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.


Twilight meet - Photo courtesy of the Wrigley Family

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.

South Launceston Little Athletics Centre Inc provides children between the ages of 4-14 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".

Centre Fees 

The fees for all clubs at our centre are consistent and have not increased from last year.  The fees which should be paid to individual club treasurers are as follows:

1 Child   -   $100
2 Children - $170
3 Children - $230
4 Children - $270
Tiny Tots  - $25
U14 / U15 Dual registration - $55

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 revised (Changed for 2009/10) 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.





Cancellations

If a meeting has to be cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, announcements will be made on ABC Northern Tasmania Local Radio on 91.7FM.  If the meeting is cancelled before 7:20am (or 3pm for twilights), an announcment will be published on this web page. 

  

Next season

Congratulations to all athletes, parents and helpers for your efforts in 2009/10.  The programme for next season is under construction and will be available for review shortly.  Look forward to seeing you all next season.

SLLAC U13 State Team Reps

The U13 State team was announced at the conclusion of the State Individual Championships.  South Launceston is pleased to announce that 9 of our athletes were selected in the team that travels to Brisbane in April for the Australian Little Athletics Championships.  Congratulations to you all - we know that you will represent your centre and State with pride.  Congratulations also to Aiden Rigby who was seleted in the State U15 team and he is included in the picture below.


Back - Tim Jones, Aiden Rigby, Cody Leary, Louis Perkett, Jayden Brown
Front - Emma Walker, Courtnet Stanley, Caitlyn Bestwick, Shelby Miller, Morgan Pinner.

State Walks/Multi Event Champs

The State walks championships were held on Sunday 7th February at the Domain Athletic Centre in Hobart in conjunction with the State multi event championships.  South Launceston performed particularly well taking out all medal positions in the U9 Girls and U11 Boys.  Other gold medals were won in the U12 Boys, U13 Boys, U13 Girls and U14 Girls.   Special mention should go to Meredith Berends (PIctured below) who broke the U9 girls state record, Getasew Ferguson who won by a street and Jayden Brown who tusselled all race and came home to win by a whisker.



Congratulations also to Tim Jones and Jordan Bennett who won the U13 and U14 Boys multi events.  Full results are available on the results page.

Results

Results for 20 February have been published on the results page have been posted on the results page.  Click on the link to open a pdf document and then use 'control F' to search for the relevant events. 

If you have any questions concerning results or tickets, please download the form on the results page and pass to your Team Manager for follow up.

Badge Placement

The correct badge placement is shown below - Please ensure that all previous year's badges are removed from uniforms.

  

State Individual Championships

Congrtulations to all our participants in the state Individual Championships.  While there were many occaisions when SLLAC athletes were on the medal podium, all of you competed with great enthusiasm, determination and sportsmanship.  Well done! 

The full results for both days are available on the results tab of this site.

State U13 Sportmanship Awards

Congratulations to Emma Walker who was awarded the Tasmanian State Little Athletics Sportsmanship Award at the State Championships.  Emma is a worthy winner of this award as she always participates giving her all and always shows respect to all athletes and officials in her sport.  Well done Emma - The Centre is proud of your achievements.



Tasmanian Community Fund

South Launceston Little Athletic Centre would like to acknowledge the support of the Tasmanian Community Fund in the form of a grant to purchase athletic equipment.  The grant has enabaled the centre to purchase hurdles which ensure our athletes are given the opportunity to compete on equipment fit for purpose.  The grant was also used to purchase starting blocks and a hand held distance timer.  All of our current athletes and future athletes will benefit from the support of the Tasmanian Community Fund.

Centre Multi Event & Walks Champs

The first SLLAC Multi Event championship was a fantastic sucess - So many PBs on the day by so many athletes.  Congratulations to all athletes who took part.  There were over 160 athletes participating and the feedback is that fun was had by all.  

So many parents worked tirelessly all day to make the day a sucess and while it is dangerous to single out people, the Summervale walks officials and timers were fantastic in ensuring the walks progressed quickly and the data entry personnel of Jayne Barrett, Janine Healey and Michelle Walker did a superb job in posting results and updating positions within 20 mins of an event.
Thanks to Rio Tinto for sponsoring the event and providing medals and ribbons for all age groups.
Full results are now available for all age groups for the Multi Event.
The walks championships were also a terrific sucess with more than 80 athletes participating. 

photos

Photos have been uploaded for  the Centre Championships on 20 February.   Thanks to Nick Morey for an excellent job this season.

Please provide feedback on the photo gallery to info@sllac.org.au. Access the 2009-10 Photo Gallery Here.



Jayden Brown on the way to winning the U13 State Walks.


 

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