Manly Warringah Athletics is the home of athletics on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, offering opportunities for athletes across Little Athletics, Junior Athletics, Opens and Masters. We are a community-based club committed to participation, development and a lifelong connection to the sport.
Our club brings together athletes, families, coaches, officials and volunteers in a shared athletics environment. While our programs differ across age groups and stages of the sport, we are united by a common purpose: to create positive athletics experiences and help athletes grow.
Our club
Manly Warringah Athletics supports athletes from introductory participation through to junior, senior and masters athletics. For many families, the club is their first experience of the sport, while for others it is a place to continue training, competing and contributing over many years.
Our core weekly club competition and training program currently sits within our Little Athletics and Junior Athletics offering. As a One Athletics club, we are continuing to strengthen the broader structure that connects these programs with Opens and Masters athletics.
The club is built on the contribution of volunteers, coaches, officials and families who make athletics possible each week. From helping run events and training sessions to supporting athletes on competition days, community involvement is central to how the club operates.
We also value the role of partnerships in supporting the growth of athletics on the Northern Beaches. Recent steps to build stronger commercial and community relationships are part of creating a sustainable future for the club and its programs.
Our pathway
Manly Warringah Athletics offers different ways to be involved depending on age, interest and stage of development. Some athletes join to build confidence, stay active and enjoy weekly participation, while others are focused on performance, representative opportunities and long-term progression in the sport.
As athletes move through the club, the structure of competition and training changes. That is why our website now separates Get Started information from broader Athlete Information, helping families and athletes find the pathway most relevant to them.
Our history
Manly Warringah Athletics was formed through the coming together of two long-standing athletics organisations: Manly Warringah Little Athletics and Manly Warringah Athletics (Sydney Pacific). That unification created a stronger whole-of-sport club model for athletics on the Northern Beaches.
The club carries forward a long local athletics history, including earlier organisations that helped shape the sport in the Manly and Warringah area over many decades. Our current club honours that legacy while continuing to evolve to meet the needs of today’s athletes and families.
