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…
The inaugural hosting of a joint event as athletics in Australia moves towards unity: April 12 – 14, 2026 – Australian Little Athletics Championships (ALAC) April 15 – 20, 2026 – Australian Athletics Junior Championships (AAJC) For the first time, Australian Athletics (AA) and Little Athletics Australia (LAA) will align their premier junior events, creating a unified celebration of the Read more…
The Campbelltown Athletics Centre was built in 1999 as a training track for international teams prior to the 2000 Olympic Games. It replaced a grass athletics track that was marked on the adjacent Campbelltown Stadium, predominantly used for rugby league, which hosted regional Little Athletics competition. The track hosted two editions of the Telstra A-series, in 2002 and 2003, when Read more…
The Narellan Sports Hub is located 60km south-west of the Sydney CBD and features a synthetic athletics track that opened in 2022. The track is the newest synthetic track in Australia and the 12th full size synthetic track in Sydney. The track was laid as part of a $19.6m development of a sports hub which includes 14 netball courts, an Read more…
