Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

Knox LAC is having its Coles Community Round this Saturday the 20^th of February 2021.

We will be celebrating Coles as a major sponsorship of Little Athletics and have scheduled a few fun activities for Saturday.

Firstly we ask that athletes and parents alike come dressed with a splash of Coles – This may simply be – come dressed in red, or be creative and let your minds run wild.  Think clothing and accessories made out of Coles bags.  We have 10 Coles vouchers to give away to the best dressed!

Name patches must still be worn and visible on any dress ups.

A reminder to include the hastag #ColesCommunityRound in social media/communications.

We will also be asking clubs to put together 2 relay teams of mixed ages that totals 45 years of age or less.  One boys team and one girls team….  The baton will be a Coles banana!

So for example you may have an under 14, under 12 and 2 under 9 athletes = total age is 44. If you are interested in joining a relay team contact your club team manager and help get a team together.

The relay will be run at approximately 10am on Saturday morning. 

Royal Children’s Hospital – Good Friday Appeal

We will also be raising funds for the Good Friday Appeal starting this weekend. Please donate. A Knox LAC member will be walking around seeking donations during the morning.

Look forward to a fun morning with your support.  See you down at the track!

With the announcement today by the Victorian Government that the snap lockdown will end tonight (Wednesday) night at midnight, there are a number updates for everyone including todays announcements from LAVic

Knox Little Aths
Normal Competition will resume on Saturday 20th Feb at 8.30am – Program C.
The Track will be open from tomorrow for training/exercise. Please note that the track is booked for a school tomorrow and no access will be available while the school is at the track.

Regionals.
EMR has been confirmed and rescheduled to the weekend of the 27th and 28th of February and will still be held at the Knox Track. This means that regional relays have been cancelled.

Please Note the following from LAVic:

• LAVic is aware that the rescheduled date clashes with the AV State Championships – Week 2.
• LAVic is working with both AV and the athletes concerned to provide an opportunity to minimise the consequences of this clash. A specific email with details will be sent to the athletes concerned.
• LAVic will send out to all confirmed athletes a portal link, where they can login and scratch from events. Refunds will only be issued to those events scratched through the portal before the closing date.
• Additionally, if athletes cannot attend the rescheduled Region Track & Field Carnivals, on either or both days, due to other reasons, if they scratch before the deadline of Tuesday 23rd February, LAVic will offer a refund to these athletes.
• Any athlete that scratches after Tuesday 23rd February, will need to advise the Knox Team Manager so an athlete scratch form can be filled in and handed to the Region officials on the day, no refunds will be offered for scratching after 23rd February.
• If you cannot make the rescheduled regional dates and will be scratching from events please advise the Knox Team Manager ASAP. This will enable the duty roster to be updated and any changes made to suit.
• LAVic have advised that the registration portal for regionals will not be reopened, no further registrations will be accepted.

State Track & Field Championships is still planned to be held at Lakeside Stadium on Sat 13th – Sun 14th March and remains unchanged.

Region Relays Carnivals
The result of the reschedule means that the Region Relays Carnivals have been cancelled. LA Vic is now instead working on conducting the Commonwealth Bank State Relays Championships on Sat 27th March and Sun 28th March at Casey Fields, Cranbourne as a direct entry for all age groups.

Further information can be found at the LAVic website https://lavic.com.au/news/region-track-and-field-rescheduled-and-state-relays-become-direct-entry-30161/

With the Victorian Government announcement yesterday to introduce Stage 4 restrictions for five days, from 11:59pm on Friday 12 February to 11:59pm on Wednesday 17 February Knox City Council has advised that it has closed the athletics track during these times.

The turnstile has been locked and there is no access to the track for any training or personal exercise.

With the Victorian Government announcement this afternoon, and outdoor community sport being cancelled it is with some sadness that the EMR Carnival is cancelled for the weekend.

While we have tried to get a meet up and running tonight for athletes to have some competition, we have now been advised via email this afternoon by LAVic that all Victorian centres do not have permission to run any athletics events tonight.

Therefore, there is no athletics competition tonight.

We will keep everyone updated as information comes to hand.

There have been some covid protocol updates for this weekends carnival at Knox.

• A QR code will be displayed at various points prior to the entrance. Please sign-in away from the entrance and show the CSO as you enter. Reminder this is not the Knox LAC code for our weekly comp or training sessions.
• CSOs will be patrolling the venue all weekend, ensuring compliance with the covid protocols. Please follow any instructions given to you by one of the CSOs. The CSO has the authority to halt the event and/or ask people to leave if they refuse, which will be supported by the EMR committee.
• Access to the grandstand will be reduced to ensure social distancing – every second tier will be marked to be left vacant. Please leave the grandstand for families from other Centres. (Knox LAC will be set up on the grass between the grandstand and the Shade Sails)
• Everyone aged 12 and over needs to bring a mask with them. Wearing of one will only be required in certain areas. 
• Everyone standing along the main walkway watching long/triple jump, or at the presentation area will be required to wear a mask. 
• Wearing of a mask may also be required when doing duty. Please make sure that the person from your family that will be doing duty can do this.
• The Team Manager will ensure families maintain social distancing within the Knox tent area. If the CSOs notice that this is not being followed they will approach the TM for assistance.
• The announcer will periodically broadcast reminders to maintain social distancing (or wear a mask)

If anyone has any questions please contact the Team Manager.