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Welcome to the Grovedale Little Athletics Club. The Club is one of nine clubs competing in the Geelong Little Athletics Centre competition. Membership is open to children from six to fourteen, with most members coming from the Grovedale, Waurn Ponds, Torquay, Jan Juc and Anglesea areas. All children compete for fun, fitness and enjoyment and are encouraged to participate in events in a positive manner, regardless of their athletic capability.

Contact Information	Last Updated: 7 May 2008
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...Noticeboard... The third Cross Country event will be held on Sunday 11th May at the Drysdale Recreation Reserve (10:30am registration, 11:00am walk the course, 11:15am first event). Results from the first GLAC Cross Country at Gateway Sanctuary can be found here. The fourth round of the Geelong Cross Country season will be held in conjunction with the Bacchus Marsh LAC Open Day at Bullengarook Reserve. You must pre-enter this event, and entries for this event close on 12th May - check out the flyer here. Late entries and entries on the day will not be accepted. All athletes and families intending to go to the State Cross Country Championships, please note that the date has been changed to 3rd August to avoid a clash with the All Schools Cross Country event. The GLAC entry form can be found here. Congratulations to all Grovedale athletes who won awards at the Geelong LAC Presentation Night. Grovedale award winners included: Handicap Day   Bronte Alexander - Errol Morris Shield for Best Jump on Handicap Day Age Group Awards   Zedekai Copland - U8 Champion, U8 Track Champion, U8 Field Champion   Matthew Wrigley - 3rd in U8s   Teagan Madden - U9 Champion, U9 Track Champion   Zoe Perkins - 5th in U9s   Rhiannon Williams - 2nd in U10s, U10 Field Champion   Holly Scott - 3rd in U10s   Emily Meeson - 3rd in U11s   Sarah Cameron - 2nd in U13s   Lewis Clark - 5th in U14s   Brenton Mackus - 3rd in U14s   Molly Blanchonette - U15 Champion, U15 Track Champion, U15 Field Champion Outstanding Event Awards   Lewis Clark - Helen Watts Shield for Outstanding Walker Athlete of the Year   Teagan Madden - Runner-up Little Athlete of the Year   Molly Blanchonette - Champion Junior Athlete of the Year Long Service Awards   Molly Blanchonette   Emily Daniels Club Awards   Dorothy Poyser Trophy for Best Club at March Past Full results can be found here. Congratulations to all Grovedale athletes who won awards at the Grovedale LAC presentation. Major award winners were: Junior Club Champions (U/8 – U/11)    Champion Girl Teagan Madden U/9, Runner Up Rhiannon Williams U/10    Champion Boy Matthew Wrigley U/8, Runner Up Zedekai Copland U/8 Senior Club Champions (U/12 – U/15)    Champion Girl Molly Blanchonette U/15, Runner Up Sarah Cameron U/13    Champion Boy Brenton Mackus U/14, Runner Up Lewis Clark U/14 Most Improved    Girl – Rhiannon Mendelson U/9    Boy – Joel Lucas U/9 Quiet Achiever    Girl – Brodie Symmons U/10    Boy – Brendan Parkinson U/11 Team Managers Award    Girl – Lauren Wrigley U/9    Boy – Will Polwarth U/9 Age Group Champions / Runner Up    U/8 Girl Jessica Fitzpatrick / Kelsey Bews    U/8 Boy Matthew Wrigley / Zedekai Copland    U/9 Girl Teagan Madden / Rhiannon Mendelson    U/9 Boy Joel Clark / Joel Lucas    U/10 Girl Rhiannon Williams / Holly Scott    U/10 Boy Joshua Farrell / Benjamin Farrell    U/11 Girl Emily Meesen / Fiona Preston    U/11 Boy Darcy Armour / Brendan Parkinson    U/12 Girl Lauren Keam / Emma Blanchonette    U/12 Boy Nicholas Martin / Timothy Mendelson    U/13 Girl Sarah Cameron / Philippa Weetman    U/13 Boy Luke Vogrin / Andrew Jeffries    U/14 Girl Emily Johnston / Bronte Alexander    U/14 Boy Brenton Mackus / Lewis Clark    U/15 Girl Molly Blanchonette At the Grovedale LAC AGM on 4th April a new committee was elected. Check out who's who at Grovedale LAC here. Stephen Egan from the Knox LAC has been working on a history of the VLAA. As it all started in Geelong, the history contains a large chunk of our history. Check it out here. If you have anything that might be useful to add to the VLAA/Geelong/Grovedale history, please pass it on. Check out the latest VLAA Newsletter (Making Tracks #136) here.