WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPRESENT BRIGHTON LITTLE ATHLETICS CENTRE?

As well as our usual Saturday morning competition, U9-U15 Brighton athletes have the opportunity to compete against other centres in Victoria in several Championship events during the coming season.

Our first competitions are the Regional and State Relay Championships held in November and December respectively.  Brighton is part of the Southern Metropolitan Region (SMR).  The "Regional" event will take place at Caulfield (Duncan McKinnon Reserve) on Sunday 18th November.  Qualifiers from this event will then compete in the "State" Championships at Olympic Park on Sunday 16th December.  Please note that these two events are for Relays only.  A "Track and Field" and a "Multi-event" Championship will take place early next year.

We encourage and invite our athletes across the U9-U15 age groups to nominate for participation in these Relay Championships as we have a number of events to fill.  Even if you're not be the fastest in your age group, we'd like to give you the opportunity to compete, where numbers permit, we can enter more than one team per age group.  You also may prefer to run a 400 metre leg of a relay rather than a 100m.

Relay events include:

How to nominate:
If you are interested, please register by seeing me, Debbie McCann, on Saturday mornings or add the athletes name, age and preferred distance (100m, 200m or 400m) to the nomination lists located at your club desk.  Nominating one, two or all three distances is OK.  Nominations close at end of competition on Sat 20th October.  We are also asking for a parent to sign the form as athletes are often keen and eager to register and compete without having any prior knowledge of family commitments.  Relay coaching will be during Saturday mornings when Program 4 is run, see Season Calendar and maybe before Saturday competition and or on a week night, all of which are yet to be confirmed.  At this time we will teach the technical skills and race regulations to the athletes.

Parents:
Please note that during these Championship events, duties are assigned to us by the organising body and are largely determined by the number of participating athletes.  We must emphasise that ALL parents will be required to do duty on the day.  These are usually rostered and usually done in shifts.  No prior experience is required and include things like Marshalling, Change Box Judge, Timekeeping, Communications or results runner, Equipment set up and pack up.

This event will be run as per the strict competition regulations as set by Victorian Little Athletics Association it is important to note the following points.

Uniform:
All runners must wear a Brighton Centre competition top and navy shorts with no logo, or a logo small enough to be covered by a 3x3 cm square.  Shorts with no logo are best.  Athletes not in correct uniform will not be allowed to compete.
Footwear:
U12-U15 only may wear spikes and there are specific rules associated with the use of them. If you are intending to use please clarify these rules by checking with me or the VLAA website.  U9-U11 must not wear spikes but may wear runners or track shoes with rubber "spikes".

Please consider representing Brighton at these up and coming events as it does give you the only opportunity to compete as a team in what is otherwise an individual sport.

Debbie McCann
Team Manager.

Please email our team manager Debbie McCann if you have any questions or concerns regarding the relay championships or the other championship events held throughout the season.