Dear State Relay Competitors and Families,

Firstly, Happy New Year to you all.  I hope your Christmas and New Year festivities were nothing short of wonderful.

I just wish to reflect on and offer congratulations to all our State Relay Teams on your fabulous “team spirit” as you competed at Olympic Park in the State Relay Championships last December.  I’m sure that you would all agree that the day was a little less frantic than the Regional Event which allowed us all to demonstrate our 'Team Brighton' camaraderie as we cheered on all our team members.

The nine Brighton teams ran their hearts out on the day and all the hours invested into coaching was evident.  I hope this was a memorable experience for you all and that you remember it for a long time to come.  Special mention must be made of our under 9 girls,  4x100m team, comprising of Dana Pjanic, Tess Mowat, Natalie Nyaguy and Rhea Schreuder who qualified for the final of their event.  Well done girls.  Our reserves for this event also deserve a mention as although they did not run on this day they honoured their  commitment and were ready and prepared to step in should the need arise.  A reminder to all competitors and families that photos were taken at this event and you can view these on the Kidsklix website: www.kidsklix.com.au   Event code: 'lary0007'.  While not every one of our participating athletes has had an image captured, there are some fabulous images of those who did.

Again to the parents and grandparents, your love, encouragement and support of the children has assisted and enabled them to commit to the whole 'relay experience'.  For this I say many thanks and I hope you were as proud as I was of your athlete’s enthusiasm and effort and that you were equally excited to see them as they ran around Olympic Park.  I also wish to acknowledge those who nominated and performed a duty at this event.  Your contribution helped make this particular Championship run, as we wish all could run, on time.  The support of Jill Mowat who acted as Assistant Team Manager and Andrew MacFarlane as Officials Manager was welcomed and most appreciated.  Thank you.

On behalf of the athletes and parents a big thank you too to Ian Scott  for his expertise in coaching the athletes of all the relay techniques.  Ian continually demonstrates his dedication and love for helping young athletes develop skills and for this our children are truly lucky.

Now that the Relay component of our 2007-2008 competition season is over, we are now preparing  for our next event, the Regional Track and Field competition, to be run on the 16th and 17th February.  Approximate timing of the Track and Field events for those of you who have nominated is available from our latest 63 Seconds newsletter.  I look forward to seeing you all back at Dendy Park from Saturday, 19th January.

Thank you,

Debbie McCann
Team Manager.

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