The Australian All Schools Championships are held in December each year and will be held in Melbourne in 2025. The Australian All Schools Championships currently features events in age groups from Under 14 to Under 18. The meet dates back to 1976. Competitors are chosen to compete for their state by their state athletics association, usually based on results from Read more…
The Zatopek:10 is an annual high performance meet in Melbourne, which features elite 10,000m races. The 10,000m races has traditionally incorporated the Australian Championship for the distance. The 2025 edition will be the 65th running of the meet, which is named in honour of Czech distance running icon Emil Zatopek. Zatopek won five Olympic gold medals over 5000m, 10000m and Read more…
The Albie Thomas Mile was established in 2014 and named after the late Albie Thomas, who was a world record holder in the 2-miles and 3-miles in the 1950s and the first person to run a sub-four minute mile in NSW. The meet has incorporated the Australian Mile Championships and is conducted by Bankstown Sports Athletics Club, with the assistance Read more…
Makepeace Oval is a grass athletics track that is located in Fairfield in Sydney’s western suburbs. The track has long straights approximately 100m long, with tight bends to fit within the venue’s footprint. There are three synthetic long jump runways on its infield, while all throws facilities are external to the track, behind the back straight. Amenities at the venue Read more…
Janice Crosio Oval is located within Rosford Street Reserve in Smithfield, in Sydney’s western suburbs. The oval features a grass athletics track, with synthetic long jump runways. There is a separate 8 lane sprint straight on the outside of the 8 lanes of the circular track. The venue was named in 1995 after Janice Crosio AM MBE, the former Mayor Read more…
The Crest is located in Bass Hill and is managed by Canterbury Bankstown Council. The venue was originally a grass track before being resurfaced with Rekortan in the late 1990s. The track is open for training from 5:30pm to 9pm Monday to Thursday. In recent years the venue has hosted the Albie Thomas Mile, which in 2018, 2019 and 2024 Read more…