OVERVIEW

Woy Woy Peninsula Little Athletics caters for children aged between 5 and 17 years of age, of all abilities.  Competition is held on Friday night from October to March at McEvoy Oval Umina from 6pm.

We rely on volunteers to run, and all parents and guardians are expected to be involved and help out where they can.  You must stay and supervise your children when they are participating.  

Children are organised into gender based age groups and they participate in between 3 and 6 events per night depending on their age.  A parent age manager is needed for each group.  Parents/carers can also share this role between them.   Many events also need parents/carers to help measure or time as well.  

We are all about having a go, and children doing their best, emphasising having fun, keeping a positive attitude, participation of everyone, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and making new friends.

No experience is necessary and there are various online training materials available on the NSW Little Athletics website that can give you basic guidance.  We encourage a supportive and inclusive environment, and we have coaches and older athletes on hand to give basic instruction on how to do events.  We can organise additional training for children who are keen to do a bit extra or qualify for higher level competition.   

Little Athletics is all about doing something fun with your children and simply encouraging them to have a go, achieve their Personal Best (PB) and improve their performance over the season. Children can track their progress over time as results are entered into an online data base (ResultsHQ).

There are numerous carnivals and competitions held throughout the season so children can participate in extra events if they are interested.