Membership - 2009/2010 Season

Qs & As

How do I join Camberwell Malvern Little Athletics?

The club would appreciate if all Little Athletes register online using the Clubs Online credit card system. If you do not have a credit card please bring a cheque made out to CMLAC on Saturday mornings at Kooyong Park and fill in a registration form.

The club handbook will be available on October 3 but race kit including free competition T–shirt will not be handed out until Saturday October 10.

Click here to register online.

How would you describe Camberwell Malvern Little Athletics Club?
We are a small, friendly grass-track club run by parents.

Competition takes place on Saturday mornings at Kooyong Park’s Righetti and McAlpine Ovals, which are opposite Kooyong Tennis Centre and next door to Vision Australia.

We start with a warm-up before 9am and finish around 11am.

The children break up into boy and girl groups in age groups to do between 5-7 events each week with a varying program of runs, jumps and throws.

We are geared to 'personal bests' and every child is encouraged to 'have a go'.

 
What age can my child start little athletics?
Athletes must be five by September 30, 2009.  

I’m not sure if my child will be suited to little athletics. Can children try Little Aths before joining?
If you are not sure if Little Aths is for you, then come down and have a 'free try out' for one session or just watch what we do. You must sign the visitor’s booklet before joining your respective age group.

The visitors booklet is located in the main pavilion at Kooyong Park. If you cannot locate it, ask for Kelli Gorman or just identify your child to the age group coordinator, who will be carrying the group clipboard, so your child can be recorded as a visitor.

How much does Little Athletics cost?
The following registration fees have been set for 2009/2010. It is our policy not to refund registration fees if an athlete decides to withdraw from the Centre.

These fees include a free competition T-shirt.

2009/2010 Fees	Full season	Post Feb 1, 2010
First child	$105	$50
Additional siblings	$90	$50

What level of ability do children have to have to join?
Our emphasis is on fun and fitness. Children can join with any level of skill or fitness and are encouraged to achieve personal bests.

What is expected of Parents / minders?
It is expected that at least every second week, one parent from each family should make themselves available to assist in some manner and there are a host of activities that require minimal training, ranging from time-keeping, to recording, to helping in the canteen. Most parents are required to be age group managers or assistants for their child’s age group. This role requires managers to take athletes around to events in program order and to record results of field events. Victorian Little Athletics Association guidelines require that a parent or guardian of each child remain at the ground for the morning's events. WE ARE NOT A CHILD-MINDING CENTRE. If you would like to be placed on a specific activity each week, please advise Chris Muirden via the enquiry form on this website. 

Are there any rules for the athletes?
Each age group for girls and boys is under the control of an Age Group Manager who coordinates Saturday morning activities. No child is to leave the age group without the permission of the manager. Gardiners Creek, that runs alongside the athletics centre, and the playground beside the main pavilion. Little Athletes must have appropriate footwear. Running shoes are compulsory. Spikes are only permitted for  U12s to U15s. Little Athletes are also expected to behave in a proper manner with their friends and parents and uphold the centre’s motto of “family, fun and fitness”.

What do little athletes wear?
For centre competition on Saturday, athletes will be given a club T-shirt to wear and can wear shorts of any colour. Footwear must be worn at all times.

When athletes in the Under 9-15 age groups compete in official competition against other centres, then they must wear club uniform which consists of red shorts and a light blue top with the Centre logo.

This uniform can be purchased on Saturdays between 10am and 11am. Red shorts or red bike knicks - $20
Club singlets - $30