Individual Awards

The following trophies will be awarded to athletes of the Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Centre at the Annual Championship Day:

Junior

  • Boy Champion
  • Girl Champion
  • Encouragement Award

Intermediate

  • Boy Champion
  • Girl Champion
  • Encouragement Award

Senior

  • Boy Champion
  • Girl Champion
  • Encouragement Award

Individual Champions

  • Boy Champions & Runners-Up
  • Girl Champions & Runners-Up

Encouragement Awards

An encouragement award will be presented to an athlete in each age bracket based on the least number of points achieved and the most meetings attended throughout the season.  This information is calculated via the Records and Rankings Official.

Club Awards

The Centre will award the following Trophies to the winning Clubs at the Annual Championship Day:

Egg Board Shield      Champion Club

Multi Event Trophy

Trophies will be awarded to the athlete winning the Multi Event in each age group.  Medals will be awarded to those athletes placing second and third.  These presentations will be made at the next Centre competition day as soon as the Records and Rankings official has verified the results.

Special Awards

The Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Centre provides a number of memorial and special awards to athletes within the Centre. There are varying criteria for these awards and the information below seeks to ensure that a degree of consistency is maintained with respect to these special trophies

TROY LORENSINI AWARD (Sportsmanship)

This award was first presented at the conclusion of the 1996/97 season. The trophy is a perpetual trophy and is donated by Annette Cosgrove in memory of her son, Troy Lorensini, who was 21 years old when he was tragically killed in an accident. Troy had been a member of Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Centre and Eagles Club, beginning as an Under 6 and going through to Under 15. He was the recipient of many club trophies including Junior Boy Champion, Most Consistent, Most Improved and Senior Boy Champion. He was awarded the Centre Senior Boy Champion trophy in the 1988/89 season.

This award is presented to acknowledge outstanding sportsmanship by an athlete within our Centre. During the course of the season officials are able to nominate athletes whom they believe have displayed outstanding sportsmanship. Nomination forms will be provided to officials as required. Towards the end of the season these nominations will be forwarded to Mrs. Annette Cosgrove (Troy’s mother) and also a Life Member of this centre, or her nominee to select the winner of this award. The award will then be presented on Championship Day.

Troy Lorensini Award Nomination Form

JIM LILBURNE AWARD (100m sprinter)

The Lilburne Family requested that a perpetual trophy be presented in memory of Jim who passed away in 1999.

Jim enjoyed and excelled at a number of sports and was a great sportsman, he played football for Maddingly football Club, was a member of the CFA running team, a cyclist and a great runner winning the Bacchus Marsh Gift in 1951.

He was a member of the original committee in 1969 that was formed following the decision to open a Little Athletics Centre in Bacchus Marsh and he held the position of Technical Requirements on that first committee. Things were different in those days, as equipment was stored at the High School in Maddingly and competition was at Darley Park, part of Jim’s job was to transport that equipment back and forth on a Saturday morning.

Jim served Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Centre, Eagles Club, and Western Metropolitan Region over a span of 27 years.

This trophy has been presented to commemorate the contribution made by Jim to help the children of Bacchus Marsh.

WAYNE ARNOLD AWARD (High Jump)

Wayne Arnold moved to Bacchus Marsh with his employment at the bank and became involved in Little Athletics. He joined the Executive Committee and was also the Centre High Jump coach. After leaving BMLAC he became a boundary umpire in the Victorian Football League.

The Wayne Arnold High Jump Award is to be awarded to the athlete who performs best against the centre record that exists for their age group at centre meetings finalising two weeks prior to Championship Day, of the current season.  The following criteria will be applied for determination of this award.

  1. The number of times the Centre record has been broken or equalled at Centre meetings and LAVic sanctioned events.
  2. The biggest margin that the record has been broken by.  If still equal then
  3. Executive discretion.

TREVOR LYNE AWARD (Triple Jump)
Trevor’s involvement with the Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Centre commenced during the 1979/80 summer season when his children first started competing.

In 1983/84, Trevor joined the Centre Executive in the role of Track and Field (Announcer). He held this position for 3 years. In 1985/86, Trevor also took on the role of President (for 3 years), during which time he oversaw the move of BMLAC to Mason’s Lane. Throughout his years with BMLAC, Trevor also assisted the Technical Requirements Officer to mark the track and set up the field events.

Trevor resumed his association with BMLAC during the 1997/98 summer season, this time as a coach. He is a qualified Jumps and Throws Coach and volunteers to assist at weekly training and also assumes a coaching role at the Long Jump and Triple Jump events on the summer season Saturday events.

This role has seen him coach a wide variety of athletes, some of whom have attended both Region, State and National levels.
This trophy has been presented to recognise the contribution made by Trevor to help the children of Bacchus Marsh.

The Trevor Lyne Triple Jump Award is to be awarded to the athlete who performs best against the centre record that exists for their age group at Centre meetings finalising two weeks prior to Championship Day, of the current season. The following criteria will be applied for determination of this award:

  1. The number of times the Centre record has been broken or equalled at Centre meetings and LAVic sanctioned events;
  2. The biggest margin that the record has been broken by; if still equal, then
  3. Executive discretion

Centre Captains and Record Verification

Centre Captains

Each season a boy and girl will be elected as Centre Captains to represent the Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Centre in the local community, provide leadership, guidance and act as role models for all athletes at the Centre.  They will also assist the Committee as required during the course of the season.  At the October meeting of the Centre Committee, nominations will be called for and Centre Captains chosen.  The criteria to be applied for election of Centre Captains is to be as follows:

  1. Must be a Senior Athlete (U13-U17)
  2. Intends to represent BMLAC at outside events
  3. Length of time involved at BMLAC

Procedure for Records Verification

The Bacchus Marsh Little Athletics Centre maintains a register of all records achieved by athletes in all events.  The current records at the commencement of each season are produced in the handbook.  A Centre Committee Member must be called to the event to verify any performance achieved by a registered athlete who appears to have equaled or bettered a Centre record. For track events the records and ranking officer will verify all records. For field events the performance is to be measured with a metal measuring tape and verified by the Centre Committee Member.