Race Info

• Entries in the Treble Goal Buster event will count as 3 points and 1 point for all other events.
• Winner will be based on the highest number of accrued entry points and entered prior to Thursday 5th June 2025.
• Make sure you enter a team name or choose a team when processing your race entry to support your team.
• Team Award winner will be announced at the event presentation.

• Complete online entry form
• Collect your race pack from check-in which contains your timing chip, bib number and merchandise that you may have ordered. Note – Race packs will not be posted out.
• Saturday 7th June 2025 – Race kit collection will be available between 10am to 5pm at the South West Rocks Country Club
• Sunday 8th June 2025 Race Day – You must collect your race kit at least 30 mins prior to your event. Bib pick up will be open race morning from 5.30am at Chop ‘n Chill South West Rocks.
• Register early as we have field capacity restrictions.

• A 50% refund will be issued up to 28th February 2025.
• No refunds will be issued from 1st March 2025 for any reason.
• In the event that you can no longer participate after 1st March 2025 , you may choose to sell and transfer your entry to another runner of your choice up until 31st May 2025. Entry transfers will not be accepted after 1st June 2025. If transferring your entry or seeking to downgrade send an email to info@runfest.com.au stating your name, date of birth, phone number, event entered and event you wish to downgrade too. Our event team will then be in contact within 48 hours. Downgrade is subject to availability and available until 1st June 2025.
• If you can no longer participate in the event of which you are registered, you are able to downgrade to a lower distance up until 1st June 2025.
• There are no refunds for non-starters or non-finishers. This includes participants who have an illness or injury.
• Entries cannot be transferred to other future events.
• If seeking to upgrade your entry please email info@runfest.com.au stating your name, date of birth, phone number, event entered and event you wish to upgrade too. Our event team will then be in contact within 48 hours. Upgrade is subject to availability and available until 1st June 2025.

There will be a contact-less, secure bag storage area made available to competitors. Participants will receive a numbered bag tag coinciding with your race number which must be fixed to your bag before dropping it off. We also advise that though we provide this service for your convenience, you leave your belongings at your own risk. The Event takes no responsibility for any lost or stolen items. Bag Drop location is Trial Bay Precinct

We will open the start area 10min prior to each distance start. Wave starts will be employed to ensure a safe start for all runners.

Please enter your target race time for your event when completing the entry form.

All participants will receive an individual start time as and when they cross the start line. There will be no congregating at the start line for any extended period and no need to rush to start.

Updates will be posted here and on our event Facebook Page

Timing Chips are integrated into your Race Bib and will be activated when you cross the start line. Your timing chip will start when you cross the start line of your chosen event. Your time will be automatically recorded when you cross the finish line. Please ensure that you do not bend your race bib / timing chip as it may impact its ability to scan and track your results.

Do not walk over the start or finish timing mat before your event begins, or completion of your event.

All participants will receive a finishers medal at the completion of their designated event. Your medal can be collected as you exit the finishing chute.

Trophies will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd overall male and female based on net times in the following events:

• Marathon
• Half Marathon
• 10km
• 5km
• Treble Gaol Buster

There will be no trophies for age category winners. However, all competitors in the Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km Run, 5km and Kids 3km Fun Run will receive a finishers certificate that can be downloaded from our website.

Trophies will be awarded following each event.

Results will be available online via www.southwestrocksrunfest.com.au

We intend to stage an awesome, fun event in a safe and friendly environment for all competitors to enjoy. We ask that you be mindful of our race etiquette and adhere to social distancing rules. If we adopt starting waves for the event, please ensure that you start in the correct group. More information will be shared prior to the event date.

Keep to the left of the course to allow faster competitors to pass on your right side. Keep 1.5m apart where possible on the course. Be courteous to fellow competitors, public and volunteers. Please follow the instructions of the event crew at all times.

Vacate the finishing area immediately after your event. Runners are not to remain in the finishing chute and are asked to continue to move promptly through to the recovery area, away from the finish line. St. John Ambulance will be on hand, should require assistance.

Pre-arrange a meeting point after the event with family and friends away from the finishing area.

Prams are allowed, however we do ask that you start at the back of the field. Please also leave your furry friends at home – no pets of any kind are to be in the event or race precinct.

All competitors will receive a finishers certificate that can be downloaded from our website. Results will be available online following the event.

All event photos will be made available FREE after the event on our event Facebook page.

Overall Photography Mid-North Coast is the official event video partner for Run Fest Forster-Tuncurry . The Overall team will be on course, in the sky, at the finish line and in the crowd taking for the duration of the event. The video will be made available FREE after the event on our event Facebook page.

Drink Stations will be contact-less – self serve from the table. To assist us with hygiene we also ask that you empty your cup and place in one of the rubbish bins after the station, we want as few cups to collect from the course as possible. There will be 4 aid stations on the course which participants will have access to every approximately every 2km. Water and RunXPerform will be provided at each aid station. More information will be provided closer to the event.

Aid Station Locations:

• Aid station 1 – 2.8kms near 5km race turn around
• Aid station 2 – 5kms at Horseshoe Bay near Parkrun start sign
• Aid station 3 – 7.8kms Tahlee Cresent
• Aid station 4 – 10.7km long course turn around at Salt turn around

Medical personnel will be available at the first aid tent in the race precinct and at various locations on the course.

Tune in to our event Facebook page for race updates.

Toilets will be available in the Trial Bay event precinct.

For safety reasons we discourage the use of headphones, however if you must run with them, please use on one ear only or at a very low volume so you can hear vehicles, course marshall instructions and fellow competitors approaching from behind.

• You will not be able to change shirt sizing if incorrect. Please check the sizing chart when completing your entry / merchandise order.
• FREE SWR Running Festival  race shirt available to all Treble Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km and 5km participants entering prior to 30 January 2025. Please note this is a FREE shirt only, not a singlet. Singlets are available for purchase and cannot be exchanged in place of the free shirt.
• Changes to shirt / singlet sizes will not be allowed if transferring your race entry to another person.
• A small quantity of SWRF race shirts and singlets will be available online to purchase. Place your order before 17th March 2025 to avoid any disappointment. Shirts and singlets may not be available to purchase on race weekend.
• All event merchandise must be collected when picking up race kits at the event registration / check-in.
• In the event of a cancellation of the event, or participants not able to attend the event, merchandise will not be posted to participants.
• Cut off for ordering SWR 2024 event shirts and singlets is 17th March 2025.