Teams

Registration type

When you begin to register for Run For the Kids, the first screen of the entry process will ask for your registration type, If you wish to create a team, select: Create a team. Then click on the green CONTINUE button.

Create a team name.

 When choosing and referring to a team name, teams must choose a name that is unambiguous and not offensive as it will be used at all times for consistency, to assist with administration of entries and processing of results.

Enter your team name in the text box, and click on CHECK IF AVAILABLE button.

If a team already exists with the same name, you will be prompted to select a different name.

Select your team type

If your team name is accepted, the registration process moves to the next screen and displays your team name on the left. Next to the team name, please select your Team Type from the dropdown menu

Corporate: Corporate teams are those with six or more runners representing a corporation, company or an organisation who are all bona fide employees of the corporation, company or organisation being represented.

Community: Community teams are those with six or more runners representing a sporting or social club, or non profit organisation who are all bona fide members of the club or organisation being represented.

School: School teams are those with six or more runners representing a primary school, secondary school or tertiary institution who are all bona fide students, teachers or employees of the school or institution being represented.

Family and Friends: A group of Family and Friends participating together to support one another

Tell us who the Team Administrator is

Then enter the name and email address for the Team Administrator, who can be any responsible adult who will look after the administration of your team. The Team Administrator does not have to be participating in the event.

Complete the Team Options:

There are various access levels for a team. Please select the one that best suits your needs:

• Public – Anybody can join this Team

• Private – Only allow those I invite to join this Team

• Password – A Team password is required to join

Select the payment option for the team.

Teams can either require individuals to pay as they enter or for the team manager to pay for all team members at a later date.

• If you select “team members pay for their own registration fees”, each individual team member will be prompted to pay for their own registration via credit card at the end of the registration process
• If you select “The team pays for all registration fees“, the team administrator is responsible for finalising the payment for all team members.

Notifications:

You can choose to be notified by email each time someone joins your team

Team Race Kits

All race kits are sent directly to the individual entrant’s address.  If you would like to receive all your race kits to a single central address, please contact the Race office on 03 9292 2901.

Then click on CONTINUE to proceed to the next screen.

Congratulations – you have now created your team!

The Team Confirmation screen provides you with some further options:

You can choose to add yourself to the team.  (We recommend this, as it is a good way to understand the individual registration process, so you know what your team members will be completing)

You can elect to add someone else to your team.

You can Manage the team, which allows you to edit details in the back end of the team. We recommend you click on manage the team, and review all the details.

This is also where you can choose to create a fundraising page for your team.  Scroll down the page to the Fundraising section to create your fundraising page

Select Individual, then select I’m part of a Team, then click on the green continue button

Team Search page

In the search box, enter your team name or a word from your team team, and click on search.  The search will return any team that includes the word you seach for

If there are multiple teams with similar names, a list will appear.  Choose the correct team (usually best to check the name of the Team Administrator) then click on the green Join button next to the team you want to join.

If the team is a public team, you’ll be able to complete your personal registration information immediately

If the team is a private team, the team administrator will be notified, so they can invite you to join their team

if the team requires a password, you will be prompted to provide the password.If you don’t know the password, check in with your team administrator to get it.

Once logged into your team, you can complete the entry process, and you will automatically become a team member of your selected team.

Paying for your entry

Your team manager will have created your team as either Pay now or Pay later. If your team is a Pay Now team, you will need to pay for your entry at the time you complete your entry details.

If your team is a Pay Later Team, your team manager will finalise payment on your behalf.

Receiving your race kit

Depending on how your team administrator has set up the team, you will either be asked to provide an address for your race kit or your team manager may have arranged for all the team kits to be delivered to one location for distribution from a central point.

If you need any assistance with joining a team, please contact the Race Office on 03 9292 2901.