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Hornsby District Little Athletics Centre Inc.
HOME GROUND: Pennant Hills No 2 Oval, Britannia Street PENNANT HILLS
EMAIL: info@hdlac.org.au POSTAL: PO Box 665 PENNANT HILLS NSW 1715

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Last competition
Full results from our competition held on Saturday, 28 January, are now on line.

Septathlon on 4 Feb 2012 You can also download the Personal Bests that were achieved. Check the Centre Results page for more. You can also download the Current Centre records (12kB pdf). The weather was mild and overcast and we were able to complete our program and high jump training before a slight sprinkling of rain in the early afternoon. This program attempted to catch up on the events that were missed due to the weather the previous week.

Septathlon
Our annual Septathlon competition will be held on Saturday, 4 February. It will commence will a warm-up at 7:45am and the 7‑event program will start at 8:00am. Field and equipment set‑up will be by the U8 parents

Septathlon competition is for athletes registered with Hornsby Centre (HDLAC) only, and visitors from other Centres or Clubs are not eligible for a Septathlon award.

plus whoever is able to help. [U8 parents will be sent an e‑mail reminder early in the coming week.]

The 7‑event schedule will be Septathlon 2012 which you can download now. Details of the Septathlon can be found on the Awards & Trophies page. You can view last minute Septathlon information here. Because of the numbers of groups competing in Septathlon, the senior groups will finish a little later, at 12:00pm. Note that that there will be no pre-competition middle distance event this week because of the Septathlon competition.

Equipment setup
On 4 February, the U8 parents are rostered to setup from 6:30am.

State Multi-Event
State Multi this season is being held at Turner Park, Aberdare (Cessnock) on Saturday & Sunday, March 3 & 4, 2012. First event on the Saturday is at 9.30am, with first marshal call at 9.15am.

Athletes participate in ALL of the events on offer for their particular age group. Performances for all events are allocated points, based on the LANSW Multi-Event pointscore system. The points are then added together to determine final results. More....

Closing date for entries is Wednesday, 15 February.

Closing date for T-shirts and caps orders is 22 January. Order Form.

As well, the U8 parents will be asked to provide two parents to staff the canteen for the morning and two parents to operate the barbecue. A reminder e-mail will be sent out to U8 parents in the coming week.

Zone results
Results from the Northern Metropolitan Zone Carnival that was held on 10/11 December 2011 at Barton Park are now available. You can download the Hornsby results (82 kB pdf), or the complete list of results (882 kB pdf). You can also download the list of Hornsby qualifiers for the Region 1 Championships. More...

Full details, including a list of Hornsby athletes who qualified at Zone to compete at Region, are now available on our Region page.

Star Awards
There were several Stars awarded at competition on 28 January, including one Gold Star which was awarded to U7B Andy Lee. Congratulations, athletes! You can download the Star Award criteria for Boys (76kB pdf) and Girls (76kB pdf). More...

Training
Training has resumed on Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons at Pennant Hills Oval. Training by qualified coaches is available throughout the season. It is completely optional and designed to assist athletes in developing and improving their skills in track and field events.

Training covers basic skills and techniques in different events. Children are asked to wear comfortable clothing, flat running shoes, and to bring a water bottle. Events covered at training will vary from week to week, but will be posted on the website the Saturday before training. More...

Centre Records
Two Centre Javelin Records were broken at competition on 28 January. U14G Lauren Bassett broke her own 400 gram Javelin record by throwing a distance of 24.47 metres, and U15B James Carroll broke the 700 gram Javelin record by throwing a distance of 33.90 metres. Congratulations, Athletes! You can download the current Centre Records (7kB pdf) as of 28 January 2012, and you can download the current list of Personal Bests for the season up to and including our last competition. More...

Codes of Behaviour
The Australian Sports Commission has developed Codes of Behaviour for use in sporting programs for children. Little Athletics is a community activity, which utilises athletics to help foster the development of Australia's children, and as such, totally endorses these Codes for all its participants. More...