Mansfield State High School
The Mansfield State High School’s facilities are made available to us by the Principal, Ms Karen Tanks, to whom we are very grateful. Please respect our condition of use: other than the athletics oval and toilets, the grounds are out of bounds to all members/families/friends.
McDonald’s
A big thank you to McDonalds once again. Please feel free to support our local McDonalds restaurants who also support our young athletes. McDonalds Restaurants 1902 Logan Road, Mt Gravatt; Garden City food court; and our local Wishart outlet at 590 Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Rd.
Southside Sport and Community Benefit Fund
Special thanks to the Southside Sport and Community Benefit Fund which provided $800 towards a a new promotional pop up tent.
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government for providing funding under the Get Going program for the amount of $5076 to conduct come and try days, provide coach and official accreditation and purchase equipment to support little athletics at Mansfield for this season.
The Queensland Government has agreed to provide $100,000 to Mt Gravatt Junior Athletics to upgrade the Mansfield State High School oval to install an automated irrigation and rainwater harvesting system. This will ultimately increase Queenslanders participation in sport and recreation activities.
Bendigo Bank
Generously assisted with the GOPOS machine and bag fillers — Thankyou to Michelle King.
Bunning’s Mt Gravatt
For their ongoing support of our centre by giving us the opportunity to fund-raise via the Sausage Sizzles throughout the year. This support allows us to be able to purchase equipment for our athletes.
And lastly, a big thank you to all our Volunteers who take on the many jobs associated with Saturday competition and the running of our club and to our athletes who make our jobs worthwhile.
Some Facts about Little Athletics
Little Athletics is a national organisation catering for over 80,000 children in all States and Territories of Australia. The Queensland Little Athletics Association Inc. is a member Association of the Australian Little Athletics.
LITTLE ATHLETICS PROVIDES:
- Opportunity for organised recreational activity for children from Under 6 to Under 17 years in which personal improvement overshadows competitive results
- Opportunity for the achievement of all participants to be recognised regardless of competitive ability
- Opportunity for the inexperienced participant to learn athletic skills