to the events on time; so be very careful about being on time!
• Our Centre Championships gives our younger athletes a taste of big-time competition.  It is a time for them to shine and show off all they have learned throughout the season.  The idea of ‘no coaching’ gives the athletes confidence to compete without being told every step; these are skills they will require when they compete in State Events.  For our older athletes, this is a time to strive for their final PBs of the Season and compete in a ‘Championship’ environment.  Above all, it’s a celebration of how far we have all come to this season, parents, volunteers and athletes alike.
• I wish you the best of luck for the Centre Champs and look forward to seeing loads of PBs in the results.
• Chris Kennedy
• President

President Update: The weather was kind to us again, despite the forecast of wet overnight and passing showers, to our surprise we got away with it!

122 athletes attended and what a busy day it was. One record was broken, the U13 Boys Isaac D set the new mark in the Discus of 35.53m; well done Isaac. This takes total Centre records broken to 15 for the year!

We are back for a Twilight meeting this week, on Friday 5 February. This is a Meet in two parts, firstly we will be conducting the Centre Walks Championships.  To compete in the walks you must have completed your 25 events and you must have your 25 events badge.  Also you must have done the walk event at least once at CLAC.

Walks will be called at 5pm! No other club visitors for our walks! Judges may be needed – if you know how please contact your friendly committee.

The second part of the meet will be Athletes Choice Part 2, Track events.  Athletes can choose 4 events for this part of the meet.  We request that you all nominate your preferred events via this form.

Each Athlete can choose only 4 events, and the order of events is to be determined depending on total interest. Remember the purpose of these type of meetings is to enable another chance to grab a qualifier or a PB to set up a run into the State Champs or Centre Champs.

Remember the meet will commence at 5pm, those not doing walks (including the U6-U8 group) can arrive at 5:30pm.

Visitors can participate in Athletes Choice part of the meeting, but we ask visitors to also pre-nominate using the above form. There will be no field events at this meet.

Weekly Set-Up: VOLUNTEERS PLEASE, if you’re not named on our Calendar or have had to miss your turn, now’s the time to come early – from 4:30.

RSM Challenge: We sent a solid U13 team to compete in the RSM interclub challenge, this year there were four clubs competing and I am please to announce that our team of Isaac D, Nick C, Hugh M, Mackenzie G, Maighan A and Holly R all performed to an amazing standard resulting in us winning the night and collecting $200 in prize money.  The committee invested this money immediately in a new BBQ, which will be in action on Friday night! Well done team you made us all watching very proud.

U13 Sportsmanship Awards: Our nominees and all other athletes from the U13 groups were considered by the CLAC to be our club U13 Sportsman of the year.  Maighan A and Isaac D were successful in becoming our nominees for 20/21 Season; these two athletes will now be put forward to LATAS Board to be considered for state-wide honours. Huge congratulations to Isaac and Maighan.  Special mention to Holly R who used her own nomination to encourage the Committee to vote for Maighan A.

We had some excellent nominees this year and there were some great submissions received, this made our job difficult in choosing the winners and the returning officer told me the results were close. For those who took the time to make a submission we thank you for doing so!

LATAS State Relays: The Committee has agreed to cover all fees this year, so individuals will not be charged an entry fee.

But remember if you are part of a relay team you must attend the event, if there is an emergency and you can’t make it, please urgently contact our Relay Committee Organisers Ange or Dana ASAP.  An athlete can be replaced before the meeting begins or be replaced at any time by an official ‘reserve’ member; otherwise the whole team is DQ’d or if short before the meet begins they will be split into a ‘allcomers’ team, but won’t be able to compete for CLAC.  Athletes must wear the CLAC top – singlet or polo, the 25 event badge if you have it, plain black shorts.

Tiny Tots: No Tiny Tots this week because of the twilight meeting – see you on the 13^th of Feb at 10am.  There will be a toddler’s race which can be accessed by all those aged below the U6 Group.

Uniforms:  All uniform items are still for sale, but only by request, if you need something please ask at the canteen or tower.

Reminder on Registrations:  Every athlete should now be registered. 

Proof of Age: If you need to provide proof of age you will have received an email; you can upload the documents through the ‘registration portal (resultsHQ)’.

COVID Safety:  Visitors, uncle/aunts/cousins/grandparents and families from different clubs must sign in to attend our meets. We now only offer sign in via the Tas Government COVID safety App (Check In Tas) which is available from the play store or app store, so visitors can sign in via the app using our specific Centre QR code, which is in a few places at the Centre.

Reminder to keep socially distanced when watching, household groups can sit close, but other household members should maintain at least the 1.5M gap.  Hand sanitizer is available, and we ask that you regularly use it.

Following Meet – 13 February 2021 – Centre Camps week 1 – Visiting Athletes not permitted; this will be the Annual Major Sponsor Round – COLES ROUND – Bring Something RED or COLES themed, there will be some goodies distributed at this Meet – GET EXCITED!

Chris Kennedy

President

How fantastic was our Athletes Choice Part 1 !!

A massive thank you to everyone who helped out….it was really brilliant to look around our top and bottom fields and see so many parents pitching in and the 122 athletes enthusiastic to achieve a PB and / or Qualifier.

From the look of the results this Meet was a massive success – 79 Qualifiers were achieved, a huge 143 PBs AND 1 Record!

Congratulations to Isaac D who broke his own U13 Discus record, new Record 35.53, making the most of Athletes Choice Meet!

Remember Part 2 is our Track Events this Friday 5th Feb, commencing at 5.30pm as our Walks Champs start at 5pm. More info to come.

Results and records have been updated.

Congratulations……..we are very proud of our U13 Sportsmanship Award nominees.

Isaac & Maighan will be our entries into the LATAS State Award which is presented at the Individual Championships in March.

These athletes joined CLAC in U6 and possess vast amounts of commitment & talent. They are staple fixtures of our Centre and can be called upon for advice or assistance. They compete statewide at multiple disciplines in a fair & respectful manner.

They display integrity & compassion & throw in a lot of fun with friends, they’re rarely seen without a smile which makes them wonderful role models of sportsmanship for our Centre and Little Athletics Tasmania.

GOODLUCK !