The NSW Open Championships date back to 1888 and are the oldest athletics championship event in Australia. Women’s state championshis were first held in 1926, and then regularly from 1932 under the auspices of the NSW Women’s Athletics Association. The Little Athletics NSW State Championships, for athletes in the U9 to U12s age groups, are held concurrently with the meet. Read more…
The Victorian Track & Field Championships have been held since 1891. The meet has incorporated both male and female genders since 1983. Prior to this time, separate men’s and women’s championships were conducted. The meet is conducted by Athletics Victoria in Open and U20 categories and accrues World Athletics Category E ranking points in the opens. Read more…
The Maurie Plant Meet – Melbourne is the premier invitational high performance athletics meet annually held in Melbourne. The meet is a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet which accrues Category A points for World Athletics Rankings. As a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet, the Melbourne Track Classic is the most prestigious one-day meet in Australia. This includes: A Read more…
Cornucopia Reserve is a grass athletics track located in the western Sydney suburb of Glenwood. The sportsfield is used by athletics and softball during summer and rugby league during winter. The venue is managed by Blacktown City Council. Read more…
Peel Reserve is a grass athletics track located in the suburb of The Ponds, in the Blacktown area of Sydney. The track is a unique configuration within a baseball field, with the straights perpendicular to the pitchers mound and home plate. Synthetic long jump runways are located in the foul area between third base and home plate, while the throwing Read more…
Blacktown International Sports Park Athletics Centre was opened in 2000 as a training venue for international teams prior to the Olympic Games. The track is a Mondo surface – the only in NSW – and is managed by Blacktown Sports Park, on behalf of Blacktown Council. It was last resurfaced in 2023, with the colour changing from red to the Read more…