Pacific Athletics ~ Victoria Track and Field Club
VIAA NEWS
FOR THE 2009 TRACK AND FIELD SEASON
LEVEL 2 OFFICIALS COURSE
This
is a reminder for your club members, parents and athletes that the VIAA and
Nanaimo Track and Field Club are hosting our yearly Level 2 Officials Clinic on
March 22nd in
QUICK REFERENCE CARDS
The
first of the Officiating Quick Reference Cards are now posted on the same website:
http://www.victrack.ca/viaa-news along with information about them. More cards
will be posted as they are completed and edited. An explanation about the cards
can be found on the site as well.
VIAA OFFICIALS SHIRT PROGRAM
We
are again offering golf shirts to our volunteers when they complete their Level
1 assignments and turn in their officials’ cards. This was a huge success last
year and we need to restock our shirts. So if your club has some money to spare
to assist our officials, please send a cheque to Diana Hollefreund, 5183 Rutli
Meadows Place, Victoria, BC, V8Y 1X7. The usual donation is $100.00 and the
cheques need to be made out to VIAA.
Thanks
to Campbell River Comets, Cowichan Valley Athletics and Victoria Track and Field Club for their
2009 donations to this program.
VIAA NEWSLETTERS
The
first of the 2009 newsletters is now posted on the Victrack VIAA page and you
may notice that there are a lot of similar items from the 2008 version.
Information has been updated for 2009 as the newsletters are intended for new
parents and athletes to use as a handy reference source for meet information
and club contacts.
COACHING CLINICS
We
have missed the opportunity to have any coaching clinics arranged by the VIAA
before the start of the outdoor season so we are planning on a Level 2 [Club
Coach] clinic for September 19/20 weekend in
CROSS COUNTRY UPDATE
The
future of our Cross Country Series looks bleaker than ever with decreasing
numbers, snowy and cold weather conditions and the economy!
The
VIAA statisticians will need to inform the participating clubs if there will
changes to the scoring system for the 2009 Cross Country Series with the loss
of the
TRACK AND FIELD MEET OFFICIALS
When
you are completing the sanctioning of your meet, you will be asked to include
the names of officials who will be attending. The following group of 5
officials are planning to be at every VIAA meet this year and you may use their
names on your application form. Other officials from the VIAA program will be
at the meets but names will vary at each meet.
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David Hopkins – Track Referee
§
Lin Hopkins – Camera [Lin will
have another camera operator at each meet but that person will rotate from a
group of 3 officials.]
§
Tom Dingle – Field Referee
§
§
Diana Hollefreund – Head Backup Timer or
Secretariat [Secretariat is used if Diana is working in your results’ area.]
PHOTOELECTRONIC TIMING
The
cameras and camera team have been booked for all of the VIAA meets with the
exception of the Pentathlon and Throws Pentathlon which will have hand-timed track
events. The charges will be the same as
last year: $150.00 per day for a club meet and $200.00 per day for a BC
Championship Meet. Billing for the camera charges will be emailed directly to
the club contacts later in the season. Each club must book a hotel room for the
camera operator for the Saturday night.
The
camera team will send 2 operators to each meet if possible. Lin Hopkins will be
at all of the meets with a rotating crew of David Weicker, Allain McCallum and
Anne Lansdell providing assistance.
HY-TEK ATHLETE REGISTRATION
It
is time again to send your athlete list to Diana Hollefreund to input into the
Hy-Tek program for the various island meets. The information is required so
that I can assign a number to each of your athletes which will be used on their
race stickers. Last year was a “steep learning curve” as the saying goes but I
have revamped the program and it will work quickly and efficiently if you all
do your part.
So
here is what I need:
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Last name of athlete
§
First name of athlete
§
Male or female [needed for those names which could be
either]
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Club Name
§
Year of birth
§
BC Athletics number
I
will assign a number for each athlete you register. If an athlete is on your
original list from 2008, and they are on the first list you submit for 2009,
then they will have the same number. Athletes who register later will have their
numbers reassigned as I only have a range of numbers for each club. The ranges
for most clubs will remain the same but the smaller clubs will be reassigned
ranges so that they also have 3 digit numbers.
Please
send in your lists as soon as possible so that I can work on the numbers and
get them back to you. Please list everyone who may attend any of the island
meets: this includes masters athletes as well as your youth and older athletes
who may compete at a meet later in the season.
AND DON’T
FORGET TO PUT THOSE HY-TEK NUMBERS ON YOUR ATHLETES’ EVENT STICKERS OR THE
WHOLE PROGRAM COLLAPSES!
Diana
Hollefreund