WELCOME TO WERRIBEE LITTLE ATHLETICS CENTRE

MEETINGS ARE HELD AT VICTORIA UNIVERSITY & WYNDHAM SPORTING COMPLEX, HOPPERS LANE, WERRIBEE (Melways Map 206, J6). For details of meetings see Calendar.

Werribee Little Athletics Centre (WLAC) is an affiliated member of Little Athletics Victoria (LAVic). Approximately 22,000 young Victorians participate in Little Athletics. There are almost 90,000 Little Athletes registered throughout Australia.

Athletics gives children the opportunity to participate in a range of activities including running, jumping, throwing and walking. Little Athletics focus is on participation and self-improvement, not just winning. Opportunities exist for all members to participate in competitions not only at Werribee, but other Centres, as well as Regional and State Championships.

The primary goal of Little Athletics is to unite family, fun and fitness. Little Athletics promotes, and in fact depends on family participation at all levels. Parents are always needed to help out with the centre program as team managers, officials and helpers.

BRIEF HISTORY OF WERRIBEE LITTLE ATHLETICS

Werribee Little Athletics started in 1970 on a grass track at Galvin Park. Originally there were six participating clubs: Glen Devon, Hoppers Crossing, Little River, St Andrews, Werribee Primary and Werribee South.

The Werribee South club ceased to operate in 1973, and Little River withdrew from competition in 1974. The Windermere club began in 1976, but changed its name to Wyndhamvale in 1979. In 1990, Werribee Primary changed its name to Werribee Central.

The Werribee Little Athletics Centre moved to Wyndham Sports Complex and a new synthetic track for the commencement of the 2003 season. That same year Lara joined us whilst upgrades took place to their track in Corio. Lara continued with us for 4 seasons. In 2008, all clubs underwent a name change and moved away from geographical location names.

Today, Werribee Little Athletics consists of five clubs: Cougars, Dragons, Lynx, Scorpions and Wildcats.