Well..... Mother Nature clearly wasn't done with us just yet!
Unfortunately, the rain meant we had to pull the pin on Session 1, but thankfully Session 2 was able to go ahead. A huge shout out to our dedicated walkers who braved the early wet conditions and kept putting one foot in front of the other. Now THAT is commitment.
A little reminder about wet weather cancellations
Given Melbourne's turbulent spring weather, if we need to cancel a session at the last minute we will communicate this at least one hour before the scheduled start time. So please make sure you're checking all our communication channels:
Centre email
Social Media
Stack App
Right here on the Mentone Little Athletics Website
For those early risers, that means:
Session 1: check for updates at 7.30am
Session 2: check for updates at 9am
Please make checking these channels at those times a part of your pre-little athletics routine, particularly when the weather is looking questionable.
One final thing, a little kindness goes a long way. Every single team manager and committee member is a volunteer giving up their own time to make Mentone Little Athletics happen for your kids. We absolutely understand that cancellations can be frustrating, especially when you've packed the bags, loaded the car and convinced everyone to get out of bed.
But please remember we don't cancel session for fun or to ruin everyone's Saturday morning. Decisions are made with the safety of our athletes, families and volunteers in mind. A little help, patience, kindness and grace is always appreciated.
Fingers crossed Mother Nature looks kindly upon us soon!
The next two weeks: no regular program
Please note there is no usual Saturday program for the next two weekends. Our regular program resumes on Saturday 28 November with Round 7.
Sat 14 Nov No regular program.
Sun 15 Nov Mentone Relay Day, proudly supported by Community Bank Parkdale.
Sat 21 Nov SMR Regional Relays, Frankston. No Mentone program. Duties for competitors will be communicated.
Mentone Relay Day
This Sunday 15th November Mentone Little Athletics Club hosts their annual Mentone Relay Day
For all families of athletes competing at Mentone Relay Day, you will have received an email from the Mentone Competition Coordinator (mentonecomp@lavic.com.au) this morning with the draft Parent Duty Roster.
Please note that if your child was registered for Mentone Relay Day and confirmed into a team you will be on the duty roster and expected to complete your duty accordingly, so please ensure you check your emails and the roster.
Any concerns regarding Mentone Relay Day please reach out to your Team Manager or our Competition Coordinators Ange, Lucinda and Alex.
For all the up-to-date information regarding Mentone Relay Day including the draft timetable and draft parent duty roster please see our website here: mentonelac.com.au/mentone-relay-day
We must thank our proud supporters Community Bank Parkdale, without their generous sponsorship of Mentone Relay Day it simply could not happen.
As Australia's fifth-bigger retail bank, Community Bank Parkdale offers a competitive range of products and services that provide customers with everything they need to achieve their financial goals.
As a community bank, commitment to their local community is a fundamental park of who they are. Community Bank branches give up to 80% of profits back to the community. Find out more via the below:
Instagram: @communitybankparkdalementone
Facebook: @communitybankparkdaleandmentoneeast
www.bendigobank.com.au/branch/vic/community-bank-parkdale/
Good luck to all our amazing athletes competing on Sunday! Go Mentone!
PBs and other performances
A big congratulations are in order for TWO athletes who broke centre records during Round 6
Lucy Malcomson broke the U17G Javelin centre and any venue record with a throw of 35.03m.
Elliott Law broke the U16M 1500m walk record in 9.50:53 and achieved PB's in all 5 of his events this week. Well done Elliott!
There were 175 PBs this round – you can see the results here
Wednesday centre training
Free as part of your registration, this week head coach Rupert, and his awesome junior coaches, will offer hurdles, triple jump, discus and distance training between 5pm and 6pm for our U9+ junior athletes. A reminder that U6-8 Wednesday training begins in the new year
Lighting up Dolomore!
This week it was announced that Dolomore is getting lights installed at the facility. This is great news for our athletes, giving us winter training options, low light backup and safer facilities. Thanks to City of Kingston and the State Government for partnering on this awesome initiative as part of the Local Sports Infrastructure Fund!
Social media
Whether it’s centre training information, session cancellations, vacant roles, or other MLAC messages, follow our social media platforms @mentonelac and stay up to date.