Clarence Little Athletics Centre

What a fab Meet yesterday! It was a busy one with 119 athletes competing.

The girls were on fire and we had 2 new records:

Congratulations once again to Palepa L for substantially breaking her own U11 Discus record, new Record 31.15!

Superstar Jemima G equaled her own U11 Long Jump record.

Congratulations also to Lucy W for smashing the U7 Shot Put Record. This record was 20 years old! We can only imagine how many throws over 20 years have tried to grasp this one!! New Record 5.38.

That brings us to a massive total of 14 NEW RECORDS set this Season so far – can we make it to 20??

PBs were also out of control with Girls achieving 73 PBs and Boys achieving 69 PBs! What a number to be proud of, it’s awesome seeing so many of our athletes improving out of sight!

STATE RELAYS – please send in your nomination as soon as possible (latest is by 4pm on the 25th January). Training to start asap (Once teams are announced) Team Managers will organise times but we will also set aside time on Sat 30th Jan to train with Committee there to help out.

CLAC Athletes Choice Meet/s – Field on Sat 30th Jan and Track on Fri 5th Feb (Twilight) – MORE INFO TO COME.

Results and Records are now updated.

Angelene Arnold

Committee

President Update: We are back this Saturday, 8:15 am for a warm-up, the first event at 8:30 am, and the BANANAS ARE BACK with thanks to Coles!

We have seen some great performances by our athletes in recent weeks, records tumbling locally and outside at state events.  Keep it up!

Remember we are not playing for sheep stations; our mantra is to provide “Family, Fun & Fitness”. Our aim is that participation & personal improvement are our over-riding priorities for our centre. It’s the reason our volunteers pour hours of time into making our Centre inclusive and fun! It’s also what makes our CLACers such balanced athletes who respect their competitors and we are very proud of that.

Our next Meet / Set-Up Families: On Saturday the 23^rd, the following families are scheduled to assist in set-up as per published calendar, HOWE IONNOU, JACKMAN, JEANNERET, please arrive at 7:40 am at the latest to assist.

Uniforms:  Reminder our Uniform shop is no longer ‘opening’ at each meet, but we can sell items to you on request via the canteen or tower.  Don’t forget caps and bucket hats are available for purchase.

U13 Sportsmanship Awards: Nominations close at 5 pm Friday 22nd, the committee will be voting the next day. You do not have to submit a nomination to be considered as our representatives, all U13 athletes are considered.

‘RSM Insurance Brokers’ Invitational Challenge: CLAC will be sending a team of 3 boys and three girls from our U13s to compete at the Domain on 27 January in this inaugural challenge multi-event. Those athletes have been advised and confirmed.  There is prize money on the line! Thank you to close friend of CLAC, Roger Hosie for sponsoring this event and including Little Athletics Centres.

Badges: If you are still missing your names badges check first with the age group coordinator or see the folks in the tower. The 25/50/75/100 event badges have arrived, along with Personal improvement and STAR badges will be distributed via the Age Group Coordinators. Welcome Back Badges are on their way.

Registrations:  Every athlete should now be registered. 

Proof of Age: Several athletes have not had their POA checked; we are required to do this, please bring your documents to the tower for checking. We would hate to restrict athletes from competing due to this administration issue, however it is an accepted condition of registration when you join Little Athletics and we will have to enforce a ban if this is not rectified immediately please.

State Relays:

Nominations are now OPEN . Please nominate by 4 pm 25 January, but the earlier, the better. U6 – U15s.

This form also includes information about a potential bus hire, if you are interested in using a team bus, please ensure you tick the right box on our form.

Athletes must nominate via this form to be considered for Relay teams.

Tiny Tots:

Approximately a 10 am start this week; warm-up followed by gross motor skills including throwing/walking skills, balance walk, consolidation of high jump skills, introduction to discus and a track run.

COVID Safety:  Visitors, uncle/aunts/cousins/grandparents and families from different clubs must sign in to our meets. We have registered for the new Tas Government COVID safety App (Check-In Tas) available from the play store or app store, so visitors can sign in via the app using our specific Centre QR code (or do it on paper if you are not techno-savvy. I can do it, so it must be easy!).

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.

Sunsmart:

It’s forecast to be a nice day, so do not forget your sunscreen, there is also a bottle provided by the club for use at each day meeting.

Chris Kennedy

President

RELAYS – error on email, State Relays are on SATURDAY 6th FEB (not Sunday). Form has now been updated.

This year the LATas State Relay Championships will be held in Launceston at the St. Leonards Athletics track.

To nominate your athlete for this event please use our online form.

Please note; only online entries will be considered, see a committee member if you are unable to nominate on the link.

Details: Saturday 6 February 2021 – commencing at 9 am St Leonards Athletics Track, Launceston.

Relay heats and finals for U8-U15 registered athletes.

The Championship events include the following:

U8 – U15 4 x 100m relay

U9 – U15 4 x 200m relay

U9 – U15 Swedish relay (1x100m, 1x200m, 1x300m & 1x400m)

U8 – U15 Field Event relay

Cost: $8 per person per Relay at a maximum of $16 (CLAC will cover the remaining costs).

Entries close 4 pm, 25th January 2021 with teams announced shortly thereafter.

Training is compulsory for Team Members.

Please note – as per National restrictions we are not able to offer Championship events of any form to Under 6 and Under 7 athletes. An “invitational” relay will be offered to Under 6 and Under 7 athletes with participation, ribbons to be awarded. There will be no charge for these events.

Team Managers are required once teams are finalised, please volunteer, this helps with the communication of details to teams leading up to and on the day of the Relays.

This is a nomination form only from which the Centre will enter teams based on the rules outlined in the LATas Bylaws (page 15). Payment of the athlete’s total entry fee to CLAC can be made at a meet on or before Saturday 30 January 2021. Only athletes who have paid their required entry fee to CLAC by this date will be able to participate.

All enquiries to clarence@taslittleathletics.com.au or speak with one of the CLAC Committee at our next meet.

Parents of attending athletes will be required to fulfill official and/or helper duties.If we have more odd numbers in the age group, athletes may be considered for reserves or can still attend as non-centre aligned ‘additional’ athletes.

***We are exploring a bus for this event just for CLAC athletes and families, we expect this will be provided at a maximum cost of $15 per seat return***

ONLY NOMINATE FOR THIS EVENT IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELLING TO LAUNCESTON TO COMPETE – other Teammates will be disappointed if they travel and can not compete. If you have to withdraw due to injury or illness, please email immediately. If it is on the day of the competition please call your Team Manager.

Please complete this document asap.

Sincerely,

Chris.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeO5ltfKJAGUdRjp4YTtCQCy9VEJ_4Md7YTQz8XSPdPGVfqUw/viewform

It was on for young and old at our Wednesday Twilight on the 13th of January. 116 Athletes battled it out as we steam into the busiest time of our Season. We even had lane markings we could actually see 🙂

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to:

Blake H U15B 400m (record since 2009 57.7) New Record 57.6s

Jemima G U11G triple jump, old record 8.84 New Record a MASSIVE 9.08m.

Toby S also equalled U6B 100m record 19.7s

Results and Records are now updated on our website. Thank you for your patience on this, we’ve had a few members away at Camp and then the LATAS State Multi in Penguin this last week without a laptop……I question the commitment there! Some results and pics from Camp will be updated soon and from the Multi so look out for those.

You should also have received an email regarding nomination for LATAS State Relays. If you have not received the email please contact us as your email address must be saved incorrectly. This is a fast turnaround so please immediately respond if you are interested. Closing date is 25th January. Relays are in Launceston on Sat 6th February. A complete post will be up today regarding more information.

GO CLAC!

Angelene Arnold

Committee

5pm warm up for 5.15pm start at Clarence High.

Volunteers for setting up are required please – if you do not have a rostered Saturday morning on set up, now is the time to turn up early and help.

Athletes from other clubs are welcome at our Twilight meet, but remember families of visiting athletes must sign in or check-in using the App (Check-In TAS, download from Appstore or Playstore) COVID tracking safety.

Reminder no Tiny Tots program at our Twilight meets, our next Tiny Tot program will be 23 January starting about 10 am.

We’re hoping to have a BBQ – please volunteer to help cook where you can.

Program 2 – Version 2

http://www.clarence.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Program-2-v2-13.1.21.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2EguJ0xgsyQRixn9l95GoSjq_BEShFAhIFEQWLArKzjYIR0pTyX9gxHTo

Our CLAC Multi Event was a massive success last weekend. We had 127 very talented athletes battling it out to earn points towards their total.

It was fantastic to watch our ‘throwers’ run an 800 (the first for the season for some of them!) and our ‘runners’ jump and throw their way through Friday night and Saturday morning.

We had so many helpers we ended up finishing on time which was brilliant – well done to you all!

The results of the Multi and medal presentations will be held at our next Saturday Meet (23rd Jan).

We do have to congratulate a few individuals for some new records set:

Blake H U15 100m Hurdles, new record 15.1.

Palepa L U11 Shot Put, new record 9.20

Maighan A an equal record for u13 Shot Put 9.90.

Can I also give a massive congratulations to U6 Boys. You are such a big age group yet you go about competing each week with such enthusiasm and are so well behaved. We look forward to seeing you develop into our senior CLAC athletes. Thank you to the U6B AGC David Genford for your patience and expert guidance to this group, you’re doing a fantastic job!

Individual Event Results are now updated on our website for Friday and Saturday.

GO CLAC!