Chemist Warehouse Extends Support as the 2023 Summer Season Launches

Australian athletics will be powered by Chemist Warehouse for the next two years with Australia's largest pharmacy retailer extending and expanding their support of the sport. 

The two-year sponsorship renewal covers 2023 and 2024 and includes naming rights to a series of competitions across the summer and winter seasons, plus support of the volunteer officials who are the backbone of the national competition program. Chemist Warehouse activation zones will feature at many of these events, providing hydration, sun protection and recovery products for athletes, officials and fans alike. 

All Australian team members selected for junior and senior track and field, road and cross country teams will proudly wear the Chemist Warehouse brand on their national team kit in recognition of the retailer’s significant support of the sport. This branded team kit will feature for the first time when Australia takes on the world on home soil at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships to be held in Bathurst on 18 February 2023.

“At Chemist Warehouse we are committed to supporting Australian sport from grass roots right through to an elite level and are thrilled to be fostering the extreme skill of Athletics competitors in Australia. As the House of Wellness we are passionate about health and fitness and the extension of our partnership with Athletics Australia will allow us to work together to grow the sport within our country,” said Chemist Warehouse Director, Mario Tascone.

And as part of the partnership extension, some of Australia’s best athletes will be named as Chemist Warehouse ambassadors in the coming weeks, and will work with the retailer and their House of Wellness arm to showcase the benefits of sport, health and wellness throughout the wider Australian community. 

Athletics Australia CEO Peter Bromley welcomed the continued support of Chemist Warehouse saying, “We are thrilled to both continue and to grow this partnership with Chemist Warehouse, a leader in retail pharmacy and key influencer of wellness and healthcare outcomes for all Australians.”

“Our athletes will benefit from this partnership through the quality of the events we can deliver, and so too will sports fans. We encourage you to show up and support the Aussie stars when they bring the show to a track near you this season!”

The Chemist Warehouse Summer of Athletics kicks off with the Adelaide Invitational in just 10 days.
Ten things to get excited about for the 2023 Chemist Warehouse Summer of Athletics:

1.    Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Ash Moloney and Australia’s fastest man Rohan Browning will headline a star-studded affair at the Chemist Warehouse Adelaide Invitational on Saturday, February 11 at SA Athletics Stadium. 

2.    A full contingent of Aussie stars wearing the green and gold at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Bathurst 2023 from February 17-19 as they take on the world’s best in the toughest event of them all – right here in our own backyard.

3.    The opportunity for fun runners, walkers and sport fans alike to take on the same course as the world’s top cross country runners in one of the many mass participation events on offer at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst. This truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

4.    The as yet unknown Aussie athlete/s who will deliver their breakthrough performances in 2023 en route to Paris 2024 and Victoria 2026.

5.    The Melbourne Track Classic – now upgraded and reimagined as the Maurie Plant Meet - Melbourne, held in memory of the athletics stalwart PLUS awarded Gold Status within the World Athletics Continental Tour Series – to be held on Thursday 23 February.

6.    The world’s fastest man, 100m world champion Fred Kerley (USA) set to headline the Maurie Plant Meet running the Peter Norman 200m. Lining up against Kerley will be the nation’s premier sprinter Rohan Browning who will step up to 200m for the occasion, joining 200m specialists - World Under 20 Championships medallist Calab Law and Australian 200m champion Aidan Murphy.

7.    The Chemist Warehouse Sydney Track Classic on 11 March, incorporating the Australian 3000m Championships. 

8.    The race walks extravaganza continues, with the second of two World Athletics Race Walking Tour Silver Supernova events in Canberra on 2 February, followed by the Chemist Warehouse Australian 20km Race Walk Championships ten days later (12 February) in Victoria.

9.    All eyes on Brisbane, home to the 2032 Olympic Games and also the 2023 Chemist Warehouse Brisbane Track Classic – a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet on 25 March, the 100th edition of the Chemist Warehouse Australian Open and Under 20 Track and Field Championships the week later (30 March – 2 April) and the Chemist Warehouse Australian Junior (U13 – U18) Track and Field Championships (13-16 April). A host of special activities will feature at the Open Nationals for participants, fans and alumni of the sport to mark the 100th edition milestone, including a gala function on the Sunday night.

10.    Athletics Australia’s 125th year celebrations continue – a sport with a long and proud history from Flack to Freeman and beyond. A feature of these celebrations is a series of alumni functions across the country, held in conjunction with the meet.

By Athletics Australia
Posted: 2/2/2023