Saturday February 4th.  Set up at 8:15am, Warm up at 8:45am.

We are running Program 1 this week.

Please bring a drink, snack and wear a hat.  Sunscreen is available from the admin tables if you forget.

If you forget your patch then please get a replacement from the Admin table prior to warmup as results will not be recorded if you don't wear your patch.

Don't forget to check out the lost property (to the left of the Admin tables) for anything you've lost through the season.  All items left unclaimed at the end of the season will either be donated to charity or thrown out!

The State Relay Championships were held on Saturday 28^th Jan at the new home of Athletics .... Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park.  Conditions all day long were muggy and oppressive with temperatures in the mid 30's making it very difficult for some of our athletes with up to 5 races to contest.  The day started with a bang with the u12 mixed 4 x 200's taking gold in the 4th event of the morning.  By the end of the day (with everyone including the parents prety worn off their feet), we had amassed a total of 2 GOLD, 2 SILVER & 1 BRONZE medal.  Of the 25 teams proudly wearing the Waverley chequers, another 6 teams made the finals (making 11/25 in the top 8) which was an awesome effort !  Their placings were 3 x 4th, 6th, 7th & 8th.  Unfortunately, due to the unfortunate "timing" of the staging of this event, we had to "withdraw" 3 teams due to injury and availability issues, so we are hopeful that LAVic will revert back to the original timing of Nov & Dec for relays for the coming seasons ?? !!!

Thanks to a brilliant job from our Team Managers Nicole McDonnell and Joanne Paola for their pre-event organisation and support and encouragement on the day.  Once again, all our parents stepped up and helped provide our young athletes with the support they needed to perform out on the track.  A big thank you to you all for completing the allocated duties on time and without any fuss.

Special mentions to Dylan Cooper, Nicole & Steve Lopes and Tammy Stephens for their roles as “State Key Officials” (these roles account for a portion of our duty requirements on the day and their commitment is greatly appreciated).

Thanks to our Coaches for all their efforts not only in preparing our athletes but all the other behind the scenes tasks that are required to organise and co-ordinate with the lead up events at Mentone & Regions.  Steve Box with heaps of u9 teams and lots of patience, Nicole McDonnell, Jenny Morley & Louise/Steve Pewtress (u10s), Andrew Rennie (u11s), Lindsay Harrison (u12s) and Fiona Squires (u13 & up).

And lastly our athletes, every single athlete was awesome for their efforts on the track regardless of where they finished and proudly represented Waverley with their efforts and behaviour.  A Great Team Effort by all !!! 

Congratulations to all our competitors and listed below are our medallists for 2012.

GOLD u12 M/S 4 x 200m : "Pocket Rockets" .... Harry Ma'o, Kristian Sekulovski, Ella Squires & Jess Hepworth

GOLD u13-u15 Girls Medley : Darcy Fahey, Janita Kareta, Nana-Adoma Owusu-Afriyie & Ellie Sanford

SILVER u12 M/S 4 x 100m : Harry Ma'o, William Arrow, Ella Squires & Nela Debicki

SILVER u11 M/S 4 x 100m : Finlay Rennie, Dalton Di Medio, Amelia Ma'o & Leah Paola

BRONZE u10 Boys 4 x 100m : Jordan McDonnell, Romin Kodikara, Nicholas Galileos & Andrew Pagliaro

A collection of Photos from the State Relays can be veiwed here !

WEEKLY TRAINING has returned from the xmas holiday break !

Training Times as follows:

Monday 5pm - with Olympian Sonia O'Sullivan taking "distance" training for (u9 and upwards).  "Distance" will be "age appropriate" so we won't be expecting you to run a marathon.  Click here for all the details !

Wednesday 5pm - with Jenny Morley & Merryn Ashcroft taking "ON TRACK" training for (all u6 - u8s)

Wednesday 5pm - with Estelle Lopes taking "general/all events" training for (u9 and upwards)

Further info available on the Training page !

Our colleagues at Knox Little Aths will be holding their Open Twilight Meeting on Sat February 11th, 2012.

Knox always put on a great Open Day (2nd best only to ours ) and we encourage all Waverley athletes to "enter and have a go" and to join in the fun and competition.

There will also be a Jumping castle and face painting for the kids as well as bbq dinner and raffle with great prizes, including a V8 Hot Lap.

The Knox Open Twilight is the week prior to Regional Track and Field Events, so is a perfect warm up for athletes looking for some extra competition.

This will be the first major meeting on their newly re-surfaced track

ENTRIES HAVE NOW CLOSED

Click here for the ENTRY FORM and here for the FLYER

Waverley athletes and coaches have been getting plenty of media attension this season with their fantastic performances and work.

Below are some of the recent articles:

Leader Newspaper - Sports Star of the week (Dec 2011) Harry Ma'o

The Irish Times (Dec 2011) - Sonia O'Sullivan - chef de mission (with Sebastian Coe)

Leader Newspaper - Sports Star of the week (Nov 2011) Nana-Adoma Owusu-Afriyie

Schools T&F Champions (Nov 2011)

Season Launch (Sept 2011)

Our Registration Days are now complete. Thank you to all those members who have successfully registered.

To register your details online please use one of the following links to the LAVic website.

• New Members
• Returning Members

If existing members don’t have login details or are unable to retrieve them using the registration website, please contact Kate.

If you have more than 1 child, please ensure that you select the 2, 3, 4 or 5 member family registration option to take advantage of the discounted family membership fees.

If you experience any difficulties with the online registration process, please contact Kate.

Please expect long delays if you intend to register online (using a provided laptop) and pay at competition days.

Kate Sanford

Registrar