{"id":100325,"date":"2024-07-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/?p=100325"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T06:36:00","slug":"sign-on-for-little-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/sport\/sign-on-for-little-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign on for Little Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Little Athletics sign on for the next season begins on August 1.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Finkel from Tweed Little Athletics said the season would begin in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We offer weekly competition for Under 6 to Under 17 athletes each Saturday morning at 8am. Athletes will develop skills in running, jumping and throwing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We compete as part of the South Coast region with Little Athletics Queensland for Regional Relays and Regional Championships.<\/p>\n<p>The Tweed Little Athletics celebrated 40 years in November last year with a carnival, which included a band and food trucks to celebrate the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>During the off-season, they hosted 23 school and district athletics carnivals with almost 8,000 students competing at Walter Peate Oval during this time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2024\/07\/Colesbananas_02423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coles donate bananas for every athlete at Tweed Little Athletics each week throughout the season. 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