Waverley Little Athletics Centre Inc.

Congratulations to our 36 'WLAC' Little Athletes who came together to form our relay teams for the 'Little Athletics Victoria' State Relays Championships, that were held on the weekend of the 27th to the 28th of March, 2021 at Casey Fields Regional Athletics Centre. 

All of our relay runners had a great time both on and off the track....gaining valuable competition experience, successfully piloting the baton safely around the lap, cheering on and congratulating their fellow Waverley LAC team mates, meeting new friends from other centres and regions, whilst also running to the very best of their abilities in some very trying conditions.

Thank-you firstly to all of our 'WLAC' Little Athletes who competed in the State Relays, particularly those who were asked to run up an age group to ensure that all of our registered runners were able to compete in at least one event at the state titles. Special thanks also to Olive (Caulfield) and Sabine (Brighton) who joined our U10 Mixed 'B' and U10 Girls 4x100m Relay Teams respectively, to form a combined SMR squad. 

We had some fantastic results across both days of the State Relays Championships, with many team PB's smashed and all batons safely passed between our relay runners. Our 'WLAC' relay teams achieved the following results - 

U9 Girls 4x100m Relay - 22nd

U9 Boys 4x100m Relay - 29th

U9 Mixed 4x100m Relay 'A' - 32nd

U9 Mixed 4x100m Relay 'B' - 45th

U10 Girls 4x100m Relay 'SMR' - 21st

U10 Boys 4x100m Relay - 4th

U10 Mixed 4x100m Relay 'A' - 5th

U10 Mixed 4x100m Relay 'SMR' 'B' - 44th

U11 Boys 4x100m Relay - 5th

U12 Boys 4x100m Relay - 29th

U13 Girls 4x100m Relay - 10th

U13 Boys 4x100m Relay - 14th

U13 Mixed 4x100m Relay 'A' - 19th

U13 Mixed 4x100m Relay 'B' - 28th

U15 Boys 4x100m Relay - 11th

All of our athletes and teams should be very proud of their achievements, it's not every year that we have 15 teams making it through to States! You all ran so well and represented our centre with aplomb.

Thank-you to Katy our Team Manager who led our 'WLAC' Relay Team across both days of the championships, your dedication to our centre is second to none Katy and we all really appreciate everything that you do for our Little Athletes and their families. Thanks also to all of our Age Group Relay Coordinators and Coaches (Cara, Luke, Nicole, Aslam, Jess, Merryn, Leigh, Louise, Melonie, Jonathan, Brett, Angela & Holly) who continually supported our Little Athletes both at training and also at the State Relay Championships, you are all too good! 

We would also like to sincerely thank the following 'WLAC' families who kindly filled our required Centre Duties as Track Umpires at the LAVic State Relays Championships - Mallawa Arachchige family, Ross family, Hendro family, Siega family, Beasley family, Czosnek family, Harris family, Dobson family, Robinson family, Mullner family, Cooke family and the Ong family.

To all of our other 'WLAC' families, who helped out on and off the track this relay season, we also thank-you for your time and efforts! Special mentions to the Cooke family who set-up our 'WLAC' tents on the Friday evening before the State Relays Championships; the Dobson and Mullner families who assisted to secure our 'WLAC' tents in the windy conditions on the Saturday afternoon; as well as the Ashcroft, Cooke, Greensmith and Shalders families who helped out with packing up our 'WLAC' tents and equipment at the conclusion of the carnival. Finally, we would like to thank Little Athletics Victoria for organising and running the event, along with all of the competition sponsors including the Commonwealth Bank. 

Can't wait for the next relay season to come around once again, just like the baton in lane one of a 4x100m relay...... but let's all enjoy our relatively 'free' weekends for a little while....May you all have a great day, take care and stay healthy!

#GoTeamWaverley!

Kind Regards,