Do you have a CLAC athlete competing at the LATAS State Multi Championships in Penguin, Sat 16th / Sun 17th Jan ? If you have registered and paid as an Individual athlete, this season you can also join a TEAM.

If you are keen to do so, please complete this form TODAY (Sat 9th Jan). By joining a Team you will not have to compete in any more Events, your points will simply be taken from your Individual results. Team Members DO NOT have to be registered as an Individual athlete, however if they are not already competing they will be required to nominate Events for the Team and compete in those Events in Penguin over the weekend to acquire points.

CLAC will be covering the cost of the Multi Team Levies for CLAC athletes.

If you cannot form a CLAC Team we will enter you as an additional athlete and you may be lucky enough to join a combination of athletes. You will be advised as soon as we know.

GO CLAC!

State Multi-Event Championship – CLAC Teams Event Nomination Form (google.com)

President Update: A quiet start to the new year, with just under half of the registered athletes attending our Welcome Back Meet last weekend.  One record was set, with Toby S in the U6B 200m breaking a 15-year-old record; well done Toby!

This weekend we do our Multi-Event program.   U13’s-U15s start their Multi Event on  Friday night 8^th as well as the meet on Saturday 9^th. Parents of U13-U15 athletes are required for Set-Up Friday at 5 pm to ensure the program starts at 5.30 pm, set up can be done while your athletes warm-up.   We have scheduled High Jump (B/G) 100m (B) 200m (G) Discus (B) and Shot Put (G) for Friday only. IMPORTANT: If athletes do not compete on Friday night, they will be unable to compete on Saturday as the Multi-Event requires all athletes to compete in EVERY Event.

Our next Meet / Set-Up Families: On Saturday the 9^th, the following families are scheduled to assist in set-up, HOLEYWELL, HOLMES, HOUSE and HOWCROFT as per the published calendar online.  Please be at CLAC at 7:40 am to assist. Warm-up at 08:15 with first events called at 0830.  PLEASE NOTE:  this is a Multi-Event program; therefore, it may take a little longer to complete.

Uniforms:  There is only 1 U13 Warm-Up top left, at the cost of $35.00. Please note we cannot get any more; first in best dressed (literally).

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: Each year the LTAS Board accepts nominations from U13 athletes; with each Centre putting forward one boy and one girl as nominees. A specific email calling for nominees will be sent to the relevant athlete families, but U13 athletes who would like to nominate should start to prepare a submission of up to 500 words based on the following criteria:

Criteria to be addressed in the nomination:

The following areas are to be viewed in the case of each Centre applicant, and the Centre to complete with information relating to each section.

CONCERN                            Nominees shall have demonstrated that they place concern for others above themselves and are committed to the spirit of Little Athletics.

RESPECT                              During the competition the athlete must demonstrate respect of the rules and the officials charged with their enforcement and maintain standards of behaviour in and out of athletics that reflect their worth to be considered for the award.

IMPROVEMENT                 Nominees shall demonstrate, during practice and competition, a constant desire to improve and achieve higher levels of skills and performance which reflect their commitment to Little Athletics and its ideals.

DETERMINATION               Nominees shall strive with consistent determination to achieve their personal goals, doing so without complaining or resorting to alibi’s, even if things seems to go wrong.

ENTHUSIASMNominees shall look forward to competing and reflect an attitude of enthusiasm in both participation and self-improvement.

Name Badges: We expect the “final” batch of name badges to arrive by 9 January. As always, they should be available in the Age Group Coordinator (AGC) folders.

Registrations:  Every athlete should now be registered. 

Proof of Age: If you need to provide proof of age, please bring a document with DOB on it, such as birth certificate, Medicare immunisation record or passport to the Tower asap. There is a current list on the notice board. An individual email was sent to those families still on our “to checklist”; please do not ignore this process; only three families provided documentation last week.

LATAS State Multi Champs: 16 and 17 January 2021– Penguin, held over two days for U13s and Up (16th &-17th), with U9s and up on day 2 (17^th). This year has a team option, the CLAC committee has agreed to pay the team entry fee ($20) this year, but only those attending are eligible to form a team, you do not need to compete in the Individual Event to be a part of the Team.  Whilst the formal closing date is the 11^th, for individuals, please nominate for the Team Event by the 9^th and let us know so we can finalise teams by the overall deadline!  Our nomination form is here: https://forms.gle/k1RGtf9xWSzLybFr5

State Relays:Keep an eye out for more information about the State Relays held in Launceston on 6 February 2021. We will investigate a bus for this event, which would be circa $15 a seat return. The Committee will contribute to the hire costs of the bus. It is hoped that only one parent or guardian will be required per Team for this event.  This may help get more teams to meet.

We had hoped to start to formulate teams by now, but we are still awaiting confirmation of the information from the LTAS office.

Expressions of interest will be sought as soon as possible with a view to being finished by mid to late January; this is a great day out, and we often enter multiple teams for each age group.

Athletes must nominate at CLAC to be considered for Relay teams, more info to come.

ALAC Nominations:  Nominations are now open for the 2021 State Team for the Australian Little Athletics Championships (ALAC). The Championships will be held in Melbourne on the 23rd-24th April 2021, with the Team travelling on Wednesday 21 April and return on Sunday 25 April.

For further information or to nominate in the U13 & U15(Multi-Event) age groups, follow the link below.

https://eventdesq.sportstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&EventDesqID=36752&OrgID=3673

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:

Do not forget your sunscreen; there is also a bottle provided by the club for use at each day meeting.

Chris Kennedy

President

President Update: Thanks to all those who attended our last meet, I think you will all agree it was a great day out, with Connor and Palepa setting new records, and despite our extra precautions that were needed the visit from SANTA was a hit!

Our next meet back is on 2 January; regular times 8:15 warm-up and 8:30 first events called.  Tiny Tots will be targeted for a 10:15 start.  A refresher on previous activities, a relay, a go on the high jump or long jump as available and a track run.

U13 Sportsmanship Awards: Each year the LTAS Board accepts nominations from U13 athletes; with each Centre putting forward 1 boy and 1 girl as nominees. A specific email calling for nominees will be sent to the relevant athlete families, but U13 athletes who would like to nominate should start to prepare a submission of up to 500 words based on the following criteria:

Criteria to be addressed in the nomination: The following areas are to be viewed in the case of each Centre applicant, and the Centre to complete with information relating to each section.

CONCERN                            Nominees shall have demonstrated that they place concern for others above themselves and are committed to the spirit of Little Athletics.

RESPECT                              During the competition the athlete must demonstrate respect of the rules and the officials charged with their enforcement and maintain standards of behaviour in and out of athletics that reflect their worth to be considered for the award.

IMPROVEMENT                 Nominees shall demonstrate, during practice and competition, a constant desire to improve and achieve higher levels of skills and performance which reflect their commitment to Little Athletics and its ideals.

DETERMINATION               Nominees shall strive with consistent determination to achieve their personal goals, doing so without complaining or resorting to alibi’s, even if things seems to go wrong.

ENTHUSIASM Nominees shall look forward to competing and reflect an attitude of enthusiasm in both participation and self-improvement.

Name Badges: We expect the “final” batch of name badges to arrive by 9 January. As always, they should be available in the Age Group Coordinator (AGC) folders.

Registrations:  Every athlete should now be registered. 

If you need to provide proof of age, please bring a document with DOB on it, such as birth certificate, Medicare immunisation record or passport to the Tower asap. There is a current list on the notice board; please check this list to ensure we do not need to sight your documents; if we do you can bring them to our next meet on 2 January. An individual email will be sent to those families still on our “to checklist”; please do not ignore this process.

State Multi Champs: 16 and 17 January 2021– Penguin, held over two days for U13s and Up (16th &-17th), with U9s and up on day 2 (17^th). Please register and pay LATAS direct asap so we can form Multi Teams.

State Relays:Keep an eye out for more information about the State Relays held in Launceston on 6 February 2021. We will investigate a bus for this event, which would be circa $15 a seat return. The Committee will contribute to the hire costs of the bus. It is hoped that only one parent or guardian will be required per team for this event. This may help get more teams to get to the meet. We had hoped to start to formulate teams by now, but we are still awaiting confirmation of the information from the LTAS office.

Expressions of interest will be sought as soon as possible with a view to being finished by mid to late January; this is a great day out, and we often enter multiple teams for each age group. Athletes must nominate at CLAC to be considered for Relay teams, more info to come.

ALAC Nominations:  Nominations are now open for the 2021 State Team for the Australian Little Athletics Championships (ALAC). The Championships will be held in Melbourne on the 23rd-24th April 2021, with the team travelling on Wednesday 21 April and return on Sunday 25 April.

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.

On behalf of the Committee, I wish you and yours a very  Happy New Year, see you on 2 January.

Chris Kennedy

President

Unfortunately, I am raising Safety and Supervision item to the top with a hope that you all read and understand it!

Supervision/Safety:  Remember a strict condition of our insurance is you cannot drop kids and leave; there must always be a guardian present when kids are at Little Athletics. Significant problems have arisen in some age groups already, mainly when there is nobody to assist in your child’s events, or there is an injury. We are volunteers and not trained health professionals, so if there is an injury to your child, we can assist you. However, it is your responsibility to manage your child. If you need to be elsewhere, it is up to you to provide or organise another parent or guardian (adult) to take on this responsibility in your absence!

It is imperative to be supervising children while watching the bigger kids in action.  Please be careful when standing near our throwing sites, in particular, being hit by an errant Javelin, Discus or Shot Put is not much fun for anyone. These apparatus all derived from old-world hunting to kill methods, making them extremely dangerous.  This is why we are so strict around supervision while using any equipment and reminding spectators/athletes nearby to be very cautious.

Please ensure children are not playing with or on equipment while not competing (e.g., no practising with shot puts etc.). Hopefully, most kids know this is not safe; however, our new families may not be aware; please discuss this with your athletes.

Also please do not let your kids play in our storage/equipment shed, otherwise we may need to revert to locking the doors which will become a problem should access be needed.  It is simply not a safe place to play.

Please continue to walk BEHIND THE DISCUS CAGE to enter or exit the bottom field; this keeps you safe from the discus and the Javelin throwing sites.

Sorry for the ‘lecture’ but we are all responsible for safety!

ON A LIGHTER NOTE – President General Update: Last Wednesday was an excellent twilight meet, great weather and atmosphere; it was also the first meet of the year where we did not see a record fall, but there were lots of PBs set in the excellent conditions.

The reason we did not have a meet on Saturday was because of the North West All State (NWAS) meeting.  Only a small number of CLAC athletes attended the meet at Penguin, and they did us proud. Some of the results include River H U9B securing three first-place results, Nicholas C U13B 1 first and 1 second, Isaac D 1 first,1 second and one-third place, Mackenzie G U13G 1 first and 1 second, Hugh M U13B a third place and Maighan A U13G a second place. Well done to all athletes and families who participated.

Set-Up / Pack Up:Please be aware of the date of your turn for duty, you can find the Calendar here: http://www.clarence.org.au/calendar/    if you are not available please swap with another family, if you do not know any other families, let us know. 

Listed for Set-Up / Pack Up duty for Saturday 19th December is Genford, Giles, Gough and Graves.

THANK YOU to those who are turning up as first-timers and keen to learn the ropes. Remember many hands make light work if you can grab something and set it up, or put it back in the shed at the end of the meeting please do so.

Uniforms:  Uniforms will be available for sale for the first 30 minutes on Saturday (closing around 9 am), so please ensure you head there first thing if you need to make a purchase.

U13s who did not pre-order a warm-up top, there is only one left, at the cost of $35.00 each. Please note we cannot get any more.

We have the new hoodies in stock and new caps. We take EFTPOS and Cash for uniform sales. 

Name Badges: We are expecting the next batch of name badges to arrive this week, so they should be available in the Age Group Coordinator (AGC) folders.

Notice Board: There is much information pinned there.  If you are still not sure, please ask one of the committee members, our faces are now on the notice board and our website so you can track us down.

Training: We hope to secure a coach in the new year, there will be no CLAC training in December.

Defibrillator / First Aid:  We have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) available at the canteen if ever the need arises. Please ensure each family member is aware of this. We also keep our first aid kit at the canteen; it is available for minor repairs.

Registrations:  Every athlete should now be registered.  If you need to provide proof of age, please bring a document with DOB on it, such as birth certificate, Medicare immunisation record or passport to the Tower asap. There is a current list on the notice board; please check this list to ensure we do not need to sight your documents; if we do you can bring them to our next meet on 19 December. An individual email will be sent to those families still on our “to checklist”.

State Multi Champs: 16 and 17 January 2021– Penguin, held over two days for U13s and Up (16th &-17th), with U9s and up on day 2 (17^th).

State Relays:Keep an eye out for more information about the State Relays which will be held in Launceston on 6 February 2021. We will investigate a bus for this event, which would be circa $30 a seat return. Expressions of interest will be sought to commence 19 December for teams, and we shall finalise teams by mid to late January; this is a great day out, and we often enter multiple teams for each age group. Athletes must nominate at CLAC to be considered for Relay teams, more info to come.

ALAC Nominations:  Nominations are now open for the 2021 State Team for the Australian Little Athletics Championships (ALAC). The Championships will be held in Melbourne on the 23rd-24th April 2021, with the team travelling on Wednesday 21st April and return on Sunday 25th April.

Tiny Tots:  The Tiny Tot program is planned to start at 10:15 am, please be patient with us getting started; timing is volunteer dependant to release me to get things underway. Gross Motor Skills, a Relay, a balance challenge and a run on the track is planned.

COVID Safety:  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. 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).

Canteen:  We can now take EFTPOS at the canteen; however, there is a $5 spend minimum via EFTPOS; we still take cash. Egg and Bacon, Toasties and the Coffee machine will be getting a workout early this weekend.

SANTA is coming to CLAC:  We are expecting a visit from the big man again this year, and this will be between 10 am, and 11 am (sometimes). There will be some additional restrictions this year to keep Santa Safe; we will need parental help for marshalling and organising kids to get a fresh spray of hand sanitiser before visiting the big man, who will have chocolates to distribute, there is more than enough for everyone, no need to rush!

Looking forward to seeing you again this week, be your best, that is all you can be!

Chris Kennedy

President

WOW, lots of PBs again on PB day number 2 and great to see Records still falling! Congratulations to Blake H U15 300m Hurdles, old record 46.8, new Record 44.1 and Nicholas C U13 200m Hurdles, old record 30.6, new Record 30.5.

It’s a quick turn around this week, because of the NW All State Meeting next weekend in Penguin, we are unable to run a CLAC Meet when a State Meet is scheduled on Saturday so we are .back for our Second Twilight Meet, this Wednesday kicking off a 5pm for warm-ups.

Set Up / Pack Up:  please arrive at 4:15pm to help set up and stay for pack up. If you’re unsure what is required simply ask ?? Please be aware of the date of your Duty, you can find the Calendar here: http://www.clarence.org.au/calendar/    if you are not available please swap with another family, if you do not know any other families, let us know.  THANK YOU to those who are turning up as first timers and keen to learn the ropes.

AGCs & Volunteers:  Thank you to those parents/guardians who volunteered on Saturday. The more families that can be involved the better and the likelihood of our Centres long term survival.

Many of the current Committee members are approaching the end of their family’s involvement with Little Aths. Remember we once were just like you; we did not know what to do either!  Get involved if you and your family are planning to continue in little aths for the next few seasons, succession planning is the only way CLAC has kept being so strong for such a long time.

Uniforms:  Uniforms will be available for sale for the first 30 minutes on Wednesday, so please ensure you head there first thing.  U13s who did not pre-order a warm-up top we did get a couple of extra’s so they will go quick at $35.00 each. We cannot get  any more after that as the minimum order was 20 shirts.

We have the new hoodies in stock and new caps. We take EFTPOS and Cash for uniform sales. 

Name Badges: Are distributed through the Age Group folders as they become available, expect the next batch on the 19^th of December.

Notice Board:  Did you notice the noticeboard??  It’s on the wall outside the canteen. There is a lot of information pinned there.  If you’re still not sure please ask one of the committee members, our faces are now on the notice board and on our website so you can track us down.

Training:  Training has not commenced at Clarence High yet due to no volunteers available.  We are working behind the scenes on this, but realistically it won’t be available until the new year.

Supervision/Safety:  Remember a strict condition of our insurance is you cannot drop kids and leave; there must always be a guardian present when kids are at Little Athletics. Significant problems have arisen in some age groups already, particularly when there is nobody to assist in your child’s events or there is an injury.

IMPORTANT !!  We had a near miss at the long jump / shot put area last weekend; it’s very important to be supervising children while watching the bigger kids in action.  Please be careful when standing near our throwing sites in particular, being hit by an errant Javelin, Discus or Shot Put is not much fun for anyone. These apparatus all derive from old world hunting to kill methods, making them extremely dangerous.  This is why we are so strict around supervision while using any equipment and reminding spectators / athletes nearby to be very cautious.

Please ensure children are not playing with or on equipment while not competing (eg: no practising with shot puts etc). Hopefully most kids know this is not safe, however our new families may not be aware, please discuss this with your athletes.

Also please do not let your kids play in our storage/equipment shed, otherwise we may need to revert to locking the doors which will become a problem should access be needed.  It’s simply not a safe place to play.

Please continue to walk BEHIND THE DISCUS CAGE to enter or exit the bottom field.

Defibrillator:  We have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) available at the Canteen, if ever the need arises. Please ensure each family member is aware of this. We also keep our first aid kit at the canteen, it’s available for minor repairs.

Registrations:  Every athlete should now be registered.  If you need to provide proof of age, please bring a document with DOB on it, such as birth certificate, Medicare immunisation record or passport to the Tower asap. There is a current list on the notice board, please check this list to ensure we don’t need to sight your documents; if we do you can bring them to our next meet on 19 December.

North West All State – Penguin – 12 December 2020:  This is a State Event, therefore full CLAC uniform is required and parents and guardians are required to help at events.  At the moment this is being run on a voluntary basis and so far is working well, so please ensure you dig in to help so we don’t have to go back to scheduling people to help on events. You are allowed to help at your own child’s event (except at the State Individual Championships).  Chief Official Duties will be distributed by Dana as soon as she is advised by LATAS.  There will be no bus organised due to lack of interest at this time.  U13 Fast Track members are required to meet up at the Discus Cage at 9am as usual, bring your Fast Track tops or your new CLAC warm-up tops

State Relays:  Keep an eye out for more information about the State Relays which will be held in Launceston on 6 February 2021. We will investigate a bus for this event, which would be circa $30 a seat return. Expressions of interest will be sought commencing 19 December for teams and we shall finalise teams by mid to late January; this is a great day out and we often enter multiple teams for each age group. Athletes must nominate at CLAC to be considered for Relay teams, more info to come.

State Multi Champs: 16 and 17 January 2021– Penguin, held over 2 days for U13s and Up (16th &-17th), with U9s and up on day 2 (17^th).

Tiny Tots:  There is no Tiny Tots program this week.  See you at 10:15 on the 19^th for our final Meet pre Christmas; parents think about taking over the lead role for this group, if I can do it so can you!

COVID Safety:  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.

Canteen:  BBQ will be in action for our Twilight meeting.  We can now take EFTPOS at the Canteen however there is a $5 spend minimum via EFTPOS; we still take cash.

Looking forward to seeing you again this week, be your best, that is all you can be!

Chris Kennedy

President

WOW! What a fantastic turn out for our Meet last Saturday for PB Day (Part A). We had 160 athletes competing, our largest number this Season.  It was also a very successful Meet with four new records and one equal recordset and 192 PBs! Each athlete who achieved a PB will receive a special PB Badge to sew on their competition top (on the underarm area on singlets and the sleeve of polo tops). Remember it is one PB Badge per athlete, not per PB.  We have our PB Day (Part B) this Saturday and hope to see just as many PBs in our results.  The badges (once we receive them) will be in the Age Group folders and will be handed out by AGCs in coming weeks.

Set-Up / Pack Up:  please arrive at 7.45 am to help set up and stay for pack up. If you’re unsure what is required, please ask ?? Please be aware of the date of your Duty, you can find the Calendar here: http://www.clarence.org.au/calendar/    if you are not available please swap with another family, if you do not know any other families, let us know.

Duty for Saturday 5^th December:  DRIESSEN     DYKES      ELLSTON    &  FORD as per Set Up Calendar. If you are not listed to Set Up at all this Season, please turn up when you can at least once, we require this especially for Twilights when we do not list families to help.

AGCs & Volunteers:  We have many usual AGCs and volunteers away again this Saturday, it would be great if others can take the reins and have a go this week. If you are not confident, please approach the Tower, and we will ensure you receive help.  A huge THANK YOU once again for the brilliant help we have been receiving, it’s so great that you are also receiving new skills that will take you through future years at our great Centre.  The more educated our parents and guardians are, the better off our athletes are, so once again thank you to those who are more than happy to help and maybe get out of their comfort zone, from the Committee but also the athletes at CLAC.

Uniforms:  Uniforms will be available for sale for the first hour on Saturday, so please ensure you head there first thing.  More uniform has arrived so if you are waiting on stock, please go and check in the changerooms. We take EFTPOS and Cash.  The U13 Warm Up Tops have arrived. Your AGCs will have these ready for you so be sure to jump on Ange Arnold and Matt Dixon when you see them!

Name Badges are distributed through the Age Group folders as they become available.

Notice Board:  the notice board outside the Canteen area will be updated this week.  This will be a great place to go for lots of information including; this weeks Program / Run Sheet, upcoming State Events and Registration Dates etc., Calendar, Uniform requirements and even some achievements.  Be sure to check this each week.

Training:  Training has not commenced at Clarence High yet due to no volunteers available.  We are working behind the scenes on this.

Coaching:  LATas are holding a Coaching Level 1 Course at the Domain on the 6^th December. This is a full-day course.  If you would like to achieve your Level 1, CLAC will be covering the cost of the first four members to contact us.  Please either message our Facebook page or email me at president.clac.ltas@gmail.com  ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT.

Supervision/Safety:  Remember a strict condition of our insurance is you cannot drop kids and leave; there must always be a guardian present when kids are at Little Athletics. Significant problems have arisen in some age groups already, mainly when there is nobody to assist in your child’s events, or there is an injury.

Please ensure children are not playing with or on equipment while not competing (e.g., no practising with shot puts etc.). Hopefully, most kids know this is not safe; however, our new families may not be aware; please discuss this with your athletes.

Please continue to walk BEHIND THE DISCUS CAGE to enter or exit the bottom field.

Defibrillator Machine:  We have a Defib Machine available at the Canteen if ever the need arises. Please ensure each family member is aware of this.

Registrations:  Every athlete should now be registered.  If you need to provide proof of age, please bring a document with DOB on it, such as birth certificate, Medicare immunisation record or passport to the Tower asap.

North West All State:  This is a State Event; therefore, full CLAC uniform is required, and parents and guardians are required to help at events.  At the moment this is being run voluntarily and so far is working well, so please ensure you dig in to help, so we don’t have to go back to scheduling people to help on events. You are allowed to help at your own child’s event (except at the State Individual Championships).  Chief Official Duties will be distributed by Dana as soon as LATAS advises her. 

NB: Please DO NOT register for this event if you think you really won’t make the trip as that creates more jobs for our Centre.

The idea of a bus to and from Penguin has been floated. If you would like to take advantage of this option, please contact me asap  president.clac.ltas@gmail.com; but this will be about how many are interested and availability of a bus and driver.

U13 Fast Track members are required to meet up at the Discus Cage at 9 am as usual.

Tiny Tots:  Tiny Tots will take place on the bottom field around 10.15 am. Gross motor skills, intro to high jump and a run on the track are planned.

COVID Safety:  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.

Canteen:  Egg and Bacon Rolls, Toasties, Party Pies and Sausage Rolls will be available from the Canteen on Saturday.  We will not have a BBQ available.  We can now take EFTPOS at the Canteen; however, there is a $5 spend minimum.

I look forward to seeing some keen athletes ready to achieve PBs on Saturday!

Chris Kennedy

President