TRACK ADDRESS: Pizzey Drive (off Oceanic Drive), Miami QLD 4220 POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 34, Mermaid Beach QLD 4218 EMAIL: [email protected] FACEBOOK: Gold Coast Little Athletics WEBSITE: www.goldcoastlittleathletics.com.au INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/goldcoastlittleathletics COMPETITION: Start (see calendar page 11 for season dates) TRAINING: (see calendar page 11 for season dates) Committee Meetings are held on the 4th Tuesday of each Month. COMMITTEE: Should you have any problems or ideas please email us or contact one of the Committee (see page 8) and they will present your point of view at the next meeting. WET WEATHER: Please refer to our Gold Coast Little Athletics Facebook after 4:00pm Friday. *Whilst we do take care in preparing this handbook using information available and we believe details are correct at the time of printing we apologize if any names are miss spelt, performances are misquoted or if information is incorrect or omitted. Gold Coast Little Athletics 2020 2021 Handbook 1 GOLD COAST LITTLE ATHLETICS DETAILS ................................................................................................................. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS & ALL ABOUT LITTLE ATHLETICS ...................................................................................... 2-3 CODES OF BEHAVIOUR ................................................................................................................................................ 4 QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS ........................................................................................ 5 MESSAGE FROM 2020-2021 CENTRE MANAGER ....................................................................................................... 6 OUTGOING CLUB CAPTAINS 2019-2020 ....................................................................................................................... 7 2020-2021 GCLA COMMITTEE MEMBERS & COACHES & LIFE MEMBERS ......................................................... 8-9 LAQ KNOW YOUR EVENTS ......................................................................................................................................... 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS: 2020-2021 SEASON ............................................................................................................ 11 KEY INFORMATION FOR THIS SEASON ..................................................................................................................... 12 REGISTRATION, FUNDRAISING / UNIFORMS / LAQ FOOTWEAR RULES ......................................................... 13-14 UNDER 6 AGE GROUP POLICY & CHILD SAFETY POLICY ALL ATHLETES ........................................................ 15 COACHING, COACHING COURSES & PARENT HELP ............................................................................................... 16 OFFICIALS TRAINING / LAQ & LAA COMPETITION CLARIFICATION ................................................................. 17-19 LAQ & LAA COMPETITION RULE CHANGES 2019-2020 & 2020-2021 SEASON ...................................................... 20 REGIONAL & STATE ASSOCIATION COMPETITION DAYS ................................................................................ 21-22 GCLA CENTRE COMPETITION INFORMATION / RECORDS / POINTSCORE INFORMATION .......................... 23-25 CHAMPIONSHIPS / LAQ LAURIE BAARTZ AWARD / LAQ GEORGE HARVEY . PERFORMANCE LEVELS AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS / CENTRE AWARDS 2019-2020 .............................. 26-27 PARTICIPATION TROPHIES 2019-2020 ....................................................................................................................... 29 CENTRE POINT SCORE AWARDS 2019-2020 ...................................................................................................... 30-31 CENTRE CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNERS 2019-2020 ...................................................................................................... 32 QLD STATE RELAY MEDAL WINNERS 2019-2020 & GCLA LOGO HISTORY ........................................................... 33 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDAL WINNERS 2019-2020 .............................................................................. 34-35 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS & STATE COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS - RECORDS 2020 .................... 36 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020 CANCELLED & LAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020 CANCELLED ................................... 37 GCLA STATE TEAM REPRESENTATIVES ................................................................................................................... 38 BEST PERFORMANCES 2019-2020 (U6, U7, U8) ........................................................................................................ 39 BEST PERFORMANCES 2019-2020 (U9, U10, U11) .................................................................................................... 40 BEST PERFORMANCES 2019-2020 (U12, U13) .......................................................................................................... 41 BEST PERFORMANCES 2019-2020 (U14, U15) .......................................................................................................... 42 BEST PERFORMANCES 2019-2020 (U16, U17) .......................................................................................................... 43 CENTRE RECORDS U9-17 AWD BOYS & GIRLS ........................................................................................................ 44 CENTRE RECORDS U7 BOYS & GIRLS ...................................................................................................................... 44 CENTRE RECORDS U8 BOYS & GIRLS ...................................................................................................................... 45 CENTRE RECORDS U9 BOYS & GIRLS ...................................................................................................................... 46 CENTRE RECORDS U10 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 47 CENTRE RECORDS U11 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 48 CENTRE RECORDS U12 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 49 CENTRE RECORDS U13 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 50 CENTRE RECORDS U14 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 51 CENTRE RECORDS U15 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 52 CENTRE RECORDS U16 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 53 CENTRE RECORDS U17 BOYS & GIRLS .................................................................................................................... 54 SPONSORS .................................................................................................................................................................... 55 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK PROFILES ........................................................................................................................... 56 Gold Coast Little Athletics 2020 2021 Handbook 2 LITTLE ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT To develop children of all abilities by promoting positive attitudes and a healthy lifestyle through family and community involvement in athletic activities. WHAT IS LITTLE ATHLETICS? Little Athletics is a FAMILY activity. All children, regardless of ability are encouraged to participate. Each child is encouraged to improve their own personal performances. To do this, our Little Athletics Centre provides friendly competitions on Friday nights and training activities during the week. By joining these activities and learning how to do all the events correctly your child will have lots of FUN. Little Athletics is a FITNESS activity. From the simple warm up exercises, which precede each competition meeting and training session, to the actual running, jumping and throwing events all Little Athletics activities are designed to help WHAT DOES LITTLE ATHLETICS PROVIDE? Opportunity for organised recreational activity for children from the ages of 5 17 in which personal improvement overshadows competitive results. Opportunity for the achievement of all participants to be recognised regardless of competitive ability. Opportunity for the inexperienced participants to learn athletic skills. Opportunity for the more talented participants to obtain competitive experience at Region and State level and the U13 and U15 athletes to be eligible for selection in the State Team to compete at the Australian Teams Championships. Opportunity for skilled athletes to aid youngsters by coaching them in athletic skills. Opportunity for parents to be involved with their children and their chosen sport. Opportunity for Volunteering within the club, at regional or state level Little Athletics. LITTLE ATHLETICS QUEENSLAND VALUES FAMILY, FUN & FITNESS / BE YOUR BEST Little Athletics in , now has 103 Centres throughout Queensland and provides services to over 14,000 athletes and an estimated 5,350 volunteers. Little Athletics is a community activity that encourages involvement of the whole family. Children can participate in a range of