Overview

There are two broad seasons within the athletics calendar, being the summer season and the winter season.  The summer season runs from September though to March / April and the winter season runs from April through August.

The competition opportunities available to our athletes depends on the type of membership.  

• Little athletes and Junior athletes with a Category A membership, have the opportunity to participate in weekly club competitions during the summer season. These competitions are operated by Manly Warringah for the benefit of Manly Warringah athletes.  Further details on these competitions are set out below. In addition, subject to selection requirements which you can read here, Little and Junior athletes in the 7s age group and above have the opportunity to represent Manly Warringah at NSW Athletics operated events, which may include Zone Championships, Region Championships, State Championships and State Relays.  These athletes are also provided with the opportuinty attend Manly Warringah training sessions during the week, which are conducted on Monday and Wednesday evenings during the summer season.
• Open athletes, Masters athletes, Junior athletes (Category A and Category B memberships) and Little athletes have the opportunity throughout the year to participate in both summer and winter competitions. These events are conducted by NSW Athletics. The summer season consists of the Treloar Shield, High Veloicty meets, Specialist meets, State and National Championships.  The winter season consists of track and field meets, cross country, road races, marathons and road walks. 

Little and Junior Weekly Competitions

For Little athletes and Junior athletes (Membership Category A), usual weekend competition is run at the Sydney Academy of Sport, Wakehurst Parkway, Narrabeen on Saturday mornings from 8 am (with the occasional Friday night twilight session). Competition finishes before midday at the beginning of the season while the athletes acclimatise to a new season, and usually finishes between 10:30am and 11:30am later in the season.

The main program of events begins at 8:00am. However, events such as the 1500 metre run, race walks and 200/300 metre hurdles are held closer to 7.30am.

Each age group is run by an Age Manager who controls and leads the group from event to event and supervises their competition. The Age Manager is assisted by a team of parent helpers to assist in the running of the competition. Athletes compete against each other in a variety of events on each competition day. The running events are divided into heats where the athletes are graded by ability by the Age Manager on a weekly basis.

to ensure the success of these competitions, families are asked to assist by volunteering the centre on four occasions across the season (two before Christmas and two after Christmas). This is separate to assisting your child's age group/age manager. 

Following children around at competition

Only those parents that are signed on to perform a duty are allowed within the competition area (including helping the Age Manager). If you are signed on to perform a duty then you must perform the duty that you are signed on to do. It is not a “free pass” inside the competition area. The children can be watched from outside the competition area (i.e. behind the fence or outside of throwing areas) by their parents. If you are keen to be with your child during competition then please sign on as an Age Manager helper at the sign-on desk located near the canteen.

Results

We use a program called ResultsHQ to track results across all age groups. These are either updated as the event occurs, or shortly afterwards. You will need to set up a login to access your athlete’s results.

Please note, representative carnivals are not reflected on ResultsHQ.