MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS BY PARENTS When is the season?
September through to March Where?
Dunbar Park, Marsfield Time?
8.15 am to about 10.30 am/11.30 am for older children How much?
Little Athletics Registration Fees for 2011-12 (all athletes from 1 family):
1 Little Athlete $100
2 Little Athletes $180
3 Little Athletes $240
4 or more Little Athletes $280
What to bring?
Hat, comfortable running shoes, sun-screen and water bottle. How to pay?
Cheque or cash ONLY. Documents to provide?
Birth certificate, Blue Book or Passport for proof of age. What age groups?
Athletes can register from the age of 3. Age groups are determined as at midnight on 30 September, so a child who is 8 on that day will register and compete as an Under 9 Little Athlete.
Tiny tots (ages 3 and 4) are not required to wear a uniform. All other athletes can purchase their uniform from the Centre.
What events can my child do?
Each week we alternate on a Week 1 and Week 2 program.
Depending on their age, children get a variety of track and field events such as:
Track - 70 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 700 m, 800 m, 1500 m and hurdles.
Field - Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put,
Discus, High Jump, and Javelin What do the Tiny Tots do each Saturday? If your child is a Tiny Tot, they will participate in play activities, mainly in their own area outside the track. Tots usually spend some time on the track as well where they run, have relays, and long jump into the sandpit to get them used to the track, running in lanes, and queueing for their turn,
amongst other things!
The activities are designed to develop some of the gross motor skills
and co-ordination used in later years for athletics,
eg throwing bean bags jumping, running, etc .
A parent of the Tot stays with them and helps with the activities. All the Tots' parents take a turn in organising and leading the activities for the group. The Tots' program usually finishes by 10.30.
Tots are given a sticker for their achievement book each time they attend
but no times or places are recorded for them. What do I do as a parent?
Parents are required to stay each Saturday and help out on the oval as an official or alternatively can help with the BBQ or Canteen. Little A’s can only continue with the support of the parents involved in the morning activities. |