Mitcham Little Athletics Club
Minutes of the 33rd Annual General Meeting
Held Saturday 23rd March 2002

 

Opening

7:30pm

 

Minutes of the last AGM

The minutes of the 32nd AGM held on 31st March, 2001 were circulated in the annual report and passed as accurate.

Moved: John Magree. Seconded: Lyn McKelvie.

Reports

The President’s, Treasurer’s, Secretary’s, Team Manager’s and Recorder’s reports were circulated in the annual report.

 

Elections

Thank you to this year’s committee Peter MacDonald (president), Barry Judge (secretary), Anne Robertson (treasurer), Lyn McKelvie (newsletter & NLAC representative), Michelle Miller, Geoff Taylor, Celia Brenchley, & Janice Collins for the commitment, effort and fun we have had running the club. Thanks also to those who, although not able to participate on the committee, have given tremendous support to the club.

Assuming that all existing committee members will remain on the committee in some capacity, all committee positions were opened to new nominations. People who put their hands up were:

Lyn McKelvie (President & NLAC Representative)
Ian Mallick (Secretary)
Nicole Mallick (Newsletter)

Treasurer, Recorder, Roster and Uniforms remain vacant, to be determined at the first committee meeting in August.

General Business

None.

Presentations

Participation

Athletes who attended at least 50% of each half of the season were awarded a participation trophy, presented by Neville Armstrong.

Age Group Champions

The age group champion trophies were presented to the following:

U7 Girls Best Athlete

Natasha Czaplowski

U7 Girls Best Athlete Runner up

Rochelle Kilbane

Darcy Miller

U7 Boys Best Athlete

Simon Scaturchio

Mikey Raath

U7 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Nathan McKeown

U8 Girls Best Athlete

Ashlee Mynott

U8 Girls Best Athlete Runner up

Amelia Martin

U8 Boys Best Athlete

Fraser Jones

U8 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Lachlan Magree

U9 Girls Best Athlete

Rebecca Payne

Rachel Laurie

U9 Girls Best Athlete Runner up

Rebecca Czaplowski

U9 Boys Best Athlete

Callum Petrie

U9 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Samuel Van Wetering

U10 Girls Best Athlete

Charlotte Miller

Gabriel Cox-Ventralla

U10 Girls Best Athlete Runner up

Stacey Beere

U10 Boys Best Athlete

Hugh Barton

U10 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Warren Beere

U11 Girls Best Athlete

Natalie Laurie

U11 Girls Best Athlete Runner up

Maree McKelvie

U12 Girls Best Athlete

Katie Lovus

U12 Girls Best Athlete Runner up

Christine Dalton

U12 Boys Best Athlete

Lloyd Miller

U12 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Lachlan Innes

U13 Girls Best Athlete

Sarah Dobson

U13 Girls Best Athlete Runner up

Lauren Hayward

U13 Boys Best Athlete

Chris MacDonald

James Magree

U13 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Matthew Payne

U14 Boys Best Athlete

James McKelvie

U14 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Matthew Knoops

U15 Boys Best Athlete

Nicolas Magree

U15 Boys Best Athlete Runner up

Jeremy Chun
 
Team Manager’s Award

Presented by Celia Brenchley to two boys and two girls who have achieved their goals, enjoyed themselves and shown themselves to possess talent that we hope this award will encourage: Tarryn Mallick, Lucy Inglis, Shane Petrie, Fraser Paterson.

President’s Citizenship Award

Presented by Peter McDonald to an athlete who displayed an outstanding attitude and behaviour each week. Normally presented to a boy and a girl, this year the award was presented to all of the under 15 boys.

 
Brian Maslin Overall Club Champion

Presented by Brian Maslin, our inaugural president, to the athlete who recorded the highest level of achievement in the club this season and whose achievements will be recorded on the club’s perpetual trophy:

Nick Magree

 

Thanks

Thank you to parents for bringing their children to the track each week and a big thank you for the assistance we received in the duty roster this season.

Close

With the completion of these presentations, the raffle was drawn, the President declared the meeting closed and invited everyone to take refreshments.

The meeting closed at 8:50pm.

President’s Report

Well done Mitcham athletes and families on completing another season of Little Athletics!

I would particularly like to congratulate those families new to Little Athletics this season for their enthusiastic participation in the athletics program and the parent’s roster. I hope you will continue to enjoy your involvement in Little Athletics for many seasons to come. Congratulation also to those families who maintained their long term commitment to Little Athletics. It is through ongoing participation in the program that your children benefit the most.

Being president this season has been an interesting and challenging experience! I enjoyed that fact that I was better able to get to know the names and faces of Mitcham families through the hands-on tasks I performed, such as taking registrations at the start of the season, making sure events were manned each week, and getting refreshments out to parents on duty. (I will never forget which parent has black coffee with three sugars!)

This season presented a significant challenge in that 30 fewer athletes registered with the club than last season, making the duty roster difficult to maintain. In addition, 13 athletes dropped out after Christmas, depleting the ranks of roster volunteers even further. These factors made the contribution of those parents who helped out each week even more important. I especially commend those who filled in week after week as our roster fell into disarray during the second half of the season.

This year’s committee members deserve praise for keeping the club going for another year. Many thanks to:

Ian Laurie (treasurer & NLAC age group manager)
Peter McDonald
John Magree (roster coordinator & NLAC track & field team manager)
Ian Mallick (secretary)
Nicole Mallick (newsletter)
Michelle Miller (recorder & fundraising)
Jayne Noble (fundraising)
Mary Raphael (fundraising)
Leyna Raath (uniforms)

I also applaud those who, although not taking part in the Mitcham committee, have performed valuable roles at the NLAC level:

Celia Brenchley (age group manager)
Jenny Fawkes (coach)

Unfortunately not all of this year’s committee members will be able to continue in their roles next season, so if this club is to stay in existence we will need more volunteers for the committee. Tonight we will need to appoint a new Secretary, Roster Coordinator, Team Manager (which was vacant this season), and at least one general committee member.

I urge those who have not yet volunteered for committee roles to consider how they could help. It is your children, after all, who benefit from participation in Little Athletics. Your own participation would be greatly appreciated.

Finally, I hope all Mitcham athletes were able to achieve their personal goals for this season and that they are looking forward to further competition next season. I also hope they don’t forget to thank their families for supporting them in their activities throughout the season!

 

Lyn McKelvie
President, MLAC.

 
 
Recorder’s report

 

This season Mitcham Club registered 97 athletes; 64 boys and 33 girls.  In all 152 ribbons were awarded to athletes as follows:

 

Green                      87

Red                         51                                                                                                                           

Blue                        14

 

Once again competition was high with records being rewritten, often in the same day.  Notably amongst these was Natalie Laurie and James Quirk.  Natalie Laurie excelled in Javelin and in the 1500 metres race and walk.  James Quirk broke records in the 70, 100 and 400 metres race.  The 70 metres race record was shared by James Quirk, Hadyn Judge and Matthew Knoops.

 

Christine Dalton is proving to be a talent in hurdles breaking the 300 and 80 metres hurdles records.

 

Single event record breakers were D’Arcy Miller in 50 metres, Alex Magree in the 50 metres, Carl Sieger in the 700 metres race, Cassandra Taylor in the 80 metres hurdles and Hugh Barton in the long jump.  Leigh Fawkes demonlished a 17 year old record for the 1500 metres walk.

 

This year was the first time U16 athletes competed at the track on a Saturday morning.  Many records were broken although were not officially acknowledged.

 

The State Track and Field Championships were held on March 15th at Olympic Park.  All athletes performed admirably and the following made it through to finals:

 

James McKelvie                   U15 boys               shot put                 9th            10.80

Leigh Fawkes                        U15 boys               1500MW                2nd        6.58

Natalie Laurie                        U12 girls                1500MW                2nd           8.16

Lachlan Magree                   U9 boys                 70M                        5th                           

Leigh Fawkes                        U15 boys               discus                    15th          31.18

Natalie Laurie                        U12 girls                Javelin                    17th          15.22

 

Congratulations to the U15 boys who graduate to seniors next year.  Most have been competing for Nunawading in the senior division this year.  We have enjoyed their enthusiasm and hope some of this rubs off on our younger athletes.  It is obvious that a lot of friendships have been made amongst the boys and we hope that they continue into adulthood.

 

Michelle Miller

Recorder