Ku-ring-gai Little Athletics - the basics.

What is it?
Ku-ring-gai Little Athletics is a modified athletics competition for children aged from 5 to 15 years. The emphasis is on “Family, Fun & Fitness”.

When and where?
We compete every Saturday morning at Bannockburn Oval, Bannockburn Rd, Pymble.  Competition starts with a warm-up for all athletes at 8:30-8:45am and continues until noon.  We offer a variety of coaching, from a general coaching session on Wednesday afternoons to event-specific coaching for older athletes on almost every day of the week.

Our summer competition starts on Saturday 15 September 2007 and continues until 8 March 2008, with a few weeks off over Christmas.

What about parent involvement?
Our competition is run by the parents of the athletes.  That means that all parents are rostered on to help at least one week in three.  More experienced officials will show you what to do.

What events do the children do?
All athletes compete in various running races, jumps and throws events.  The distances, types of implements etc are modified and change as the athletes become older.

For example, our youngest athletes (Under 6’s) compete in the 50m, 70m, 100m, 200m, 300m Pack Start, Long Jump, Shot Put and Discus.  By the time they reach Under 13, the shortest races (50m & 70m) are deleted, and the 400m, 800m, 1500m & 3000m are added, along with Racewalking, High Jump, Triple Jump, Hurdles and Javelin.

Do you have a uniform?
All athletes wear a different colour T-shirt, depending on which Club they have joined (see “How do we join?” below). We provide a registration number, age patch and sponsor’s logo to be sewn on the T-shirt. Black shorts and suitable running shoes complete the picture; only Under 13 and older athletes are allowed to wear spikes.

How does the Saturday competition work?
We have a 6-week cycle of events for each age group.  As athletes in the group finish their first event for the day, they move on to the next event, until they have done all 6 events for the day.

Though it is not compulsory for every child to compete in every event, we encourage them to do so.  Children receive a performance ticket for every event they do; they paste these into a special ticket book, and strive for various achievement and merit awards, as well as Personal Bests.

How do we join?
Ku-ring-gai Little A’s consists of 6 Clubs all competing together every Saturday morning.  You join whichever Club you like - they are loosely based on the suburbs in our area: Pymble, Gordon, Wahroonga, St Ives, West Pymble & Turramurra.

We will be registering on Sunday 26 August from 2:30-4:30pm in the Scout Hut adjacent to Bannockburn Oval, Birubi Street, Pymble.

The fee is $100 for the season ($190 for 2 children, $250 for 3, $300 for 4, $340 for 5 or more athletes in the one family). At present we take cash or a cheque. You must also bring proof of age (eg birth certificate or passport) for each child.

If you can’t come to our Registration Day, you can register on any Saturday morning at Bannockburn Oval from 15 September, or you can complete the paperwork online (see the link below), print it out and post it with your cheque to our Registrar.

Click here to go to our Registration Pages now.


Need more information?
E-mail: info@klac.org.au
Phone: Paul Duffell (9449-4831)