President’s Corner

Now that the Summer season is over,

all Centres should be looking at next

season, with how you are going to

promote your Centre, your sign on,

how you can contact members who

don’t re-register, and most

importantly, remember that the IGA

State Championships are in Cairns

next year at Barlow Park.

The Board have an all-day meeting

this week, and these are some of the

issues we will be looking at, so any

Centres needing a hand, please

don’t hesitate to contact the LAQ

Office for advice or assistance.

As I mentioned, the 2014 IGA State

Championships will be held at Barlow

Park in Cairns, so all Centres that

normally book rooms in Townsville

should be looking at

accommodation as soon as possible.

Cairns is a large city, so it should not

be too much of a problem.

Simon Cook and myself attended

the Little Athletics Australia

Conference and ALAC’s in Canberra

last weekend. There were no motions

that affect LAQ as most were LAA

constitution clean ups, or withdrawn.

One of the major decisions to come

out of the Board meeting was to set

up a National Technical Committee.

This committee will be independent

of the LAA Board, and will be

charged with setting up rules and

events that will become standard

across all States

All States will be represented on this

committee, and it should end a

journey that began when George

Harvey was President of Australian

Little Athletics and first talked about

having standard rules and events

over 20 years ago

On Sunday, our team competed in

the ALAC’s, on a surprisingly warm

and dry day. I congratulate the

team for the way they conducted

themselves in Canberra leading up

to the Championships. All the team

personnel agreed that their conduct

was exemplary.

Of course, the reason for being there

was the Championships on Sunday. I

congratulate Little Athletics’ ACT for

a very well run event, and for

providing the perfect weather for the

day. It was a long day, with many of

our athletes getting PB’s. A huge

congratulation must go to our 4

young athletes doing the

pentathlon. We achieved a second

and fifth in the girls, and a second

and forth in the boys. Overall, we

only missed out on the Life Members

trophy by one point. So

congratulations to the whole team

for not only how you did on the

competition day, but for your

conduct for your time away with the

team.

In closing, all Winter Centres should

be up and running now and I trust I

will catch up at Winter

Championships or Regional’s

Tony Northey

President’s Corner .......... 1

From The CEO ................. 2

Administration ................ 2

Development & Coaching 3

Competition & Officials . 4

Checklist For Centres .... 5

Mailout Attachments ..... 5

From The Sponsors ......... 5

Contents

May 2013

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From The CEO

Medibank Healthy Centre Forums

Conducted in the North

Thanks to the generous support of

Medibank, LAQ held Healthy Centre

Forums in both the Tropical North

and North Queensland Regions on

the weekend. The forums were well

attended with 13 of the 15 Centres

from the 2 Regions in attendance.

The LAQ Vice President, Finance

Director, CEO, Operations Manager

and Project Officer facilitated the

forums which were structured in a

flexible way that allowed the Centres

to discuss what they wanted

covered. The topics raised at these 2

forums included registrations, Centre

support and services, athlete

programs, coaching, Regional and

Winter Championships, and officials.

The discussions were very positive

and LAQ is looking forward to

working with the Centres in the

northern regions to ensure all of the

outcomes are implemented in the

near future.

More Medibank Healthy Centre

Forums are planned for the rest of

the State so please note the details

contained elsewhere in this LA News

so that your Centre can be

represented.

2013 Medibank Conference – All

About the Centres!

I am pleased to announce the key

note speaker at the 2013 Medibank

Conference in Cairns will be Griffith

University Lecturer, Graham Cuskelly.

Graham is a “guru” in the world of

sport management having lectured

at Griffith for the past 22 years. He

has conducted many studies into the

workings of sport whether at the

grass roots or the elite level.

Graham’s field of expertise at the

moment is Capacity Building in sport

which he will be presenting at the

Conference.

He will also be sitting in on the Centre

Development workshop on Saturday

so the delegates will have an

opportunity to ask questions and

seek advice on their individual

Centres. We look forward to having

Graham at the Conference!

Resignation – Marc Saffin

The Association regretfully accepted

the resignation of Regional Support

Officer, Marc Saffin. Marc has taken

on a position with Volleyball South

Australia as their Senior Competition

Manager. Marc finished with LAQ

today and we wish him all the best

with his new role.

We will be reviewing this role before

making a decision on Marc’s

replacement.

Simon Cook

Administration

2013 State Team

Congratulations to our 2013 State

Team on their performances at the

Asics Australian Little Athletics

Championships in Canberra on the

29th April.

Our Team finished 4th overall with a

total point score of 607. We came

away with 4 gold, 2 silver and 9

bronze medals. We also set 4 new

QBP’s and 1 new ABPE.

Congratulations to the following

athletes:

• Riley Day

100m – 12.21 (QBP & ABPE)

200m – 25.50

• Katie Hayward

1500m Walk – 7:17.65

• Rowan Sutton

U15 Pentathlon – 3761 points

Our Under 15 athletes finished

second in the Life Members trophy

by only 1 point! Hannah Schlecht

and Rowan Sutton both claimed

silver medals in their Pentathlons with

Chance McKenna placing 4th and

Summer Johnson placing 6th overall.

The Team also claimed silver in the

Under15 4x100m relay. Well done to

our Under 15 athletes.

2013 Medibank Conference Motions

Conference Handbooks, including

the Conference Motions and voting

papers will be forwarded to all

Centres next week. If your Centre

does not receive its paperwork,

please contact the LAQ Office.

For those Centres not attending the

2013 Medibank Conference, you are

entitled to register a postal vote for

the Conference Motions. The closing

day for postal voting will be

Wednesday 5th June.

2013 / 2014 Summer Centre

Team Manager Workshops

Team Manager Workshops are

currently being planned for Summer

Centres.

If your Centre is interested in hosting

a Team Manager Workshop please

contact Ngaire in the LAQ Office

2013/2014 Winter Centre

Registrations

There are a number of Winter

Centres that have not sent in

registrations or payment for

registrations so far this season. If your

Centre has not sent in any

registrations or payment for

registrations please do so as soon as

possible.

All registrations must be provided

through Team Manager. Once

Centres have exported their athlete

roster from Team Manager they will

need to attach it to an email and

send it to info@laq.org.au

All Centres will need to complete a

Registration Receipt Form with your

athlete roster. An electronic copy of

the Registration Receipt Form can

be found on the LAQ website under

Resources > Centre Forms &

Information.

Payment for registrations can be

made by cheque or direct deposit.

If your Centre requires assistance

with the Team Manager Program,

please contact Ngaire in the LAQ

Office

IGA State Championships Collection

At the 2013 IGA State

Championships, the Association took

up a collection for Indie Rose

Taurima, who is battling Leukaemia.

Indie is the daughter of ex-LAQ

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athlete and 2000 Olympic Long

Jump silver medallist, Jai Taurima.

We are pleased to announce that

we raised a total of $1,388.95. Thank

you to those members who made a

donation.

Healthy Centre Tip

This month’s Medibank Healthy

Centre Tip…………make sure your

Centre attends the Medibank

Healthy Centre Forum in your Region!

LAQ is currently holding these

Regional Forums throughout the

State.

These Forums are designed so that all

Centres within the Region can meet

face to face with representatives

from LAQ and discuss any issues that

they may have. It also allows LAQ to

update the Region on any

outstanding issues within the Regions.

Forums have already been held in

Tropical North and North

Queensland Regions, with great

representation from Centres in both

Regions.

Details of upcoming Forums are as

follows:

• Central North Region

Date: 26th May

Venue: North Rockhampton

State High School

• Maranoa Region

Date: 1st June

Venue: St George RSL

We encourage all Centres within the

Regions to attend these Forums and

to have your say.

If you have any questions regarding

the Forums, please contact Shannon

in the LAQ Office.

Shannon Kruger & Ngaire Hollands

Development & Coaching

2013 Winter Coaching Camp

The 2013 Winter Coaching Camp will

be held at the Townsville Sports

Reserve on Monday the 1st and

Tuesday the 2nd of July 2013, directly

following the IGA Winter

Championships .

We encourage all Centres to

promote the camp to your athletes.

We have had a great turnout to our

Winter Coaching Camps for the past

two seasons and are hoping for the

same in 2013.

Summer Centre athletes are also

welcome to attend the camp.

Enclosed with this mailout is a

registration form for the 2013 Winter

Coaching Camp. For further

information regarding the Camp,

please contact Daniel in the LAQ

Office.

Little Athletics Program for Schools

(LAPS) - School Visits (Winter Centres)

With the new Winter season now

under way, LAQ is conducting LAPS

visits for Winter Centres. These visits

offer a great promotion for your

Centre in your area.

If Centres have any schools in their

area that you would like LAQ to visit,

please contact Daniel in the LAQ

Office.

McDonald’s All Comers Coaching

Clinics

During the months of May and June,

LAQ has McDonald’s All Comers

Coaching Clinics taking place at the

following Centres:

• Gracemere

25th May

• Cassowary Coast

25th May

• Moura

1st June

• Bargara

2nd June

Winter Centres who would like to

host a McDonald’s All Comers

Coaching Clinic in the 2013 / 2014

season, should complete the

enclosed application form and

return it to the LAQ Office as soon as

possible.

Clinics can be held at any time

throughout the season and LAQ will

try to accommodate all requests

received.

McDonald’s Development Squad

The rescheduled McDonald’s

Development Squad Clinic for the

Downs and South West Region was

held on the 28th of April. A total of 15

athletes attended the Clinic. Thanks

must be extended to Stuart

Dempster and Mark Ashcroft for

coaching at the Clinic.

Introduction to Coaching Courses

(ITC)

An ITC was held in Bundaberg on the

6th of April, with a total of 7 people

attending. Thanks to Rob Gardner

for presenting this course.

We are still seeking expressions of

interest from Winter Centres who are

interested in hosting an ITC Course

this season.

The aim of the ITC courses is to

provide parents, teachers and

interested sports people who have

little or no experience of the sport of

track and field with coaching

information and activities.

Introduction to Coaching courses

are designed for beginner coaches

to give a sound basic knowledge

and are particularly appropriate for

people coaching young athletes at

the grass roots level.

The cost is still $44 per participant

thanks to Medibank and their

continued support of the coaching

program

Costs of the course include an

ATFCA coaching manual,

attendance certificate, literature

and morning /afternoon tea.

The course is eight hours in duration

and covers all event groups on the

Little Athletics track and field

program. At the conclusion of the

course the coach will be able to:

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• implement a coaching session

appropriate to the target

group,

• organise a group of young

athletes safely,

• implement a working model of

each event through the use of

drills, technical skills and games,

• rectify some of the more

common technical faults

associated with Little Athletes

For further information, please

contact Shaun Lethem on 0417 613

911 or s.lethem@qlaa.asn.au

Mad4Kids Coaching Seminar –

Empowering Minds, Developing

Bodies

The above coaching seminar is

being co-hosted by LAQ contract

coach, Stuart Dempster. I will be

held on Sunday 9th June from 9am –

4pm at Corinda State High School

46 Pratten Street Corinda.

The seminar will cover areas such as:

• How to coach as well as what

to coach. It's principles that

can be utilised over all codes.

• Awareness and methods on

how to identify Burnout issues.

• A better understanding of

how to keep athletes

engaged for the long-term.

• Gain insights on how North

American Indians and the Irish

racehorse trainers align

themselves with Nature for

better performance.

• 10 year, 10 thousand hours

code Ericsson's cycle.

• Barriers to winning.

• Athletes longevity - Any sport

• Statistics on the survey on the

ISPATIVE approach to

coaching

Key presenters will be Peter Fortune

(Cathy Freeman's coach) & Stuart

Dempster. Stuart will be doing an

updated version of the presentation

that he gave at the 2011 LAQ

Medibank Conference. The

information at the seminar will

benefit coaches and parents

involved in junior sport.

The cost of the seminar is $97 per

person. For further information

please contact Sally Stacey from

Mad4Kids at sally@kctools.com or

phone 0400 868 950.

Daniel Nethery & Shaun Lethem

Competition & Officials

2013 Medibank Conference

14th – 16th June at Novotel Palm Cove

Thank you to those Centres that

have returned the Intention to

Attend Form for the 2013 Medibank

Conference. These returns have

proven that there is a growing

interest in the Conference and this

year could be the biggest

Conference we have held!

We remind Centres to lodge your

delegates and observers registrations

as soon as possible and certainly by

the closing date as detailed below;

we would hate to refuse a Centre’s

participation to what is going to be a

very productive and interesting

weekend.

LAQ is again providing financial

assistance to help Centres send

attendees to the 2013 Medibank

Conference.

Firstly, LAQ is offering one (1) free

delegate Conference registration to

each LAQ affiliated Centre. To be

eligible to use the one (1) free

registration, the delegate must either

have been the new attendee at last

year’s Conference or a new

delegate that has not previously

attended an LAQ Conference.

Centres will still be required to cover

the accommodation and travel

costs. Centres will also need to

cover all costs for additional

delegates and observers

Secondly, LAQ will also subsidise all

Centres attending Conference on

the basis of distance of the Centre

from the conference venue.

Conference paperwork, including

the handbook, final agenda,

motions and postal voting forms will

be distributed from the LAQ Office

on Friday 17th May. Other important

dates to remember for the 2013 LAQ

Medibank Conference are:

• 22nd May

Conference registration form

and fees due

• 5th June

Closing date for postal votes,

Delegate confirmation form

due (with Centre minutes) and

accommodation bookings to

be finalised

2013 IGA Winter Championships

29th & 30th June, Townsville

The 2013 IGA Winter Championships

will be held on the weekend of 29th &

30th June. The competition is open

to all U7 – U17 LAQ registered

athletes as well as non-registered

athletes.

We are anticipating good

nomination numbers and trust that

all affiliated Centres are promoting

the event to their members.

Closing dates are as follows:

• Hard Copy

Wednesday 19th June @ 4pm

• TM Import File

Monday 24th June @ 9am

Nomination fees are as follows:

• LAQ registered athletes

$10 per athlete

• Non-LAQ registered athletes

$15 per athlete

The Officials Committee is still calling

for IGA Winter Championships

Officials. All Officials are invited to let

us know which event and role they

would prefer to officiate at during

the weekend. Please share this

information as we cannot guarantee

that the newsletter will reach all

persons that may be interested to

officiate at the 2013 IGA Winter

Championships.

Centre Carnivals or Pentathlons

A reminder that if your Centre is

planning to conduct a Centre

Carnival or Pentathlon during the

2013 / 2014 season that will be open

to other Centre’s members, you must

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provide event details to the LAQ

Office for endorsement.

Only Centre Carnivals that have

been endorsed will have

promotional flyers distributed at the

Medibank Conference or with the

LAQ monthly mail. The LAQ Office

must receive flyers for Conference

distribution no later than Wednesday

5th June.

Centre Carnivals that have already

been approved are listed on the

LAQ website calendar.

2013 Bendigo Bank Winter Regional

Championships

Dates and venues for the 2013

Bendigo Bank Winter Regional

Championships are as follows:

• Tropical North

Date: 7th & 8th September

Venue: Tully LAC grounds

• Central North

Date: 7th & 8th September

Venue: Gin Gin LAC grounds

• Maranoa

Date: 7th & 8th September

Venue: Dirranbandi LAC

grounds

• North Queensland

Date: 14th & 15th September

Venue: Townsville Sports

Reserve (TBC)

Programs will be advertised on the

LAQ website once they become

available.

Team Manager e-nominations are

due on the Monday 10 days prior to

the competition.

Karen & Bianca Lunt

Checklist For Centres

Items due in May – June to LAQ

Summer

• Centre minutes and Treasurers

Reports – ongoing

• Officials Accreditation Workshop

Host Applications – ASAP

• Medibank Conference

Registration Form & Fees –

22/5/13

• Centre & Committee

Membership Form & $55 affiliation

fee – 3/6/13

• Medibank Conference Postal

Voting Forms – 5/6/13

• Medibank Conference

Confirmation of Delegates Form –

5/6/13

• Winter Championships Officials

Application Forms – 5/6/13

• IGA Winter Championships

Nominations (hard copy) –

19/6/13

• IGA Winter Championships

Nominations (TM File) – 24/6/13

Winter

• Centre minutes and Treasurers

Reports – ongoing

• Officials Accreditation Workshop

Host Applications – ASAP

• Medibank Conference

Registration Form & Fees –

22/5/13

• Medibank Conference Postal

Voting Forms – 5/6/13

• Medibank Conference

Confirmation of Delegates Form –

5/6/13

• Winter Championships Officials

Application Forms – 5/6/13

• IGA Winter Championships

Nominations (hard copy) –

19/6/13

• IGA Winter Championships

Nominations (TM File) – 24/6/13

Mailout Attachments • March BOD Minutes

• Registration figures summary

(Winter Centres only)

• Competition Nomination Pad

(Winter Centres only)

• Winter Coaching Camp details

• McDonald’s All Comers

Coaching Clinic Host Centre

Application Form

(Winter Centres only)

From The Sponsors

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