The Lithgow Flash Carnival

23rd February 2013

Welcome to the Lithgow Flash Gift Carnival, featuring the Lithgow Flash® Gift female sprint race. The Lithgow Flash® Gift Carnival has been supported over the last four years by regular sponsors including Coal Services, Lithgow McDonalds, Centennial Coal, Lithgow City Council, Tourism NSW, Westfund, Delta, Maritime Mining Power Credit Union, Lithgow Workmens Club, Lean & Bennett, C&W Printing, Collins Transport, Mountain High Conveyancing, Video Ezy, Jones Bros, and the Bowen Inn.

The Lithgow Flash Gift will be held on Saturday 23rd February, 2013 at the Tony Luchetti Showground, Lithgow.

The Lithgow Flash Gift is a professional athletics carnival and will see athletes invited from all over Australia. Races are to be conducted under a handicap system to give an even chance for all competitors of winning. “The Lithgow Flash Gift” is named for Mrs Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, The Lithgow Flash, who during her athletic career won two Olympic gold medals (Helsinki 1952) and seven Commonwealth Games gold medals.

Events

Event	Description	Entry Forms
The Coal Services 5km Valley Challenge	For teams or individuals, with a maximum of 6 competitors per team. Times of the first 4 competitors, from each team, to cross the finish line will be used to calculate the winners. Individuals can compete in this event and prizes are given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Scheduled to start at 4.00pm. The Course starts and finishes at the Tony Luchetti Showground. The event is conducted along a reasonably flat 5km loop course utilising picturesque parks and cycleway of Lithgow.	Download Entry Form for Coal Services 5km Valley Challenge
The Zig Zag Mile	The Zig Zag Mile is a one mile run around the Tony Luchetti Showground open to men and women	Download Entry Form for Zig Zag Mile
NSW Athletics League Events	These events are open only to members of NSW Athletics League.	Link to NSW Athletics League Entry Form
Junior events	Junior events are conducted by Lithgow Little Athletics.	Download Entry Form for Junior Events

The Lithgow Flash Gift is a drug and alchol free event