{"id":4,"date":"2013-10-07T08:33:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T21:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2024-09-09T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T07:58:19","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=4","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wantirna Little Athletics Club was formed in 1968 and is one of the 8 clubs affiliated with the <a title=\"Knox Little Athletics\" href=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\">Knox Little Athletics Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our membership of athletes and their families mostly come from our <a href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=12\">affiliated\u00a0local schools in Wantirna and Wantirna South.<\/a>\u00a0However, you do not need to be associated with these schools to join\u00a0Wantirna LAC.<\/p>\n<p>All athletes are welcome at Wantirna LAC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Club Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From our founding in 1968, Wantirna Little Athletic Club has believed in family, fun and fitness. With this ethos, it is the mission of Wantirna LAC to encourage and facilitate all participants to realise opportunities for participation, physical fitness, health and wellbeing through Athletics<\/p>\n<p>By valuing our heritage, and in doing so we commit ourselves to athletic achievement and the on-going enhancement of the traditions of Wantirna Little Athletics, including leadership, individual and team achievement, pride and loyalty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Principles That Guide Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encouraging our athletes to capture all the joy, power and extraordinary personal growth that comes to those who compete and support athletic excellence.<\/li>\n<li>Recognising and valuing each individual&#8217;s unique characteristics and abilities.<\/li>\n<li>Respecting, honouring and responding to the needs of our athletes, families, and members of our larger athletics community.<\/li>\n<li>Committing ourselves to the personal development and wellbeing of our athletes and families.<\/li>\n<li>Those who participate at all levels will learn the benefits of teamwork, discipline, goal setting, physical fitness, healthy lifestyles, character development, self-confidence, and sportsmanship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>After\u00a0more information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Along with the website, our <a title=\"WLAC on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Wantirna-Little-Athletics-Club\/168692759864073?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> page will also provide information and updates.<\/p>\n<p>You also might like to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See the <a title=\"Knox Little Athletics\" href=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\">Knox Little Athletics Centre<\/a> website.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Contact us\" href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=17\">Contact us<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Visit us during <a title=\"Knox events\" href=\"http:\/\/klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regular meets<\/a> in the grandstand at <a title=\"Knox Park on googlemaps\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com.au\/maps?expflags=enable_star_based_justifications:true&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cid=1082084875369028128&amp;q=Knox+Athletics+Track&amp;iwloc=A&amp;gl=AU&amp;hl=en_uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Knox Park Athletic Centre<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Wantirna_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1004\" src=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Wantirna_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Wantirna_1.jpg 838w, http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Wantirna_1-300x54.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Wantirna_1-768x137.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=4&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/wantirna.klac23.org.au\/wordpress\/?page_id=4\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wantirna Little Athletics Club was formed in 1968 and is one of the 8 clubs affiliated with the Knox Little Athletics Centre. 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