The 2025 On XCR season culminates back at the home of racing in Melbourne, The Tan. Athletes will complete one lap of the 3.8km circuit in the hope of bringing the 2025 On XCR premiership to their club.
Club administrators are responsible for completing team entries for XCR Relay events, not individual athletes. Any queries regarding team selection should be directed to your club.
As per City of Melbourne Regulations marquees are allowed to be erected however cannot be placed within 4.5m from any tree or shrub or near a tree canopy, or within 2.5m of garden beds.
Marquees cannot be secured to the ground using pegs, they can only be weighted down.
If you are intending to bring a marquee please follow these directions, otherwise you will be asked to move or pull down your marquee.
Non-conformance to this regulation may put Athletics Victoria at risk to conduct this and other events within the City of Melbourne in the future in jeopardy.
Parking Zones around The Tan – New
City of Melbourne have recently changed the parking zones around the Tan.
The majority of parking around the Tan is now paid parking with the exception of Anderson Street, which is free but has a max. 3hr or 2hr Limit.
Alexandra Parade is now a max 4hr limit @ $2 p/h on Saturday.
Linlithgow Ave has now hr limits but is $2 p/h on Saturday.
A reminder that individuals do not need to enter the XCR Relay events, Club Administration manage team entries.
If you wish to compete please reach out to your Team Manager to make them aware that you are available to compete.
Team Managers can either enter directly using a credit card via the following entry portal – COMING SOON
Team Managers can request an invoice from Athletics Victoria by completing the request form if they wish to make payment via a direct debit – COMING SOON
Athletics Victoria staff process invoice request forms manually, please allow 2 working days to receive the invoice.
Bibs: In the 2025/26 season, there will be no cloth bibs issued. We are committed to reducing our footprint on the environments we use. Your new timing bibs are now made from hardier material, designed to last the whole season – use them for both XCR and track! So please ensure you care for your bibs, e.g. do not machine wash, do not fold. Lost or damaged bibs will incur a new bib fee.
*All athletes are required to wear two Athletics Victoria competition bibs; one with an affixed timing chip must be pinned to the front of the athlete’s competition uniform, the other to the back.
Teams are expected to return all relay bibs and electronic timing tags upon conclusion of their race. Please note that an $80 replacement fee will be invoiced to the club for any electronic timing tags not returned.
As we move toward a more electronic way of staging XCR relay events, the burden on officials and clubs will begin to decrease. For this meet, clubs will be required to supply helpers as per the club duty roster, however will no longer need to provide timekeepers for each team. Nevertheless, we will require some additional assistance to cover gaps on the day.
Team managers are now required to complete the team sheet online via ResultsHub. Clubs are encouraged to submit this prior to completion of competition to allow the timely presentation of medals and publication of results. Teams that have not submitted their athletes will not score points until these have been submitted. If unable to submit via ResultsHub, printed team sheets will be provided to be completed on the day.
Teams are expected to return all relay bibs and electronic timing tags upon conclusion of their race. Please note that an $80 replacement fee will be invoiced to the club for any electronic timing tags not returned.
Eligible Athlete Membership Requirements
Athletes must have an athlete membership submitted and approved by 11:59am on the Wednesday prior to the event for the team to be eligible to score points.
Keep It Clean – Look After The Tan
We are very grateful for the opportunity to compete The Tan. Clubs are asked to remind their members of the following:
The track is not closed to the general public, it will be a shared pathway throughout the event. Please be courteous to all users of The Tan.
Athletes are to be mindful turning at any blind corners of the general public traveling in the opposite direction.
Please take Caution when approaching gateways & roadways around the course.
Park only in designated parking bays.
Take home all rubbish so that we leave the venue as we found it.
Do not litter any rubbish along the course. Please use bins provided.
Make sure your athletes leave the toilet blocks in a respectable state.
Please adhere to and respect the City of Melbourne’s rules, regulations and permit.
Access, Public Transport & Car Parking
Flinders Street Station is an approximate 15 minute walk from the XCR Relay start lines which are located at the Pillars of Wisdom.
There is parking available along Alexandra Parade. Athletics Victoria accepts no responsibility for parking infringements and/or incidents that may occur.
Presentations
Presentations will be carried out following the verification of results for each event.
If your team has finished in the top three in any of the following event divisions please ensure that your team is available for presentation – located adjacent to the club tent area.
Open Male & Female Premier Division
U20 Male & Female
U18 Male & Female
U16 Male & Female
U14 Male & Female
40+ Male & Female
50+ Male & Female
60+ Male & Female
No medals are awarded for Division 2 down of both male and female competitions.
Food Vendor (TBC)
Results
Results, including live results, XCR Team Championship ladders and XCR Individual Championship ladders will be published through out the XCR season on the Athletics Victoria ResultsHub webpage – https://athsvic.resultshub.com.au/
Weather Policy
Athletics Victoria has an Unfavourable Weather Policy in place for the upcoming 2025 On XCR season. Please note we will let athletes and team managers know any information regarding this before the day or make announcements on the morning of the event. Please listen out for these throughout the day for any extreme weather announcements.
If you have issues entering the event please contact Athletics Victoria PRIOR to the closing date. This can be done via email to sportdelivery@athsvic.org.au or by phoning the Athletics Victoria office on 7032 8400 (Craig Wallace). Please leave a message explaining the issues you are experiencing. Athletics Victoria will not accept any late entries. Emails received after the closing date will not be accepted.
NOTE: Please be aware that following the closure of entries, AV will publish a provisional timetable which will take the place of the Draft Timetable.
