Sports carnival

In Australian culture sports carnivals are held to perform competitions in the individual or team disciplines like athletics, swimming or Surf Life Saving. Teams from different clubs or schools gather together for both individual point-score and team score. Often, the carnival is opened by a parade with the teams marching in uniforms and flags over the field of competition.

Surf carnival
Surf Life Saving Clubs in Australia train their nippers and young life savers for competitions in surf carnivals. Local, regionall, state and nation wide competitions are held across the country. Junior carnivals compete for age groups starting from under-8 to under-14 while senior competitions among active surf life savers start from under-15 to veterans. Veterens are athletes 30 years and older, the agegroups are in 5 year blocks; 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, all the way up to 65+.