Racewalking Australia Events - 2012

Racewalking Australia sponsors or co-hosts a number of events each year. Further information about these events can be obtained from your race walking club. All entries are coordinated by the local clubs and then sent off to the organising club. You must be a member of one of the member clubs to compete in any of the Racewalking Australia events on offer in this list.

RWA 100km Championships for Men and Women (April, Melbourne)
RWA Lake Burley Griffin Carnival (June, Canberra)
RWA State Challenge (July, each club in its home State)
RWA Second Carnival (August, rotating through the State Capitals) *
RWA 50km Championship for women (September, Melbourne)
The bi-annual Oceania Race Walking Trophy (held in even years) *
The Australian Race Walking Series *

Carnivals shown with an * are run in conjunction with Athletics Australia.

Details are as follows:

Dec 2011 - April 2012
The Australian Race Walking Series

The Australian Race Walking Series is a joint initiative of Athletics Australia and Racewalking Australia and aims to engage and recognise the achievements of athletes in the critical age demographic of 16-22 years.

Focusing on a number of high profile, quality events around the country, the series will award an overall Winner in the Open, Under 23, Under 20 and Under 18 age groups. Five rounds will be contested for the 2011/2012 season (see below) before being expanded in 2012/2013.

See http://www.rwa.org.au/aevents-1.shtml for further details.

Saturday 25 February 2012
Oceania Race Walking Trophy
Hobart, Tasmania

The Oceania Race Walking Trophy is a bi-annual race-walking match which will next be held in February 2012 between Australia and New Zealand. See http://www.rwa.org.au/aevents-2.shtml for further details.

Saturday 14 - Sunday 15 April 2012
Racewalking Australia 100 Km Championships for Men and Women
Coburg, Victoria

Racewalking Australia, in conjunction with the Australian Centurions, presents the annual Racewalking Australia 100 Km Walking Championships for men and women. These events are to be held concurrently with the annual Australian Centurions 24 Hour Carnival in April 2012 in Melbourne. Further details and entry forms are available at the Centurions website at http://www.centurions.org.au/
Note that this event normally fills quite quickly as, being a track based run/walk event, it is restricted to a total of 45 competitors.

Sunday 10 June, 2012
Canberra, ACT
46th Annual Lake Burley Griffin Carnival

This annual carnival is held each year over the Queens Birthday Long Weekend in June in Canberra. It is Australia's largest walking carnival and is a must on most walkers' calendars, with over 300 walkers competing in a variety of events. RWA Championships are held from U10 through to Masters. The fixture of events is as follows and further details are online at the ACT Race and Fitness Walking Club website: http://www.actwalkers.org.au/lbg.htm
Remember that you have to enter via your RWA Walking Club if you are an Australian. Overseas walkers may enter directly with the Canberra based organisers. See their website above for further information.

1. OPEN 20 MILES               8.00am
2. FITNESS 20 MILES            8.00am
3. MEN & WOMEN ACTA 30K CHP    8.00am
4. OPEN & VET WOMENS 10 MILES 8.00am
5. OPEN & VET MENS 10 MILES    8.00am
6. FITNESS 10 MILES            8.00am
7. FITNESS 5 MILES             9.00am
8. MENS U20 10,000 METRES     10.30am
9. MENS U20 ACTA 10 KM CHP    10.30am
10. OPEN (over 20 years) 10 KM 10.30am
11. BOYS U10 1,000 METRES      11.40am
12. GIRLS U10 1,000 METRES     11.40am
13. BOYS U12 2,000 METRES      11.50am
14. GIRLS U12 2,000 METRES     11.50am
15. BOYS U14 2,000 METRES      12.10pm
16. GIRLS U14 2,000 METRES     12.30pm
17. BOYS U16 3,000 METRES      12.50pm
18. GIRLS U16 3,000 METRES      1.15pm
19. BOYS U18 5,000 METRES       1.40pm
20. GIRLS U18 5,000 METRES      1.40pm
21. WOMENS 5,000 METRES         2.20pm

NOTES:
Events 1, 4, 8, 11-21 are Racewalking Australia individual and team events.
Events 4 & 5 incorporate Racewalking Australia Masters Mens & Womens individual competition only.

July 2012 (some clubs might choose to hold their component on either the weekend before or the weekend after the designated date)
RACEWALKING AUSTRALIA STATE CHALLENGE
Across Australia

10km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Open Men
10km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Open Women
10km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Masters Men (40+)
10km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Masters Women (35+)
10km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 20 Men
10km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 20 Women
8km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 18 Men
8km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 18 Women
5km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 16 Boys
5km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 16 Girls
3km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 14 Boys
3km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 14 Girls
2km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 12 Boys
2km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 12 Girls
1.5km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 10 Boys
1.5km     Racewalking Australia Challenge      Under 10 Girls

The Racewalking Australia State Challenge event is a RWA club-versus-club teams competition with points being awarded within each race to the top finisher for each club.
Walkers may compete in more than one event on the day provided the events are held at different times. A walker cannot walk in two different age groups in a concurrent race.
Age is 'age on the day' for all walkers including Masters.
Full results should be forwarded to Mark Donahoo, the event moderator. Mark's email address is mdonahoo@optusnet.com.au
Mark will allocate points as follows: (1 pt for first overall, 2 pts for 2nd, 3 pts for 3rd, 4 pts for 4th and then all others clubs will be awarded 5 pts whether they have entered a competitor in that event or not.
Once the scores for the individual races has been determined, the overall score for clubs of 40 members or less will be divided by 1.6, the overall score for clubs with 80 members or less will be divided by 1.3 and the overall score of clubs with over 80 members will be divided by 1. Club numbers are based on membership numbers as submitted at the previous RWA AGM.
As in previous years, the club with the smallest total wins the Challenge.

August 2012
RACEWALKING AUSTRALIA CARNIVAL
Adelaide

This second yearly carnival rotates between the member clubs and is normally held in the second half of the winter season. Since 2008, it has been held alongside the Australian Roadwalking Championships.

Individual medals will be awarded by Athletics Australia and Teams medals will be awarded by Racewalking Australia. Hence this event is seen as an Australian Championship meet from an Individual perspective but as a Racewalking Australia meet from a Teams perspective.

This championship has been awarded to South Australia in 2012.

Entry procedures will go online on the Athletics Australia website in late June.

September 2012
RACEWALKING AUSTRALIA 50 KM CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN
Middle Park, Melbourne, Victoria

VRWC has put their hand up once again for this event which will be held in conjunction with the Victorian Open 50km championship. Anyone wanting to enter should contact Tim Erickson closer to the event.