Inner City Zone Athletics Championships
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.
Inner City Zone (ICZ) is comprised of: 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.
At each Inner City Zone, more than 100 athletes from Canterbury Athletics Club come together with oodles of club spirit. There’ll be no Friday night competition on the Friday beforehand, so to get your Little Athletics fun, register and join the fun!
Zone Championships is open to all current season athletes 7s to U20s and entry is by parent/ self nomination online through ResultsHQ. Every member applying will be given an opportunity to compete and represent Canterbury Athletics Club – but please note some events receive a high volume of interest and not all applicants will receive an offer for every event they submit for.
Nominate here
How to Enter:
Entry is by online self/ parent nomination in ResultsHQ & open for all athletes from 7-17s age groups.
- $16.25 per athlete levy, payable by credit card or PayPal online upon successful nomination.
- Every participating family is asked to complete a rostered Duty at Zone.
- Program will be similar to 2024 Zone Program. Times are subject to change on the day. Indicative program published 1 week prior on this page. The days for each event available to nominate for in resultshq are consistent with previous seasons, as the program typically does not change around too much.
- Please disregard the red highlight ‘clash’ message that appears when nominating events. All times are currently loaded as 12:00 pm as they are not yet published by the organiser, and the message appears as a warning.
Nomination via ResultsHQ where you get 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 or have not yet set a password, click the “Trouble logging in?” link to reset it.
3. Once you have logged in, you will see a “Nominations” link at the top of the page. Click on the link.
4. Click on the “Begin 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.
Ignore the listed times. Scheduling is subject to change, and will vary according to program requirements.
6. Once you click “Next”, you should see a summary of the events chosen.
7. Select your preferred Duty
8. Click “Next” to continue to the summary and then payments screen. You will need to choose the “Payment Method” to continue. There is PayPal or Credit Card.
9. Events can be edited up until the closing date. Nominations after this date can’t be taken -this is a strict closing date.
Club Submission : Canterbury Entry List
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 may be a parking option for the event. A $10 parking charge will apply.
Lining up for events
Athletes 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 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.
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.
Do not go directly to any officials.
For any event disputes, please see Canterbury Athletics Club’s Team Manager 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:
7s Age Group
- 7s athletes can compete in Zone Championships. There is no further progression beyond Zone for this group.
- Athletes who place 1st, 2nd or 3rd at Zone finals will receive medals.
8s and above Age Groups
- Athletes in the 8s and above will receive ribbons for placing in a final at Zone.
- 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.
- 8s athletes can progress to Regional Championships only. There is no further progression beyond Regionals for this group.
- 9s-15s athletes can progress beyond Zone and Regionals to State.
16s-U20s
- 16s -U20s athletes are encouraged to compete at Zone and Regionals for competition experience, team spirit and as role models.
- They will need to apply to participate at each Regionals and State Championships using official results (from competitions such as Zone and Treloar Shield). There is no automatic progression.
For relevant information on the pathway progression on the Athletics NSW site: Zone Championships
Number of events & athletes:
- A maximum of five (5) athletes from the club may be entered in most events across the 7’s-11’s age groups.
- For the 8-11s age groups, there are seven (7) spots allocated for 70m and 100m sprints, a total fourteen (14) across both genders for the 2025/26 season for Inner City Zone.
- No athlete may participate in 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 participate in 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
If you have any questions please contact championship.officer@clac.org.au
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