Unfortunately the meet on the 25th of May has had to be cancelled, hopefully all our athletes got the message from 4CA, Sea FM or from the website or by ringing Alana.

We have had a great start to the year, with the Bendigo Bank Carnival a success again, lots of records broken, a great effort from all our athletes, and a few new members from schools whom were not previously enrolled in Athletics. The winning schools were 1-199 enrolments East Palmerston School, 200-499 enrolments Malanda High, and over 500 enrolments St Andrews College Redlynch. Congratulations to all the athletes at these schools for making it happen.

Our next meet, Sunday 3rd May, will be at Marlin Coast at 9am, Smithfield High School Grounds (off Reed Rd). This is because relay for life will be using Barlow Park and we could not secure the ground. We are using this day to make a fun competition between the two clubs, not sure on how it will work yet, but I am sure we will sort it out on the day. We will have relays along with the usual events, so come along & join in with a sausage sizzle for lunch. The two clubs have always worked well together and we are really looking forward to another good turn out, so please support the club & have some fun at the same time.

The Coral Coast Track & Field carnival is on 16th & 17th of June, so please get your nominations in soon, this carnival is run according to ANQ rules, and the age cut off is 31st of December, same as school age, not 30th September as in Little A’s. It is loads of fun, and a chance for ALL enrolled athletes to compete from tiny tots to us oldies. We can always use any
help on the field or in the canteen also.

The Coaching camp at Tinaroo Dam, for U11-U18 is on again 30th June on the school holidays, can you please let us know of intention of going ASAP, as we need numbers so it will not be cancelled, because at this stage it may be. The cost is approx. $110 – which includes coaching, 2 nights accom, and other goodies such as a spike bag, drink bottle etc. Well worth it, not only loads of fun for the kids, a real chance to learn from some of the best coaches in Qld. Please email jagas@bigpond.com urgently or ring Alana on 0448885445. We may also be able to drop the age down to U10, though am still waiting on confirmation from the powers that be.

Please refer to your yellow year book calendar for dates and upcoming events, we also have in June the Barrier Reef T&F and in July Winters Competition in Townsville. Please do not hesitate to ask the committee if you would like information to attend. We have both committee members & athletes already booked to attend.

Saturday’s from 1-2pm, for older athletes, we have fitness/core strength training with Ingi at Rydges Plaza, Esplanade. The club is currently subsidising this and we have space for approx. 28 athletes. (U12 youngest please – and serious only). This has been successful so far, keep on supporting it.

Don’t forget, if you can help out in the canteen, please offer a little of your time, no cooking, just serving and making some great new friends. Or if you can, bring a plate of cakes to sell, as it all helps to make our club even stronger.

 

 

 

 

 

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