Round 4

Saturday morning again offered up fantastic conditions for our Yarra Ranges and Croydon athletes for Round 4 of the cross country season at Elizabeth Bridge Reserve in Kilsyth.

With all 4 rounds of the cross country season thus far attracting 120+ runners, this weekend’s round proved to be our largest turnout yet with 135 finishers across 5 races for the morning.

On a fast but deceptively tough course, all runners pushed themselves hard to set a time to try to beat next time we run the course.

Next week we return to Morrison Reserve for our first opportunity to push for a new PB. Chocolate frogs are on offer for those that smash their PB this weekend, so make sure you come on down and have a crack!

Knox Open Day

Knox Little Athletics Cross Country Open Day is Saturday May 22nd. There will be no YRA Cross Country at our venues. Please register for the Knox Open Day.

We encourage all Little Athletics registered athletes to join us at the Knox Open Day.

When racing other clubs, wear the YRA colours. We can lend you singlets.

Help us keep the Perpetual trophy!!

Details on how to register are here.

President’s Report

Hi everyone! I just wanted to send out a massive thank you to the small group of volunteers that helped out at the canteen last week for SSV’s athletics meet, it is fantastic to see our community willing to engage and help out where needed.

I would like to again call on everyone to lend a hand at YRA, our club and the events we run are operated entirely by unpaid volunteers who are passionate about aths. We are so grateful for their continued diligence in ensuring that everyone, young or old, can enjoy athletics and cross country.

We are looking for a few people to help out on the Welcome Desk/Results Table this weekend at Morrison Reserve, it makes the time fly by. Even I was able to do it! The more helpers that we have, the more time we can all spend out running!

I hope everyone is able to find a PB this weekend because the chocolate frogs will be coming out! Helpers don’t fear, I think we can spare one or two for you too!

We will be having our first official committee meeting next Wednesday evening and we welcome visitors, please email the committee if you would like to attend or there is a matter that is important for us to discuss. We represent the YRA community and hence it is important that we have a broad view of what matters to our members.

Feel free to contact the committee at committee@yarrarangesathletics, or myself at president@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

Max Savill-Bentley, President Yarra Ranges Athletics

LAVic Cross Country Relays

Date: 5th June 2021

Location: Cruden Farm, Cranbourne-Frankston Road, Langwarrin

Age Groups: Open to LAVic registered U9-U16 athletes

The first State Competition of the Cross Country season will be taking place on the 5th of June and we are seeking Yarra Ranges athletes in the Under 9 – Under 16 age groups to compete!

Each team consists of 3 runners who complete the course and tags the next runner until all 3 have completed the course. The distances are a little shorter than the regular distance for your age group.

If you would like to have a run please contact Katie on 0403819391 before May 20th. We can form Region teams with other EMR centres if we do not have enough athletes for YRA teams.

Events

U9 & U10: 3 x 1km
U11 & U12: 3 x 1.5km
U13, U14, U15 & U16: 3 x 2km (2 laps of 1km)

Timetable

10.30am: U9 Boys & Girls
11.00am: U10 Boys & Girls
11.30am: U13 & U16 Boys & Girls, Multi-Class U9-U10 Boys & Girls
12.15pm: U14 & U15 Boys & Girls
1.30pm: U11 Boys & Girls, Multi-Class U11-U12 & U13-U16 Boys & Girls
2.00pm: U12 Boys & Girls

Senior XCR

Seniors cross country relays will be returning in two weeks time (May 22) at Lardner Park.

Please contact av@yarrarangesathletics.org.au for more details

XCR success as cross country season warms up

Nearly 18 months to the day since the last round of Athletics Victoria XCR in 2019, YRA athletes welcomed back one of the favourite team events of the year. The opening round of XCR was once again back at Jells Park for the cross country relays.

Open age athletes completed 2 laps of the testing 3km circuit as it wound its way up and down the parklands of Jells Park. Our junior athletes completed one lap each.

Stars of the day were our U18 Women’s team of Maddie Laven, Mia Strudley and Kiara Flavel winning their age group.

Our top men’s and women’s teams had good days finishing 2nd and 4th in their respective divisions, Fastest over 6km on the day were James Laven (19.21) and Kellie Emerson (23.13). Fastest 3km runners were Maddie Laven (10.55) and Angus Norman (10.36)

A big shout out to Tynan Mims, Thierry Lamarque, Ash Bennett, Mike Willey, Jamie Pointon, Ky Harris, Bailey Van Bert, Mitch Pointon, Ciara Willey and Zoe Clarke, 10 athletes who competed in their first XCR event for Yarra Ranges.

Cross Country

Our Saturday cross country event continued on a new course at Margaret Lewis Reserve. Another deceptively challenging course that tested the fitness of a few athletes.

Everyone enjoyed the sunshine and the opportunity post a marker for the PB choccie frogs next time.

Next Saturday morning we will be at Elizabeth Bridge Reserve in Kilsyth.

Little Athletics Victoria Cross Country Relays

Date: 5th June 2021

Location: Cruden Farm, Cranbourne-Frankston Road, Langwarrin

Age Groups: Open to LAVic registered U9-U16 athletes

The first State Competition of the Cross Country season will be taking place on the 5th of June and we are seeking Yarra Ranges athletes in the Under 9 – Under 16 age groups to compete!

Each team consists of 3 runners who complete the course and tags the next runner until all 3 have completed the course. The distances are a little shorter than the regular distance for your age group.

If you would like to have a run please contact Katie on 0403819391 before May 20th. We can form Region teams with other EMR centres if we do not have enough athletes for YRA teams.

Events

U9 & U10: 3 x 1km
U11 & U12: 3 x 1.5km
U13, U14, U15 & U16: 3 x 2km (2 laps of 1km)

Timetable

10.30am: U9 Boys & Girls
11.00am: U10 Boys & Girls
11.30am: U13 & U16 Boys & Girls, Multi-Class U9-U10 Boys & Girls
12.15pm: U14 & U15 Boys & Girls
1.30pm: U11 Boys & Girls, Multi-Class U11-U12 & U13-U16 Boys & Girls
2.00pm: U12 Boys & Girls

Australian Track & Field Championships

Six very talented Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes represented their state and club at the Australian track & field championships in Sydney last week. These championships showcased most of Australia’s best athletes as they attempted to qualify for the Olympics.

Stand out performance came from Kiara Flavel who, placed an impressive 4th in her 1500m final, and then two days later placed first in Australia as a U17 for 800m. Congratulations Kiara and congratulations to all other Yarra Ranges athletes who competed.

Cross Country Week 1

Saturday morning provided fantastic conditions, with a dry, clear and mild weather greeting the athletes from Yarra Ranges Athletics and Croydon Little Athletics for Week 1 of the new Cross Country season. The energy was high, after missing the entire 2020 season, runners were keen to test themselves on the hills of Morrison Reserve.

A new course for 2021 provided a fresh challenge and a revised finish, which gave everyone a fast downhill, was thoroughly enjoyed by all after the hard work of the uphill sections. Across all age groups there were excellent numbers, with over 20 runners in each field, and the strong running showed the athletes had been maintaining their fitness for the longer races.

No doubt, there will be eagerness for the return to Lillydale Lake for Week 2.

AGM This Thursday

Reminder of 2021 Annual General Meeting for Yarra Ranges Athletics Inc.

To be held THIS WEEK on THURSDAY 22nd APRIL 2021 from 7.30pm at

Mt Evelyn Community Hall

44 Birmingham Road, Mt Evelyn

To assist with planning and communication your pre-registration is appreciated. Reply to Nigel Murden via secretary@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

When registering your attendance, please indicate if you are attending as a voting member or as an observer (if in doubt, email Secretary for clarification).

For the meeting to proceed a quorum of at least 10% of eligible voting members are required to be in attendance.

Little Athletics Cross Country Relays

Date: 5th June 2021

Location: Cruden Farm, Cranbourne-Frankston Road, Langwarrin

Age Groups: Open to LAVic registered U9-U16 athletes

The first State Competition of the Cross Country season will be taking place on the 5th of June and we are seeking Yarra Ranges athletes in the Under 9 – Under 16 age groups to compete!

Each team consists of 3 runners who complete the course and tags the next runner until all 3 have completed the course. The distances are a little shorter than the regular distance for your age group.

If you would like to have a run please contact Katie before May 20th. We can form Region teams with other EMR centres if we do not have enough athletes for YRA teams.

Cross Country Starts This Weekend

Always a fun, inclusive and enjoyable morning of running around some of our local parklands. This year we will have new courses to enjoy at Morrison Reserve, Lillydale Lake and Margaret Lewis Reserve, as well as the much loved Durham Rd course.

Our opening round will be at Morrison Reserve, Mt Evelyn on the 17th of April. With distances including 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 2000m and 3000m. Athletes of all ages and abilities are welcome to compete in any event they are comfortable with, each event will have a “tortoise” and many will have a “hare”. Look for the club banner to find the start / finish area.

First race is planned to start at 9.00am (500m), please arrive earlier to register, drop your gold coin in the tin and warm up ready for your event.

We have some experienced helpers on board, but will still need some extra hands, if you are able to be part of a regular helpers crew for either course marking, registrations (coins and name collection), timing or results entering, please email events@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

Australian Track & Field Championships

Good luck to our six talented, hard working club athletes competing at the Australian track & field championships in Sydney over 8 days starting on Monday 12th April.

Senior Athletes XCR

Memberships for the 2021-2022 season are now open!

This season, there is a range of different membership options to choose from. Depending on your goals, we have everything from the Social Runner offering to the Track and Fielder membership. There’s something for everyone.

Explore AV membership options here, click here

Please ensure that you have registered yourself prior to the Jells Park relays that are coming up.

We are currently in the process of creating teams for Jell’s Park Relays which are coming up quickly, so if you are interested in competing please let us know and we will get your name down.

We look forward to seeing everybody for the first round of XCR in a few weeks time!

Reminder of 2021 AGM for Yarra Ranges Athletics Inc.

To be held on THURSDAY 22nd APRIL 2021 from 7.30pm at Mt Evelyn Community Hall 44 Birmingham Road, Mt Evelyn

To assist with planning and communication your pre-registration is appreciated. Reply to Nigel Murden via secretary@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

When registering your attendance, please indicate if you are attending as a voting member or as an observer (if in doubt, email Secretary for clarification).

For the meeting to proceed a quorum of at least 10% of eligible voting members are required to be in attendance.

Cross Country Starting Soon

Week 1 of Yarra Ranges Cross Country is approaching quickly!!

April 17th at Morrison Reserve.

ALL Welcome – registered athletes, friends, family, young and ‘not so young’.

Distances age appropriate 500m for under 6, to 3km for under 13 to Open (adults). However, we encourage everyone to participate in the distance that matches their fitness and enjoyment.

NEW COURSES! Due to some changes at our favourite venues, we have had to consider revising the courses. It is over 7 years since we had have a course change, so perhaps it was time anyway. We hope the new courses will prove to be the same fun challenge! If anyone is interested in being part of a ‘test run’ during the school holidays, please email events@yarrarangesathletics.org.au.

SET-UP and helper teams. We have some experienced helpers on board, but will still need some extra hands, if you are able to be part of a regular helpers crew for either course marking, registrations (coins and name collection), timing or results entering, please email events@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

ADULT AND OLDER TEENS – Welcome to join in Saturday morning races. Particularly in the lead up to round 1 of XCR. We’ll need Hares for races, and you can join in too. Run 1 race or run them all. 500+1000+1500+2000+3000 = 8km of Cross Country Fun!! Come and be part of it!!

Australian Track & Field Championships

A group of six talented, hard working club athletes are busy preparing for the Australian track & field championships. The championship will be held in Sydney over 8 days starting on Monday 12th April.

On the track Kiara Flavel will compete in the U17 800 and 1500m events. Kiara has been in fantastic form recently and is a very good chance of winning a medal at the championships. Tiara Willis will compete in the U16 90m hurdles and 200m hurdles events. Our only open age athlete, Grace Muller, will compete in the U23 3000m Steeplechase event.

In the field we will be represented by a trio of talented women. Ashleigh Rooke will compete in the U17 Discus, Hayley Wilkins in the U20 Javelin and Sarah Ebbels in the U17 Hammer Throw. All three girls have thrown some big PB’s in recent weeks and will hope to improve on those performances.

AGM – Thursday 22nd April

For enquiries, suggestions, or anything else, email the committee here at committee@yarrarangesathletics.org.au We would love your feedback!

Don’t forget about our upcoming AGM! We need to have a minimum number of people present so every person counts. Check out the full notice hereWe are still keen for your feedback on our Littles Clubs system, if you haven’t yet completed the survey follow the link here, all details enclosed.

Season 20/21 Presentation Day

Yarra Ranges Athletics celebrated a fantastic end to our 2020-21 track & field season on Sunday.

Warm, sunny skies made for a fun family carnival atmosphere at Morrison Reserve. Games on the infield, impromptu races and more bouncy castles than could be used kept everyone entertained. A steady supply of food and drink from the BBQ and canteen meant everyone left happy and full.

Congratulations to all out athletes and families on a fabulous season. A you have all contributed to a fun, summer of track & field. Special thanks to the senior crew who helped on the BBQ and canteen and our very hard working canteen managers Uli and Georgia for making it run smoothly.

There were a few special awards presented to:

• Tori Kincaid (Don Cruse Award)
• Summer Hathaway (Petra Sank Award)
• Jamie Strudley (Rob Belli Award)
• Gordon Koel and Caitlyn Pointon (Committee Award Boys and Girls)
• Pointon Family (Thank You Family Award)
• our club champions Ky Harris, Kaylah Cannon, Zoe Clarke, Emily Fiedler, Mitchell Pointon, Sasha Carroll, Beau McKinnon and Kayla Patton.

Congratulations to Comets for winning the team based inter-club competition last weekend.

LAVic State Relay Championships

The LAVIC State Relay Championships were held at Casey Field over Saturday and Sunday. Congratulations to all the athletes who competed in it.

AVLS Playoffs

Some of our seniors took the opportunity to compete one last time this season at the AVSL Playoffs at Lakeside Stadium on Saturday. 

We now look forward to watching our athletes compete at the Box Hill Classic on Thursday, Stawell Gift over Easter and the Australian Track & Field Championship in Sydney in mid April before turning our attention to Cross Country.

Cross Country Start Soon

The opening round of our club cross country season will be on Saturday April 17th at Morrison Reserve.

AGM

To be held on THURSDAY 22nd APRIL 2021 from 7.30pm at

Mt Evelyn Community Hall

44 Birmingham Road, Mt Evelyn

Attendees can be members eligible to vote or observers/guests.

Members eligible to vote are:

• Registered competing members, as at March 31st, 15 years or older, or
• Parent/guardian of competing members under 15 years old, or
• Life Members and Honorary Members.

To assist with planning and communication your pre-registration is appreciated. Reply to Nigel Murden via secretary@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

When registering your attendance, please indicate if you are attending as a voting member or as an observer (if in doubt, email Secretary for clarification).

For the meeting to proceed a quorum of at least 10% of eligible voting members are required to be in attendance.

Member Survey

Yarra Ranges Athletics Member Survey

Littles Clubs Structure & Supporting Local Business

The current YRA Committee would love to hear our members views to assist with decision making and planning around a number of items.

Please get your Little Athletes involved in completing this survey for Section 1 – Club Structure.

Senior Athletes may skip forward to Section 2 – Supporting local business and our athletics community, however we do encourage past Littles who have “grown up” to submit a response about our Clubs structure

XCR

Seniors! Athletics Victoria have released a provisional calendar for XCR season this year so make sure to start crossing off the dates! Click through the image below to check it out.

March 2021

Wed 31 – Rare Air Club (meet 12)

April 2021

Thurs 1 – High Velocity Club (meet 8)

Thurs 1 – Box Hill Classic (3000m & 1500m)

Tues 6 – Rare Air Club (meet 13)

Sat 10 – AV Throwers (meet 10)

Sat 24/Sun 25 – Victorian Masters Championships

May 2021

Sat 1 – PROVISIONAL – XCR ROUND 1 – Jell’s Park Relays

Notification of 2021 Annual General Meeting for Yarra Ranges Athletics Inc.

To be held on THURSDAY 22^nd APRIL 2021 from 7.30pm at

Mt Evelyn Community Hall

44 Birmingham Road, Mt Evelyn

• Attendees can be members eligible to vote or observers/guests.
• Members eligible to vote are: 
  • registered competing members, as at March 31st, 15 years or older, or
  • parent/guardian of competing members under 15 years old, or
  • Life Members and Honorary Members.

When registering your attendance, please indicate if you are attending as a voting member or as an observer. (If in doubt, email Secretary for clarification) on: secretary@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

To assist with planning and communication your pre-registration is appreciated.  Reply to Nigel Murden via secretary@yarrarangesathletics.org.au

For the meeting to proceed a quorum of at least 10% of eligible voting members are required to be in attendance.

Agenda

Welcome

Apologies

Acceptance previous AGM minutes

Presidents Report

Treasurers Report

Elections

Close of Meeting

(Time for Q&A regarding any club activities and plans is available at the end of formalities)

CRUCIAL: We MUST fill the position of President at the AGM. 

Other executive positions require filling at the meeting, however voting and/or selection of those positions will not occur until a President has been elected and confirmed. The role of President is no longer an onerous, hands on position due to the work the Committee has done over the last 12 months to create Portfolios and divest the workload (see Background information attached). It requires a person with good communication and people management skills comfortable knowing the support teams are getting the job done.

We encourage all our members to consider if they may be able to perform this role.  We also encourage any possible president nominees to contact our most recent president, Michael Clarke on 0403 819 390 to further discuss what is required.

If you do not feel comfortable taking on the role of president then please consider one of the 19 other positions that need you which include:

• Executive position (Vice President – LA & AV, Secretary, Treasurer)
• General committee  – refer Background information attached

For more information on specific roles and tasks, please e-mail president@yarrarangesathletics.org.au or call Jamie on 0402 233 677.

• Nominations for the Executive positions must be in writing or via email.
• A member may nominate themself, or with consent be nominated by another member.
• Nominations for Executive and General committee positions must be received by the secretary 48 hours prior to the AGM. 
• If no nominations are received nominations will be called from the floor. 
• Should a member fail to be elected to the nominated position, the member may nominate for any other position for which an election is still to be held. 
• Where only one nomination is received, the member is declared the elected member. 
• Where 2 or more nominations are received for the Executive committee a ballot will be held. 
• Where 15 or more nominations are received for the general committee a ballot will be held.
• Nominations must state the applicants name, date of nomination, position of nomination and where nomination is presented by consent, the name of the presenting member.
• Nominating members must be 18 years or over for committee positions.

Any Special Resolution must be received no later than 14 days prior to the AGM as per the Incorporate Rules.

If you have any questions please contact Jamie Strudley (0402233677) or any of our committee members.  

A copy of the latest YRA incorporated rules and By-Laws are attached.

Email nominations must be sent to Nigel Murden secretary@yarrarangesathletics.org.au at least 48hrs before the meeting commences.

We look forward to seeing you at Mt Evelyn Community Hall on Thursday 22^nd April.

Nigel Murden 
Secretary on behalf of the Committee

Yarra Ranges Athletics

Club vs Club Trophy

Yarra Ranges Athletics held the annual inter-club competition on the weekend where the 4 clubs compete for the coveted Champion Club trophy. Final results were not available as we go to print, but the scores were very close throughout the morning. Some tense, hard fought relay races at the end of the program may be the deciding events. The winning club will be announced at the Presentation day this coming Sunday.

The competition was fierce throughout he morning with fantastic number of PB performances on what will be the last day of competition for the 2020-21 summer.

State Relay Championships – This Weekend

Good luck to all out athletes competing at the Little Athletics Victoria State relay Championships at Casey Fields this coming weekend. Relays are a fun event so enjoy the competition.

Yarra Ranges have 15 teams entered for State Relays on the 27th and 28th of March. It is a great opportunity this year to run at a state event for all out athletes and we hope they enjoy the experience racing against other team from around Victoria.

Have lots of fun and know the Club is proud of you for running in the Yarra Ranges colours!

U9-U12 – Saturday 27th of March

U13-U16 – Sunday 28th of March

Location: Casey Fields, 160 Berwick-Cranbourne Rd, Cranbourne East

Presentation Day – This Sunday

This coming Sunday will see the Presentation Day for our Little Athletics, to be held at Morrison Reserve from 2.00pm on Sunday 28th.

Seniors Final Round Results

Our seniors competed at the final round of the AVSL competition for 2020-21. Another great turn out of club athletes saw some excellent performances, led by a stirring 400m victory for Hayley Wilkins and a continuation of some impressive performances by Ash Rooke.

Announcements from the Committee

A huge thank you to everybody who helped over the weekend with our working bee. There will be more jobs coming as we approach cross season, stay tuned!

Our track will be used for School Bookings from time to time and we are looking for volunteers to help serve at the Canteen during the day.

We have a booking on the 1st of April if anyone is available to help Uli and Katie during the busy lunch period between 11am – 1pm. Thank you.

For enquiries, suggestions, or anything else, email the committee here at committee@yarrarangesathletics.org.au We would love your feedback!

Upcoming Events for April

Sat 3/Sun 4 – Stawell Gift – Little Athletics handicaps: U9-U16 (Stawell)

Sat 17 – OpeningYRA Cross Country Round – SAVE THE DATE – VENUE TBC

Training – Kate’s training sessions for Little Athletes

In the lead up to State Relay Championships this weekend, Kate will again have a focus on relay training this Wednesday and Thursday at 4pm. Round up your team to see if they can come along with you to training!

Then next week is the final week of Term 1! Training will be Wednesday 31st March only (not Thursday) at 4pm and we will have a celebration session (games and fun!) to farewell the Track and Field season and welcome in the Cross Country season.

Terms 2 and 3 will focus on Cross Country running, strength and mobility. Wednesday 4pm at the track for all ages and Thursday 5.30pm at Victoria Rd Primary School for those aged 9+.

For more information, keep an eye on the “Yarra Ranges Athletics Clubhouse” Facebook page.

Seniors Athletics

Seniors events coming up…

March 2021

Thurs 25 – Melbourne Track Classic (Lakeside)

Sat 27 – AVSL Playoffs (Lakeside)

Wed 31 – Rare Air Club (meet 12)

April 2021

Thurs 1 – High Velocity Club (meet 8)

Thurs 1 – Box Hill Classic (3000m & 1500m)

Tues 6 – Rare Air Club (meet 13)

Sat 10 – AV Throwers (meet 10)

Sat 24/Sun 25 – Victorian Masters Championships

State Track & Field Championships

Yarra Ranges Athletics athletes had a busy weekend of athletics as club athletes enjoyed another fun
filled twilight round, 18 athletes proudly represented the club at the Victorian Little Athletics Track &
Field Championships.

Our eighteen qualifiers to State Champs competed exceptionally well. Saturday saw some tough
weather conditions making competition more difficult.

All our athletes should be proud of the results and hopefully enjoyed competing on the new track at Lakeside Stadium.

Round 9 AVSL

Our seniors competed at round 9 of the AVSL competition with many events completed before the
competition was abandoned due to heavy rain. Thanks to our club helpers Michael Willey, Craig
Hewitson, Collen Anderson, Mia Strudley and Jamie Strudley. 

Round 10 AVSL

Our seniors compete at Round 10 of AVSL. This will be our Powerplay round so we need all our senior athletes competing if possible.

Powerplay doubles our ladder points and hopefully should keep us from being relegated back to Division 3. Our home venue this weekend is Nunawading.

Events on offer this weekend include long jump, pole vault, discus, javelin, 100m, 110m hurdles, 1500m, 400m, 5000m walk.

Entries close Wednesday at MIDDAY, 11:59AM. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Last Friday’s Twilight

Twilight rounds are always a fun, enjoyable evening and a perfect way to end the school and work
week. Our athletes recorded several personal bests as they really made the most of the conditions. The hamburgers from the bbq were also a bit hit.

Club vs Club This Week

This week our little athletes return to Saturday morning competition.

Pull out your wigs, capes, costumes etc and dress up in your club colours for the annual battle!

Who will take out the Perpetual Trophy this year???

Club captains will be announced, athletes will March past in their clubs with a battle cry to inspire the best performance in each other!

Arrive early to help set up the equipment and blow up balloons and decorative the track with streamers!Remember your Registration Patch!

The canteen is needing some help tomorrow so if you can spend half an hour to help out please see our volunteers.

Working Bee This Saturday 20th March

At the track any time between 11am and 2pm.

Straight after completion of the Littles. Any help is good help, even if you can only help for 15 minutes. It would be greatly appreciated.

State Relay Championships

The LAVic State Relay Championships will be held on the 27th and 28th of March at Casey Fields.

U9-U12 is Saturday, U13-U16 is Sunday.

Presentation Day – 28th May

Our presentations for the 2020/2021 Summer season will be held on the 28th starting at 2pm!

Thanks to you all for a great summer season!

Relay Practice

With just 11 days to State Relay Champs (U9-U12) and 12 days to the U13+ relays, relay practice will be incorporated into Kate’s training sessions this week and next:
4pm Wednesday all ages
4.30pm Wednesday age 10+
4pm Thursday age 10+

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 the winners of the Multi event. Awards will be presented on Presentation Day.

Friday night will also be our annual Royal Children’s Hospital Fundraiser. Little Athletics Victoria has been in partnership with the Good Friday Appeal to help raise funds for RCH for 49 years. Rather than a relay this year we will have Crazy Sock Night. Wear your craziest pair of socks and throw a few coins into the RCH fundraiser tin if you can!

The program for Friday currently looks like this (tap to enlarge):

Instagram

Follow our Instagram for weekly photos from the Yarra Ranges Athletics community, there are heaps more awesome photos to see!

Club vs Club

Next week’s round; Saturday, 20th March is Club v Club day. Jaguars, Comets, Mustangs and Redbacks will compete to earn points for their club. Now is a great time to start organising outfits and costumes in club colours for what is always a fun day for all athletes.

State Track & Field Championships

Best of luck to all of our Littles competing at State Track and Field Champs this weekend!

Senior Athletics – AVSL Round 9

Saturday 13th March

BILL STEWART ATHLETICS TRACK, NUNAWADING

This weekend is the second last round of AVSL, hopefully we can make a last minute push to avoid relegation. We can get maximum points off of your best 3 individual events plus a relay. If possible, enter 3 events and let us know if you’d like to run in a relay team.

We will be activating our powerplay in Round 10, and look forward to seeing everybody there!