2019 Eastern Province Track & Field Athletics EASTERN PROVINCE ATHLETICS in association with BESTMED MADIBAZ ATHLETICS CLUB is pleased to invite all schools, clubs and individuals to compete at the annual Eastern Province Track & Field Athletics Championships. DATE: Friday 01 to Saturday 02 March 2019 VENUE: Madibaz Stadium
PROGRAMME DURING THE EVENT: Friday 01 March 2019 Saturday 02 March 2019 13:00 13:30 All personal implements to technical manager for checking. (All field events for Friday). 15:00 19:30 Track & Field Athletics 07:00 07:30 All personal implements to technical manager for checking. (All field events for Friday). 09:00 16:35 Track & Field Athletics ENTRIES: Entry fee per event R30 All entry fees payable by 22 February 2019. No late entry fees will be accepted! Payments made by bank deposit or EFT to be faed to 0413742821 with contact details. Permanent License for Juniors Permanent License for Seniors (Seniors MUST be registered with a club!) R80 (Juniors) R130 (Seniors) Athletes who are chosen for the EPA Junior, & Senior Teams will have to be in possession of a permanent license to compete at ASA Championships. Athletes who are chosen for the EPA Junior, Senior Teams will have to be in possession of a permanent license to compete at ASA Championships. The closing date for entries is 22 February 2019 at 13:00. 1. Entry forms are enclosed (ONLY ELECTRONIC entries on form supplied will be accepted) 2. PLEASE COMPLETE THE CONTACT DETAILS TAB ON THE ENTRY FORM IN FULL! 3. Entries can be e-mailed to: epaadmin@pe.co.za 4. Banking Details: Name of Account: EP Athletics Bank: ABSA Account No: 0104-283-1383 Branch Code: 632005 Reference: EP Champs & Athlete Name / School Name / Club Name Proof of payment: 041 3742821 ( Fa Number ) 1
PROGRAMME A preliminary programme is attached. The programme will be finalized immediately after the closing date for the entries. RULES The competition will be conducted in accordance with IAAF and ASA rules. a. The organizers will provide implements, but competitors may use their own implements, provided these are checked before the competition. b. Athletes are not permitted to take any cassette recorders / players, radio s etc. into the competition area. c. Once the competition has begun, competitors are not permitted to use implements for practice or warming up purposes. d. Athletes can only enter into one age group. If there is no event in a specific age group, the athlete may participate in another age group for the specific event. ASSISTANCE TO ATHLETES In all races of 800m and longer, intermediate times will be announced regularly. ATHLETES CONTROL a. Please ensure that all athletes are registered (see instruction to register online attached to this document). b. Each competitor must always wear their license numbers on the back and front in their original shape and size. c. All athletes must safeguard their clothes. VICTORY CEREMONIES The first three athletes in each final will receive a medal. 2
TECHNICAL DATA a. Fully automatic electrical timing will be done by photo-finish camera. b. The organizers will supply starting blocks which will comply with the specifications. c. Starting heights for high jump and pole vault will be distributed with the final program. d. Athletes may take part in the competition under the following age categories: Sub-Youth Athletes: Athlete must be 14 or 15 years old on 31 December 2019. Youth Athletes: Athlete must be 16 or 17 years old on 31 December 2019. Junior Athletes: Athlete must be 18 or 19 years old on 31 December 2019. Senior Athletes: Athlete must be 20 years or older on 31 December 2019. MEDICAL SERVICES First Aid services will be available throughout the meeting. PROTESTS AND APPEALS Protests shall be made in accordance with rule 147. QUALIFYING STANDARDS 2019 Qualifying standards for ASA Youth, Junior, & Senior Track & Field Championships are attached on page 4 & 5. ANNOUNCEMENT OF EP TEAM The final EP Youth, Junior & Senior team will be announced on 04 March 2019 after the final event. Athletes shall have until 12:00 on 06 March 2019, if they wish to lodge any protest against their omission from the squad. All protests to be in writing. Any athlete, who has timeously entered for the Championships and is not able to participate at the championships due to illness or an injury must submit a medical certificate to the Convenor of Selectors, before the start of the championships on Friday 01 March 2019. GATE ENTRY FEE Adults R30.00 Scholars High School R20.00 Scholars Primary School R10 Competing Athletes Free We trust that you will have a safe journey, and above all, enjoy the championships. Please do not hesitate to approach us if you are uncertain about any details contained in this letter. Ms E. Hawkins Chairperson Track & Field 3
YOUTH / JUNIORS & SENIORS: An athlete who did not reach the qualifying standard, but who wins his / her event at the EP Championships, WILL be considered for selection into the EPA Team Eastern Province Track & Field Athletics 2019 EPA Qualifying Standards MALE FEMALE Youth Junior Senior Youth Junior Senior 100m 200m 400m H 11.00 10.80 10.50 12.40 12.30 12.20 E 11.24 11.04 10.74 12.64 12.54 12.44 H 22.40 22.00 21.50 25.50 25.40 24.80 E 22.64 22.24 21.74 25.74 25.64 25.04 H 50.00 49.50 48.30 59.60 59.30 58.30 E 50.24 49.74 48.54 59.84 59.54 58.54 800m 1.58 1.57 1.52 2.21 2.20 2.15 1500m 4.12 4.07 3.52 4.58 4.56 4.42 3000m 9.10 - - 11.20 11.20-5000m - 16.00 15.50-19.50 19.20 10000m - - 31.30 - - 39.30 2000m Steeple Chase 3000m Steeple Chase 5km Race Walk 10km Race Walk 20km Race Walk 6.41 8.40 10.48 9.45 12.50 11.40 31.00 60.30 58.43 67.00 1h45.0 2h15.0 90mH (76cm) H E 100mH (76cm) H 15.00 4
E 15.24 100mH (84cm) 110mH (91cm) 110mH (98cm) 110mH (106cm) 300mH (76cm) 300mH (84cm) 400mH (76cm) 400mH (83cm) 400mH (91cm) H 15.70 15.10 E 15.94 15.34 H 14.30 E 14.54 H 15.00 E 15.24 H 14.80 E 15.04 H E H E H 67.00 66.80 64.10 E 67.24 67.04 64.34 H 55.50 E 55.74 H 55.10 53.80 E 55.34 54.04 High Jump 1.88 1.90 2.05 1.58 1.62 1.68 Pole Vault 3.60 3.80 4.40 2.40 2.60 3.00 Long Jump 6.50 6.80 7.15 5.20 5.30 5.60 Triple Jump 13.50 13.90 14.75 10.30 10.50 11.50 Shot Put (3kg) 11.20 Shot Put (4kg) 11.20 12.40 Shot Put (5kg) 14.50 Shot Put (6kg) 14.20 Shot Put (7.26g) 15.80 Javelin Throw (500g) 36.00 5
Javelin Throw (600g) 38.00 43.50 Javelin Throw (700g) 53.00 Javelin Throw (800g) 56.00 66.00 Discus Throw (1kg) 37.00 41.00 43.00 Discus Throw (1.5kg) 45,00 Discus Throw (1.75kg) 41,00 Discus Throw (2kg) 49,00 Hammer Throw (3kg) 35,00 Hammer Throw (4kg) 35,00 42,50 Hammer Throw (5kg) 50,00 Hammer Throw (6kg) 46,00 Hammer Throw (7.26kg) 45,90 Pentathlon Heptathlon 3200 PTS 3350 PTS 3500 PTS Decathlon 4400 PTS 5000 PTS 5500 PTS 6
EPA Track & Field Selection Criteria: When athletes compete outside the borders of EPA, the responsibility will be on the athlete to provide his/her official results to the EPA office no later than 14 days after the competition. This is for selection, statistical and record purposes. Athletes taking part in a national competition on the same date of the EPA Track & Field Championships will be considered for selection. Only athletes who are members of EPA clubs and who possess a 2019 permanent license may be selected for EPA teams as per ASA Rules. In terms of ASA rules only South African citizens may compete at the national championships and therefore be selected for EPA teams for those championships. Eligible Age Groups for Selection: Senior age group. (20 and older) Under 18 age group (Youth). Under 20 age group (Junior). Sub-Youth athletes will NOT be selected for any EPA teams to compete at the ASA National Championships as per ASA Rules. All athletes who wish to be considered for selection, MUST compete at EPA Championships in the events they wish to be considered for, unless a medical certificate, issued by a registered medical practitioner is submitted to the convener of selectors via the EPA office prior to the commencement of the Championships, setting out the medical reason why an athlete cannot compete during the Championships. Athletes, who wish to be considered for selection, MUST compete in at least TWO EPA League events, between September and March other than the Championships, unless a valid medical certificate is presented showing inability to participate. Senior / Open category athletes can qualify from the FIRST EPA T&F League Meeting of the season until EPA Championships in March. Youth (U/18) and Junior (U/20) athletes can only qualify from 01 January until the EPA Championships in March. High School Track and Field results from district level to provincial level will be considered when selecting teams. Athletes, who want to be selected for multiple events, can only qualify during a multiple event competition where the events are presented in terms of the rules of the IAAF and ASA. Scoring to be calculated in accordance with the IAAF points table. No wind-assisted times will be accepted, if wind measurement readings are available. Ma allowable wind speed is + 2.0 m/s. Events affected: 90m Hurdles / 100m / 100m Hurdles / 110m Hurdles / Long Jump / Triple Jump & 200m An athlete who reaches the A Qualifying Standard in any EPA League event during the stipulated period and competes at the EPA T&F Championships, WILL be selected automatically into the EPA Team. An athlete who did not reach the A Qualifying Standard, but who WINS his / her event at the EPA T&F Championships, will have met the B-Standard and be selected automatically into the EPA Team. There will be no limit to the number of qualifiers selected per event. Previous behaviour as part of an Eastern Province Athletics Team will also be considered during selection of the final team. 7
NO EVENT TIME 1 90m Hurdles (F) 15:00 Day 1 SUB - YOUTH YOUTH JUNIORS SENIORS Heptathlon Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys W M 2 Pole Vault (F) 15:00 3 Triple Jump (F) 15:00 4 Hammer Throw (F) 15:00 5 Javelin Throw (F) 15:00 6 100m Hurdles (F) 15:10 7 2000m SC (F) 15:20 8 2000m SC (F) 15:35 9 3000m SC (F) 15:50 10 300m Hurdles (F) 16:10 11 400m Hurdles (F) 16:20 12 400m Hurdles (F) 16:30 13 High Jump (F) 16:30 14 Long Jump (F) 16:30 15 Javelin (F) 16:30 16 Pole Vault (F) 16:30 17 200m Heats 16:40 18 200m Heats 16:45 19 200m Heats 16:50 20 200m Heats 16:55 21 200m Heats 17:00 22 200m Heats 17:05 23 200m Heats 17:10 24 200m Heats 17:15 8
Day 1 SUB - YOUTH YOUTH JUNIORS SENIORS Heptathlon NO EVENT TIME Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys W M 25 800m Final 17:45 26 800m Final 17:50 27 800m Final 17:55 28 800m Final 18:00 29 Discus Throw (F) 18:00 30 Shot Put (F) 18:00 31 High Jump (F) 18:00 32 800m Final 18:05 33 800m Final 18:10 34 800m Final 18:15 35 800m Final 18:20 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 18:25 5000m (F) 200m (F) 18:55 200m (F) 19:00 200m (F) 19:05 200m (F) 19:10 200m (F) 19:15 200m (F) 19:20 200m (F) 19:25 200m (F) 19:30 9
NO EVENT TIME Day 2 SUB - YOUTH YOUTH JUNIORS SENIORS Heptathlon Girls Boys 45 100m Hurdles (F) 09:00 Girls Boys W M W M 46 Hammer Throw (F) 09:00 47 Shot Put 09:00 48 Long Jump (F) 09:00 49 110m Hurdles (F) 09:10 50 400m Heats 09:20 51 400m Heats 09:30 52 400m Heats 09:40 53 400m Heats 09:50 54 400m Heats 10:00 55 400m Heats 10:10 56 400m Heats 10:20 57 400m Heats 10:30 58 3000m SC (F) 10:45 59 Triple Jump (F) 11:00 60 Javelin (F) 11:00 61 High Jump 11:00 62 1500m (F) 11:10 63 1500m (F) 11:18 64 1500m (F) 11:26 65 1500m (F) 11:34 66 1500m (F) 11:42 67 1500m (F) 11:50 68 1500m (F) 11:58 69 1500m (F) 12:06 70 100m Heats 12:15 71 100m Heats 12:20 72 100m Heats 12:25 73 100m Heats 12:30 74 100m Heats 12:35 75 100m Heats 12:40 76 Shot Put (F) 12:40 77 Discus (F) 12:40 78 79 100m Heats 12:45 100m Heats 12:50 10
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Day 2 NO EVENT TIME SUB - YOUTH JUNIOR SENIORS Heptathlon YOUTH Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys W M 80 5000m (F) 13:30 81 400m (F) 14:00 82 400m (F) 14:05 83 400m (F) 14:10 84 400m (F) 14:15 85 400m (F) 14:20 86 400m (F) 14:25 87 400m (F) 14:35 88 400m (F) 14:40 89 800m (F) 14:45 90 3000m (F) 14:50 91 3000m (F) 14:50 92 100m (F) 15:15 93 100m (F) 15:20 94 100m (F) 15:25 95 100m (F) 15:30 96 100m (F) 15:35 97 100m (F) 15:40 98 100m (F) 15:45 99 100m (F) 15:50 100 4 100m Relay (F) 16:00 101 4 100m Relay (F) 16:05 102 4 100m Relay (F) 16:10 103 4 100m Relay (F) 16:15 105 4 100m Relay (F) 16:20 104 4 100m Relay (F) 16:25 105 4 100m Relay (F) 16:30 106 4 100m Relay (F) 16:35 12