The St George Classic is the 1^st event to the 2024 Winter Series, and it will feature the inaugural Dual Relay Championships.  

Unlike many other relays, the dual relays will feature 2 x athletes, with athletes in the Under 18 and above age groups competing over two legs.

Over the past few seasons, ANSW has completed an extensive review of the winter season, including through the Winter Harriers (ANSW club representatives).

As part of this review, including with the St George Athletics Club, ANSW has revised the format of the St George Classic to harness the power of relays and create an easier to understand and consume product for the 2024 season opener.

As a result, ANSW will run a pilot of the Dual relays, a two-person relay format, which for 2024 will replace the Novice Championships.

ANSW welcomes feedback on this into continue to improve the offering going forward.

Two athletes will form a team. If athletes are from the same club they will be considered a Championship team and compete for the state Championship and winter point scores.

Athletes in the Under 10, Under 12, Under 14, Under 16 age groups will compete in one leg each.

Teams competing in the Under 18, Under 20, open, and master’s will compete in two legs. Runner 1 will run leg 1 and 3 and Runner 2 will run Leg 2 & 4.

To see the list of distances for each age group, please click here

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.

There are many reasons to compete at the St George Classic and the rest of our 2024 Winter Series.

In particular,

• The opportunity to race and compete in a relay team with others from your club for medals, points, and enjoyment
• Contribute points for your club to the winter point score system
• Enjoy a fun and inclusive day
• Use this race as preparation for upcoming school, LANSW, and ANSW athletics Competitions.

A 1km course has been constructed.

The course is set up to maximise spectator visibility essential for a relay event.

The course map is available here

Individuals may compete in the fun run listed on the timetable here.

They can not run one leg only as per other ANSW relay Championships.

Entries for this event can be completed either by the individual athletes (team) or clubs on their behalf.

This can be completed as follows;

• Individual teams require one member of the team to complete the registration (including payment) on behalf of both athletes.
• Clubs can submit teams on the approved entry form and submit to ANSW by the closing date.

Entries cost $45 per team with entries closing on Wednesday 24th April.

Athletes must be born in 2016 or earlier to compete in this Championship.

Please communicate with your club to make sure they have not already registered your team.

You can 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.

Championship Team

Athletes wishing to be considered for State Championships medals and winter pointscores, must be registered with Athletics NSW (as a Open, Concession, Junior or Youth member) or Little Athletics NSW. These will be defined as Championship teams.

Non-Championship Team

Non-Championship teams are not eligible for Championship medals or Winter points and will be defined as;

• Teams with both athletes being Members of ANSW or LANSW but are not members of the same club OR;
• Teams with one or both athletes being Non-Members of ANSW or LANSW

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

This event will close on Wednesday 24^th April, 12pm and late entries will be guaranteed until 11:59pm of that same day.

As soon as you are made aware of the situation requiring a change and have a replacement athlete organised, please contact us here

• Please register and pay for your event here before the closing date (Wednesday before competition).
• 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 45 minutes before your scheduled start time to allow for check-in/bib collection and warm-up before your race.

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

Athletes should compete in their ANSW club or LANSW club uniform.

A bib number will be provided to you when you arrive on the day. This should be worn on the front of your top. If you are a ANSW registered member, you don’t need to remove your LANSW number, just wear the number provided over the top of your singlet. Your LANSW age patch does not need to be removed.

Athletes competing in the Under 12 age group or below, must compete in footwear, however you cannot compete in spikes or football boots/cleats.

The rules of the relay are very similar to track relays. Each team will be provided with a timing strap which they will need to carry through the event and pass from one athlete to the next.

Athletes will pass the strap within a 20m changeover zone.

If you are competing in the Under 14 age group or above you may wear footwear of your choice, including spikes.

While ANSW does not recommend it, you may also run barefoot.

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 membership.

Athletes with ineligible memberships are able to run in the Fun Run event listed in the timetable.

1. Login to your club's RevSport portal.
2. Find the athletes name by selecting 'members' menu, found on the left of the page.
3. Use the search function to find the athlete's profile.
4. Select the athlete's name.
5. The membership ID is the first piece of information.