AGE GROUPS AND ELIGIBILITY

Event ages that will be contested: U12, U14, U16, U18, U20, OPEN, 30-80+ Masters (5-year age groups). These will also be open to participants wishing to represent their Little Athletics club granted they hold a Dual membership. If you are a Little Athletics NSW member wishing to compete, please visit our memberships page to upgrade HERE.  Please note, you will have to select a ANSW club during this process so make sure you fill in your Little Athletics club within this entry to represent them.

Entry fee into this event will be the standardised championship cost of $25.

COMPETITION

Timing Chips: The event will be timed via a corresponding timing chip placed on the back of the competition bib, to be worn on the front of the athlete's top. This timing chip is valid only for this event, and may be discarded once the athlete has completed their race.

Uniform: All athletes must wear their Athletics NSW affiliated club uniform. All athletes will be provided their competition numbers on the day, complete with timing chip.

Results: All results queries must be subitted to Athletics NSW via email (competitions@nswathletics.org.au) within 72 hours of the final event of the event. All queries submitted after this time will not be received.

EVENT DISTANCES

• 2km: U12 Male/Female
• 3km: U14 & Para Athletes Male/Female
• 4km: U16 Male/Female & U18 Female 
• 6km: U18 Male, U20, 70+ Years Male & Female
• 8km: U20 Male, 30-69 Years Male & Female
• 10km: Open

These distances are being run in conjunction with the National Cross Country Championship. Please familiarise yourself with the nationals selection criteria HERE for clarification on your age group.

please note: An U12 age group is offered at this event though there is no pathway to nationals.

All age groups are run by Athletics NSW Age Group Determination dates, meaning that the age the athlete turns by 31 December 2021, is the "under" age group they fall into.

E.g. an athlete turning 12 or turning 13 years old in 2021, will be running in the U14 age group.