Wantirna Little Athletics Club

If you are missing athletics and looking for some inspiration, World Athletics is underway, with the World Tour and Diamond League resuming. The first Diamond League meeting that will resemble a regular top-flight international one-day meeting since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic is this Friday 14th August. Eleven reigning world champions from around the globe are converging on Monaco this week for what shapes as the strongest fields for Friday night’s meeting at Stade Louis II, which will have a reduced capacity of 5000 spectators to allow social distancing. The spotlight will be on middle-distance events which will feature the men’s world champions over 800m (Donavan Brazier), 1500m (Timothy Cheruiyot), and 10,000m (Joshua Cheptegei) and the women’s world champions over 800m (Hamilah Nakaayi), 1500m and 10,000m (Sifan Hassan), 5000m (Hellen Obiri) and 3000m steeplechase (Beatrice Chepkoech).

World record-holders Duplantis and Rojas set to soar

In the field events, three of the sport’s highest flyers will soar in the men’s pole vault, where world record-holder Armand Duplantis will meet world champion Sam Kendricks and Olympic champion Thiago Braz.

Where it watch it

The event will be steamed on Eurosport and the Diamond League YouTube channel. There is also possibility for those with Foxtel and Kayo that is will be broadcast on those platforms as well. Still waiting for conformation. Check your guides.

Upcoming Diamond League Meets

14 AUG 2020	Herculis	Stade Louis II, Monaco
23 AUG 2020	Bauhaus-Galan	Olympiastadion, Stockholm
02 SEP 2020	Athletissima	Pontaise, Lausanne
04 SEP 2020	AG Memorial Van Damme	Bruxelles (Boudewijnstadion)
17 SEP 2020	Golden Gala Pietro Mennea	Stadio dei Marmi, Rome
25 SEP 2020	Doha DL	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

This a reminder to all club members that the 2019/20 season Wantirna Little Athletics Club Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on Sunday 16th August 2020 at 7:00pm.

The AGM will run from 7.00pm to around 7:30pm  after which time we will announce the club award winners.

Members have already been emailed from the Club Secretary a meeting link and nomination form for the committee positions. AGM reports will be sent out closer to the date.

All members are welcome to nominate for any of the following positions on the committee.

The positions that must be filled are:

• President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Team Manager
• General Committee x 2

If you propose to nominate for a role please fill in the nomination form and return it to the club secretary before the 13th August.

We are seeking nominations specifically for Treasurer and General Committee. If you think you can help please let us know and nominate for a role.

Committee roles are easy to do and do not take up much time. It is a good way to get involved, support the club, and importantly our athletes and ensure that as a club we are viable for the upcoming season.

 

Please be advised that the 2019/20 season Wantirna Little Athletics Club Annual General Meeting will be held via Zoom on Sunday 16th August 2020 at 7:00pm.

Members have already been emailed from the Club Secretary a meeting link and nomination form. AGM reports will be sent out closer to the date.

The meeting will run from 7pm-7:30 after which time we will do a modified trophy presentation.

This is a very important event that not only allows us to close the season that was but to also recognise and reward our athletes and sets the club up for the upcoming season.

Knox LAC AGM Monday the 27^th July at 7.30pm.

Knox LAC AGM will be held online via Zoom. Wantirna members have been forwarded a link to the meeting and the AGM reports today via email.

It would be great if we could have as many club members as possible login to the Knox LAC AGM and support the Club and Centre.

 

Knox LAC have confirmed the centre AGM will go still go ahead on Monday the 27^th July at 7.30pm.

Due to the current restrictions in place due to the COVID19 pandemic the Knox LAC AGM will be held online via Zoom.

A meeting link for Zoom will be emailed to club members and a meeting agenda & AGM report will be sent out a few days before the AGM.

It would be great if we could have as many club members as possible login to the Knox LAC AGM and support the Club and Centre.

 

 

For those looking for some international athletic news , the Bislett Impossible Games took place in Oslo on 11 June 2020 .  Some of track and field’s biggest global stars took part in the Impossible Games in Oslo in the first live athletics meeting of the summer.

Highlights on the programme included  400m hurdles world champion Karsten Warholm  attempt at a world record over 300m hurdles, and a virtual pole vault showdown between world record holder Mondo Duplantis and Diamond League record champion Renaud Lavillenie. Norway’s Ingebrigtsen brothers, meanwhile, went head to head in a cross-continent 2000m showdown with a Kenyan team led by 1500m world champion Timothy Cheruiyot.

The Impossible Games was  live streamed on the Wanda Diamond League Facebook and YouTube channels in certain regions.

The next event is Zurich – Inspiration Games – 9 July 2020

This event will be a three-way competitions featuring the Swiss athletics talents and stars representing other sports across multiple countries with the Main venue: Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich and the Additional venues: USA 1: California / USA 2: Florida / USA 3: New York / Portugal: Lisbon / Netherlands: Papendal / 1 additional venue tba

This event will again be Live Streamed on Facebook and Youtube on the Wanda Diamond League Page.

Events and entry list (status: 09.06.2020)

Women

Dicipline	Athlete	Nation	Team
150 m	Allyson Felix	USA	NA
	Mujinga Kambundji	SUI	E
	Shaunea Miller-Uibo	BAH	W
300 m Hurdles	Dalilah Muhammad	USA	NA
	Lea Sprunger	SUI	E
	tba		W
3 x 100 m	Niederlande	NED	W
	Schweiz	SUI	E
	USA	USA	NA
Pole Vault	Sandi Morris	USA	NA
	Ekaterini Stefanidi	GRE	E
	tba		W

Men

Discipline	Athlete	Nation	Team
100 Yards	André De Grasse	CAN	NA
	Omar McLeod	JAM	W
	Jimmy Vicaut	FRA	E
200 m	Noah Lyles	USA	NA
	Alex Wilson	SUI	E
	tba		W
Triple Jump	Omar Craddock	USA	NA
	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	POR	E
	Christian Taylor	USA	W
4th discipline men tba

W = Team World / NA = Team North America / E = Team Europe

The Victorian State Government recently announced a further easing of COVID-19 restrictions from the 22nd June, which allows for the resumption of children’s sporting competition.

LAVic is currently waiting on further detailed advice from Sport & Recreation Victoria on this.

LAVic has announced that the 2020 State Cross-Country Championships will be now be held on Saturday 22nd August at Lake Dewar Lodge, Myrniong. The qualification will be by direct entry, and the event will also include a ‘Virtual State Cross-Country Relay’.

All other details, inclusive of the registration portal, will be released in coming days. Additionally, the LAVic membership portal will be opening up again soon to accept Cross-Country memberships.

Further details on this will also be released shortly. Please check the Knox LAC website or the LA Vic Cross Country event page

This week is National Volunteer Week. While we may not be able to participate in athletics like we usually would at the moment, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all our families that volunteer their time each week to ensure that we have a viable club to enjoy.

Little Athletics at Knox is dependant on its families to volunteer each week to ensure a smooth running of  events and centre activities. Some of the volunteers at Knox have no direct link with Little Athletes anymore, sacrifice their time for our little athletes each week.

To those that are on our club committee and to each family doing parent duty each week for the club, or taking on roles at the Centre or even at Regional and State Championships,  no matter what contribution you make, big or small,  the our club would not run without you.

So, Thank you.  Your efforts each week are appreciated by all of us within the Wantirna Little Athletics Club.

David Kearsley | President Wantirna LAC