Junior

JUNIOR TRACK & FIELD  

Athletics Wellington Junior Championships Day 1 & Day 2 – Newtown Park

The following is the Key Information for the 2026 Athletics Wellington Junior Championships 

The draft programme  for Day 1 (15 Mar) and Day 2 (22 Mar) is posted HERE gives only a general indication of when events are scheduled.
We aim to publish a final timed event programme by Monday 9 March, once we have assessed the entries and determined the heats required. We have reserved 29 March as a postponement day in case of severe weather on either 15 or 22 March.

ENTRIES
Entries will close on Wednesday 4 March, at 11:59pm (this is in the week after Interclub 6).   There will be no late entries and no entries on the day. Entry site: Here is the LINK  to the GameDay entry site where you will find the entry information

Competition Bibs
Athletes must wear their club uniform and their season “RelocatioNZ competition bibs” ‘ with the pre-printed competition number during the championships. Any entrants for the champs who did not compete during the Junior Interclub season will be allocated a new competitor number and will need to collect this from the registration desk.

Meeting Rules
The rules for our Junior Championships are published 2026 AWJC Champs Meeting Rules    

JOINING A CLUB
Most of our affiliated clubs have TRACK & FIELD athletics programmes for children.
Each club operates with their club activities on various days.
You can find a club near you from our club contacts list HERE  

INTERCLUB MEETS
Athletics Wellington organises six Interclub track & field meets each season for children aged 7-15 years (age as at 31 December in the year that the season commences). A Full season programme for all Junior Interclubs meeting and Championship dates is available below. Children compete in their club uniform and gain points that count towards Interclub trophies that are awarded at the end of the season.

EVENTS & PROGRAMMES
The Interclub meets provide a great opportunity for children to experience a wide range of athletics events including shot put, discus, long jump, high jump, track races from 60m up to 1500m distances, race walking, hurdles, steeplechase and relays.  Athletes remain with their age-grade groups during the meet, and move between events in rounds. Events offered for each grade are adjusted to suit the age of athletes, and not all events are offered at each meet. You can check each meet page for the schedules.

The programme of Events is published HERE for all Interclubs.
A programme for Lower Hutt Medal day, Paraparaumu Ribbon day and the AW Junior Championships will be published separately. 

ENTRY FOR JUNIOR INTERCLUB EVENTS – Season Entry Ticket for your athletes
To purchase a season entry ticket for your athlete please go to LINK

To participate in the Junior Interclub series athletes must also hold a season entry ticket.
The cost is $25.00 for the full season of six meets, reducing to $14.00 for entry after Christmas (we have only two Junior Interclub meets in the New Year).
The cut-off for any new season entries will be 6:00pm on the Friday night prior to the next Interclub meet. Once you have purchased a season entry ticket, please collect your allocated competitor bib number from registration, prior to the start of the Interclub meet. You will retain this bib for the season.

Note: to be eligible to enter these meets, athletes must be a financial member of Athletics Wellington, by signing up as a member of an affiliated club. The Interclub season entry system will not display options if you are not a current financial member.
For more details, contact your club.

Key Junior Interclub Event Dates

Here is the Junior event programme for the 2025 – 2026 season.
Additional Event detail is provided on each specific date on the events calendar HERE