About Us

Coffs Trail Runners Inc. is a not-for-profit incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 and was registered with Fair Trading NSW on 30 May 2022.

A volunteer-run committee oversees the organisation of all races and are guided by a Constitution.

We take pride in the fact that we successfully organise low-cost races that are community focussed and feature epic courses.

The 2024-25 committee is:

President – Keelan Birch
Vice President – Bryan Ries
Secretary – Karl Phillips
Treasurer – Greg Smith

Committee Members: Brad Bryan, Andrew Ferguson, Annabelle Swainston, Janelle Giffin, Chris Hamilton 

Get Involved

You’ll find many of us at the informal weekly 5km social run from King Tide Brewery every Thursday at 5:30pm.

Many of our runners also attend weekly run groups at:

RETRO (6:00am Tuesday/Thursday at Fitzroy Oval, Coffs Harbour)

Chinwag Run Group (5:30am Friday at Woolgoolga SLSC)

Sawtell Run Club (5:45am Friday at Sawtell Headland)

Bent Bridge Run Club (5:30pm Wednesday at Crown Hotel, Grafton)

If you are interested in personalised coaching to improve your running, we recommend coach Annabelle Swainston.

Annabelle is a Level 2 Accredited Coach from Athletics Australia and has coach a number of local running to their trail running goals at Washpool, Rumble in the Jungle and Coffs Backyard Ultra.

Contact Annabelle at annabelleswainston@gmail.com

Policies & Minutes

Coffs Trail Runners Inc – Event Policy sets out the guidelines that govern the organisation of all events.

Coffs Trail Runners Inc – General Waiver is our standard waiver for all event that may be adjusted for each event.

Coffs Trail Runners Inc – Incident Report Form template available at all events to be filled out after any incidents or near misses.

Coffs Trail Runners Inc – Office Bearers Roles and Responsibilities relating to the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Public Officer.