Entries Close: Wednesday 21st May 2025, 11:59 am (Midday)
REMINDER: All XCR & Max Package holders must enter each individual event via the AV Entry Portal.
*Please note, Overage Athletes should enter via the Open age group for both long and short course distances. Athletics Victoria will place Overage Athletes into appropriate age groups after entries close.
With the individual 12km returning to St Anne’s Winery in Myrniong for 2025, the course this year will start in the same location as 2024’s Ekiden Relay located below the Tasting & Function Rooms.
With sweeping landscapes and beautiful scenery, St Anne’s Myrniong promises to offer participants the opportunity for a challenging XCR round, followed by a well-deserved aperitif by enjoying the best of the venue’s local produce afterwards. Coffee, snacks, pizza – it’s all happening this weekend. And if you’re keen to grab a table post (or pre?!) race, contact St. Anne’s by calling +61 3 5368 7209.
Please see the course map here which also spells out the number of laps and distances of each lap.
Access the Athletics Victoria Entry Portal (members.athsvic.org.au) and complete the online entry form by close of entry date. As per 2024, 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.
Individual Entries
AV Athlete Member
Rec Runner Member
Unaffiliated athlete*
Open
$50
$57
$65
Junior
$44
$48
$55
*Any competing athlete who is neither a member of an Athletics Victoria club or recreational running club.
Warm up/Cool down
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.
It is suggested that athletes do not wear spikes for the event as a significant portion of the event is on trails that would not be suitable for spikes. The course will mainly be on the internal dirt track of the property will some parts of the course being run on the grass. Overall, the ground will be quite firm as there has been no significant rainfall in the area for quite some time.
4km Race
The 4km race will be one lap of 4km. 7km Race
The 7km race will consist of 3 laps – the first two laps will 1.5km in length and the 3rd lap will be 4km in length. 12km Races
The 12km race will consist of 3 laps of different distances. The first lap will be 1.5km, the 2nd lap will be 6.5km in length and the 3rd lap will be 4km in length.
All races will begin at the same start line.
Access & Car Parking
In Google Maps/Apple Maps/Waze, type in St Anne’s Winery – Myrniong and follow the directions.
If coming from Melbourne on the Western Highway, take the C318 exit – (Greendale / Pykes Creek /Blackwood / Trentham), then turn left onto Garrards Lane & follow the signs to St Annes Winery.
If coming from Ballarat on the Western Highway take the C318 exit – (Greendale / Pykes Creek /Blackwood / Trentham) then turn right onto Garrards Lane & follow the signs to St Annes Winery
Enter the main gate and follow the directions of the CFA volunteers who will direct you to park. The start/finish area is located below the Wine tasting / function centre, through the On arch.
Bibs & Uniform
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 – 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 2025/26 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.
Club Helpers (Coming Soon)
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 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’25 event and/or lose team points for a particular competition.
Presentations
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.
Please be aware of which presentations will be made this weekend, and let your club mates know!!
Medal recipients this weekend:
Female: Open (12km), U20 (7km), U18, U16, U14 (4km)
Male: Open (12km), U20 (7km), U18, U16, U14 (4km)
Keep It Clean
Please take any rubbish you have with you or ensure all waste is disposed of in the rubbish bins provided.
Club Tents/Marquee Drop Off
All club tents must be secured by weights or tent pegs. The Club Tent zone will be located near the finish line.
Amenities
Mocha Monkey will be onsite throughout the day, providing hot drinks and light snacks.
The Myrniong CFA will very kindly support Athletics Victoria with a delicious BBQ – please pay them a visit for a freshly cooked hamburger or sausage.
The Paella Guy will once again be onsite – but only until 2:30pm when he leaves for another event, so get in early!!
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/
First Aid
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.
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 (03) 7032 8400 and pressing 1 for the Sport Delivery Team. 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.
