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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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NEXT COMPETITION: Our next Centre competition, on Saturday, 13 March 2010, will be the last for this season. It will commence at 7:30am with an optional 1500m or 3000m middle distance run.

U8Gs Zoe and Brooke at Septathlon Our Septathlon Presentation and presentations to State athletes will commence at 8:00am. This will be followed by the traditional 'lap of honour' by our retiring U15 and U17 athletes. After a warm-up at 8:30am, a reduced programme of 5 events will commence at 8:45am. Field and equipment set-up will be by the U11‑12 parents plus whoever is able to help. The 5‑event schedule will be Program P18 which you can download now.

REGION 1 RESULTS: Complete results from the Region 1 Championships that were held over the weekend of 27‑28 February 2010 are now on-line. You can download results for the Hornsby athletes who competed and a list of the Hornsby qualifiers who will compete in the State Championships to be held at SOPAC over the weekend of 19‑21 March 2010.

SEPTATHLON RESULTS: Validated and, where necessary, corrected Results from our Septathlon competition, held on Saturday 20 Feb 10, are now on line. The Septathlon awards have now been calculated and these will be presented to our last competition for the season on 13 March. You can download the updated list of Personal Bests and the current Centre Records (7kB pdf) as of 27 Feb 2010.

END OF SEASON: As our 2009/2010 season draws to a close we will go into recess until September 2010 when our next athletics season commences. A reminder that our winter cross-country competition commences on Sunday, 25 April 2010. Further details as they become available.

PHOTO GALLERY: Your paparazzo wanders around the oval each week grabbing shots of athletes breaking records and achieving PBs and Star Awards. Here is a selection from competition on 20 February. More...

RECORD BROKEN: There were 6 records broken at our Septathlon competition on Saturday, 20 February. Record achievers on 20 February 2010

Centre Captain Declan O'Byrne hacked 10 seconds off his own U17B 800m record when he crossed the finishing line in 2‑08.8 m‑ss.s. Not only that, U17B Dan Townsend reset three U17B records - the 110m hurdles, 700g Javelin and 5kg Shot Put. There were two girls' records broken as well. Maddy Jones microtomed 0.1 seconds off the U12G 60m hurdles record by running the distance in 10.1 seconds, and Amie Bowrie blitzed the previous record by running the U8G 700m Pack Start event in 2‑31.1 m‑ss.s. Well done, Athletes! You can download the current Centre Records (7kB pdf) as of 20 February 2010. More...

RESULTS UPDATE: Results for the U11B High Jump that was held at competition on 21 Nov 09 have miraculously appeared and the results for that competition have been entered into the database and are now on-line. The Personal Best listing has also been updated. Thank you to whoever it was who finally returned the results sheet!

TRAINING takes place on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at the oval, starting at 5:15pm. Training is available for both Track and Field events. More...

CENTRE PHOTOS were taken by Abbey Digital on Saturday, 21 November. These are now available for collection on Saturday mornings during competition.

ZONE PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs taken by David Ezzy at Barton Park over the weekend 12/13 December are now available for purchase. More...

TRIALISTS: If you or your child are unsure about whether you want to commit to a season of Little Athletics, you can come to the Centre on a competition morning as a TRIALIST for $5 per attendance. You can trial twice without registering - after that, we would ask you to join the Centre and pay the appropriate registration fee, minus the $10 you already paid. Note that, for insurance purposes, we require you to complete a Trialist Details form (3kB pdf) which you may download and bring with you to the oval. Trialing athletes should present properly attired (joggers, hat, sunblock) and with a drink bottle. Note that trialists are not eligible for Centre awards or records and will not receive a event result ticket. Trialists' competition results are NOT counted towards competition points or star awards. More...

Gold Stars awarded on 20 February 2010

STAR AWARDS: There were several Stars awarded at competition on 20 February, including Gold Stars to U9B Tom Hawkins and to U8B Ben Graham. Well done, athletes! Star Awards criteria were revised this season and you can download details for Boys (76kB pdf) and Girls (76kB pdf). More...

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER! Although our Registration Day has passed, it's not too late to register for the 2009/2010 season. The easiest ways are to register ON-LINE or by POST. As a last resort, you can register on Saturday mornings before competition (but you can expect to be in a queue). Full details are on our Registration page. More...

WEATHER WATCH: If there is any doubt about the weather, send 'HDLAC' as a text

message to 199 BB SMS (199 22 767). You will automatically receive, by return SMS, the Centre's current weather status including a timestamp of when it was last updated. This service is cost-free to the Centre although the user's mobile phone will be billed 55c by the service provider to cover both the SMS request and the return SMS.

LAA NSW EVENT FACT SHEETS: LAA NSW has put together a series of Basic Event Fact Sheets,

aimed at providing Centre volunteers with the essential knowledge for helping at an event at the local Centre. The fact sheets are a suitable resource for people with little or no knowledge of the sport. Fact Sheets are available for Starters / Starting, Timekeeping, Place Judging, Hurdles, Relays, Walks, Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, Long Jump, Triple Jump and High Jump. Each is between 100-200kB pdf, depending on the number of pages.

TRAINING: Basic skills training by qualified coaches is available at no cost throughout the season. It is completely optional and designed to assist athletes in developing and improving their skills in track and field events. Training is free and 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 noticeboard the Saturday before training. More...

ONLINE REGISTRATION: All athletes registering this season have the option of paying online using the Little Athletics NSW Centre Registration System or by making a manual payment to HDLAC on one of the registration days. Please note that your registration will remain pending until payment has been received. Click HERE to register online. 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...

From Google Earth

HDLAC ON GOOGLE EARTH: The Google Earth satellite passed over our oval one Saturday morning earlier in the season and the paparazzo on board snapped us in the throws of a very busy Centre competition! Here is a selection. (See if you can pick out anyone you know!) PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4.