Juniors - Important Notice regarding Waiting list

Due to exceptionally high demand for club places the club has a waiting list for schools years 4-7.

The lists for year 4 and 5 are currently closed due to the numbers currently waiting for a place.

If you want to find our more about the club please contact one of the year contacts:-

year4@wadac.org.uk or year5@wadac.org.uk  or year6@wadac.org.uk or year7@wadac.org.uk

If you are in Year 6 or 7 and wish to be added to the waiting list please email waitinglist@wadac.org.uk  and you will be informed when there are spaces.  If you are able to commit to coaching regularly you will be given priority.

Please do not turn up on a club night unexpected as you will be turned away.

However if you are in year 6 or 7 and have achieved top 3 in a district level competition or are transferring from another club please email juniors@wadac.org.uk with the following information, name, date of birth and area of interest./performance

If you are in Year 8 and above there is no waiting list for these age groups.  Please contact year8to11@wadac.org.uk for more info

We Have a New Development Coach---Isaac Whitcombe

I am delighted to announce that Isaac Whitcombe has accepted the role of Development Coach following Will Harding's resignation.

Isaac has done a first class job in developing our younger sprinters and will now take the "fun & fitness" sessions on Wednesday evenings and the Development Group (typically Years 6 & 7) on Thursday evenings.

Good luck Isaac & welcome aboard!

Farewell to Will Harding

After several years of committment to WADAC as the Community Coach, Will Harding has decided to accept a new job with Mizuno as their Technical Rep in the south of England.

Will's last sessions with his training squad will therefore be on 29th & 30th May.

Will has asked me to pass on his thanks to all helpers, coaches, year group co-ordinators and parents at WADAC, and to say how much he has enjoyed working with his squad. He hopes to see some of you in the Olympics one day!

May I take this oppotunity of thanking Will for all his hard work at WADAC. The Club wishes him well in his new role.

For the time being, we hope to use other coaches to cover Will's squad so the Wednesday & Thursday sessions will continue as usual.

Wessex League and Youth Development League (YDL)

To All Juniors 

As club members, we are very keen that you compete for Winchester & District AC. 

The athletics season is very short with all league races completed by the end of July. 

Further information regarding The Wessex League can be found on www.wessexleaguetandf.co.uk 

The remaining Wessex League dates are:

16^th June 2013               Winchester

7^th July 2013                  Woking

21^st July                        Aldershot

These races are open to any Junior club member as no selection is required.

To compete, please email the following to advise on the events would like to enter and your availability:

boyswessex@wadac.org.uk                   Kathryn Mills

girlswessex@wadac.org.uk                    Jules Flory

The Youth Development League (YDL)

 The YDL is divided into two leagues. The Upper League is for U17 and U20. The Lower League is for U13 and U15.

The YDL Upper League dates are:

28^th April 2013               Winchester

2^nd June 2013                Portsmouth

30^th June 2013               Portsmouth

28^th July 2013                tbc

You need to put your name forward for each event and will then be considered for selection (normally two athletes per event). Please don’t think you are not good enough. There are usually vacancies in most events

To compete in the Upper YDL (U17 / U20), please email the following to advise on the events would like to enter and your availability:

natyal@wadac.org.uk                            George & Michaela McCallum

 The YDL Lower League dates are:

4^th May 2013                  Croydon

1^st June 2013                Winchester       

22^nd June 2013               Southampton

13^th July 2013                Herne Hill

To compete in the YDL Lower League (U13 / U15), please email the following to advise on the events would like to enter and your availability:

YDLlowerboys@wadac.org.uk               Angie Tosen

YDLlowergirls@wadac.org.uk                 Liz Wass

If you have any queries, please get in touch with your coach or the team manager.

Good luck

Pete Spelman

Chairman of Winchester & District AC

Quad Kids and Development group coaching

The Quad Kids session, 5.30-6.30, coached by Will, Jane and Barrie and the Development group session 6.30-7.30 coached by Will, Karin, Gary and Issac is cancelled tonight due to the snow.  See you all next week.

Will

Boys urgently needed to compete next Sunday 25th Nov (Years 4/5/6/7/8)

We have some spaces to urgently fill for a Sportshall match next Sunday 25th November, from 12.30 for 1pm start to 15.45. Venue is Mountbatton Centre in Portsmouth, which is very close to the M27 on the outskirts of Portsmouth. We will look to fill running, jumping, throws and agility events. Hampshire scouts will be there to make selections for the forthcoming Regional teams. Please contact Karin at sportshall@wadac.org.uk by Monday 19th Nov if you think your Year 4/5/6/7/8 Boy can help, specifying their name and School Year Group. Thanks Karin Gray and Brendan Harnett

Important Information Regarding outdoor JUNIOR training on TUESDAY evenings

Tuesday evening training is for invited athletes only.  There are 3 existing training groups all of whom are at capacity.  Please do not turn up on Tuesdays and ask for your child to join in.  We would like to create a new group on Tuesdays to cater for Year 7/8 children but we need volunteers to take this group.  

Here is an earlier posting (plus it was the subject of an email sent to all Year 7's), unfortunately no one has come forward.  CAN YOU HELP?

For athlete development from Year 7 onwards WADAC does like to offer an additional outdoor training session on Tuesday evenings 6:30 - 7:30, based from the track.  This is for Juniors who are serious about their athletics and who also compete for WADAC.

At present there are three invitation-only endurance groups who train on Tuesday nights. The existing groups are all at capacity.

WADAC would like to start a new group for the present Year 7 and committed Year 8 athletes.

Neither Marc nor Karen are able to take this group, so we are looking for willing volunteers to take this additional session.  Without help we cannot offer this additional session.

Karen and Marc will set the sessions and e-mail them to the volunteer(s).  Michaela, Pete and David will all be at the track with their groups to give you advice.  Additionally Karen and/or Marc will be training with the Seniors on Tuesday evenings and can be on hand if you need to ask any questions.  

This could be run by a rota of volunteers, so if you can't make every Tuesday the role could be shared.

The Club is run by volunteers and we desperately need more regular help to be able to offer the athletes the training they need.

If you are able to help please e-mail the Year 7 co-ordinator:  year7@wadac.org.uk

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO JUNIOR ORGANISATION

Following the announcemet at the end of the track season that Michaela was stepping down from the position of Junior coordinator we put out a request for volunteers to pick up the tasks to ensure the junior section continued to function well.

I am pleased to announce that we have had volunteers to fill each of the new roles 

Let me introduce the key people:

Junior Coordinator - Jane Gandee (juniors@wadac.org.uk)

Waiting list Coordinator - Phillippa Nichols (waitinglist@wadac.org.uk)

Year Contacts:

Sarah Hartley (year4@wadac.org.uk

Mandy Lawrence (year5@wadac.org.uk)

Andy Steggall (year6@wadac.org.uk)

Claire Woolett (year7@wadac.org.uk)

Karen Beck (year8to11@wadac.org.uk)

It is great to have so many people coming forward to share the load.  Much of the work was done previously by Michaela with Liz Wass handling the wait list and the club would like to thank them both for helping build the junior section to its current size.

By splitting up tasks across more people it should not be too much for anyone person and people can learn from others.  It is also a more sustainable structure for a club our size rather than relying on one or two key indivduals.

THE JUNIOR SECTION STARTS BACK FOR THE NEW SEASON ON THURSDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER.  BUT DONT FORGET THE TRACK2TRACK RELAY ON SUNDAY 9th SEPTEMBER WHEN WADAC BRINGS THE OLYMPIC SUCCESS FROM LONDON TO WINCHESTER.  YOU CAN RUN AND BE PART OF HISTORY. Contact Ian or Michaela track2track@wadac.org.uk if you would like to run or can help out on the day. Facebook Track2Track Relay.

Juniors FAQ

1. Q: How old do you have to be to be a Junior?
   A: School years 4 to 11 i.e. from 8 years old.
2. Q: Where and when do we train?
   A: Thursdays in term time, 6:30-7:30 at the Bar End Track

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Saucony Hampshire Grand Prix-18th July-Basingstoke-Reminder to apply ASAP!

The Saucony Hampshire Grand Prix is a show- case Track & Field Athletics event coinciding with the 2012 Olympic 'Torch Relay' visiting Hampshire, IOW & the Channel Islands. We are aiming to stage a high quality event including many top athletes and, using Photo- Finish and EDM technology at the newly refurbished Basingstoke Track. Most of Hampshire's 20 appointed London 2012 Officials will be working at the event. There are a broad selection of Track & Field events across all age- groups. We also plan to use pacemakers (as in BMC Meetings) to ensure fast 800m and 3000m races.

The event will be advertised widely across our neighbouring Counties and in 'Athletics Weekly' in the coming week. We are very keen to give Hampshire, IOW and Channel Island competitors the first opportunity to enter (NB- only the first 15 Field Event entries can be accepted to enable the programme to run smoothly).

We expect the Saucony Hampshire Grand Prix will be a superb celebration of Track & Field Athletics in the County. The event has it's own website, you can apply through this website:
 - www.sauconyhampshiregp.com 

Alternatively, please see Entry Form. Could coaches please forward urgently to your athletes - strongly encouraging them to enter as soon as possible (prior to Regional & National advertisements being placed ) !