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!

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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.

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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.

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Track Renewal Update and Upcoming Track and Field Season for 2024-25

Well it has been a couple of months since the last track update.

We are at an exciting time for the rebuild – the track is starting to take shape.

  1. Lights and towers have been delivered, assembled and erected.
  2. Inside drain concrete infield pour is complete
  3. Footpath and outer kerb preparation is well underway and will be poured over the next week or so
  4. Fencing has started along sand jump pit areas
  5. New PA system is being installed.
Photo Credit – Phil Mathews
Photo Credit – Phil Mathews

There is still a long way to go and with the recent rains it has slowed down the progress a little, but hopefully with some warmer weather coming – and Spring is not far away – we have been advised that the completion of the project remains on track.

Track and Field Season 24-25

Thank you to all those families that responded to the survey. There was a clear majority of responses that preferred continue competing on a Saturday morning. The Executive Committee has reached out to Ringwood LAC and is working with the Ringwood committee on joining in with their program until our track is reopened.

The Centre will be making announcements on the season in the next few weeks as we finalise our competition calendar.

Track and Field Training.

The committee is still working with council on a training venue for the summer season. We reached out to a number venues (including Maroondah Council for the use of Croydon Track) as soon the summer use application period opened at the start of August. This does mean that our application is in with other regular users and we may not have exclusive use for Knox LAC during our training times.

Despite various avenues of advocacy through our Local Councilors and support from LAVic and we were not able to expedite this process over the winter to secure a venue earlier. We are also looking at alternative venues around that will support our training program to get some preseason training underway.

We will be providing an updated coaching timetable and training locations once we have approval to use venues and training sessions from our coaches.

We do understand that people are looking for information on the season and what is happening. Rest assured the committee is working hard to finalise the season details and provide our members with complete package of information. Please be patient – the season will be different but its an exciting time for our center.

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Cross Country – CHAMPIONSHIP DAY – Saturday 3rd August 2024

This week is the last week of Cross Country for Winter Season 2024 – CHAMPIONSHIP DAY!

When: Saturday the 3rd of August 2024
Location: Tirhatuan Park – Kriegel Way, Dandenong North – Enter via Outlook Drive
Time: First race begins at 9am sharp

Race order is as follows:
1. U9 & U10 – 1500m
2. U13 – U17 – 3000m
3. U6 – 500m
4. U7 & U8 – 1000m
5. U11 & U12 – 2000m

Please ensure you bring your Commonwealth Bank Name patch – NO PATCH = NO RUN.

As this is our last week there will be NO TRIALLING ATHLETES.  Please sign up via the Cross Country Volunteer Sign Up.

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