About

Overview

Manly Warringah Little Athletics (MWLAC) is the home of little athletics (6's to 12's) and junior athletics (13's to U20's) on Sydney's Northern Beaches, based at the Sydney Academy of Sport, Wakehurst Parkway, Narrabeen. The athletics season runs over the summer period from September through to March each year with around 20 weeks of competition held on Saturday mornings from 7:30am (with the occasional Friday night twilight session from 5:30pm).  Our athletics program involves weekly competitions along with training sessions during the week for those athletes who want to develop and improve. We encourage participation in a large number of events for enjoyment and skill development combined with achieving personal bests and having fun. 

There are five Clubs within MWLAC - Cromer, Manly, Peninsula, Seaforth and Wakehurst.  Each club is differentiated by the colour of their uniform. Families usually choose a club based upon their friendships, or where they live and go to school. 

We are one of the oldest, largest and most successful Centres in NSW having begun on the Northern Beaches in 1970.

Our summer athletics program runs from September through March and includes:

  1. Regular Saturday morning (with some Friday twilight) athletics competitions;
  2. Weekly training sessions (optional); and
  3. Opportunities to progress and represent Manly Warringah at inter-club competitions (subject to selection criteria) including:
    1. State Realy Championships
    2. Zone Championships
    3. Regional Championships
    4. State Multi Championships
    5. State Championships
    6. For older athletes, there are also other "traditional Athletics NSW events", like the Treloar Shiled, High Velocity, Milers and Throwers competitions

 

Time, Dates and Locations

Saturday morning competition commences at 7.30am and usually concludes around noon. In the early weeks of the new season competitions may not conclude until after noon while we all become acclimatised to a new season. However, later in the season meetings can often be completed by 10.30 to 11.00am. In January, we typically hold Friday night twilight competitions instad of Saturday morning competions.  For more details please refer to the season calendar.

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