The Nambour Little Athletics Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday May 7th starting at 9:30AM at the clubhouse. All NLAC members, parents, and friends are invited to attend. The draft agenda emailed to all members for your information.

The main items on the agenda are :
– Ratify the committee for the new season as selected on March 11th
– Decisions on next seasons fees and dates
– Nomination of delegates for the LAQ conference in Townsville in June and approval of associated costs
– Presentation of the financials for last season

Congratulations to all of our athletes for a great season and a big thanks to all our parent helpers. Special congratulations to our award winners for 2016-2017 :

• McDonalds Encouragement Award : Alexandra Angus
• Eric Rea Perpetual Shield : Lachlan Bangham
• Julie Cousins Perpetual Shield : Grace Brimelow

Most Improved Awards :

• Junior Girls : Pauline Martin & Matilda Hammond
• Junior Boys : Brayth Boxer
• Senior Girls : Maddison Montgomerie
• Senior Boys : Scott Hannaford

Rising Star Awards :

• Jude Brimelow
• Hugo Martin
• Natasha Hammond
• Neve Boxer

Final regional results are available. Click through to our results page and scroll down to “Nambour Team Results – 2016/2017 Season” for the links.

The 34 athletes who attended competed in 145 individual events and produced 43 season best performances – well done! And we had 23 top 3 finishes and another 13 who finished 4th. A great effort.

Special congratulations to the following 10 athletes who have qualified for the State Championships – Alex Angus, Lachlan Bangham, Troy Cordwell, Natasha Hammond, Pauline Martin, Rebecca Pereira, Lily Plowman, Taj Quinn, Ashlee Spencer, and Kathleen Waters.

Dates to remember :

Sat Feb 18 – Normal Comp at Nambour

Sat Feb 25 – Normal Comp at Nambour followed by a Committee Meeting

Sat Mar 4 – Tri Centre Comp at Bli Bli in the afternoon

Sat Mar 11 – Trophy Presentation at Nambour in the morning. Parents Dinner at the Nambour RSL in the evening.

And training is on Thursdays from 4pm as usual.

Click here for the team list for Regionals on Feb 4 and 5. List includes events and times, including when finals are for track events.

Four items of news – please read.

Tri Centre Carnival – Maroochy THIS FRIDAY NIGHT

The second Tri Centre Carnival for the season is this Friday Night (Jan 27th) at Maroochy Little A’s located at Maroochydore High School (enter off Maroochydore Rd, park near the auditorium and then walk down to the main oval). This replaces our normal weekly meet so please come along an join in. Start time is 5:30pm SHARP so please arrive by about 5:15pm. This is a great opportunity to compete against other Centres in a very friendly environment – plus the opportunity to make new friends. There will be NO athletics at Nambour on Saturday Jan 28th.

If you are definitely NOT attending the Tri Centre on Friday please let me know by email so I can remove you from the nomination list.

Check the Maroochy Little A’s FB site, or our site, in case the weather turns bad and the meet has to be cancelled.

Suncoast Regional Carnival – Feb 4 and 5 at USC Track

We have 36 athletes attending Regionals. Thank you for your nominations. Please check your email for your nominated events. If there are any corrections please let me know ASAP. Full info on Regionals will be emailed early next week.

Again note there will be no athletics at Nambour on Feb 4.

Training

Training will still be on this Thursday from 4pm even though it is Australia Day.

Congratulations Simone!

Finally some brilliant news – our own Coach Simone has been appointed to the Little Athletics Australia, Board Of Directors! Yes that right – our coach from our little grass roots club has just become one of the Directors of the Little Athletics national body. That is a massive endorsement for Simone’s enthusiasm and commitment to growing and improving our sport. We wish Simone every success with the position and look forward to hearing first hand news on the national direction of Little Athletics.

Hope to see you all at Maroochy on Friday night,

Here is this week news – last chance to nominate for Regionals is this Saturday. And info on the next Tri-Centre meet with Maroochy and Bli Bli.

Suncoast Regional Championships – Feb 4 and 5, USC Track

This is the major regional carnival for the season for all U7 to U17 athletes. Nominations (form has been emailed) and fee payment ($10 flat fee per athlete) is due at our club by THIS SATURDAY January 21st. No late nominations will be accepted. Athletes can compete in up to 5 events of their choice. For U9 to U17 if you finish in the top four you qualify to progress to the LAQ State Championships at QSAC Brisbane. Click HERE to go the LAQ website where you can find out all the info on Regionals.

If you have any questions about Regionals please come and see Rob either at Training on Thursday, or on Saturday.

Tri Centre Carnival at Maroochy – NEXT FRIDAY Jan 27th starting at 5:30PM

This is the second Tri Centre carnival with our friends from Maroochy and Bli Bli. This will be held on the FRIDAY NIGHT JAN 27th from 5:30pm at Maroochy Little A’s which is at Maroochydore High School (enter off Maroochydore Rd, park near the auditorium and then walk down to the main oval). This replaces our normal weekly meet so please come along an join in. This is a great opportunity to compete against other Centres in a very friendly environment – plus the opportunity to make new friends. There will be NO athletics at Nambour on Saturday Jan 28th.

Training – Thursday from 4pm

This week’s competition (Jan 21) as usual at Nambour starting at 8AM (and yes we will have the track marked this week!)

Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year.

Little Athletics starts again at Nambour this Saturday Jan 7th starting at 8AM. We realise a lot of people will still be away, but for those who are keen to get back into Athletics, come down on Saturday. There will be a number of committee members and coaches away on Saturday so if you do come down please be prepared to help out where you can.

Suncoast Regional Championships – Feb 4 and 5, USC Track

This is the major regional carnival for the season for all U7 to U17 athletes. Nominations (form here) and fee payment ($10 flat fee per athlete) is due at our club by January 21st. No late nominations will be accepted. Athletes can compete in up to 5 events of their choice. For U9 to U17 if you finish in the top four you qualify to progress to the LAQ State Championships at QSAC Brisbane. Click HERE to go the LAQ website where you can find out all the info on Regionals.

Have a think about what events you want to do at Regionals and get your nominations in ASAP. We will be accepting nominations this Saturday!

Training

Training will re-start on January 12th.

Results from the Caloundra Open Day are available from our results page. Great effort with a total of 36 medals won from 147 events!

Click HERE for the full team list including event times for the Caloundra Open Day this Saturday.

Arrive at least 30 minutes before your scheduled event time. Also note that the times listed for the track is the time for the start of that block of events – for example the 100m sprints start at 11:00AM with the oldies, and will run right through to just before 1pm with the U7s. So check the program and see what order the age groups for each track event are run. We will have marquees set up on the west side of the oval, and remember to bring a hat, sunscreen, lots of water, food, and a chair or rug. We are all looking forward to a great day at Caloundra – with lots of medals!