Region & State Relays

Each year Williamstown Little Athletics Centre takes part in the State Relay
Competition. The competition comprises Region Heats and State Finals. Relays create a sense of comradeship among athletes, with athletes learning to work together and consider each other. Due to the relay competition being conducted so early in the season, training is very
important.

Only athletes from Under 9 to Under 15 are able to compete.
Venue: Corio Little Athletics Centre, Melways Ref 224 A8 Goldsworthy Reserve Athletics Stadium, Goldsworthy Road, Corio.
Date: Sunday 15th, November, 2009
Entry Fee: $11 per entry
Closing Date for Entries: Saturday 24 October 2009

Click here for entry form

It is very important for parents and competitors to understand that, if a team successfully progresses, entrants must be available to compete at State Relays, Olympic Park, on Sunday 13th December 2009.

If your child decides to enter:
• Children will be advised who their age group Coach will be and the days and time of training.
• Teams are entered in age groups in various distances along with mixed age medleys.
• Mixed sex teams may also be entered.
• All families will be rostered to do duty during the course of the day and if
• your child progresses through to State Relays you will also be rostered on duty for that event.
• Relays are an ALL DAY event. Athletes and their families are expected to
• attend the entire day.

Additional Team Information
• Athletes are not selected but rather nominate themselves to participate.
• All athletes who nominate will be placed in a relay team (unless there are
insufficient entries to field a complete team).
• Training is very important. A uniform method of baton changes between the boxes marked on the track must be practiced by all team members.
• Teams are selected based on regular attendance at training, attitude,
• performance and suitability for events. The Coach’s decision is final.
• Teams must compete at Region Relays to qualify for State Finals.
• The Williamstown Centre uniform must be worn. (For uniform requirements
• see UNIFORM page.)
• Coaches will advise relay entrants of training times for each age group.

Any enquires please contact Craig or Gill Hardeman on 93913190


State Finals will be held on Sunday 13th December 2009 at Olympic Park

Region & State Track and Field

Each year Williamstown Little Athletics Centre takes part in the Region Track and Field Competition.
Only athletes from Under 8 to Under 15 are able to compete.
Date: 20 and 21 February 2010
Venue: Geelong Athletics Track, Landy Field, Barwon Terrace, Geelong South, Melways Map 452 Ref B9
Under 9 to Under 15 Entry Fee: $7 Per Event
Under 8 Entry Fee: $3 Per Event

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Closing Date for Entries: Friday 11 December 2009

State Finals are to be held on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March 2010 at Olympic Park

State Multi Event

The IGA State Multi Championships will be held on the 30th and 31st January 2010 at Bendigo.

Saturday 30th Jan - Under 9-11 Boys & Girls + Under 12 Girls
Sunday 31st Jan - Under 13-15 Boys & Girls + Under 12 Boys

Entries close TBA. The Entry Fee is $TBA per athlete. See Gill Hardeman Team Manager for more information.

The Multi-event competition is a track and field competition based on the Decathlon/Heptathlon. All athletes compete in five athletic disciplines: 100m, Hurdles, 800m, Long Jump and Discus. Athletes are awarded points for each event they compete in. Event Points are tallied for each event and totalled to determine overall performance.

The point-scoring tables are set out below.


Point Scoring System
The VLAA have updated the points scoring table for this event please click here to go to the correct page.

Centre Championships

The Williamstown Little Athletics Centre Championships will be held earlier this season due to the track resurfacing which will commence in mid February 2010. Children registered in the Under 7 to Under 15 age groups are eligible to enter Centre Championships. The normal eligibilty criteria will not apply this season due to the shorter year the normal eligibilty criteria will apply next season as follows:

For children to be eligible for Centre Championships they must compete in a set amount of weeks they are registered. Two of these weeks must be attended after Christmas. For example if they are registered during week three then athletes must compete at least 10 weeks.

Week registered	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
No. of weeks must attend	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	4

See Handbook for more details.

Entries close : Saturday 28 November 2009
Click here for entry forms (coming soon)