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 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…
