Club Affiliation
Affiliating your club with NSW Athletics opens the door to a wide range of benefits that support growth, development, and community connection. Clubs gain access to structured pathways for athletes of all levels, accreditation and education opportunities for coaches and officials, and a dependable framework for governance, insurance, and safety. Affiliation also provides entry to sanctioned competitions, state wide programs, and promotional support that helps clubs raise their profile and attract new members. With resources, expertise, and a strong statewide network behind you, NSW Athletics affiliation helps your club operate with confidence and thrive within the broader athletics community.
Affiliating Your Club (New Applications)
Affiliating with NSW Athletics gives your club access to a trusted support system that enhances safety, governance, and growth. Through affiliation, clubs receive insurance coverage, competition access, development pathways, and resources for coaches, officials, and athletes. It also connects your club to a recognised statewide network, helping you build credibility, strengthen community ties, and create more opportunities for your members.
You will need to decide which club affiliation category best suits your club before submitting an expression of interest.
When you are ready to submit your expression of interest you will need to have the following:
- Committee contact details
- Club Logo and uniform (but not mandatory)
- A letter detailing why the club is seeking affiliation to NSW Athletics
- Signed Terms and Conditions for Club Affiliation OR Terms and Conditions for Recreation Running Club Affiliation
Once NSW Athletics has received the expression of interest to affiliate the following will happen:
- The application is reviewed
- Clubs who are already affiliated to NSW Athletics are contacted for their feedback (any club that is within a 5-10k radius of your club)
- The application is then sent to the NSW Executive Group and then to the relevant board (Little Athletics NSW and Athletics NSW).
- Once a decision has been made, the club will be contacted with the outcome and any next steps.
Please note that this process can take 4 to 8 weeks.
Existing NSW Athletics Clubs (Renewal)
Reaffiliation to NSW Athletics happens each year.
The reaffiliation period is open from the 1st April to the 31st May, and the club will need to take the following steps:
- Collate reports
- Create Annual Report
- Set AGM date according to your Club Constitution
- Notify your club members
- Set Agenda
- Hold AGM
- Ensure your club lodges an Annual Summary of Financial Affairs within one month after the holding of the AGM and not later than 7 months after the end of the financial year of the association
- Form A9 must be lodged by the public officer of the club within 28 days after taking office as the public officer or within 28 days of a change in the official address of the association.
- Submit reaffiliation application, ensuring you have the contact details of your executive committee (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Registrar), annual report, AGM minutes, financial statement and signed terms and conditions of affiliation.
A link to the reaffiliation form is sent to the club's executive committee via an email.
Annual General Meeting Agenda - this can be found within the clubs RevolutionSport platform within the Governance section under the meetings tab.
Annual General Meeting Minutes - this can be found within the clubs RevolutionSport platform within the Governance section under the meetings tab.