KLAC 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner - Friday 7th Feb 2020, from 7pm. Tickets SOLD OUT

50 years ago this summer, a group of people came together to form Keilor Little Athletics - and we think that both this, and the 50 years of effort and achievement since then, are well worth celebrating.

And we are going to do this on Friday 7th February 2020 at 7pm, with a special dinner at lakeside Banquet & Convention Centre in. Taylors Lakes . This will include a 3-course meal with beer, wine or soft drinks, and music entertainment. This should be a great night as the past and current officials and parents come together to celebrate 50 years of helping young people grow as athletes and people.

Tickets are now SOLD OUT - Thank to all whom have supported this event.

Any questions? Contact (KLAC past president) Sam Barbuto on 0415 688 674, or current president Wayne Mangion on 0410 406 708.

Where?

The location of the Lakeside Banquet & Convention Centre in Taylors Lakes is shown below.

 

STATE RELAYS 2019

At Casey Fields Athletics track on Saturday 14th December we had  46 teams competing - Keilor’s highest number of teams ever - at the State Relay Championships.

Our team of over 80 athletes should be congratulated for their determined running, and for demonstrating excellent team spirit and support for each other throughout the long day.  You gave your parents, family and coaches many reasons to cheer, smile and be extremely proud of your efforts.

Although not every team came home with a medal, all age groups and teams showed great strength, resilience and commitment with many PB’s smashed from the Regional Event to the State event.  We are excited to see what you can produce next season!

Special mention goes to all the coaches – Tim Golder, Brian McEvoy, Steve Scodella, Louise Muse & Michelle Graham, Zlatan & Maryanne Gec and Warren Hosking and all their assistants.  A thank you to all the parents who take their kids to training and lead up events to ensure they are prepared for racing and to represent Keilor.  Lastly a huge thanks to Michelle Graham who was the Team Manager at Regional and State relay events.  Michelle puts in a lot of work to get the roster correct, planning for the events and dealing with protests and other issues on the day.  We are indebted to Michelle for her commitment and passion to the role.

• U/9 teams: It was the athletes first experience in relays and got better every time they got out on the track.  We look forward to seeing these athletes develop and improve in the coming seasons.

• U/10 Teams: this group seems to always have fun at training and they replicated their fun on the track and were a delight to watch.  All teams did really well and the friendships this group has formed will only grow and will show even more in their results in seasons to come.

• U/11 Teams: All 11 athletes produced some great performances on the day and their training and hard work was evident on the day.  We look forward to watching this group develop together and performing at relay events.

• U/12 Teams: over 20 athletes (record for Keilor) competed in eight different events – what a strong depth of talent we have at this age group. We look forward to more achievements next season.

• U/13 Teams: All six teams that ran finished in the top 8 in the state – an excellent achievement.

• U/14 Teams: High expectations were placed on the U14 teams and they did not disappoint.  The team has a great synergy and friendships amongst the athletes and those connections will only improve for the next couple of seasons.

• U/15 Teams: A small team but full of heart performed well and did Keilor and their families proud.

• U/16 Teams: 12 athletes competed in the relays for the last time. Some of these athletes have being training with Tim for the past 6 years, demonstrating an amazing friendship and connection between the athletes, with loads of talent and deep respect between the coach and his athletes. They have achieved a lot together. All seven teams that ran finished in the top 6 in the state. Congratulations to all the U/16 teams.

Team Keilor came home with

• 6 GOLD

• 6 SILVER

• 2 BRONZE

Our medal winning teams were:

U/16

·         GOLD:             4 x 100m Boys team

·         SILVER:           4 x 100m Mixed team

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Mixed team

U/15

·         BRONZE:        4 x 200m Boys team

U/14

·         GOLD:             4 x 100m Mixed team

·         GOLD:             4 x 100m Boys team

·         BRONZE:        4 x 200m Boys team

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Mixed team

U/12

·         SILVER:           4 x 100m Mixed team

U/11

·         GOLD:             4 x 200m Boys team

·         GOLD:             Medley Boys team

U/10

·         GOLD:             4 x 200m Mixed team

·         SILVER:           4 x 200m Girls team

·         SILVER:           4 x 100m Mixed team

Thank you also to our wonderful team of coaches and their helpers:

• U/16, U12 & U/11 Tim Golder,     

• U/15 Brian McEvoy,

• U/14 Steve Scodella,                     

• U/13 Louise Muse,

• U/10 Zlatan & Maryanne Gec     

• U/9 Warren Hosking

Make sure you look at all our relay photos on our Facebook page.

Go Team Keilor – Let’s do it all again next year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM KEILOR -OVERALL CLUB WINNERS AT THE NORTHERN METRO RELAYS ON SATURDAY.

An amazing day of teamwork and running by our athletes to win 29 of the 65 races.  As a result, we won the overall club score total by over 40 points. Our best result ever.

Our relay teams seem to be going from strength the strength over the past few years with our senior teams leading the way with their commitment and passion for the Relays. A big thank you to these older athletes showing our younger teams how to perform and leading by example. Our U/9’s in their first experience of relays were impressive and determined to do themselves and the club proud – well done.

A very big thank you to our coaches, a great effort to get our teams trained and ready for the NMR event and to have all athletes in the correct spot and the correct time.

To our wonderful parents, thank you for your support of the Keilor Little Athletics Club, completing duties and cheering for all our athletes.

Good luck to the many teams who will be competing at the State Relays in Casey on Saturday the 14th December.

Go Team Keilor!

Our outstanding medal results:

U/9:

Girls 4 x 200m           2nd

Mixed 4 x 200m          2nd & 3rd

U/10:

Girls 4 x 200m            1st

Girls Medley                1st

Boys 4 x 200m            1st

Boys 4 x 100m            2nd 

Boys Medley               3rd

Mixed 4 x 200m          1st   & 3rd

Mixed 4 x 100m          1st  

U/11:

Girls 4 x 200m            2nd

Boys 4 x 200m            1st

Boys Medley              1st

Mixed 4 x 100m          3rd 

U/12:

Girls 4 x 200m             1st   & 3rd

Girls 4 x 100m             2nd  

Girls Medley                1st

Boys 4 x 200m            2nd

Boys 4 x 100m            2nd

Boys Medley               1st

Mixed 4 x 200m          1st 

Mixed 4 x 100m          2nd  

U/13:

Girls 4 x 200m            3rd

Girls 4 x 100m            1st

Girls Medley                1st

Boys 4 x 200m            1st

Boys 4 x 100m            1st

Boys Medley               1st

Mixed 4 x 200m          3rd

Mixed 4 x 100m          2nd  

U/14:

Girls Medley                1st

Boys 4 x 200m            1st

Boys 4 x 100m            1st

Boys Medley              1st

Mixed 4 x 200m          1st 

Mixed 4 x 100m          1st  

U/15:

Boys 4 x 200m           1st   & 3rd

Mixed 4 x 200m          1st 

Mixed 4 x 100m          2nd   

U/16:

Girls 4 x 200m             2nd

Girls 4 x 100m            2nd

Girls Medley                1st

Boys 4 x 200m            1st

Boys 4 x 100m            1st

Boys Medley               1st

Mixed 4 x 200m          1st 

Mixed 4 x 100m          2nd & 3rd

Northern Metro Region Combined Event, 10 Nov 2019

Congratulations to Team Keilor on some fantastic performances at the NMR combined event held on Sunday 10th November 2019.

Thirty four athletes from U/9 – U/16 competed in 5 or 6 events each throughout the day to accumulate points and gain an overall score. Keilor achieved 6 GOLD, 1 SILVER and 1 BRONZE medals.

Our athletes did Keilor Club proud and Keilor finished second overall by only 9 points behind a much bigger club Whittlesea City.

Our individual results were:

U/9 Girls U/9 Boys

GOLD: Charlotte Pellow 7th: Evan Manefield

5th : Maddison Byrne 14th: Yasr Hannie

7th: Phoenix Cotsis 16th: Aidan Hughes

10th: Cecilia Koesasi

U/10 Girls U/10 Boys

GOLD: Sienna Gec 4th: Michael Sayed

BRONZE: Tayissa Kekoc 5th: Oliver Sobell

4th: Hannah Gec 6th: Archie Seidel

U/11Girls U/11 Boys

6th: Abigail Pellow 11th: Brandon Cevtonski

12th: Indiana Cotsis

15th: Veiongo Siale

18th: Sarah Cook

U/12 Girls

5th: Sarah Waring

6th: Alicia Gec

9th: Ella Mc Menamin

15th: Ella Stafford

U/13 Girls U/13 Boys

5th: Dakota Reynolds GOLD: Noah Mc Menamin

6th: Sienna Athaide SILVER: Finn Daffey

9th : Celina Aguilar 5th: Ashton Mc Menamin

U/14 Girls:

GOLD: Lara Sacaner

5th: Susan Siale

U/15 Girls U/15 Boys

GOLD: Maire Mc Evoy 5th: Ariel Melnik

U/16 Girls U/15 Boys

GOLD: Maddison Reynolds 5th: Ariel Melnik

Well done to all our athletes on their achievements and a big thank you for all the support from the Keilor families in completing duties and cheering our team.

Season registrations now open!

Registrations are now open for the 2019/20 season

Our fees for the 2019/20 season are:

• 1 athlete: $215

• 2 athletes in one family: $360

• 3 athletes in one family: $455

• 4 athletes in one family: $460

• Cross country season only: $65 per athlete

The links for new and existing members are shown below:

(Existing members - check your email for your login and password details).

Prospective members - not sure yet?

Check out our Come and Try days on 14th and 21st September - no obligation, no fees payable.

Provisional program for 2019/20 is now published

Check out our events page via the button here 

Highlights include:

• Two Come and Try Days, on 14th and 21st Sept

• Regular competition program starting on 5th Oct

• Xmas breakup on Sunday 15th Dec

• Competition resumes after Xmas on 18th Jan

• Regular season finishes on 7th Mar

• Centre Championships on 21st Mar

• Presentation Day on 28th Mar

2019 Northern Metro Region Cross Country

Congratulations to our 24 Keilor athletes who competed on Saturday at the NMR Cross Country competition hosted by Essendon Little Athletics Club.

In a mixture of weather conditions from cold and wet to sunny our athletes competed against other athletes from around the region to produce some strong running and many personal best performances.

Keilor finished 3rd overall in the clubs competing. Well Done Team Keilor.

Congratulations to our individual and team medal winners.

Individual:

•  U/9               Sienna Gec              Gold              &     Hannah Gec                 Silver

• U/10              Zac Mozjerin            Bronze          &     Abby Pellow        Bronze      

• U/11              Alicia Gec                Silver            

• U/13              Sam Scodella          Silver              &     Lara Sacaner      Silver

• U/15             Jackson Mc Menamin Bronze     &       Talia Roshier     Silver

• U/16              Alyssa de Martino   Silver

Team:

• U/9   Girls:     Gold

• U/11 Girls:     Silver

• U/12 Boys:    Bronze

• U/13 Girls:     Silver

• U/15 Girls:     Gold

A big thank you to our families for their support and performing duties throughout the morning.

We wish all our athletes GOOD LUCK at the State Cross Country event in August.

Go team Keilor!

Michelle Graham

Keilor athletes excel at ALAC

Every year Little Athletics Victoria selects their best U13 athletes to represent Victoria at the Australian Little Athletics Championships. On most year we would be very pleased to have one Keilor athlete make the team. In 2018 we had two athletes selected and were very proud - and in 2019 we had 4 athlete selected, truly a stellar year that may not be repeated for some time.

These four outstanding athletes were:

• Max Busuttil

• Marco Spagnuolo

• Dilan Egodawatte

• Chanachai Kankratok (also known as ‘Lai’)

ALAC has just been held in Hobart this weekend - so how did they go?

• Lai - Silver in Long Jump, and 100m, Bronze in 200m, part of silver medal winning 4*100 relay team

• Dilan - Silver in 800m

• Marco - Silver in Triple Jump, part of silver medal winning 4*100 relay team

• Max - Silver in 4*100 relay team

So outstanding results at national level for all of the athletes - Keilor is very proud of you all!

The image above show all four of the athletes, while the image below shows the silver medal relay team featuring Max, Lai and Marco.

Congratulations to our 2018/19 Centre Champions - and Volunteer of the Year

At the conclusion of the track and field season, Keilor Little Athletics awards a number of trophies, including Boys and Girls Champion, and Volunteer of the Year.

The Boys and Girls Champion are chosen based on points based system, which rewards both participation and performances. This system has been carefully calibrated so that athletes from any group can win this.

The Volunteer of the Year is selected by the committee, and is always a difficult decision for the committee to make, as there are always many suitable nominees.

The winners of these awards for the 2018/19 track and field season are:

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• Girls Champion - U9 Sienna Gec. Sienna has had quite a season, also winning two golds medals at the State Track and Field Events, a gold medal at the State Relay Championships, and the U9 gold medal at the State Multi-event.

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Boys Champion - U10 Koby Bewick . Koby is our centre champion for the second year running, and besides this award, won two bronze medals at State Track and Field, and also a gold and two silver medals at the state relay championships.

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• Volunteer of the Year - Michelle Graham. Michelle has the very challenging role of managing Team Keilor at regional and state events, which involves liaising with regional and state bodies, monitoring participation, creating a roster list, managing a roster list on the day, liaising with event directors, dealing with all participation families, and then writing a post-match report. Altogether this is a huge committment, and Michelle does this in a very calm and friendly manner.

Michelle, like Sienna above is shown with our outgoing Centre President Aaron Carmichael. Aaron had the very difficult job of Centre President for a year, and left the centre in very good shape - we thank Aaron greatly for his hard work during the year.

Tim Golder and Warren Hosking Handicap events

Presentation Day was another successful day, with many many athlete taking away medals or trophies. And as always, the day included the finals of the Tim Golder 100m Handicap, and the running of the 800m handicap.

A great set of photos is found on our Facebook page - and some of these are shown below.

Congratulations to our all participants for the Tim Golder 100m and the Warren Hosking 800m Handicaps : and the winners were:

Tim Golder 100m Handicap

• Girls - Winner was Chloe Agars, runner up Jasmine Galang

• Boys - Winner was Max Busuttil, runner up Pedro Gounder

Warren Hosking 800m Handicap

• Girls - Winner was Charlotte Duggan, runner up Lara Sacaner

• Boys - Winner was Ben Harbour, runner up Ethan Stegehius

KLAC Presentation Day, SUNDAY 31 March, 10am to 12pm

With the excitement of the Centre Champs now over, it is time to focus on the next event on the calendar, the Presentation Day.

What will happen?

• We open with the finals of the Tim Golder 100m Handicap. The finalists have done well in their heats, but in the final, thanks to our handicapping system, anyone can win…there will boys and girls races (the entrants for this event, and the Warren Hosking handicap, are both published below)

• We will follow this with the Warren Hosking 800m Handicap - again one boys and one girls race.

• There will be be some awards handed out to parent volunteers, including the prestigious “Volunteer of the Year”.

• Athlete participation medals and trophies will then be handed out. There are a variety of trophies for a variety of achievements, including the Centre Boys Champion and Centre Girls Champion - which can be won by athletes of any age group.

BBQ sausages and drinks will be supplied to the athletes.

This is a big day for the club and our athletes - we hope to see you there.

Start Lists for Handicap Races

Tim Golder 100m Handicap - Girls

• Jasmine Marshall

• Sophia Tanarte-Crook

• Chloe Agars

• Sienna Gec

• Kiara Boyd

• Celina Aguilar

• Jasmine Galang

• Alyssa Di Martino

• Maire McEvoy

Tim Golder 100m Handicap - Boys

• Riley Ciopicz

• Jordi Seidel

• Adrian Barresi

• Sam Lillie

• Michael Sayed

• James Darmanin

• Pedro Gounder

• Max Busuttil

• Chanachai Kankratok

• Lucas Leong

Warren Hosking 800m Handicap - Girls

• SarahKirk

• ClaudiaGalang

• SarahCook

• Giaan De Fazio

• Emily Carmichael

• Ella McMenamin

• Hannah Gec

• Abby Pellow

• Sienna Gec

• Charlotte Duggan

• Alicia Gec

• Kalliopi Sirp

• Dakota Reynolds

• Alyssa Di Martino

• Alana Cortellino

• Lara Sacaner

Warren Hosking 800m Handicap - Boys

• Ben Harbour

• Andre Faure

• James Harbour

• Mitchell McCarthy

• Alexander McCarthy

• Isaac Faure

• Oliver Sobell

• Alex Harbour

• Archie Seidel

• Riley Ciopicz

• Brodie Hughes

• Lawrence Cassar

• Damon Agius

• Roman Muse

• Ethan Stegehuis

• Luca Vella

• Alexandros Sirp

• Zac Mozjerin

• Finn Daffey

• Pedro Gounder

• Kristian Barresi

• Jackson McMenamin

2018-2019 Draft Annual Report now published

Yes, it is our AGM tomorrow Saturday 22 March, and there will be our report presented, and the new committee elected.

And as part of that, we need to present our annual report - and here it is.

2019 State Track & Field Championships

Congratulations to our 46 Keilor athletes that competed over the weekend at the State Track and Field Championships at Casey Athletics Stadium.

This event saw athletes from across the state competing against one another and challenging each other to perform at their very best.

We saw many outstanding performances with Team Keilor collecting 22 medals and most of our 46 athletes achieving personal best performances. A fantastic achievement.

Congratulations to our athletes who achieved multiple medals:

• Chanachai Kankratok (U/13) winning Gold in Long Jump & Silver in 200 & Bronze in 100m

• Max Busuttil (U/13) winning Gold in 200m & Silver medal in 100m

• William Hurt (U/11) winning 3 Silver medals in 100m, 200m & 60m Hurdles

• Koby Bewick (U/10) winning 2 Bronze medals in 200m & 400m

• Sienna Gec (U/9) winning 2 Gold medals in 400m & 800m

• Michael Sayed (U/9) winning Gold in 60m Hurdles and Bronze in 70m

Congratulations to all of TEAM KEILOR, the athletes, families and committee for a great weekend of sportsmanship, wonderful personal best performances and positive support and loud cheering for all our athletes. A fantastic effort.

Go Team Keilor - Let’s do it all again next year.

Michelle Graham

2019 Medal Winners for TEAM KEILOR:

GOLD:

• Bella Peterson U/15 Triple Jump

• Frank Mazza U/14 Javelin

• Max Busuttil U/13 200m

• Dilan Egodawatte U/13 800m

• Chanachai Kankreatok U/13 Long Jump

• Noah Mc Menamin U/12 High Jump

• Sienna Gec U/9 400m & 800m

• Michael Sayed U/9 60m Hurdles

• Tayissa Kekoc U/9 60m Hurdles

SILVER:

• Ephraim Noah U/15 100m Hurdles

• Max Busuttil U/13 100m

• Chanachai Kankratok U/13 200m

• William Hurt U11 100m, 200m & 60m Hurdles

BRONZE:

• Marco Spagnuolo U/13 Triple Jump

• Chanachai Kankratok U/13 100m

• Dane Novak U/10 Shot Put

• Koby Bewick U/10 200m & 400m

• Michael Sayed U/9 70m

NMR Regional Track and Field Champs, 16 to 17 February

Hi All, 

What a  fantastic weekend Keilor Team. 

Congratulations to all our wonderful athletes on their  great performances.  Attached is the placings for each athlete.

We finished with 37 GOLD,  35 SILVER and 29 BRONZE medals and 4th overall in medal tally & points scored.

A big thank you to all parents/family members who helped perform all the duties over the weekend.

I will get the progression for athletes hopefully by the end of the week and pass on the information. I believe you will also get an individual email from LA vic for each athlete who will progress to State.

I have many place cards from the weekend I will leave them in the club room on Saturday for your collection.

Congratulations to our many individual athletes gaining multiple medals.

Pedro Gounder                   U/15               2 Gold & 1 Silver

Alyssa di Martino               U/15              1 Gold, 1 Silver & 1 Bronze

Ephraim Noah                     U/15              1 Gold, 1 Silver & 1 Bronze

Lucas Leong                         U/15              1 Gold & 1 Silver

Calvin Lloyd                         U/15              1 Gold & 1 Silver

Bella Peterson                     U/15              2 Silver & 1 Bronze

Maddison Reynolds           U/15              1 Silver & 1 Bronze

Frank Mazza                        U/14              4 Gold

Kristian Barresi                   U/14              3 Silver

Marie McEvoy                     U/14              2 Bronze

Jonathan Verri                    U/14              2 Bronze

Chanachai Kankratok        U/13              3 Gold & 1 Silver

Marco Spagnuolo               U/13               2 Gold

Dilan Egodawatte               U/13              2 Gold

Lara Sacaner                        U/13              2 Gold

Max Busuttil                        U/13               1 Gold & 2 Silver

Brianna Mastin                   U/13              1 Gold & 2 Bronze

Noah Mc Menamin            U/12              3 Gold

Jameson Haxby                   U/12               1 Silver & 1 Bronze

Dakota Reynolds                U/12              1 Silver & 1 Bronze

William Hurt            U/11              3 Gold & 1 Silver

Alicia Gec                              U/11               1 Gold & 1 Silver

Mark Mavrakis                    U/11              2 Silver

Noah Maffia                        U/11              3 Bronze

Luke Becvinovski                U/10               1Gold, 1 Silver & 2 Bronze

Koby Bewick                        U/10              2 Gold & 1 Silver

Dane Novak                         U/10              1 Gold & 1 Bronze

Indiana Cotsis                      U/10              2 Silver & 2 Bronze

Sienna Gec                           U/9                 3 Gold & 1 Silver

Tayissa Kekoc                      U/9                 1 Gold, 1 Silver & 1 Bronze

Michael Sayed                    U/9                 1 Gold & 2 Silver

Hannah Gec                         U/9                 3 Silver & 1 Bronze

Once again congratulations to the Athletes -  Keilor LAC  is very proud of you all

Michelle Graham - Team Manager.

PS the picture below shows our 4 times Gold medal winner Frank Mazza, showing the secret to his success - his feet don’t touch the ground….

Keilor Gift U12 Results, 16 February 2019

Another successful Keilor Gift was run today, with 16 Keilor Athletes demonstrating to our wider community what our athletes are capable of.

16 athletes started:

And two athletes ended up with the grand prize, shown here alongside Brimbank mayor Lucinda Congreve:

Well done to Lawrence Cassar and Kiara Boyd. The results are shown below:

Girls

1 Kiara Boyd 14.929

2 Celina Aguilar + 0.11 seconds

3 Daniella Rudas + 0.30

4 Dakota Reynolds +0.31

5 Alicia Gec + 0.63

6 Chloe Gatt +0.80

7 Miranda Alvarez +1.15

8 Mia Landgren +1.43

Boys

1 Lawrence  Cassar 14.163

2 Ethan  Stegehuis +0.287

3 Kobi Buttigieg +0.326

4 Darcy Edwards + 0.347

5 Connor Muse +0.429

6 Alex Harbour +0.439

7 James Harbour +0.849

8 Isaac Faure +1.322

All participants received a medal and a backpack, and the atmosphere was great.

Does this sound you like you? If you have an U12 athlete next season, keep your eyes peeled out for your invitation - and they too can participate in this great event.