Click HERE! to see more Eastern 7 photos.

1.  Attached HERE! is the confirmed Kew LAC entrants for the 2009 State Cross Country Championships to be held at Bundoora Park on Sunday 26th July 2009. Georgina Owen to be included - need to confirm with VLAA.

If there are any spelling errors on the list of entries please advise Manuela ASAP to ensure this is corrected on all event related materials. Centre Duty Allocations and further information for Team Managers will be distributed via email/post next week. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Manuela.

State Parent Duty Roster to be released next week.

2. Mid Week Cross Country Training - Wednesday - reserve on the corner of Aquila Street and The Boulevarde (just off Burke Road) - TURN LEFT AT MUSCA STREET (1st on left) and we will meet by the corner of AQUILA ST. MEL 46 A1.
This has quite a few hills so as to give our kids some variety. Start time is 4.45pm.

3. Knox Cross Country Open Day - Saturday July 4th - list of registered entrants - See HERE! as attached. If there are any other athletes wanting to register, you will need to get to the Norton's Park 30 minutes prior to 9.30am.

4. Kew LAC Parent Duty Roster for Sunday July 12th - Program B - list attached HERE! Please email Manuela to confirm.
 

5. Ringwood Open Day - Sunday July 19th - listing to be submitted shortly. Please advise if you are NOT planning to attend, otherwise all the children submitted for State XC will be entered.

Eastern 7 will be run this Sunday at Ruffey Lake Park. As Eastern 7 is a day where the duties are shared by all the
clubs, we have been allocated a couple of duties: Course Official A & B, 2 recorders, & is expected to all help with pack up.

As some of you were not rostered on a duty for EMR or were not required at a particular area, I have placed you on a duty for a short time this Sunday. Please refer below and confirm via email with Tony Rule on tonyrule@aapt.net.au and Manuela on dalla_costa@bigpond.com

1. Fiona Parker- Recorder 9.30 - 10.30am
2. Melissa Harcourt - Recorder 9.30 - 10.30am
3. Devika Liyanage - Recorder 10.30 - 11.30am
4. Leesa Muir - Recorder 10.30 - 11.30am
5. Course Official "A" - Sophie Kirkman
6. Course Official "B" - Sal Tesoriero

Please refer to the attached listing of children who are registered to compete at Eastern 7 this Sunday, 28 June 2009.

Click HERE for more EMR photos

Thanks to all our Kew families and parents who helped out with duties - the day went well and progressed much faster than planned.

Well done to all the children who represented Kew LAC today. Many of our kids were absent due to illness - 13 out of 52 who planned to run: a sure sign of the winter bugs that are around at the moment. Many of the competing athletes were also not necessarily 100% fit - thanks for running; take care and hope you will all recover quickly.

Of the 39 children who competed, 24 of these managed to finish up in some way on the podium - Well done to them as well as all the children who also ran their hearts out.

Kew EMR results as follows:

There is plenty of time till State XC on July 26th at Bundoora Park, so keep up the great training.

This week we will relocate our training to the reserve on the corner of Aquila Street and The Boulevarde (just off Burke Road)  TURN LEFT AT MUSCA STREET (1st on left) and we will meet by the corner of AQUILA ST. MEL 46 A1. - as this has quite a few hills, so as to give our kids some variety. Start time is 4.45pm.
 

FINALLY - PLEASE REGISTER YOURSELVES directly on the VLAA website for State XC, by THIS FRIDAY, 26th June 2009.

Go to http://www.vlaa.com.au <http://www.vlaa.com.au/ to register and follow the links into the Victorian site. Remember also that there is no U6 event on this day. This will take about 3 minutes and you will get confirmation from the VLAA. Please also follow up with an email to Manuela at dalla_costa@bigpond.com with "STATE REGISTRATION COMPLETE" in the subject line.

Click HERE for more pictures.

Click HERE for more photos.

If there are any photographs you would like to share, feel free to send them to Lydia at lydia.angph@gmail.com in a compressed format.

Despite the frosty morning, there were still many competing athletes, which was great to see. 

Click HERE to see the many exciting photos.

Coaches, athletes, teachers and parents are invited to attend the following FREE track and field workshops.

Please click HERE! for flyer.
WHEN: 27th of June 2009
WHERE: Olympic Park, Melbourne (MELWAYS 2G C9)
TIME: 9am
RSVP: 25th June to Matt Griffin- matt@athsvic.org.au or 03 9428 8195.
 

EMR is no longer a qualifying event for the State Championships which are being held on Sunday, 26 July, at Bundoora Park. Due to this change, we need to enter all Kew LAC athletes wanting to compete in the State Championships by Friday 26 June at the latest. If you have not already advised us, please let either Manuela Dalla Costa or Tony Rule whether you plan to compete by this weekend.

EMR Cross Country Championships will be held this Sunday, 21st June, with the first event scheduled for 10.00 am, program attached HERE.  Whilst early entries have closed, late entries will be accepted on the day. Check the confirmed list of athletes already entered HERE .

Along with the joy of watching your children run, attached HERE is a listing of Duties for our parents and HERE for Parent Duty Responsibilities. Kindly share the load around, it will make life easy if we can all do whatever that is allocated to you.

Things to Remember:
Good idea to get to the track early and walk the track so the athletes know what to look out for as there are only rabbits in the younger races – up to U9.
Bring extra change of clothes if the weather promises to be bleak.

Come ready for a fun day out! And we are concluding the day with our Mid Season dinner at Colombo’s – at 5.30pm. Please confirm numbers attending ASAP to Manuela Dalla Costa at 9859 8838 / 0407 360 310.

Lots of photos have been updated on the website, click HERE to see them.
 

HI all – You should all be aware that our Regional XC competition will be happening on Sunday June 21st at Ruffey Lake. Please refer to the attached spreadsheet which lists the athletes whom I think may be running.

• Athletes whose names are in BOLD have already pre-paid their fees (or will do so this Sunday) and have confirmed they are indeed running.

• Athletes whose names are NOT in bold, have not paid any fees and have not confirmed you plan to run. You are listed in the “CC” section of this email together with some athletes who run summer season who are also distance runners

• The program is attached HERE so you can check if it fits with your timetable. As Kew will be billed for whichever individual athletes are included in the list as well as teams, I need to know ASAP if you are definitely running.

• If you are unsure, please let me know and you will have the option of arriving on the day and paying a fee directly to EMR on the morning.

• There is no prerequisite this year as to the number of runs you need to complete before EMR and this year there is NO requirement to run at EMR to compete at State.

• Kew LAC has many children who run in XC, so one advantage of running is that if we have as many runners as possible, we could win the overall shield for the day. This is calculated by giving a score to the first 3 runners from each club regardless of where you arrive in the race.

Don't forget the Mid Season dinner at Colombo’s – Sunday 21st June 5.30pm, click HERE for details.

Please confirm numbers attending to Manuela Dalla Costa or see Tony Rule as soon as possible. We always have LOTS OF FUN. See you there!

• EMR - June 21

• Eastern 7 - June 28 (need to compete in three Eastern Region Sunday runs to be eligible)

• Knox - July 4

• Ringwood - July 19

• State - July 26