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 2011-2012 Season News

 UPDATE - Harry wins High Jump Gold at Trans Tasman Challenge.

 The Trans Tasman tour was a great success with NSW retaining the Challenge cup.  Congratulations to Harry Brierley (U12's)
 for the following fantastic results:
 *  gold high jump 1.63
 *  silver 4x 100 relay
 *  8th long jump 4.56
 *  14th discus 21.23,   and pb's in 100 m heat and final 13.95 and 13.87 respectively.

 

  Congratulations  on being selected to the Trans Tasman Team to travel and compete in Auckland,
  New Zealand in January 2012.  It is a wonderful experience for the junior athletes and we wish Harry all the best.

Menai District Sports Awards - Update

Congratulations to  Theo Christian who was awarded Runner-up Junior Male Rookie of the Year at The Menai District Sports Awards dinner held on Saturday 22nd October at Club Central, Menai. Congratulations as well to Jessica Kable who was awarded Junior Female Sportsperson of the Year through her soccer club.

 

To all our finalists, congratulations - it is an honour to be named as a finalist. There were very impressive and strong athletes amongst the winners in the various categories.

 

Congratulations to all those who competed in the PSSA State Championships this week. Illawong athletes achieved the
 following results:

 

 Harry Brierley        12/13 high jump - bronze

 Ella Robinson        junior discus - 25th

 Melody Nelson      junior long jump - 22nd

Congratulations to all those who competed in the NSW All Schools Athletics Championships .  Illawong athletes achieved the following results:

 

12yr - Adam Engeler                    High Jump – gold; Discus -12th

12yr - Brooke Salzmann               Triple jump – 8th; 80m Hurdles - 11th ; Long jump – bronze; 200m – 14th; 100m – 9th

12yr – Eric Herger                        Discus – 13th

12yr – Dominic Herger                  800m – 6th ; 1500m – 4th                                

13yr – Joshua Lucas                    Triple Jump – 7th; 90m Hurdles – 7th; High jump – 11th

13yr – Jarrod Hermann                 1500m – 13th

14yr – Scarlett Wynn                    High Jump - bronze

15yr – Michael Northey                 100m Hurdles – 8th; 200m Hurdles – 6th; High jump – 5th

15yr – Monique Sale                     800m – 12th; 1500m – 8th

16yr – Brooke Giffen                     100m Hurdles – 5th ; Long Jump – bronze;

17yr – Samantha Sale                  1500m – 6th

 

Apologies if anybody is missing – it was a large document to scan through. 

Menai District Sports Awards

Congratulations to the following who have been selected as finalists in the Menai District Sports Awards  (based on results from last season):

Junior Male Rookie of the Year - Theo Christian and James Apostolakis

Junior Female Sportsperson of the Year - Brooke Salzmann

Junior Male Sportsperson of the Year - Adam Engeler

Sporting Club Person of the Year - Steve Robinson and Dannielle Clarke

 

Best of luck to all these Illawong people.

Rewards Card has started

This season we have introduced a rewards card as we recognise that little athletics requires a lot of assistance from parents each week.   When you assist at your child's  field event have your reward card signed by your age manager.  Every 10th ‘signed event’ will get you 1 free item from the BBQ or 1 free can of drink.

 

When the card is full place it in the box in the canteen (make sure your name and age group is completed) and at Presentation Night cards will be drawn from the box to win prizes (you’ll need to be there to claim a prize). 

 

The more your help, the more cards you'll complete and the more chance you'll have of winning a prize.

Congratulations to Illawong Coach Brigitte Bannister who has  been  endorsed as one of the 2012 State Team Managers

Note recently ratified changes to Rules of Competition:

D3 – Footwear – U13-17 age groups may wear spikes in all track events (except walks) plus long, triple, high and javelin.

D12 – High Jump – At Association Championships, the bar will be raised by 5cm increments for the first three rounds of competition. After completion of the first three rounds the bar will continue to be raised by 5cm increments until there are 6 or
fewer competitors remaining and increments of 2cm thereafter until only 1 competitor remains.

D18 & 19 – Age substitution State Cross Country & State Road Walks – Athletes will no longer be allowed to go up one age group to form a team.

D21 – State Relays – Athletes in the U12-17 age groups at State Relays may compete in both Track and Field relays, on the express understanding that there is no clash management provided. It will be the responsibility of the athletes to move between events via the marshalling area. No protests will be considered if an athlete misses an event.

Change in implement weights:    IAAF Specification Changes:  the U17 girls shot will now be 3Kg; the U14 girls javelin will now be 400g and the U15‐U17 girls javelin will now be 500g

 

State Multis - Under 17's - It has been confirmed that the U17 age group will do a 7 event heptathlon at the State Multi-Event Championships.  Both boys and girls will have the discus event removed and replaced with javelin and high jump. The events to
then be:

Under 17 Boys 200m, 110m hurdles, 800m, long jump, shot put, high jump, javelin

Under 17 Girls 200m, 100m hurdles, 800m, long jump, shot put, high jump, javelin