History of Casey Little Athletics Centre

Berwick Village formed a Little Athletics Centre in the mid 1980s, but in 1985/6 it reformed as a club. Berwick Village participated at the Dandenong Little Athletics Centre (38) as a club until the end of the 2000/2001 season.

In 1980’s St Margaret’s School in Berwick provided its facilities for the club to train. Due to the efforts of a series of hard working Committees the Edwin Flack Athletics facility adjacent to the Secondary College was established in the early 1990’s. For 10 years the club trained at the Leisure Centre and then the Edwin Flack track but continued to compete on Saturdays at the DLAC Centre at Robert Booth Reserve in Dandenong. The 2000/01 season coincided with the Sydney Olympics and the number of registered athletes competing for Berwick Village peaked at 150. By an overwhelming majority the members of the club voted to establish the Casey Little Athletics Centre.

Casey Little Athletics Centre was formed in 2001 and conducted its first season of competition in the 2001/2002 season at the Edwin Flack Reserve in Berwick. There were 259 athletes from Under 6 to Under 15.

It is not possible to recognise all the many dedicated Committees and athletic coaches who have provided fun, support, training and guidance to children who competed for Berwick Village Little Athletics Club for a period of 20 years. The Club has produced many Region, State and National Athletic champions and many of these achievements appear in the DLAC records lists. Last season athletes from the Centre won several medals in both track and field and cross-country. Perhaps what is more important than these outstanding athletic achievements, is the fact that the Club/Centre has provided the opportunity for over two thousand children and their families to compete in a fun and fair athletic competition, to form lifelong friendships, to develop a sense of good sportsmanship and to participate in their community.

The Committee of the Casey Little Athletics Centre wishes to thank all the families that have contributed to the Casey Centre and the former Berwick Village Little Athletics Club over the past two decades.

The summer and winter program is catering for all the needs of the children as well as the parents who either just want to have fun, maybe get fit or are striving to be Olympic champions.

We look forward to another successful year for at the Casey Little Athletics Centre for all our junior Olympic champions.