Inner City Zone Athletics Championships
Look to the sea of blue at Inner City Zone Championships, and you’ll find our proud Canterbury Athletics Club athletes.
The Inner City Zone Championships will take place on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 December 2025 at ES Marks Athletics Field, Moore Park – Enter via Boronia Street, Kensington.
Zone Championships is open to all athletes from 7s and above. There are limits on the number of athletes from each club who can compete in each event, and limits to the number of events that each athlete can compete in. The Club will try to give as many athletes a chance to compete as possible.
There are seven clubs in the Inner City Zone (ICZ): Balmain, Canterbury, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Randwick Botany, South Eastern and Tigers West. Clubs compete at Zone Championships in late November or early December, usually at E.S. Marks. The event takes place over two days on a Saturday and Sunday.
There’s a great atmosphere and it’s an exciting event to be part of. Join the fun!
How to Enter:
Please note: Zone Championship Entry is by online self/ parent athlete nomination.
Canterbury Athletics Club Zone nomination entries close midnight Day XX November 2025.
Zone Championships is open to all athletes from the 7-17s age groups.
- $20 per athlete levy payable when online nominations are submitted. This contributes toward the cost of hiring of the venue and other associated costs.
- Families must commit to undertaking a rostered duty (approx. 2 hours) at the Zone Championship. Zone is a huge program and the events simply cannot run without the help of the community.
- Please disregard the red highlight ‘clash’ message that appears when nominating. This is shown as a warning due to event time clash, as all times are currently loaded as 12:00 pm as they are not yet known.
- Program timings are subject to change. Indicative times will be available 1-week prior to the event.
Instructions to nominate:
Nomination is via the ResultsHQ site where you get your weekly results and PBs.
1. Click on the “Family Log In” button on the right side of this Canterbury Athletics Club website.
2. Log in using the email address you provided when registering your child with Athletics NSW as the username.
If you are unsure of your password, click the “Forgotten your password?” link to reset it. If you don’t know which email address you used or can not see all registered athletes from your family when you log in, please email registrar@clac.org.au
3. Once you have logged in, you will see a “Nominations” link at the top of the page. Click on this link.
4. Click on the “Begin 4. Nomination” button to nominate events for the “Zone Championships”.
5. Each child will now have a list of available events, with the date that the event is scheduled for. You can now nominate for the events your child wishes to compete in. Keep in mind that there are limits to how many you can nominate for, which varies depending on the age group. This limit is shown next to your child’s name. If you choose too many events, you will not be able to continue until you have removed any extras.
Please ignore the times listed next to events. Scheduling is subject to change during the course of the two days, and will vary according to program requirements.
6. Once you click “Next”, you should see a summary of the events chosen.
7.Click “Next” to continue to the summary and then payments screen. You will need to choose the “Payment Method” to continue.
8. Events can be edited up until the closing date. Nominations after this date can’t be taken – this is a strict closing date.
If you have any questions please contact championship.officer@clac.org.au
2024 Draft submissions: Canterbury Entry List
See Live Program Results link for final.
NT= No Time, ND = No Distance, NH = No Height submitted. Entries are based on Club nominations.
On the Day
Getting There
Entry to E.S. Marks Athletics Field is off Boronia St, off Anzac Parade.
E.S. Marks Athletics Field is well served by public transport. For more information on public transport click here.
Randwick Racecourse has been confirmed as a parking option for the event. A $10 parking charge applies.
Lining up for events
Kids must be at the call room 15 minutes before their scheduled track event time and 10 minutes prior for field events. Generally, no announcements will be made. Refer to the yellow highlighted Zone Program for the program and start times.
As a parent/carer it is your responsibility to ensure your child gets to marshalling area on time. You are less likely to miss a call if you are sitting in the Canterbury seating area.
Family Duty
Every family with a child participating at Zone is expected to complete a duty at the event.
An online roster will be set up to help coordinating the duties.
It is a condition of Zone Championships entry that each family with a competitor assists on one of the days. This is in addition to any regular Friday night competition duties, and does not count toward Bond duty fulfilment.
Families will be offered the opportunity to sign up to their preferred Duty slot. If required, the Volunteer Manager will then assign any remaining spots requiring to be filled. If families cannot make your allocated session, it is their responsibility to find someone who can fill it. No-shows may impact future opportunities with Canterbury Athletics Club and result in forfeiting Bond refund for the season.
Team Manager
For any event disputes, please see Team Manager for Canterbury Athletics Club on the day. Do not go directly to the officials.
Full Club uniform must be worn
Athletes must wear full club uniform with correct patch placement, or athletes may be disqualified.
Recognition & Progression:
Junior Athletics
- 7s athletes can compete in Zone Championships. This is purely participatory and there is no further progression.
- 7s athletes who place 1st, 2nd or 3rd at Zone receive medals, while all other age groups receive ribbons for placing or making the final.
- 8s-15s can qualify to progress from Zone to Regional Championships. The first 3-6 athletes from each Zone will progress to Regionals, plus the next best 4 performances across the region.
- 7s athletes that competed at Zone do not progress to the Regional competition. 8s athletes compete at the Region Championships only, ie they do not progress to State Championships.
Senior Athletics
- 16s & 17s athletes are eligible to compete at Zone and Regionals for competition experience.
For relevant information on the pathway progression on the Athletics NSW site: Zone Championships
Note for 7s to 11s athletes
We anticipate an over-subscription of entries in some events. Where more athletes apply than available places, selection will be at the discretion of the Canterbury Athletics Club Committee (considering amongst other things athlete ranking, consistency of performance, volunteer participation and attendance at Club competitions). The Committee will try its best to find an event for any interested athlete.
Regarding number of events & athletes:
- A maximum of four (4) athletes from each Centre/Club (or a greater number at the discretion of the
zone) may be entered in each event in the 7’s-11’s age groups and no athlete may contest more than
four (4) events, excluding relays. - In the 12’s- 17’s (U18), there are no restrictions on the number of athletes a Centre/Club may enter in
an event; however, no athlete may contest more than six (6) events, excluding relays - For Para events, athletes in the 9’s/10’s age group may compete in a maximum of four (4) events;
athletes in the 11-12’s may compete in a maximum of five (5) events; and athletes in the 13-14’s (u15)
and 15’s-17’s (U18) may compete in a maximum of six (6) events
.