The Victorian Milers Club was founded in 2005 and runs a series of middle distance meets in Melbourne each year. The club is modelled on the British Milers Club. Most meets are granted a World Athletics F permit by Australian Athletics for the A & B races, which allows performances to count towards qualification to competitions, including the World Athletics Read more…
The Stawell Gift is Australia’s oldest athletics event, highlighted by 120m gift races for men and women taking place annually on Easter Monday. The event features handicapped races from 70m to 3200m. The main 120m Gift heats are traditionally conducted on Easter Saturday, with the semi-final and final held on Easter Monday. The winning male and female athletes each take Read more…
The Australian Athletics Championships will be held in Sydney from 9-12 April 2026. The meet accrues Category A points for World Athletics Rankings in the open events. Entry to the meet is open to athletes who better the qualifying standard set annually by Athletics Australia. The 2026 Australian Championships will be the 103rd edition of the event, which dates back 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…