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Next Meeting - Sunday 23rd November - Program 1

Warm-ups commence at 9:00am with the first event called at 9:15am sharp.

Northern Regional Challenge

Congratulations to all 109 South Launceston athletes who braved the early poor weather and participated in what turned out to be a fun day. Most athletes turned in a PB in one of the events and although we didn't run away with the Centre Challenge Shield, we will be back again in force next year.

More photos of the Centre Challenge Day are available from the link on the photos page.

Centre Records Updated

The centre records for both Youngtowm memorial Oval and St Leonards have been updated and are available for viewing on the records page. Record breakers from 19th and 25th October are also listed on the records page.

Last update 24 October, 2008

Rio Tinto Alcan Tamar Valley Sporting Grant

During the closed season we were delighted to hear that SLLAC had been awarded the Rio Tinto Alcan Tamar Valley Sporting Grant for 2008 to the value of $2000. The application was made to purchase 7 gazebos to provide shelter from the sun for our athletes and officials competing in all athletic events at the centre. This grant will allow us to provide shelter at each of the field event sites as well as for officials recording results at the finish line. Members of the Community grants team at Rio Tinto Alcan presented athletes and officials with the cheque on our ground at South Launceston Football Club in June allowing us time to purchase the gazebos prior to the season commencing.

Welcome to Our Centre

We are here for the kids!

South Launceston Little Athletics Centre Inc. (SLLAC) is the largest Little Athletics Centre in Tasmania, catering for in excess of 500 parents and children, (300 little athletes). Athletes consist of boys and girls in the age range under 6 to under 15.

The parents include grandparents and we also provide activities for toddlers/infants. SLLAC encourages gender equity and participation by children suffering handicaps.

SLLAC conduct various athletic events including but not limited to sprints, hurdles, race walks and long distance track events, discus, shot put, javelin, vortex and turbo javelin throwing events, high jump, long jump, triple jump and skills development events.

These weekly programs are carried out for approximately six months, October to March, on a Saturday morning but also include several twilight meetings and Sunday Intra-State Athletic Meetings, culminating in the State Individual Championships in March.

Meetings start at 8:15 am and generally conclude by 12:30 pm on Saturdays with the twilight meetings commencing at 5pm. There are 18 meetings scheduled throughout the summer commencing in the first week of October and culminating in early March with our Centre Championships.

South Launceston Little Athletics Centre Inc provides children between the ages of 4-15 with the opportunity to compete in an atmosphere of fun, enjoyment and lasting friendship fulfilling the phrase “Family Fun & Fitness”. And embracing motto of Australian Little Athletics of “Be your Best”.

Web Site

If you have any questions or suggestions for improvement, please contact one of the committee members listed on the Centre Info page or drop us a line at info@sllac.org.au

Program Change

The twilight meeting scheduled for Friday 21st November has been rescheduled to a day time meeting on Sunday 23rd November commencing at 9am. Download your updated copy of all the season dates from the Calendar page.

15 November Results Published

The results for the 15th November have been published on the results page. Click on the link to open the results in a new window.

photos

Photos from the 15thNovember have been added to the photo gallery. Thanks to Doug Perkett who readily volunteered to assist and took most of the photos this week. Send us your photos so we can add them to our Photo Gallery.

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State Relay Championships

The State Relay Championships will take place on Saturday 13th December at St Leonards. The Championship events are 4x100m for U6-U15 and 4x200m for U9-U15. In addition there will be a shuttle relay for U6-U9 and a composite relay run for all nominated reserves who haven't run as part of a team.

The relay policy and nomination forms are available for download and printing on the downloads page. Please refer to the TLAA manual, A SLLAC Committee member or your Team Manager for further information.

Closing date for nominations is 23 November but the earlier the better so we can get an early indication of interest.

Officials Courses

Have you ever yearned to be the person who gets to wave the flag? For further information contact Trevor Barrett or Brian James.

St Leonards Facilities

A map of the St Leonards facilities has been produced and is available for download from the downloads page. This shows the layout of the track, all field event sites and marshalling areas. There is also a seating plan available on the downloads page showing the allocation of the grandstand to various clubs. Clubs not housed in the grandstand area will have shade tents erected for their use.