WINTER 2007
Athletics South Information - Download 2007 PDF Booklet

APRIL
Sat 14 AS * Graeme Cruise Memorial 3km & 6km Bellerive Beach
Sat 21 AS * Hobart Airport Road 3km & 6km Hobart Airport
Sun 22 ES Round the River Fun Runs 2.5km, 5km & 10km Eastern Shore
Sat 28 AS * Ridgeway Road 2.5km & 5km Ridgeway
Sun 29 AT State Mountain Running Championships Hobart

MAY
Sat 5 AS Geilston Bay High School Handicaps 3km & 6km Geilston Bay
Sun 6 NS Glenorchy Classic Fun Runs 2.5km, 5km & 10km DEC Glenorchy
Sat 12 AS * John Keenan Memorial Government House 3.2km Lower Domain
Sun 13 TMA Jim Burr Memorial Mountain Run 9am (Solo/Relay) Hobart GPO
Sun 13 WST Mothers Day Classic Fun Run Domain
Sun 20 AS City to Casino Fun Runs 2.7km, 5.8km & 11km Hobart
Sat 26 AS * Domain Cross Country 4km & 8km Domain X Roads
Sun 27 RK Rotary Kingston Fun Run Kingston

JUNE
Sat 2 AS * Risdon Brook Dam 4.5km & 9km Risdon Brook
Sat 9 AS * Gellibrand Drive Cross Country Relay 4 Runners x 3km & 1.5km Legs Sandford
Sat 16 AT/TMA State Road Championships 10km Titles (Combined AT & TMA Age Related Distances) Campbell Town
Sat 16 AA Australian Mountain Running Championships Canberra
Sat 23 AS * Smith’s Apple Orchard 2.4km & 7km Grove
Sat 30 AS * Axiom Way Cross Country 4km & 8km Acton

JULY
Tue 3 AT Secondary All Schools State Cross Country Symmons Plains
Sat 7 AS * Woodbridge School Cross Country 3km, 6km & 9km Woodbridge
Wed 11 AT Primary All Schools State Cross Country Symmons Plains
Sat 14 AS *Kempton Road 4km & 8km Kempton
Sat 21 AS Pipeline Handicaps 4km & 8km Fern Tree
Sat 28 AS * Risdon Brook Dam Cross Country 4km & 8km Risdon Brook

AUGUST
Sun 5 AT/TMA State Cross Country Championships (Combined AT & TMA Age Related Distances) Pontville
Tue 7 AT Southern High Schools Cross Country Pontville
Sat 11 AS Froggy Wise Memorial Handicaps 2.5km & 5km Waterworks
Sat 18 AS * Tas Bevis Memorial Cross Country 5km & 10km Huntingfield
Sun 26 AS B&E Budget Fun Run 2.5km & 5km Hobart

SEPTEMBER
Sat 1 AS Tynwald Park Handicap 5km & 10km New Norfolk
Sat 1 AA Australian Cross Country Championships including All Schools & Primary Exchange Perth WA
Sun 2 AA Australian Schools Cross Country Championship Relays & Australian Walks Titles Perth WA
Sat 8 AS * Opossum Bay Cross Country 5km & 10km Opossum Bay
Sun 9 TMA Brighton Country Challenge 10K & 5K Pontville
Sat 15 AS Wentworth Playground (Salacia Ave) 3km & 6km Howrah
Sun 16 AT State 5km Road Titles Devonport
Sat 22 AS * Tolosa Park Relay 4 Runners x 3 x 1mile Glenorchy

* Club Premiership Rounds
AS = Athletics South
AT = Athletics Tasmania
AA = Athletics Australia
NS = Northern Suburbs Athletic Club
ES = Eastern Suburbs Athletic Club
TMA = Tasmanian Masters Athletics
WST = Women’s Sport Tasmania
RK = Rotary Club of Kingston

Road Championships:
Round 1 28 April Ridgeway 2.5km & 5km
Round 2 12 May Government House 3.2km
Round 3 14 July Kempton 4km & 8km

Cross Country Championships:
Round 1 26 May Domain X Roads 4km & 8km
Round 2 30 June Axiom Way 4km & 8km
Round 3 28 July Risdon Brook 4km & 8km
Round 4 18 August Huntingfield 5km & 10km
Round 5 8 September Opossum Bay 5km & 10km

Handicap Award:
Round 1 5 May Geilston Bay 3km & 6km
Round 2 21 July Pipeline 4km & 8km
Round 3 11 August Waterworks 2.5km & 5km
Round 4 1 September Tynwald Park 5km & 10km

Relay Championship:
Round 1 9 June Gellibrand Drive - XC
Round 2 22 September Tolosa Park - Road

Premiership Rounds:
There will be 15 rounds to decide the Winter Premiership. Points and votes for the athlete of the season awards are allocated in these rounds as follows:
Round 1 Graeme Cruise Memorial
Round 2 Hobart Airport
Round 3 Ridgeway
Round 4 Government House
Round 5 Domain X Roads XC
Round 6 Risdon Brook
Round 7 Gellibrand Drive XC Relay
Round 8 Grove XC
Round 9 Axiom Way XC
Round 10 Woodbridge XC
Round 11 Kempton
Round 12 Risdon Brook XC
Round 13 Huntingfield XC
Round 14 Opossum Bay XC
Round 15 Tolosa Park Relay

Athletes must be registered to score points towards the Club Premiership, with registration to be completed before the individual athletes 3rd event. Points will not count retrospectively if not registered after two events. In Club Relay events, all athletes must be registered. Retrospective points will not be given for events in the last two rounds of the season.

Entry Procedures:
All Athletics South events start at 10:00am. Entries should be received no later than 10 minutes prior to the start of the race. Although it is not compulsory to join a club, athletes are strongly encouraged to do so. Athletes will be permitted to compete twice unregistered after which they must pay the unregistered fee. To enter an event, choose the distance of the race you wish to run/walk in and complete the appropriate entry sheet at the entry table. Also complete a tag that indicates your name, club, division and event entered. Carry this tag with you during the race and hand it in to officials as soon as you finish. Please endeavour to stay in your finishing order until your tag has been collected to aid in the recording of times.

Entry Fees:
Registered Adults $3.50 *Unregistered Adults $5.50
Registered U/16 $2.50 *Unregistered U/16 $4.50
Family (2 adults & 2 students) $7.00

Athletics Tasmania Registration Fees:
Athletes Out of Stadium only – all ages $22.00
Athletes 14 & over All competitions $88.00
Athletes 10 to 13 Years All Competitions $55.00
All fees include GST.
* Unregistered athletes are not covered by Athletics Tasmania’s Personal Accident and Injury insurance policy.

Duty Clubs:
Bellerive Beach Eastern Suburbs
Hobart Airport Northern Suburbs
Ridgeway TMA
Geilston Bay Sandy Bay
Lower Domain Eastern Suburbs
Domain X Roads Northern Suburbs
Risdon Brook TMA
Gellibrand Drive Sandy Bay
Grove Eastern Suburbs
Acton Northern Suburbs
Woodbridge TMA
Kempton Sandy Bay
Fern Tree Eastern Suburbs
Risdon Brook XC Northern Suburbs
Waterworks Sandy Bay
Huntingfield TMA
New Norfolk Eastern Suburbs
Opossum Bay Northern Suburbs
Wentworth Park Sandy Bay
Tolosa Park TMA

All clubs must provide enough officials to set up the course and act as marshals if required. The duty club is to liaise with Peter Keenan regarding officiating requirements. No points will be awarded to the duty club if they fail to meet their duty requirements on their rostered day.

POINT SCORING SYSTEM:
Points will be awarded to the first six runners in each of the five divisions (U/16, U/20, Open, O/35 and O/50), in both Men and Women, according to the following schedule:
Division: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Open 10 8 6 5 4 3
Over 35 10 8 6 5 4 3
Over 50 10 8 6 5 4 3
Under 20 10 8 6 5 4 3
Under 16 10 8 6 5 4 3
• Every finisher after 6th place will receive 1 point.
• Age as at 1 April 2007 will determine Division for entire season.

Winter Premiership Points:
Club points are allocated for each round on the following basis:
1st - 6 points
2nd - 4 points
3rd - 3 points
4th - 2 points
5th - 1 point

Individual Awards:
Athletics South will make awards to the male and female athlete accumulating the greatest number of points throughout the season during the premiership rounds. Scoring will be on the following basis:
1st - 6 points
2nd - 4 points
3rd - 3 points
4th - 2 points
5th - 1 point
In addition, there will be an award based on votes cast on the day on a 3,2,1 basis by two people. These are based primarily on personal performance and should give every athlete an opportunity to win.

Road, Cross Country and Handicap Champions:
Awards will be made to athletes in each division who score the greatest number of points in the designated Road and Cross Country Championship races. All athletes may enter either the longer or shorter race of the day. A tie breaker system will be used to split athletes finishing on equal points in determining their respective Championship placing. The athlete with the most points earned in the longer events would prevail. Point scoring is on the following basis:
1st - 10 points, 2nd - 9 points, 3rd - 8 points etc through to 1 point for 10th place. The same point scoring system will be used to determine the handicap champion.

Athletics South Winter Committee:
Director - Peter Keenan Ph: 0417 147 638
Program - Peter Keenan, Peter Lyden, Tony Sansom, Roger Howlett, Chris Sullivan & Jim Court
Chief Course Marshall - Peter Keenan
Handicaps - Greg Hawthorne
Results - Jim Court court at tasmail dot com
Entries - Mrs Jenny Lennon
Chief Time Keeper - Mr Terry Mahoney
Chief Referee - Mrs Jo Cherry
Jury of Appeal - Mr Terry Mahoney (Chair), Peter Keenan, Peter Lyden

Appeals: Any appeal is to be made in writing to the Appeal Chairman within seven days of any decision by the Chief Referee.

Course Descriptions:

Acton (Axiom Way Cross Country) - Starts in Valetta Place, off Acton Rd, around 1.3km from the Acton Road/Axiom Way turnoff. Course follows dirt and sand tracks around a 4km loop. Quite tough cross country running. Portaloo will be available.

Bellerive Beach (Graeme Cruise Memorial) - Starts at Bellerive Beach directly below Bellerive Oval. Course is predominantly flat and on the beach with a short section around the headland between beaches. Toilets available.

Domain X Roads - Starts at Domain Cross Roads ovals. Loop course on grass, parts of Soldiers Walk and surrounding tracks. Has a climb or two and is rough in patches. Toilets available.

Fern Tree (Pipeline) - Starts at the Pipeline track opposite the Fern Tree Tavern. Course follows the flat dirt track along the pipeline and return. Toilets available.

Geilston Bay - Starts at Geilston Bay High School. Course is all on grass with some small hills. Toilets available.

Glenorchy (Tolosa Park) - Starts at the Tolosa Reserve, Glenorchy. Toilets available.

Grove (Smith’s Apple Orchard) - Starts at the packing shed of Smith’s apple orchard, just off the Huon Highway in Grove. Course follows an undulating 2.4km loop through the apple orchard. Usually muddy. Toilets available.

Hobart Airport - Starts at the first intersection off Hollyman Avenue. Undulating run almost to the terminal, returning with an uphill loop to the tower before a long flat finish. Parking beside Hollyman Avenue. Portaloo

Howrah (Wentworth Park Playground) - Starts at the playground at the end of Salacia Avenue, Howrah. Course follows a flat 3km loop on the grass through Wentworth Park. Toilets available.

Huntingfield (Tas Bevis Memorial) - Huntingfield Pony Club, Huntingfield Estate, Howden. Cross country 5km loop. Toilets available.

Kempton - Starts at the football grounds with a road course through the township. Toilets available.

Lower Domain (Government House - John Keenan Memorial) - Starts at the end of the Lower Domain Road and follows this road to the Domain Highway and return. Toilets available at the Botanical Gardens & Regatta Grounds.

New Norfolk (Tynwald Park) - Starts at the playgrounds in Tynwald Park, with an out and back course beside the creek into the old Royal Derwent grounds. Toilet & BBQ facilities available.

Opossum Bay - Starts in a cul-de-sac on the northern end of the Opossum Bay Peninsula. Drive along Spitfarm Rd and continue north through a new subdivision. Apicturesque undulating loop with spectacular water and mountain views. Portaloo

Ridgeway - Starts at the top of Chimney Pot Hill Road. Course is all on flat bitumen road, following Ridgeway Road to Huon Road and return. Portaloo.

Risdon Brook Dam (Road) - Course follows the road (closed to vehicles) around the 4.5km loop of Risdon Brook Dam. Some small hills. Toilets and BBQ facilities available.

Risdon Brook Dam (Cross Country) - Course follows road and tracks in the hills surrounding the Dam. Toilets and BBQ facilities available.

Sandford (Gellibrand Drive) - Starts approx. 3k south of the Gellibrand Drive & Rifle Range Road intersection, Sandford. Cross Country 3km & 1.5km Loops. Portaloo.

Waterworks (Froggy Wise Memorial) - Starts at BBQ Site 9 in the Waterworks Reserve. Course follows Waterworks road down to Romilly Street and loops back along the dirt tracks to the start. Toilets and BBQ facilities available.

Woodbridge - Starts at Woodbridge High School, 40km South of Hobart. 3km loop course includes paddocks, road, dirt tracks and beach. Some small hills, often wet underfoot. Toilets available

Race Walking:
For details on the TRWC race walking event program, contact Aileen Slater Ph. 62726158.