Round 12 - Relayathon - This Saturday 21. February
Our Round 12 features one of the highlights of the summer season: the annual Relayathon! Read below for the Relayathon rules and click here for the program.
U6 - U8 families: Please arrive by 8:15am for warm-up and for an 8:30am start
U9 - U17 families: Please arrive by 9:45am for warm-up and for a 10:00am start
Duties:
U6 families: Set-up duty. Our U7 team last week was amazing - the best set-up we’ve had in a long time! Can you match it? Please arrive at 7:30am and sign in to have your duty recorded.
Please remember that you are also staffing the BBQ and Canteen in Session 1U12 families: Pack-up duty. Please remember to only sign out once we are finished packing up. In addition, you’re in charge of BBQ and Canteen in Session 2.
Front Straight and Back Straight scanning: Any age group! Fastest fingers first.
To make your planning easier, we have scheduled the entire season on our duty page.
Handbook 2025
This season’s handbook is now published on our website. A limited printed version will be available soon.
Relayathon
The Relayathon is a fundraising event for the Royal Children's Hospital, endorsed by LAVIC. It is a continuous relay using a single baton, where the overall aim is to work together to run as many laps as possible within a three-hour period. At Mentone we add an additional element where age-group teams compete to see who can run the most laps in a set period of time.
The basic rules are as follows:
Relayathon will start at 9am and finish at 12 noon.
Girls and boys from the same age group will run as an age-group team.
Age-group teams will have 20 minute time periods to run as many laps as possible.
Athletes must run relay legs of at least 100m.
Only completed laps are counted toward the age-group team tally.
Family and friends may also run in the gaps between age-group teams or help if their child's age-group team gets tired, although at least one athlete from the age-group team must run a leg of each lap during their timeslot
Change-over stations will be at the middle of each straight and the middle of each bend.
Additional parent helpers are needed to oversee the change-over stations.
Cash and EFT donations can be made on the day and will go to the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. The Centre will match these donations up to a limit of $500. If you make an online donation directly to the Good Friday Appeal, send your receipt to mentone@lavic.com.au before the 15th March and we will also match these donations up to our limit.
Athletes are also encouraged to generate sponsorship money - for example they could ask for sponsors for their age-group team on a per lap basis. As a guide, teams do 10-15 laps.
Mentone LAC will also donate a base amount of $250 to the Monash Children's Hospital, AND an additional $3 per lap to Monash. We feel this is important as our kids are more likely to go to Monash in an emergency.
Last year, Mentone finished 3rd overall on the LAVIC fundraising tally! Can we do it again?
Other info:
As usual, please remember to bring your chest patches, water bottles, hats and sunscreen! Drinks, snacks and BBQ will be available for purchase.
Good luck to all our athletes competing at the Seaford Open Day on Sunday!
Go Mentone!