The NSW Junior Championships are conducted in age groups from Under 13 through to Under 20 are is the pinnacle state event for junior athletes, with athletes from Little Athletics Centres and Athletics NSW Clubs eligible to compete. Competition is conducted in two-year age brackets, with athletes needing to be under the relevant age at 31 December in the year Read more…
The Adelaide Invitational is a World Athletics Continental Tour – Challenger meet accrues Category D ranking points for World Athletics Rankings. The one-day meet has been held annually since 2022 as part of Australian Athletics’s high performance circuit. Prior to this, Adelaide had regularly held similar meets through to the 2014 season. The event is conducted by Australian Athletics. 2026 Read more…
The NSW Open Championships date back to 1888 and are the oldest athletics championship event in Australia. Women’s state championshis were first held in 1926, and then regularly from 1932 under the auspices of the NSW Women’s Athletics Association. The Little Athletics NSW State Championships, for athletes in the U9 to U12s age groups, are held concurrently with the meet. 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…
