There was quite a bit of discussion over the weekend at the Athletics NSW Junior Championships about how lane draws work.
This is what the official rules of competition stated:
2.11.2 For events between 100m to 800m inclusive, using 9 lanes, lanes will be drawn as follows:
In the first...
Looking at the qualifcation information to make the NSW team (National Track And Field Championships) it does not seem like Athletics NSW consider Little Athletics to be a suitable competition for qualification purposes :(
QUALIFICATION TO THE TEAM
To qualify to compete for NSW in the...
The ACT & NSW Combined Events Championships will be held at Woden Athletics Park in Canberra on the 15-16th January.
In conjunction with this championship event, AACT will be holding an "All Comers" meet offering both sprint and long hurdles (including 200m hurdles!) events.
NSW Combined...
I've contacted the Competitions manager at Athletics NSW and he clarified that it does not matter if hurdles specifications change on Jan 1st - a top 3 result at All Schools will qualify you for the NSW team to compete at Nationals at the new specification, which is great.
For example: a 13yo...
There is apparently a global shortage of athletics spikes and competition shoes which is causing supply problems in Australia right now - so I thought it would be good to identify where people can look to buy shoes to compete in.
I have previously purchased Nike sprint spikes for my son at our...
Updated version attached to first post, changes:
Ablie Thomas mile on 18th Dec has been cancelled
Bankstown Milers meet on 18th Dec has been added with 100m, 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles
Athletics NSW All Comers meet on 18th Dec has been added with 100m, 200m and sprint hurdles
Athletics NSW have scheduled an Athletics NSW All Comers event on the 18th December at SOPAC warmup track, which includes sprint hurdles.
https://www.nswathletics.org.au/events/123717/
Note that the Albie Thomas Mile has been cancelled - but Bankstown Sports Athletics Club is running the first of their "Milers Series" interclub meets commencing on the 18th Dec instead - which will retain the 400m hurdles as a supporting event.
See announcement about the ATM here:
NSW Milers...
Updated version, changes:
Illawarra Blue Stars - An Afternoon of Sprints event on 5 Dec 2021 has been cancelled
Albie Thomas Mile confirmed for 18 Dec 2021 with 100m, 200m, 400m and 400m hurdles
The Albie Thomas Mile at The Crest Athletics Track on 18 Dec 2021, has 400m hurdles in 76.2cm, 84cm & 91.4cm specs.
https://www.nswathletics.org.au/events/117343/
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