Welcome to Byron Bay Runners Herb Elliott Twilight Meet 2025!

Byron Bay Runners are looking forward to welcoming you to a great night of racing, with trackside entertainment (live music and DJ), woodfired pizza and cold drinks, at the Herb Elliott Athletics Track, Cavanbah Centre, Byron Bay. Thanks to Gold Sponsors Inca Property Group and Sotheby's Byron Bay we have a cash prize pool of over $2,500, as well as cash prizes donated by local businesses Dynamic Performance Psychology and Antique Mirror Glass.

On registration all competitors automatically win a free month's gym membership, thanks to event sponsors Jett's Ballina, as well as 20% off a Recovery Session (use between 25-27/1/25) thanks to local gym Social Remedy.

We have extended our race distances for 2025, with 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, community 3,000m and ANSW Herb Elliott 1500m (Heat A as an elite field). All races are run at Byron Bay Runners training venue, the Herb Elliott Athletics Track, Cavanbah Centre, which is an  8 lane grass track. All races will be manually timed, along with video timing of finish. Please note this is a provisional timetable; the final timetable will be confirmed once entries have closed (23/1/25), and we know final numbers of athletes per heat.

5.00pm:  Athletes arrive

5.15pm: Opening Ceremony - Acknowledgement of Country, Athlete and Spectator welcome

5.30pm: 100m heats commence

5.50pm: 200m heats commence

6.10pm: 400m heats commence

6.30pm: 800m heats commence

7.00pm: Community 3,000m heats commence

7.40pm: 1500m - heats commence

8.00pm: 'Herb Elliott' 1500m - heat A (elite female)

8.30pm: 'Herb Elliott' 1500m - heat A (elite male)

8.45pm: Presentation Ceremony (Perpetual trophies, cash- and product prizes)

9pm: event close

Byron Bay is in NSW and operates on 'daylight saving' (an hour before Qld). Program times are approximate. 

All athletes must report to the Call Room/Athlete 'check in' at least 15 minutes before the start of their first race to receive their race bib (if you are entering multiple races you only need to check in once as you will use the same number). The call room will close 10mins before the scheduled start time of the event.

All races are timed finals, with perpetual trophies awarded to the fastest male and fastest female (eligible for perpetual trophy from any heat, note ANSW Herb Elliott trophy is for ANSW and LANSW club members only). Age category awards (juniors/opens/masters) will also be given if we have a minimum of 10 male and 10 female runners in each category (otherwise results will be aggregated across categories).

Prize money will be awarded to the top 3 fastest males and females for each race distance across all timed heats.

Herb Elliott 1500m (Sponsor: Inca Property Group): male and female winners $300, 2nd $150, 3rd $50.

100m (Sponsor: Sotheby's Byron Bay): male and female winners $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $50.

200m, 400m, 800m and 3km (race sponsors Antique Mirror Glass and Dynamic Performance Psychology): male and female winners $100, 2nd $50 Runners apparel voucher, 3rd $25 runners apparel voucher.

Trackside: Music, live race commentary, athlete interviews; food and drinks available for purchase

Please bring a chair or blanket to sit on (we do not have trackside seating).

We look forward to welcoming you on Saturday 25/1/25