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SUMMARY:Dyson Relay 3.8k
DESCRIPTION:The Frank Dyson Relay is the third oldest event on the APSOC calendar. It was first held in 1939\, but was suspended during the war years between 1942 and 1945. The race resumed in 1946 and has been held every year since then on the famous Tan track around the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. \nWhen looking at previous results\, the older team and fastest lap times appear slower than in recent years\, but this is because the original course included extra distance beyond the Tan track to create a 4 km circuit. Since 1989\, all runners have been required to run a single 3.82 km lap. The current start and relay changeover point is near Government House Drive. Runners travel in a clockwise direction\, so that the initial section is relatively flat to the bottom of the feared Anderson Street hill. From the top of Anderson Street\, there is a mostly downhill run to the finish. \nThere have been many outstanding performances over the years in this event\, including Steve Austin’s lap of 10:55 at 40 years of age\, but none better than Matt Clarke’s incredible time and course record of 10:45.6 in 2019. The women’s course record is currently held by Anna Thompson (OW) at 12:12. Old Scotch’s winning team in 2001 clocked 1:07.26\, an average of 11:14 per runner.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/dyson-relay-3-8k/
LOCATION:Tan Track (Birdwood Ave)\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APSOC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260530T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260530T153000
DTSTAMP:20260510T002045
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T102441Z
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SUMMARY:AV 8k/4k Cross Country
DESCRIPTION:St Anne’s Winery\, Bendigo\, hosts the 8km (open men and women) and 4km (U20) heritage round. The surrounds of the winery offer athletes a testing course\, with a mixture of different terrains. The event is a great opportunity for clubs to showcase their heritage and history.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/166k-cross-country/
LOCATION:St Anne’s Winery\, 3 Belvoir Park Road\, Ravenswood\, Victoria\, 3453\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APS United,Athletics Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260620T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260620T160000
DTSTAMP:20260510T002045
CREATED:20240217T010043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T055904Z
UID:6378-1781965800-1781971200@apsoc.net.au
SUMMARY:Alan Hooley Relay
DESCRIPTION:Alan Hooley acted as APSOC Chief Official for more than twenty years\, commencing in the mid-1970’s. He was also the co-founder of the event which now bears his name\, the Alan Hooley Relay. Alan passed away in 2014. \nFormerly known as the Gilwell Park Relays\, this race was first held in 1978. Gilwell Park is a scout camp in a hilly forest area\, containing numerous forest trails\, making it an ideal venue for cross country running. But from 2013\, the event moved to Karkarook Park in Moorabbin with its flat and fast trails\, and then in 2015\, to scenic Nortons Park\, Wantirna South\, and finally to the present venue\, Braeside Park\, in 2023. Since 2013\, relay legs have been 3 km in length. \nThe Hooley Relay is unique on the APSOC calendar by reason of the requirement for each team member to run twice. There are no restrictions on running order\, but almost all teams adopt the tactic of giving each runner the maximum possible recovery time between legs\, so that in open four person teams\, the first runner will also run the fifth leg\, the second runner the sixth leg\, and so on. \nThe open team results for the event are interesting\, with Old Xaverians winning eight in a row 1978-85\, Old Scotch ten in a row 1992-2001 and Haileybury six in a row 2003-2008. \nAll athletes are requested to bring a contribution to afternoon tea. There is no available electricity and so athletes are encouraged to bring their own hot water for tea and/or coffee.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/alan-hooley-relay/
LOCATION:Braeside Park\, Cypress Drive\, Braeside\, Victoria\, 3195
CATEGORIES:APSOC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260711T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260711T153000
DTSTAMP:20260510T002045
CREATED:20240217T010051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T044227Z
UID:6357-1783771200-1783783800@apsoc.net.au
SUMMARY:AV 10k Cross Country
DESCRIPTION:This round of cross country racing incorporates the selection trial for the Australian Cross Country Championships. The open\, overage and under 20 men’s and women’s races are all the same 10 km distance.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/108k-cross-country/
LOCATION:Bundoora Park\, Plenty Road\, Bundoora\, Victoria\, 3083\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APS United,Athletics Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260718T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260718T160000
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UID:6186-1784385000-1784390400@apsoc.net.au
SUMMARY:Jamieson 5k
DESCRIPTION:The Alex Jamieson 5km teams race and sealed handicap at Scotch College is one of the highlights of the APSOC calendar. The event was first held in 1950 and women first competed in 1981. It has been the traditional opening race of our winter season since 1995. The usually kind weather\, convenient location and short course length has proved to be an attractive mix\, resulting in fields of over 200 runners. Check-in is between the tennis courts and the Cardinal Club boatshed at the Yarra River end of Morrison Street. The runners then walk through the school back to the soccer pitch for the start of the race. There is car parking opposite the tennis courts and along Morrison Street. \nThe Jamieson course was changed for the 2015 race with the removal of the famous Glenferrie Road hill. The new course remains a varied one\, with the terrain from flat ground to short\, sharp hills. Running surfaces are generally good. The course commences with a spectacular charge from the soccer pitch across the rugby and around the boundary of the lower ovals\, before a tight U-turn takes runners up on to the Gardiners Creek levee bank. Then it’s back around the soccer pitch before the competitors must climb the service road to the Main Oval. From there\, the runners turn right and head for the Monash Drive past the chapel and out into Morrison Street. Then there is a slight downhill section almost to the river\, where runners cut back left to follow the Gardiners Creek levee bank once again. The same circuit (levee bank-soccer pitch-service road-Main Oval-Monash Drive-Morrison Street-levee bank is repeated until the runners dip down from the levee bank and head back around the lower ovals and across the rugby oval to the finish line on the soccer pitch. \nAs the Jamieson is a scratch race with all competitors starting together\, the handicap event is a “sealed” handicap\, based on runners’ previous performances in the APSOC competition. The Jamieson has a long and proud history. Old Scotch Collegians Athletic Club provides a generous afternoon tea after the race on the Cardinal Club balcony overlooking the Yarra River\, at which the team and individual awards are announced. \nCourse records: \nOld course: Men – Paul Wilson (OS) 14:47 1998; Women – Anna Thompson (OW) 16:03 2006 \nNew course: Men – David McNeill (OX) 15:17.0 2019; Women – Michaela Parsons (OH) 18:10.2 2019
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/jamieson-5k/
LOCATION:Scotch College\, Morrison Street\, Hawthorn\, Victoria\, 3122\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APSOC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260726T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260726T090000
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UID:6374-1785052800-1785056400@apsoc.net.au
SUMMARY:AV 10k Road Race
DESCRIPTION:A fast and flat 10 km course starting and finishing at Lakeside Stadium\, with a spectacular finish on the track. Two laps out and back from Lakeside Stadium to Junction Oval on Lakeside Drive.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/10k-road-race/
LOCATION:Lakeside Stadium\, 31-33 Aughtie Drive\, Albert Park\, Victoria\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Athletics Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260809T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260809T110000
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UID:6382-1786266000-1786273200@apsoc.net.au
SUMMARY:AV Half Marathon
DESCRIPTION:A fast\, flat course around pretty Lake Wendouree\, previously the venue for the 15k/6k road races\, but now hosting the half marathon.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/15k-road-race/
LOCATION:Lake Wendouree\, Wendouree Parade\, Ballarat\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Athletics Victoria
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260815T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260815T163000
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SUMMARY:Brighton-by-the-Sea 8k
DESCRIPTION:After much groundwork by Alan Hooley\, the Old Brighton Grammarians club was admitted to the APSOC competition in 1987. Just one year later\, the club was granted permission to host a handicap event at Green Point on the Brighton foreshore. In the race’s early days\, runners would gather at the old wooden shelter in the Brighton Beach Gardens. It is fair to say that\, particularly in inclement weather\, the shelter did not cope well with the horde of runners and their post-race aromas. It therefore came as something of a relief when Old Brighton secured the use of the nearby Scout Hall for the event. \nThe course has not changed much over the years and has always featured the now notorious last kilometre on the soft and gluggy sand of Brighton Beach\, but has been shortened from 9 km to 8 km in 2025. The scenic splendour of the coloured bathing boxes is lost on the runners as they slog their way along the beach and up to the finish in the car park. \nEarly in the race\, runners must negotiate the sandy paths through the tea trees on the cliff top to and from Sandringham\, before joining the concrete footpath at beach level to Green Point. After passing the Scout Hall\, the course then continues north on the bitumen bike path next to Beach Road to the Brighton Baths\, where the runners turn back south for the run along the beach to the finish. \nA unique feature of the race is the teams handicap format. Instead of the club’s fastest runners\, it is the first four runners across the line\, whether male or female\, who make up its team. This gives the smaller clubs a chance for victory and both Old Brighton (five wins) and Old Geelong (three wins) have taken advantage of this over the years. Course record holders are Darren Wilson (OS) 27.23 and Kate Smyth (OW) 33.02. Darren’s mark from 2001\, in particular\, is phenomenal\, given the difficulty of the course. \nThere is ample parking in the Green Point car park.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/brighton-by-the-sea-9k/
LOCATION:Green Point\, 40 Esplanade\, Brighton\, Victoria\, 3186\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APSOC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260829T133000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260829T150000
DTSTAMP:20260510T002045
CREATED:20240217T010015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260313T060153Z
UID:6396-1788010200-1788015600@apsoc.net.au
SUMMARY:Cooke-McClelland 8k
DESCRIPTION:It is fitting that the event which started it all back in 1931\, when the first challenge race took place between Old Xaverians\, Old Scotch and Old Wesley through the paddocks of Kew and Hawthorn\, usually takes pride of place as the final race on the APSOC winter calendar. The Cooke-McClelland is also the last of the five premiership races\, which means that the results of the event often determine the champion teams and athletes of the year. \nThe race is named after two of the founding members of Old Xaverians Athletic Club\, John “Jack” Cooke and Tom McClelland. It is run over a testing 8 km course around the Kew Boulevard and Yarra Bend. The course rises and falls several times\, and many athletes have suffered late in the race after going out too hard on the early hills. \nThe Cooke-McClelland course has remained relatively unchanged over almost half a century until 2022\, allowing direct comparisons between performances during that time. Only five male athletes have broken 25 minutes\, with Nick de Castella (OX) doing it twice and setting the course record of 24:37 in 1981. The outstanding quality of this run explains why it remains the oldest record on the APSOC books. Anna Thompson (OW) dominates the fastest women’s times\, with 27:25 being her best in 2002. The open team’s race is always hotly contested\, with Old Scotch holding the three lowest team scores under the current scoring system.  \nRoad safety considerations necessitated changes to the iconic course and the race is now run over two laps of 4 km\, but retaining the tough uphill section to the finish\, which will be completed twice\, once on each lap. \nPerhaps because it is the last event in the season\, the afternoon tea at Burke Hall is always one of the best of the year.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/cooke-mcclelland-8k/
LOCATION:Burke Hall\, Studley Park Road\, Kew\, Victoria\, 3101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:APSOC,Old Xaverians
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260912T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260912T103000
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CREATED:20240217T010017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T053203Z
UID:6401-1789203600-1789209000@apsoc.net.au
SUMMARY:AV Tan Relay
DESCRIPTION:The Tan track lies in the heart of the city’s sporting precinct. With a host of local and international distance running stars having made their mark on the hallowed course\, this is your chance to test yourself both against the greats and the clock. All competitors complete one lap of the 3.8km circuit\, which winds its way around the iconic Botanical Gardens and Kings Domain.
URL:https://apsoc.net.au/events/tan-relays/
LOCATION:Tan Track (Birdwood Ave)\, Birdwood Avenue\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Athletics Victoria
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