Growth for Bacchus Marsh Little Aths

BACCHUS Marsh Little Athletics Centre members have reached the halfway mark of the season with ten meets conducted so far.

The club has 254 registered athletes who have broken 14 centre records, and 2799 personal bests have been achieved.

Ten athletes have achieved 20 or more personal bests this season, 48 teams competed at the region relay carnival and eight teams progressed to the state championships.

There was a record number of sponsors who supported the centre.

Committee member Linda Thompson said it is great to see the growth of the club coming into 2025.

“We’ve had a substantial increase from last year,” she said.

“It’s a really great atmosphere around the centre this year with the excitement from the kids and we’ve had lots of new parents who are willing to help out.”

Ms Thompson thanked the club’s volunteers for their support over the first half of the season.

“‘Our volunteers are amazing, we have a great bunch,” she said.

“We rely on volunteers, it’s a volunteer-based sport… our volunteers this year have been wonderful, and we have lots of new members.”

The season will commence again at the end of January and Ms Thompson said there are a busy few months ahead.

“The second half of the season is always very busy, and we have a lot of major events,” she said.

“We have a fair few individual state championships and regional championships.”

The club is also planning on holding a relayathon in March to raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital.