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…
CV Kelly Park is located in Girraween in Sydney’s western suburbs. The track is named after Charles Vincent Kelly, a farmer who previously owned the lands upon which the ground stands. The grounds have been used for rugby league for approximately 70 years, and for athletics for the last 30 years. The ground is owned by Cumberland City Council and Read more…
Janice Crosio Oval is located within Rosford Street Reserve in Smithfield, in Sydney’s western suburbs. The oval features a grass athletics track, with synthetic long jump runways. There is a separate 8 lane sprint straight on the outside of the 8 lanes of the circular track. The venue was named in 1995 after Janice Crosio AM MBE, the former Mayor Read more…
Gooden Drive Reserve is a grass athletics track located in the Hills District of Sydney. The circular track includes four straights in a rectangular configuration, with four curved corners. Internal to the circular track are three straight sprint tracks, one with ten lanes and two with six lanes. The long jump pits have synthetic grass runways. Gooden Drive Reserve is Read more…