Dates for the 2006/07 season to be announced.

2005-06 Seasons News

Anyone interested in a Walks program over the winter break ? The Walk Club are starting their program at the Risdon Brook Dam on April 23rd at 1.30pm. If you are interested, contact Maria Wiggins on 6243 0542.

Centre Championships

Centre Championships went extremely well over 3 weeks, with lots of PBs and records achieved. Medals, participation certificates and the Handicap race were all a part of Presentation Day held on Saturday, March 18th.
Major award winners for the season were U8 Maggie O'May and U14 Jordan Lovell who were the joint winners of the Huon Valley Ex-Servicemens and Womens Club Achievement award.This award is for a high level of achievement at both Centre and State levels.
U13 Gabby Lovell won the Dick Clark Award for Sportsmanship - in fact the entire U13 team should be mentioned as having a very sportsman-like attitude the entire season - well done to you all !
U8 Nathan Coad was given the John Hill Memorial trophy for his cheerful appearance every week, improving his performances and always trying his hardest. This trophy is also known as the Starters award for encouragement.
Last but not least was the winner of the Handicap race, U10 James Burdick. He was awarded the Heevey Memorial Trophy, which he is able to keep until this time next year ! Well done James !
Our Registrar, Sally Smith, also said her goodbyes after 7 years of service to the Centre as Registrar and many more as a parent helper. Thank you Sally, happy retirement !

Positions Vacant : Please note that at our AGM, to be held on May 2nd., all Committee positions are open - we really need fresh faces to fill the gaps left by departing members. We especially need a new Announcer, Publicity Officer and Website manager ( yours truly is retiring after 9 years of duty at Little Aths ). Parents with younger children looking at another 3 + years involvement in Little Athletics would be ideal candidates. Anyone interested ( in any position from President down ) should contact the Secretary or email me at this site. Don't forget,everyone is welcome to attend our monthly meetings, in fact we would welcome new faces with open arms !!!

For Southern All State ( Jan 15th. ), Relay Day and State Individual Championship results, see bottom of page.

Each week Little Athletics sponsor, McDonalds, gives encouragement awards to those Little Athletes who have shown improvement on the day and our winners are:

Under 6: Breanna Coppleman and Joshua Darling.

Under 7: Hayley Woolley and Benjamin Mommers.

Under 8: Maggie O'May and Nathan Coad.

Under 9 : Katie Watkins and Andrew McMaster

Under 10 : Natasha Woolley and Daniel Watkins

Under 11 : Courtney Ashlin and Hayden O'Connor.

Under 12 : Shelly Griggs and David O'May.

Under 13: Kaitlyn Cane and Jarrod Coppleman

Under 14 : Jess Halloran and Hannah Short

Well done to you all !

The Pacific Schools Games concluded in Melbourne in December 2005, and we were proud to have 4 athletes competing - Jess Halloran, Teletha and Caitlyn Phillips and Jordan Lovell. You can log onto the website at www.pacificschoolgames.edu.au for results.

Monster Centre Raffle Results : This was drawn on Saturday and the winners are : First prize of $250 worth of Wattyl paints went to Karen Newbon, 2nd prize - Daniel Pullen, 3rd prize - L. Woolley, 4th prize - Joshua Woolley, 5th prize - Abbey Chalmers, 6th prize - Amy Lee Woolley, 7th prize - Joanne Henzler, 8th prize -Jess Halloran, 9th prize - Sue Salveson, 10th prize - Karen Newbon, 11th prize -Ian Hodge. Many thanks to all of you who supported the raffle and also to those who donated all the great prizes !

Our Come and Try Night , held on the 5th October 2005, seemed to be a success given the weather, with a good turnout of kids. Although only a brief taste of what we have on offer, those who attended had fun.

Brian Pook, former Little Athlete and record holder, opened our season for us on Saturday October 15th.The weather held out nicely and a successful day was had, with several records being broken already ! Teletha Phillips broke the1500m Walk record for U13 and U14 had seven new records established with Hannah Short breaking records in 100m, 400m and High Jump, Jess Halloran Discus, Jordan Lovell 400m and newcomer Jarrah Bridges in the 100m and High Jump. This sure is setting bar high for the rest of the season ! Well done !

I try to take photos of athletes every week, but in order to put them on the web site ( or in the Huon News ), I do need a permission slip signed by a parent or guardian to enable me to do that. Permission forms will be available from your Team Manager or from me, Sandra Pullen, in the Announcers box.

Uniform Matters ! At the State conference concerns were raised about the wearing ( or not wearing ) of correct uniform. Our uniform consists of the Centre top - red and blue, to be worn with black sports shorts. The correct Club badge must be displayed on the top - see your Team Manager for a badge. Correct footwear must also be worn.

This season we see the demise of the U7A and U7B age groups - these will now become U6 and U7. How sensible !

All registered Little Athletes had the chance to win tickets to the Commonwealth Games which are to be held in Melbourne next March. You can view the winning names on the ALA website - go to the Links page and follow prompts.

A big thank you to Forestry Tasmania for a very generous donation to the Centre. We put the money towards defraying the cost of tops for this season.

Don't forget our next meeting - NB. we now meet on every second Thursday of the month and the next meeting is on Thursday, July 13th, at the Secretary's house. Please come along and support your Centre, the more interested parents who come to these meetings the better ! New ideas and input are always welcome.

See you there !

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Southern All State - Domain, Sunday 15th. January 2006

Athletes from the Huon Valley Centre competed at the Domain at State level last Sunday, many for the first time, with performances to be proud of ! For a comprehensive list of results go to our Links page and log onto the TLAA site.

Teletha Phillips ensured the U13 State Team selectors took notice of her, with a strong performance in the 1500m Walk, followed up by a first in Javelin. Jordan Lovell eased back into competition after a six week break from injury with a record breaking run in the 200m and a 3rd in Long Jump.

Results to be proud of were :Jennifer O'Connor, U6, 1st in Triple Jump; U8, Cara Griggs 1st in Hurdles, Hannah Shoham 3rd in Hurdles, Maggie O'May 1st in High Jump, Thomas Ince 3rd 200m, 3rd in Turbo Jav ; U10, Sam Price 2nd in Hurdles, Jordan Ross 2nd in Discus; U12, Shelly Griggs 3rd in Walks; U13, Teletha Phillips 1st in Walks and 1st in Javelin and U14, Jordan Lovell 1st in 200m with a State Record time of 24.8s and 3rd in Long Jump. Well done to you all !

Congratulations also to Caitlyn Cooper,Hannah Lovell, Courtney Cooper, Isabel Wright, Gaia-Rose Shoham, Caitlyn Phillips, Courtney Ashlin, Skye Newbon,Shaun Newbon, James Ince, Heath Ashlin and Joshua O'Connor, who all performed admirably on the day, especially those competeing at their first State meet. They all gained valuable experience and a few PBs along the way !

Congratulations also to the U13 Girls Relay Team - Nicole Price, Gabby Lovell, Kaitlyn Cane and Teletha Phillips, who have gone through to the finals to be held with the State Championships.

The State Individual Championships were held in St Leonards March 11th and 12th. For a comprehensive set of results go to Links, TLAA - Championships - results. For Centre results see States page.

National Competition 2006
Congratulations to Teletha Phillips who represented Tasmania ( and the Huon Valley) admirably at the National titles held in April in Canberra. She brought home a Bronze medal for the U13 Girls 1500m Walk. It was an outstanding effort from Teletha and she was the only athlete from the injury ridden Tasmanian team to come home with a medal. It is no small feat to represent your state, and even more impressive to compete so well at national level. Well done Teletha !

State Records 2006
Congratulations to Jordan Lovell for five new state records - he now has the records in the 100m, 200m & 400m, Triple Jump and Shotput.
Congratulations also to Jess Halloran who has two new records in Shotput and Discus.
Teletha Phillips also performed well, being selected to represent Tasmania in the Nationals in Canberra later in April.