Congratulations Piper Simpson. Our congratulations go out to Piper Simpson (U11 athlete) who won the Junior 800m at the NSW State Schools State Titles last week in a time of 2:31:00. If you have any news of achievements by our ESLAC athletes please send our President an email at rjdoohan@gmail.com so we can spread the word.
Event Series 4 Friday 9th of November. This Friday the 9th of November we will be running Event Series 4. The Tots to U7 will run 70m and 100m, the U8s will run 100m and 700m races, the U9’s and U10’s a 100m and an 800m, while the U11’s to U17’s will run a 100m/1500m combination. The U12’s and Senior athletes will also have the chance to run the 200m/300m hurdles events. You can print copies of the ESLAC Event Series 4 Nov 9, 2018, the Event Series 4 Program List Nov 9, 2018 and the ESLAC ES Marks Event Locations Map Sep 19, 2018 and bring them with you on Friday night so that you know what is scheduled for your age group and where you can find your group at any time.
State Relay Next Weekend. We will be scheduling relay practice again this Friday November 9th to get ready for the State Relay Championships being held next weekend at Sydney Olympic Park, the Junior day (U8 – U11) is on Saturday the 17th and the Senior day (U12 – U17) is on Sunday the 18th of November. Please see your Age Manager for team selections for the relay teams. Some teams are still not finalised so tonight’s 100m events will be used to determine the final spot in some teams. If your team is set, then please come to relay training at 5:00pm tonight or for those teams still being finalised, there will be practice at 8:00pm tonight. ESLAC has entered 27 teams this year. To see a list of our entries please download the ESLAC State Relay Entries 2018 and download a copy of the State Relays 2018 Event List with Times to work out what time you need to get to SOPAC next weekend. Check out the LANSW web site here for further information on the State Relay Championships.
Trophies and Uniforms. This week we will move uniform sales to the ESLAC Storage Shed (it’s marked on the ESLAC ES Marks Event Locations Map Sep 19, 2018), Amanda has also done a wonderful job of unpacking all our uncollected trophies from last season. So if you have an uncollected trophy or you have a friend who has an uncollected trophy please see Amanda at the ESLAC storage area this Friday night.
Zone Nominations Open. Each year ESLAC athletes from ages 7 to 17 are invited to participate in the Zone Carnival held at our home track of ES Marks Athletics Field on Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th of December. It costs $20 to nominate for the Zone Carnival and the parent/carer of each entrant is expected to volunteer for 2 hours as a helper or pay a $50 non-volunteer levy. U7 to U12 athletes can enter a maximum of 4 events each and U13 to U17 athletes can enter a maximum of 6 events each. Our Zone, the Inner City Zone, is made up of 8 clubs and is one of the strongest Zones in Australia. Each of the 8 clubs can enter a maximum of 5 athletes in each event for the U7 to U12 age groups (there is no limit on Club entries for U13 to U17 athletes), so entries for U7 to U12 are competitive and final say on who will represent ESLAC will be based on Friday night events results as judged by the ESLAC Committee.
The Zone Entry Table will be set up next to the barbeque in front of the girls change rooms.
List of Zone Events for Each Age Group (this list is to help you choose your events. Please note that the times are only estimates and the U10 Boys and Girls 1500m has been dropped from this year’s Zone program)
U7B U7G U8B U8G U9B U9G U10B U10G U11B U11G U12B U12G (Max 4 Entries per Athlete)
U13B U13G U14B U14G U15B U15G U17B U17G (Max 6 Entries per Athlete)
Barbeque Help Required (U7 Boys and U7 Girls). The barbeque It is the major fund raiser for ESLAC during the season so it’s important that we have the help required to make it run smoothly. This week it is the turn of the U7 age group to help out. Please download a copy of our ESLAC Barbeque Roster 2018_2019 Season to see when your age group is next scheduled to help out.
Registrations are Still Open. Please let your friends know that, even though the season has started, registrations for the 2018_19 season are still open. We have already had 6 weeks of the season but there are 13 weeks left before our last night at ES Marks on Friday the 8th of March 2019. When registering, remember that we are “Eastern Suburbs Little Athletics Club – Friday” and that if you want to claim your $100 NSW State Government Active Kids Voucher, you should visit Services NSW first to get your voucher number. Click here to register online now, or visit our Registration Page for full details on how to register for the 2018/19 season.
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