*Help set up and pack up at meets and trainings. *Offer to assist with cooking/serving at the BBQ. *Pack the equipment back into the crates after each event. *Help with your athletes group. Most field events need at least 4 parents to help and without the help we can’t run that event. Helping may be recording, measuring, spiking, raking, retrieving shotputs/discus or many other jobs. If you are unsure how to help at an event, please ask the group chaperone, another parent, or a committee member. We understand that some families have multiple children at the club and it isn’t always possible to help at each age group. *Assist with the running of events when we are away from the centre. *If you have any other questions please see a committee member.

A Home Meet is the club competition that is on the scheduled season calendar at Bridgestone Athletics Centre. These are the equivalent to a “game day” in other sports and count towards season points. At times during the season, we have an “away” meet where we visit another club. These are also on the calendar and are counted as a normal home meet for points and attendance.

Various awards and qualification criteria are published for the Little Athletics season. They revolve around minimum “Participation in Home Meets” criteria. State and Regional Competitions don’t count for this. The two main qualification criteria of interest are for Salisbury’s Age Group All Round Champion Athlete and State Individual Championships. For the exact rules and qualification criteria you should refer to the other section on awards (Age Group Champion) and the SALAA website - State Individual Championships Rules and Other Information

Participation is recorded for an athlete when they have recorded a result in at least 50% of the events scheduled for that meet. Usually this means 3 events since our programs have 5/6 events scheduled. If an athlete records less than 50% of the events on that day they won’t get the point for that meet, even if they were there. If an event or meet is cancelled due to safety all athletes receive attendance points

Athletes will automatically be credited with attendance points for any meet that is cancelled due to weather. If a meet starts but cannot continue, only athletes in attendance will be credited points.

You may apply in writing to the Committee to have home competitions credited in the event of an injury. Include details of which meets the athlete will miss/has missed and the general nature of the injury and a letter or certificate from a health professional (Doctor, Physiotherapist or Podiatrist etc.) within the month of the absence. For more details, please see the Bylaws or chat to a member of the committee.