Whittlesea City Little Athletics Centre is preparing for one of its biggest years, on and off the track.
The centre, which recorded some of its best-ever results last season at local and state level, are hoping the Olympics and Paralympics will inspire the next generations of athletes to join.
Olympians Brooke Stratton and Eleanor Patterson visited the centre last year to talk to and give hints to the athletes.
While the athletes will be looking forward to summer track and field events, a long-awaited major upgrade to the Meadowglen International Athletics Stadium is about to begin.
Works, which include resurfacing the track, will start in October.
And they are not expected to be completed until late February next year.
The centre management is hoping the stadium will be ready for the club to host championships in March.
Athletes will train at Meadowglen until the end of this month.
After this, each club will organise its own training location pending the upgrades.
Weekly competitions will be held at Greensborough’s Willinda Park track on Sunday afternoons while the stadium is out of action.
Registrations for this season are open now, and can be completed online.
Details: whittleseacity@lavic.com.au .
