The Cross Country season runs from April – August and provides athletes with a great way of keeping fit over the cooler months. Ringwood Little Athletics Club (RLAC) competes with athletes in the Eastern 7’s competition, with the following 7 eastern centres: Box Hill, Camberwell/Malvern, Nunawading, Doncaster, Kew and Collingwood. Races are held on Sunday mornings, at various locations around the Eastern suburbs. Event times are usually as follows (refer to the table below). We recommend turning up about 20 mins prior to your event time to conduct your warm up. Once your event is completed, you can leave.

9.30 – U13- U17 3000m
9.45 – U11-U12 2000m
10.00 – U6 500m
10.15 – U10 1500m
10.30 – U7- U8 1000m

Saturday Competition
Knox Little Athletics club offers a cross country competition on Saturdays for athletes that cannot attend Sunday. Ringwood athletes will initially be nominated on request and are welcome to participate. You can find the Saturday competition information on the Knox Little Athletics Centre website here Knox Cross Country.

Region and State Cross Country competitions
Cross country competion offers athletes opportunities to participate in region and state cross country championships. It is highly encouraged for athletes to participate and enjoy these competitions, as many athlete across the Eastern region and state that make the competition more challenging. You will receive emails from Lavic that will provide all the information required to participate.

Relays
Cross country competition also offers opportunities for athletes to participate in State relays, an email from Lavic will be sent to you with all the information.

Competition
The age groups and event distances are as follows:

Uniforms & Patch collection
Athletes must compete in the Ringwood centre Uniform available through our uniform shop on request.  Refer to the Uniform section on our website for more details.  If you need a new or reprinted patch, please reach out via email and we can organise a time for collection.

Training
Cross Country training has concluded for this season.  We expect it will recommence in May 2026 for or season 25-26.

New Registrations
For those athletes not registered for the Track & Field Season, you will be required complete a new member’s registration for the cross-country season and you can also trial 2 weeks of cross country.  Click on the link for  Lavic for more information. Note there is a cost $100 per athlete for the 2025 cross country season.  Once complete, send an email to ringwood@lavic.com.au so that we can activate your membership within the Ringwood Centre and print out your patch.

Summer Registered Athletes
Cross-country registration is included as part of your Track & Field Registration.

Calendar
This will be updated closer to the start of Cross country season about April 2026.

Team Managers and More information
The Cross Country team managers for the 25-26 will be confirmed about April 2026.