This season MLAC is adopting a new model of conducting weekly competitions. We will be requesting help from parents to run the events and to lead the age groups to their events.
Each week we will be asking for parents to add their names into the sign-up roster below. We would like to see different parents put their hands up each week.
It is a good opportunity to look at the program, see which events your children are competing in and choose to officiate at that event for the night.
There are a number of roles to fill each week:
Unlike other sports, athletics competitions require many helpers to ensure the events run smoothly. In the past, the centre has relied on too few parents to meet these demands. Some of these people are no longer at the centre, while others will be leaving the centre within the next few years. This has lead to the situation where we do not have enough people to run our competition nights.
There are numerous benefits to having parents run events:
The implementation has not been very smooth so far. To try to improve the situation we would like to do the following: