A letter from the President

To all Knox Athletes & Families,

Here we are again the night before the first competition of the Summer Track & Field Season 2024-25. This Season will be very different to other years as we will be away from our home whilst the Knox track redevelopment project is being complete.

Ringwood will be our Competition home for this Summer season, we are extremely grateful to Ringwood Little Athletics Centre for hosting us. Both Ringwood and Knox Committees have been working hard over the winter to prepare for the Season and looking forward to seeing all athletes mixing together.

We are joining in Ringwood’s competition programs, you will experience some differences to our normal programs but that’s ok, we need to remind ourselves that we’re lucky to be able to compete at a track this Season. A major difference is that Ringwood don’t have results tickets for field events but there are tickets for track races. Once you complete your field event you will not receive a ticket, if your little athlete doesn’t remember their results please reassure them the Results will still go to ResultsHQ and you can view them once they’re uploaded.

Ringwood are moving away from an Age Group Manager structure to a Chief Official model like ours. We will be helping their transition to this model so please keep in mind they will be adjusting not only to Knox joining in competition, but also to how their competition runs. There is limited parking available next to the track, you will be able to park in the nearby streets and walk to the track. Please be aware of any parking signs and be considerate to those who live in the houses around the track.

For our time at Ringwood, please remember we are ‘Joining In’, we’re not there to take over, we’re not there to tell them how to do anything, or that we do things better. Ringwood can, if they want, refuse to continue hosting us as a Centre so please, if you see or hear any negative behaviour or commentary please speak with one of the Knox Executive Committee. We only want to see and hear about positive behaviour throughout the season.

For our first competition tomorrow, Saturday 5th October, the day will most certainly be a challenge and not just on the weather front. Any returning families we hope that you can assist in any way possible to help us make the day go even a little bit smoother. For returning athletes, welcome back, please head directly to the second Grandstand closest to the 100m start on the front straight (otherwise known as the ‘Cadbury End’), meet your Club representatives and collect your Patches.

New Athletes, Trialling Athletes – welcome to Little Athletics! On your entry into the Ringwood track, please make your way to the right and head underneath the Pavilion towards the Knox teardrops and tents to check in. Before being directed to the ‘Knox Grandstand’ where you will meet your Club Representatives.

We will be required to assist with Duties through the Season as per normal, our Chief’s will also be required and over the course of the season will teach and Shadow the new Ringwood Chiefs. The Duty Sign in table will be in the entry way to the track just like Knox, so please ensure you put your name down and complete duties throughout the Season. Our collective expectation for duties is a 50/50 split between Ringwood and Knox families.

Training has started this week, please check out the Training page for all information regarding training times and days.
Relay Training will start from this Sunday 6th October, please view the Relay page for information, contact your Relay Coach and ensure you complete the Online Relay Enrolment Form.

We’re very much looking forward to the Summer Track & Field Season 2024-25, we’re very appreciative of Ringwood LAC for allowing us to join in their competitions. We are also extremely excited to see the completion of the Knox Track redevelopment and getting back home.

See you at the Track.

Susan Kindler
President

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on A letter from the President

Training Begins this week & Relay Enrolment Form now Online!

We’re pleased to announce that Training “Officially” starts this week! We thank you once again for your patience, our training sessions will be spread over a variety of locations with our official training venues Croydon Track & St Joseph’s College (Ferntree Gully). With some of our coaches training out of other unofficial knox training venues.

Please ensure if you go to any training this season that you contact the Coach and confirm the details of their training and your attendance. For full details of Coaching in 2024-25 please visit the Coaching page.

Coaching Sessions for Season 2024-25
St Josephs training starts from Monday 30th September
Croydon training starts from Wednesday 2nd October

*Running training with Mike K at Croydon will start Wednesday 16th October.

Please note training at St Joseph’s College begins Monday 30th September, Croydon training begins this Wednesday 2nd October. For those attending any training session at St Joseph’s College, as part of our agreement you must only park in at Gate A (see below), if you park anywhere else closer to the track we will immediately lose access to St Joseph’s as a training venue.

Relays 2024-25

The first and one of the most exciting events in the Track & Field season is Relays. For U9 – U17 athletes relays present a unique opportunity for athletes to compete as part of a team. The Centre has a proud and successful history of competition in Relays and will offer Knox athletes the opportunity to join a relay squad in the Summer Track & Field season. For all information regarding Relays please visit the Relay page.

Key Dates for Relays 2024-25
1) Internal Relay Competition at Ringwood Sunday 10th November, 2024
2) Region Relay Carnival at Box Hill Sat 16th November 2024
3) State Relay Championship at Whittlesea City LAC (Meadowglen) Sat 14th December 2024

The Relay Enrolment form for 2024-2025 is now an online form, please complete the form now if you want your athlete/s to participate in the Relay Competitions. There is a much shorter lead up to Relays this season, please ensure if you’re interested to get in touch with your Relay Coach ASAP.

Relay training will be held at Croydon starting from Sunday 6th October, please look at the Relay Page for more information or get in contact your Relay Coach.

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Training Begins this week & Relay Enrolment Form now Online!

Reminder – Chief Officials Training and Working Bee at Ringwood Sunday 22nd September

This is a reminder that tomorrow – Saturday 22nd September – is our Chief Officials Training Day and Working Bee at Ringwood.

Sunday 22nd September
9am – 10.30am – Chief Officials Training (Compulsory for all Chiefs)
10.30am – 12pm – Working Bee
Venue: Ringwood Little Athletics Centre (11-13 Sylvia Grove, Ringwood, VIC, Australia, Victoria)

The Knox Executive Committee believe a Working Bee at Ringwood is a perfect way of saying an early thank you to Ringwood Little Athletics Centre for hosting us whilst the Knox Track is being redeveloped.

Chief Officials training will begin at 9am 
Chiefs will be required to sign in, provide a copy of your WWC and provide a size for your Chief officials top if you need one.

If you are a chief this year and still need to apply for the WWC you can head to the WWC website here – https://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/

Working Bee will begin at 10.30am
Whilst there is no Working Bee levy refund we would appreciate all the help we can get to thank Ringwood LAC and help prepare the Ringwood track for the upcoming Track & Field Season 2024-25

Have you registered for the Track and Field Season yet?
If you haven’t yet registered for the season yet and you want to compete on Week 1 Saturday 5th October, you will need to register by Wednesday 2nd October so that we can complete to admin and print name patches in time. Please register ASAP so you don’t miss out one week 1 of competition. Register here!

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Reminder – Chief Officials Training and Working Bee at Ringwood Sunday 22nd September

Registrations Open Today for Season 2024-25

We are so excited to announce that registrations for Season 2024-2025 will open today, Monday 9th September at 4pm. Register here via Little Athletics Victoria “Membership” page.

With our track still under re-development, we will be joining in with Ringwood until our track has been completed, with competitions starting Saturday October 5th.

This season will be different to any other that we have experienced but one thing for sure is that it will be great to see new and familiar faces having fun whilst taking part in all that Little Athletics has to offer.

We are finalising all remaining details about this Summer Track & Field Season 2024-25 please be patient with us and keep an eye on the website & Social Media for further information.

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Registrations Open Today for Season 2024-25

Cross Country Presentation Evening 2024

Knox Little Athletics Centre invites all Knox athletes and families to the KLAC Cross Country Presentation Evening this Saturday 17th August, 2024.

Event Details:
When: Saturday 17th August, 2024
Where: Carrington Park Leisure Centre (20 Oconnor Rd, Knoxfield)
Time: 5.00pm Sharp to approx 6.30pm
BYO Food and Drinks

Awards will be presented for;
-Handicap Day
-Championship Day
-Best in Age and Achievement Awards
-Best Overall
-Perpetual Trophies
-Best Club

Awards only for those athletes who meet the Award Criteria incuding 50% attendance and minumum duties completed throughout the Cross Country Season.

There is no need to RSVP.

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Cross Country Presentation Evening 2024