The NSW XC Championships are the state championships for Cross Country, held at the extraordinary 'Willandra' cross country course. 

 Race distances are based on age, see below:

More information on the Australian Cross Country Championships will be avaliable on the website here shortly. 

There are many reasons to compete at the NSW XC Championships and the rest of our 2024 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.
• Experience the extraordinary course at ‘Willandra’, near Nowra.

All age groups for Junior and Open age division will be calculated as per 31^st December 2024. 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 2013 or later must compete in the age group for which their birthdate falls and are not permitted to compete ‘up’ an age group.

You will be able to register for the event here.

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 Wednesday 19^th June 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 asap. The draft timetable is devised on the predicted entry number and provides a guide as to when athletes will be competing. 

The final timetable will be released after entries close.

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. 

Registered ANSW and LANSW club athletes are required to wear their club uniform in all Championship events, including this event.

The Winter Rules for the season can be found on the event page 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.

• Once registrations are open, please register and pay for your event here before the closing date (Wednesday 14th June)

• Please ensure that you have your club competition uniform purchased and ready for competition day.

• Please ensure you have checked the final timetable which will be published after entries have closed and the timetable has been reviewed.

• Please read the event information that will be emailed to you the day before competition.

Please arrive to the venue at least 45 minutes before your scheduled start time to allow for check-in/bib collection and warm-up before your race.

The first four (4) athletes who finish from the same club will form the team.

Where there are more than four in a team, multiple teams from the same club can be formed and will be referred to as A team, B team etc.

We are aware, especially in Winter 2024, athletes will be registered with two athletics club (i.e one Little Athletics and one Athletics NSW). Athletes can compete for either club. The choice remains with the athlete. It is important to note that the nucleus of the partnership is putting the athlete first, and building pathways and products that support athletes.

The athlete will be listed in the entry lists as a the club they select during entry. For team calculations, this will also be the club they use to calculate team medals. While athletes can only compete for one club, they may change the club by contacting Athletics NSW or on the day at administration no later the 15 minutes prior to race start.

For the avoidance of doubt, if an athlete is a member of a one sport club as defined by ANSW and LANSW, they can use members of that club to form a team regardless of which organisation (LANSW or ANSW) that athlete is registered with.

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.

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. 

For more information regarding the Winter premiership, please review our Winter rules available on the event page.