We compete against athletes from other Centres within our Region (South East) – Balmoral, Beenleigh, Browns Plains,Jimboomba, Mt Gravatt, Redlands, Springwood, Sunnybank and Wynnum Manly – at Regional Relay Day and Regional Championships.

Regional competitions for the 2009/2010 season will be held at the Mt Gravatt Little Athletics Centre home grounds at Mansfield State High School and hosted by Mt Gravatt  Little Athletics Centre

There are two regional meetings (Regional Relays and Regional Championships) for U/7 to U/17, held each season. No special qualifications are necessary to enter the Regional Championships just the desire to compete, and naturally the usual spirit of having fun predominates.

Regional Relays (U7 – U17) are held in November and Regional Championhips (U7 – U17) in February, see Calendar of Events for more details.

Athletes qualifying at Regional Relays are eligible to compete at State Relays in the U9 – U17 Age Groups and from the Regional Championships in the State Championships U9 – U17 Age Groups.

Relay days give an opportunity for all children to participate in a team activity. We feel that there is a need to foster a "team spirit" in our athletes and relay events are really the only opportunity we have for competing as a team. We’d like to see all of our registered athletes, or a least as many as possible competing at Regional Relay Day. As it’s early in the season, some of the coaching during the first few weeks will be given to relay training.

Relays include both track and field relays. In field relays, athletes compete in a team in a selection of events, where a "team" score is the sum of two individual performances. Athletes will be paired based on their performance on the day. Track relays are-

A maximum of five (5) events may be entered by each athlete.

At Regional Relay Day athletes may compete in higher age groups and girls can compete in boy's events, but no athlete can plan to compete in the same event in two age groups nor in more than 5 events on the day. Parents should note that this is an all day competition and canteen facilities will be available.

There are trophies for the Centre with the highest participation both at the Regional and State Relay competitions. In previous seasons each team scored points towards their Team total

At Regional Relay Day, the first three placed teams in each event (except the U/7's & U/8’s) qualify to compete in the State Relay Day. State Nomination fees are included in the athletes' registration fees, paid when joining the centre.

If the Regional Championships are cancelled due to rain they will be held the next available weekend, a backup day has been listed in our calendar.

Nominations for Regional Relays are made by the Centre Committee after seeking your availability to compete at the carnival. Relay teams are selected on performance, by the Centre Manager in conjunction with the Records Officer.