Athletics

Yr 4 to 6

Wednesday Oct 28th (pp. Nov 2nd)

Events will begin at 9.30. Year 5 and 6 children will be competing in age groups in the age they were on Oct 1. - Year 4 in their Year group. Children who are in Yr 5 and are 9 years or older that do exceptionally well will be part of our school team to compete in the North East Zone Championships at Rawhiti Domain on Tuesday Nov.17th.

The following are some guidelines so you know what your child/children are eligible for:

Children who are Yr 5 and who are 9 years old as on October 1st are eligible for the zone sprint, relay, long jump and high jump teams.

Children who are 10 years or older on October 1st are eligible for zone sprints, relay, high jump, long jump, discus and shot put teams.

Children who are 9, 10, and 11 years old

 as of October 1st are eligible for the 1000 metre and 1200 metre races at the Zone Champs

These trials will be held soon after our school athletics day.

*Canty. Primary School Athletic rules state that any representative may only enter

 the following -    2 sprints (including relay) and 1 field event or

                            1 sprint and 2 field events or

                            3 field events

*The 8 year old boys and girls have been split (evenly in ability ) into a red and white section because of their large numbers. For this age group the top 5 children from red and top 5 from white will be selected and matched up the following day to get the place getters. (Although sprint finals will be run at lunch time on the day).

	9.30am	10.30am	11.10am	11.50am	1.30pm	2.10pm
8 Yrs Red	L Jump	Shot Put	High jump	Sprints	Discus	Relays
8 Yrs White	Shot Put	H Jump	Sprints	Discus	L Jump	Relays
9 Yrs	High jump	Sprints	Discus	L Jump	Shot Put	Relays
10 Yrs	Sprints	Discus	L Jump	Shot Put	H Jump	Relays
11 Yrs	Discus	L Jump	Shot Put	H Jump	Sprints	Relays

Children are encouraged to wear their house colours, bring a water bottle, wear a hat, apply sunscreen and have a warm jacket handy just in case.

Please bring a safety pin so your score card can be placed on to your top.

It should be a great day and we would love to see you down here if you can. Make sure you bring your running shoes for the parent relay at the end.