About Us >> Centre Uniform

All athletes competing in Little Athletics events are required to wear the correct centre uniform. At SALAA competitions, athletes who are not in the correct uniform will not be able to compete.

The competition uniform is:

Top

All athletes are required to wear the centre t-shirt when competing.
The t-shirt must have the registration number and age group tag correctly attached (see diagram below).
All sponsors logos must be visible. No track-suit badges may be attached to the t-shirt.

Note Regarding New T-Shirt design -

In 2007-08 a new design of top will be introduced. It is not mandatory to have a shirt of this design till the 2009-10 season. The old style tops can still e work for a changeover period of 2 seasons.

Shorts

Athletes must wear plain black shorts, sports briefs or 'two way stretch above the knee' bike shorts.
There cannot be any logos on the shorts, and all shorts must be 'above the knee' in length.
'Skins' type shorts are NOT PERMITTED.

Shoes and Socks

All athletes must wear appropriate shoes when competing.
A good running style shoe is recommended.
Athletes must wear white socks.
Athletes in the Under 12 to Under 17 age groups may wear spiked running shoes in laned running events, the javelin, long, triple and high jumps.
Spikes must be needle spikes and no longer than 7mm.

For general information about footwear for athletes try some of these links:

Tracksuit

We recommend that all athletes have a tracksuit they can put on between events as the Hallett Cove oval can get quite cold on a Friday night!