Bring a Friend Day - Saturday 24th November

Do you have friends, neighbours, cousins, who might appreciate the Little Athletics experience?

In that case, we invite you to invite them to our next meeting on Saturday 25th November. There would be no need for them to register, and they can join into to the regular program, in the appropriate age groups.

And if you do bring a friend, the club will be happy to show you appreciation - our admin team will give you vouchers you can use at the canteen - a free cup of coffee for adults, or a treat of equivalent value for your kids. So you get to show people the club, and get a small reward for you as well. How good is that?

And hopefully your friends will like the experience and become members themselves.

Keilor athletes excel at School Sport Victoria Track and Field

School Sports Victoria have recently had its primary and secondary state championships for track and field. A good number of KLAC athletes were fortunate enough to qualify, and even medal.

The results that we know about are listed below

• Max Busuttil - Gold in 12/13 boys 100 and 200 metres,

• Lay Kanakrok - Gold in 12/13 boys long jump, bronze in 100 metres,

• Dilan Egodowatte - Gold in 12/13 boys 800 metres and 1500 metres

• Frank Mazza (13 boys) - Gold in Javelin

• Stephanie Afano (9/10 girls) - Gold in Shot Put

• Abbas Hassani - Silver in 11 boys 200 metres.

• William Hurt (10 boys) - 4th in 200m

• Noah McMenamin (11 boys) - 4th in High Jump

• Peter Addo (11 boys) - 8th in 100m

• Lara Scanner (12/13 girls) - 11th in 800

Simply to quality for the states championships is a major achievement - to medal is truly to be congratulated. Well done to all who participated!

(Have we missed your performance? We have tried very hard to include all of the Keilor athletes that we know about - if we missed you, please text Mike on 0419 103 533 with your details, and we will update this page).

It is not too late to start Little Athletics this season!

Keilor Little Athletics Centre (KLAC) has just run two very successful Come and Try Days, and the season will start its competition program next Saturday 13th October, 9am to 12am

But it is not too late to join, at all. In fact members join KLAC throughout the season, and we always welcome newcomers.

We even allow a free trial if you wish to experience Little Athletics for yourself.

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However this does not mean that people who are interested in competing should not join now. KLAC runs a very sophisticated program for collecting and making results available online.

BUT results are only available for paid members, who have supplied proof of age documents - and these results are only supplied for events AFTER you have paid.

So if you interested in accruing results, and earning PBs that count towards our PB program, we strongly suggest that you join and pay now, and make sure that you have supplied proof of age documents.

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But for new members who are still curious about Little Aths - come along and see for yourself, and no, it is not too late to join at all

Keilor is seeking sponsorship - Bronze, Silver, Gold and Major levels

Keilor Little Athletics is a leading and successful Little Athletics club in the North West of Melbourne. We run a complex program that including a summer track and field program, cross-cross in winter,  a very successful relay program, coaching for all of these activities, and even a scholarship program to attract new athletes into the sport. We attract more than 400 athletes every season, from more than 250 families spread throughout the North West of Melbourne.

We are also looking for sponsors to help support and grow the club. As part of this we asking sponsors to support us at four levels:

• Major

• Gold

• Silver

• Bronze

Packages start from $200.

Are you in a position to our club and its members? If so please check out the details of the available packages via the link below, which includes contact details if you wish to learn more. 

State Cross Country - Lake Dewar, Myrniong, 28 July 2018

Seasoned Keilor Cross Country Athletes are used to competing in the harshest of conditions at Cruden Farm, but this year we enjoyed some fabulous winter sunshine at the beautiful Lake Dewar at Myrniong. 

The 2018 State Cross Country at Myrniong turned on the best winter weather we have had in some time.  It was a beautiful location and appeared more like a festival with music playing, food trucks and lots of families enjoying the sunshine.  The track was green and a gorgeous change of scenery for our athletes (one u14 athlete did comment how nice the scenery was on their run down the hill J).

All Keilor athletes performed spectacular as always, and cheered each other on, before and after their races.  There certainly was some tough competition, but Keilor managed to run better than some of the School Sport Victoria Cross Country winners on the day, which is a great effort.

Special mention to the following athletes who managed to win an individual medal:

Mitchel Langborne – Gold in the boys u13

James Wilcox – Silver in the boys u14

Also a special mention to the following teams.  State Cross Country combined athletes times and event position to determine first, second and third and congratulations to the following Keilor Teams:

3rd U11 Boys:  Noah McMenamin 6th, Royce Goudy 24th, Campbell Scaife 34th

3rd U14 Girls: Talia Roshier 11th, Alyssa Di Martino 14th, Alicia Kisielewsk 29th

All of the Keilor Athletes performed spectacular against some great competition.  Thank you also to all the parent helpers on the day.  Cross Country Season is about to close so we are looking forward to seeing  you all at Little Aths in September for the Summer Season.

NMR Cross-country, 23 June 2018

Congratulations to everyone that ran at the Region Cross Country on Saturday, and thank you to all of the parents for turning up and completing all the duties.   It was yet another freezing morning for everyone.

Keilor had around 30 athletes competing, second only to Diamond Valley.

It was great to see Keilor athletes in every single race and coming home with a few medals on the day.   Should see some great results at the upcoming State Cross Country with so many talented athletes.

Here are some of the special achievements:

U9

• Luke Becvinovski – 3rd

U10

• Alicia Gec – 2nd
• Finn Daffey – 1st
• Samuel Wood – 2nd

U11

• Noah McMenamin – 3rd
• Lara Sacaner – 2nd

U12

• Dilan Egodawatte – 1st
• Samuel Scodella – 2nd

U13

• Mitchel Langborne – 1st

U14

• James Wilcox – 1st
• Alyssa Di Martino – 2nd

Congratulations to everyone who also picked up medals in the team results.

Check out the full list of results below - and for the photos from the day, check out our Facebook page.

Keilor does well in 2018 LAV cross country relays - 2018, 2 June, Cruden Farm

It was the Cross Country Relays inaugural event, and 210 teams from across the State came together at Cruden Farm in Langwarrin.  Keilor Athletics was proud to have 18 athletes join together to have 6 teams running.

Cruden farm is known to provide some rough weather conditions for cross country, but whilst it was brisk in the morning, the sun came out and our Keilor athletes shone.

Congratulations to all of our Keilor athletes who all ran extremely well against some very tough competition, including some of our athletes running up an age group. 

Our teams were:

Under 10 Girls:

• Azalea Mankelow (10)
• Eleanor Duggan (9)
• Ella McMenamin (9)

Under 12 girls

• Lara Scanner (11)
• Chiara Hutchinson (12)
• Madison Camburn (12)

• Charlotte Duggan (12)
• Maire McEvoy (12)
• Tuana Kul (11)

Under 11 boys

• Noah McMenamin (11)
• Finn Daffey (10)
• Royce Goudy (11)

Under 12 boys

• Dilan Egodowatte (12)
• Samuel Scodella (12)
• Curtis Rawlings (12)

Under 14 boys

• James Wilcox (14)
• Jackson McMenamin (14)
• Anzac Pirika (14)

Keilor also managed to get onto the podium and grab a few sashes on the day.  With the first event the Keilor U14 boys fought hard in a very fast race to come 2nd.  Congratulations James Wilcox, Jackson McMenamin and Anzac Pirika.   In the second event of the day, our U11 boys went to the front  and didnt look back, coming home with 1st and a blue sash.  Congratulations to Noah McMenamin, Finn Daffey and Royce Goudy.

We are all looking forward to seeing our talented athletes running at the Region Cross Country.

Thank you to everyone for making the long trip out and we hope to have many more teams running next year.

For photos from the event, cllck the link to the Facebook found below:

Finalised annual report for 2017/18 is now published

In line with our obligations to report to the members, a finalised annual report for 2017/18 is now published. This is essentially the same as a draft report published in March, but now includes an auditor's report.

Thanking our volunteers of the year - Libby Derks and Michael Taylor

Every year the KLAC committee nominates an individual for the prestigious award of "Volunteer of the Year", an award to be handed out at presentation day. This year, we nominated two - being our chief starters, Michael Taylor and Libby Derks. 

The committee was very pleased to acknowledge the support of both Michael and Libby. Besides turning up every week to start the Keilor program, they also help with starting in regional and state events. Both have been doing so for some years now. 

Well done to both Libby and Michael!

Age group changes - what do they mean for you?

From September 2018, the age group birth date cut off will be changed. Rather than the official age of an athlete (U9, etc) being based on their age as of 30th September, it will instead be based on their age as of 31st December. 

This has been changed by Little Athletics Australia in order to align our age groups with senior and school athletics throughout Australia.

A summary of the changes and impacts is as follows:

• The age group anniversary date will change in the 2018/19 season to 31 December
• Athletes born between October and December will increment two age groups in 2018/19
• Athletes born between January and September are unaffected by the change
• The age groups will align with national school sport competitions
• Athletes will remain in the same age group for the duration of the summer season

For example, an U10 athlete born between 1 Jan and 30 Sep will move to the U11 age group.  An U10 athlete born between 1 Oct and 31 Dec will advance two age groups to the U12 age group.

Both groups of athletes will find themselves competing with a slightly different set of competitors - and some competitors will be the same. 

While we appreciate that this will be a big change for some, we have confidence in the resilience of our athletes, and expect them to adapt pretty quickly to the new age groups.

There are a handful of changes to help with this transition:

• In the 2018/19 season, U16s will be allowed to compete in regional and state events. This will be a one-off year for U16s competing at this level.
• In this same season, the U11 clinics (run by LAV) will also be open to U12s
• Young athletes who turn 5 between 30th September and 31st December will be allowed to compete in the U6s for that season, and for the whole of that season, even if they are less than 5 years old on the dates when they register. This change will be permanent. 

Looking for more information?

Little Athletics Victoria have also prepared a webpage with helpful information - check this out via the link below:

KLAC ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED

In preparation for our AGM to be held this Saturday, as part of the Centre Champs, we have published our annual report. This is found, in draft form, by clicking the image below.:

This Annual Report is currently in draft form because we are still waiting for a report from our auditors. Once we have this report, we will finalise this, and let members know that is has been finalised.

Update – the minutes from the the AGM are now published, and found here.