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Athletic Sports

Entries: All Pre-School pupils take part in a special Pre-School series of races just as all Junior School pupils take part in a special series of Junior School races and relay events.  All pupils in Year 4 - 8 take part in the Athletic Sports through being timed/measured for each event appropriate to their age grade. The events for each grade are indicated by a #

 Event  Bantams  Juniors  Middles  Seniors
 Track        
60m  #  #    
100m  #  #  #  #
200m  #  #  #  #
400m    #  #  #
800m  #  # #  #
Field        
High Jump  #  #  #  #
Long Jump  #  #  #  #
Cricketball Throw  #  #  #  #
 Shot Put  
 #  #
Discus        #   #

Event rules: Competitors may compete in bare feet or running shoes, but spiked running shoes are not permitted.  All normal rules relating to what constitutes a legal throw or jump are followed. In high jump, competitors are not permitted to use a Fosbury Flop.

Grades for School events: Ages are taken as at 1st January, 
Senior: 11 years 6 months and above 
Middle: 10 years 0 months to 11 years 5 months 
Junior: 8 years 6 months to 9 years 11 months 
Bantam: All Year 4; other pupils below 8 years 6 months
Championship and Non-Championship Events: Heats are held early in Term 4 over one day.  At the Heats, each pupil is timed/measured over every event appropriate to his/her age group. Positions in Championship and Non-Championship events are based on the times/distances achieved by an individual in the Heats. The fastest eight runners in each track event in each grade run in the Grade Championship. All other runners in each event are drawn into races of approximately eight runners of similar ability and race in the Non-championship events. The best six (up to 8) performers in each field event in each grade are selected to compete in a final for the Grade Championship on Athetics Day. There are no Non-championship field events. [Note: In the interests of appropriate participation, a competitor who is absent from the Heats may have a time/distance from a previous year or event entered at the discretion of the Head of Sport.]

Note: The rules relating to Zone and Canterbury Championship entries are available here.

Points: All pupils gain a House Point for each event in which they compete. In addition, competitors also win the following points for their Houses and for their individual points tally for the Championship if they manage to reach a championship final: 
Championship Events: 1st - 40; 2nd - 26; 3rd - 23; 4th - 20; 5th - 17 
Non-Championship Events: 1st - 9; 2nd - 8; 3rd - 7; 4th - 6; 5th - 5 
Relay Events: 1st - 100; 2nd - 60; 3rd - 40; 4th - 30

Records: The school maintains a listing of the record times for each Championship event.
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