Kiama Little Athletics’ 2024-2025 season came to a conclusion on Friday, April 4 with the annual presentation at Kiama Rugby Club.
The Centre’s highest accolade is the Dean Blair Memorial Trophy which is presented to the athlete who attains the highest level of improvement throughout the season.
This year’s winner was 12’s athlete Nate Blazic. In second place was Pippa Harris (6’s) and in third place was Archie Turano Lyall (12’s).
Dean Blair was a member of Kiama Little Athletics Centre in the 1980 season, joining at the age of nine. In just three months Dean broke 15 records, a testimony to his natural ability. Tragically Dean died in December 1980 as a result of a playground accident at school. The perpetual trophy was struck in Dean’s memory.
Archie Turano Lyall (12’s) received the Don Hodgekiss Award for best performance at Zone, Region and State.
10’s athlete Torin Pooley was the recipient of the Coaches Most Improved Award.
The Centre’s annual general meeting was held after the Presentation at Kiama Rugby Club. We are very pleased to report that all Committee positions were filled by an enthusiastic group of eager volunteers. A huge thank you to everyone that helped throughout the season. It’s amazing to see such strong support for the Centre, and it’s exciting to have so many new faces joining the Committee to help it continue to thrive. Thank you!
Dean Blair Memorial Trophy Winner, Nate Blazic
Kiama Little Athletics Annual Presentation Day will be held from 5:00pm on Friday 4th April at Kiama Rugby Club. A reminder that athletes must have attended a minimum of 60% of competition mornings and/or evenings to be eligible for end of season awards. Athlete attendance can be checked here.
We would like to take this opportunity to ask you to attend our AGM and consider becoming a member of our Committee for the 2025-2026 season. Several of our Committee members will not be returning next season. The Centre needs new Committee members to ensure it remains viable and to ultimately guarantee Little Athletics will continue in Kiama come September. The AGM commences at 6:00pm on Friday 4th April at Kiama Rugby Club. Please come and join us.
Sixteen (16) of Kiama’s Little Athletes made the long journey to Griffith Regional Sports Centre, Griffith, for the Region 4 Championships on the weekend of February 8th and 9th. Region 4 is made up of four (4) Zones with Centres from Eastern Riverina, Mid South Coast, South Coast Highlands and Western Riverina.
Gold medal performances were recorded by Arlie Matterson (Girls 8’s Long Jump), Archie Turano Lyall (Girls 12’s Javelin and Shot Put) and Billy Winchester (Boys 10’s 400m).
Results from the Region 4 Championships are available here.
Details of all State qualifiers, including the next best eight (8) performances in each event follow:
NSW Junior Championships (13-16 March) Qualifying Lists
HART Sport Little Athletics Championships (22-23 March) Qualifying Lists
Sixteen (16) Kiama Little Athletes have qualified to take part in fifty (50) events at this year’s Region 4 Championships to be held at the Griffith Regional Athletics Centre, Griffith, on February 8 and 9.
The full list of Region 4 qualifiers, including the next best four (4) performances in each event, is available here. Please note that 16’s, 17’s, U20’s and Multi Class athletes do not appear in this list because they have direct entry to Region 4.
The Region 4 Championships order of events listing is available here.
The Program is available here.
Events commence at 8:30am on Saturday and 8:00am Sunday.
A reminder that there will be no Little Athletics on Friday 7th February due to the Region 4 Championships as per the published season calendar.
Good luck at Region!
Competition has concluded for the 2024 calendar year.
Our next meet will be at 5:30pm on Friday 10th January 2025.
The Centre would like to take this opportunity to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We hope that Santa is kind to you!
Kiama athletes performed admirably at the Mid South Coast Zone championships held at Sanctuary Point Oval, Larmer Avenue, Sanctuary Point, on the 7th & 8th of December 2024.
Against some tough competition from the Albion Park, Lake Illawarra, Milton Ulladulla, Nowra Athletics, Shoalhaven, St Georges Basin, and Victory Runners Clubs, Kiama athletes did the Centre proud.
Athletes from the 8’s to 15’s Age Groups who finished in the top three (3) progress to the Region 4 Championships to be held at Bill Jacob Athletics Centre, Wagga Wagga, in early February 2025.
Kiama’s gold medal winners on the weekend were Stephen Alfano (15’s), Molly Houlison (9’s), Rudy Keane (13’s), Arlie Matterson (8’s), Rhys Pooley (8’s), Torin Pooley (10’s), Archie Turano-Lyall (12’s), Lena van Alpen (11’s) and Billy Winchester (10’s).
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make the weekend such a success particularly our Team Manager, Rebecca Quinane.
Details of all Region qualifiers, including the next best four (4) performances in each event, are available here.
Kiama Little Athletics Centre would like to wish athletes taking part in this weekends Zone Championships all the best. This year the Mid South Coast Zone Championships are being hosted by the St Georges Basin Centre at Sanctuary Point Oval, Larmer Rd, Sanctuary.
The championships start at 8:00am on Saturday with the march past taking place at 8:15am.
Sunday’s events start at 8.30am.
This season the role of team manager is being filled by Rebecca Quinane.
The Zone Championships program is available for download from the Mid South Coast Zone website.
Please note that programs will not be sold at the Zone Championships.
A reminder that there will be no Kiama Little Athletics competition this Friday, 6th December due to the Zone Championships.
Our next meet will be Friday 13th December at 5:30pm.
A reminder that there will be no Little Athletics Friday 6th December 2024.
The Mid South Coast Zone Championships are being held at Sanctuary Point this weekend.
Many of our Committee members will be assisting with preparations for Zone on Friday.
Consequently we do not have sufficient personnel to run our normal Friday evening meet.
For those competing at Zone we wish you all the best.
First call for officials will be 8:00am on Saturday and 8:30am on Sunday.
First call for events will be 9:00am on Saturday and 8:45am on Sunday.
Little Athletics has been cancelled this week due to the wet weather.
A reminder that there will be no Little Athletics next week because the Zone Championships are being conducted at the St Georges Basin Centre at Sanctuary Point.
Our Centre is part of the Mid South Coast Zone. The “Zone” comprises of six (6) Centres – Albion Park, Kiama, Lake Illawarra, Milton Ulladulla, Shoalhaven and St Georges Basin. Each season the Zone Championships are held at a different Centre in the Zone. This season the St Georges Basin Centre is hosting “Zone” at Sanctuary Point Oval, Larmer Avenue, Sanctuary Point on the 7th and 8th of December 2024.
Only athletes from 7’s and up are eligible to compete at the Zone Championships.
Athletes are encouraged to attend and compete in this event. It’s a great experience and the Kiama Centre is covering the cost of entry for our members. Athletes of all abilities can enter. This is a terrific chance to put the skills learnt at Centre on Friday nights into practice.
The entry form can be downloaded here or picked up from the Canteen on Friday.
Completed entry forms can be handed in at the Canteen.
Entries close Friday 15th November 2024. We would like to see lots of our new athletes attend.
Athletes from 7’s to 11’s can enter in a maximum of four (4) events. Athletes from 12’s to 17’s can enter in a maximum of six (6) events over the weekend. Athletes who are placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any event will progress to the Regional Championships at Bill Jacob Athletics Centre, Wagga Wagga, on the weekend of the 8th and 9th February 2025. 7’s athletes do not progress to the Regional Championships. Athletes who are placed at the Regional Championships in the 8’s age group do not progress to the State Championships.
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