U9 to U12 Regional Team Does ESLAC Proud. We had a great performance last weekend from ESLAC Athletes in the Region 8 Littles State Qualifying Meet, with ESLAC athletes seeming to featuring in nearly every final and a ton of Personal Best performances. ESLAC has 15 athletes who have directly qualified for the Littles State Championships and many many others who are awaiting results from the other Qualifying Meets to see if they make it through to State on the basis of times/heights/distances compared to other Regions. A highlight for the carnival was the ESLAC Girls Relay team of Marnie Laurence U9, Venus Kelly U12, Aria Jensen U10 and Marli Mayne U11 who emulated the boys from 2020 with a great win in one of the premier events of the meet. For more details please see the ESLAC 2021 Regional Wrap Up by our President Drew Richardson, download the Region 8 State Littles Qualifying Meet Results and keep an eye on the Results from other Regions if you are following athletes hoping to qualify for State.
Event Series 4 Friday 12th of February. This Friday 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 Feb 12, 2020, 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.
Nominations for the U13-U17 Little Athletics NSW Youth State Championships are now open! While the U9 to U12 athletes must go through the Region 8 Littles State Qualifying Meet to get to their State Championships being held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre on the 20th and 21st of March, the U13 to U17 athletes can nominate directly for the Youth State Championships being held the following weekend on the 27th and 28th of March 2021 also at SOPAC Homebush.
- The nomination period ends 5pm, Sunday, 21 February 2021 with the announcement of successful athletes posted by 28 February 2021.
- Standards must be achieved this season at any Little Athletics NSW competition. If the standard is achieved in an event outside of a Little Athletics NSW competition, then it must be achieved under the Little Athletics specifications e.g., weights and heights and when competing in their own age group.
- To determine if your outside event is compatible with LANSW event specifications please download a copy of the LANSW Rules of Competition Event Specs and compare your event specifications.
- The top 2 athletes from each Region then next best 8 from across the state will be selected to compete at the Youth State Championships on 27-28 March at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. If a Region doesn’t have an athlete achieve the qualifying standard the next top athlete within the state will fulfil the position subject to them meeting the qualifying standard.
- There is a cap of 24 athletes per event.
- There will be NO relays for the U13-U17 age groups.
- Multi-class (Disability) athletes will be required to do a direct entry. Please click HERE for further details and to enter.
- DRAFT Programs are available via these links and are subject to change –Saturday & Sunday
Barbeque Help Required. The barbeque fuels the families of ESLAC as well as the ESLAC bank balance and it has been doing a brilliant job on both counts this season. But the barbeque needs volunteers to run smoothly so, if you nominated as a barbeque volunteer on your parental obligations form, please see Vanessa at the barbeque to help out, the earlier the better.
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