Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

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.

Good luck to all our 26 athletes heading to State Combined this weekend in Bendigo. All Knox athletes that entered will have received an email from the team managers with the latest information, duty roster, timetable and contact information.

DUTY ROSTER

The roster has been setup so that each family will do similar amounts of time on duty for the days they are at the Combined Event.

Please note your duty and time and ensure that you report to our team manager 15 minutes before the start of your duty time. As the duty roster is set, there will be little chance of changing it.

Please note: Parent duty at State Combined Event is compulsory. Parents must complete their duty at the allotted time.

Knox LAC does enforce the policy that any family that does not turn up for duty, or complete their allotted duty – their child will be withdrawn from competition and take no further part.

UNIFORM AND EVENT REGISTRATION PATCH

Athletes are required to wear their Knox Centre uniform which conforms to the standards as defined in the LAVic Centre Uniform Booklet. Athletes must have the Coles badge sewn onto their uniform top above the LAVic logo and their weekly Registration patch attached to the front.

Please see the Knox Team Manager as soon as you arrive at the venue to have your name ticked off and uniform checked – noting that all visible logos on shorts/bike shorts need to be covered if they are larger than 4cm with black tape so they are not visible. Check by using the 50c test.

If for any reason your athlete will not be participating in the State Combined Event – please notify Jess Dux (Team Manager Sat & Sun) immediately on 0412 643 877 or Nathan Dux (Team Manager – Saturday) on 0412 345 351.

Saturday Team Managers – Jess Dux 0412 643 877 and Nathan Dux 0412 345 351
Sunday Team Manager – Jess Dux 0412 643 877

State Combined Event Page
Event Information for Athletes & Families
Confirmed Entrants
Group Allocations
Final Timetable – Saturday
Final Timetable – Sunday
Livestream
Event T-Shirt
Venue Map
Parking Map
*Alberta Youth Scoring Tables (u9-u14)
*IAAF Scoring Tables for Combined Events (u15-u17)

**There is a new in effect “Heat Policy” by LAvic – 37 & 38 degrees each day – but the new policy also takes into consideration Humidity. This will be constantly reviewed by LAvic over the weekend on doubt.

Little Athletics Victoria has updated its Heat Policy which is now in effect – for a full review of the updated policy please click here. The new policy reviews not only the Temperature (Air Temperature) but also Relative Humudity.

This policy is activated when any of the following apply:

• Forecast temperature is above 26C.
• A Heat Heath Alert is issued for the relative region of Victoria in which the event will
  take place.
• A total fire ban has been declared.
  
  While the policy is activated when the forecast temperature is above 26C, modifications are
  more likely to be required at much higher temperatures and/or humidity.
  
  LAVic, Regions, Centres and Clubs will promptly communicate any potential or actual
  changes and mitigation strategies if there is a risk of exertional heat illness to participants

USING THE HEAT POLICY

To obtain a forecast of temperature and humidity for the upcoming 7 days:
i. Visit: http://www.bom.gov.au/places/ and enter the location/post code;
ii. Click on: “DETAILED 3-HOURLY FORECAST”;
iii. Select the specific day/date of enquiry;
iv. Identify the column with the nearest time to the planned competition/practice;
v. Note the “Air Temperature (˚C)” value;
vi. AND IN THE SAME COLUMN, note the concurrent “Relative Humidity (%)” value
found towards the bottom of the entry for that date.

Refer to the following chart to determine the relative risk of planned Little Athletics activities.
Note: Little Athletics activities scheduled to take place during conditions forecast as ‘Extreme’ should not proceed.

The aim of LAVic’s Heat Policy (the Policy) is to:

• Protect the health, safety and wellbeing of everyone who participates, including
  athletes, volunteers, families, coaches and officials.
• Detail strategies for participation to continue with appropriate mitigation and risk
  management strategies in place.
• Provide guidance to event, competition and training organisers regarding the
  effective management of hot and extreme weather conditions.
  Should a person wish to make any enquiries in relation to this Policy, please contact the
  Little Athletics Victoria Chief Executive Officer at office@lavic.com.au.

This policy applies to the following activities where LAVic and our Regions, affiliated Centres
and Clubs have a duty of care to participants:

• Weekly Centre competitions
• Centre Championships
• Centre Competition trials
• Open Days
• Centre training
• Camps
• Clinics
• Social activities
• Working bees
• Education courses
• LAVic State & Region competitions

This policy is activated when any of the following apply:

• Forecast temperature is above 26C.
• A Heat Heath Alert is issued for the relative region of Victoria in which the event will
  take place.
• A total fire ban has been declared.
  
  While the policy is activated when the forecast temperature is above 26C, modifications are
  more likely to be required at much higher temperatures and/or humidity.
  
  LAVic, Regions, Centres and Clubs will promptly communicate any potential or actual
  changes and mitigation strategies if there is a risk of exertional heat illness to participants

Requirements for LAVic, Regions, Centres and Clubs to determine heat risk levels include:

• Assessing the risk of any upcoming training sessions, activities, competitions or events.
• Obtaining local weather forecast before and on the day of training sessions,
  activities, competitions and events.

Making Decisions

• Weekly Centre/Club competitions & training are the responsibility of the Centre/Club
  committees.
• Centre Championships are the responsibility of the Centre committees.
• Centre Competition trials are the responsibility of the Centre committees.
• Centre Open Days are the responsibility of the organising Centre Committee.
• Camps are the responsibility of the organising body.
• Social activities are the responsibility of the organising body.
• Working bees are the responsibility of the organising body.
• State education programs such as skills clinics, training courses and training squads
  are the responsibility of the LAVic Education Manager and CEO.
• Region events are the responsibility of the Region Competition Director, the LAVic
  Competitions Manager and the CEO.
• State competition events are the responsibility of the LAVic Competitions Manager
  and the CEO.

In the lead up to Christmas, the Knox LAC coaches would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every athlete who’s taken part in any of our coaching sessions throughout this year.

With the summer holidays fast approaching everyone is getting ready to take a well-earned break for a few weeks.

Dates below have been provided by the coaches; however, athletes/families should contact the individual event coaches to confirm their last sessions in 2024 and a resumption of coaching in Jan 2025. Due to extreme weather tomorrow, some coaches who would have their final sessions of 2024 have confirmed they will not go ahead with training and their last training dates are shown as last week.

Alan Louey
High Jump – (Finished) Last Session Monday 9th December 2024, Resumes Monday 10th February 2025.

Brad Krawczyk
High/ Long Jump – Coaching Through – Please check with Brad directly for dates and times.

Dave Kearsley
Throws – Last Session Wednesday 18th December 2024, Resumes Monday 13th January 2025

Fran Attard
Walks – Last Session Thursday 19th December 2024, Resumes Tuesday 7th January 2025

Mike Donato
Sprints/ Throws/Hurdles – Last Session Friday 20th December 2024 – Resumes Monday 6th January 2025.

Mike Kerr
Middle Distance – Last Session Monday 23rd December 2024, Resumes Monday 6th January 2025

Nathan Dux
Sprints – (Finished) Last Session Monday 9th December 2024 – Resumes Monday 20th January 2025

Steve Morris/ Keanu Ramadan
Long/ Triple Jump – Last Session Wednesday 18th December 2024, Resumes Wednesday 8th January 2025

Tim Kindler
Hurdles – (Finished) Last Session Monday 9th December 2024 – Resumes Monday 6th January 2025