2014/2015 News
2015 Winter State Championships
As a Centre we had a very successful Winter Season in both the Cross Country Runs and Road Walking Events. We had a wonderful group of dedicated and committed Centre Athletes who gave nothing short of 100% and did us all very proud.
This year, the 2015 WA State Cross Country Championships were hosted by Kingsway LAC at Whiteman Park. It was a great day with overcast skies and a terrific atmosphere from the crowd and everyone involved. A big thankyou to everyone involved with the Winter Season from Centre Committee Members, Parents and the Athletes.
Well done to all the competing Athletes on their Winter Season, we had many Centre representatives at both State Events with many finishing in the top ten placings. Congratulations to our State Medalists being Silver Medalist Bradley Mann (U16 Boys Walk) and Bronze Medalists Abigail Graham (U12 Girls Run) and Caitlin Gallagher (U13 Girls Walk) – Check Results Tab for full Results.
Finally a huge thanks to all the Coaches that helped all of our Athletes throughout this Winter Season, especially Craig McCorkindale our Winter Coach for organising most running sessions and Tracey Gallagher for Walks Training. For the past few months all coaches have shown dedication, commitment and passion towards all of the Athletes. Well done to all the Parents who have attended these sessions from week to week. We all have very busy lives and you have all shown just how much the Winter Season means to our growing list of competing Centre Athletes.
As a Centre we had a very successful Winter Season in both the Cross Country Runs and Road Walking Events. We had a wonderful group of dedicated and committed Centre Athletes who gave nothing short of 100% and did us all very proud.
This year, the 2015 WA State Cross Country Championships were hosted by Kingsway LAC at Whiteman Park. It was a great day with overcast skies and a terrific atmosphere from the crowd and everyone involved. A big thankyou to everyone involved with the Winter Season from Centre Committee Members, Parents and the Athletes.
Well done to all the competing Athletes on their Winter Season, we had many Centre representatives at both State Events with many finishing in the top ten placings. Congratulations to our State Medalists being Silver Medalist Bradley Mann (U16 Boys Walk) and Bronze Medalists Abigail Graham (U12 Girls Run) and Caitlin Gallagher (U13 Girls Walk) – Check Results Tab for full Results.
Finally a huge thanks to all the Coaches that helped all of our Athletes throughout this Winter Season, especially Craig McCorkindale our Winter Coach for organising most running sessions and Tracey Gallagher for Walks Training. For the past few months all coaches have shown dedication, commitment and passion towards all of the Athletes. Well done to all the Parents who have attended these sessions from week to week. We all have very busy lives and you have all shown just how much the Winter Season means to our growing list of competing Centre Athletes.
U14/15 International Trip
Congratulations to Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre Athlete Delaney Smith who competed in a International Meet against Singaporian and Malyasian Athletes on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th July 2015.
With some tough conditions and even tougher competition in Kuala Lumpur, the below results show Delaney did an wonderful effort for WA and Ridgewood returning home with a Meet Medal and huge PB in Shot Put…..
Well Done, Delaney…..
Congratulations to Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre Athlete Delaney Smith who competed in a International Meet against Singaporian and Malyasian Athletes on Thursday 11th and Friday 12th July 2015.
With some tough conditions and even tougher competition in Kuala Lumpur, the below results show Delaney did an wonderful effort for WA and Ridgewood returning home with a Meet Medal and huge PB in Shot Put…..
Well Done, Delaney…..
2015 Australian Little Athletics Championships - Perth
The Australian Little Athletics Championships for the Under 13’s Age Group were held in Perth on Sunday 26th April 2015.
Ridgewood LAC had two Athletes selected to compete for WA against the best Junior Athletes from around Australia, Congratulations to Omeara Louange and Jorden Cergogna.
To cap off an great Competition, WA Team won the overall Points Trophy for the first time ever, only NSW or Victoria have won before.
Both Omeara and Jorden performed excellently with some great results during the competition
Well Done Omeara and Jorden on some outstanding results against the best Athletes in Australia for your age
Ridgewood LAC had two Athletes selected to compete for WA against the best Junior Athletes from around Australia, Congratulations to Omeara Louange and Jorden Cergogna.
To cap off an great Competition, WA Team won the overall Points Trophy for the first time ever, only NSW or Victoria have won before.
Both Omeara and Jorden performed excellently with some great results during the competition
Well Done Omeara and Jorden on some outstanding results against the best Athletes in Australia for your age
RLAC Wind-Up, Trophy Day & AGM
.The Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre AGM, Trophy Day and Wind-up was held at the Mindarie Primary School Undercover Area on Saturday 28th March.
The Season Finale included the AGM, honouring our Centre history with Life Membership, issuing State Representative Badges, presenting Centre Age Group Trophy Winners, handing out Away Records from Zones / States and acknowledging the fanastic performances of our Athletes during the past Season followed by an Athletes Disco.
Congratulations to all Centre Trophy Winners and Club Perpetual Trophy Winners. Special Congratulations to Under 15 Athlete Delaney Smith for being selected in the WA International Team to Kuala Lumpur during the July School Holidays and Under 13 Athletes Omeara Louange and Jorden Cergogna for selection in the WA State Team to compete at the Australian Little Athletics Championships in Perth at the end of April.
Special Thanks to all the Parents who have put their hand up to help on the Centre Committee for the 2015-16 Season, your assistance is very much appreciated and without you our Centre doesn’t operate properly or as professionally.
Hope everyone enjoys their Winter Sports and we see you all back next year to continue your personal development and help continue the overall Centre’s improvement from this season.
The Season Finale included the AGM, honouring our Centre history with Life Membership, issuing State Representative Badges, presenting Centre Age Group Trophy Winners, handing out Away Records from Zones / States and acknowledging the fanastic performances of our Athletes during the past Season followed by an Athletes Disco.
Congratulations to all Centre Trophy Winners and Club Perpetual Trophy Winners. Special Congratulations to Under 15 Athlete Delaney Smith for being selected in the WA International Team to Kuala Lumpur during the July School Holidays and Under 13 Athletes Omeara Louange and Jorden Cergogna for selection in the WA State Team to compete at the Australian Little Athletics Championships in Perth at the end of April.
Special Thanks to all the Parents who have put their hand up to help on the Centre Committee for the 2015-16 Season, your assistance is very much appreciated and without you our Centre doesn’t operate properly or as professionally.
Hope everyone enjoys their Winter Sports and we see you all back next year to continue your personal development and help continue the overall Centre’s improvement from this season.
2015 State Championships
The WA State Championships were held at the WA Athletics Stadium on the weekend of the 22nd & 23rd March.
Congratulations to all the Ridgewood LAC Athletes who qualified to compete at the State Championships, we had 62 Centre Athletes compete over the weekend which is the highest we’ve had ever as a Centre so well done to all….
There was some very stiff competition during the weekend but we had some wonderful results. Well Done to the Athletes who won State Medals, some very near misses and lots of Top 8 finishes as listed below
Congratulations to all the Ridgewood LAC Athletes who qualified to compete at the State Championships, we had 62 Centre Athletes compete over the weekend which is the highest we’ve had ever as a Centre so well done to all….
There was some very stiff competition during the weekend but we had some wonderful results. Well Done to the Athletes who won State Medals, some very near misses and lots of Top 8 finishes as listed below
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2015 Zone Qualifies and State Titles
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Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre was well represented by our little Athletes at Zones Qualification and for the U7-U9’s State Titles at the UWA Grounds in Mount Claremont on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th March.
All our Centre Athletes did an wonderful job in competing against some stiff competition within our Zone – one of the toughest…..
The Centre had 132 Athletes compete at Zones this season which is a major increase from past year’s, overall we had some great results with many PB’s, our Under 7 – 9’s won a total of 16 State Medals and we had 52 Athletes in the Under 10 – 15’s qualify for the State Championships in a fortnight.
I would like to congratulate the following Athletes for winning an State Medal during the Weekend;
Again well done to all Centre Athletes who competed and hope you had a great experience at an higher level of competition…..
Look forward to all State qualified Athletes at Centre Training leading up to the State Championships……………..Good luck.
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Gold Medallists
U8 Boys
Jackson Anderson (100m & 200m) U9 Boys
Tyson Phillips (Turbo) |
Silver Medallists
U7 Girls
Bridget Gallagher (Discus) U7 Girls
Olivia Williams (200m) U7 Boys
Brayden Phillips (Turbo) U8 Girls
Danielle Graham (Turbo) U9 Girls
Mignon Cronje (Long Jump & High Jump) U9 Boys
Lachlan Gallagher (400m) U9 Boys
Javier Smoosmith (1100m Walk) |
Bronze Medallists
U7 Girls
Bridget Gallagher (Turbo) U7 Girls
Olivia Williams (70m) U8 Boys
Jackson Anderson (Long Jump) U9 Girls
Evune Nel (Turbo) U9 Girls
Mignon Cronje (70m) |
Retiring Under 17's
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As it’s our last Competition day at Ridgewood for 2014/15, we salute our retiring Under 17’s Athletes from their Little Athletics careers – This year the retiring Under 17’s are Ashlee Edwards (Quinns), Emily Ebert (Mindarie), Emily Watson (Mindarie), Kailey Secomb (Mindarie), Courtney Parker (Yanchep), Jack Beissel (Clarkson) and Heinrich Krause (Mindarie).
In what has become a Centre tradition over the past few seasons, our retiring Under 17’s have dressed up for their last race at Centre level being the 200m. The Girls dressed in their Fluro gear for a 80’s theme while the Boys came as B1 & B2.
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We wish them well in their future endeavours and you are always welcome back at Ridgewood LAC.
2015 Centre Championships
The Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre held their Centre Championships over the past fortnight.
Well done to all Club Athletes for competing in the right spirit and enjoying the fierce & tight competition over the last two weeks. Unfortunately, we can not all win a Centre Championship Medal but the sportsmanship shown by all our Athletes and Parents over the past two Saturday’s of Competition was exemptible.
The highlight over the past two week was Millie from Butler in the Under 6 Girls for her achievements over the season and her reaction to receiving her first Medal in the 100m was priceless and what we are all here for….seeing our Kids enjoy their sports.
Now to the Zones Qualifications for U10-U15’s and State Championships for the Under 7 – 9’s at UWA on weekend 7th & 8th March…..Centre Training will be over the next two weeks leading into this Competition….Keep an eye on the Centre Web Page for updates….
2015 State Multi Event Championships
Some of Ridgewood Little Athletes (Under 11-17’s) competed at the WA State Multi Event at the WA Athletics Stadium on Sunday 1st February.
We had 20 Centre Athletes compete in this event which consists of 100m, Hurdles, Long Jump, a Throw and 800m.
Well done to Isabel Edwards, Makayla Street, Ruben Laregan, Neville Joseph, Abigail Graham, Hayley Smith, Jack Hathaway, Joshua Smith, Brayden McCarthy, Rhiannon Luckens, Jorden Cergogna, Ryan Vine, Katie Robertson, Kyrra Nash, Liam Van Der Spuy, Bradley Mann, Shaun Smith, Jordan Nash, Ashlee Edwards and Heinrich Krause.
All the Athletes competed hard against some the State’s best with many PB’s, top four finishes, a couple of top ten finishes and one Medal.
Well Done to Liam Van Der Spuy for winning the Under 15 Boys event. Liam has qualified to represent WA at the U15 Multi Event at Nationals which will be held in Perth along side the U13’s National Competition.
Special mention to Jordan Nash (U16 Boys) and Ashlee Edwards (U17 Girls) who finished an close fourth overall and Jorden Cergogna (U13 Boys) who finished Fifth in his Age Group.
2015 Australia Day Competition
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Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre celebrated Australia Day by dressing up on Saturday 24th February.
The Saturday Morning Competition Program was run as usual but with an Aussie favour. All the Athletes and Parents enjoyed putting on their Country colours while competing in their favourite events, well done to all and we hope you had an enjoyable Australia Day at Little Athletics.
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2015 Centre Multi Event Championships
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Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre held their annual Multi Event on Saturday 10th January after the Christmas break.
The Multi Event Program includes a Sprint (100m), Hurdles, Throw, Long Jump and Long Distance (400m / 800m) events for each Age Group with a Linear Points System working out the overall Winner for all Events. The Centre Multi Event Program mirrors that of the WA State Multi Event Program for the U11 to U17’s which is generally held the first week of February.
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2014 Twilight Competition
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Our Centre Christmas Party and Twilight Meet held on Friday 19th December was a great way to finish 2014.
A big thank you to all the Centre Committee Members, Athletes and their families that came to our annual Christmas Party. It was a fantastic night with lots of fun had by all, especially running the 100m under lights.
Another huge thanks to ‘Santa’ for visiting our Centre Meet, you always do an amazing job. Thanks to the Quinns Beach Volunteers Fire Brigade for driving Santa across the oval in their Fire Truck, the kids were so excited and absolutely loved it!!
Finally, RLAC wishes all our members and their families a very happy and safe Christmas and New Year!
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2014 State Relay Championships
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Ridgewood Little Athletics Centre competed at the WA State Track & Field Relay Championships on Sunday 14th December at the WA Athletics Stadium.
We had Centre representation with both the Track Teams and Field Teams from Under 8’s to Under 17 for both Girls and Boys.
Congratulations to all our Athletes and Coaches who competed extremely well against all Centres, with some wonderful results for Ridgewood LAC…..It would have to be one of Ridgewood’s best results in our short history as a Centre…..A huge thank you to our wonderful Coaches in Sarah Anderson, Nanathiel Martin, Darren Fisher, Jo Woolley, Paul Mann, Nikki Edwards, Jack Conroy, Alexie Dowley, Mick Taig, Yvonne Mann, Anneisha Bennett and Carl Vine for their time and efforts in preparing our Relay Squads.
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Again, Well done to all the Centre Track & Field Relay Athletes for your efforts on the day. As mentioned we had some great results, with a number of Teams just missing out in qualifying for the Finals. We had a few Teams qualifying for the Track Relay Finals being the Under 8 Boys (4x200m – 8th), Under 9 Boys (4x100m – 8th), Under 10 Boys (4x100m – 6th / 4x200m – 5th), Under 11 Girls (4x200m – 7th), Under 13 Boys (4x100m – 8th) and Under 17 Boys (4x100m – 6th / 4x400m – 7th).
We were fortunate enough to have a Field Team come home with a State Medal on the Day. The Under 13 Boys with Brayden Smith (Mindarie) and Dylan James (Butler) winning Silver. Great effort Boys, which is the fourth year running in winning a State Medal.
Special Thanks to Centre Committee Members Darren Bennett, Kim Smith and Rachel Quirk for their time in organising Training, Coaches, Teams and Uniforms for the big day.
