CA TRACK CLUB

C. A. Track Club (CATC) is a non-profit youth track and field team based in Oakland, California that serves the Bay Area's youth in competitive and recreational sports.  The club is a member of the USA Track and Field Pacific Association (USATF), as well as the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), and participates in meets locally, state-wide, and nationally.  CATC consists of about 75 student-athletes that range in age from 4-18.  CATC's goals are to encourage and help our youth to develop physically through team practices and meets, emotionally through growth and positive self-image, and socially through the development of friendships and interaction with positive adult role models.  The budgetary funds for CATC are based solely on membership dues, fundraising, and donations.

   Do you want to be stronger?  Do you want to be faster?

                      "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare" 

If you would like to join CATC Track Club contact CATC Head Coach JamalCooks  jamalcooks@aol.com

COME ONE - COME ALL

You are invited to the  2017 CA Track Club Winter Speed Camp.

Our goals are to encourage youth to develop physically through hard work, emotionally through growth and positive self-image, and socially through the development of friendships and interaction with positive adult role models.

The sessions are (rain or shine):

Camp 1- December 28-29  9:00am-10:30am

Camp 2- January     2-3     9:00am-10:30am

The Speed and Power component, from 9:00am-10:30am

Bishop O’Dowd High School -9500 Stearn Ave, Oakland, CA

Each sprint session will cover the following:

· Proper warm up drills

· Sprint Mechanics

· Breathing techniques

· Agility/Flexibility

· Plyometrics

$50 per camp

Participants need to bring athletic shoes and dress in comfortable work­out clothing.

Registration can be completed online by clicking on link (https://active.leagueone.com/Olr/Pages/Welcome.aspx?ClubId=13387) . The preferred method of payment is by credit card and/or check. Checks can be made payable to C.A. Track Club and place TRACK CAMP- Childs name in the memo line.

Practices

CATC practice will begin on January 17, 2018 at Castlemont High School in Oakland at 5:30-6:30pm. We will have a Parent Meeting from 5:30-6:00pm. Parents would be asked to sign a code of conduct. The normal days for practice are Monday, Wednesday and Friday with ages 10 and under from 6:00-7:00 and everyone else from 5:30-7:00pm. 

Schedule

The schedule will be posted on the website soon at www.catrackclub1.com. For the most part we will compete every other week. The meet venues include Sacramento, El Sobrante, Pleasant Hill, Dublin, and Union City. This summer we will participate in the Sub Bantam Championship (the end of the season for 10 and under athletes), AAU West Coast Championship in Tulare, AAU West Coast Championship in Reno, and possibly, the AAU Junior Olympics. I ask that you check your schedules when the season begins and let me know, in an email, that you are not attending certain meets.  We have to send entries into the track meets 2 weeks in advance and we do not want to throw away money for entry fees. 

Fees

2018 Registration will be OPEN on November 15, 2017. 

The link - https://active.leagueone.com/Olr/Pages/Welcome.aspx?ClubId=13387

This can also be found on our website www.catrackclub1.com on the 2018 Track Season Registration tab.

 

The fee for CATC participation is $400, which includes association fees, facility fees, equipment, and team meets. If you do early registeration by December 15, 2017, you will recieve $25 discount. Uniform Package will be separately purchased/ordered by each team member. Mandatory uniform packagae is the team shirt and shorts -cost is no more than $50. The CATC Sweatsuit, Pullover Sweatshirt, and hats are ALL optional purchases and prices soon to come.

 

Half of registration cost shoud be paid on or before the first day of practice by January 17,2018. The second and FINAL payment is due on or before February 17,2018. There will be a late fee of $25 accessed if registration is not complete and paid in full by February 17, 2018. Payments can be made by credit card online or checks at Friday practices. All checks are payable to CA Track Club.

* There is a payment plan option available if needed 25% at time of registration, 50% due Jan 17, 2018 and final payment due February 17, 2018.  

 Fundraisers

CATC has a number of fundraisers for the season which include:

Jog A Thon (TBA), CATC Wine-and –Cheese Social (TBA), and the 12th Annual CATC Track Meet (4/14).

We are asking each athlete raise a minimum, of $100 for our Annual CATC Jog-A-Thon. It will occur during the regular practice time. Friends and family can pledge per lap or make flat donations to the student athlete. All money for the event must be turned in TBA at practice (more information will follow closer to the date). The CATC Social is at the house of a former parent. We ask that families invite at least one family member, co-worker, or millionaire friend who will hopefully make a donation to the team.

Finally, the CATC Track Meet is on April 14. Every family member must have at least 2 volunteers to represent their families to work at the meet. In the event the family is not represented at all, there will be a $100 fee attached to your athlete account. For the last few years, we have the largest 1 day youth meet in Northern California. In order to conduct a quality meet, we need at least 50 volunteers to put on the meet.

How you can help CATC

- We need as many photographers as possible for the meets. We ask that if you take pictures at any meet, please forward them to Pam Terrell so she can post on the website. You can forward via email or simple give her a disk or flash drive.

- CATC needs someone to organize the snacks for meets. This person will need a count of the number of kids attending the meet, buy food/snacks the night before, and make sure that kids get sandwiches, fruit, and water mid-day. This can also be a team of parents.

- We need a videographer to record meets, edit, and put on our YouTube channel.

2018 Registration is NOW OPEN !!!!!!!!!

PLEASE COMPLETE REGISTRATION - If you are paying by check and/or cash, please choose the check pymt option in order to complete the registration process. Cash/Check payments should be given directly to me. If you are paying by cash, please choose the check option online in order to complete the registration. When I receive the pymt, I will update the pymt in the system. Also, please make sure you add the uniform sizes at time of registration. We will use this information to purchase 2017 CATC uniforms.  

The fee for CATC is $400. The fee for CATC participation is $400, which includes association fees, facility fees, equipment, and team meets. If you do early registration by December 15, 2017, you will recieve $25 discount. 

Uniform Package will be separately purchased/ordered by each team member. Mandatory uniform packagae is the team shirt and shorts-$34. The CATC Sweatsuit, Pullover Sweatshirt, and hats ALL  optional purchases. Uniforms should be purchased by February 28, 2018

Link provided: http://www.eastbayteamshop.com/Flyer/71b92455-9c46-48f7-8813-cc22aeb1ed92

Half of registration cost is due on or before the first day of practice by January 17,2018($200). The second and FINAL payment is due on or before February 17,2017. There will be a late fee of $25 accessed if registration is not complete and paid in full by February 17, 2018. Payments can be made by credit card online or checks at Friday practices. All checks are payable to CA Track Club.  * There is a payment plan option available if needed 25% at time of registration($100), 50% due Jan 17, 2018 and final payment due February 17, 2018. 

If you are registering early and paying by check, please register online and mail your $100 deposit by December 15,2017. Please mail payments to

CATC

3525 69th Avenue Oakland, CA 94605

All checks are payable to CA Track Club *please include child’s name on memo line  

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Although the team fees do not cover all of the costs per athlete, we have a number of fundraisers that help offset the costs. *

If you are having problems with online registration please feel free to contact me at 510.914.5679 or by email mom2lexy@aol.com

Practice will be at Castlemont on M/W/ F

-10 and under 6-7pm 

-11 and up 5:30-7:00pm

-Hurdlers and fields events will begin at 5:30 in March