2019 ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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The 2019 Northern Metropolitan Zone Championships have been run and won.

The final points tally for the weekend, was:

• 1st: Northern Suburbs - 6129
• 2nd: Ryde - 5182
• 3rd: North Rocks Carlingford - 4917
• 4th: Parramatta - 4270
• 5th: Cherrybrook - 4226

NRCLAC were well represented by 188 athletes competing in 695 events and 4 relays. We had some great results over the two days. Thank you for giving it your best and doing it with a smile.
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Congratulations to our relay teams: 

• Junior Girls (Hannah, Evana, Kara, Chloe) coming fourth,
• Junior Boys (Alexander, Samuel, Benji, and Oliver) coming first,
• Senior Girls (Eliza, Hayley, Jasmine, and Chelsea) coming fourth,
• Senior Boys (Finn, Jacob, Josh, Rajan) coming second.

Watching the relays on Sunday afternoon is always a highlight of the weekend, and underlines the team spirit that Championships are based on. Thank you to Annika for coaching them. Good luck to the boys' teams for Regional Championships.

Congratulations to our U7 medal winners:

GOLD:

• Finn Leivesley - Shot Put
• Liam Lawson - Long Jump
  
• Liam Lawson - 100M
  
• Liam Lawson - 200M
  
• Liam Lawson 70M
  
• Emma Barker - 500M
  
• Emma Barker - 200M

SILVER:

• Emma Barker - Long Jump
• Emma Barker - 100M
• Laura Cunha - Shot Put
• Florence Lee - 70M

BRONZE:

• Laura Cunha - Discus
• Finn Leivesley - Discus
• Finn Leivesley - 200M
• Angel Obi - Shot Put

A special thank you to our Multi-Class athletes who were able to compete at Zone in three events this year. MC Long Jump was added to Discus and 100M, and it was great that NRCLAC had the majority of the athletes again. Thank you to the parents and helpers for officiating the MC events. It was well received, and a very proud moment for the club. Hopefully we can do it again next season with more events and even more athletes.

A special mention to Alex Shahla for breaking the Zone record in the U17 Boys Shot Put with a throw of 15.59m. Great work Alex!

Another highlight was the U17's lap of honour. Hopefully they leave Little Athletics with many great memories and even greater friendships.

Thank you to the parents who did their helper duties. I know your children appreciate seeing you make a contribution.

Thank you to the NRCLAC Officials who helped run the carnival. It couldn't happen without your contributions:

• Jenny Drury
• Les Nagy
• Ben Waldron
• Joe Shahla
• Adam Boyd
• Greg Smart
• Kieron McKeown
• John Nilon
• Ben Jamieson
• Sankaran Loganathasundaram
• Pia Fenson
• Chelsea Woodhouse
• Kathryn Khiroya
• Liz Parlevliet 
• Marija Butler
• Natalie Lambert
• Garry Dennis
• Andrew Hazon
• Jo O'Neil
• Amish Khiroya
• Anita Boyd
• John Williams
• Joe Perry
• Jenni McBain
• Ben Collier

​Special mention to golden tonsils Garry on the PA. Great job all weekend.

Thank you to Leo and Amanda for taking photos.

Thank you to Committee members and families, who helped set up and pack up our area. We had the best home base and looked the most organised.

And most of all, thank you to NRCLAC Team Managers, Annika, Carwyn, and Janet. There's so much work that goes into organising nominations, selecting the team, organising parent duties, checking uniforms, marshalling during the day, being the first to arrive and the last to leave. Thank you. Legends ; )

King regards,
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Fergus
NRCLAC President