In accordance with the 2025 revised plan for Tasmanian Road Running Championships, Athletics Tasmania advises that the Tasmanian Road Running Championships will be contested in conjunction with the McGrath Launceston Running Festival on Sunday 1 June 2025.
The Championships to be contested – each for men and women are:
There are no club teams competitions – individual championships only.
ELIGIBILITY
HALF MARATHON – Open/40+/50+
All registered athletes entered in the Launceston Running Festival Half Marathon turning 16 years or older in 2025 will be classified in the open championships. Athletes born in 2010 or later are not eligible for participation in the Tasmanian Half Marathon Championships.
Athletes will be classified in the other age groups according to standard age eligibility rules: Over 40 or Over 50.
Eligibility for Tasmanian Championships is therefore open to any athlete (turning 16 years or older in 2025) who is full year or OOS only registered with AT as at 5pm on Friday 30 May 2025 - and therefore will be considered in producing the Tasmanian Championships results.
5km – Under 14/Under 16/under 18/Under 20/Open
All registered athletes entered in the Launceston Running Festival 5km turning 12 years and older in 2025 will be classified in their relevant age category of the 5km championships. Athletes born in 2014 or later are not eligible for participation in the Tasmanian 5km Championships.
Open – born 2005 or earlier; Under 20 – born 2006/2007; Under 18 – born 2008/2009; Under 16 – born 2010/2011; Under 14 – born 2012/2013
Eligibility for Tasmanian Championships is therefore open to any athlete (born in 2013 or earlier) who is full year or OOS only registered with AT as at 5pm on Friday 30 May 2025 - and therefore will be considered in producing these Tasmanian Championships results.
PLEASE NOTE: this represent a revival of the Tasmanian open and Under 20 Tasmanian Road Running Championships that were last held in 2010-11. For this Championship, eligible athletes will be classified only in the age group relating to their birth year. There are no over age categories for the 5km championships.
ONE MILE – Under 12
All registered athletes entered in the Launceston Running Festival One Mile turning 10 or 11 years in 2025 will be classified in the One Mile championships. Athletes born in 2016 or later are not eligible for participation in the Tasmanian Mile Championships.
Eligibility for Tasmanian Championships is therefore open to any athlete (born in 2014 or 2015) who is full year or OOS only registered with AT as at 5pm on Friday 30 May 2025 - and therefore will be considered in producing these Tasmanian Championships results.
GENERAL – ALL EVENTS
After a cross check is made of race entries with the AT data base, a copy of all entries in the Tasmanian Championships in each event will be sent to Clubs for checking against known entries. This will occur sometime on the Saturday morning.
Please therefore ensure all athletes who are taking part in the Launceston Running Festival who wish to be considered for the Tasmanian Championships and who are not currently registered for 2024-25 are registered with AT before 5pm on Friday 30 May 2025.
Any athlete who wishes to “enter” the 2025 Tasmanian Road Running Championships should enter the relevant event distance in the Launceston Running Festival and pay the applicable entry fee. There is no additional fee to be considered for the Tasmanian Championship.