Little Athletics Australia

Imagine what your Centre could achieve with new equipment!
Last year, Mornington Little Athletics Centre used their Coles Little Athletics Community Fund grant to purchase:
✅ Shot puts
✅ Discuses
✅ Javelins
✅ High Jump bars
✅ Relay batons

Thanks to the ongoing support of Coles and Grove Juice, Centres across Australia continue to receive equipment that benefits athletes and supports the volunteers who help bring competition days to life.Now it's your Centre's opportunity.

Apply for between $1,000 and $5,000 before applications close.

👉 www.coles.com.au/littleathleticsfund

Imagine what your Centre could achieve with new equipment!🥏

Last year, Mornington Little Aths Centre used their Coles Little Athletics Community Fund grant to purchase:
✅ Shot puts
✅ Discuses
✅ Javelins
✅ High Jump bars
✅ Relay batons

Thanks to the ongoing support of Coles and Grove Juice, Centres across Australia continue to receive equipment that benefits athletes and supports the volunteers who help bring competition days to life.Now it's your Centre's opportunity.

Apply for between $1,000 and $5,000 before applications close.

👉 www.coles.com.au/littleathleticsfund

🌟 Day 5. The final straight! 🇦🇺🇺🇸

The final day of the World Athletics U20 Championships has arrived, with our former Little Athletes ready to finish their campaigns on the world stage in Eugene.

⭐ Today's Watch:
🏃‍♀️ Medal contender Izobelle Louison-Roe (Port Hacking Little Athletics) takes to the runway in the Women's High Jump at 5:30am AEST, looking to finish her championships with a big performance. ⏰

Best of luck to our former Little Athletes competing on the final day 💚💛

📺 Catch all the action LIVE and FREE on the Channel 7 networks.

🌟 Day 4. Another day on the world stage! 🇦🇺🇺🇸

The World Athletics U20 Championships are heading into the final stages, with our former Little Athletes back in action for another big day in Eugene.

⭐ Today's Watch:
🏃‍♂️ Reigning Commonwealth Games Champion Isaac Beacroft (Quakers Hill Little Athletics) takes to the track at 3:10am AEST. ⏰

Fresh off his Commonwealth Games victory in Glasgow, Isaac is back on the international stage and ready to take on the world's best. 🇦🇺🏆

Best of luck to all of our former Little Athletes competing today! 💚💛

📺 Catch all the action LIVE and FREE on the Channel 7 networks.

🌟 Day 3. Ready for another big day! 🇦🇺🇺🇸

Our former Little Athletes are back in action on Day 3 of the World Athletics U20 Championships, proudly representing Australia on the world stage.

Kicking things off for our former Little Athletes are Wyatt Hill (Bayford Little Athletics) and Xavier Davie (South Launceston Little Athletics), who begin their Men's Decathlon campaigns from 3:00am AEST. ⏰

Best of luck to all of our former Little Athletes competing today. The entire Little Athletics community will be cheering you on every step of the way! 💚💛

📺 Catch all the action LIVE and FREE on the Channel 7 networks.

🌟 Day 2. The action continues! 🇦🇺🇺🇸

Our former Little Athletes are back in action on Day 2 of the World Athletics U20 Championships, proudly representing Australia on the world stage.

⭐ Today's Watch:
🏃‍♀️ Women's Heptathlon 800m | 11:10am AEST
🇦🇺 Bailey Van Den Broek (Huon Valley Little Athletics)
🇦🇺 Isabella Wing (Launceston Little Athletics)

Best of luck to all of our former Little Athletes competing today 💚💛

📺 Catch all the action LIVE and FREE on the Channel 7 networks.

From Little Athletics to the world stage 🌎🇺🇸

Today, 60 former Little Athletes begin their World Athletics U20 Championships campaign in Eugene, Oregon, proudly representing Australia.

For many, it's their first opportunity to compete in the green and gold at a global championship—an achievement earned through years of hard work and dedication.

The action gets underway from 3:00am AEST. Tune in and cheer on our future stars!

📺 Watch LIVE and FREE on the Channel 7 networks.

🍌 Every banana makes a difference.

The 2026 Coles Little Athletics Community Fund is proudly supported by Coles through the 2025 Coles Little Athletics Banana A-Peel campaign, Coles donated 5 cents from every kilogram of Cavendish bananas sold, helping fund equipment grants for Little Athletics Centres across Australia.

Since launching in 2018, the program has helped hundreds of Centres purchase equipment that benefits thousands of young athletes. Now it's your Centre's turn.

👉 Apply today:
www.coles.com.au/littleathleticsfund

💚💛 A Commonwealth Games to Remember! 🇦🇺

Our former Little Athletes delivered an outstanding campaign in Glasgow, producing memorable performances, breaking records and standing on the podium 25 times.

🏅 25 Medals
🥇 10 Gold
🥈 8 Silver
🥉 7 Bronze

📈 4 Commonwealth Games Records
🇦🇺 1 National Record
🌏 1 Area Record

From first-time medallists to Commonwealth Games champions and history-makers, our former Little Athletes once again showcased the strength of Little Athletics on the international stage.

Congratulations to every athlete on an incredible Commonwealth Games campaign! 👏

Congratulations to former Reynella East Little Athletics athlete 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 on winning gold in the Men's Pole Vault at the 2026 Commonwealth Games! 💚💛

With another dominant performance, Kurtis successfully defended his Commonwealth Games title for the third consecutive Games, setting a new Commonwealth Games record and further cementing his place among Australia's pole vault greats.

THREE-PEAT COMPLETE 🥇

Somebody call air traffic control to Scotstoun Stadium because Kurtis Marschall is FLYING ✈️

Kurtis secures gold in the Men’s Pole Vault with a 5.85m clearance, sets a new Games record and completes the Commonwealth Games three-peat, becoming the Commonwealth’s most successful Pole Vaulter 😤

2018 - 2022 - 2026 🏆

📸 Michael Thomas