Ballina Athletics ClubEst. on Shelly Beach

Members

Points and prizes

Arguably the best investment this side of Bitcoin, and far less likely to crash before breakfast.

What you get for $30

Everything that comes with membership

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Weekly points

Score every Sunday based on how you run against your handicap. It all adds up across the season.

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Lucky dip draws

Two $20 cash prizes every single week. You just have to be there for the draw — Finish Number in hand.

Monthly trophies

Presentations at the end of each four-week period for the top point-scorers in each age group.

Season finale

Trophies and cash at the end of the season for the year's standout runners across all age groups.

Beachside barbecues

The occasional free feed for members. Because running hard deserves a sausage.

The actual point

A few hundred locals, all ages, on the sand on a Sunday morning. That is genuinely the prize.

How scoring works

Weekly points

Points are awarded each Sunday based on your placing within your age group:

Place in age groupPoints
1st20 pts
2nd15 pts
3rd10 pts
4th8 pts
5th or more5 pts
Time trial / early start5 pts
Volunteer8 pts

Points accumulate across each four-week period. The highest scorer in each age group wins a monthly prize, provided they have 30 points or more for that month. Once you win a monthly prize, you are not eligible to win the same monthly prize again that season — which means everyone gets a turn eventually.

Annual prizes

Annual prizes go to the top 3 point-scorers in each age category across the full season. To be eligible for an end-of-season prize you need 100 points or more.

If you run different distances across the season, you get 5 points per week toward your best distance's total for the weeks you ran a shorter distance. For example, 10 weeks at 3K and 2 weeks at 1K gives you an extra 10 points toward your 3K annual total. This applies to the annual total only, not the monthly scores.

See how you're tracking

Live results and points

Current standings, your points total, and weekly results are updated the morning after each race.

Open the season app Full results