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Here are the Proud winners of the Trophies at the 2017 Weymouth St Pauls Harriers Prize Giving.
This year, the AGM and Prize giving will be held at
Wellworthys Sports and Social Club on Tuesday March 20th at Tues 18:30
Please come along and support your club and the athletes who try and train so hard over the year.
We are always looking for new people to join our committee, and if you feel you want to take on any of the roles like, secretary, treasurer, welfare officer or simply be a committee member, please contact us now and we can talk you through what is required for the role.
Please support the club and help shape its future.
PLEASE NOTE ALL MEMBERSHIPS ARE DUE FOR RENEWAL ON 01ST APRIL – PLEASE BE PROMPT IN PAYING.
BOURNEMOUTH ATHLETIC CLUB JOHN RUMBOLD MEMORIAL OPEN SUNDAY 25th March 2018
CLOSING DATE 15TH MARCH
This is a self-entry meeting.
The Online Application Form can be found HERE
A Paper form to be completed and sent and be found HERE
Alternatively, please visit the Bournemouth Athletics Club site HERE for more details
We will be looking for parents to join our merry band of officials this year….can you press start and stop on a stopwatch? – You’re qualified. Can you watch people cross a finish line and write down the order they finished in? – You’re qualified. Can you measure how far a shot put goes? You’re qualified.
Please volunteer, it is the only way we can enter leagues / meetings.
This is a self-entry event,
CLOSING DATE WILL BE MID – LATE APRIL
Event Categories:
All Junior Events, All Senior Events, Track and Field
We will be looking for parents to join our merry band of officials this year….can you press start and stop on a stopwatch? – You’re qualified. Can you watch people cross a finish line and write down the order they finished in? – You’re qualified. Can you measure how far a shot put goes? You’re qualified.
Please volunteer, it is the only way we can enter leagues / meetings.
We will be looking for parents to join our merry band of officials this year….can you press start and stop on a stopwatch? – You’re qualified. Can you watch people cross a finish line and write down the order they finished in? – You’re qualified. Can you measure how far a shot put goes? You’re qualified.
Please volunteer, it is the only way we can enter leagues / meetings.
Wessex League Track and Field dates for 2018 Sunday 8th April Bournemouth
Sunday 3 rd June Bournemouth
Sunday 24th June Poole
Sunday 8th July Bournemouth.
We will be looking for parents to join our merry band of officials this year….can you press start and stop on a stopwatch? – You’re qualified. Can you watch people cross a finish line and write down the order they finished in? – You’re qualified. Can you measure how far a shot put goes? You’re qualified.
Please volunteer, it is the only way we can enter leagues / meetings.
The annual WSPH AGM and Prize giving will be held at the Redlands Sports Hub this year. Please come along and support your club, maybe volunteer to help!! Every little bit of help, of any kind is very gratefully received, as the club is completely run by enthusiastic volunteers.
There will be a presentation of trophies for all age groups for a large range of categories, so there is excitement and anticipation all round!
If you have not filled out a WSPH application form yet, now is a perfect opportunity to print it out, fill it in and bring it along. All applications should be in by 1st April.
It will also be an opportunity for you to hear about the club and give your suggestions and opinions.
WSPH hope to see you on Tuesday night at Redlands. There will be no training.
Clubs compete on a league basis of four matches evenly spread around as much as possible on a club strength and geographical basis. Trophies are awarded to the league champions as well as age groups. Medals are awarded to athletes of the match (boys and girls in both track and field events). In addition at the end of the season any record breakers are also awarded medals.
Field Events:
Trials: All field events except high jump will be of 3 trials. Any athlete reaching an AAA grade 3 or above will receive 2 additional attempts (Except for Non-Scoring Athletes)
High Jump: Starting height for the high jump will be:
Under 13 Girls 1.00m Under 13 Boys 1.00m
Under 15 Girls 1.10m. Under 15 Boys 1.20m.
Under 17 Women 1.20m. Under 17 Men 1.30m.
Then the height will go up in 5cm increments. The last three competitors in each age group will be allowed to increase the height by 2cm
Athletes must not mark their run up with any item apart from tape or marker provided by Host Team, this applies equally to both senior athletes and Quad Kids
QUADKIDS:
Teams are limited to 10 athletes per gender. (There are to be NO Non-Scoring athletes in Quadkids)
Athletes must be in school years 4 & 5 and under eleven by August 31st of the competition year.
Quadkids will be divided into 2 pools per gender for the field events
Quadkids must assemble at nominated meet point then be escorted to the event.
Quadkids team manager can remain within the track perimeter during competition to help and assist as necessary. (Only one adult per Quadkids Team will be allowed inside the track)
Vortex will be 3 straight throws with only the longest measured.
All throws to be measured from a central point (like javelin)
The Vortex must be thrown with the same technique as a Javelin i.e. pull throw
Long jump will be 1 practice jump followed by 2 competition jumps.
A 3rd jump will be allowed if the first 2 are NO jumps, failing that 3rd jump will result in 3 NO jumps.
Quadkids shall compete in sequential order within each round, similar to older athletes.
Full League Info
Further Information can be seen HERE
Time Table for Events
The Track and Field Event Timetable can be seen :