FAQ for NSW All School Championships

1. Check the website to confirm the start time of your event(s). The timetable has been updated since the draft.
2. Parents and families can pre purchase their entry/gate tickets to secure the best price.
3. Read the Athlete Information Sheet available here.
4. Read the Rules of Competition available here.

1. Collect your accreditation from the front gate of the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre. This will include your bib number which must be worn on the front of the athlete’s top.
2. If you haven’t already, check-in for your events that day via the link sent to the phone number provided to Athletics NSW during the registration process (no later than 90mins before your event time). If you did not receive a text, you need to head to TIC (located at Competition Management) no later than 60mins prior to your event to check in manually. Athletes in Primary Schools Challenge do not need to check in to their events. 
3. Once you have checked in, you need to arrive at your event site (or start area) no later than 10 minutes prior (track) and 20 minutes prior (field), or 45 minutes for Pole Vault.

If you have entered in the All Schools Championhsips you should receive a text message from 'AthsAus' at approximately 5pm the day prior to your event. Please ensure you reply to this message or report to the Technical Information Centre at least 60 mintes prior to your events scheduled start time. 

Once checked in, track athletes must report to the start area of the event at least 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time and field to report to the field site at least 20 minutes before so warm ups can be completed. 

If you have entered in the Primary Schools Challenge you should not have received a text. All athletes will be checked in unless communicated to Athletics NSW prior to the competition day. 

Track athletes must report to the start area of the event at least 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time and field to report to the field site at least 20 minutes before so warm ups can be completed. 

If you have entered in the All Schools Championhsips and not received a check in text, please head to the Technical Information Centre in the Competition Management room no later than 60 minutes before your event time. If you are worried you will not make it 60 minutes prior (we understand things like unexpected traffic can happen) , please text your full name and events to: 0481 981 183.

If you have entered in the Primary Schools Challenge you should not have received a text. All athletes will be checked in unless communicated to Athletics NSW prior to the competition day. 

No. Athletes will receive an accreditation on their first day of competition. They will be able to use this accreditation to gain access into the venue for the duration of the Championships. 

However, Spectators will be required to purchase tickets for this competition. Please purchase your tickets here  

The NSW All Schools Championships is a direct pathway to qualify for Australian All Schools Championships.

State team information is be available here. Please ensure you have read and become familiar with the selction criteria. 

The NSW All Schools is the State Track & Field Championships for Secondary School students; incorporating students from all sectors of the education system, including Government, Catholic & Independent.

The NSW All Schools Championships is split over 2 weekends in the September holidays.

• 16-19 year age groups (15/16 &17/19 Para) will compete on the 23^rd-25^th September
• 12-15 year age groups (12-14 Para) will compete 6^th-8^th October

Both dates for this competition will take place at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre

The NSW All Schools Championships has grown in participation to over 2,000 participants in recent years, resulting in four packed days of competition for all  officials, volunteers and staff.

While this growth has been an exceptional result for the sport, it has created several logistical challenges – including workforce and timetabling.

We have split the Championship over two weekends.

• To ensure the participant experience is maximised.
• To take the pressure of our workforce.
• To ensure the event can continue to grow and flourish for the benefit of the NSW Athletics community.

It is not common knowledge that all Athletics NSW Technical  Officials are unpaid volunteers, providing untold hours (both at the event and in assisting ANSW in the lead up) supporting our events.

Not only have they volunteered their time, they do so at their own cost (petrol, accommodation etc).  Earlier this year we rolled out a paid officiating pilot as a first step to address some of the workforce challenges facing our sport.

This was step 1 in a multi-faceted strategy to increase the workforce at our events to ensure that our athletes can continue to receive the quality experience that ANSW are known for.

To cover this cost, our entries fees have risen. The increase is exclusively to provide support for our workforce, and to provide impetus for prospective officials to join their ranks. We appreciate your support of our amazing technical officials J

For more information to become a Technical Officials and possibly watch your child compete at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics click here.

The NSW All Schools is the first Athletics competition where students from all sectors of the NSW Education system (i.e. Government, Independent, Catholic etc) compete against each other. 

NO.

To compete, athletes simply submit their entry and payment. There is no requirement of finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in any previous carnival.

For example, an athlete that did not make their Zone Athletics Carnival may still enter.

NO.

An athlete of any ability may compete.

Yes.

The following events are offered for athletes with a disability; 100m, 200m, 800m, Shot Put, Discus & Long Jump.

Results will be determined as a % of the Athletics Australia baseline tables for each athletes classification in the 12-14yrs, 15-16 yrs and 17-19 yrs age groups.

To read more about the para scoring, please click here

All students must attend a NSW Secondary School and be between the ages of 12 and 19 years inclusive i.e. born between 2004 and 2011.

Students attending a school from interstate may also compete as invitational athletes.

No. 

Unfortunately there is no multi events. However, we encourage athletes to compete in the NSW Combined Events Championships to be held in early 2023.

No, you don't. 

If you keep scrolling on the registration page you will see that there is event types for non-members also. 

Please fill out your details and select the non-member event types if you are not a member with athletics NSW. 

• If you are in the 16-19 year age groups (including 15-16 & 17-19 para age groups) you can register to compete here

• If you are in the 12-15 year age groups (including 12-14 para age groups) you can register to compete here

Please contact Athletics NSW Competitions Team here 

A season best is the performance the athlete has achieved for the discipline since 1^st October 2022. Athletics NSW only requires the season best for seeding purposes.

Please ensure you are writing the metric in the correct format.

100m: ss.tshs

example:10.20

200m: ss.tshs

Example: 22.23

400m: m:ss.tshs

Example: 0:52.43

Events will be conducted in age groups 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & 19 years of age for able bodied athletes, and 12-14, 15-16 and 17-19 years of age for para-athletes.            

Age groups are determined by an athlete’s age at the 31st December 2023, i.e. the athletes age group is the same as the age they turn this year. So if they turn 14 in 2023, they compete in the 14 yrs age group.

• Athletes competing on the 23^rd-25^th September.          

• Athletes competing on the 6^th-8^th October    

All athletes must be currently enrolled at a NSW Secondary School , homeschooled or at TAFE if they are currently doing the HSC and no older than 19 years of age.

Athletes who are 18 but not at school are unable to compete.

No. 

However, you do get a discount on your entry if you are a member.

You can register to become a member here

Please contact Athletics NSW via our contact us form here to hear about the membership options and competition opportunities post the NSW All Schools.

Unfortunately not.

Athletics NSW is very supportive of the PSSA athletics pathways and the athletes it produces, and this remains the representative pathway for athletes in primary schools.

Please ensure you have received an email confirmation of your entry.

If you have not, please contact the Athletics NSW Sports Delivery team here

Full start lists will be published the week after guaranteed entries have closed. We suggest you carefully check these lists to confirm your entry and to see who you will be competing against. If there are any issues with your entries, please contact Athletics NSW and we will assist you.

A Draft timetable will be available on the corresponding event pages to the competition weekend that you are competiting at.

The draft timetable is devised on the predicted entry numbers and provides a guide as to when athletes will be competing.

The final timetable will be released after entries closed and will be the final timetable for the Championships.

It is the athlete’s responsibility to check the timetable on the Athletics NSW website, to see if there are any changes from the draft timetable to the final timetable.

More information can be found here

The Competition Rules can be found on the Event page - here

No 

Refer to Rule 1.5 of the Competition Rules - here

Rule 1.5

Athletes are not permitted to compete in more than one age group in the same event. Athletes may compete up one age group (providing they are eligible under Rule1.2 If they do so they are not permitted to also compete in their own age. Example: a 17 year old boy may compete in the 19 years shot put but cannot also compete in the 17 years shot put. For the purpose of this rule the following events are considered to be the same event: 3000m & 5000m; straight hurdles; 200m hurdles and 400m hurdles; 3000m Walk & 5000m Walk.  

Athletes can wear their school athletics/sports uniform, or their Athletics NSW senior club uniform. 

Spikes can be worn in all track events (yes, including distance events), jumps and javelin throw.

Spikes must meet the regulations of the venue.

This is 7mm for track events and 9mm for Javelin/High Jump.

Blocks must be used for all events up to and including 400m in length. We suggest younger athletes practice using blocks prior to arriving at the venue or at the warm up track prior to their event. Only blocks provided by SOPAC may be used. Athletes cannot use their own blocks.

Para athletes whose classifications don’t mandate them using blocks, are exempt from this rule.