Hi Team Caulfield.  We blew the cobwebs out with our January 16 competition to start the new year and we have had many athletes at training this week.  Well done to the many parents walking laps while the children where training – working on those New Years promises.

Competition

Competition is Friday Night with warm up starting at 5:40 pm. 

Gates open at 5:15

• Single point of access and check in for parents/guardians and visitors under the main grandstand,
• Trial and newly registered athletes report to the registration desk,

All athletes are to be wearing their Caulfield uniform.  All athletes need to bring their chest patch. 

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 . 

What’s Coming

Saturday 30^th January – no competition as LAVic State Combined Championships are on.

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

Sat 13/Sun14 February Southern Metro Regional Championships.  This major weekend event for under 9 and above athletes will be held at our Duncan Mackinnon Reserve and hosted by Team Caulfield.  We are looking for as many of our athletes as possible to participate.  Entries are not yet open.

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

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

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.

Covid Requirements

– No limitation on who can attend

– We no longer need to operate in groups of 10 athletes with regulations increasing maximum group size to 50 outdoors.

– We must continue to register athletes and attendees for competition and training

– We must carry a mask, continue to sanitise and observe social distancing protocols both on and off the track.

2019/20 Presentations

For those who were unable to collect their trophies the week before Christmas please contact Sheridan and let her know if you are able to collect your trophy by email to   vicepresident@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au

Sign up to our Caulfield Little Athletics Facebook page for our general communications and updates. www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

Keep safe and go Team Caulfield.

Regards

Caulfield Little Athletics Committee www.caulfieldlac.com.au

www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com

Happy New Year Team Caulfield.  I hope you have all had a safe and relaxing break and are looking forward to a getting back on track.  Competition resumes this Saturday 16 January at Duncan Mackinnon Reserve with an 8:30 am start and training resumes Monday January 18 at 5:30 pm.

Competition

This Saturday is competition week 4.  Day.  Warm up starts at 8:20 am and first events at 8:40.   Under 9 Boys are on pack up duty this week.

Gates open at 8:00 am this Saturday, and

1. Single point of access and check in for parents/guardians and visitors under the main grandstand,
2. Trial and newly registered athletes report to the registration desk,
3. Uniforms will be available from 8am to 10am.

All athletes are to be wearing their Caulfield uniform.  All athletes need to bring their chest patch.  A number of athletes are not bringing their patches and this is greatly disrupting the morning for all athletes.  Failure to bring your patch may result in your results not being recorded.

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 . 

What’s Coming

Friday 22^nd January Twilight Competition.  Our first Friday night twilight meeting for the season.  Warm up starts at 5:40pm and competition commences 6:00pm. 

Saturday 30^th January – no competition as LAVic State Combined Championships are on.

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

Sat 13/Sun14 February Southern Metro Regional Championships.  This major weekend event for under 9 and above athletes will be held at our Duncan Mackinnon Reserve and hosted by Team Caulfield.  We are looking for as many of our athletes as possible to participate.  Entries are not yet open.

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.

Covid Requirements

– No limitation on who can attend

– We no longer need to operate in groups of 10 athletes with regulations increasing maximum group size to 50 outdoors.

– We must continue to register athletes and attendees for competition and training

– We must carry a mask, continue to sanitise and observe social distancing protocols both on and off the track.

2019/20 Presentations

A huge thanks to our Vice President Sheridan for pulling together all of our trophies and managing the trophy presentations for the 2019/20 season.  For those who weren’t able to attend on 19^th December please contact Sheridan and let her know when you can attend to collect your trophy by email to   vicepresident@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au

Sign up to our Caulfield Little Athletics Facebook page for our general communications and updates. www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

Keep safe and go Team Caulfield.

Regards

Caulfield Little Athletics Committee www.caulfieldlac.com.au

www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com

Hello Team Caulfield.  This is our last week of training and competition before we take a break for Christmas.  It was fantastic to see all our athletes competing in last week’s Caulfield Combined Competition. 

This week is a special program for our Christmas Break Up incorporating the presentation of the 2019/20 season awards. 

Arrival on Saturday

We would like everyone at the track and seated by 8:30 for a special presentation of awards and acknowledgements.  

Come dressed in your best Christmas gear.

Competition

After the Centre awards are completed our competition will commence.  Each age group has been scheduled to compete in two events, as well as a timeslot to present the age group trophies from last season.  Athletes will then marshal for the Caulfield Gift – our annual handicapped 100m race.  This is a fantastic spectacle as children of all ages and abilities have the opportunity to progress through to the semi finals and the coveted final of the Caulfield Gift.

2019/20 Season Awards

All CLAC members from last season who were eligible to receive a trophy would have received an email from our Vice President last Friday night. Please RSVP your attendance to this Saturday so your trophies and awards can be prepared prior to the day to help streamline and speed up the presentation process.

Season 2019/20 Trophy Collection RSVP Form

Training

Thursday is our last training night for the year. Training resumes Monday January 18. A huge thankyou to Michelle Favier, our CLAC Coaching Coordinator, who has done a fantastic job to get post COVID training up and going this season. Also a big thanks to our wonderful Coaches.

Looking Forward

We have a very busy second half of the season coming up after the Break. Competition resumes on Saturday January 16th.

The following week is a Friday night comp, Jan 22 of the Australia Day long weekend. We expect the competition portal to open soon for the Southern Metro Region (SMR) Athletics carnival, which again is being hosted by CLAC, on February 13/14. We want as many CLAC athletes as possible to participate in SMR this season.

Regional Relays are end of February for the U 9 – 12 age groups. Relays are a fantastic way to enjoy athletics and build great friendships. We will commence planning and training for relays in the new year.

Patches and Uniforms

Competition patches are compulsory. Failure to bring your patch may result in your results not being recorded. Athletes are to be wearing their Caulfield uniform when competing. This includes the Coles patch sewn on to the uniform.

Communications

Sign up to our Caulfield Little Athletics Facebook page for our general communications and updates. www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

Keep safe and go Team Caulfield.

Regards

Caulfield Little Athletics Committee www.caulfieldlac.com.au

www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com

Hello Team Caulfield.  We have completed our first round of competition and training is now in its second week. 

Competition – All athletes and parents/guardians will need to enter through the main gates under the grandstand.  All other entrances will be locked.  Check the website for details of Saturdays Week 2 of competition.  

For Registered Athletes from 8:00 am you will have

1. Single point of access and check in for athletes and parents/guardians and visitors under the main grandstand,
2. duty allocation and
3. registration patch collection,
4. uniforms will be available.

For Trial Athletes from 8:00 am you will have

1. Single point of access and check in for trial athletes and parents/guardians and visitors under the main grandstand,
2. Bring your printed trial athlete patch
3. Check in at the Trial Athletes desk 

Athletes should be present and prepared to start by 8:30 am.

Training – We have seen record number of athletes come along to our first two weeks of training.  Training times are 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Monday, Wednesday and Thursday (under 8+).  Please register on Team App if you wish to participate in training www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com.

NOTE – ONLY CLAC Registered athletes have been loaded into TeamApp. Trial athletes should email coaching@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au to enroll your child in a training session

Trial Athletes – children wishing to try athletics for the first time are encouraged to use the Athlete Trial process. Click on the registration button and nominate a free come and try at Caulfield Little Athletics. For more information email registrar@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au.

COVID Requirements – the following changes for children’s sport are in place as of this week;

• Spectators are now allowed, so mum and dad, grandma and grandpa and others are now allowed to come and watch.
• We no longer need to operate in groups of 10 athletes with regulations increasing maximum group size to 50 outdoors.
• We must continue to register athletes and attendees for competition and training so please continue to use team app for training and working with us on check in at our scheduled events. 
• The pavilion is still closed and we need to continue to sanitise and observe social distancing protocols.

Duty Roster – all parents/guardians of registered athletes need to nominate for a duty role.  Click on the below link and select a duty.  We will be making sure that duty is nominated before handing out Athlete Patches tomorrow morning. 

Click to select your Duty perference

Keep safe and go Team Caulfield.

Regards

Caulfield Little Aths Committee www.caulfieldlac.com.au

www.facebook.com/caulfield.littleathletics

www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com

Please Note that any athlete who has not registered for season 2020/21 can participate in training by sending an email to coaching@caulfieldlittleaths.org.au and specifying the child(s) name, training night and event.

Step 1 – Select SCHEDULE from home screen

Step 2 – Select All Entries

Step 3 – Select desired events (only age group relevant activities will display)

Step 4 – RSVP for named athletes

All new athlete registrations will be loaded into Team App every few days so please install the app and keep an eye on notifications and emails.

The aim of the Caulfield Coaching Program is to provide a safe environment where athletes have fun improving fundamental motor skills in running, walking, jumping and throwing that form the basis for many other sports. On a Monday, Wednesday and Thursday we have a number of coaches coaching correct technique for each event.  See below for what’s on offer at Caulfield Little Athletics:

What’s on this week?

Monday – Coaching 5:30 to 6:30pm (see program below) 

Wednesday – Coaching 5:30 to 6:30pm (see program below)

Thursday – Coaching 5:30 to 6:30pm (see program below) 

Monday 16 November

• Distance Running – Brian Schepisi (U11+)
• Distance Running – Genevieve O’Brien (U8-U10)
• Sprints –David Edwards (U8 – U10)
• Sprints – Will Johns (U11+)
• Throws (shot and discus) – Josh Plante (all ages)
• Throws (Javelin) – Kim Mullhall (all ages)
• Long Jump/Triple Jump – Liam Glew (U8 to U12)
• On Track (Under 6/7) – no registration required this week.

Wednesday 17 November 

• Distance Running – Brian Schepisi (all ages)
• Sprints – Will Johns (U12+)
• Sprints – Matt Favier (U8 – U11)
• Throws – Josh Plante (all ages)
• Long Jump/Triple Jump – Alwyn Jones (U12+)
• Long Jump/Triple Jump – Liam Glew (U8 to U12)
• High Jump – Michelle Favier (U11 – U16)
• Walks – Rupert van Dongen (U9+ all ages)
• On Track (Under 6/7) – no registration required this week.

Thursday 18 November

• Sprints – David Edwards (U11+)
• Sprints – Marcus Sezonov (U8 – U10)
• Throws – Matt Cowie (all ages)
• Long Jump/Triple Jump – Liam Glew (all ages)
• High Jump – Bella Harper (U8 to U10)
• ***No On Track Program on Thursdays***

Please note U8 athletes can now integrate into the main training program however if you feel your child needs more practice in the very early fundamental skills I strongly recommend they continue in the On Track Training Program with the U6/U7 age groups.

For more information on our coaches and the coaching program please click here.

Expectations at training

A coaching session will include a event specific Warm up & Skills to improve their technique for the event.  The event session is for 60 minutes.  Athletes are to remain in that group for the duration of the session.

How do I register for a coaching session:

Due to Covid-19 regulations athletes will need to register for coaching before the session.  There are limited places in each event group.  Please see details below:

Registered Athletes and Registered Trial Athletes have been entered into Team App.

Download Team App – www.caulfieldlacathletics.teamapp.com and access CaulfieldLAC.