Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

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.

If you are heading to the EMR Carnival this weekend there are some important information for you that you need to be aware of. Families entered will have received an email today regarding this weekend.

Event: 2024-25 Coles Region Track & Field Carnival
Dates: Saturday 15th February and Sunday 16th February 2025
Location: Yarra Ranges Athletics track, Burdap Drive, Mount Evelyn

Key Links:
EMR Track & Field Information Page
Draft Timetable (as of 9.2.25)
Athlete Entrants
Athlete Information
Parent Duty Roster (v2)
Live Results (Results Hub)

Parent Duty Roster (v2)
We have received the duty allocation from EMR – while there have been some late changes to the allocations today, you can download the duty roster here.

Please note: Parent duty at EMR Track and Field Carnival is compulsory. A reminder that all parents agreed to the condition of undertaking duty when registering. We have significantly more duty than previous years and there is little chance of changing your duty now that has been allocated to you.

Note: Knox LAC does enforce the following policy:
If you do not turn up for the duty assigned to you, or you do not complete your duty as required, your child will be scratched from all their events and will take no further part at any regional or state competition.
If you cannot do the duty assigned to you, you are responsible for finding another person to do that assigned duty, and advise the Knox LAC Team Manager without delay of the change.
Please remember, that when performing a duty, LAVic requires that you must wear enclosed shoes when officiating, (no thongs, sandals). Please see information on performing your duty in the Athlete Information booklet.

Parent/Athlete Information Booklet
LAVic have a Parent/Athlete information for the Region Carnivals. You can download a copy here. Please read the booklet as it contains important information about the event.

Call Rooms
There will be marshalling points for Field Events and a Separate Call Room for Track Events. You must arrive at the Call Room no later than 20mins before the scheduled event time. Do not attempt to go to the Call Room after the Closing of the Call Room you will miss your event.

Track Call Room Opens – 20mins Prior to the Event
Track Call Room Closes – 10mins Prior to the Event
Field Event Marshalling Procedure – Marshal at Field Marshal Point 20 mins prior to event

Supervision of Children
All athletes attending the meet must be supervised by their parent or guardian at all times. There is to be no dropping off athletes.

Knox Uniform and Coles Badges

The uniform to be worn is the Knox LAC competition top and black shorts. The shorts must not to have any pockets and brand logos are to be smaller than 4cmx4cm.
Spikes – must not be longer than 7mm. Spike information can be found in the athlete information booklet.

There should be no Knox LAC athletes without a Coles badge on their top. Please ensure that a Coles badge is sewn on the top right above the LAVic logo.

Do You Need Uniform?

If you need uniform for this weekend the very last chance to purchase uniform by emailing Michelle uniforms@klac23.org.au or looking at our ‘Buy Sell Swap Facebook Page’.
There will be no chance to purchase uniform at the track on the weekend.

NAME PATCHES.
Please do not forget your Name Patch. We will not have the ability to replace them on the day.
If you require a new one, you must let me know by Thursday night. A new patch will cost $5.

KNOX ATHLETES WILL NEED TO CHECK IN AT THE TEAM MANAGERS TABLE FOR A UNIFORM CHECK WHEN THEY ARRIVE PRIOR TO GOING TO THEIR EVENT

Knox LAC Team Location
The Knox LAC tents will be setup Friday and we will confirm location following. The team managers table will be set up and parents on duty will need to check in with the team manager 10mins before their scheduled duty time.

Good Luck to all the Knox Athletes Competing.

The Season 2024-25 Knox Championship Day is our last Track & Field event for the season.

To qualify for Championship Day athletes who have been registered from the start of the Season must have participated in a minimum of 8 available competition days (50%).
Athletes who registered after Christmas must have participated in a minimum of 5 available competition days (90%).

If you need to check whether you qualify for Knox LAC Championship Day you can see the qualification list below. We have included last weekends meets from Berwick, Sherbrooke, Ringwood and State Combined.

2025 Championship Day Qualifying Listing as of 2.2.2025

The qualification list will be updated following this weekends competition.

Championship Day Event Details still to be confirmed. Please wait for further information and links to the event registration portal.

Athletes must have participated in a minimum of 50% of available competition days before and after Christmas; OR if registered after Christmas, participated in a minimum of 90% of available competition days.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST PRE REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT. THERE IS NO WALK UP REGISTRATIONS ON THE DAY.

We are so excited to announce that we received handover of the track from Knox City Council on Friday the 31st of January 2025.

What does this mean for us?

The track will be open to the general public as of 9am on Monday the 3rd of February, 2025.

Knox Little Athletics training sessions will return to the KNOX LITTLE ATHLETICS TRACK as of Monday 3rd of February unless otherwise advised. Keep an eye on our socials to stay up to date.

We would like to thank all of our families and Little Athletes for being so patient whilst we waited for our track to be completed. We cannot wait to see the faces of our Little Athletes to see the upgrade track. It really is an amazing sight!

Whilst we will back training at Knox from Monday, we are not yet ready to hold weekly competitions at Knox. There is still work to be done to get us to this point. Most importantly we do not yet have our new timing cameras. Rest assured we are working as hard as we can to get back onto the track ASAP.

Working bee will be held next weekend – details will be provided in the coming days.