Match Results /
Timetables
Next Fixture
Sun. July 13th 2008
Venue: Yate
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League Rules For 2007 Season
(The League is run under UKA rules) (Amendments for 2008 to be announced)
- Competitors: Clubs may enter up to 4 athletes per age group event: -
- - 'A' scoring competitor - 'B' scoring competitor
- - 1st Guest - 2nd Guest
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- If only one competitor is entered for a track event he/she must be identified
as the 'A' competitor. The exceptions to these rules are as follows: -
- Guests must wear the appropriate numbers.
- Veteran women and men can score when they run with the seniors in the
100m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m. Only 4 competitors in each of the senior
men/veterans, senior women/veterans categories would score. A separate
100m race may be run for vets SM and/or vets SL if necessary but all
longer races will be run together. For other track events and all field
events vets must compete as seniors.
- Competitors in the BU15 age group may not compete in 2 or more track
events 800m or greater in length on the same day.
- All protests must be made to the Track and Field Referees of the day and only
by a Team Manager.
- Ages
- Ages of competitors will be as per UKA rules, which are set out below: -
- U11 Boys & Girls, Under 11 but 9 or over, before 31.08.2007. (School year 4 & 5)
- U13 Boys & Girls, Under 13 but not Under 11 at midnight on 31.08.2007. (School year 6 & 7)
- U15 Boys & Girls, under 15 years at midnight on 31.08.2007. (School year 8 & 9)
- U17 Men & Women, under 17 years at midnight on 31.08.2007. (School year 10 & 11)
- SM & SW over 17 years at midnight on 31.08.2007.
- Vet Men, 40 or over, on the day of competition.
- Vet Women, 35 or over, on the day of competition.
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- The League can take no responsibility for competitors under 11 years of age
(i.e. Yr’s 4 & 5).
- No athlete may compete in two age groups per meeting, except the VM/VL, who may
compete as SM/SL, but not in the same event. Any athlete being caught doing
this will have all of their points deducted, as well as any points for relay
teams that he or she may have competed in. Athletes may move up an age group
in subsequent matches, subject to UKA rules.
- Number of Events
- No competitors, except seniors and Vets may compete in more than 3 events
excluding relays, seniors and Vets may compete in 4 events excluding relays.
- Colours
- Club colours must be worn and these are listed below: -
- Bitton RR: Yellow vest with blue horizontal band.
- Bristol & West: White vest with red horizontal band.
- Clevedon: Yellow vest with 2 black diagonal stripes right to left.
- Forest of Dean: Green vest with a white chest band.
- Gloucester: White vest with diagonal red band.
- Stroud: Green vest with a Blue and Red horizontal band.
- Team Bath: Blue vest with yellow panels.
- Yate: Green vest with yellow vertical stripe.
- Letters
- Letters/numbers must be worn front and back except for the High Jump
and Pole Vault.
- 'A' competitor must wear a single letter.
- 'B' competitor must wear a double letter.
- Guest competitors must wear the appropriate guest number
- Note that in relay competitors can wear either single or double letters,
but not one of each.
- Team letters/numbers are to be supplied by clubs and must be Stacy size
and not "home-made". Veterans are to be identified by using a red coloured
background to their letters/numbers.
- Track Events
- The make up of races is at the discretion of the track officials.
- All events up to and including 400m are programmed to be run as separate
'A' and 'B' events. If the total number of competitors declared is equal to,
or less than the number of lanes available the starter has the discretion to
combine the 'A' and 'B' events.
- In all events over 400m, 'A', 'B' and guest competitors will be combined in
one race, numbers permitting. In combined races irrespective of distance,
the first scoring competitor to finish from each club will be the 'A' competitor
for scoring purposes irrespective of team declaration sheets.
- A lane draw will be allocated in races where a single lane is adhered to,
i.e. 75m - 400m including Hurdles, plus the 800m.
- Throws
- Three trials per competitor - implements as per UKA rules.
- Jumps
- Horizontal - three per competitor.
- Vertical - starting height will be 1.00m for competitors in all age groups
inc. U11. (Team Managers should be aware that competitors should be of
a sufficient standard to be able to attempt this height i.e. no raw beginners).
Heights for other age groups will start at the discretion of the judge bearing
in mind 3 points - number of competitors, time allowed for competition and
age group.
- The bar will be raised in 5cm increments for U11’s to 1.20 and until 1.40 for
all other age groups. After these heights are attained, it will be at the
discretion of the field event teams as to what to raise the bar by. The highest
ranked competitor from any club in a field event will be scored as the ‘A’
competitor, irrespective of team declaration sheets.
- Two guest competitors ONLY, will be allowed per event, per age group, per team in
all track and field events.
- Scoring
- A and B events plus relays are scored separately 1st = 8, 2nd = 7 ......8th
= 1 point. (Note only 1 relay team to score per age group)
- Each age group is scored separately.
- Total points scored by all age groups determines overall match position.
- Total points scored determines match position for each age group.
- Match points are scored as 1st = 8, 2nd = 7.......8th = 1 point.
- At the end of the season total match scores determine age group and overall positions. In
the event of a tie, total event points will be used to determine final positions.
- Relays
- From the 2007 season onwards so long as there is at least one athlete
of the correct age group in the team, composite teams can run and score
at the higher age grouped team. To clarify if 3 U13s and 1 U15 form a team.
They will compete with the U15 age groups. They must not under any
circumstances compete 2 age groups above their youngest member.
i.e. U13 U13 U13 U17 or U17 U17 U17 U13. In addition no athlete will be
allowed to compete in more than one relay team on match day irrespective of
how many individual events that they will have already competed in. Please
make sure that all team managers are aware of this ruling.
- Team Declarations
- Declaration forms must be submitted 15 minutes before the first event
and must include names of team managers and officials. Subsequent changes
maybe made as long as the event has not started. This to include an Officials
Declaration Sheet.
- Results
- The host clubs at each meeting must prepare a set of results using the
score sheets provided. At the end of the meeting a member of the host clubs
will take home the result sheets, check, copy and distribute them to the other
competing clubs.
- Officials
- Each non-Hosting, competing club must provide: -
- 2 track officials (track judge and timekeeper)
- At least 3-field event judges to work as a team (1 of which must be
qualified).
- The host clubs will be responsible for: -
- An Administration team to compete the result sheets.
- Personnel to carry out the raffle.
- A Starter's Marshall, (2 preferably, for the 75 and 100 metres sprints)
- A Person to operate the loudspeaker / announcer.
- A Chief Timekeeper and Track Referee. Note, they do not have to belong
to one of the Host clubs, as long as they are in attendance.
- Officials are to report to the host clubs 30 minutes before the start of the
match. (Remember it requires some 30 officials for the meeting to run smoothly.)
- The Starter and Field Referee and First Aid will be supplied by the League for
all 4 matches during the season.
- Affiliation Fee
- This will be set prior to the first match and will be the minimum required
to pay for the running costs of the league (£150 for the 2007 season).
- Second Claim Athletes
- Second claim members will be allowed to compete as scoring athletes in the
league, provided they compete as scoring athletes for one club only during
the season.
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