Mulgrave News May 2009

News from Chris

Hi All

I hope all is going well. Due to the spread of numbers in the groups we have had to single every age group this year.

I have done a new program which is being checked for mistakes but we will start it now.

The optional event part is to start a 1pm each Sunday. Warm ups for these events must be done by the athletes themselves.

As each athlete can only do five events, those who choose to do the optional event must choose which event not to do from the other five events offered. If by chance you do six events then we will automatically take the first run event off, regardless if it is a record or pb.

The warm up will start at 1.15pm with the program starting at 1.30pm. Warms must be attended by ALL participating athletes.

Congratulations to all athletes that have attended Bendigo Bank I hope you all did well.

I will be on holidays with Cheryl for the next five weeks touring Northern Territory. I will still be contactable by mobile phone 0407373232 or by email chrisstirlo@yahoo.com.au

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me.

Chris.

Phone Numbers

Centre Manager	Chris Stirling	Ph: 0407373232
Coaching	Adriano & Kathy Bortolanza	Ph: 40455645
Treasurer	Sue Cristaudo	Ph: 0408881566
Registrar	Cheryl Buscemi-Lebrun	Ph: 0409059547

Please note: In our hand book that was handed out at the start of the season ‘Mulgrave Information booklet’. It has a wrong phone number in for Sue Cristaudo. Please change this to the above phone number thank you.

Minutes 26^th April 2009

· Our Centre relay day due to occur on 9/8/09 has been postponed due to soccer using the grounds. Date to be advised.

· A flyer with details about little athletics is to be handed in at schools for inclusion in schools newsletters.

· Saturday 2^nd May our club was involved in a fund raising venture when we manned food stalls at Hash House Harriers events.

· Club captains’ the criteria was discussed.

· New shirts for our club. Chris talked about materials and designs.

· Stop watches for the track, to buy a couple more. Must be a multi timer.

“Club meetings are held once a month after competition. Please feel free to come along and bring some new ideas.”

From Maree.

Training

Mondays Starts 4^th May

Sprints Johnson Park at 4.30 pm

Tuesdays

Advanced throws only Johnson Park at 4.30 pm

Wednesday

Hurdles (Cost $3.00)

· U9 - U12 4.30 pm at Barlow Park

· U13 - Amateur 5.30 pm at Barlow Park

Thursday

Advanced throws only Johnson Park at 4.30 pm

Friday

Hill training and core strength (U9 – Amateurs)

Meet at Kathy’s house and walk to venue.

There is no water at the hills, please bring a drink bottle.

44 Accatino Street, Edmonton. (Around the corner from Sugar World).

Please Note.

There are no jumps or beginner throws training in MAY.

Suggest athletes attend sprint and core strength training.

Any questions contact Kathy on 40455645.

Parents, please remember the importance of footwear, hat, sun cream and water bottles for your children.

Official Clinic

We have an official clinic coming up 24th May 8.30 am at Johnson Park - over at Soccer Building (building near netball courts) and we need to know who would like to attend.

It will cost you nothing and those who would like to come to our club competition in the afternoon will be given a BBQ lunch, and as We will have senior soccer on the field, any children you bring along in the morning kept out of the soccer games way.

This is a great opportunity to learn the rules and coaching tips which will help you as parents help your own kids.

Please get the forms in asap to Sue or Kathy as we need to get numbers in for the course.

Chris

Canteen News

If anyone can help Wendy and Andrea with some home cooking that can be sold on a Sunday, this would be very much appreciated.

Winter is fast approaching so please remember your tracksuits for before and after competition.

Registrar information from Cheryl

Hi Everyone

This is the first email I have sent to the email addresses given on the registration forms this year. There are only 5 families not an email and they are CARRICK, FASCIA, MATTSON-DENT, TOMUN and WAY.

I would encourage if you know these families could you make them aware of competitions and things happening in the Club as we do endeavour to keep everyone up to date with information.

Chris has photocopied copies of this form and will be available at Club from Sunday.

As I am away, please give your form and money to Sue as soon as possible. I think Kathy will be entering them online so we usually have 2 weeks and sometimes the competition will close to Nominations a week before it is to be held. So no later then 24th May. Kathy or Sue will keep you informed as to the closing date.

Remember that when going to Townsville that accommodation maybe hard to find if there is football or another major sports event so don't leave it too late to book.

I hope you can make head and tail of this email and if any doubts, seek out the oldies in the club to explain especially Sue and Kathy.

Remember to have FuN and let the KiDs not matter if they are 50+ have fUn tooooooo oops parents you can have FuN tooooooooo

10^th May 2009 “Travelling with Cheryl”.

Well just started Competition tonight and still awaiting Discus Medals to be announced.

Chris and I are having a ball and we are off to Berry Spring in the morning to a thermal pool to help my shoulders that the classifier hurt on Friday.

I don’t think I have done well in Discus tonight but I went to the Sports Medicine Doctor and Physio who will and want to treat me over the next week. So l don’t have events tomorrow with Jav on Wed and SP on Thursday,

Chris is being an official at my events so she can help me on my chair so that is good and she is learning lots about AWD seated rules.

We will be leaving Darwin Sat or Sun next week. . . 

Hope you are all having fun at Club and wish all the athletes well from Chris and I for upcoming competitions and I will keep you informed as to my results as we have internet with us.

Reminder to everyone All Comers 6th & 7th June Townsville carnival.

11^th May 2009

I just won Silver Paralympics Medal in Discus. Tomorrow I have Javelin and Wednesday Shot Put. Not bad with an injured left and right shoulder – having Physio every day.

16^th May 2009

We are still in the land of the living and having a ball.

I won 3 Paralympics Silver medals for each of my events and there were 6 girls in my competition.

I injured my shoulders doing Shot Put but that was the last event of the comp, so I can rest now with Chris assigned driver. We will be in Darwin till Wednesday and then we are off south down the Stuart Highway to Ayers Rock.

We have 2 helicopter rides (with no doors booked at Kakado and Katherine) 

I have attached an email that some of you may be interested in taking up.

Cheers from Chris and me. 

And Congratulations to all who participated in School Boys and Girls. Well done.

Cheers Cheryl.

Dear Athlete,

You are cordially invited to participate in the

NORTH QLD SPORTS FOUNDATION SPONSORED

ANQ STUDENT GAMES

Incorporating

The North Queensland All-Comers Championships

TOWNSVILLE SPORTS RESERVE BURKE STREET NORTH WARD 6th & 7th June 2009

ATHLETICS NORTH QUEENSLAND

PO BOX 1566

AITKENVALE 4814

Telephone: 07 47281365

Facsimile: 07 47756124

Email: enquiries@athleticsnorthqld.org.au

ANQ Website: www.athleticsnorthqld.org.au

ATHLETICS NORTH QUEENSLAND WILL BE TAKING A BUS OUT TO THE WESTERN GAMES ION THE 4^th and 5^th JULY 2009

Cost will be approximately $110 which includes bus fare and accommodation at the Lions Youth Camp which has a total of 60 beds

• 1 dormitory has 7 trio bunk beds and 5 single bunk beds (31 beds )
• 3 x 1 trio bunk bed cabins ( 9 beds )
• 1 large donga with 7 single bunks ( 14 beds )

We will have to supply our own bedding i.e. sheets, blankets, and pillows

there is a total of 9 showers and toilets

At the moment the bus is planning to leave from Cathedral School at approximately 6am on Friday and arrive late in the afternoon at Mt Isa, and we will return on Sunday after the competition.

Meals will be extra.

If there is anyone along the bus route to Mt Isa that would like to be picked up this can be arranged.

To help with costs I can organise a raffle which will be drawn at the Student Games/All Comers competition, if anyone wants to pre sell Raffle Tickets, this can be arranged, and any monies raised will go towards your own costs for the trip.

If you are interested please contact Robyn at the ANQ office 07 47281365 or admin@athleticsnorthqld.org.au

HAVE YOU RECENTLEY MOVED/ CHANGED YOUR CONTACT DETAILS

Please fill in the slip and return to Cheryl our registrar.

Name:

Address:

Email:

Phone:

Thank you.

RELAY DAY NEWS

Our main fund raiser for the year is our relay day. This is our 7^th year at running this event. This carnival works on the basis of athletes nominating as pairs to form a team to compete against other teams in events. Their combined results are given points to which at the end of the day are tallied with winning teams receiving medals. The other clubs in our area also compete. Over the last few years we have had a stall of cakes and plants etc. If anyone has any ideas for this please come and share them with us. Or any ideas for a couple of raffles we would like to sell on the day would be a great help.

An important note our date for relay day has to be changed due to a clash with the soccer. Please keep the 6^th of September free.

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· Calendar of Events

· May
3^rd Bring a friend day.	At Johnson Park.
16-17^th Bendigo Bank Students Carnival in Cairns at Barlow Park. School children primary and secondary compete in their school uniforms for this carnival. Two full days of competition. Food available.	Mulgrave CLOSED.
23^rd-24^th Bowen Track & Field Carnival held in Bowen.	Mulgrave open.

· June

6^th-7th All comers/students games held at the Townsville sports reserve.	Mulgrave open.
· July
5^th School holiday.	Mulgrave CLOSED.
6^th 10^th Athletics North Queensland Oz Squad Live in camp held in Townsville.
18^th-19^th Coral Coast Carnival held in Cairns at Barlow Park. Two full days of competition. Food available.	Mulgrave CLOSED.
25^th-26^th Winters carnival held in Townville.	Mulgrave open.

· August

Relay Day starts in the morning. Five events with a partner. The other clubs from our area also compete. This is our main fundraiser for the year. Tots right through to our amateurs. Food available all day. Plus our own Mulgrave Market.	Held at Mulgrave. IMPORTANT NOTE: Date has changed. Refer to September.
30^th Tablelands Pentathlon at Tolga’s sports reserve. Location is opposite the humpy in Tolga. Starts in the morning. Five events. Tots right through to our amateurs. A great family day out. Food available.	Mulgrave CLOSED.

· September

6^th Relay Day starts in the morning. Five events with a partner. The other clubs from our area also compete. This is our main fundraiser for the year. Tots right through to our amateurs. Food available all day. Plus our own Mulgrave Market.	Held at Mulgrave.
19^th-20^th Regional Championships “Zones” held in Townsville.	Mulgrave CLOSED.
27^th School holidays	Mulgrave CLOSED

· October

2^nd-3^rd-4^thANQ Track & Field Championships Townville Sports Reserve.	Mulgrave open.
Presentation day.	Venue, date and time TBA

On a sad note we must pay our deepest sympathy to Sian Platt whose son Stewart passed away on May 4^th. Sian and her family spent 9 years with us at Mulgrave. While Stewart and his sister Rachel were really wonderful competitors. Sian took on many committee jobs during her time with us.

Flowers and a card were sent to Sian & Rachel on behalf of every one at Mulgrave. A big thank you to Sue for organising this.

“Don’t cry because he’s gone, smile because he’s been”.

Our newsletter will come out each month if any one has any items for sale or would like to let us know what their children have done in the community or on the sporting field please email me on heath334@bigpond.net.au or phone 40454447.

Have a great week

Fiona.