Schools Cross-Country Program
Newstead Athletics is excited to announce that we will once again run our school cross-country series and invite all students and schools to participate.
Cross Country events provide an inclusive and social environment for everyone to improve their physical fitness, whether as a sole sport or in addition to other sports. In addition, the series provides a great opportunity for athletes preparing for the Launceston Running Festival and school, regional and state cross country events.
Students can represent their school either individually or as a team over several cross-country races. Events are open to all grades, both primary and secondary up to grade 12, regardless of ability. Students earn points through participating in races throughout the series, with medals awarded at the end of the series to the highest scoring male and female individuals and teams in each age group.
The series consists of six races, conducted on Saturdays from 1pm: Details will appear here once finalised.
27/4 – Week 1 – Carrick Park
4/5 – Week 2 – Hadspen
11/5 – Week 3 – Scotch Oakburn Park
18/5 – Week 4 – Hagley Farm School
25/5 – Week 5 – Heritage Forest
8/6 – Week 5 – Trevallyn Reserve
The first event at Carrick Park Pacing Club includes our yearly Northern All Schools Competition, with medals awarded to the first 3 athletes in each age group on the day. After the final event, medal and trophy presentations will be made to the highest scoring teams and individual
Program guidelines
REGISTRATION
Registrations are welcome at any stage during the series. Individual Registration is a flat price of $15 per student.
Whilst online registrations are preferred on the day registrations will be accepted.
School team or bulk registrations can be completed using the bulk entry forms below. Primary teams are formed in groups of up to 5 runners and secondary teams up to 3 and can be made up of mixed age groups from within the Primary and Secondary Divisions. We encourage teams to provide a team name.
Primary teams | Secondary teams
Nominated teams should be provided by Round 2. Newstead Athletics will invoice schools for bulk registrations at the end of the series.
DIVISIONS AND DISTANCES
All races are of the following distances:
- Primary races (Under 7, Under 9, Under 11 & Under 13): 1.5km
- Secondary races (Under 15, Under 17 & Under 20): 3km
- Except for Round 1 at the Northern All Schools, where a 1km race is held for Under 7 and Under 9 age groups.
All age groups are based on age as of December 31st:
Under 20 – born 2005 to 2007
Under 17 – born 2008 or 2009
Under 15 – born 2010 or 2011
Under 13 – born 2012 or 2013
Under 11 – born 2014 or 2015
Under 9 – born 2016 or 2017
Under 7 – born 2018 or 2019
ON THE DAY
Races will start at 1pm, a race briefing will be held 5 to 10 minutes before the start of the races. Primary events (1.5km) will be held before the Secondary races (3km).
Details on the courses and getting to each event can be found in the calendar below or on the Newstead Athletics Cross Country page.
Runners are encouraged to wear their school sport uniform and arrive in time to collect their finish line tag, listen to the race briefing and warm up for the event.
The finish line tag must be carried with the athlete and presented to the finish line recorder after completing the event. Students representing their school team should wear their school sports attire.
Any pre-event communications will be published via our Facebook page or emailed to participants if possible.
RESULTS, COMPETITION & AWARDS:
RESULTS
Weekly and series results will be made available as soon as possible after each event and the conclusion of the series.
Available results can be accessed here: School Series Results
NORTHERN ALL SCHOOLS
The Northern All Schools competition is held as part of the opening School Series round at Carrick Park Pacing Club. The 3 fastest male and female runners in each age groups will be presented with medals on the day.
Northern All Schools records can be accessed here: Northern All Schools Records
INDIVIDUAL, TEAM AND SCHOOL COMPETITION
For Individual and Team competitions points are awarded to each runner: 1st place receiving 20 points, 2nd 19 and 3rd 18 and so on. Runners outside of the top 10 places will receive 10 points.
Medals are awarded at the conclusion of the season to the three highest scoring male and female individuals in each age group and Primary and Secondary teams.
For the Schools competition, the top 10 Primary and 5 Secondary performers from an individual school will score points, with the highest scoring school being awarded a perpetual trophy at the end of the series.
AWARD PRESENTATION
Presentation of Team, School and Individual awards will be made at the conclusion of the final race.