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Twilight this Friday This week’s round for little athletics is Friday 12th March. Warm-up will start at 5:45pm. This week is a special program for the Under 6 athletes who missed out earlier in the season on Multi day. All Under 6 athletes will complete 5 events with points gained in each event determining theContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Mar 10”

Junior Athletics The next event is Saturday 6th March – 8:45am for warm up lap Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes had a busy weekend of athletics as club athletes enjoyed a twilight round, Region Track & Field Championships and weekend two of Athletics Victoria State Track & Field Championships. Seniors Athletics Saturday 6th March – AVSLContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Mar 2”

Seniors Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes competed at the Athletics Victoria State Track & Field Championships over the weekend. The championships were held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with events for age groups from Under 14 through to Open Men & Women.  Yarra Ranges Athletics had seven athletes compete over the weekend. Fantastic performances by allContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Feb 24”

Thank you to everybody this week for your tenacity in the face of the circuit-breaker lockdown. We hope that everybody have been able to make the most of the time and get out in the fresh air for a run or a ride, and we are looking forward to seeing everybody this weekend for ourContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Feb 17”

Friday Night LA Round This Week This weeks round of little Athletics is on Friday night from 5.30pm, our first twilight round for the season. Always a fun evening! EMR Championships This Weekend Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes have been competing and training as the Track & Field championship season approaches.  Our Little Athletics athletes finallyContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Feb 10”

YRA Little athletes had an excellent day out on the blue track at Albert Park lake for the State Combined Event Championships, with six athletes competing. It has been a year since Little Athletics Victoria has had a state competition and it was good to see how all the athletes embraced competition again.  Some PBs,Continue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Feb 2”

Regional Track and Field has been granted approval from the State Government! Registrations will be opened this afternoon and close on Friday at Midday. All athletes in the U9 – U16 age groups will be advised by email when the portal has opened. There is no cap on numbers, but don’t leave it till tooContinue reading “Regional Track and Field Entries Open Today”

Summer returns after a brief hiatus! YRA Littles were presented with their certificates and medals from our combined event on Dec 12. We were treated with the Zatopek:10 held at Box Hill, well and truly making up for the absence of live athletics from last year. Featuring another (and official) World Record run from JarydContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Jan 27”

Rainy return In spite of some wintery conditions, Littles and Seniors both went ahead with some fantastic results to boot! Littles will be back at the track with what is looking to be ideal conditions, Seniors AVSL will be returning in a few weeks. Two Bays An absolutely massive thanks to the our amazing volunteersContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Jan 19”

This week marks the return of Littles at Morrison Reserve and Seniors AVSL, with our home venue this week for Seniors being Bill Stewart Reserve. Please note updates to the Seniors calendar as well as some important information about Little Aths Relays and the State Combined Event, information for both can be found further downContinue reading “Weekly Newsletter – Jan 12”