2024 On XCR: Round 4 – St Anne’s Bendigo 8km

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Access the Athletics Victoria Entry Portal (members.athsvic.org.au) and complete the online entry form by close of entry date. As per 2023, XCR & Max Package purchasers will need to enter each individual event throughout the season – entries will be free of charge – this will assist in planning for all events. Open athletes will also be able to enter the Early Starters and Masters athletes to enter the Short Course events when held.

Individual Entries

*Any competing athlete who is neither a member of an Athletics Victoria club or recreational running club.

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Please do not warm up or cool down at any time on Belvoir Park Road. This is a public road which will be used throughout the day by traffic not connected with our event. Your safety, and that of others, is our primary concern.

While warming up on the St. Anne’s property, please take care to keep clear of the race course, and consider removing or covering your bib when not racing to assist officials and other runners with identification – there have been incidents of competing athletes becoming confused and following runners who are in warm up/ cool down.

Athletes will be running in an anti-clockwise direction as noted in the course map. There will be a run through area for the Open 8km 2nd lap.

All other distances will be one lap.

Courses will be reset prior to the 4km, 3km and 8km races.

Course Map

Shoe Suggestions: Spikes are appropriate for this course. Flats are also suitable, if preferred.

Car Parking access on the day:

There will be off street parking available at St Anne’s Vineyard. This will be located in a paddock off Belvoir Road 650m west of the Calder Hwy turnoff. A pedestrian pathway to the event site will begin at the south end of the paddock. There will be No Parking along Belvoir Road from the Calder Hwy to the entrance of the paddock to allow traffic to flow. Please assist by following directions of the volunteer car park marshals.

Exiting Car Park at the end of the day:

To assist with traffic flow, cars travelling back towards Melbourne will be directed to exit the car park area and turn left onto Belvoir Road and follow the road for approx. 5km. This will take you to the Calder Alternative Hwy where you then turn left to get back to the Calder Hwy proper. For cars travelling towards Bendigo & all buses, they will be directed to turn right out of the car park onto Belvoir Road towards the Calder Hwy.

Bus Parking & Club Tent drop off:

For those clubs who are travelling to the venue in buses and team managers who will be bringing club tents, there will be a separate car park for these vehicles. This will be located off Belvoir Road 250m from the highway.

In the 2024/25 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 – 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 registered athletes are required to wear the approved uniform of their athletics club, or its heritage variant. Non-Athlete AV members are to wear appropriate athletic clothing.

All athletes must wear their allocated 2024/25 AV Membership on their front and back, the smaller bib with the timing chip (foam sticker on the back) to be worn on the front. Non-compliance with the above may see disqualification.

If you are a non-Athlete AV member you are to wear your assigned temporary bibs at the race, if these are not worn you may not receive a finishing time or may be removed from the course.

Replacement Bibs

If you have lost or forgotten your bibs, please see the staff at administration, where you will be able to purchase a temporary or full replacement set.

Please note that bib sales at this event will be cashless. Only card payments will be taken.

Staying in Bendigo?

Head to the Golden Square Hotel for a debrief after a hard day of racing. Swap stories with fellow athletes, and maybe an AV Staff member or two!

Golden Square Hotel

341 High Street, Golden Square Vic 3555

All Welcome

SUNDAY LONG RUN

Need a recovery run? Join the Bendigo Region ‘Bats’ crew Sunday morning at 7am sharp at the John Bomford Centre Carpark.

Bats Tullie Rowe and Andy Buchanan will be in attendance.

Address: 151-155 Condon Street, Kennington Vic 3550

Two loop options: 15km flat loop; 15km-25km hills loop

All Welcome

Clubs must provide helpers in accordance with the duty roster.

Please contact Andrea Hallett (andrea@athsvic.org.au) if you have any questions regarding communicated club helper duties. Officials and club helpers are required to sign in at administration by 11:15am with the first race to commence at 12:20pm.

All helpers will be given a voucher for the coffee van on upon sign in, with light snacks made available.

Any club who fails to supply Club Helpers may face disqualification for an XCR’24 event and/or lose team points for a particular competition.

Presentations will be carried out following the verification of results for each event.

If you have finished in the top three in any of the following events please ensure that you are available for presentation – located adjacent to the finish area.

There are a lot of medal presentations this weekend, as we celebrate our country athletes.  Please be aware of which presentations will be made this weekend, and let your club mates know!!

Open Male & Female, Open Male & Female Country, Open Male & Female Country Short Course, U20 Male & Female,  U20 Male & Female Country, U18 Male & Female, U18 Male & Female Country, U16 Male & Female, U16 Male & Female Country, U14 Male & Female, U14 Male & Female Country, 40+ Male & Female, 40+ Male & Female Country, 40+ Male & Female Country Short Course,  50+ Male & Female, 50+ Male & Female Country, 50+ Male & Female Country Short Course, 60+ Male & Female, 60+ Male & Female Country, 60+ Male and Female Country Short Course.

Please take any rubbish you have with you or ensure all waste is disposed of in the rubbish bins provided.

All club tents must be secured by weights or tent pegs. The Club Tent zone will be located near the finish line. Vehicles with marquees may park in the smaller parking area reserved for buses. This carpark is on Belvoir Park Road and is before the main carpark if you are travelling from the Calder Freeway side.

St Anne’s Winery will have a delicious range of food for sale on the day, including:

• Pizza
• Bao Buns
• Pumpkin Salad
• Chips
• Tiramisu

Barista 4 U will be onsite providing coffee, along with a range of biscuits and slices.

St Anne’s Cellar Door will be open from 9am – 5pm for wine tastings and purchases.

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/

Colmed will be on site throughout the day. They will be situated at the start/finish line, and also situated out on the course during the event. If anyone needs first aid, please ask an official/club helper to radio through and first aid will be out to help.

Athletics Victoria has an Unfavourable Weather Policy in place for the upcoming 2024 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.