2025 Rakahuri Zone Athletics Championship

This meet provides Rakahuri Zone athletes with an opportunity to compete against each other and qualify to enter the Canterbury Primary Schools' Athletics Sports on Wednesday 26 November at Nga Puna Wai.

Zone athletics are held at Ashgrove Park. Start: 9:30am and finish is approx 2:30pm.

Athletes must be in Year 5 and above to compete. Students may enter 3 events (*only one sprint event) PLUS a relay. *Children are not permitted to enter both the 50m and 80m (Yr 5 & 6) or the 60m and 100m (Yr 7 & 8).

Please note if selected to attend Canterbury Zone event then they will only be able to enter 3 events with a maximum of only two sprint events, one to be a relay. Children are not permitted to enter both the 60m and 80m (Yr 5 & 6) or the 60m and 100m (Yr 7 & 8). e.g. A child could enter 3 field events. e.g. A child could enter one sprint, one distance and one field event. e.g. A child could enter the 100m, be a member of the relay team and enter a distance event.

Maximum entries in events per school:

Field Event / Track Event / Relay - U2 1 1 1 , U3 1 2 1  , U4 1 3 2 , U5 2 3 2 , U6 3 4 2