ALL MEMBERS INVITED, please rsvp for address, to clacsecretary78@gmail.com or message us on Facebook.

Agenda items to discuss include:

State Relays, U13 Sportsmanship Award, Coaching Courses, Canteen update, Uniform, Visiting athletes & Coaches, Athletes Choice upcoming Meets, New Equipment, Outside Centre Invitations, Correspondence, Grants, Centre Championships, Chief Officials.

Hope to see some new faces more hands = light work for us all.

Cheers

Angelene

U13-15 Saturday 21st Jan and U9-U15 Sunday 22nd January.

PLEASE read all of the attached information if you have an athlete attending either Individual and / or Team Multi Event Championships this weekend. Pay special attention to start times etc.

If you have an athlete in a CLAC TEAM you should have received an email with details by now. If you have not, please message us asap.

OUR CENTRE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED ALL 4 LONG JUMP PITS TO SET UP ON SUNDAY MORNING – this must be completed by 8.30am, WE NEED MANY HANDS on board to help us prepare these. If the track is not ready for competition, the entire day will run late.

Please also note the DUTY you have been assigned on the attached lists and schedules and be ready for when your Event, either Track or Field, is called. Field duty requires you to head to the admin area and pick up an ipad / paperwork and vest and head to the marshaling area to tick off the athletes. Volunteers should also head to the marshaling area to fill the roles required for field crews. Track duty requires you to head to the Track Tent for further instruction.

Multi Championships is usually a very busy day so please remember to listen out for Events and marshal on time. If an Individual registered athlete does not start an event they will disqualified for the competition and will not be able to compete for the rest of the day. Please take note of uniform requirements attached.

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE PUT IN HOURS OF WORK TO GET OUR TEAMS SORTED – you are invaluable. Also a MASSIVE THANK YOU to ZANE at LATas for his ongoing assistance with this.

We can’t wait to see our CLAC legends striving for their best as always.

GOOOO CLAC!

Angelene Arnold

Friday 13th Jan (U13-U15 only) and Saturday 14th Jan (U6 – U15 athletes) Clarence High

***DO NOT CONFUSE THIS LOCAL MEET WITH THE STATE MULTI COMING UP LATER IN JANUARY – THIS IS A LOCAL CLAC MULTI CHAMPIONSHIP AVAILABLE FOR ALL ATHLETES***

NB: U13 – 15: Friday Start time is 5pm please be warmed up and ready to compete. Please arrive at 4.20pm to help set up. Many of our regular volunteers are away and / or don’t have children in these age groups. Events held on Friday will be HIGH JUMP U13-15BG and SHOT PUT U13-15G and DISCUS U13-15B. All other Multi Events will be held on Saturday.

Saturday start time is 8.30am sharp – this is a busy day so please chip in anywhere / anyway to you can to ensure we run an efficient meet. Set up is at 7.15am, families listed are: Ellston, Smith (Stirling), Breen and Strange, all other volunteers & Senior athletes are more than welcome and encouraged to help with set up and pack up.

MULTI EVENTS ARE LISTED ON THE BLOCK BELOW. Yes, boys and girls do different events for the Multi, this is based on IAAF World Athletics standards and leads into Decathlon and Heptathlons.

In each Event athletes will receive points based on their performance. Athletes MUST COMPETE IN ALL EVENTS to be eligible. Therefore, U13 – U15 athletes must compete on both Friday and Saturday. As this is a Championship event the no coaching rules comes into effect. Simple instruction is fine and some help for the U6 – U8 athletes is acceptable.

Upon completion of the Meet, the points are totaled and results will be released as soon as possible.

Medals will be presented at our Meet on Saturday 28th January (at Domain)

Canteen will be open on Saturday (not Friday).

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OUR ATHLETES!

Angelene Arnold

Lots of information but PLEASE READ as it can be confusing for new and old members!

Here’s the info from LATAS to get you started:

Registrations for the 2022-23 Little Athletics Tasmania State Multi Event Championships are NOW OPEN!

This event is open to all registered U9 – U15 athletes. Both an individual and a team Multi Event will be offered. The Multi Event is conducted over two days, but not everyone will compete on both days.

U13 – U15 athletes will compete in 7 events over two days. Hurdles, one jump & one throw will be held on Day 1 – SATURDAY 21st January 2023. All other events for these age groups will be held on Day 2 – SUNDAY 22nd January 2023. First event on

Saturday will be at 5pm and first event Sunday will be 10am for these age groups

U9 – U12 athletes will compete in 5 events. All the events for these age groups will be held on Day 2 – SUNDAY 22nd January 2023 10am start.

Further information is available on the LATas website via the link below

https://taslittleathletics.com.au/state-multi-event…/

To register for the Individual Multi Event, please login to ResultsHQ click on the Nominations tab and follow the prompts https://resultshq.com.au/login You will receive an email to confirm your entry, if you do not receive an email please contact LATAS z.patmore@taslittleathletics.com.au.

Nominations will close on January 16th at 9:00am and as this is a championship event, their will be NO late entries accepted.

Registration for the Teams Multi Event will be organised through Centres – Sign up Sheets will be in AGE GROUP FOLDERS THIS SATURDAY. If you are not attending CLAC this Saturday 7th Jan, please email clacsecretary78@gmail.com to nominate for TEAM MULTI ONLY.

Here’s some more clarity on questions you may have:

The INDIVIDUAL MULTI

– the one athlete competes in all 5 events U9 – U12 or all 7 events U13 – U15 and compiles their own points.

– cost is $18 per athlete

– Register direct through Results HQ

– athletes MUST start EVERY EVENT, if they do not start an event they are disqualified and can not compete in the rest of the Multi

– Individual athletes may also take part in a Team….they DO NOT have to compete in their event twice, they simply nominate their events prior to competition day and those points will be transferred to their Team

– Little Athletics Australia require U14 athletes to compete in their States Multi Event competition to be available for selection into LAA National Camp 2023.

– Results from either the Athletics Tas Combined Event or the LATas Multi Event will be taken into consideration for selection into the U15 Australian Little Athletics Championships State team 2023.

The TEAM MULTI EVENT

– 3 to 5 athletes per Team (same age group and gender)

– cost is $6 per athlete

– Register on sheet in Age Group folder or email CLAC on clacsecretary78@gmail.com

– whole team receives medals / ribbons if achieved

– U9-12 teams – each athlete will have 2 events (minimum) to 4 events (maximum) count towards the team score.

– U13-15 teams – each athlete will have 2 events (minimum) to 5 events (maximum) count towards the team score.

– Prior to the commencement of competition, teams will nominate 2 athletes per event with their results to count towards the team score.

COMBINED TEAMS = if there is not enough athletes from one Centre, athletes can register as an ‘additional’ athlete and be placed in a Team with athletes from other Centres. This is a wonderful way for all the athletes to be able to compete from large and small Centres and leads to new friendships as well. CLAC have had many athletes involved in Combined Teams and have also won medals in these Teams, so please don’t by shy. We will put you in email communication with all the athletes in the Team prior to the day. You will not pay a fee until you are placed in a Team.

GENERAL:

– Full Centre Uniform must be worn with name badge

– Fouling out of an event DOES NOT mean you are disqualified from the Multi, you just dont get points for that event

– regular LATAS Rules apply to each event

– Team changes due to illness or injury must be advised to your Centre asap

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? Please email us.

Angelene Arnold

Who wants to up their LA Coaching skills?

LATas are hosting a Coaching Course at Clarence High on 17th and 20th January 6pm – 9pm.

CLAC will pay the fees for the first two members to message us on facebook/email and confirm they will be attending. clacsecretary78@gmail.com

Please be quick as final registrations are due very soon!

See below for more information.

Angelene Arnold

Registration is NOW OPEN for our Introduction to Little Athletics Skills (ITLAS) Coaching Course. This practical course is designed to help participants become better placed to assist athletes to perform basic track & field skills and is open to parents, volunteers or anyone who wants to know a little more about the skills of the sport.

At the conclusion of the course, participants will:

• Better understand an appropriate working model for each Little Athletics event

• Have a greater knowledge of appropriate drills, skills, games and activities for particular event groups

• Identify some of the more common technical faults of each event

• Better understand the development of athletes

• Have a basic understanding of a simple coaching session

• Better understand how to organise a group safely

Courses will be held on the following dates:

Monday 9th January 2023 10.00am – 4.00pm at Penguin Athletics Track, Penguin

Wednesday 11th & Thursday 12th January 2023 5.30pm – 8.30pm at Northern Athletic Centre, St Leonards.

Tuesday 17th January & Friday 20th January 2023, 6.00pm – 9.00pm at Clarence High School, Bellerive.

To register, or for further information please follow the link below.

https://eventdesq.sportstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main…

If you have any questions, please contact the LATas office on 1300 888 713 or office@taslittleathletics.com.au

JANUARY is a HUGE MONTH for Little Athletics – there is A LOT ON! So we’ve decided to give you ‘heads up’ with what events are on both at CLAC (Clarence Little Athletics Centre – Clarence High) and LATas (Little Athletics Tasmania – various State and Local Events).

Throw these on your Calendar to be sure your little athlete doesn’t miss out.

We are now midway through our season and ramping up for Championships!

Remember you can always check out our Facebook page and LATas Website www.taslittleathletics.com.au for more information.

GO CLAC!

Angelene Arnold