Hi all,

A little bit of housekeeping – it is a requirement for families of all registered athletes to participate in weekly duties.

We ask that all families, including those with On-Trackers, make themselves available as requested throughout the course of the season. There are a number of families who do more than their fair share every week and all we are asking is that everyone pitches in and spreads the load.

Our duties on a weekly basis include chiefing/officiating two long jumps, back straight timing, 400m manual timing (as applicable), providing starters & walk judges and supervising On-Trackers.

For On-Trackers this may include being the On-Track Coordinator for a week (marshalling the kids at the club area, escorting them to the infield, assisting Craig and Elly as required and returning the kids to the club area).

John Sprunt coordinates the weekly duty roster and your ongoing support and assistance is essential as the centre is entirely volunteer run and without everybody contributing the centre will face the very real possibility of not operating and our kids will miss out on the opportunity to participate.

If you have any issues/concerns please contact the club via email.

One for parents of athletes competing in the Western Metro Region Relay Championships.

If you can, please help out as a Relay Coach, Team Manager or Centre Manager.

Also, make sure athletes have correct GLAC uniform.

Hi all,

The Duty Roster for Weeks 8-10 of competition has been posted – click here to view the Duty Roster page.

NOTE:

Hi all,

The Duty Roster for Weeks 7-10 of competition has been posted – click here to view the Duty Roster page.

NOTE: more details will be forthcoming for Multi Day (Week 9) once events/program is finalised by GLAC.

On behalf of the SBLAC Committee I would like to wish everyone a safe and merry festive season and we hope to see you all back on Saturday 9th January when the 2020-21 Track & Field season re-starts.

Wayne (SBLAC President)

Hi all,

The Duty Roster for Week 6 of competition has been posted – click here to view the Duty Roster page.

Hi all,

The Duty Roster for Week 5 of competition has been posted – click here to view the Duty Roster page.

We have had many changes to our programs this season, some challenging.  These changes have all been inline with the Victorian Government COVID guidelines.  Victorian Premier Dan Andrews made another announcement on Sunday which has allowed us to continue with our program as NORMAL. 

Revised guidelines for members:

• 1 parent per family (unless doing duty)
• NO Spectators
• must carry a mask and wear one if you cannot distance 1.5m
• must register attendance at gate

All age groups (including On-Trackers) will be running as normal.  First events for U8-U16 age groups will start at 8.15am. On-Trackers will start at 8.30am.

NOTE: The attendance cap has been raised from 500 to 1000.  We welcome this new cap, but I just want you to be aware that on our second meet (28 November) we registered 900 people in attendance at Landy Field. With the centre having just under 500 registered athletes it is still necessary to maintain the requirement for 1 parent per family and no spectators. Also, the registration portal is closed and, unfortunately, we are not taking any more members for this season.

Good evening all,

By now you should have (hopefully) seen the email from GLAC outlining the entry requirements for this Saturday’s competition.

It is proposed that this Saturday 28th November 2020 will proceed as normal but under the below requirements:

1. ONE PARENT PER FAMILY (exceptions subject to approval by GLAC prior to Saturday morning)

2. NO SIBLINGS OR NON-ATHLETES

3. NO TRYOUTS

4. MASKS MUST BE WORN FOR ALL EXCEPT ATHLETES (BUT MUST BE CARRIED FOR THOSE OVER 12 YEARS) (exceptions subject to approval by GLAC prior to Saturday morning)

5. GATE 1 – will be the ONLY gate for entry and exit. (Swanston Street). Gates will open at 7:30am.

6. All clubs will submit their duty roster to GLAC. This list will be at the gate, all duty rostered on parents will be recorded on entry.

7. Registration details are still required when entering Landy (e.g scanning QR Code, etc.)

For GLAC to run a normal program and not remove events we have to adhere to these requirements.

NOTE: On-Track will be run as one group this week – ie: U6 & U7 combined – athletes will move to and from the On-Track area under the control of club appointed On-Track Coordinators. No other parents/spectators/children will be permitted on the infield area.

If you do not believe that you can adhere to these guidelines as set by GLAC, please do not attend. If you do attend and try to enter against the GLAC guidelines, you will be refused entry to the venue.

GLAC’s priority is to support athletes and allow them to continue with this sport.