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…
Keith Beavis Oval is located in the Brisbane suburb of Windsor and features a grass track. The oval is contained within Windsor Park. The eight lane track is marked for most of the year. There are synthetic long jump runways and a synthetic high jump fan external to the first bend of the track. A discus circle is located on Read more…
A new stadium is set to be built to host the athletics for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games, located in Victoria Park. Announced by the Queensland Government on 25 March following a 100 day review undertaken by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority the new stadium replaces prior plans that the Games would be held at a refurbished Queensland Read more…
Paul O’Brien Oval is located in the Brisbane suburb of Geebung and features a grass athletics track with synthetic field event facilities. The venue was named in 1999 after Paul O’Brien OAM, a former Chief Legal Officer of the Brisbane City Council, who was instrumental in the development and success of the local Little Athletics centre and athletics club that Read more…
