 It was a warm and sunny day at Hagenauer Reserve yesterday. A full program of hurdles on the back straight and 100m & 200m sprints on the front kept officials, parents and athletes busy. With one week to go before we have a break for Christmas & New Year it is almost time to celebrate what has been a brilliant first half of the season at Box Hill Little Athletics Centre. We have welcomed a number of new families to BHLAC this season. With our membership numbers exceeding our previous years figure we are on track to reach numbers that we haven't seen for quite a few years. We look forward to the last week of the year this coming Sunday. We hope to have a very special visit from Santa along with a BBQ Sausage Sizzle to end the day. Thank you to all the parents this year for your support. Without all of you doing your bit we would not be thriving as a club. The atmosphere has been sensational and we can tell all the kids are really enjoying their Sundays and the athletics. Have a great week and see you next Sunday! BHLAC - Caps for sale - $20 You may have noticed the new Committee Polo shirts over the last couple of weeks. These shirts are the first of a number of new items the club is releasing over the coming months. Today we released our new BHLAC Caps. With a short supply this week we sold out quickly. We will have some more over the coming week and into the New Year. The Caps will be available at the Canteen and Uniform Shop for the remainder of the season and are only $20 We plan to release a whole range of items perfect for your athletic needs. Training tops, Beanies and a Club Hoodie will follow for the winter months. Check out the website over the coming months. Parent Support Program - SignUp With the last week coming up before the Christmas break we will see less families at the track. It is really important to secure parent support early this week so as we have an efficient program on Sunday. Please click the link to signup to this weeks duty roster. Click here to sign up to a parent duty Upcoming Events There are a number of new events that have been announced over the last week. Check out the relevant club websites for all the details over the coming weeks. Until then, here are the details 4 Pillars Multi Event - Saturday 15th January - Ringwood LAC Details to be released in coming week Knox LAC Open Day - Saturday 22nd January - Knox (Twilight event) Click here to the Knox LAC Open Day Registration Portal 2022 LAVic State Combined Championships - 29/30 Jan - Lakeside Entries close 12th January 2022 Click here to enter the 2022 LAVic State Combined Event Championships January 29/30 EMR Regional Track & Field Championships - 12/13 Feb - Knox Click here to the LAVic Regional Track & Field Registration Portal Mid-week training at BHLAC Mid week training is offered to all BHLAC members. It is held on Wednesday afternoons between 4:30 & 5:30pm. To assist our Head Coach Steve Cain with his planning, we ask all parents to register their children for each weekly session by Midday on the day. Click on the link below to register for Wednesday nights training. Click here to register for mid week training Multus Performance Coaching BHLAC is very fortunate this year to have highly decorated coach Steve Cain and his team assist our club with coaching this season. Whilst Steve runs our weekly training program each Wednesday afternoon during the season for members, he also provides a range of programs throughout the week that may be perfect for your little athletes that are looking for that bit extra. Head on over to the Multus Performance Coaching website for further information regarding programs and pricing. https://www.multus.com.au It's not too late to join - Tell your friends We still have plenty of Athletics left this season. With 1 more program meet this year and another 6 after the New Year's break, there is still plenty of time to become a member of BHLAC. Tell your friends and family that BHLAC is the place to come for all your Little Aths needs. Click on the link below to join as a full member or for anyone new and considering Little Athletics, you can even try our 2 week program before you commit. Click here to go to the BHLAC members portal Christmas week @ BHLAC A reminder to all our members that this coming Sunday is the last program meet for the year. We will have a break from Little Athletics until Sunday 16th January. Please join us this Sunday for a BBQ to follow the program and a very special visit from Santa!! Stay Connected with Box Hill LAC Join us on Team App TeamApp is a great way to quickly stay in touch and up to date with all things Box Hill LAC right from your smart phone. Download the app and get the latest news and updates from Box Hill LAC direct to your device. Simply search for 'Box Hill Little Aths' and then select 'general member' https://boxhilllac.teamapp.com/ You can also follow us on - https://www.facebook.com/boxhill.lac/ https://www.instagram.com/boxhilllac/ Download on the Questions and feedback are always welcome, please email Box Hill LAC President Dean Williams at [email protected]  Week 4 at BHLAC saw us return to Program A today, albeit with a few adjustments to the program. For the first time in 2 years we offered a Competition walks program to start off the day. It was really pleasing to see so many turn out to complete the walks event. At distances between 700m through to 1,500m it definitely gave a number of athletes a solid warm up before the main program commenced. With today's program mainly consisting of sprints on the front straight we included a trial of running the 400m program as a laned event. Something we have not done for many years. To put it simply, it takes a lot more effort and time to run the event this way. We normally get an entire age group completed in one heat when we start them off the single line but it is important for the kids to be comfortable running in their own lane, given they will compete like this at Regional & State Carnivals. Besides an unfortunate IT timing delay at the start of the day, the program ran extremely well and should be a permanent feature moving forward following a post meet review with the Committee. The Committee also unveiled the new Electronic Timing Board which was positioned above the timing tent. It was fantastic to see it make its debut and was really well received by the athletes and spectators. The timing board is courtesy of a Sports Grant BHLAC received late last season. A special thank you to Peter Stefanos who is a well known member of our Seniors club. Peter has worked tirelessly in the background to get this ready and the Committee would like to thank Peter for his assistance with this new permanent feature at the track. With two weeks to go before the Xmas breakup we have the busiest two programs coming up. Next week is Program B (hurdles focus) and then a busy last week on the 19th December. We will be holding a BBQ on the last day of the year and also are hoping for a very special visit from Santa in the afternoon as well. Thank you to all the parents that assisted today and also for your patience while we sorted out the technical issue. It is great to have such amazing support. Enjoy your week!! Parent Support Program - SignUp As we edge closer to the end of the year and the Christmas break we will see less families at the track. It is really important to secure parent support early this week so as we have an efficient program on Sunday. Please click the link to signup to this weeks duty roster. Click here to sign up to a parent duty 2022 LAVic State Combined Championships The 2022 LAVic State Combined Event Championships are being held on January 29 & 30 at the State Athletics Centre - Lakeside - Albert Park. Open to Ages U9 to U16. Entries will be limited and the portal is now open. Click on the link below to head to the LAVic entry portal. Entries close Sunday 12th December. Click here to enter the 2022 LAVic State Combined Event Championships January 29/30 Mid-week training at BHLAC Mid week training is offered to all BHLAC members. It is held on Wednesday afternoons between 4:30 & 5:30pm. To assist our Head Coach Steve Cain with his planning, we ask all parents to register their children for each weekly session by Midday on the day. Click on the link below to register for Wednesday nights training. Click here to register for mid week training Multus Performance Coaching BHLAC is very fortunate this year to have highly decorated coach Steve Cain and his team assist our club with coaching this season. Whilst Steve runs our weekly training program each Wednesday afternoon during the season for members, he also provides a range of programs throughout the week that may be perfect for your little athletes that are looking for that bit extra. Head on over to the Multus Performance Coaching website for further information regarding programs and pricing. https://www.multus.com.au It's not too late to join - Tell your friends  We still have plenty of Athletics left this season. With 2 more program meets this year and another 6 after the New Year's break, there is still plenty of time to become a member of BHLAC. Tell your friends and family that BHLAC is the place to come for all your Little Aths needs. Click on the link below to join as a full member or for anyone new and considering Little Athletics, you can even try our 2 week program before you commit. Click here to go to the BHLAC members portal Stay Connected with Box Hill LAC Join us on Team App TeamApp is a great way to quickly stay in touch and up to date with all things Box Hill LAC right from your smart phone. Download the app and get the latest news and updates from Box Hill LAC direct to your device. Simply search for 'Box Hill Little Aths' and then select 'general member' https://boxhilllac.teamapp.com/ You can also follow us on - https://www.facebook.com/boxhill.lac/ https://www.instagram.com/boxhilllac/ Download on the  Questions and feedback are always welcome, please email Box Hill LAC President Dean Williams at [email protected] |
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