A small group of dedicated Kew LAC athletes drove out to Bendigo with their families supporting them loudly. The weather was hot and windy and difficult by the end of the day when our athletes ran their 800m events. Congratulations to all the younger children who competed on the Saturday and the older athletes who competed on the Sunday. Many PB’s were achieved which is everyone’s primary aim. Detailed results can be found on the VLAA website (www.vlaa.com.au) whilst our athletes’ details follow. Well done to you all and good luck for the upcoming EMR Track & Field round over the weekend of February 20th and 21st.

1st place U12G Isabella DALLA COSTA
3rd place U10B Yuan Chow LUI
5th place U10G Meredith RULE
8th place U11B Matthew O’CONNELL
11th place U14G Cassandra DALLA COSTA
12th place U13B Henry KIELLERUP
15th place U11G Olivia CARAH
18th place U14G Erin BRISCOE-HOUGH
29th place U10G Tess MENZIES
32nd place U9B Lucas BATEMAN
40th place U10G Mia D’ABACO
44th place U9B Jack CARAH

1) ATHLETICS AT KEW LAC WILL RESUME ON Saturday January 30th at 8.45am with Program 2 running on the day. We will need extra helpers on that first day as a number of our families will be in Bendigo for the VLAA State Multi Event Championships so please volunteer to help out on the day.

2) CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TRAINING – HIGH JUMP training will continue with Kylie Italiano at Doncaster Athletics Track most Mondays during the school holidays from 5pm till 6.15pm. If you plan to attend, please call Kylie on 0438 938 300 0438 938 300 to confirm your attendance.

3) STATE MULTI EVENT REGISTRATION – if you plan to register for this event in Bendigo over the January 30th/31st weekend, you must do so yourself on-line via the VLAA website prior to January 13th, 2010.

4) EMR TRACK AND FIELD REGISTRATION – if you plan to sign up for this event being held at Knox Park over the weekend of February 20th/21st, please advise Kylie on the number above of the events (maximum of 4) that you plan to contest by 23/12/09.
 

19/12/09: FINAL DAY AT KEW ATHLETICS

Yesterday we had a special visit from Santa who delivered lollipops for our many athletes. Santa ran away fast to prove he has also been doing some athletics training! Before the visit, we had Multi Event Presentation. Results of the day can be found HERE.

 Congratulations to all our athletes for doing so well and to the overall winners as follows:

GIRLS & BOYS

JUNIOR U6-U7 AWARD Emily Abrahams & Edan Davies

S.A SHIELD U8+ AWARD Isabella Dalla Costa, Yuan Chow Lui & Matthew O’Connell
 

Click HERE for more photos.

15 of our teams from Kew Little Athletics competed at Olympic Park yesterday running well over the day. Great effort to each and every child and parent for getting to relay training over the last month. A special Congratulations to teams that made it to the finals :

-  Girls U9-U12 Mixed Age Medley event came 3rd and won bronze – U9 Holly Hart, U10 Meredith Rule, U11 Olivia Carah, U11 Ella Wilson, U12 Isabella Dalla Costa
-  U12 Mixed Sex 4 x 100m came 5th in the final - Tom Macisaac, Isabella Dalla Costa, Bridget Neideck, Chris Ghersi - after having to re-run their heat due to a lane error.
-  Girls U13-U15 Mixed Age Medley event came 7th – U13 Olivia Heasley, U13 Caroline Lane, U14 Cassandra Dalla Costa, U15 Sophie Hesse.

Well done to everyone and a special thanks to Garry Connell who has come down to Kew LAC on a weekly basis to coach our youngsters and to Kylie Italiano, Nick Carah, Jenny McCausland, Kathleen O’Connell, Mandy Lane, Matt Owen and Josephine Arthur.

Full results can be found on the VLAA website at www.vlaa.com.au .

There will be NO training this Wednesday at Stradbroke Park but detail will come out shortly with our summer coaching program.

Please find attached the Parent Duty Roster, copies of which will be handed out to all parents today.

Reminder:
# Kew has 44 athletes competing in 15 relay teams. Your information was handed out at training.
# Entry FEE: $6 PER ADULT
# PROGRAM FEE: $4 each
# SPIKES - ONLY U12+ EXCLUDING THE MIXED AGE MEDLEY.
# Allowable spikes - 7MM CONICAL, PYRAMID / XMAS TREE, BLANKS ALLOWED
# Parking - Olympic Park ca $15, MCG about $8. Public Transport or park on Alexandra Ave near the Botanical.
# Drink plenty and sleep well. Bring change of clothes if required and sunscreen as well as a hat.
# Look out for the Kew LAC banner at the top of the front straight Grandstand.
# Finally, remember to run hard, fast and all the way to the next runner and remember to call out if you need them to slow down. Pick up any batons that may fall and continue to run.

Please Click HERE! to find the detailed listing of which teams have progressed and who comprises these teams.

State Relay Championships will be held at Olympic Park on Sunday December 13th.

Attached HERE! is the Timetable for the day.

Celebrate Christmas with your local community!

Saturday 12th December 10am – 12noon, Harp Village, High St Kew East.
Santa from 10.30am – 11.30am
The Australian Girls Choir
Face Painting
Horse and Cart rides

Proudly brought to you by the Kew East Community Bank® Branch Bendigo Bank.

For more information please call Alex Hume on : 0410 504 994

Several of our Kew LAC athletes have represented Victoria over the last few days in Sydney. An amazing experience was had by all 3 of these athletes – Olivia Carah 10Y/O G High Jump, Noah Chambers 11Y/O B Long Jump, Isabella Dalla Costa 12Y/O G Multi Event. All our athletes did amazingly well in their first National competition with all 3 feeling a bit nervous initially. Well done and congratulations to all of them for a great few days of competition.
Results:
Olivia Carah - 4th - 10G High Jump 1.36 *
Noah Chambers - 7th - 11B Long Jump 4.08 **
Isabella Dalla Costa - 6th - 12G Multi Event 1004 points***

* 8cm PB for Olivia
** new PB in the Long Jump relay jumping 4.29 in new runners!!
*** 34cm PB in the Long Jump

Congratulations to Caroline Lane who has entered raced her way into the semi-finals of the Victoria’s Fastest Kid competition that is currently in progress. This is to be included as part of the Australian Track Classic Zatopek:10 on Thursday December 10th at Olympic Park. There have been 2 pre-qualifying events where Caroline has already raced to get into the semi finals running a PB on the way. At this stage, there are 32 children remaining in the competition that come from across Victoria (16 boys and 16 girls). Well done Caroline and Good Luck from Kew LAC for the 10th.

All children will compete in our Club Multi Event this Saturday. Each child will do the five events across the morning – 100m, Long Jump, Discus, 80mH / 90mH & 800m. Points will get totalled up based on your time or distance and overall winners per age group will be announced the following Saturday, December 12th with prizes being awarded. Please ensure you run your fastest and throw or jump your best as you will score more points this way.

Christmas is closing in on us and now it's time to start thinking ahead for the U9+ children and register for EMR Track & Field which will take place in February over the weekend 21/22nd at Knox Athletics Track. Please complete the form and return before the last day of competition PRIOR to Christmas as the club needs to register all Kew athletes very early in January when everyone will be holidaying somewhere.

Athletes can register in as many as 4 events at $5.00 per event with Kew LAC paying the fee for the first event.

Please read the attached.

Open to all VLAA members! Warm Up Clinic
Take to the track on Australian athletics’ night of nights, and join the fun and festivities of the VLAA Warm-Up Clinic at Zatopek:10.
With Australian Olympic and World Championship representatives on hand to provide their top training tips, all VLAA athletes are invited to take centre stage at Olympic Park and learn from the best. Photo opportunities and autograph signings will be available to all participants at the end of the clinic.
Commencing at 6:30pm on Thursday 10th December, the 40 minute clinic costs $10 per VLAA member,
and includes two free adult tickets (normally $30) to Zatopek:10.
VLAA members wishing to participate must register online by 5:00pm Monday 7th December, with payment to be made
on the gate at Olympic Park, on the night of the clinic.
For more information please contact VLAA:
Phone: 9676 3600 or 1800 689 112 (regional) or Email: office@vlaa.asn.au

R E M I N D E R

Entries Close: 13th January 2010

Register via the VLAA website: www.vlaa.com.au
 

Please Click HERE! to find the detailed listing of which teams have progressed and who comprises these teams. This is a fabulous result for you all so Congratulations.

We will need to allocate times for training to ensure all runners are running as best as can be and changeovers are as hot as can be!!

Please see Kylie / Manny / Nick or Garry to lock in training times tomorrow. We may already start some of you on Saturday then lock in times over the next few weeks.

The VLAA State Relay Qualifications and Progressions is now available from the VLAA website or from the links below:

            Boys Relay Events HERE!