Little Athletics

Little Athletics is an organisation that runs throughout Australia. Anna has joined the Bateman and Bull Creek Club. To give you an idea of size, there are five Clubs that make up the Melville Centre and there are nine Centres in WA. In the Melville Centre alone, there are 600 kids enrolled. No wonder that Australia does well in sport!

There are two training sessions a week and every Saturday there is a competition. So far, Anna has done two competitions. The events that they do (split between two weeks/programmes) are:

• 50m run


• 70m run


• 100m run


• 200m run
  
• 60m hurdles


• Discus


• Javelin


• Long jump


• Shot put

We are very proud of her as she is currently 3rd overall in her age group (Under 7) for the 70m and 200m run. There are about six groups that compete in the Under 7 category each week. From next Saturday these groups will be graded by ability, as all the kids will have completed all the events. Times are recorded electronically. There are no stop-watches here!!

Parents have to get involved on competition days, by helping out with the organisation/events. As you can imagine, with 600 kids going every week it's a mammoth task. Next week it's our turn and I have nominated Nige for the task!

Rollerblade Queen!

Anna has become the "Rollerblade Queen"!

Perth Show

This week it's school holidays and the Perth Show. The Perth Show is a MASSIVE agricultural event, that has grown in size into something spectacular! The Show runs all week and contains every agricultural event imaginable; every breed of dog, horse, cow, llama, cat, guinea pig (yes, really), fowl, pig, rabbits, sheep, alpaca, emu etc. compete for the "Best in WA".

It has three massive fairgrounds, photography and craft exhibitions etc, wood chopping, daily shows, fireworks, motorbikes, trucks ... I could go on for ever ... It really is something to see to be believed!

There is also the phenomenon of the "showbag". There are more than 280 showbags that are available to buy from between $5 and $25. They are full of things such as, chocolate, action heroes, magic gear, things for pets, sports gear, cartoon characters.

Anna had the Hannah Montana one (contains bag, diary, wig, glitter scarf, lip gloss, makeup palette, microphone and key chain) and the High School Musical one (contains bag, book, disposable camera, badges, poster book, coffee coaster and mug). They are actually really good!

We went with some friends to the Show on Bank Holiday Monday and I went back again today. I'm now nursing a very big glass of wine, which I think I have earned ...