REGISTRATION

2011-2012 SEASON

General Information

  1. The Ashmore Centre maintains a strict No Credit policy.
 2. The Ashmore Centre does not operate any form of trial system.
 3. Registration Fees are Non Refundable.
 4. All fees (including the Family Levy) are to be paid at the time of registration.
 5. A child may not compete nor attend training sessions at the Ashmore Centre until a registration form has been fully completed and all fees have been paid.
 6. Registrations may be accepted at any time during the season, full fees are to be charged regardless of how many competition days remain.
 7. If an athlete transfers from another Little Athletics centre in the current season, a reduced fee may be charged. This would be at the discretion of the Management Committee.
 8. The Family Levy is refundable at the end of the season if the family has achieved the required points for officiating at Centre, Zone or State.
 9. New members must produce proof of age at the time of registration or within 28 days of the start of competition.
 10. An U/6 year age group child may not register before attaining the age of 5 years.
 11. Children remain in the nominated age group for the whole season, they do not go up an age group when they have their birthday.
 12. A parent of an athlete in the U/6 age group must remain at the Centre while their child is competing.

What you get for your Registration Fee

· Ashmore Centre Handbook - (one per family). Please read this Handbook carefully.
· Registration number - which is to be attached to the front centre of the Centre T-Shirt (sponsor details and athlete's name and age group must be clearly visible).
· Age Label - which is to be attached to the left hand shoulder of the Centre T-Shirt or the left hand leg of shorts and IGA patch to be attached to the top right front of the shirt.
· Little Athletics Achievement Book - in which you can affix your weekly results.
· The Athletes Foot Club Card - this is one method of fundraising for your Centre.
· State registration of $48.00 including GST for all age groups except U/6 - $43.00 including GST - is paid directly to QLAA.
· Free attendance at all Ashmore Centre designated training sessions.
· Free attendance at all Ashmore Centre normal competition days.
· Free nomination for the Zone Relay Day. All athletes are eligible to compete but they must still complete a nomination form for this event.

Free FAMILY, FUN AND FITNESS

TRIAL - UNDER 16 ATHLETES

This season, for the first time, the Ashmore Little Athletics Centre is pleased to be able to offer a social competition for U16 athletes. U16 athletes will compete on the same program as the U15's and will be expected to comply with the Centre rules and regulations as well as the current uniform policy. At this stage U16 athletes will compete at Centre level only with the possibility of an option to compete at the Zone Inter-centre games. This will be announced later in the Season. U16 athletes will not be eligible to compete at the QLAA State Championships or Zone Relays.

FUNDRAISING LEVY

As a non-profit community sporting organisation the Ashmore Little Athletics Centre relies heavily on the support and contributions of our athletes, parents and their families. Our ability to provide athletes with the best and safest equipment is important to us. As such, fundraising is a vital activity which is usually undertaken by a few, if any, volunteers. To ease the burden of the fundraising activities the decision has been taken to implement a Fundraising Levy, thereby sharing this responsibility with all athletes and their families. The Fundraising Levy will be $20 and is payable once only per family at the time of registration. In return each family will receive a booklet of 10 tickets. Completed stubs can be placed in the barrel and a draw will be held on the last normal Saturday competition of each month. Please include a contact telephone number.

Parents may also wish to purchase further booklets at $20.00 each and sell them to friends and other family members. Simply keep the proceeds and return the completed stubs to the Centre. Please, also remember if you would like to promote your business through the Centre, there are sponsorship opportunities available. See our Treasurer - Karen Oldham. As a result, this new Levy system will replace the normal weekly Saturday competition raffle. In order to assist families in the implementation of this levy there will be no increases in this season's annual registration fees and uniform prices.

PARENTS PARTICIPATION

To enable the smooth running of the Ashmore Little Athletics Centre on a weekly basis we require the assistance of parents and/or other family members.
The duties you will be asked to perform consist of timekeeping, measuring heights and distances, recording results and acting as Age Marshalls. Please do not be shy. Feel free to ask for help at any time. This Centre cannot operate without your help.

The Ashmore Little Athletics Centre also seeks help from parents with regard to behaviour management so that together we can create a safe and enjoyable environment for all. Please encourage your children to respect their fellow athletes and parents. Unruly or disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated with extreme cases being reported to the Centre Manager.

Also, for the safety of all athletes it is a policy of the Ashmore Little Athletics Centre that all athletes remain at the Ashmore Oval at all times during competition including all training sessions during the week. The Centre takes no responsibility should your children leave the grounds.

Parent Incentive Programme

At the time of registration you would have paid a $40 Family Levy. This is payable once only per family and is fully refundable at the end of the season, subject to the family earning the required amount of reward points. To be eligible to receive a refund your family needs to accumulate 13 points over the season. These points can be earned as follows:

2 points - Officials Accreditation (refer Committee)
1 point - Ashmore Centre Normal Competition
2 points - Ashmore Carnival
1 point - Zone (Relay and Intercentre) competition days