Yarra Ranges Athletics

We welcome our athletes to Dress up in their favourite Footy Colours for Round 9 of the Cross Country season this Saturday! Join Mr Belli in dressing up and have a run at Lillydale Lake. Chocolate Frogs & Minties will also be on offer for those who achieve a PB!!

Date: Saturday 11th July 2026
Time: Warm up and announcements at 8:45am with the first race starting at 9am.

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Please - no dogs at Little Athletics.
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It's time to get your entries in for Round 6!

We're back on the slopes of Bundoora this weekend for the National Cross Country Selection Trials. A tradition in the calendar, a challenging and revered course that proves XC champions makes its return this weekend. We need to provide two helpers at the finish line throughout the day, please let Max or Jamie know if you can spare the time to ensure that our teams score points this weekend.

Entries close tomorrow so head over to athsvic.org.au to make sure you are entered now. Go Yarra!

MID SEASON REVIEW:
Big things are happening for team Yarra this season.

Having won three of the first five rounds, our Division 2 Men step into the second half of the season with a 10 point lead against nearest rival Geelong. A fresh rivalry after Geelong's relegation from Division 1 in 2025, and one that is shaping up to see our boys fighting tooth and nail for the clubs first ever Division 2 Premiership. The product of years of team and athlete development, it's gonna take everything from our Men to make this one happen. 🥊

Not to be outdone, Yarra's Division 2 Women sit strongly in third place on the ladder with 44 points, trailing a dominant Essendon on 56 points and Diamond Valley on 48. A pretty stellar effort so far with one round won outright, 3x top 10 runs and 3x top 30s.

Our Division 5 Men sit atop their ladder, sitting on 79 points and holding a lead of 6 against Ivanhoe and VCCL, a team that so far has been made up of 11 athletes who have outright won two rounds. In Division 7, our men sit in third position, only 4 points behind an automatic promotion to Div 6 - and that's off the back of only 3 rounds scored! With 5 more rounds to come anything is possible for these two teams.

Both of our U18 teams show that they deserve to be considered this season, our boys holding onto second place with a narrow margin against Essendon, and only 5 points behind Ringwood, whilst our girls are placed in sixth position. Our other junior age groups show their individual strengths with representations in all age groups.

We pivot our attention to Bundoora this week, what a spectacle that will be! Come on down and watch team Yarra defend their Division 2 points. Junior races begin from 11am with opens kicking off at 1:10pm. See you there, go Yarra 💙💚🤍

We're still buzzing after the Calder Raceway Relays last weekend

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