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December 2024
On behalf of the 2024 and 2025 club committee, we wish to thank all the families who have contributed in some way or other, to another year for the club. The club volunteers are the backbone of our club and without your involvement, the day’s events just would not get started.
Congratulations to our athletes who have achieved many personal bests during the season and to our athletes who achieved an award this year. Your determination has rewarded you well.
And thanks to the staff of Mackay Aquatic & Recreation Complex for your trust in us to operate a great sport for our region.
We wish all our members and families a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
2025 Club Committee
Our Club AGM was held on Saturday 30 November 2024. The following are our 2025 club committee as now. As you will see, we have quite a few doing multiple roles, so we hope in the new season, some others may come forward to share these roles.
There is one very important role that is vacant that needs a volunteer. The Treasurer position. We do provide a laptop for this role and the accounting software is very easy to use. Most transactions are now online, so there is very little need to visit the bank. And for account security, payments require 2 authorisations. We thank Kym Galea who has been our club Treasurer for several years, and Kym has taken on the role of President of the Athletics North Queensland association (ANQ), and as such is unable to fulfill this role any longer. Kym will be available to train our new treasurer the system.
Also, a couple of volunteer roles exist that may interest some.
- Coach Coordinator - Works with coaches to provide coaching opportunities for members.
- IT Systems - someone keen in assisting with the clubs' network of Computers, Tablets, Wi-Fi and apps.
- School Equipment Hire - We offer an equipment hire service to local schools, so would like volunteers who can assist on the morning of the hire with the equipment preparation.
If any of these roles interest you or someone you know, please email secretary@mackayathletics.com.au
- President - Steven Hayles
- Vice President - Tammy Meyer
- Secretary - Cathryn Hoare
- Treasurer - VACANT
- Registrar - Michelle Hughes
- Results Officer - Emily Hayles
- Public Relations - Cathryn Hoare
- Technical Equipment Officer - Ben Ross & Corey Oliver
- Athlete Experience Officer - Tammy Meyer
- Uniforms - Cathryn Hoare & Emily Hayles
- General Committee Members - Kirsty Hoani (MORE NEEDED)
Note: All committee and specific volunteers will require a valid Qld Government Blue Card. Cathryn our Secretary will be able to assist with information on this.
2025 Club Season
We are finalising our 2025 club day event calendar and hope to have this ready mid-January.
The committee is reviewing the club day format that has been in place for the last couple of years. We are interested to hear any feedback or thoughts on this before Friday 3 January, so please get in touch with Cathryn at secretary@mackayathletics.com.au
- Club Information and Sign on day is Saturday 22 February 2025 at the MARC.
- First club day will be 1st March 2025. March club days start 2pm.
- Mackay Track & Field Carnival 3-4 May 2025
- NQ Championships 26-28 September 2025 Townsville
Looking for some summer events before our season starts - Townsville North Star Athletics Club are running a Summer Series. 1 Feb & 1 Mar
Expressions of Interest - Photo Finish Camera Operator
We all agree that having the photo finish camera operational on club days, makes a far smoother process for our track events. However, volunteers generally are not willing to step up and learn the set up and use of the camera. Yes, some technical knowledge is needed, but it is not hard. If you know someone that might take an interest in this and learn and assist at our club days, please ask them to get in touch with James Grech at events@mackayathletics.com.au It could be a semi retiree, university student, someone with photography interest, for example.
We also have opportunities for the camera use at school athletics events. Experienced Camera operators are paid up to $300.00 per day for school events. So please think about this important role that helps our club and its members and community.
We look forward to a great 2025 season with you all.
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