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…
The Fearnley Dawes Athletic Track is located in Newcastle. The venue was opened in 1954 and originally called the Newcastle Athletics Field, until it was renamed in 2017 following the venue’s resurfacing. The track is named after Paralympic wheelchair athletes Kurt Fearnley and Christie Dawes. The track is a six lane blue Reckotan surface and features an additional seventh lane, Read more…
Alder Park is a seasonal grass track located in the Newcastle suburb of New Lambton. The venue is a public park that is marked with an athletics track from October to March. It was first used as an athletics track in 1993. The track consists of a 400m oval with a separate 110m sprint track, three long jump pits, three Read more…
