Junior road, trail & cross-country

What We Offer

We run a full winter calendar of road, trail and cross-country events, with juniors, seniors, masters and walkers catered for at most events. Whether you’re competitive or social, there’s something for everyone, including relays.

You can see all the events we have on at our events calendar page. We are building in more trail events to our calendar to cater for the local demand for trail events.

All of our winter events are open to children/juniors, but we also have some school and children specific winter events.

Nelson Schools Cross Country League

Two cross-country events are organised by Athletics Nelson with the annual schools’ trophies up for grabs. These are hugely popular, with over 230 participants in each event in 2026.

In 2026 these were:

Saturday 06 June – Rabbit Island – event briefing 3.00pm race start 3.15pm
Saturday 13 June – Miyazu – event briefing 3.00pm race start 3.15pm.

Athletics Richmond also organised an extra fun-run as a warm-up event – Saxton Field Saturday 23 May, event briefing 3.00pm race start 3.15pm, a mass start with no times or placings for the warm up run but lots of fun.

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