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IGA State Cross Country Championships - Sunday 1st
August, 2010
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24/07/10
State
Cross Country Championships
Next
Sunday 1st August the Little Athletics Victoria Cross
Country Championships will be held at Geelong Racecourse,
Breakwater. The first event is scheduled to commence
at 11am. The course will be available to walk between
9.15-10.15am only. Athletes must report to the BMLAC
team managers, Paul or Karen upon arrival. Athletes
are required to marshal 30 minutes prior to their event.
Full Centre uniform MUST be worn - BMLAC Singlet and plain
black shorts (no logos).
All families will be required
to complete a stint of duty at some stage during the day -
parents will be notified in the coming days of their duty
(via email).
STATE TIMETABLE
MAP
24/07/10
Cross
Country
Presentation Day
Families should have now
received their invitation to the 2010 BMLAC Cross Country
Presentation Day to be held on Sunday 29th August at 3pm at
St. Bernard's Parish Centre, Lerderderg Street, Bacchus
Marsh. Centre Champions will be announced and athletes
will be presented with awards. Please bring along a
plate of afternoon tea. Centre singlets must
be returned on this day.
24/07/10
U7-10
McDonald's Skills Clinics
To register click on the
appropriate clinic. Limited spots so register now.


24/07/10
Cross
Country Break-Up
Today BMLAC held their final
home Cross Country run for this season. The athletes
and rabbits dressed up in their Superhereos outfits and
enjoyed a run around the Calendonian Parklands. At the
completion of the races everyone joined together for a BBQ
lunch.
Many thanks to those who have
helped out with this season's Cross Country. Special
thanks to Trevor Denton, who marked out the courses each
week; our Cross Country Co-ordinators Karen Shugg and Paul
Miesen with assistance from Michael Roberts (Region & Open
Days). Thank you also to those who officiated weekly
with timekeeping, recording and rabbitting.

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Results -
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22/07/10
Australian
Cross Country Championships
Congratulations to Mitchell Thompson, Laiton Sullivan, Courtney Scott
and Andrew Amor who have been selected to represent Victoria
at the Australian Cross Country Championships to be held in
Brisbane on August 21. These athletes were selected
after fantastic results at the Victorian Secondary &
Primary Schools Cross Country Championships held at Bundoora
Park.
14/07/10
Western
Metro Region
Cross Country Open Day
21 BMLAC athletes participated in today's Western Metro
Region Cross Country Open Day. The
athletes ran across the hills of the Eastern Gardens and
battled the cool windy conditions. Bacchus Marsh
claimed 10 Region medals.
Medal winners were:
Gold - Claire Byrnes (U7),
Annika Miesen (U15), Mitchell Thompson (U15)
Silver - Chelsea Weller (U6),
Kirsty Bresnan (U7), Solomon Miesen (U7), Bryce Stephenson
(U8), Evana Miesen (U9), Hayden Thompson (U11)
Bronze - Hayley McDonald (U11)

BMLAC Results -
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Photos -
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14/07/10
State
Cross Country Championships
Entries have now closed for the 2010 State Cross Country
Championships.
No late entries will be accepted.
36 BMLAC athletes have registered to compete. The
Centre will be submitting team entries. The timetable
is now available (see link below) with the first event
scheduled to commence at 11am. The course will be
available to walk between 9.15-10.15am only. Athletes
must report to the BMLAC team manager at least an hour
before your event time. Athletes are required to
marshal 30 minutes prior to their event.
STATE TIMETABLE
10/07/10
BMLAC
Cross Country @ Lake Dewar
Our most challenging course proved even more challenging
this week as the athletes were belted by the strong gale
force winds and driving rain while than ran across the
Pentland Hills landscape of Lake Dewar, Myrniong.
Please note a change to the Cross Country Calendar
- our final home run will now be held on Sunday 25th July at
Caledonian Park at 11am.
A sausage sizzle will be held with families to bring along
some finger food to share. The theme of this meet with
be Superheroes. All athletes (and mums, dads,
brothers, sisters, grandparents, friends) are encouraged to
dress up as their favourite superhero.

Photos -
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Results -
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10/07/10
State Schools
Cross Country
Championships
Best of luck to our athletes who are competing State Primary
School & School Sport
Championships at Bundoora Park on Tuesday 13th
July. Best wishes to our senior athletes who will
competing in the Adidas Victorian All Schools Cross Country
Championships to also be held at Bundoora Park on Saturday
17th July.
4/07/10
HAVE
YOU ENTERED STATE CROSS COUNTRY YET? DON'T MISS OUT
Entries close next Monday 12th July for the
2010 IGA State Cross Country Championships to be held on
Sunday 1st August at the Geelong Racecourse, Breakwater
Road, Breakwater.
Enter via the Little Athletics Victoria
website. Please note payment must be made online using
a credit-card at the time of entry. NO LATE ENTRIES
WILL BE ACCEPTED.
ENTER ONLINE NOW!!!
4/07/10
BMLAC
Cross Country @ Caledonian Park
The showers held off during the Cross Country races today
and we were lucky enough to even have the sun shining
through the threatening clouds at times. Athletes
wound their way around the Caledonian Parklands, through the
wet long grass along the Werribee River prior to weaving
back onto the walking path towards the finish line.
A reminder that Cross Country athletes should aim to arrive
in plenty of time to warm-up and walk the course, prior to
the first event commencing at 10.30am. Athletes will
not be permitted to race in other age-groups, so please
arrive early!

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Results -
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4/07/10
Little
Athletics Victoria Junior Development Squad 2010/11

JDS Brochure - Click Here
26/06/10
BMLAC
Cross Country @ Bostock Reservoir
The weather was extremely chilly at the Bostock Reservoir
this week. Our senior athletes ran a different course
for this venue, heading out over the water spillway prior to
heading up through the bushlands before returning to run an
out and back course through the pine plantations. Our
younger athletes competed on the original course along the
fire track through the pine plantations and across the top
of the Whipstick Valley.

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Results -
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Next week's Cross Country will be held at on Sunday at Caledonian Park,
Ballan commencing at 10.30am.
Directions: Take the first Ballan exit from the
Western Freeway and head towards the Ballan township.
Turn right at the third intersection (opposite St Paul's
Uniting Church) and follow to the end of the street.
20/06/10
BMLAC
WINS IGA Docket Competition
 
At the VLAA Gala Dinner last night BMLAC was announced winners
of the IGA Docket Competition and presented with a plaque
and a cheque for $3500. Dean Paulin, LA Vic General
Manager, also announced that Bacchus Marsh's docket total of
$3,301,627.68 was the highest amount for Australia.
Many thanks to all those families who participated in this
competition by placing their dockets in the boxes provided
at local IGA supermarkets in Darley and Ballan.
IGA implemented a new promotion in addition to its National
and State sponsorship, the IGA Little Athletics Docket
competition. There were 3 divisions (based on the
number of athletes per Centre) each offering $3500 for the
LA Centre who spent the most at IGA stores. The
competition commenced at the beginning of September 09 and
finished at the end of April 2010. At the end of each
month the IGA dockets were totaled and sent off to VLAA.
A HUGE thank you to Ross and Barb Bacon who spent hours and
hours each week totaling the Bacchus Marsh dockets.

(Photo - courtesy of Kids Klix)
20/06/10
BMLAC
Cross Country @ Peppertree Park
Today we returned to Peppertree Park for our weekly cross
country meet. The athletes enjoyed the winding track
through the Park and although we encountered a few passing
showers this did not deter our athletes from some recording
some quick times.

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Results -
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14/06/10
Benalla
Cross Country Open Day
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14/06/10
Benalla
Cross Country Open Day
Bacchus Marsh Cross Country athletes returned from another
fantastic weekend at the Benalla Open Day. Along with
the 20 medals our athletes won, Bacchus Marsh was also
declared the winners of the Benalla Cross Country perpetual
trophy for the 6th consecutive year.
Medal winners were:
Gold - Chelsea Weller (U6),
Solomon Miesen (U6), Connor Shugg (U9),
Evana Miesen (U9), Dominic Miesen (U10), Lucas Shugg (U11),
Nick Caulfield (U13), Mitchell Thompson (U15), Peter Dickson
(Open), Maddison Bertram (Open).
Silver - Claire Byrnes (U7), Hayden Thompson (U11),
Jack Byrnes (U12), Julian Bocock (U13), Annika Miesen (U15),
Karen Shugg (Open), Paul Miesen (Open).
Bronze - Olivia Stone (U7),
Jessica Roberts (U12), Madeleine Graham (U15).

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06/06/10
Geelong
Cross Country Open Day
Bacchus Marsh Cross Country runners today competed at the
annual Geelong Cross Country event. The undulating
course wound it's way through the Eastern Gardens.
BMLAC claimed 10 medals - Gold - Claire Byrnes
(U7), Dominic Miesen (U10), Hayden Thompson (U11), Nick Whan
(U14), Mitchell Thompson (U15); Silver - Solomon Miesen
(U7), Chelsea Weller (U7); Bronze - Olivia Stone (U7), Nick
Caulfield (U13), Madeleine Graham (U15).

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Results -
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6/06/10
National
Athletics Representative Incentive
At our previous General Meeting a motion was moved to
withdraw the $100 incentive for registered BMLAC athletes
who gain selection to compete in a National athletic event.
A new motion was passed that athletes will only be able to
apply for the $100 incentive payment from BMLAC if selected
to compete at Nationals in the U13 Track & Field Little
Athletics State team or the U15 Multi Event Little Athletics
State team.
30/05/10
Geelong
Cross Country Open Day
- Sunday 6th June
Next
Sunday 6th June, BMLAC will be sending a contingent of
athletes to contest the annual Geelong Cross Country Open
Day to be held at the Eastern Gardens, Geelong. BMLAC
athletes should have registered to compete at this event
with Karen. Athletes will be required to confirm their
registration upon arrival at the rotunda, prior to walking
the course as a group at 11am. The first event will be
at 11.30am.
More Information Here
30/05/10
Benalla
Cross Country Open Day
- Sunday 13th June
Bacchus
Marsh will also be sending a contingent of athletes to the
Benalla Cross Country Open Day at Reef Hill Reserve, Benalla
on Sunday 13th June. The first event is scheduled to
commence at 11am, although it is highly recommended that
athletes arrive an hour before to allow plenty of time to
walk the course. A BMLAC convoy will depart from the
Leisure Park to Reef Hill Reserve.
If you have booked one of the cabins for the long weekend
please make sure you contact Benalla Leisure Park (ph. 5762
3434) by June 1st to finalise your booking. We will be
sending a bulk entry form for all athletes (including
parents), please let Karen know if you are intending to
compete.
30/05/10
Cross
Country @ Peppertree Park
Peppertree Park, Bacchus Marsh was the venue for this week's
Cross Country meet. What is commonly known as a fast
course for our athletes, proved to be at times challenging
with extremely slippery conditions due to the overnight
rain. Athletes were forced to approach the bends with
caution and the muddy conditions around the course saw our
athletes return to the finish line wearing much of the mud
up their back and legs.

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Results -
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19/05/10
State
Cross Country Championship - Entries Now Open
The
2010 IGA State Cross Country Championships are being held on
Sunday 1st August at the Geelong Racecourse, Breakwater
Road, Breakwater.
Entries are now open via the Little Athletics Victoria
website. Please note payment must be made online using
a credit-card at the time of entry.
Entry Fee
- $5 individual Championship Event (Under 9-15), $2 per
Individual Invitational Event (Under 7-8). Team
Entries for BMLAC will be submitted by the Centre.
Event Timetable
- The event timetable will be published when confirmed.
The first event will be held at 11am with athletes to walk
the course from 9.15-10.15am The last event of the day
will be at approximately 3.30pm.
Events conducted:
Under 7-8 1000m (Invitational Event), Under 9-10 1500m,
Under 11-12 2000m, Under 13-15 3000m.
Entries Close
- Monday 12th July (Midnight) NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE
ACCEPTED.
ENTER ONLINE HERE
23/05/10
Cross
Country @ Caledonian Park
The early morning frost quickly cleared up as the sun began
to shine and made for a beautiful morning for running.
This week 57 athletes enjoyed the run along the Werribee
River and around the new tracks at Caledonian Park.
Results -
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Next week's Cross Country will be held at Peppertree Park commencing at 10.30am.
Directions: Grant Street, Bacchus Marsh.
Located next to the Bacchus Marsh swimming pool.
21/05/10
Schools
Cross Country
Best of luck to our athletes who are competing at the Zone
Primary Schools Cross Country Championships at various
venues over the coming weeks. The State VPSSA
Championships will be held at Bundoora Park on Tuesday 13th
July.
20/05/10
BMLAC
Cross
Country
This week's BMLAC Cross Country meet will be held on
Saturday morning at Caledonian Park, Ballan commencing at
10.30am.
Directions: Take the first Ballan exit from the
Western Freeway and head towards the Ballan township.
Turn right at the third intersection (opposite St Paul's
Uniting Church) and follow to the end of the street.
20/05/10
BMLAC
Cross Country
Newsletter
19/05/10
AV/LAV
Sandown Relays
Little Athletics Victoria in conjunction with Athletics
Victoria are conducting the ‘Sandown Relays’ at the Sandown
raceway on Saturday 28th August, 2010.
This event will include athletes from both organisations in
relay events (3 per team for Little Athletes). These team
will compete on the main straight and through pit lane with
the U13-U15 athletes running a circuit.
Sashes will be presented to all placegetters on the day and
this is a great opportunity to see some of Victoria’s and
Australia’s best distance runners in action.
Entry is now available via the website and the cost is $15
per team. Entries close on Monday 23rd August.
Athletes may be promoted up to any higher age group as
necessary to form a team, however all athletes must be from
the same Centre.
FLYER - HERE
19/05/10
Little
Athletics Victoria State Championships
The Board of Management has decided to change the calendar
for State Championship events in 2010/11 in an effort to
address some of the requests from Centres, and also to try
and inject more competitors into the State Multi event being
the first major championship of the year.
There has also been feedback that it is too hard to put
relay teams on the track in November (Regions), therefore
this allows an extra month along with an effort to ensure
greater participation of athletes after the Christmas break.
Based on this, the following dates and venues have been
booked for the season ahead;
State Multi Event
Saturday & Sunday 20/21 November
Shepparton
Region Relay Championships
Sunday 12 December
(Various Venues)
State Relay Championships
Sunday 06 February
Olympic Park
Region Track & Field Championships
Saturday & Sunday 19/20 February
(Various Venues)
State Track & Field Championships
Saturday & Sunday 19/20 March
Olympic Park
16/05/10
BMLAC
Open Day
Today we conducted our 5th annual Cross Country day at
Bullengarook Reserve in perfect conditions. 114
athletes enjoyed the day's competition with 8 new records
set. Congratulations to the Geelong LAC who won
the perpetual trophy. Many thanks to those athletes
who traveled from afar to participate in the events. We had
athletes compete from the following Centres: Ararat, Bacchus
Marsh, Croydon,
Essendon, Geelong, Sunbury, Werribee, Williamstown. A
big thank you to those parents who helped out on the day;
the rabbits & turtles, course marshals, recorders, canteen
staff, raffle ticket sellers, announcers, timekeepers - your
assistance was very much appreciated.

Results -
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Photos -
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09/05/10
Cross
Country @ Lake Dewar
At our Cross Country meet this weekend we had a few special
spectators who kept their eye on the children as they ran
through the bushlands of Lake Dewar. Many thanks to
Trevor Denton who captured these guests on his camera.

08/05/10
Cross
Country @ Lake Dewar
This week's Centre Cross Country event was held at one of
our more challenging courses, Lake Dewar, Myrniong.
Unfortunately our numbers were a little low this week but
hopefully we will have a strong turn out from our Centre at
the BMLAC Cross Country Open Day next Sunday. Reminder
that entries close for this event this Monday 10th May.
If you have not yet submitted your entry form, please get
these Paul Miesen, 4 Millbank Street, Bacchus Marsh or phone
enquiries 5367 4580. No late entries will be accepted.
Results -
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Photos - Click
Here

07/05/10
Bacchus
Marsh LAC Annual General Meeting
Congratulations to the newly elected 2010/11 committee.
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President |
Michael
Belcher |
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Secretary |
Kylie
Bullard |
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Treasurer |
Michael
Roberts |
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Registrar |
Karen
Shugg |
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Education |
Peter Dickson |
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Liaison |
Kylee
Roberts |
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Public
Relations & Publicity |
Andrea
Lalor |
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Records
& Ranking |
Linda
Thompson |
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Canteen |
Vacant |
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Technical
Requirements |
Robert
Shaw |
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Special
Competition |
Derek
Milton |
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Officials |
Joel
Field |
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Masons
Lane Committee Rep |
Trevor
Denton |
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Region
Delegate |
Carolyn
Bell |
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Track &
Field |
Paul
Miesen |
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Fundraising/Sponsorship |
Ruth
Weller |
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