Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

The Knox coaches as in previous years will be running a combined events practice day the weekend before State Combined Events. This is a great way to get event specific assistance from the coaches to assist you to be your best the weekend after.

This special coaching session is open to all athletes from U9 and up, regardless of whether you are entered for Combined events and will replace the Sunday morning throws & sprints coaching.

Location Knox Track

Date Sun 24th Jan 2021

Time
Setup from 8:30am
Athletes arrive at 8:45am for briefing
Events 9am-midday

Schedule (5-7 events depending on age)
Long Jump
Discus (boys) & Shot (girls)
Sprints : 100m (boys & U9-13 girls) & 200m (U14-16 girls)
Hurdles on back straight
Javelin (U15) & High Jump (U15)
800m U9-13 race followed by U14-16 race

Multi-Class Schedule (4 events)
Long Jump
Shot
100m
400m

We will be using the rules & point scoring tables used for State Combined events :

• 3 jumps & throws only
• limit of 8 high jumps

We will need assistance from parents to setup/packup hurdles and record keeping/measuring, etc.

There will be coaching at each event from the Knox coaches to assist athletes. Understanding & tactics for each of the events and how to maximise your overall points will be part of the coaching on practice day.

Knox LAC would like to wish all our families and athletes a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. If you are traveling over the holidays please travel safely and we look forward to seeing you all in January.

The first State event is coming up!

The 2021 State Combined Events Championships will take place at Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park on the 30th and 31st January 2021.

Athletes in the Under 9 through to Under 16 age groups are eligible to participate.

The Combined Events consist of between five and seven separate disciplines depending on which age group a child is in. Events consisting of five disciplines will be held on one day. Events consisting of more than five disciplines will be held on two consecutive days.

Cost: $40 ($32 Multi-Class Athletes)

Entries Opened: 18th December 2020 (4:00 pm)

Entries Close: 17th January 2021 (11:59 pm) OR; entry cap has been reached.

Click here to register

For further information on the 2021 State Combined Event please go to the LAVIC Website or click here

Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements. Athletes are able to directly enter without any participating in a previous event.

Event Schedule

Saturday: U9, U10, U13, Multi-Class U9-U10, U11-U12 & U13-U16 (Boys & Girls)

Sunday: U11, U12, U14 & U16 (Boys & Girls)

Saturday & Sunday: Under 15 (Boys & Girls)

LAVIC Event COVID-19 Information

LAVIC have advised that due to the restrictions on the number of patrons in attendance on each day of 1000, excluding those required to conduct the event, such as Staff, Appointed Officials, Centre Officials, & Team Managers, there will be entry caps on each age group that can register.

Only parents/guardians, siblings and those allocated a duty/ role by LAVIC will be allowed to attend. Grandparents, spectators, friends, coaches will not be permitted to attend, as they would be included in the cap and reduce the number of athletes that can participate.

Other than the U15 age group, due to being the qualifying and selection event for the Australian Little Athletics Championships (ALAC), each age group will only compete on one day.

The U14 and U16 age groups will revert back to a 5 event Combined Events, with High Jump removed for U14’s and High Jump and Javelin for the U16’s. The U15’s will remain at 7 events over the 2 days as the qualifier for ALAC.

In the lead up to Christmas, the Knox coaching team 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. While this year has been very different and had its challenges it is encouraging to see so many athletes at training since we have returned. Now 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 2020 and a resumption of coaching in Jan 2021.

Mike Donato
Sprints – Last Session Mon 21 Dec 2020 – Resumes Mon 18 Jan 2021
Throws – Last Session Sun 20 Dec 2020 – Resumes Wed 20 Jan 2021

Dave Kearsley
Throws – Last Session 23 December 2020 – Resumes Mon 4 Jan 2021

Steve Hough / Steve Morris
Hurdles – Last Session 17 Dec 2020 – Resumes 14 Jan 2021

Mike Kerr
Middle Distance – Athletes to check with Mike directly.

Fran Attard
Walks – Athletes to check with Fran directly.

Brett Lodding / Steve Morris
Long/Triple Jump – Last Session 23 December – Resumes Mon 4 Jan 2021

Alan Louey
High Jump – Last Session 17 December 2020 – Resumes 3 February 2020

All the coaches would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Athletes & parents: There will be no sprint or throws training this Sunday morning (13th December) as there is squad testing scheduled from 8:30-11:30am.

If you are interested in testing and what it involves please contact Mike Donato at coach@klac23.org.au