NEWSLETTER 21 July 27 July 2014

ADDITIONAL CLUB DAY THIS SUNDAY

Officiating and Coaching Day
With the loss of a couple of club days early in
the season the committee has taken the
opportunity to secure an opening in the Barlow
Park bookings for J uly.

The day is being used to help address a
couple of areas in which we are needing to
direct some attention, specifically officiating at
club days, and some coaching for our athletes
who may not be able to train on club days as
they arent yet 8yrs old, or have other weekday
commitments.

So the day is not your normal club day, and
instead it will be used to provide a refresher
course for our parents and senior athletes as a
club level officials, done out on the track and
field in a hands on environment with our
athletes being used for the test case studies.

And while our senior level officials are taking
our parents and senior athletes through the
intricacies of recording, measuring, timing and
knowing when to call fouls, our coaches will
take our athletes through some event specific
training.

There is also the opportunity for any parent or
senior athlete interested in becoming club
coaches to sit in with this group as an
introduction to coaching, however places will
be limited to ten, and it is expected that if you
choose this option that you will undertake the
Level 2 Club Coach course being arranged
towards the end of the season to bolster our
number of coaches for the 2015 season.

So in summary our athletes are encouraged to
attend to pick up some coaching along with
being the models for our officials to officiate.

The day is however more so for our parents
and senior athletes to improve on the
knowledge of track and field and receive some
hands on training on the fundamentals of
officiating, particularly for club days, but with
the hope that some may decide to take the
next step and become graded officials for
competitions.

ADDITIONAL CLUB DAY THIS SUNDAY
Officiating and Coaching Day (continued)
With all of the above in mind there will be no
canteen until the end of events, and everyone
will be expected out on the track and field, and
the grandstands should be empty. We will
open the canteen up upon completion for a
complementary cold drink for all our athletes
and new officials.

Coral Coast Carnival
What a great carnival and hopefully a
successful and enjoyable carnival for our
athletes. Attached is the 2014 Coral Coast
wrap up.

Tolga Pentathlon Day

With the additional club day added for this
Sunday we are able to have the registration
desk open for nominations for Tolga
Pentathlon day, so if you havent already
lodged your nomination form be sure to do so
this Sunday as nominations close on Monday
28 J uly.

Supporters Shi rts
After receiving many requests for Cairns
Athletics Supporter shirts we are pleased to
announce we have the first run (in limited
numbers and size) ready for sale at the
Registration Desk on club days.

Little Athl etics Queensl and U15 Squad
Selection
Congratulations to Taaliyah Markos (high
jump) and Montanna McAvoy (middle
distance) who have been selected in the LAQ
under 15 camp at the AIS in Canberra during
the Sept school holidays





NEXT THREE CLUB EVENTS
Sunday 27 Jul y Barlow Park 12:45pm OFFICIATING AND COACHING DAY
Wednesday 30 Jul y Barlow Park 6:30pm
Sunday 10 August Barl ow Park 12:45pm warm up for a 1:00pm start
President Shane Watson 0487 164 960
PO BOX 354, MANUNDA 4870 www.cairnsathletics.org.au

2014 Coral Coast Wrap Up

Under clear blue skies and crisp tropical north Queensland
temperatures over 340 athletes from across the state enjoyed
two days of Track and Field at Barlow Park last weekend at the
Cairns Athletics Coral Coast Carnival.
With Carnival organisers adding two new feature events to the
program, the 100m Handicap and the Throws Shootout didnt
fail to excite both the athletes and spectators alike at the Coral
Coast Carnival.
The inaugural Ramsay Health Care 100m Handicap saw the
first placegetters in the 13 year old to Masters division 100m
sprints secure a place in the 100m handicap final. Starting off
scratch in the Mens division the fastest placegetter from the
100m finals, Brendon Gobel couldnt quite make up the 3m
handicap to Townsville Northstar athlete Gareth Hill who took
out first place, followed closely by Douglas Athletes master
athlete Greg Hamilton, who was able to hold on to his 11m
handicap over the remainder of the field.
In the Womens 100m Handicap Kayla Montagner from Cairns
Athletics maintained her form from winning the U18 100m
sprint to start off scratch and chase the rest of the field down
to claim the prize money, in a finish that had photo finish
working overtime with only .8 of a second between first six
runners.
The other new addition of the Ramsay Health Care Throws
Shootout had competitors anticipating which event was going
to be chosen for the shootout. With competition organisers
selecting discus for the inaugural event the first placegetters
from the 13 yr olds to the Masters had to survive through five
rounds of elimination before the last three competitors had
one final throw. Having hung in for the previous four rounds
the pressure got to the Masters athlete in the field, Andrew
Ford of Tablelands Athletics, who fell well short of his previous
mark. The remaining two competitors, Brianna Bortolanza and
Zac Ballantine, both from Mulgrave Athletics didnt quite meet
their previous marks, and it was Zac with a 1% point higher
score than Brianna who will go down as the first winner of the
Ramsay Health Care Throws Shootout.


2014 CORAL COAST CARNIVAL






The feature Dash for Cash race saw Kayla Montagner back up
from her win in the 100m Handicap to win the Big Splash
Enterprises 300m Womens Dash for Cash, with Central
Queensland Athletics athlete Jackson Mallory showing a clear
set of heels to the remainder of the field to claim the prize
money in the Ramsay Health Care Mens Dash for Cash.
The strong field of athletes, including six who had just returned
from representing Australia or Regional Australia at the 2014
Oceania Championships in the Cook Islands who showed little
sign of fatigue, relished the near perfect conditions to set over
a dozen new meet records on the weekend.
The carnival could not have been possible without our
sponsors, organisers, officials, volunteers and of course our
athletes, and whilst we cant mention them all the following
need special mention:
Our sponsors, Ramsay Health Care, Big Splash Enterprises and
Billy and Stubbo Sports Scene.
Our Carnival Co-ordinator, Heather Vaughan.
Our officials co-ordinators, Kevin Cull and Sue Slatcher
Our Canteen Coordinator, Raelene Henery in her first major
carnival.
Our Administration Desk, Ruth Phillips, Jane Rhodes, Cathy
Marino and Robyn Potts who worked overtime this week with a
few more enquiries to deal with than normal, and always
handling those few curve ball questions with a smile.
Richard and Jean Lendon for filling in at short notice in the
photo finish box.
And always at hand to help out in the canteen, administration,
medal presentation, baby sitting duties, purchasing all types of
things on the last couple of days that you are always missing
when pulling a carnival together, and generally all round nice
girls, Tracey Bretz and Trudy Watson.
And once again to all of our hard working officials who
travelled from around the ANQ region, the weekend would not
have been possible without your tireless work.






2014 CORAL COAST CARNIVAL
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