Cross Country Season commences Saturday 24th April.

All Caulfield athletes are encouraged to continue competing and training over winter by signing up to Bayside Cross Country. This is a fabulous way to stay fit especially if your children play winter sport like soccer, football, basketball, lacrosse, netball or want to continue their fitness in preparation for next season etc. 

This season U6-16 CLAC athletes can participate in Bayside Cross Country.  Unfortunately LAVic have advised that parents are unable to participate this year.  All participants are to be LAVic members.

There is an extra $40 fee payable to join Bayside XC ($25 for U6 athletes) and this includes Saturday comps & Presentation Night Pizza Dinner and Awards.  If you have a friend who is interested they will need to pay the $55 LA Vic joining fee on top of the Bayside XC fee.

Bayside Cross Country is an amalgamation of Brighton, Caulfield, Mentone, Moorabbin, Oakleigh, Sandringham and Springvale Little Aths centres. Athletes are covered by their summer Season 20/21 insurance therefore only a small fee is payable.  

Each Saturday competition is from 8:00am (walk the course), races starting from 8.30am and has the following events

• U6 – 500m – only certain venues
• U7- 8 – 1km
• U9-10 – 1.5km
• U11-12 – 2km
• U13+ – 3km

It’s usually all over by 10am – 10:30am.  Athletes come and race in their event and then are free to go home.  Once per season you may be asked to do duty for an hour or so.

Cross Country is lots of fun and a great way to keep fit, hang out with your aths friends over winter and make new friends. 

All levels of ability are strongly encouraged to participate. Just like track and field, it is all about PBs, having fun and self improvement.  In fact, NO one is left behind! It’s the most encouraging and friendly run you could enter. 

There is SMR & State Cross Country, Road Relays and Cross Country Relays opportunities to enter as well for U9 to U16. Sorry U6, U7 and U8 cannot enter these events.

Each week we travel to different venues inc. Bald HIll Park in Clayton, Braeside Park, Hampton Foreshore and Westgate Park. 

To keep up to date with Bayside Cross Country please add them via Team App.  The draft calendar is available on Team App or on our Facebook site,

LA Vic is advising that the registration portal will open on April 1^st.  Please keep an eye on our Facebook page, or our website for more updates.  There will be a link on our website for registering.

LAVic non members need to register with LAVic first at lavic.com.au/join – Jo can help with this.

Winter Training – 5:00pm to 6:00pm Monday at Duncan Mackinnon Reserve (Grass area)

Caulfield will provide Monday Winter Training each week from 5:00 to 6:00pm with Coach Brian Schepisi. This will begin on Monday 26th April, we encourage athletes and parents to join in. If you were a member for the summer season 20/21 your child can continue to train over the winter even if they don’t participate in cross country on a Saturday morning this includes our U6 athletes. No extra cost is involved.  Summer membership insurance continues until the new season in August/September.

Coach – Brian Schepisi 

Brian is a level 4 running coach (middle and long distance) with 30 years experience in the fitness industry. He is a long time coach with Caulfield Grammar and Caulfield Little Athletics.  Brian has also taught the Certificate 3 and 4 Fitness Instructors Course at the Australian Institute of Fitness and is a course presenter with Athletics Victoria. Brian has coached at CLAC for approximately 10 years.  

FACEBOOK

If you are a Facebook user, we have a private Facebook page, Caulfield Littleathletics (no space).  Please request to be a friend of this group and then send a message to advise who your child is.  There is a lot of information regularly posted on our Facebook page.

UNIFORM

Athletes are to run in Caulfield singlet on race day with competition patch. 

HOODIES

Bayside Cross Country Warm Hoodies will be available to purchase over the course of the season at the events.

For more information or offer of assistance on race days please contact the Caulfield LAC representative Jo Whittle on registrar@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au

Go Caulfield!

Kind regards,

Jo Whittle

Registrar

Hi Team Caulfield.  We have come to the end of March and completed our 51^st summer season of athletics and what a season it has been.  In line with our values of family, fun, fitness and participation we have had a super busy and fantastic close out to the season.  Fair to say some of our hard working parents and committee members have just made it across the finish line. 

We have hosted the rescheduled SMR regional track and field and presented our highest number of athletes in recent years with 118 athletes registering.  We came away with a total of 129 medals, a huge number of personal bests and lots of smiling faces.  Not to mention the 600 sausages and 350 hamburgers that were eaten over the weekend.

An amazing 88 athletes then qualified for the state track and field championship at Albert Park on March 13/14.  We think this is the most athletes on record for Team Caulfield in our 51 years of athletics.  Furthermore athlete performance was outstanding with 35 medals received and some fantastic individual efforts and PBs across our age groups.  Team Caulfield finished third on the state medal list which is the highest position in recent history. 

A huge thankyou to our Caulfield team managers in Nat Nielsen and Alan Morris who worked tirelessly over both weekends.

Meanwhile our wonderful under 6 and under 7s had fun with Sandringham Little Aths with a junior fun day and we also had a number of athletes attend Brighton Little Aths while the major events were on.

Caulfield Club Championships were held on March 20 with almost 250 athletes registering for the day.  All events were on display as our athletes participated in their favourite events.  Presentations were a highlight with a series of participation ribbons and medals up for grabs.  A long day for our athletes and a big day for all our parents helpers with whom we can’t get by without.   The final day of competition also acts as our fair well to our under 16 athletes, some of whom have been with us for more than 10 years.  We wish all of our departing under 16 athletes and their families the best of wishes and hope to see them around the club next year.

Finally the season closed out on March 27/28 with the on again/off again state relay championships. Usually the absolute highlight of the year, this year cut down to only the 4 by 100 meter relay due to Covid restrictions. In typical Team Caulfield spirit we rallied to have 96 athletes and 37 teams make the journey to Casey Fields Athletics track. Relays are all about participation and team work and our athletes, wonderfully lead by their team managers and Vice President Sheridan English, did an awesome job. We couldn’t be prouder of all of our athletes for attending and representing Team Caulfield with skill, style and determination.

With outstanding performance across so many age groups Team Caulfield finished in second place on the state medal board. Special mention to our Under 16 boys, who not only won gold but also set a new Victorian Best Performance time in their last outing with Little Athletics. A special mention to parent Matt Favier and sprints coach Will Johns who provided the relay training program guidelines and then supervised many nights of relay training.

We have finalised our summer training which finished on 24^th March. A huge thankyou to our amazing senior coaches who provide the skills, technique and motivation to all of our athletes. To our Coaching Coordinator Michelle Favier who has put together the coaching roster every week for this season we say thank you for providing the best development opportunity for little athletes anywhere in the state. We are very lucky to have a national champion and Commonwealth Games athlete leading our program. A big thank-you to our President Jason for leading the wonderful under 6 and under 7 OnTrack group this year and to all of our junior coaches.

Whats Next

Winter Cross Country registration and training. 

We look forward to the winter cross country season and expect a full update on registration, training and competitions in the coming days.  Winter training should commence after the Easter school holidays.  Stay tuned…

Team Caulfield Presentation Day and Annual General Meeting

We are hard at work preparing the end of year awards.  They are planned to be held Saturday 15^th May at the Duncan Mackinnon Pavillion.  More information will be provided soon.

Committee Nominations

We have a wonderful team of parents and helpers who volunteer their time to make Caulfield Little Athletics Club a fantastic place for our children.  We are always in need of more committee members.  If you are interested give Jason a call (0439 347 291) or email Larissa (secretary@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au) for a nomination form. 

Summer Season 21/22 – registrations should open August 2021.  Keep an eye on our Caulfield website. Its only 17 weeks away!!

Regards

Caulfield Little Athletics Committee www.caulfieldlac.com.au

Registration for this year’s Caulfield Centre Championships is now open.

 What are the Caulfield Centre Championships?
The Caulfield Centre Championships is a special competition format and is the pinnacle competition of our club athletics calendar.  At Centre Championships, athletes select the events (up to a set maximum) they wish to compete in.  Think of it as a little Olympic Games at Caulfield.  Medals are awarded on the day for placegetters in each event.  It is a big day but lots of fun!

 When are they held?

The CLAC Centre Championships are programmed for Saturday the 20th of March, commencing at 8:30am.  Finish time depends on the event program of each individual athlete with last events being ran around 2:30pm.  Check out the draft competition program for a guide to event timings.  The program is nominally longer due to the increase in events offered.  The program will change depending on registrations.  If there is a clash between Track and Field events, Track will take priority.  Please refer facebook if you would like to see updated program.

Why do I need to register?
The registration process is required so that we may organise a program of events for the participating athletes.  The entire field of events per age group are offered but athletes can only register for a select number of events, meaning that some events may not be held and competition recording sheets will be drafted only for registered athletes.

Does it cost money to register?
No, there is no fee for registration, it just assists the organisation of the event.

When do I need to register by?
Registration closes, on Thursday the 18th of March at 11.59AM.  

What events can I register for and how many?
The Centre Championships is a special program where athletes nominate their own events for competition (Maximum of 3 events for U6, 4 for U7 and U8, 5 for U9 and above).  Athletes must nominate no more than 2 events from each event category: Sprint, Track, Jumps and Throws.  Click here to see the Centre Championships Event Selection Table showing the events and event categories offered per age group. 

Registration Instructions

Event registration is completed via Results HQ https://www.resultshq.com.au portal.  If you do not know your username or password, click on the Forgot password link on the ResultsHQ homepage.

Once logged in, follow these steps: 

• Click on the ‘Nominations’ button at the top of your home screen
• Click on ‘Begin Nomination’ for the 2021 Caulfield Little Aths Club Championship’ Meet
• Click on ‘Begin Nomination’ on the top right hand corner.
• For each athlete in your family, click on the checkbox against the event you wish to register for.  Ignore the event time.  You may choose up to the maximum number of events for your  age group and remember to choose no more than 2 events in each category: Sprint, Track, Jumps and Throws as per the selection table.    
• Finally, select ‘select Cash/EFT/Voucher’ and click on ‘Pay Cash/EFT’ on the left of the page to submit your event nominations (note that no payment will be taken).

You will be provided a summary of your event nominations and receive an email with the same. You may edit your registration at any time up until event registration closing, on Wednesday 17th of March 11.59PM.  This is done by going through the same process above and simply re-entering your registration with your new event selections. 

All families are required to assist with duty on the day. You will need to select a duty before your registration will be processed. 

It is always a fun day and the competition pinnacle of the season we look forward to welcoming you to our last track & field competition for season 2020/2021.

Kind regards,
CLAC Committee

Hi Team Caulfield.  Congratulations to the 115 athletes who competed on the weekend at the SMR Regional Track and Field Championships.  We are now awaiting notification on those that have qualified for the LAVic State Championships on the 13^th/14^th of March. 

Competition

• Friday March 5 Team Caulfield Twilight Competition.  Warm up starts at 5:45 and competition starts at 6 pm. 
• Those wishing to do relays (4 by 100) warm up starts at 5 pm and relays commence at 5:20pm to give the children an opportunity to practice relays before the state championship.
• On Track starts at 6 pm.

Training

Training times are 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Monday and Wednesday for all athletes and Thursday night for under 8 age group and above.   Register on Team App if you wish to participate. www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com . 

Caulfield Club Championships

Saturday 20^th March is the Team Caulfield Club Championship day.  A link to the registration portal will be send out shortly for athletes to register which events they wish to compete in.

Relays

Relay teams have now been entered for the LAVic State Relay Championship on March 27/28.  Relay training has resumed on wednesday nights at 6:30pm.  As previously advised LAVic have limited the state relays to the 4 X 100 relay due to the huge number of entrants. 

In working with Sandringham and Mentone Athletics, Sandringham have decided to run a relay competition for the 4X200 and medley teams on Sunday afternoon March 21^st.   Information will be posted shortly.

• State Relay Championships at Casey Fields Cranbourne
  • U9 – U 12 Sat March 27^th
  • U13 – U 16 Sun March 28^th

Thankyou

Team Caulfield hosted another wonderful SMR track and field carnival. This takes a huge effort to accomplish.  A huge shout out to the many Team Caulfield parents and helpers who volunteered their time to make the weekend a success. 

A special thankyou to Evana Durack and her team of helpers that put together a wonderful fundraising raffle.  A big thankyou to our parents and businesses that donated goods for the raffle.

What’s Coming

• Sat 13/Sun 14 March State Track and Field Championship at Albert Park
• Sat 20 March Caulfield Club Championship day
• Sun 21 March Sandringham Relay Invitational afternoon (4 X 200, Medley)
• Sat 27 and Sun 28 State Relay Championships

Keep safe and go Team Caulfield.

Regards

Caulfield Little Athletics Committee www.caulfieldlac.com.au

www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com

Hi Team Caulfield.  What a big few days for athletics.  Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed in last weekends LAVic State Combined event at Albert Park.  Lots of smiling faces, new friends and plenty of personal best performances.  A big shout out to Jaz Firth U13 G who came away with a silver medal and to Laura Wong U12G with a bronze medal.

Competition

Next Team Caulfield competition is Saturday February 6^th.   Warm up starts at 8:20 am.  On Track starts at 9:00 am.  Gates open at 8:00 am.  

Training

Training times are 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Monday and Wednesday for all athletes and Thursday night for under 8 and above.   Please register on Team App if you wish to participate in training www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com . 

Southern Metro Regional Track and Field Championship

SMR is ON!! Next Saturday 13^th and Sunday 14^th at our Duncan Mackinnon Reserve.  We are looking for as many Caulfield athletes in Under 9 – Under 16 as possible to enter.   You must register by this Friday 5^th Feb or you will miss out. Registration Details Here

Draft Timetable Here

Please contact Jo Whittle at registrar@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au with any questions.

Relays

Relays are a fantastic way to build team sport culture into athletics and they are lots of fun for all involved.  We have started relay training for all athletes Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 7:15.   Team nominations and selections will begin in the next week.

• Invitational Relay Twilight Sat Feb 20^th at Duncan Mackinnon (U8 – U16)
• Regional Relays (U9 – U12) Sun Feb 28^th at Frankston Little Aths
• State Relay Championships at Casey Fields Cranbourne
  • U9 – U 12 Sat March 27^th
  • U13 – U 16 Sun March 28^th

Southern Metro Regional Track and Field Championship

We are super busy planning for the regional championships to be held at our Duncan Mackinnon Reserve on Saturday 13^th and Sunday 14^th February.  We are looking for as many Caulfield athletes in Under 9 to Under 16 as possible to enter.   We are eagerly awaiting the opening of the registration portal which is expected early next week – subject to state government approvals.

What’s Coming

Saturday 6^th February.  Normal Team Caulfield competition morning.

Sat 13/Sun 14 February Southern Metro Regional Championships.  This major weekend event for under 9 and above athletes will be held at Duncan Mackinnon Reserve.  Register now!!

Saturday 20^th February – Normal Saturday morning competition (Coles Day)

Saturday 20^th February – Caulfield/Mentone Relay Night at Duncan Mackinnon.

Saturday 27^th February – Normal Team Caulfield competition morning

Sunday 28^th February Southern Metro Regional Relays (U9 – U12).  Relays are a fantastic way to enjoy athletics.  This event will be held at Frankston.  Members will receive communication shortly on our preparations for relays.

Keep safe and go Team Caulfield.

Regards

Caulfield Little Athletics Committee www.caulfieldlac.com.au

www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com