UPCOMING EVENTS
Details for events will be listed here. This includes:
Junior interclubs for children aged 7-15 years old
2025 Colgate Games
Senior interclubs for 15+
Central League meets (for college-aged to senior athletes)
Classic meets (for college-aged to senior athletes)
Wellington Championship meets
National Championship
The full Athletics Wellington Calendar of Events can be found HERE
2024/2025 Calendar
Interim Junior Athletics Calendar will be displayed here soon.
Interclub Events
Interclub events are a fantastic opportunity for kids that want to participate with athletes from across the Wellington region. For ages 7-15, Junior Interclubs are held on Sundays at Newtown Park throughout the season while Senior Interclubs are held on Saturdays.
Junior Interclubs
Junior Interclub meets provide a great opportunity for children aged 7 to 15 to experience and enjoy athletics events including shot put, discus, long jump, high jump, track races from 60m up to 1500m distances, race walking, hurdles, steeplechase and relays. In previous years, these meets have proven popular and over 400 children have taken part in one or more Interclub meets during the season.
The aim is for children to experience and enjoy athletics, and gain confidence in learning new skills and extending themselves. The events are held in accordance with standards for children’s athletics, and results are recorded and published.
Children remain with their age-grade groups during the meet, and move between events in rounds. The events offered for each age-grade are adjusted to suit the age of athletes, and not all events are offered at each meet. We will publish a programme of events for each Interclub meet at least a few days ahead of each
meet, so that parents and children can see the options on offer.
There are six meets in the Junior Interclub season, held on Sundays, from 10:00am.
In a change to previous years, if your child wants to take part this season, you must purchase a season entry ticket. Once you have a ticket, your athlete can enter any and all of the events for their age-grade at any of the six meets. Get your season ticket here:
Junior Interclub season ticket 2023-24
The junior athletics season programme will be shown below once it has been published. It includes additional events hosted by Lower Hutt Athletics and Paraparaumu Track & Field, which have a day-entry charge. The Wellington Junior Championships are held in March over two weekends, with a separate entry system where athletes register in advance for individual events.
COLGATE GAMES
The Colgate Games are an important part of the sport of athletics and have been running for over 40 years.
The Colgate Games are held in January every year and are made up of two events, one in the North Island and one in the South Island. It’s the biggest athletics event for children, with the games attended by hundreds of athletes aged 7-14 years old.
Entry is open to any child aged 7-14 years who is a member of an athletics club that is affiliated to Athletics New Zealand, and both events present an opportunity for children to compete in a fun and encouraging environment. You don’t need to be selected or be a top athlete, though medals are awarded for 10-14 year old’s in each event. For 7-9 year old’s, the focus is on participation.
To be updated soon with 2025 details….
NORTH ISLAND COLGATE GAMES
Host centre: Athletics Auckland
Venue: Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Dates: Friday 5, Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 January 2024
Follow the Facebook Event for regular updates
Full details for the North Island games, including entry information HERE
SOUTH ISLAND COLGATE GAMES
Host centre: Athletics Otago
Venue: Caledonian Ground, Dunedin
Dates: Friday 12, Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 January 2024
Follow the Facebook Event for regular updates.
Thank you to the local sponsors for the 2024 South Island Colgate Games.
Otago Community Trust, Dunedin City Council and Athletics Otago.
Full details for the South Island games, including entry information HERE
