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

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.

ENTER HERE

Athletes will be running in an anti-clockwise direction as noted in the map to be published shortly. 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.

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.

Clubs must provide helpers in accordance with the duty roster.

Please contact TBC if you have any questions regarding communicated club helper duties. Officials and club helpers are required to sign in at administration by TBC with the first race to commence at TBC.

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.

Open Male & Female, U20 Male & Female, U18 Male & Female, U16 Male & Female, U14 Male & Female, 40-44 Male & Female, 45-49 Male & Female, 50-54 Male & Female, 55-59 Male & Female, 60+ Male & Female.

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.

To Be Confirmed

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.