Welcome to the 17 / 18 Athletics Season!

Welcome to Geelong Guild for the 2017 / 18 season! Competition starts this Saturday 7th October at 1.15pm and we look forward to seeing you at the track. Bring your friends for a Try Out – they might like athletics as much as you!

If you require a new Geelong Guild uniform, they will be available for purchase on Saturday at the Guild Tent for $35 cash. We also hope to have your AV competition bibs available for collection. Please make sure your bibs are pinned on both the front and back of your uniform. For anyone interested in purchasing Geelong Guild club wear the Ghanda portal will be opened again this weekend for another order which should arrive in the next 4 weeks - http://www.ghanda.com/geelongguild

There is a lot of important information to pass on to our Members to make Competition day run as smoothly as possible, so please note:

PRE-ENTERING EVENTS:

We encourage you to pre-register for your events via the AV webpage by Wednesday midnight each week.

Log into AV > Events > AV Shield Round 1 > Register for events. And remember to check out your “cart” when finished.

You can still register on the day but entry into events is not guaranteed.

Any problems, please contact AV directly on Ph 8646 4500

INVITATION EVENTS:

The Geelong Centre runs a number of “Invitation” events each week which will not show up in the AV online registration process. Invitation events are “bonus” events the Geelong Centre offers due to athlete interest. To register for Invitation events you must sign into the Competition Office before the event to be eligible to compete. This week, please note the Hammer, Discus and High jump are Invitation events.

RELAYS:

Every week the Geelong Centre offers a relay race at the end of the program. Athletics is often a very individual sport and we encourage you to organise a team to inspire Guild spirit! Relay teams need to be entered at the Competition office by 3pm on Saturday so please discuss this with your friends and be organised early. and we aim to enter a number of competitive teams.

DUTY:

The club must provide weekly which is calculated as a percentage of our registered athletes at the centre. This correlates to . We will have a calendar available at the club desk this weekend – please note which 3 dates you would prefer or you will be allocated dates randomly. If athletes / parents / friends could be encouraged to complete the online Officials Course it will benefit our athletes by providing a better competition and more opportunity to break Geelong Centre records. Please consider completing level 0 and 1 at http://athsvic.org.au/officials-levels. Athletics can’t run without you!