This Athletics Day is for home educated children Auckland wide. Bring your family and have some fun!

We ran this event in 2019 and in 2020 and had an absolute blast. We hope you'll join us this year! WE WELCOME YOUR PARTICIPATION!

What: HASCA Athletics Day 2021
When: Tuesday, 9th February 2021, 9:00 am arrival for 9:30 am start
Where: Takapuna Athletic Club grounds, Onewa Domain, on Auckland's North Shore

The cost for the day will be:
Children 7-19yrs … $2 per child for 2021 HASCA members, $5 per child for non-members
Children 6yrs and under … free
Adults … free

Fees payable to:
Homeschool Auckland Sports & Cultural Assoc. Inc.
ASB ac. no. 123 050–0416454–00
Ref: 2021ATH / surname x no. of paying children ( i.e.: 2020ATH SMITH x4)

[For HASCA membership info & online form, please see https://hascanz.org/joining-hasca/]

The duration of the day will be determined by the number of entrants, we anticipate 9am to 3pm or thereabouts.

The day will be orchestrated by Glenn Riseborough with the support of the HASCA team and other volunteers: parents or family members with or without experience who are willing to help out to make this day a success!

We need your support (on the day) to enable us to provide the best day possible and to suit all participants.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED & ROLES:
**Volunteers, please meet Glenn (trackside) at 9:05am to discuss your role for the day, thank you.**
Depending on numbers, we would like to have 2 stations for each of the 4 field events
This means that we need lots of parent help on the day -- preferably at least 25-30
Discus: at least 2 adults at each station
Shot Put: at least 2 adults at each station
High Jump: at least 1 adult at each station
Long Jump: at least 2 (preferably 3) adults at each station
Track starter: 1 adult
Track judges: 4 adults
Track timekeepers: at least 3 adults
Track recorder: 1 adult
Microphone: 1 adult (Glenn)
Results data input: 1 or 2 adults (Lizelle/Sandra)
Junior Parent Helpers - younger age groups will need parents escorting their children between events, as well as marshalling at events and organising the games for 6-year-olds and under.

We value your participation and hope to gain lots of support and help! (:

We hope to build community through this event and provide a fun day for home-schooling families.


Note: THIS IS NOT A DROP AND RUN EVENT - a parent or adult guardian will need to remain on site on the day, or you can elect another parent to be in charge of your children. Thank you. (We will ensure that parent helpers get a chance to be involved with their own children on the day.)

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***PLEASE SUBMIT A SEPARATE REGISTRATION FORM FOR EVERY CHILD***
Information we require:
Child's name & sex
Child's age as at 31/12/2020 (their group grade for the day)
Child's athletics experience -- none/a little/a lot
Parents' willingness to help out, and their experience
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TENTATIVE PROGRAMME:
The tentative programme can be viewed at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz0We2R0QmZFVnplMHpzdS1nVVN1V2NiZm55eVc3T1NPWVA4/view

We will be offering a series of age-appropriate track and field events for boys and girls, including competition races and events, plus some fun races. However, the final programme will be based on the registrations received.

Depending on time and enrolments, we'll try to fit in a bit of introductory coaching for those who have never tried athletics before.

We want the Athletics Day to meet the needs of all athletes wanting to participate, regardless of their experience or ability. This day will be a fun experience for all! We welcome school-aged competitors from age 5 through 19, however, there will be some fun preschool races offered to those aged 3-4 years also.

Once Glenn and the team have finalised the programme for the Athletics Day, full details will be emailed to all registered families / participants.

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PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES & RESULTS
All athletes will receive a participation certificate but there will be no official presentation due to time restrictions, instead, the certificates will be available from the HASCA-admin table in the clubrooms from 10am.

Under 6s will be able to collect their participation certificates before lunchtime (should they wish to leave early).

7 years plus can collect their participation certificates at the end of the day, or on completion of their last event.

Official placings and results will be collated and a document emailed to all participating families after the event.

PLEASE NOTE: Points are scored for each event and are accumulated throughout the day - overall placings are derived from this. i.e.: 1st place = 3pts, 2nd place = 2pts, 3rd place = 1pt.

Last year's results can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz0We2R0QmZFVnFsQmNLY1JwWUpFaFNfY1NjcXJ2ZEpXenlr/view

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REFRESHMENTS ON THE DAY
Throughout the day, the homeschool robotics team 'Free Range Robotics' will provide a refreshments stand (at the rear of the club rooms), so please bring along your coins and cash to purchase some goodies from them. All food and drink sales will go towards the robotics team's fundraising efforts for gear and competitions etc

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Please direct any enquiries to hasca.nz@gmail.com or leave a comment in the "comments" section below.