President’s Corner

Now that the Summer season is over,

it’s time to reflect and start thinking

about next season. It has been a

huge season, with record

registrations, huge numbers at our

competitions, joint relay competition

with Queensland Athletics and

finishing up with a huge IGA State

Championships last weekend.

Our AGM was held this month, and I

congratulate Ros McAlister, Rob

Gardner and Daryl Dickson on their

re-election to the Board of LAQ. Also

huge congratulations to Eddie

Fabian and Anne Bell who were

made Life Members of Little Athletics

Queensland. Both Anne and Eddie

have served Little Athletics as

officials and office bearers for many

years and the award is richly

deserved for both of them.

One issue I have with the AGM is the

number of Centres who send in their

votes. It is the right of every Centre in

Queensland to elect your Board, and

vote on the nominations for Life

Memberships. In all, we only had 54

votes returned, which means that

only around 27 out of 106 Centres

voted at the AGM. I urge all Centres

to exercise their rights as a member

of our organisation, and vote at the

next AGM.

Congratulations to everyone that

was involved in the organisation of

last weekend’s IGA State

Championships. If having over 1,900

athletes to organise over the

weekend was not enough, we also

had the Queensland Athletics Track

Classic on the Saturday Night. This

meant we had to finish on time on

Saturday to allow enough time for

the change over. Although this was

not easy to achieve, it was well

worth it, with many of our families

staying back to watch our Olympic

athletes competing, and meeting

many of the athletes as well.

The feature event was our 100m and

400m finals held during the Classic,

with our athletes having a unique

opportunity to not only watch, but

compete with the senior athletes.

On behalf of the Board I thank all the

officials who helped out over the

weekend, many of whom also

officiated at the Track Classic. It was

a very long and arduous weekend,

but there were no complaints,

everyone was there for our athletes.

Also I have to thank the Board

members involved, and the Office

Staff for all the hard yards put in over

the past 6 months to make it

happen.

In closing, I congratulate the 26

athletes who will be going to

Canberra next month to compete in

the Asics Australian Little Athletics

Championships. I look forward to

watching you all compete, and

doing your best for Queensland.

Tony Northey

From The CEO

Change of Date – 2013 IGA Winter

Championships

Due to a clash of dates, the 2013 IGA

Winter Championships has been

moved to the weekend of the 29th &

30th June. The venue will still be the

Townsville Sports Reserve.

President’s Corner .......... 1

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

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

Development & Coaching 4

Competition & Officials . 5

Checklist For Centres .... 7

Mailout Attachments ..... 7

From The Sponsors ......... 7

Contents

April 2013

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It is worth noting the competition is

also open to athletes from Summer

Centres so Centres looking for a

social or developmental opportunity

in the off season should consider

sending a team. I’m sure they will

have a great time in Townsville for

the Championships.

LAQ will also be running its Winter

Coaching Camp after the

Championships in the second week

of the school holidays so both the

Winter and Summer athletes will be

able to receive high level coaching

by LAQ’s coaches after the event.

Further information will be forwarded

on both the camp and the Winter

Championships so stay tuned.

Competition and Officials

Committees Expressions of Interest

The LAQ Board is now calling for

expressions of interest to join either

the Competition or Officials

Committee. This is a great

opportunity to have your say in the

running of the Association and to

contribute directly to the services

that are offered to the athletes.

The forms are included in this mailout

and are due back Monday the 6th of

May.

New LAQ Website Address

Little Athletics Queensland has

launched a new website address

which better reflects our new name

and branding. The new address is

www.laq.org.au

The LAQ staff email addresses will

also end with laq.org.au although

the old addresses will still work in

case it takes some time for people to

change over to the new addresses.

We’ve also made a number of

changes to the content and layout

of the website so please visit the site

soon to make yourself familiar with

the new layout.

Simon Cook

Administration

LAQ Life Membership

The Association would like to

congratulate Ann Bell (Ipswich) and

Eddie Fabian (Balmoral) on being

awarded Life Membership of LAQ at

the recent AGM.

Both Ann and Eddie have been

heavily involved in our sport for well

over 20 years and have given highly

meritorious service towards the

growth and development of Little

Athletics.

Congratulations to both Ann & Eddie

for this well-deserved recognition.

New Centre – Charleville & District

The Association would like to

welcome its newest member to the

Little Athletics Family. Charleville &

District Little Athletics Centre, which is

located in far western Queensland,

will form part of the Maranoa

Region.

There has been a lot of work already

undertaken by the new Committee

and they will he holding their first sign

ons in April.

We would like to take this

opportunity to welcome Charleville

& District and wish them the best for

the new season.

All Centres in the Maranoa Region

will find an updated list of Centres

and contact details enclosed with

this mailout.

Association Awards

Congratulations to the following

athletes who won LAQ awards at the

recent IGA State Championships:

Laurie Baartz Trophy for Most

Improved Athlete

Harris Yell (Gold Coast) &

Jacinta Bartlett (Mt Gravatt)

George Harvey Leadership Award

Hayley Strano (Cassowary Coast)

A reminder to all Centres that

nominations for Association Awards,

including Distinguished Merit, Merit,

Volunteer of the Year and Coach of

the Year, close on Friday 19th April.

Further information and nomination

forms for each of the awards can be

found in the Association’s Awards

Booklet.

2013 State Team

Congratulations to the following 26

athletes who were selected in the

2013 LAQ State Team to compete at

the Asics Australian Little Athletics

Championships in Canberra in April.

U13 Girls

Ella Connolly (Deception Bay)

Riley Day (Beaudesert & District)

Katie Hayward (Gold Coast)

Jessica Kirkby (Wynnum Manly)

Camryn Newton-Smith (Jimboomba)

Hayley Nicolson (Maryborough)

Shante Phillips (Springwood)

Courtney Thwaites (Ashmore)

India Williams (City North)

Lauren Woodward (Springwood)

Demi Wynyard (Mt Gravatt)

U15 Girls

Summer Johnson (Noosa)

Hannah Schlecht (Balmoral)

U13 Boys

Zane Branco (Noosa)

Jett Jones (Algester)

Dylan Joy (Gold Coast)

Jake Lemke (Aspley)

Jack Lowrie (Caboolture)

Justin McKillop (Redlands)

Jonah Mead (Strathpine)

Jack Payne (University)

Zach Paynter (Nambour)

Ben Schmidtchen (Deception Bay)

Ben Thomas (Beaudesert & District)

U15 Boys

Chance McKenna (Balmoral)

Rowan Sutton (Glasshouse District)

2013 Medibank Conference Motions

Centres are reminded that the

closing date for lodgement of

motions for consideration for the

2013 Medibank Conference is 26th

April 2013.

2013 / 2014 Committee Membership

Form – Summer Centres

Summer Centres will find enclosed in

this month’s mailout the Committee

Membership Form for the 2013 / 2014

season.

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Once Centres have held their AGM,

this form needs to be completed

and returned to the Association

Office no later than the 3rd June

2013.

Graduation Certificates & 10 Year

Athlete Participation Badges

Graduation certificates are available

to all Centres on request. Order

forms can be found in the Awards

Booklet, or simply supply the names

of the athletes in writing to the LAQ

Office. Please allow at least 1 week

for preparation of these certificates.

Honour Certificates & Year of Service

Badges

A great way to recognise the

hardworking volunteers at your

Centre is to nominate them for an

honour certificate or years of service

badge.

The Association offers these awards

for all Centres. To be eligible for an

honour certificate, members must

have been involved with your Centre

for a minimum of 5 years. There are a

number of years of service badges

available, including 10, 15, 20, 25

and 30 years. These certificates and

badges can be ordered at any time

throughout your season by

completing the appropriate

nomination form in the Awards

Booklet and returning it to the LAQ

Office.

Healthy Centre Tip

Funding is vital to all organisations,

particularly sporting clubs. You may

not know, but funding is available

through grants at all levels of

government throughout the State.

This includes local Councils as well as

both State and Federal

governments.

Grants open and close at different

times throughout the year, so it’s

important to keep up to date with

when they open, and also when

they close so your Centre does not

miss out on the opportunity to apply

for funding.

Remember the old saying ‘you’ve

got to be in it to win it’? It’s true,

because if you don’t apply, you’re

not in with a chance!

The Australian Government

Volunteers Grant 2013 is now open

and is aimed to assist volunteers and

encourage volunteering. They

provide funding between $1,000 and

$5,000 to:

• Purchase portable, tangible,

small equipment items to help

their volunteers

• Contribute to the

reimbursement of fuel costs for

their volunteers who use their

own car to transport others to

activities, deliver food, assist

with medical appointments or

help people in need

• Contribute to the

reimbursement of transport

costs incurred by volunteers

with disability, who are unable

to drive

• Contribute to the costs of

training courses and/or

undertake background

screening checks for their

volunteers.

The Queensland Government

Community Benefit Fund Unit

administers the following funding

programs:

• Gambling Community Benefit

Fund

• Jupiters Casino Community

Benefit Fund

• Reef Hotel Casino Community

Benefit Fund and

• Breakwater Island Casino

Community Benefit Fund

These funds provide one-off grants of

$5,000 up to $150,000 for community

groups for various tasks and projects.

The new funding rounds for the

Gambling Community Benefit Fund,

Jupiters Casino Community Benefit

Fund and Breakwater Island Casino

Community Benefit Fund will open on

4 April 2013 and close 31 May 2013.

This is a great opportunity to get your

Centre Committee together to

discuss what you can apply for.

For more information on these grants,

please visit the website

http://www.olgr.qld.gov.au/grants/C

BFU/index.shtml

The Queensland Government’s Get

in the Game initiative supports sport

and recreation at the grassroots

level.

Get in the Game comprises three

funding programs worth $18 million

over the next three years.

Get Started, Get Going and Get

Playing are designed to get more

people, especially children and

young people, playing sport and

involved in recreation activities.

While the first round of funding for all

of the Get in the Game grants have

closed, another round will be

opening shortly. Please visit this

website for further details

http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/funding

/getinthegame/index.html

There were a number of LAQ Centres

who were successful in the first round

of Get Going and Get Playing

funding. Congratulations to these

Centres, they include:

• University of the Sunshine Coast

- $100,000

• Algester - $7,016

• Douglas Shire - $6,683

• Forest Lake - $10,000

• Mt Gravatt - $5,076

• Mulgrave - $9,940

• Redlands - $9,760

• Rosewood - $1,268

• Toowong Harriers - $2,600

The process was very simple and the

successful applications will hopefully

encourage other Centres to pursue

this opportunity in the next round.

The Secretary from Algester LAC had

this to say about the Grant

application:

Algester LAC was recently the proud

recipients of Get Going funding

through the QLD Government

Grants. We were lucky enough to be

chosen and will now purchase a full

set of 60 new collapsible hurdles with

trolleys. Our existing hurdles are not

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all collapsible hurdles as

recommended by Little Athletics

Australia, so we thought the grant

may help us to correct this and

update our existing ones which were

getting a little old. We submitted the

grant application, which was

relatively simple but did require a

little planning and ensuring we got

the wording "just right". We look

forward to arranging delivery and

using these from the start of next

season, our 30th anniversary year.

These are only a few of the many

funding opportunities available for

your Centre. We encourage all

Centres to have a go, and put their

applications in for funding. You just

never know!

Remember, if your Centre has a tip

they wish to share, please contact

Shannon in the LAQ Office.

2013 IAAF World Youth

Championships

The 2013 IAAF World Youth

Championships are being held in

Donetsk, Ukraine from the 10th – 14th

July 2013. Congratulations to the 21

athletes who have been selected to

compete for Australia at these

Championships.

There were three Queensland

athletes selected, including two ex-

LAQ athletes. They are:

• Hannah Joye (Algester)

High Jump

• Aliyah Johnson (Mt Gravatt)

Heptathlon

We wish Hannah and Aliyah all the

best for the Championships and will

report on their results after the

competition.

Shannon Kruger & Ngaire Hollands

Development & Coaching

McDonald’s Development Squads

Summer Centres

Congratulations to the athletes that

were selected in the McDonald’s

Development Squad. Clinics were

held throughout the Summer Centre

Regions during March. We had the

following number of athletes

participate at each of the Squad

Clincs :

• South Coast – 45 athletes

• Met North – 37 athletes

• South East – 58 athletes

• Met West – 47 athletes

• Sun Coast – 41 athletes

• Central Coast – 12 athletes

The Downs & South West clinic

scheduled in Toowoomba on

Saturday 10th March was cancelled

due to wet weather. We will advise

all participants of the new date

once it has been confirmed.

We would like to thank North

Rockhampton, Gold Coast, Aspley

and Deception Bay Centres for their

hospitality in hosting the above

Clinics.

We would also like to thank Ian

Thompson, Michael Hooper, Stuart

Dempster, Les Gearey, Josh

Robinson, Holly James, Ralph

Newton, Lindsay Newton-Smith, Nick

Bennett, Michael Moore, Rob Garner

and Fiona Cullen for their coaching

services at these Clinics.

Little Athletics Program for Schools

(LAPS) - School Visits

With the start of a new season

approaching the Association is

currently planning School Visits for

Winter Centres. The School Visits offer

a great promotion for your Centre.

If Centres have any schools in their

area that you would like LAQ to visit,

or if any coaches are interested in

conducting LAPS visits on behalf of

LAQ, please contact Daniel in the

LAQ Office.

Introduction To Coaching Courses

This month has seen one course

conducted in Gayndah with 12

people attending. Again, weather

has interrupted the delivery of

scheduled courses with a number of

them having to be postponed to a

later date. Details of where and

when these courses will be run are

on the LAQ website.

If any Centre would like to host an

ITC, please do not hesitate to

contact Shaun Lethem on 0417 613

911 or s.lethem@qlaa.asn.au for

more information.

Winter Coaching Camp

The 2013 Winter Coaching Camp will

be held at the Townsville Sports

Reserve on Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd

of July 2013, directly following the

IGA Winter Championships.

Winter Centres will be receiving

information and nomination forms in

the mail in the coming weeks. We

encourage all Winter 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.

Introduction to Coaching Course

We are 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

Lions Mountain View Challenge

The Lions Club of Maleny is

conducting the Lions Mountain View

Challenge on Sunday 28th July 2013.

The main focus of the event is on

fundraising for the Lions Medical

Research Foundation, which

supports medical research at

Brisbane Hospitals.

There will be a Half Marathon of

21km, an 8km run and walk plus a

3km run which is for kids under 15

years.

The route for all runs and walks will

follow designated pathways with

marshals stationed along the route.

Water points will be placed along

the longer routes with hydration fluids

available at the end of the event.

There will also be a free sausage

sizzle after the event for all

participants and parents.

The event will start and finish at the

Maleny Showgrounds, where there is

ample parking and is very near the

main shopping centre for cafes.

For further details and registration,

please go to

www.malenylions.com/mountain-

view-challenge

Daniel Nethery & Shaun Lethem

Competition & Officials

2013 IGA State Championships

IGA State Championships were held

last weekend and had over 1,980

nominations, which is the largest we

have had for some time. The

weather was hot but there were a

record number of Personal Best

Performances and 38 Queensland

Best Performances (QBP’s) recorded.

The QBP’s will be presented for

ratification at the April Board of

Directors meeting. Congratulations

to all athletes, we trust that you all

enjoyed the weekend.

The Queensland Track Classic was

held on the Saturday night of the

Championships and was a great

experience that many families and

athletes chose to stay and watch.

Sally Pearson was also on hand to

meet and to sign autographs for our

athletes. We also had LAQ U13 – U17

athletes competing in their 100m

and 400m finals during the Track

Classic.

For the first time in history, we also

had a Wheelchair AWD athlete

compete with our other LAQ

athletes. Paralympian athlete Rheed

McCracken from West Bundaberg

LAC competed in the U17 400m and

800m as an exhibition athlete and

provided the crowd with lots of

excitement. Many athletes were

delighted to meet Rheed after his

races and get his autograph. His

performance was very much

appreciated by the LAQ

membership as evident by the

rapturous applause that rose from

the spectators as he crossed the

finish line of each event.

Any successful competition that LAQ

hosts is due to the Officials that

dedicate their time and effort on the

arena. Congratulations and thank

you to all that assisted in the many

roles required to run these

Championships. Your willingness to

assist where needed was inspiring

and it was also wonderful to see

many new faces on the arena. Your

dedication and determination to

keep the events running to the

timetable on Saturday allowed for a

smooth transition for the Track

Classic. So thank you!

This is part of an email sent to the

LAQ Office on Monday, that we felt

was worth sharing:

It has probably been remiss of us in

previous years to not thank you all

for the HUGE effort you all put in to

ensure the State carnivals run like

clockwork. Each year, we have

learnt more and more, and have

seen only SOME of what goes on

behind the scenes, and it is an

absolutely amazing process. From

my perspective, being involved in

another sporting association now, I

can assure you that the processes

LAQ have in place, the personnel,

the process to deal with disputes,

and the ability to adapt, is

fantastic, and something you

should all be very proud of!! (I am

probably only realising it now!!)

Again, thank you and our little

athletes, although some of them

not so little, had a great time, and

particularly the new ones this year,

had an amazing experience as did

their parents. The Track Classic was

an awesome addition. Thank you

to the officials on each event, who

also do an amazing job and

always make you feel welcome

and are only too happy to teach

you when you are learning

something new - as in timekeeping

yesterday for me!!

Images with Attitude had

photographers that were busy on

the grounds during the whole

weekend’s competition. Photos can

still be ordered by contacting

Belinda or one of her team on (07)

3800 8010.

Competing Centres will find

enclosed with this mail a complete

list of the result and a Performance

Certificate for each athlete who

participated. A complete list of

results can also be found on the LAQ

website.

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Competition Officials

Congratulations to Donna Smith who

was awarded the LAQ Alison Quirke

Official of the Year for the 2012 /

2013 season. Donna was presented

with this award at the 2013 IGA State

Championships Official Opening.

The criteria for this award includes a

minimum of 5 years’ service at LAQ

competitions, a proven reliability and

participation at LAQ Competitions in

the award season and a high

standard of Officiating or service.

The nominee will also relate well to

athletes and fellow Officials and

offer mentoring and assistance to

new Officials. Congratulations again

Donna, a very worthy recipient.

The Officials & Competition

Committees do appreciate the

services of all volunteering Officials

and hope that the small rewards and

acknowledgements provided

throughout the season go towards

showing our appreciation.

Appointed Key Officials are

reminded that if they met the criteria

and wish to claim the 2012 / 2013

Travel & Accommodation Rebate,

the claim form should be completed

and returned to the LAQ Office

ASAP. This form can be obtained

from the LAQ Office.

Centre Carnivals & Pentathlons

LAQ Centres that are planning to

conduct a Centre Carnival or

Pentathlon, which will be open to

members of other Centres during the

2013 / 2014 season, should be

providing event details to the LAQ

Office for endorsement and

promotional purposes. Part of the

endorsement process is to complete

and return the attached Centre

Carnival Sanctioning Form along

with a nomination form, sample

program and relevant promotional

papers.

For an event to be endorsed by LAQ,

the Carnival and / or component of

the Carnival offered to U6 – U17

athletes must be conducted under

the rules and guidelines of LAQ. LAQ

will provide assistance to Centres by

promoting the Centre Carnival or

Pentathlon by:

• Issuing Flyers to Conference

attendees (flyers must be

provided before Conference)

• Posting the date and venue on

the calendar of events on the

LAQ Website

• Posting the Carnival flyer and

associated papers on the LAQ

website

To be posted on the LAQ website, an

electronic version of the flyer,

nomination form and other relevant

forms are required and should be

sent to Karen Lunt at

k.lunt@laq.org.au

Centres wanting LAQ to distribute

their Carnival flyers at the Medibank

Conference or with the LAQ monthly

mailout, are required to send 150

copies, once endorsement is

provided. The LAQ Office must

receive flyers for Conference

distribution no later than Wednesday

5th June.

2013 Medibank Conference

14th – 16th June at Novotel Palm Cove

We remind Centres that the Intention

to Attend form is due on the 26th

April. Thank you to those Centres

who have already returned this form.

If you have not returned the form,

please do so as soon as possible.

We are hoping for a high

attendance numbers at this years’

Conference, and Centre

Committees should note that there

are a few financial incentives to help

get Centres representatives there.

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, the Association will also

subsidise all Centres attending

Conference on the basis of distance

of the Centre from the conference

venue. Details are as follows:

251 – 500km $100 / Centre

501 – 750kn $150 / Centre

751km + $200 / Centre

Centres are reminded of the

following dates:

• 26th April

Closing date for lodgment of

motions

• 17th May

Conference paperwork,

including handbook, agenda,

motions and postal voting

forms will be distributed from

the LAQ Office

• 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

A draft Conference agenda will be

available on the LAQ website early

May.

Centres will be invited to suggest a

venue or location for the 2014

Medibank Conference at the

conclusion of the 2013 Medibank

Conference.

2013 IGA Winter Championships –

29th & 30th June

The 2013 IGA Winter Championships

will be held on the weekend of 29th &

30th June. This weekend is during the

school holidays and should attract

good numbers from both the Winter

and Summer Centres.

Closing dates are as follows:

• Hard Copy

Wednesday 19th June @ 4pm

• TM Import File

Monday 24th June @ 9am

We encourage all Centre

Committees to start promoting this

competition amongst your members

and be sure that they are aware of

the date change. This is the first

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season that this competition has

been open to all LAQ registered

athletes, and we are looking to a

great competition weekend.

Not only is the IGA Winter

Championships open to all LAQ

registered, non-registered athletes

are also able to nominate to

compete in these Championships.

Nomination fees are as follows:

• LAQ registered athletes

$10 per athlete

• Non-LAQ registered athletes

$15 per athlete

The Officials Committee is also

calling for IGA Winter Championships

Officials. Please complete the

application form and return it to the

LAQ Office as soon as possible.

Nordic Sport will be joining us at the

competition and will again be selling

souvenir polo shirts.

Further information on the 2013 IGA

Winter Championships, including the

program and the souvenir polo shirt,

will be provided in future editions of

LA News and will be included on the

LAQ website shortly.

Challenge Achievement & Pathways

in Sport (CAPS) Participants & Awards

The CAPS program is designed to

assist in the development of our Little

Athletics youth.

Congratulations to the members

below who have completed Steps

One, Two, Three or the Sports

Leadership Award during the 2012 /

2013 season. We would also like to

send out a big thank you to the

Coordinators who have assisted the

participants along the various

pathways

Step One

Hayley Strano (Cassowary Coast),

Cameron Jones (Centenary),

Shontelle Boddington (Souths), Erin

Radel (Tully)

Step Two

Tia Herd (Caboolture), Hayley Strano

(Cassowary Coast), Jason Strano

(Cassowary Coast), Jessica-Lee

O’Connor (Cassowary Coast),

Chevelle Kurth (Ipswich), Tori

Langton (Ipswich), Erin Radel (Tully),

Sara Webster (West Bundaberg)

Step Three

Jessica Heiner (Bundaberg), Jason

Strano (Cassowary Coast), Kara-Lynn

Hodges (Ipswich)

Sports Leadership Award

Jessica Heiner (Bundaberg)

The CAPS Awards are set in three

categories Centre of the Year,

Participant of the Year and

Coordinator of the Year. These

awards will be announced at the

2013 Medibank Conference.

Committees are reminded to

nominate your members for one of

the CAPS Awards. Nominations for

all categories will close on 19th April

2013.

Karen & Bianca Lunt

Checklist For Centres

Items due in April - May to LAQ

Summer

• Centre minutes – ongoing

• Copy of Treasurers Report –

ongoing

• Officials Accreditation Workshop

Registrations – Monday prior to

workshop date

• Competition Officials Application

Forms – ASAP

• Conference – closing date for

lodgement of motions - 26/4/13.

• Conference – Intention to Attend

form – 26/4/13

Winter

• Centre minutes – ongoing

• Copy of Treasurers Report –

ongoing

• Officials Workshop Host

Applications – ASAP

• Competition Officials Application

Forms – ASAP

• Conference – closing date for

lodgement of motions - 26/4/13

• Conference – Intention to Attend

form – 26/4/13

Mailout Attachments • February BOD Minutes

• Registration figures summary

(Summer Centres only)

• 2013 / 2014 Centre & Committee

Membership Form

(Summer Centres only)

• IGA State Championships

certificates and results

(participating Centres only)

• LAQ Committees Expression of

Interest Form

• Centre Carnival Sanctioning Form

• IGA Winter Championships Poster

• IGA Winter Championships

Officials Application Form

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