Inner City Zone Championships
The Inner City Zone Championships will take place on Saturday 30 November and Sunday 1 December 2024 at ES Marks Athletics Field, Moore Park – Enter via Boronia Street, Kensington.
Zone Championships are conducted in each of the 24 Zones throughout NSW. Canterbury is in Region 8’s Inner City Zone along with Eastern Suburbs, South Eastern, Randwick-Botany, Balmain, Inner West and Tiger Wests.
New as part of the Athletics NSW partnership, Randwick Botany Harriers, Run Crew, Sydney University Athletics Club, The Scots College, Trinity Athletics Club, Wests Track & Field, Athletics East, South Sydney Senior, Sydney Striders Road Runners and University of NSW will also participate.
There’s a great atmosphere and it’s an exciting event to be part of. Join the fun, represent Team Canterbury and compete on a synthetic track. Any questions about the comp can be asked in the CLAC 2024-25 Season chat on WhatsApp.
Inner City 2024 Zone Program Updated 27 Nov
Family Duty Sign Up
Live Program Results & Start Lists (Athletes confirmed in each event)
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 volunteer slot/s. If required, Volunteer Manager will then assign any remaining spots requiring to be filled. If you cannot make your allocated session, it is your 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 and Acting President of Canterbury Athletics Ljiljana Sentas on the day. Please 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.
- Canterbury Athletics blue singlet or crop top
- Plain black (above the knee) or Canterbury shorts
- Age Patch on their left side of the chest or on their left short (not shoulder which can be difficult to see)
- Coles patch on their right side of the chest
- Current season registration bib number centred on front
- Limited Coles and Age Patch numbers will be available at Zone from the Canterbury area, if required
Progression:
- 7s athletes can compete in their Zone Championships. This is purely participatory and there is no further progression. Medals will be awarded to this group for overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd place getters.
- 8s-15s (born 2016 – 2010) 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.
- 16s & 17s (born 2008 & 2009) 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
More information on Zone Championships
- All registered 7s- 17s (born 2018 – 2008) Canterbury Athletes are eligible to compete.
- Event entry for Zone is by parent/ self nomination through ResultsHQ. (Athletes are not pre-selected)
- Scroll down to the HART Zone Championships banner for instructions on how to nominate.
- Parents/Carers of all competing athletes MUST undertake a rostered duty at 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.
Per Athletics NSW 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
How to Enter:
Please note: Zone Championship Entry is by online self/ parent athlete nomination only.
Canterbury Athletics Club Zone self/ parent nomination entries closed midnight 4 November 2024.
Zone Championships is open to all athletes from the 7-17s (born 2018 – 2008) age groups.
- There will be a $15 per athlete levy (plus nominal administration fee) that is payable by credit card when you submit your online nomination. This contributes toward the cost of hiring of the venue and other associated costs.
- The parents of all athletes competing 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 our 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.
- All program timings are subject to change. Indicative times will be available 1-week prior to the event.
Instructions to nominate your child/ self:
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
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