The NSW Junior Championships are conducted in age groups from Under 13 through to Under 20 are is the pinnacle state event for junior athletes, with athletes from Little Athletics Centres and Athletics NSW Clubs eligible to compete. Competition is conducted in two-year age brackets, with athletes needing to be under the relevant age at 31 December in the year Read more…
The Adelaide Invitational is a World Athletics Continental Tour – Challenger meet accrues Category D ranking points for World Athletics Rankings. The one-day meet has been held annually since 2022 as part of Australian Athletics’s high performance circuit. Prior to this, Adelaide had regularly held similar meets through to the 2014 season. The event is conducted by Australian Athletics. 2026 Read more…
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 Peter Hannan Athletics Oval within Pizzey Park is a beautiful grass track located on the Gold Coast. The track is part of the larger park complex which is just a short drive (or longer run) from the beach. The venue features synthetic long jump runways. The track is named after Peter Hannan, a longtime track and field coach, who Read more…
The Somerset Sports Precinct Athletics Track is located at Somerset College, a private school on the Gold Coast. The track was laid in 2022 and is a blue Herculan SR Sprint surface. The venue’s long jump pits are located on an adjacent field, behind the back straight, and are a red synthetic surface. The track is a World Athletics Class Read more…
The Brian Johnston Athletics Track is located in Ashmore on the Gold Coast. The venue features a well maintained grass track, with black Mondo long jump runways. The venue was named in 2010 in memory of Brian Johnston, who was a founding member of the local Little Athletics centre and dedicated over three decades of voluntary work to the sport. Read more…