Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

Congratulations to former Centre President & newly celebrated Life Member of Knox Little Athletics, David Kearsley for winning the 2024 VicSport Volunteer of the Year Award at the Victorian Sports Awards this past Wednesday 14th May, 2025. Jointly presented by the Victorian Government and VicSport, awards presented at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

‘It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my time with the centre, seeing so many athletes come together in one place was incredible, and knowing that I played a part in making it happen was really special,’ -David Kearsley

Nomination notes provided by VicSport

Performing 12 distinct roles at Knox Little Athletics Centre in 2024 including President, Competition Director, Centre Referee, Little Athletics Victoria (LA Vic) photographer and website manager, Dave’s incredible dedication ensured training, competitions, facility maintenance and event coordination all went smoothly. Towards the end of the summer season, Dave assisted LA Vic to move the 23/24 State Track & Field Championships to Knox with only a fortnight’s notice. Coinciding with the coordination alongside Council of a $5m upgrade to the Knox athletics track, this was a daunting undertaking for an event involving 2000+ athletes but ultimately proved a huge success.

David’s decades-long involvement with Little Athletics has provided a strong foundation for his leadership role at the club. He played an integral part in the recent transformation of Knox Little Athletics’ facilities and helped Knox Little Athletics host the 2024 State Championships, welcoming over 2000 athletes from across Victoria.

VicSport Volunteer of the Year

This award recognises the exceptional contribution made by a volunteer to the Victorian sport and active recreation community during the 2024 calendar year. The recipient’s contribution will have provided benefit to, or had a positive impact upon, an individual sport or the industry and their contribution and commitment will have distinguished them from their peers.

For all the Knox Members, the Knox Little Athletics Centre will be holding its Annual General Meeting on: Wednesday 7th May 2024 and starting at 7.30pm sharp

The AGM will be held at the Knox Track – in the Pavilion

Important Reminders

Any member wishing to stand for election to an Executive Committee position must do so using the nomination form below.
Please note that NOMINATIONS CLOSE Wednesday 30th April 2024.

At the AGM all executive committee positions will be declared vacant. We invite all members to consider nominating and stand for election for any of the following positions on the Executive Committee:-

President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Registrar

Any member wishing to stand for election to an Executive Committee position must do so using the nomination form.
If you are interested in helping the committee and the Centre or looking for information on these roles please reach out to a current committee member.

Please feel free to contact the Secretary at secretary@klac23.org.au should you have any enquiries.

The Final Program & Duty Roster for the Knox Championship Day this Saturday 5th April is available.
You can download the Final Program and Duty Roster below:

Championship Day 2024-25 Final Program

Championship Day 2024-25 Final Duty Roster

There will be no changes to the Program or Start Lists. If you havent registered for Championship Day you will not be allowed to compete, there are no walk ins on the day.
If athletes no longer wish to compete and want to scratch, please email Janine registrar@klac23.org.au

Finals – Timed Finals
Finals / Timed Finals – Athletes have been placed in straight finals for track events up to the maximum based on available lanes.
Where possible we have combined age groups into events – Age groups in combined events will receive separate medals for placings in their own age group.
Where there are more entries received a series of Timed Finals have been used to determine the overall placing of athletes. i.e., Heats and Finals will not be conducted.
Athletes have been randomly placed in lanes. Athletes will not be able to choose lanes.

Marshalling
All athletes MUST report directly to the event area 15 minutes prior to the scheduled starting time of the event. Track events take priority—if you have a clash between a track and a field event, report to the field event and advise the Chief.

Duty Roster
Duty is compulsory for Parents of competing Knox LAC athletes. Parents must do duty for either the full morning or afternoon session. 
Failure to do so will result in athletes being removed from events.
Please do not ask for an exemption as none will be granted.
Famlies to arrange their own duty swap if required.

Conditions of Entry
Club uniform must be worn with Registration Patch.
No protests will be entered into.
Spikes (maximum 7mm conical or xmas tree) are permitted for U11 to U17.
Knox LAC reserves the right to cancel or postpone the entire event due to extreme weather conditions.

Engraver will be available on Saturday to engrave your medals after your presentation.

BBQ & Canteen will be available all day

A reminder to all our families that the Knox little Athletics Championship Day is on Saturday 5th April, 2025. Entries for this event close Tuesday 25th March at 11.59pm.

The Knox LAC Committee has decided that due to the challenging year, as an act of goodwill to all on the return to the Knox Track this Seasons 2024-25 Championship Day will be free for all athletes who have qualified for the event.

Venue: Knox Park Sporting Complex, Bunjil Way, Knoxfield
Time: Time: First event begins at 9am. Approx completion time 4pm
Registration: Online Only at ResultsHQ through your family portal at https://resultshq.com.au
Visit our help area here for more information about the nominations process: https://support.timingsolutions.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/207167736-Family-Portal-Nominations
Entry Fee: $0- per event for Season 2024-25 Only
Entries close: Tuesday 25th March at 11.59pm
U6-U11 up to 4 events. U12-U17 up to 5 events.
Please keep details of events entered for your reference as entries will NOT be posted on day of event.
Postal, late and on-day entries are NOT available.
Once entry is accepted NO changes are possible
Enquiries: Chris McKissack — E-mail: records@klac23.org.au

Duty is compulsory for Parents of competing Knox LAC athletes. Parents must do duty for either the full morning or afternoon session. 
Failure to do so will result in athletes being removed from events.
Please do not ask for an exemption as none will be granted.

Conditions of Entry
Competitors must be registered Knox little athletes and have competed at the required minimum number meets. 

• Club uniform must be worn with current registration patch.
• No Registration Patch, NO Competing and NO Medals
• Normal Saturday rules apply.
• Parents of competing athletes – Duty is Compulsory. If you do not undertake the duty assigned to you your child will be scratched from all their events and they will not be permitted to compete.
• Parents/guardians must be present for the entire time of your child’s events. Please do not dump and run.
• Spikes (maximum 7mm conical or xmas tree) are permitted for U11 to U17.
• No protests will be entered into.
• Knox LAC reserves the right to cancel or postpone the entire event due to extreme weather conditions.
• An event timetable and duty roster will finalised after the event entries close and will be posted in the week prior to the meet. 

Do I qualify for Champ Day?
To enter our championship day athletes must have completed at least 8 Competitions if you registered prior to Christmas, 5 competitions if you registered after Christmas.
Current Qualification list can be found here – list as of 14th March 2025.

The Knox Executive Committee are excited to announce that this Saturday March 1st, we welcome all of our Knox Little Athletes and Families back home to the Knox Athletics Track for our weekly competitions.

We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the local centres—Ringwood Little Athletics, Berwick Little Athletics, Nunawading Little Athletics, Waverley Little Athletics, Sherbrooke Little Athletics, Springvale Little Athletics, and Box Hill Little Athletics—for their support during the Knox track redevelopment in the 2024-2025 season.

A big thank you also goes out to our families and little athletes for their dedication and patience throughout this challenging season.

We can’t wait to return to our track and resume our weekly competitions. It’s the perfect way to wrap up Season 2024-2025!

I would also like to take this time to acknowledge David Kearsley for the countless hours that he has spent at the track preparing everything to ensure our systems are up and running and that we are in a position to resume weekly competitions at Knox.