Uncloud Victorian All Schools XCR Cross Country Relay Championships
May 23 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Date: Saturday 23rd May, 2026
Entries Close: 11:59am (Midday), Monday 18th May, 2026
Entry Fee: $65 per team
Location: Jells Park, Waverley Road, Wheelers Hill, 3150 (entry Waverley Rd or Ferntree Gully Rd)
We return to Jells Park in 2026. Jells Park will play host to the All Schools Cross Country Relays. The course provides fantastic cross-country running with excellent vantage points for schools and spectators to support. The Jells relays are a great day, and we encourage all schools to bring branded marquees, flags, banners and plenty of noise!
Athletics Victoria staff are there to help on the day. We will have copies of the course map at the administration marquee so you know where to go and what to do. It’s a great idea to walk the course beforehand if you’re feeling unsure, and of course you can always ask if there’s something you don’t know. Click the button below for a copy of the course map.
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 (03) 7032 8400. 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
Event Specific Information
Online Team Submission
To complete an online team submission, schools will require a Pin Code, which will be emailed to school/team managers prior to the competition. For assistance with managing online submissions, please consult the guide, available for download here.
To facilitate this process, we ask that schools provide a list of students who may compete at the event. The names will then be made available via a drop-down list online for team managers to complete.
Please download the student submission form HERE , and send to sportdelivery@athsvic.org.au by 9am Thursday 21st May. If you do not wish to provide a full date of birth please provide the year of birth as a minimum.
We will then activate the online system by 9am Friday, 22nd of May, at which point the running order and the team for each athlete can be selected. These can be altered up until the conclusion of the event via ResultsHub.
Instructions on how to submit your running order are be available here and will also be distributed to the pre-event contact by 9am Friday 22nd of May.
Provisional Timetable
Start Time
Age Groups
Runners x Distance
Start Line
10:00:00 am
U16 Male
4 x 3km
1
10:00:45 am
U14 Male
4 x 3km
2
10:01:30 am
U16 Female
4 x 3km
3
10:02:15 am
U14 Female
4 x 3km
4
11:30:00 am
U20 Male
4 x 3km
1
11:30:45 am
U18 Male
4 x 3km
2
11:31:30 am
U20 Female
4 x 3km
3
11:32:15 am
U18 Female
4 x 3km
4
Age Groups
Age Group
Year of Birth
Relay Length
Course Laps
U14
2013, 2014 & 2015
4x3km
2
U16
2011, 2012
4x3km
2
U18
2009, 2010
4x3km
2
U20
2007, 2006
4x3km
2
Team Managers
AV require mobile numbers of all team managers to allow contact if any changes to the event need to be made due to the forecasted weather conditions. Please submit your team managers names and contact numbers via sportdelivery@athsvic.org.au
If portions of the course are deemed unsafe due to the weather conditions, shorter race distances may be implemented.
AV will review the weather forecast Friday evening as well as completing a review of weather and course conditions Saturday morning. Any changes to the competition due to conditions will be communicated via text message to the provided Team Manager contacts.
School Helpers
Please contact Craig Morrow (craig@athsvic.org.au) if you have any questions regarding communicated school helper duties. Officials and club helpers are required to sign in at administration by 8:45am with the first race to commence at 10.00am. All helpers will be given a voucher for the coffee van upon sign in, with light snacks made available.
We will look to assign no more than 1 helper per 5 teams entered by schools for our School XCR Relay events.
Car Parking
Carparking is available in the allocated parking areas only. There is strictly no parking in the parkland area. Athletics Victoria is not responsible for any parking tickets that may be issued.
School Marquees
Marquees will be located in an allocated area beside the course. Please look for the ‘School Marquees’ sign. All school Marquees must be secured by weights only.
Relay Bibs
Colour coded laminated numbers will be used to identify competitors in each age group:
U14 Girls
U16 Girls
U18 Girls
U20 Girls
Pink
Green
Orange
White
U14 Boys
U16 Boys
U18 Boys
U20 Boys
White
Yellow
Green
Pink
Coded numbers identifying age group will be used, i.e. ‘16’ for U16, ‘20’ for U20 and then the team number will be the ‘1’, ‘2’ – ‘40’ next to the age group number for example 14.1 or 14.40.
All relay identification numbers must be worn on the FRONT and BACK of each competitor’s uniform. Each schools team will have their own bib number with athletes 1 & 3 wearing the same numbers and athletes 2 & 4 wearing the other numbers during their leg of the relay.
Included in the school race pack will be a list of teams and their respective identification number. Please ensure that the correct identification number is distributed to teams.
Teams are expected to return all relay bibs to administration upon conclusion of their race.
Electronic Timing Tags
Each team will be allocated a numerically identified timing tag in their race pack which will be passed between team members like a relay baton.
Included in the school race pack will be a list of teams and their respective electronic timing tag number. Please ensure that the correct electronic timing tag is distributed to teams.
Teams are expected to return all electronic timing tags to administration upon conclusion of their race. Please note that an $90 replacement fee will be invoiced to the school for any electronic timing tags not returned.
There must only be 2 athletes from a team in each age group on the course at the one time (example runner 1 who is running and runner 2 who is waiting in the changeover area). This is for safety reasons for all athletes running through the changeover area.
First Aid
Colmed will be on site throughout the day. They will be situated at the start/finish line. If anyone needs first aid please ask an official/club helper to radio through and first aid will be out to help.
Food Vendor
Mocha Monkey will be onsite for this event, selling coffee and an assortment of snacks.
Jells Park has a new cafe onsite – ‘T House at Jells’ (formerly ‘Madelines at Jells’)
Serving all-day breakfast, brunch, lunch and housemade pizzas.
Perfect spot for a post-run coffee or bite to eat.
Bookings welcome for larger groups.
Bookings and Info:
Website: www.thouseatjells.com.au
Email: info@thouseatjells.com.au
Instagram: @thouseatjells
Results
Results, including live results and team results, will be published through out the All Schools XCR season on the Athletics Victoria ResultsHub webpage – https://athsvic.resultshub.com.au/
Weather Policy
Athletics Victoria has a wet/warm weather policy in place for the upcoming XCR’26 season. Please note we will let 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.
