Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

If you are an athlete that trains with Dave Kearsley on Mondays for Discus and Javelin there will be no training this Monday. David is unavailable on Monday due to work commitments and will be back on Wednesday 15th Feb for Shot put Training.

It has been brought to the attention of the Executive Committee that some parents are doing the ‘drop and run’ at training and during our weekly competition.

Families are reminded that we as a centre are bound be the Child Safety Standards and Code of Conduct as an affiliated Member of LAVic.

Code-of-Conduct-for-Dealing-with-Children-Young-People.pdf (lavic.com.au)

LAVic-Child-Safe-Policy-September-2022-v1.0-draft.pdf

In particular, we would like to bring to your attention #14 of LAVics Child Safe Code of Conduct policy:

The Centre has reiterated the requirement for a parent or guardian to be in attendance at training and competition at all times in our recent social media posts :

“Our amazing coaches are all volunteers, they are not babysitters.  In accordance with the updated child safe practices, a parent or guardian of each child must remain on site for the duration of the training session”. 

Families must ensure that a parent or guardian is in attendance at all times during training and competition.

If you are heading to State Relay Championships this weekend at Lakeside Stadium there is some important information for you to read through.

Below is the current timetable. Please check your event times. Please ensure you have discussed the events with your relay team coach.

https://lavic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/State-Relay-Timetable-FINAL-13-12-22.pdf

Duty Roster

The duty roster has been finalised. You can download the roster below. Please check your duty and time.

The roster has been setup so that each family will do similar amounts of time on duty. Please note your duty and time and ensure that you report to our team manager 15 minutes before the start of your duty. As the duty roster is set, there will be little chance of changing it.

• Parent duty at State Relays is compulsory.
• Parents must complete their duty at the allotted time. There will be little chance of making changes.
• 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enforce the policy that any family that does not turn up for duty, or complete their allotted duty, their child will be withdrawn from competition and take no further part which may mean that their relay team does not compete.

If for any reason your athlete will not be participating – please notify your relay coach and Janine Kearsley (Team Manager) immediately

Uniforms and Commonwealth Bank Patch
Athletes are required to wear Knox Centre uniform, that has the Coles badge sewn onto their uniform top and have their Commonwealth Bank registration patch attached to the front.
All athletes must have the correct registration patch to compete – NO PATCH = NO COMPETE.

All athletes are required to check in at the Knox Team Managers desk for a uniform check prior to attending any call room and events.

Please do not forget to bring your registration patch as we will not have the facilities to print a replacement patch.

If you are an Athlete that trains with David Kearsley for Discus on Mondays and Shotput on Wednesdays, there will be no training session with David this week.

Training will resume on Monday 30th January

With Michael and Kale finishing at the centre, we are looking for first aid staff for the remainder if the season.

This is an important role in the centre and the centre does pay our first aid staff.

If you have first aid qualifications and would like to earn some extra cash please contact Stephen Hough at competition@klac23.org.au

We are looking for first aid people from this weekend.