EVENT RECAP| WA STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021
The 2021 WA State Track and Field Championships have wrapped up with multiple Olympic and Paralympic qualifiers and new WA Champions.
EVENT PREVIEW| WA STATE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021
The pinnacle of the Go For 2&5 Track and Field Season is here with the WA State Track and Field Championships set for this weekend. The three-day Championships will see more than 500 athletes strive for a 2021 State Title at the WA Athletics Stadium.
AUSTRALIAN LITTLE ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS CANCELLATION
Coles Little Athletics Australia, in conjunction with the Little Athletics Member Associations have announced the cancellation of the 2021 Coles Australian Little Athletics Championships (ALAC). Athletics West will still announce a 2021 ALAC State Team following the WA Little Athletics State Championships.
UPDATE ON THE 2020-21 GO FOR 2&5 TRACK AND FIELD CALENDAR
We are pleased to announce, pending confirmation of zero new community cases before 12:01 am 14 February 2021, we will host an additional Go For 2&5 Competition on the morning of Sunday the 14th of February. We are working closely with Venues West, as well as State Government, to ensure the event will be in compliance with all venue, state and local government requirements.
ATHLETICS WEST COVID 19 UPDATE | 5 FEBRUARY 2021
The Western Australian Government announced a plan to transition out of lockdown for Perth, Peel and the South West on Thursday 4 February, pending a return of zero reported cases of Covid-19 through community transmission. To assist our Clubs/Centres, Members and stakeholders in preparing for the week ahead, Athletics West will implement the following.
JANUARY REVIEW | OLYMPIC QUALIFIERS AND HISTORIC WA RECORDS FALL
2021 has begun spectacularly with multiple Olympic Qualifiers and several long-standing WA records falling in January.
ELITE POLE VAULTERS SET TO SOAR IN BUNBURY AT THE WA COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
This weekend will see the 2021 WA Country Championships contested at the Bunbury Regional Athletics Arena, with the support of the City of Bunbury and the Bunbury Little Athletics Centre. The event will also play host to the inaugural regional Go for 2&5 competition, headlined by a class field in the Pole Vault through the support of the Western Australian Institute of Sport Pole Vault program.
GET SET FOR A YEAR OF ATHLETICS ACTION IN 2021!
In 2021, we are ready to go faster and further, together! Athletics is back in 2021, bigger and better than ever before. January will kick start our event calendar with a range of Go for 2&5 Friday Night events and major state events schedule to get West Australians up and active.
STATEMENT ON COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS - GRANDSTAND CLOSURE
2020 has been a year unlike any other. The WA Government has taken a cautious yet careful approach to the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. This approach has enabled us all to transition back to our everyday life with minimal impact and restrictions. We are in a fortunate position compared to other States, and more so when compared to conditions seen around the world.
Perth Children Hospital Foundation partners with Athletics West to improve childhood respiratory health
Athletics West is excited to announce a new partnership project with the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation for the 2020-21 Go for 2&5 Track and Field Season.
COLES INGLEWOOD BACK LOCAL LITTLE ATHLETICS
Coles support of Athletics in Western Australia has reached a new height with the announcement last week of a unique partnership between Coles Inglewood and the Inglewood Little Athletics Centre.
LITTLE ATHLETICS COMBINED EVENT CHAMPIONSHIPS WRAP
The WA Little Athletics Combined Event Championships presented by Go for 2&5 incorporated the traditional Little Athletics program alongside a senior event offering, delivering personal bests, championship titles and plenty of good sportsmanship on display amongst our competitors.Â
WA STATE HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIP
The WA State Half Marathon Championship was held on the 8 November in partnership with the West Australian Marathon Club (WAMC) as part of the Fremantle Running Festival. The Festival, managed and conducted by the WAMC returned to the heart of the Fremantle CBD, starting and finishing on Fremantle’s cafe strip. The Championship race was hotly contested, with a field of approximately 1,000 half marathoners, making the event the biggest Fremantle Running Festival in its 36 year history.
ATHLETICS IN REGIONAL WA STARTING TO BOUNCE FORWARD
Athletics West have returned from taking part in the #BounceForward Reset Go! Summer Sports Activation in Merredin. The event aimed at relaunching Community Sport in Regional areas following significant restrictions due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
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2020 WA STATE ALL SCHOOLS TEAM ANNOUNCED
After three days of fierce competition at the Go For 2&5 WA All Schools Championships, 203 Athletes from 89 WA High Schools have been selected in the 2020 WA State All Schools Team.
EVENT RECAP: GO FOR 2&5 WA ALL SCHOOLS
Records tumbled over the weekend as 407 athletes battling it out at the Go For 2&5 WA All Schools Championships.
NEW RECORDS FOR THE STATE 10,000m CHAMPIONSHIPS
The first WA State Championship of the 2020-21 season has been held and did not disappoint with five records falling. Capping off the third program of the 2020-21 Go For 2&5 Track and Field season, the 10,000m Championship saw 17 athletes battle it out.
COLES COMMITTED TO FUELLING AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS INTO 2021
Coles have reaffirmed it’s commitment to fostering and fuelling Australian Athletics into a fourth year. The partnership extension is a significant boost for the sport in a year plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic.