Event Information
UPDATED INFORMATION AS OF MONDAY 19th MAY
Diocesan X Country is postponed due to weather. The event is rescheduled for Tuesday 27th May with a back up date of the 30th May. All arrangements remain the same except the showground parking is unavailable. We encourage 12 yr olds to arrive after 11am where possible to assist with parking. Any enquiries regarding this event should go through your school sport coordinator.
Date Backup Date
Wednesday 14th May 2025 Postponed Tuesday 20th May 2025 Postponed
Time
9.00 am Arrival Time - Teachers will not be on duty until this time
9.45 am Opening followed by the start of 8/9 race. There will be no walking of the track prior to races.
1.30 pm approx finish time. Students may leave following their event after they have signed out with the school team manager. When leaving be careful not to cut across the running track.
Venue
Maitland Touch Fields, Maitland Park. See attached map of track below.
Arrival/Departure –Due to the showground not being available for our back up date for parking. We ask that the 12/13yr old students do not arrive at the event where possible until 11am.
Criteria to Nominate
Entries are on a School basis only. Each school is entitled up to 3 entries per event.
Multi class runners: All athletes in a Multi-Class event are to have completed paperwork with Classification and sent to Bernadette Duggan 1 week PRIOR to the Diocesan carnival (Multiclass application). They must be on the National Master Classification List. As all multi class athletes run 2km, primary 8, 9, and 10 year multi class athletes will compete in their age and gender race. Primary 11, 12 and 13 year old multi class will compete in the 10 years race with their respective genders.
Age Distance Qualifying Time
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Age Distance Qualifying Time
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Girls 8/9 yrs 2kms 13 mins
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Boys 8/9 yrs 2kms 11 mins
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Girls 10 yrs 2kms 13 mins
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Boys 10 yrs 2kms 11 mins
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Girls 11 yrs 3kms 18 mins
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Boys 11 yrs 3kms 16 mins
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Girls 12/13yrs 3kms 18 mins
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Boys 12/13 yrs 3kms 16 mins
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Cost
$15 per student to be paid to your school via the schools payment system 1 week prior to the diocesan event
Please contact your school sport coordinator for any questions & further information.
There will be a bbq selling sausage sandwiches, bacon and eggs rolls, chicken burgers etc and drinks at the event for students to purchase.
MAP OF TRACK
ORDER OF EVENTS
Polding Cross Country
The fastest 8 runners will represent the Diocese at Polding held at Sydney Equestrian Centre on the 11th June. Paperwork for Polding will be given out at the finish line and parents will need to register on the csnsw.sport website within 3 days of the Dio event.
Please click here for our code of conduct for parents, carers and other spectators attending school sporting events.