PRIMARY CHAMPION SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY
NOMINATION DUE
Thursday 22 May 2025
Team List Due: Monday 26 May 2025
Cost
$12.00 per student
COMPETITION DATE
Wednesday 28 May 2025
VENUE
TBC
Nominations open early January in the year of the competition.
click the button/s below to nominate
SSWA will invoice school teams after the event
based on allocated race chips
CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS ESSENTIAL
SSWA will NOT accept individual nominations that
have been submitted but not paid by credit card
A separate nomination for each child is requiredÂ
This 2025 Cross Country Championship is open to all Yr 3-6 Western Australian school students.Â
The event will be nomination by year group and gender for Yr 3, Yr 4, Yr 5 and Yr 6 students.
All events (Year 3 – Year 6) will be awarded championship team points.Â
Multi Class Athletes – may compete over the distances provided. To enter as a multi class athlete, complete the Individual Nomination form ensuring your classification and required distances are listed.
Multi Disability Qualifying National CC 2019Â
The Following information will be updated for the 2025 Championship as it is confirmed.
2025 INFORMATION BOOKLET – Click HERE
Please read all information provided. Course maps are included.Â
2025 RACE START LISTSÂ Click HEREÂ Â
2025 Start Lists will be posted in the week of the event.
Race Numbers will be distributed on the morning of the event.
Risk Management from providers
Click HERE for SSWA and venue Certificates of Currency
Click HERE for Excursion Management Plan for principals / parents
Your nomination is a confirmation that you will comply with the protocols put in place to keep both school students and adults as safe as possible at this event.
NOMINATION PROCESS
School Team Nomination
- Step 1. Nominate your school via the SCHOOL TEAMS button above by Thursday, May 22.
- Step 2. Download the SCHOOL TEAM LIST TEMPLATE and save it to your computer. Enter your student names in the required cells then save.Â
- Step 3. Email this document to [email protected] by Monday 26 May.
- Step 4. If you have changes or additions simply email the School Sport WA office to inform them of any alterations. Â
-  Schools must not make any competitor number changes as this WILL affect the computerised results system.
- Cost is $12 per student – Payment at check out can be at nomination by credit card OR SSWA will invoice schools after the event.Â
Individual Nomination
This nomination is for those students whose school WILL NOT be entering a team. You are nominating yourself.
- Step 1. Nominate the student via the INDIVIDUALS button. Please ensure that your school principal is aware of this entry.
- A separate nomination for a second student is required.
- To do this, after you have filled in the details for child #1 and clicked ADD TO CART, a page summary will appear. Fill in child # 2 details on that page and click ADD TO CART again. VIEW CART and your nomination will update then proceed to check out.
- Cost is $12 per student – payable at check out by credit card.Â
- PLEASE NOTE: Individuals cannot be invoiced by SSWA, this option is only available to school teams.
- DO NOT PAY by the PAY HERE button
Entry Rules
Teams consist of five competitors and schools are encouraged to enter a team in every gender and year group. Additional teams of five competitors are allowed. So too are additional individuals allowed to be nominated.
The first 4 students to complete the race in each category will form the points for that school. Individual athletes may be entered if a team cannot be formed.
Teams that do NOT have the required 4 finishers to make up a team score, will be allocated maximum finish points for each runner missing.
General Information
- Allocated Race timing BIBS will be issued to all competitors on the day. Schools and individuals must collect these from the registration desk by 9.30am and ensure that they are issued to the correct runners.
- Race BIBS must be pinned to the chest area of the runner’s shirt. Please use all 4 safety pins provided with each bib. BIBS must be visible on the chest as the runner crosses the finish line.
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Runners must provide their own water bottles.
- Teams can check their competitor numbers on the information posted near the recording area.
- Identify where the marshalling area is, well before the race starts. All runners need to be at the marshalling area 15 minutes prior to the race start.
- Schools are responsible for cleaning up their own area before departure. Additional bins will be provided.
- There is an age group team event, so each gender/age group is eligible to win a shield for their particular event.
TIME | EVENT | DISTANCE |
9.30 | Official’s briefing | SSWA Officials ONLY |
10:00 | Girls Year 4 | 2000m |
10.20 | Boys Year 4 | 2000m |
10:40 | Girls Year 3 | 2000m |
11.00 | Boys Year 3 | 2000m |
11.20 | Girls Year 5 | 2500m |
11.45 | Boys Year 5 | 2500m |
12.10 | Girls Year 6 | 2500m |
12.35 | Boys Year 6 | 2500m |
1.10 | Presentations | Â |
State Team Selection
In 2025, the National School Sport Australia Cross Country Championship will be held in August in Queensland.
WA team selection is as follows:
Students 10-12 years of age (Born 2013, 2014, 2015)
Selection Trial – Saturday 7 June 2025
Students DO NOT need to compete in the Primary or Secondary Schools Cross Country events on Wednesday and Thursday, May 28 and 29.
PLEASE NOTE:
Primary Championship (Wed May 28) – Students will run in Year Groups (ie. Year 3 Race, Year 4 Race, Year 5 Race and Year 6 Race with genders also separate).
State Selection Race (Sat June 7) – races will be in age groups according to the year they are born NOT the year they are in at school. For example, students born in 2013 (which includes some Year 6s and some Year 7s) will race together in the 12 years age division.
Students 13-18 years of age (Born 2012 and earlier)
Selection Trial – Thursday 29 May 2025
See Secondary Schools tab
Click HERE (when available) to see a range of Cross Country and School Sport WA merchandise to remember your participation in this event in 2025.
