2012 Australian Centurions Walk, 14-15 April 2012
| THE
2012 AUSTRALIAN CENTURIONS QUALIFYING WALK HAS BEEN HELD. STAY TUNED
FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING OUR 2013 QUALIFYING EVENT. |
The next Australian Centurions 24 Hour Walk will be held in conjunction with the Coburg 24 Hour Carnival. The carnival is spaced over two weekends with 6 Hour walk/run events being held on Sunday 11 March and the 24 Hour walk/run events 14-15 April 2012.
Both the 6 Hour walk and the 24 Hour walk are held on a 400m athletics track in Coburg, a suburb of Melbourne. As this is a very popular carnival, potential entrants are advised to enter early.
The 24 Hour Walk event includes Racewalking Australia 100 km Walk Championships for men and women. These additional championships are run under the auspices of the Australian Federation of Race Walking Clubs. The walks are judged according to Centurion rules rather than the stricter racewalking rules.
How do I enter the 100 km
Australian Walk Championship?
Any competitors who enter the 24 Hour Walk event are automatically
entered in
the 100 km Australian Walk Championship at no additional cost.
| Dates | Sunday 11 March 2012: 6
Hour Walk and Run Sat 14 - Sun 15 April 2012: 24 Hour Walk and Run |
| Where | Harold Stevens Track Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Start Times | 6 Hour Race: 8AM start, Sunday 11 March 2012 24 Hour Races: 10AM start, Saturday 14 April 2012 |
| Finish Time |
6 Hour Race: 2PM finish, Sunday 11 March 2012 24 Hour Races: 10AM finish, Sunday 15 April, 2012 |
| Entries | To Tim Erickson 1 Avoca Cres Pascoe Vale Victoria, 3044 Australia |
| Entry form available
here soon |
Word: coburg2012_eform.doc PDF: coburg2012_eform.pdf |
Three awards are on offer
- GOLD MEDAL - The ultimate aim is to walk 100 Miles within 24 hours and earn the highly sought Australian Centurion badge and full life membership of the Australian Centurions. This is what we call the Gold Medal performance.
- SILVER MEDAL - The Centurion silver medal is awarded to any walker who either completes 80 km or walks for at least 12 hours.
- BRONZE MEDAL - The Centurion bronze medal is awarded to any walker who either completes 40 km or walks for at least 6 hours.
While our event has Public Liability Insurance, we do not offer
anything in the way of Personal Accident Insurance. In the event that
you suffer an injury during our event and subsequently incur either
medical expenses or time off work, it comes out of your pocket.
We therefore recommend that competitors take out their own precautions
in this matter by means of Private Health Insurance, Ambulance Victoria
membership and/or their own Sports Insurance.
AURA used to offer Personal Accident Insurance as part of its
membership package but that is not the case at the moment. However, I
still recommend AURA membership to any Australian competitors who
regularly compete in these ultra events and I refer you to their
website at http://www.aura.asn.au.
I must also alert you to a second matter of importance, given the possibility of hot weather, especially on the day of the 6 Hour event. With this in mind, we have formulated the following statement of intent
This is just a hands up in case the worst happens and is an indication of the fact that ultra race organisers will increasingly have to factor such a 'duty of care' into their race plans. Note that we have never had to implement this crisis plan.