The NSW Short Course XC Championships is a State Championship event for Cross Country, held at the West Dapto Cross Country course. 

Please view the timetable on the event page here once available 

There are many reasons to compete at the NSW Short Course XC Championships and the rest of our 2026 Winter Series.

In particular,

• The opportunity to race and compete with others at various levels of competition.
• Contribute points for your club to the winter point score system.
• Contest a State Championship medal.

• Opportunity to be selected for the NSW Team to compete at the National Cross Country Championships.

  • More Information regarding Nationals here.

All age groups for Junior and Open age division will be calculated as per 31^st December 2026. Please see the table below as a guide when registering.

All masters age groups will be calculated as per the athletes age on the day of competition.

Athletes born in 2014 or later must compete in the age group for which their birthdate falls and are not permitted to compete ‘up’ an age group.

To compete and be eligible for the Championships race and medal, all athletes will have to hold one of the following:

1. An Athletics NSW Youth, Junior, Concession or Open membership

Please visit our membership page on our website for more information here

2. An eligible Little Athletics NSW membership.

Registrations for all winter events close on the Wednesday before the competition.

This event will close at 12pm on Tuesday 7th July and late entries will be guaranteed until 11:59pm of the same day.

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

If you have not, please contact the Athletics NSW Competitions team here. 

Entry lists will aim to be published, by Friday the day before competition. 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 event page here. The draft timetable is devised on the predicted entry number and provides a guide as to when athletes will be competing. 

The final timetable can be changed after entries close, please ensurte you check the timetable before the event. 

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 timetbale. 

Athletes are to wear NSW Athletics club uniform for the Club they are representing. An independent athlete is to wear a plain white top. Interstate athletes should compete in their Club uniform.

The Competition Rules for the season can be found on our website here.

The NSW Short Course XC Championships is a State Championship event for Cross Country, held at the West Dapto Cross Country course.

It is a bonna fide state Championships, providing an additional opportunity for Cross Country over shorter distances than making the event more accessible to a greater range of athletes of all standards.

Club teams will comprise the following number of athletes:

• Three (3) athletes will comprise a team in all events in the 7s – 13s age groups.
•  Four (4) athletes will comprise a team in all events in the 14s – 15s, 16s – 17s, Under 20, Open and Masters Teams.

The Winter Premiership is the point score system for the Winter season whereby athletes from the same club can form a team and that team will receive points based on overall rankings in their race.

For more information regarding the Winter premiership, please review our Winter rules here. 

The Winter trophy is a combination of team points and participation points.

The team points are calculated by combining all A, B or C team premierships points for the club in each age group.

Participation points are awarded to each athlete that runs at the event and holds an eligible membership with an Athletics NSW club.