Great Turn Out for Season Opener. Thank you to all the athletes and families who turned out for our opening night last Friday the 8th of September. The first night is always the hardest and we will be working hard to make each Friday night run more smoothly than the last. It was great to see so many smiling familiar faces. Also, a special thanks goes out to our new members, we hope you enjoy the first of many seasons at Little Athletics.
Start/Finish Times. ESLAC Friday night competitions start at 6pm with a warm up starting at 5:45pm. The Tots to U7 programs finishes at 7pm and the U8 to U17 programs finish at 8pm.
Registration Finalisation. If you haven’t registered yet for the 2017/18 season, don’t worry, there is still plenty of time, simply click here to register online now. To finalise your registration there will be 3 queues at the registration desk that you will pass on your way to the ES Marks track on Friday night:
- One queue will be for new members who will need to show athlete ID (passport or birth certificate preferred) to confirm the correct age group has been selected and hand in their 2017 LANSW Working With Children Declaration and ESLAC Parental Obligations Aug 1, 2016 forms before picking up their registration pack.
- Another queue will be for returning members who only need to hand in their 2017 LANSW Working With Children Declaration and ESLAC Parental Obligations Aug 1, 2016 forms before picking up their registration pack.
- The 3rd queue will be for those who already registered on our first registration night (thank you for doing this it really helps us) but were issued temporary plastic registration numbers for Tots to U11s and their dual registration number for U12 to U17s because we had not yet received our RFID enabled ESLAC registration numbers. Simply hand in your plastic number, or show your dual registration number to receive the RFID enabled ESLAC number that is to be sewn onto your ESLAC uniform.
After the registration rush at the start of the night we will move the RFID enabled number collection from the registration desk to the back straight timing desk for the Tots to U11s and the front straight timing desk for the U12 to U17s.
1500m and 200/300m Hurdles this Friday. This Friday the 15th of September we will be running Event Series 4. The Tots to U7s will be running the 70m and 100m races, while the U8s will run a 700m, 100m combination, the U9s an 800m, 100m combination and the U10s to U17s will run the 1500m and 100m sprint. The senior athletes will also have their first hurdle event of the season by way of the 200m/300m hurdles. For a complete listing of events for this Friday for each age group please download the ESLAC Event Series 4 Sep 15, 2017 also, to help navigate around ES Marks please download a copy of the ESLAC ES Marks Event Locations Map Sep 14, 2017.
Uniforms Sales. Uniform sales will be available each Friday night for the first several weeks of the season at the change rooms on the eastern side of ES Marks field. Please visit our Uniform Page for full details about the ESLAC uniform including costs etc.
Registering with ESLAC for the 2017/18 Season
The first night of Competition for ESLAC for the 2017/18 season will be on Friday the 8th of September but you should complete your registration before the opening night.
Registration is a 3 step process:
Step 1 – All registrations are done online through Little Athletics NSW. Click here to register online now. Please note that for security reasons, ESLAC prefers not to accept membership payments, so all registration payments should be made online at the time of registration by clicking the “Submit Application & Pay Online” button when it is offered.
Step 2 – Registration can be completed now by coming to our 2nd registration night scheduled for Thursday the 7th of September from 5:00pm, or arriving early on your first competition night (from 5:15pm) and visiting Ilana, our registrar, at the registration desk on the way into ES Marks just before you see the track. Athletes who have completed the online part of registration, including online payment, will be asked for their completed 2017 LANSW Working With Children Declaration and ESLAC Parental Obligations Aug 1, 2016 forms (these were downloaded as part of the online registration process and should be completed prior to attending the registration). Once the forms are received athletes are given a registration pack that includes their registration number and age group and sponsor patches.
Step 3 – This step only applies to athletes who are new to the club for the 2017/2018 season. You MUST bring a proof of age document that can be sighted by the club registrar so that the registered athlete’s age group can be confirmed. Birth certificate or passport are the preferred proof of age documents.
Notes:
- Little Athletes registering for the first time for the 2017/18 season will be asked to select a centre and then a club. In both cases choose “Eastern Suburbs Little Athletics Club-Friday“
- Remember, you are registering your little athletes not yourself so please ensure you enter the correct details i.e. make sure you use the Little Athlete’s name and not yours. When supplying an email address be mindful that this is the email address the ESLAC committee will use to communicate with you about ESLAC events and information during the season.
Age Groups
To see what age group your Little Athlete is in please consult the ESLAC Registration Ages 2017/2018 Season.
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