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2025 WA Country Athletics Championships
Fri 10 Jan 2025 3:00PM — Sun 12 Jan 2025 1:00PM
Event information
Registration for this event closes at Sun 05 Jan 2025 11:59PM.
The Country Championships are returning to Bunbury in 2025, with over 350 athletes set to descend on the recently resurfaced synthetic track at the Bunbury and Districts Little Athletics Centre.
The Championships will spread across three action packed days of athletics, from Friday the 10th to Sunday the 12th of January 2025, with athletes of all ages competing for top honors across a range of track and field events.
The Opening Ceremony and Welcome to Country will commence at 3pm Friday 10 January.
Competition Rules & Regulations
Draft Friday Timetable [Updated 6/12]
Draft Saturday Timetable [Updated 6/12]
Draft Sunday Timetable [Updated 6/12]
Venue Map coming soon...
U6 Program
Saturday - Long Jump, 70m, Discus (Girls), Vortex (Boys)
Sunday - Vortex (Girls), Discus (Boys), 300m, 100m
U7 Program
Saturday - Vortex, 70m, Discus
Sunday - 300m, Long Jump, 100m
*4x100m Relay will be offered for U6 and U7 as an additional fun event
Under 6 and Under 7 athletes are automatically entered for all six events on offer for these age groups. Athletes do not have to participate in all events if they do not wish to.
Please note that athletes may only register for a maximum of SIX events, with no daily event limitations.
See the Competition Rules and Regulation for further details.
CALL ROOM & CLASH INFORMATION
CALL ROOM: Please note athletes must be at Call Room strictly 20 minutes prior to the event start time on the timetable.
CLASH OF EVENTS: If an athlete is already or likely to be competing in another event at the designated Call Room time, they must complete a Clash Form and provide the form to Call Room when reporting for the first of the clashing events. The Clash Form can be downloaded below, or a hard copy is available at the Information Room (TIC) at the Championships.
UNIFORM & BIBS
Little Athletics- All athletes entered in the Championships must wear their approved Centre/Club Uniform.
Open Competitors- All athletes must wear their approved Club Uniform, an Athletics West Independent Uniform or, a plain singlet with black or navy bottoms/shorts.
All athletes must wear their 2024/25 season Competition numbers. All non-members will be required to collect thier bib upon arrival from Information Room/Technical Information Centre (TIC).
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Athletics West inconjunction with South West Academy of Sport and Ascend Physiotherapy are excited to run Sprints, Throws and Athlete Education Sessions.
Josh Hook (WA State Representative) and Jackson Hamilton (Paralympian) will running a Sprint and Throws session targeted towards upskilling Athletes, Coaches and Parents in an hour long session. Following those sessions will be an education seminar and a Q&A opporunity with Jackson around his experiences as a 2024 Paris Paralympian.
Register for this event HERE.
EVENT T-SHIRT
The 2025 WA Country Athletics Championship Event Shirt is now available for purchase via the online store HERE!
Shirts will be availble for collection at the Championships with collection times to be released prior to the event.
ACCOMMODATION
To help athletes and their families prepare, we strongly suggest visiting the 'Visit Bunbury Geographe' website https://visitbunburygeographe.com.au/ to access an extensive list of accommodations and activities available in the region.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRESSION
Little Athletics Members U6-U8 (Born 2017-2019) no progression to WA State Junior Track and Field Championships
Little Athletics Members U9-U13 (Born 2012- 2016) can qualify and eligible to enter the 2025 WA State Junior Track and Field Championships by:
- Country/North West Little Athletics members (U9 – U13), who place top 2
- Achieving the qualification standard at the 2025 WA Country Championships
Little Athletics Members (U14-U17) are eligible to enter 2025 WA State Track and Field Championships (no qualification criteria to enter).
If you have any queries regarding the competition, please contact admin@athleticswest.com.au or 08 6272 0480.