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 volunteers last Sunday who braved an early start to run the Two Bays Trail Run carpark! This will secure the club a healthy little funding boost to get us through the summertime.
Jane & Jamie Pointon, Katie Clarke, Jamie Strudley, James Laven, Luke Hunter, Bryan Ackerly, Graeme Woolridge, Anne-Marie Ebbels & Susan Taylor
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 down the newsletter.
Funding relief
Yarra Ranges Little Athletics Centre has been given a much-needed funding boost for its upcoming season thanks to a $4,900 grant from Coles.
The Little Athletics centre in Mt Evelyn is one of 158 grassroots sports club across Australia to share in $521,000 for sports equipment from the latest round of the Coles Little Athletics Community Fund. It is the single largest round of grants distributed to Little Athletics centres since the Fund was established two years ago to support little athletes hoping to follow in the footsteps of champions like Sally Pearson and Brandon Starc.
The grant comes amid research from the Australian Sports Foundation in July which estimated that over 16,000 local sports clubs were at risk of closing due to reduced revenues and increased costs arising from COVID-19. Yarra Ranges Little Athletics’ Treasurer Jane Pointon said the grant to purchase a new electronic starting kit, speakers and tablets will help get its athletes and volunteers back on track after a tough year. “The new equipment will significantly improve the experience of our athletes, volunteers and their families and ensure our competition days can run more efficiently,” he said. Coles State General Manager Mark O’Connor said Coles was pleased to support the Yarra Ranges’ budding athletes and parent volunteers.
“We know it’s been a difficult six months for everyone involved in community sport, particularly little athletes. We hope news of this grant of nearly $5,000 to Yarra Ranges Little Athletics centre will give their athletes, families and volunteers a morale boost ahead of the new season,” he said. “Coles is passionate about helping kids lead healthier, happier lives.
That’s why we’re delighted to have raised more than $363,000 in Victoria and $1.68 million nationally for local sports clubs through the Coles Little Athletics Community Fund in just two years.” Funds for the grant are raised through the sale of specially marked chiller bags designed by Aussie kids, with ten per cent of every bag sold directed to the Coles Little Athletics Community Fund.
Relays
Entries close soon for the regional relays.
Check the calendar and get those entries in as soon as possible.
Coaching
Coach Kate Downward will be holding training sessions this week, Tuesday at 9am, Wednesday at 4pm and Thursday at 9am.
And so 2021 arrives! No doubt there is a lot of excitement for everyone stepping into a new year with new challenges awaiting. With Littles and Seniors both returning on the 16th of January we hope that everyone has had the chance to relax and recharge the batteries for another busy time of aths. The Seniors calendar has been updated to AVs most recent iteration so be sure to take a look.
A few big things have happened this week for some of our senior athletes.
Sydney to Melbourne Ultra-marathon
Past president of the club Michael Clarke competed in the virtual Sydney to Melbourne ultramarathon, he successfully completed 1006.9km over 99 days and 82 hours of running. It is hoped that given the virtual nature of the run he didn’t have to quarantine on his way into Melbourne.
Congratualtions Michael!
“A virtual challenge completed. 1000km in 100 days. In the world of serious runners, they are numbers that are barely a blip. For me it was a challenge to get my fitness back and get ready for racing again in 2021.
What made the challenge possible and enjoyable was knowing that I had my YRA running family. A club full of support and understanding. Even though goals and sessions are different, knowing there will be others ‘turning up’ makes chasing goals easier, sharing struggles less heavy, celebrating success more fun. Looking forward to the next challenge and sharing it with YRA.”
Off to Uni
It is with great excitement that we wish Harry Norman – our resident XCR champion – all the best for his departure to Temple University. Harry has been an inspirational figure in the senior team and we are so proud to see him pursuing his dreams.
A massive night was had at Vic Milers Club by our Seniors on the 22nd. Inspired by a 1500m World Record being run by Jaryd Clifford (3:44.58), many ran to new PBs which will no doubt be very challenging to break again!
Congratulations to everyone who ran despite the challenging wet and windy conditions.
Two Bays Trail Run Carpark – Sunday Jan 17
This is a significant fundraiser each year, raising over $2000 with very few costs. We operate a pay on entry carpark on normally closed lighthouse grounds for the event. Two Bays Trail Run has over 1000 entrants, and many tourists visit the area also. The carpark plays a vital role in reducing ‘on road’ parking.
The location is the gorgeous Cape Schanck, and with enough helpers it leaves plenty of time for sightseeing while in the area.
Earliest start is approx 6.30am and the latest finish approx 3pm (with enough helpers the full duration is not required)
Tasks are directing cars / collecting parking fees / radio communication. Simple and shareable tasks. Volunteers receive some reimbursement for fuel and food. E-mail av@yarrarangesathletics.org.au if you can help.
Have a safe a happy break
The club wishes all of the Yarra Ranges Athletics families a very safe and happy Christmas. A massive congratulations to everybody involved in our brief season of athletics – athletes, parents, helpers, officials and committee, we thank you all for the tenacity that you have shown.
2020 has been a significant departure from what we would consider a “traditional” year, and we are so privileged to have the community that we do to get us through the challenges.
We look forward to seeing you all back when Littles resumes on Saturday 16th January 2021.
Father Christmas showed up at Morrison reserve on Saturday morning to surprise Yarra Ranges Athletics little athletes, showing a special love of athletics. The club held their final round of little athletics competition for 2020 on Saturday in perfect conditions at the Morrison Reserve Athletics Facility for athletes to run, jump and throw … and walk!
Walks, javelin and long hurdles (over 200m and 300m) were conducted early in the program. Athletes are very lucky to be coached on the day by some experts in their field. For athletes new to javelin in the Under 10 age group, Yarra Ranges Athletics javelin coach Graeme Woolridge was on hand to provide instruction on technique.
More importantly however there was a special visitor at the track on Saturday. Santa came to spread some cheer, lollipops and icy poles as athletes took a break from their activities to line up for a chat with the jolly man.
Any U9-U16 athletes interested in competing at the State Combined Events Championships should enter via the Little Athletics Victoria as soon as possible. Saturday competition will resume after the New Year break on Saturday 16 January at Morrison Reserve. Merry Christmas to all and a safe New Year to all from Yarra Ranges Little Athletics
Round four of AVSL was held in calm conditions and our athletes responded with some excellent performances. Good luck to athletes competing at Vic Milers on Tuesday evening.
Working Bee
A huge thanks to everyone who helped with the working bee on Sunday last week! A whole skip bin was filled and the shed is looking fantastic now!
Two Bays Trail Run Carpark – Sunday 17th January
This is a significant fundraiser each year, raising over $2000 with very few costs. We operate a pay on entry carpark on normally closed lighthouse grounds for the event. Two Bays Trail Run has over 1000 entrants, and many tourists visit the area also. The carpark plays a vital role in reducing ‘on road’ parking. The location is the gorgeous Cape Schanck, and with enough helpers it leaves plenty of time for sightseeing while in the area. Sunday 17th January. Earliest start is approx 6.30am, latest finish approx 3pm (with enough helpers the full duration is not required) Tasks are directing cars / collecting parking fees / radio communication. Simple and shareable tasks. Volunteers receive some reimbursement for fuel and food. E-mail av@yarrarangesathletics.org.au if you can help.
Little Athletics Resumes 16th January 2021
The club wishes all of the Yarra Ranges Athletics families a very safe and happy Christmas. A massive congratulations to everybody involved in our brief season of athletics – athletes, parents, helpers, officials and committee, we thank you all for the tenacity that you have shown. 2020 has been a significant departure from what we would consider a “traditional” year, and we are so privileged to have the community that we do to get us through the challenges. We look forward to seeing you all back when Littles resumes on Saturday 16th January 2021.
Join
Registration are open for both Little Athletics and our senior team via Athletics Victoria. The club welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability.
Training
For information on training, how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check us out on Facebook. Run, Jump, Throw…too easy!
AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS All events and disciplines catered for including running, sprinting, jumping and throwing. All ages, abilities welcome.
TRAINING AND COACHING IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR MEMBERS.
We are privileged to have several qualified and experienced coaches who strive to help our athletes of all levels improve.
It is asked that you contact the coaches before attending the first time, so they know to expect you.
Specific details of each coach and their sessions will follow in separate posts to the summary below:
OUR COACHES: Kate Downward / Jamie Strudley / Graeme Woolridge / Malcolm Duncan / Brendan Dixon / Dale Bullen / Susan Taylor
CURRENT TRAINING GROUPS
Pre-booked Only– Wednesday 4pm – Kate Downward all ages of Little Athletics members can join in anytime. Session format: warm up, drills, main session (changes each week), strength, stretching and mobility. Parents can join in too! Kate’s sessions will be resuming after the school holidays.
In case you missed it, AVSL is back! We know that everyone is excited to get back on the track and we wanted to make sure that you have all of the information you need to participate this season.
Due to COVID-19, understandably there are some changes to the that we events can be operated in order to align with State Government Health and Safety standards and ask that all members are aware of the format and processes associated this coming season.
For a detailed list of results on all AV events, the AV results hub is the place to go. The AVSL ’20-21 guide can be found here
Yarra Ranges Athletics welcomed Australian athletics legend Kyle Vander Kuyp to our Morrison Reserve track on Saturday morning. As part of the “Coles Little Athletes Big Dreams” program, Kyle spent nearly an hour answering questions, taking photos with our athletes and even found time give some athletes some hurdling tips. It was certainly a fantastic opportunity to meet and listen to an athlete who is the current Australian 110m hurdles record holder and has represented Australia at multiple Olympic Games.
Kyle was fortunate to watch some quality hurdle events as athletes rotated around their 5 events over the morning. Once again great to see so many athletes enjoying the opportunity to compete with friends and try to acheive personal bests.
Seniors
Our senior team enjoyed patches of fine weather for round 2 of AVSL. With members spread between Nunawading and Doncaster tracks and over the 4 time slots at each venue it was difficult to provide much support. A big welcome and congratulations to Violet Hall and Cameron Yorke competing in Yarra Ranges colours for the first time. Thanks to James Anderson and other club members who helped with our club duty.
Michael Clarke Wins Frankston to Portsea Ultramarathon
Former club president, Michael Clarke, surprised many including himself by winning the Frankston to Portsea Ultramarathon. A 55km journey along the Peninsula. Michael rolled home in an impressive 4 hours 29 minutes 42 seconds.
Rob Belli – Development Officer LAVic
Rob Belli who is one of our starters and a Life Member at Yarra Ranges Athletics has been appointed to the role of Development Officer with LAVic for the duration of the 20/21 summer track & field season. He will provide on-the-ground support and assistance to Centres from LAVic across the state. He is a long time Yarra Ranges Athletics member, State level Starter and school teacher. We wish Rob all the best in his new role and look forward to when he will be back home with us again at Morrison Reserve.
Registration are open for both Little Athletics and our senior team via Athletics Victoria. The club welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability.
For information on training, how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check us out on Facebook. Run, Jump, Throw…too easy!
Please ensure that you check in following the above instructions when entering Morrison Reserve for all purposes
LITTLE ATHS TRACK & FIELD SATURDAY – 28th November MORRISON RES, MT EVELYN STARTING AT 8:45am
Week 4 of Little Athletics, set up and helpers please arrive from 8am. On Friday a program of events will be e-mailed along with reminders on protocols for all registered families.In line with the current protocols the following items will help the morning run smoothly:Arrive early, allow plenty of timeCheck in, to register attendance via the QR code below or the linkAge Group Leaders please meet with Dannie at 8.45am for a review / briefing before competition startsIf you, or children are unwell, runny nose, cough etc. we’ll miss you, but please stay homePlease note the COVID safe principles Click the QR code or scan to check in attendance for LAV events More Information:Collection of Bibs This week the collection of bibs will be in the folders for your age groups.
Trial Athletes If you haven’t received information about what to expect, where to go, what to do etc, please e-mail join@yarrarangesathletics.org.au
Banana’s are Back This week the bananas are back at the Track thanks to Renee Horsley for collecting them from Coles Lilydale. You are welcome to take a Banana or 2 for your family!
Results HQ All athletes results are loaded into Results HQ every week. If there is any issues with this please contact info@yarrarangesathletics.org.auLooking forward to seeing everyone Saturday morning! **LITTLE ATHS RELAYS INFORMATION** Region & State Relays Usually at this time of year we are holding relay practice and entering teams for Yarra Ranges to compete at the Region Relay Carnival. Unfortunately, due to Covid, LAvic have had to postpone the Relay carnivals that are usually held in November and December and have moved them to February and March next year.
Region Relays this season will be for the U9-U12 age group only. Those wishing to compete in the U13-U16 age group will be entered directly into the State event in March.
Region relays will be held on Sunday the 28th of February (u9-U12) and we will be looking for athletes at the beginning of next year. Relays are a fun team event competing in 4x100m, 4x200m and the medley event. More information will come in the New Year.
Little Aths Relays Information
Region & State Relays
Usually at this time of year we are holding relay practice and entering teams for Yarra Ranges to compete at the Region Relay Carnival. Unfortunately, due to Covid, LAvic have had to postpone the Relay carnivals that are usually held in November and December and have moved them to February and March next year.
Region Relays this season will be for the U9-U12 age group only. Those wishing to compete in the U13-U16 age group will be entered directly into the State event in March.
Region relays will be held on Sunday the 28th of February (u9-U12) and we will be looking for athletes at the beginning of next year. Relays are a fun team event competing in 4x100m, 4x200m and the medley event. More information will come in the New Year.
Senior Athletics Season Calendar
DECEMBER 2020 Thurs 10 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers Meet Sun 13 – AVSL Round 3 & HVC Hurdles Meet Thurs 17 – AV Throwers (Juniors only) Sat 19 – Rare Air Club (Box Hill/Casey/Geelong) Sun 20 – AVSL Round 4 & HVC Hurdles Meet Tues 22 – Victorian Milers Club
JANUARY 2021 Sat 2 – Rare Air Club Sat 9/Sun 10 – High-Velocity Club Thurs 14 – Rare Air Club Sat 16 – AVSL Round 5 Sun 17 – AV Throwers Fri 22 – Sun 24 Vic. Country Champs (Ballarat) Sat 23 – High-Velocity Club Meet 3 Tues 26 – Zatopek10 Sat 30 /Sun 31 – Relay Championships (Box Hill)
FEBRUARY 2021 Thurs 4 – High-Velocity Club & Rare Air Club Sat 6 – AVSL Round 6 Sat 6 /Sun 7 – Multi Event Champs (Bendigo) Thurs 11 – 5000m Champs (Box Hill) Sat 13 – AVSL Round 7 Sun 14 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers & Rare Air Club Fri 19 /Sun 21 – Victorian Championships (Lakeside) Fri 26 /Sun 28 – Victorian Championships (Lakeside)
MARCH 2021 Tues 2 – AVSL Round 8 Sun 7 – Rare Air Club Thurs 11 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers Sat 13 – AVSL Round 9 Sun 14 – Rare Air Club Thurs 18 – High-Velocity Club Sat 20 – AVSL Round 10 Sun 21 – Rare Air Club Tues 23 – AV Throwers Thurs 25 – Rare Air Club Sat 27 – AVSL Playoffs (Lakeside) Wed 31 – Rare Air Club
APRIL 2021 Thurs 1 – High-Velocity Club Tues 6 – Rare Air Club Thurs 8 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers Sat 24/Sun 25 – Victorian Masters Championships
COACHING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS All events and disciplines catered for including running, sprinting, jumping and throwing. All ages, abilities welcome.
TRAINING AND COACHING IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR MEMBERS.We are privileged to have several qualified and experienced coaches who strive to help our athletes of all levels improve. It is asked that you contact the coaches before attending the first time, so they know to expect you. Specific details of each coach and their sessions will follow in separate posts to the summary below: OUR COACHES: Kate Downward / Jamie Strudley / Graeme Woolridge / Malcolm Duncan / Brendan Dixon / Dale Bullen / Susan Taylor
CURRENT TRAINING GROUPS PRE-BOOKED ONLY – WEDNESDAY 4.00PM – Kate Downward all ages of Little Athletics members can join in anytime. Session format: warm up, drills, main session (changes each week), strength, stretching and mobility. Parents can join in too!
Reading Cinemas are helping us earn free movie tickets. Click on the image below to open and print the coupons to hand in each time you purchase a ticket to earn 1 POINT for YRA. For every 10 coupons handed in YRA receives 1 free movie pass to be able to use as prizes and rewards for our Athletes.
A huge thank you to everyone who came to Morrison Reserve, the home of Yarra Ranges Athletics. Hopefully you enjoyed the racing, and if it was your first visit to our track, it was great to host you there.
Results are here – please let us know if you spot any errors. There were some excellent races, and from some reports, PB performances.
We’ll keep an eye on the calendar, and if there is a gap in middle distance racing this summer, we hope to host more racing for you. Find us here: https://www.facebook.com/YarraRangesAthletics/
If you enjoyed your visit to Mt Evelyn and Morrison Reserve, we would appreciate you sharing your experiences. We continue to work hard improving the venue, if our council knows visitors like coming to our track, it will only get better!!
If there is anything we could do to help improve racing with us, we’d like to hear that too. Recover well & good luck with the rest of your upcoming racing season!!
The third week of athletics was our biggest and best yet. Once again athletes had an opportunity to experience a wide range of events with some excellent performances from all athletes throughout the morning. It was great to see so many new faces joining the club for the first time and enjoying the opportunity to experience some new activities with new friends. It was fantastic to see athletes, helpers and parents settling into the rhythm of Saturday morning athletics and the recording of some early season PB’s. Congratulations to Ky Harris on a centre record last week.
Thanks to all the helpers who complied with the new restrictions and procedures to ensure we all had a fun and safe morning of athletics. A big thanks to the senior athletics club members who volunteered their time, expertise and enthusiasm to help the day run smoothly. A special shout out to Ken Taylor, who returned to the track after a 5 year absence to help with starting events. You still have the starters touch!
We hope to see everyone back next week with more friends to enjoy another moning of fun athletics. Competition starts at 9.00am with grouping starting from 8.45am. We always need help with setup, if you can help please we start setting up about 7.30-8.00am Please check our social media pages for more information and any updates to competition procedures.
Athletics Victoria will hold the first round of AVSL on Sunday 29th November, entries close at midday on Wednesday 25th November. So get yourself registered and entered as soon as possible.
The club is also hosting “Back on Track 3k/5k” evening on Saturday 28th November along with the Running Company Lilydale. This is open to anyone 12yo and older wanting to test their fitness over 3k or 5k. A great opportunity if you are missing Parkrun. Enter via https://tinyurl.com/YRA3K5K. There will be spot prizes, pace graded races and BBQ will be going.
Registration are open for both Little Athletics and our senior team via Athletics Victoria. The club welcomes and encourages all athletes of any age or ability.
For information on training, how to join or trial, photos, results and updated news, visit the website at yarrarangesathletics.org.au or check us out on Facebook. Run, Jump, Throw…too easy!
Please ensure that you check in following the above instructions when entering Morrison Reserve for all purposes
BACK ON TRACK TWILIGHT 3000m & 5000m THIS Saturday 28th November OPEN TO ALL RUNNERS ENTER ONLINE
Pacers / Spot Prizes / Accurate Timing ALL Ages / ALL Abilities / Pace Graded Morrison Reserve, Burdap Drive Mt Evelyn
LITTLE ATHS TRACK & FIELD SATURDAY – 28th November MORRISON RES, MT EVELYN STARTING AT 8:45am
Week 4 of Little Athletics, set up and helpers please arrive from 8am. On Friday a program of events will be e-mailed along with reminders on protocols for all registered families.In line with the current protocols the following items will help the morning run smoothly:Arrive early, allow plenty of timeCheck in, to register attendance via the QR code below or the linkAge Group Leaders please meet with Dannie at 8.45am for a review / briefing before competition startsIf you, or children are unwell, runny nose, cough etc. we’ll miss you, but please stay homePlease note the COVID safe principles Click the QR code or scan to check in attendance for LAV events More Information:Collection of Bibs This week the collection of bibs will be in the folders for your age groups.
Trial Athletes If you haven’t received information about what to expect, where to go, what to do etc, please e-mail join@yarrarangesathletics.org.au
Banana’s are Back This week the bananas are back at the Track thanks to Renee Horsley for collecting them from Coles Lilydale. You are welcome to take a Banana or 2 for your family!
Results HQ All athletes results are loaded into Results HQ every week. If there is any issues with this please contact info@yarrarangesathletics.org.auLooking forward to seeing everyone Saturday morning!
SENIORS ATHLETICS In case you missed it, AVSL is back! We know that everyone is excited to get back on the track and we wanted to make sure that you have all of the information you need to participate this season.
Due to COVID-19, understandably there are some changes to the that we events can be operated in order to align with State Government Health and Safety standards and ask that all members are aware of the format and processes associated this coming season.
For a detailed list of results on all AV events, the AV results hub is the place to go. _______________________________________________
AVSL – Track and Field – starting November 29th – Registrations NOW OPEN – Closing 12PM tomorrow! The AVSL ’20-21 guide can be found here
HOW IT WORKS There will be ten (10) rounds of AVSL commencing 28th November 2020 – March 2021. 4 Metro venues and 3 Regional venues will operate each week Each venue will host (4) 60 minute sessions – where you will be able to participate in all four events on offer within the 60 minute session – just book in a timeslot Events will include Sprint, Run/Walk, Jump and Throw Open to all individuals – junior, open, masters, able-bodied and para-athletes Teachers/School Coaches, please contact Athletics Victoria if you wish to register your students for AVSL rounds at info@athsvic.org.au School students may be eligible to compete in their school singlet, enter by event basis and will not need to be an AV Member to compete.
SENIORS ATHLETICS In case you missed it, AVSL is back! We know that everyone is excited to get back on the track and we wanted to make sure that you have all of the information you need to participate this season.
Due to COVID-19, understandably there are some changes to the that we events can be operated in order to align with State Government Health and Safety standards and ask that all members are aware of the format and processes associated this coming season.
For a detailed list of results on all AV events, the AV results hub is the place to go.
AVSL – Track and Field – starting November 29th – Registrations NOW OPEN – Closing 12PM tomorrow! The AVSL ’20-21 guide can be found here
HOW IT WORKS There will be ten (10) rounds of AVSL commencing 28th November 2020 – March 2021.4 Metro venues and 3 Regional venues will operate each weekEach venue will host (4) 60 minute sessions – where you will be able to participate in all four events on offer within the 60 minute session – just book in a timeslot. Events will include Sprint, Run/Walk, Jump and ThrowOpen to all individuals – junior, open, masters, able-bodied and para-athletesTeachers/School Coaches, please contact Athletics Victoria if you wish to register your students for AVSL rounds at info@athsvic.org.au School students may be eligible to compete in their school singlet, enter by event basis and will not need to be an AV Member to compete.
SENIOR ATHLETICS SEASON CALENDAR
NOVEMBER 2020 SATURDAY 28th 6PM YARRA RANGES BACK ON TRACK 3000m/5000m COMMUNITY EVENINGSun 29 – AVSL Round 1 & HVC Hurdles Meet
DECEMBER 2020 Thu 3 – Victorian Milers Club AV Throwers Sat 5 – Rare Air Club (Box Hill/Casey/Geelong) Sun 6 – AVSL Round 2 & HVC Hurdles Meet Thurs 10 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers Meet Sun 13 – AVSL Round 3 & HVC Hurdles Meet Thurs 17 – AV Throwers (Juniors only) Sat 19 – Rare Air Club (Box Hill/Casey/Geelong) Sun 20 – AVSL Round 4 & HVC Hurdles Meet Tues 22 – Victorian Milers Club
JANUARY 2021 Sat 2 – Rare Air Club Sat 9/Sun 10 – High-Velocity Club Thurs 14 – Rare Air Club Sat 16 – AVSL Round 5 Sun 17 – AV Throwers Fri 22 – Sun 24 Vic. Country Champs (Ballarat) Sat 23 – High-Velocity Club Meet 3 Tues 26 – Zatopek10 Sat 30 /Sun 31 – Relay Championships (Box Hill)
FEBRUARY 2021 Thurs 4 – High-Velocity Club & Rare Air Club Sat 6 – AVSL Round 6 Sat 6 /Sun 7 – Multi Event Champs (Bendigo) Thurs 11 – 5000m Champs (Box Hill) Sat 13 – AVSL Round 7 Sun 14 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers & Rare Air Club Fri 19 /Sun 21 – Victorian Championships (Lakeside) Fri 26 /Sun 28 – Victorian Championships (Lakeside)
MARCH 2021 Tues 2 – AVSL Round 8 Sun 7 – Rare Air Club Thurs 11 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers Sat 13 – AVSL Round 9 Sun 14 – Rare Air Club Thurs 18 – High-Velocity Club Sat 20 – AVSL Round 10 Sun 21 – Rare Air Club Tues 23 – AV Throwers Thurs 25 – Rare Air Club Sat 27 – AVSL Playoffs (Lakeside) Wed 31 – Rare Air Club
APRIL 2021 Thurs 1 – High-Velocity Club Tues 6 – Rare Air Club Thurs 8 – High-Velocity Club & AV Throwers Sat 24/Sun 25 – Victorian Masters Championships
COACHING, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS All events and disciplines catered for including running, sprinting, jumping and throwing. All ages, abilities welcome.
TRAINING AND COACHING IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR MEMBERS.We are privileged to have several qualified and experienced coaches who strive to help our athletes of all levels improve. It is asked that you contact the coaches before attending the first time, so they know to expect you. Specific details of each coach and their sessions will follow in separate posts to the summary below: OUR COACHES: Kate Downward / Jamie Strudley / Graeme Woolridge / Malcolm Duncan / Brendan Dixon / Dale Bullen / Susan Taylor
CURRENT TRAINING GROUPS PRE-BOOKED ONLY – WEDNESDAY 4.00PM – Kate Downward all ages of Little Athletics members can join in anytime. Session format: warm up, drills, main session (changes each week), strength, stretching and mobility. Parents can join in too!
Reading Cinemas are helping us earn free movie tickets. Click on the image below to open and print the coupons to hand in each time you purchase a ticket to earn 1 POINT for YRA. For every 10 coupons handed in YRA receives 1 free movie pass to be able to use as prizes and rewards for our Athletes.
50th Anniversary Tops and Singlets Thanks to Bendigo Bank and Max Brown Real estate, available below production cost. All in technical fabric: Kids tees $33 / Adult tees from $39 / Singlets from $35 / Polos from $45.
We have a range of apparel available for purchase from our uniform room on competition days. Alternatively email av@yarrarangesathletics.org.au to arrange a time to try everything on.
