The Victorian Milers Club was founded in 2005 and runs a series of middle distance meets in Melbourne each year. The club is modelled on the British Milers Club. Most meets are granted a World Athletics F permit by Australian Athletics for the A & B races, which allows performances to count towards qualification to competitions, including the World Athletics Read more…
The second edition of the Australian Short Track Championships will be held at Lakeside Stadium. The inaugural edition was held at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre in 2024. Short track is the new name for what was previously called Indoor athletics by World Athletics. Taking advantage of the change of definition the Australian Short Track Championships are run outdoors, as Read more…
The Victorian Junior Track & Field Championships (Under 14 to Under 18) is conducted in single year age groups, with athletes needing to be under the age at 31 December in the year of the competition. The event is conducted by Athletics Victoria and is only open to Athletics Victoria members (and athletes with equivalent membership in other state jurisdictions). Read more…
Jack Cook Memorial Park is located in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong and features a grass track. An athletics track has existed at the venue since at least 1918 and was previously known as Heroes Park until being renamed in 1984. A Little Athletics Centre was formed at the venue in 1982. The venue has a synthetic long jump runway Read more…
The UQ Sport Athletics Centre is located at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus. The venue was opened in 1998. The track was last resurfaced in 2011, following damage caused by flooding. The venue is currently closed for resurfacing, until May 2023. To fully accommodate a rugby field, the only field event facilities within the track perimeter are the Read more…
A new stadium is set to be built to host the athletics for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games, located in Victoria Park. Announced by the Queensland Government on 25 March following a 100 day review undertaken by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority the new stadium replaces prior plans that the Games would be held at a refurbished Queensland Read more…