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Athletes ages must be in the range of 5 (U6) to 14 (U17) years at 30 September of the registering year.
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It depends on the age group, however events available at Strathpine include sprints, middle distance, hurdles,
racewalking, shotput, discus, javelin, long jump, triple jump and high jump. The U6 age group will also play
athletic based games and compete in modified events which will prepare them for competition in the older groups.
Full details of the events for each age group can be found
here.
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Please click here for information on Parent Help.
Assistance is required in the following areas:
- Age Marshalling (remain with group)
- Field Assistant (remain with group)
- Event Official (remain at event)
- Canteen
- Timekeeping (remain at track)
- Assisting with the setup of equipment prior to the commencement of competition and pachup afterwards
Note - All Parents have an obligation to assist with the running of competition days by helping to manage their
child's age group or in more specific ways as described above. The levy should be regarded as an incentive,
not an alternative to helping.
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Competition is held on Saturday mornings at the beginning of the season and then moves to Friday evenings during the hotter months. For full details refer to the Calendar.
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Coaching sessions are held weekly at John Oxley Reserve. All events are covered by a number of level O, 1 and 2 Coaches
although all events won't necessarily be available at every session (this is dependent upon the Coaches
other commitments). The Coaches at Strathpine provide their services voluntarily so no fees are payable.
Check the newsletter weekly, listen to the announcements prior to competition and check the noticeboard regularly for the latest information about sessions.
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Athletes are encouraged to attend more than one session.
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We realise that sometimes other sports overlap the Athletics season and it may not be possible to complete an entire
season. You can register a child at any time but it's important to be aware of the requirements to qualify for trophies.
Athletes must complete 4 of the 5 events offered on 70% of the competition days they are registered for.
Therefore if you can't compete at the beginning of the season it is best to delay registering until you are able to.
Generally there are 20 - 22 competition days held in addition to special competition days for Zone and State events.
Full details are available here.
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Sometimes. Athletics is a series of individual events, unlike the team sports you may be accustomed to.
With as many as 300+ Athletes scheduled to complete 5 events (that's over 1,500 individual throws, jumps,
runs and walks!) some waiting is inevitable. While every attempt is made to provide a program that runs
smoothly, other factors, particularly the available parent help on the day, will affect the time it takes
to get through all the events. It is also essential to ensure that age groups proceed to events in the
order indicated in the program. Officials will always schedule a group as per the program. This may
at times mean a wait which could vary from only a few minutes to as much as 20 minutes - although delays of
this magnitude should be infrequent. The Arena Manager is also watching over the overall progress of the
competition to ensure there are no major delays. If you're in a situation where you think there is
an unreasonable delay (greater than 20 minutes) please approach an Official or the Arena Manager and
let them know. If it's possible to re-schedule your event it will be. If not, consider getting the
children involved in a game or other activity while waiting.
The optimum size for the Strathpine Centre is 250 -300 Athletes. This is based on the facilities
available and the number of Parents prepared to become Officials. With the recent increase in the
popularity of Athletics, the Centre can now have in excess of 400 Athletes registered.
When this is the case, there may be delays exceeding those described above.
Little Athletics has a policy of accepting all registrations at Centres.
Please consider getting involved in the running of your Centre.
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The Athlete's Parents!
Little Athletics Centres are run under guidelines provided by the governing bodies -
Queensland Little Athletics Association and
Australian Little Athletics.
The Centres have a degree of autonomy as to how they run within the guidelines and are generally
self funded by a component of the registration fees, fund raising and the canteen.
All equipment, for example, is purchased by the individual Centres. At times, funds are sought
from Government grants, and if successful, provide for major acquisitions, eg. shed extensions ,
high jump mats and long jump run-ups. Generally, all levels of Little Athletics are run by volunteers
with the exception of a few essential full time positions at the State level.
At Strathpine, all positions are filled by the parents of the athletes and, in some cases, ex-athletes.
There are no paid Coaches, Officials or Committee Members as can occur in other sports.
The Coaches annual registration fees and education costs are met by the Centre to ensure they are not
"out of pocket" for providing these voluntary services.
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Expect to be at the regular weekly Athletics competition longer than you are for team sports.
Typically, a five event program for 300-400 Athletes will take 3 hours to complete.
This will depend on the amount of help available and the mix of events.
Packing up all the equipment then takes a further 30 minutes to complete.
We try to be away from John Oxley Reserve by midday on Saturdays and 10:00pm on Fridays.
Often we have finished earlier.
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We encourage all parents to remain at John Oxley Reserve to support children and provide assistance with
running the Centre. We do realise however that this is not always possible.
Unfortunately, due to the increasing practise of very young children being left without a Parent or
Guardian we have had to include some new requirements to be eligible for registration.
For the U6 and U7 age groups a Parent or Guardian must always be available within the competition area.
Please note that where permission has not been granted for the Centre Management to seek medical attention for a child, this requirement extends to all age groups.
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Yes. From the 2003/2004 season you need to have competed at a minimum of four Centre level competitions prior to nominations closing for the Regional Intercentre Games.
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