During the season...

Centre Record Certificates are intended to recognise those children who break a Centre or Outside-Centre Record in a particular event and age group.  The records are published in the Centre Handbook each year and can be viewed online by clicking here....  The certificates will be presented the week after the record was broken.

At the end of the season...
There are three types of athletic awards presented by the Brighton Little Athletics Centre at the end of the season.  To be eligible, a little athlete must have completed a minimum of nine programmed days of competition; including at least fifty percent of the competition days after the Christmas break. (If medical reasons prevent you from being able to attend, please notify the centre Registrar).  Go to the Results Archive to find out last years recipients.

Recognition of Excellence

Medals   (click to find out how this award is judged) An engraved commemorative centre medallion will be awarded to the boy and girl champions for each event category (click to view)  in each age group.  A runner-up medal will also be presented. The recipients of the medals are determined by the number of points achieved by a child within an event category.  The children with the highest & second highest number of points are awarded the champion & runner-up medals respectively. Only the best three results during the season in a particular event are awarded points.  The points are determined by comparing each of the three results to a standard VLAA table of achievement for the age group.  These points are accumulated giving a total for the event and, where an event category comprises more than one event, the points for each event in the category are tallied.

Certificates   (click to find out how this award is judged) Each little athlete, regardless of the number of times they have attended during the season, will receive a colour coded certificate detailing the performance level that they have achieved during the season for each event category. The colours, in order of lowest to highest achievement, are Green, Red, Bronze, Silver and Gold.  The level is determined by comparing the best result achieved in an event category with a standard performance table.

Recognition of Participation and Improvement

	Centre Age Champions   (click to find out how this award is judged) Trophies are awarded to three boys and three girls in the age groups ranging from U6's to U13+.  There are three different classes of trophies representing first, second and third.  In each age group the trophies are awarded to three boys and three girls with the highest accumulation of points across the following four criteria:- 1.  One point for each event an athlete participates in during the season. 2.  One point for each time an athlete equals or betters their Personal Best (PB) performance during the season. 3.  One point each time a member of the family (ie. parents, grandparents or adult siblings) acts as an official during programmed days for the first 10 days.    4.  Two points each time a member of the family acts as an official during programmed days if the family has already officiated on 10 programmed days.  Note: Where a family has more than one registered little athlete, each athlete will receive the points earned by the family member.
	Representative Medal   (click to find out how this award is judged) Medals are awarded to every athlete who represents Brighton Little Athletics at Regional level or higher.  This includes (i) the Regional and State Relay Championships, (ii) the State Multi-Event Championships and (iii) the Regional and State Track & Field Championships.  Note: If an athlete represents Brighton at both Regional and State level, the medal will be awarded at the higher level only.
	Club Medals   (click to find out how this award is judged) Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded by each of the Brighton Clubs to the athletes within their specific club.  These medals are presented on the basis of the athletes Participation and Improvement levels over the season.

Centre Awards   (see below for details about these special awards) The Frank Dunphy Memorial Trophy The Ray Parry Award Life Membership

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Life Membership is extended to those little athletes who complete five years of Little Athletics with one of those years in the Under 12 age group.  From time to time Life Membership is also extended to parents or grandparents of little athletes who have contributed significantly to the Brighton Little Athletics Centre.  To qualify a person must have offered:

• Outstanding service to the Centre for at least eight years, including at least five years on the Centre Executive Council, or

• Outstanding general service to the centre for a period exceeding ten years.

Life Members   Dan Baker Carolyn Cullinan John Kirby   Maureen O'Callaghan Ray Parry Allan Poynton   Diarne Revelle John Rudden Ian Scott   Judy Shields Ken Smayle Peter Wells   Gary Wills Manuela Wintle           VLAA Life Governor   Maureen O'Callaghan             VLAA Distinguished Service Award   Peter Wells             VLAA "Ten Years of Participation" Certificate   Tristan Cullinan-Smayle Erin Wells