Wantirna Little Athletics Club

The new Knox handbook has been completed & is at the printers. Hard copies should be available in 2 weeks.

If you are happy with soft copy you can download here KLACHandbook_2019-2020-Final

It never really got going for former Wantirna Little Athlete Brooke Stratton  as German Malaika Mihambo claimed the most dominant women’s long jump victory in athletics world championships history in Doha on Sunday.

Brooke could manage no better than 6.46m, leaving her in 10th spot. It was 12 centimetres shy of her best effort in the qualifying round and short of her national record of 7.05m set back in 2016.

Mihambo blew the final apart with a huge third-round effort of 7.30m – the biggest jump anywhere in the world since 2016. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk from Ukraine was a distant second with 6.92m while Ese Brume from Nigeria claimed the bronze medal with 6.91m.

While disappointed, Brooke is taking some much needed time off, and looking to next season focused and ready to go, and just maybe a spot at the Olympics in 2020.

One of the greatest Mens shotput finals occurred overnight at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha.

With the opening effort of the men’s shot put final, Ryan Crouser (USA) produced the longest throw in World Championships history with 22.36m. By the end, that mark was only the equal-seventh best of the night in what proved to be the greatest – and closest – shot put competition ever.

USA’s 2015 world champion Joe Kovacs produced one of the biggest upsets of the championships by unleashing a final-round effort of 22.91m to take the title. After a thrilling final round, just one centimetre ultimately separated the three medallists with Crouser taking second place on countback from Tom Walsh (NZ), both throwing 22.90m.

Kovas, Crouser, Walsh and fourth-placed Brazlian Darlan Romani (22.53m)  all bettered the world championships record of 22.23m, set by Switzerland’s Werner Gunthor in Rome in 1987.

There is also an Australian connection with the final. Tom Walsh who finished with the bronze medal is coach by Australian and former athlete Dale Stephenson. Dale competed at the London 2012 olympics representing Australia in the Shotput.

If you get a chance to watch the highlights this is one of the greatest shotput finals you will ever see.

Former Wantirna Little Athlete Brooke Stratton has qualified for the Long Jump final at the IAAF World Championship Overnight.

Stratton finished ninth in the qualifying on Saturday night with a jump of 6.58m. Yet some of the bigger names in the field struggled in the humid conditions and the four time world champion, American Brittney Reese failed by just one place to make the final.

The Final is tonight and will start at 7.15pm in Doha (Monday morning  3.15am Melbourne AEST).

You can now follow Wantirna Little Athletics Club on Instagram at wantirna.little.aths.club

We will be showcasing our club and athletes throughout the 2019- 2020 season.

Wantirna LAC supports the responsible use of social media. Our social media use is in accordance with the Knox LAC Social Media Policy which can be found here. Knox LAC Policies

At this stage the account is private and will only be available to club members.

If anyone does not want to have photos of their children published on the Wantirna Instagram page during the season please us know by emailing our President or our Team manager.

Hello everyone and welcome to the start of the 2019-20 track and field season.  Welcome back our returning families and a special welcome to all of our new families for this season I hope that you all have an enjoyable season.

Tomorrow (Saturday 5th October) is the start of the season. Wantirna LAC will have the club table and banners up so we are easily identifiable for our new families.  The club table will be manned from 8am for anyone needing information. We will also have some of our older athletes available to help any new families with what to do and where to go on the day.

2019 – 2020 Finalised Program can be download here 2019-20 programs

Over the past week our Team Manager, Janine Kearsley has emailed everyone with the updates for the start this season and whats expected on the first day of competition.

New Families and Athletes

To our new families, you will have received a separate email on Friday from Janine, explaining the process for the first day of competition.

The key points for new families are.

**Information for those that have registered and paid by midnight Thursday night**

• Janine will have a name patch/bib for your child at the Wantirna desk in the grandstand. This needs to be pinned to their top in order for them to be able to compete.
• You will need to supply proof of age in the form of a birth certificate or passport. This needs to be sighted by the Knox registrar or one of her helpers. To do this, you will need to line up at the tent near the grandstand.
• If you attended try out day, filled in a form and tried on a top, you will be able to collect this top from me at  the team desk. If you didn’t try on a top, you will need to fill in a form and get your child measured up for a top.

**Information for those that have registered but not paid by midnight Thursday night**

• You will need to get a temporary patch in order for your child to compete tomorrow. It is highly likely that Janine will have this temporary patch with me at the club desk. Please head to the club desk  first before lining up at the tent at the bottom of the grandstand.
• If your child enjoys the day and you plan on paying for your child during the week, please come and get measured for a Wantirna singlet top before you leave.
• You do not need to supply proof of age until you pay.

**Information for those that registered after midnight Thursday**

• You will need to get a temporary patch in order for your child to compete tomorrow. You will need to line up at the tent near the grandstand to do this.
• Please note that the queue at the tent near the grandstand will be long. Our advice is to get to the track early. The tent should be manned from 8am.

Information for our returning families and Athletes

• For our returning athletes if you registered and paid prior to Thursday, a patch/bib will be available from Janine at the club desk.
• If you are registered and have not paid, check with Janine as she may have a temporary patch for you.
• If have not yet register and want to compete tomorrow please head straight to the Knox LAC tent as you will need a temporary patch.

Saturdays Timetable

8.30am – Events will be called –  Program A –  Chiefs and those on duty please sign in by 8.15am.

10.00am – Opening Ceremony – Athletes will be asked to Marshall in their clubs at the 100m start and march down the straight. A number of presentations will occur and and official opening of the season.

10.45am – Events will resume – Athletes will return to their events

11.30am – Finish. The events should be finish no later than 12pm.

If anyone has any questions on the day regarding registration please see Janine or myself. We will be at the Wantirna Club table for the morning.

David Kearsley, President Wantirna LAC.

Knox LAC have finalised Programs A,B and C for the 2019-2020 season. Please note if you were provided a copy at the try out day there has been some minor changes.

The finalised version can be downloaded here 2019-20 programs

Reminder that this Saturday 5th October is the start of the season. It is Program A and starts at 8.30am. There will be a break in the running of events during the morning for the opening ceremony.

If you are on duty please ensure you have signed at least 15mins before the start of the day. Wantirna LAC will have a duty roster out to registered families later in the week. As we have done in past years, new families will not be expected to do duty in the first few weeks of season.

We will be looking for additional people for our Chief Official roles of Front Straight Marshalling  and Discus/Shotput during the season. If you are willing to help out please see Janine at the club desk on Saturday.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our Team Manager, Janine Kearsley.

Reminder that the Athletics World Championship starts today in Doha.

Coverage in Australia is on Foxtel Sports  – Eurosport. Coverage starts at 11.30pm

The Australian Team has been finalised.

The full Australian Team has been listed as:

Saturday 21 September is the Knox Little Athletics Center “Come & Try Day” is from 10.30am to 12.00pm & is open to all children aged 5 to 16 years. Everyone is welcome & little athletics caters for all abilities.

Location – Knox Athletic Park, Bunjil Way Knoxfield

Wantirna Little Athletics Club will be set up in the grandstand with information about the season and Wantirna uniforms to try on.

If you haven’t been to little athletics before and want to find out more about Knox LAC go to the YouTube video here

Knox Little Athletics Centre has released the calendar for the 2019-2020 track and field season.

The season calendar can be downloaded by clicking here 2019-20 Knox Calendar

The season calendar entries can be added automatically to outlook calendars and ical for apple, google etc by clicking on the ics file here event-organiser_2019-09-17

Key Dates

Try Out Day  – 21 September 2019 and the Season Begins  – 5 October 2019.

Chief Officials Training is also on the 21 September 2019 from 9.00am – 10.30am.

If anybody would like to be a Chief Official please contact our Team Manager, Janine Kearsley. Wantirna LAC has responsibility for front straight marshalling and discus/shotput. We are always looking for more people to Chief events. It is an easy role and training is provided.

For those attending the Chief Officials Training please ensure that you have your valid Working With Children details.