Runaway Bay Little Athletics

29/09/2026

🏃‍♀️ CLUB TRAINING - 30th September 🏃‍♂️

📋 Please remember to sign your athlete in!

❌ IMPORTANT: This is not a drop-and-go service. A parent/guardian must remain at the track for the entire training session.

⏰ TRAINING TIMES

👧👦 U6–U10: 5:00–6:00pm
🧑‍🦱👩‍🦱 U11–U17: 5:45–7:00pm

EVENTS

U6-U10
Running
High jump
Shot Put

U11-U17
Running
High jump
Shot Put

📋 Sign your athlete in using the training sign-in book located at the front of the clubhouse.

👕 UNIFORM SHOP
🗓️ Open Wednesday ONLY this week
⏰ 5:30–6:30pm
👉 Purchase your club uniforms
👉 Sewing fundraiser

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29/09/2026

🖤💛 WELCOME TO THE RBLA FAMILY! 💛🖤

We’re excited to welcome one of our newest club sponsors Bennett + Bennett to the Runaway Bay Little Athletics family! 🙌

Thank you for supporting our athletes, families and club. We’re so excited to have you on board and look forward to having you as part of the RBLA team! 💪🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

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Supporting our local community!

We’re proud to support Runaway Bay Little Athletics (RBLA) and the opportunities they provide for young athletes to get active, build confidence and enjoy being part of a team.

Chris Dawson and Luke McGarrigle, along with their families, stopped by for a photo with our new sign at the track - a great reminder of the local communities we’re proud to be part of.

Here’s to another great season for RBLA!

27/09/2026

🏃‍♀️SOUTH COAST REGIONAL RELAY NOMINATIONS OPEN! 🏃‍♂️

Nominations are now open for the South Coast Hart Regional Relay Championships!

Regional events are a great part of our season calendar, giving our athletes the opportunity to represent Runaway Bay Little Athletics, compete with other clubs in our region, and enjoy a fun team day with their friends and families.💛

📅 Saturday 7th November
📍 Ashmore Little Athletics

This is a fantastic team event and a great opportunity for all U7–U17 athletes to get involved.

The kids always enjoy spending the day together, making new friends from our club and other clubs, and supporting their teammates.

🚫 No competition night – Friday 6th November
There will be no competition night at the club on the night before allowing our athletes and volunteers to be fresh and ready for Saturday.

📝 Nominations
Nominations are to be completed through your family portal at: https://resultshq.com.au

Multi Class athletes: Please email your chosen events to [email protected].

⚠️ IMPORTANT: As this is a team event, by registering you are committing to attend and participate in ALL events selected, if you don’t show up you will let your team down on the day.
Please support your teammates and your club by ensuring you are available for the day.

⏰ Nominations close Saturday 17th October at 9:00am.
This deadline allows the committee time to put together our club relay teams and submit them to LAQ before the nomination cutoff.

Teams will be formed based on athletes PBs, while also ensuring everyone gets an opportunity to participate. Please don’t ask us about teams, teams will be sent out to families once nominations are closed and sorted by our committee.

🏆 PATHWAY TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
For athletes in the U9–U17 age groups, teams that place:
🥇🥈🥉 1st–3rd in track events
🥇🥈 1st–2nd in field events
will be eligible to progress to the State Relay Championships on Saturday 12 December at QSAC.

We would love to see as many Runaway Bay Little Athletics members as possible take part and represent our club!

It’s always a fantastic day of competition, teamwork and fun for our athletes and families.

📢 More information will be coming out in the next few days.

If you have any questions, please contact our Registrar - [email protected].

Let's get as many Runaway Bay athletes as possible involved and representing our club at Regional Relays! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Go Runaway Bay! 💛🖤💛🖤

26/09/2026

🏅 NEW FOR THE 2026/27 SEASON – RBLA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK! 🏅

We’re excited to introduce a brand new way to recognise and celebrate the amazing athletes at Runaway Bay Little Athletics! 🖤💛

🌟 Each Friday night, our Age Recorders will select an RBLA Athlete of the Week from their age group.

This award isn’t just about who runs the fastest, jumps the furthest or throws the furthest it’s about recognising the qualities that make our athletes amazing! 👏

It could be for effort, improvement, sportsmanship, encouragement of others, determination, attitude or simply giving it their all! 💪

🍔🥤🍎 Every Athlete of the Week will receive a McDonald’s Happy Meal reward voucher, proudly supported by McDonald’s.

Here are some of our Athletes of the Week from the first few weeks of the season! 🌟🏅

📸 Families: If your athlete receives an Athlete of the Week award, we’d love for you to share a photo with us!
You can post it on our RBLA Parent Page or email it to [email protected]

Let’s celebrate our amazing athletes! 🖤💛

Congratulations to all of our RBLA Athletes of the Week so far!🏅👏

26/09/2026

🏃‍♀️GET READY TO REPRESENT RUNAWAY BAY!

The South Coast Regional Relays are coming and we want our Runaway Bay athletes ready to race, cheer and show their club pride! 🖤💛

Athletes aged U7 to U17 will have the chance to team up with their fellow Runaway Bay athletes and compete in a range of exciting track and field relay events.

📅 Saturday 7th November 2026
📍 Brian Johnston Field, Ashmore Little Athletics

Regional Relays are all about teamwork, club pride, friendly competition and having fun together! 🙌 Whether your athlete is competing or supporting from the sidelines, we want our Runaway Bay families there to make it a fantastic club day.

🏆 PATHWAY TO STATE RELAYS

Regional Relays are the pathway to the McDonald’s State Relay Championships, held on Saturday 12th December at QSAC, Brisbane.

📢 Nominations will be opening very soon! Keep watching for nomination information, including details about events, teams and how to nominate.

🗓️ Nominations close Saturday 17th October, so start talking to your athletes, save the date and get ready to be part of the action!

👏 Athletes: get excited and be ready to nominate!
📣 Families: mark your calendars and come along to cheer on Team RBLA!

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24/09/2026

🙌 COME ON, MUMS & DADS! WE NEED YOU! 💪

We have 300+ families in our club, but somehow it’s always the same amazing people putting their hands up to help! ❤️

Surely there’s a mum or dad (or two 😉) out there who can spare just an hour to lend a hand to cook the BBQ tomorrow!

BBQ: 4:30pm -5:30pm
https://volunteersignup.org/FWMTL

You don’t have to be a committee member, know anything about athletics or commit every week. Just one hour of your time can make a huge difference. 🙌

Come on, we know you’re out there! 😂💪

Your club needs you! 🖤💛

24/09/2026

🌟 WEEK 4 – 25TH SEPTEMBER 🌟

🏃‍♀️ TINY TOTS | 5:00–5:45pm
➡️ Please arrive by 4:55pm to check in and meet our awesome Tiny Tots Coordinators!

🏃‍♀️ U6–U17 | Ready 5:30pm for 5:45pm start
➡️ Line up behind your age group buckets for announcements and warm-up.

📢 REGISTRATION NUMBERS

If your athlete hasn’t received their LAQ registration number, please write it clearly on their arm/hand with a black marker 🖊️
👉 Find the number in their Sport:80 profile
👉 Please double-check the number is correct.

🙋‍♀️ PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Our Friday nights simply can’t run without our amazing families! 💛
U6–U17 parents, please put your hand up to help with:
🏃 Age Recorder
📍 Spiker
📏 Measurer
🧹 Raker
🏃 Retriever
⏱️ Timekeeper
📝 Recorder
🥇 Place Judging
🍔 Canteen & BBQ

New to athletics? No worries! Jump in and we’ll show you what to do! 🙌

⚠️ IMPORTANT REMINDERS

🚫 No dogs, balls, alcohol or smoking/vaping
🚫 No chairs on the field
⚠️ Take care when crossing the track & field
💛 Respect our volunteers and fellow members
🎉 And most importantly… HAVE FUN!

💬 BETWEEN EVENTS…
Chat with other families, meet someone new and let the kids play! 🥰

Some of the best memories happen when we’re all together as a club. 💛

We can’t wait to see ALL our RBLA families back at the track!

🙌 LET’S MAKE WEEK 4 A GREAT ONE! 🙌

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23/09/2026

🌟🏃‍♀️ LAQ COLES SPRING CARNIVAL – BUNDABERG

Last weekend Zyaire travelled up to Bundaberg to compete at the LAQ Coles Spring Carnival, proudly representing Runaway Bay Little Athletics! 💛🖤

She had an amazing carnival, finishing with:

🥈 2nd – Triple Jump
🥉 3rd – Javelin
🥈 2nd – 400m

What a fantastic effort, Zyaire! 👏🔥

Congratulations on some fantastic results and for proudly representing RBLA! 💛🖤

22/09/2026

🏃‍♀️ CLUB TRAINING - 23rd September 🏃‍♂️

📋 Please remember to sign your athlete in!

❌ IMPORTANT: This is not a drop-and-go service. A parent/guardian must remain at the track for the entire training session.

⏰ TRAINING TIMES

👧👦 U6–U10: 5:00–6:00pm
🧑‍🦱👩‍🦱 U11–U17: 5:45–7:00pm

EVENTS

U6-U10
Hurdles
Long jump
Discus

U11-U17
Hurdles
Long jump
Discus

📋 Sign your athlete in using the training sign-in book located at the front of the clubhouse.

👕 UNIFORM SHOP
🗓️ Open Wednesday ONLY this week
⏰ 5:30–7:00pm
👉 Purchase your club uniforms
👉 Sewing fundraiser
If you’re bringing in a shirt from last season to have the new registration number sewn on, please make sure you have unpicked and removed last season’s number before bringing it in. 🧵👕✂️

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