District+Athletics

Date: Thursday 26th November, postponement Tuesday 1st December.

Where: Morrinsville College

Attending Schools: Morrinsville Primary, David Street, St Josephs, Kiwitahi, Tahuna

Time: Assemble 9:15 4 Rounds 9:30 - 12:00 Lunch 12:00 - 12:45 Relays 1:00 - 1:30 pm Clean Up 1:30 - 2 pm

Entries: 4 per event, please fax us with your athletic team and the event they are entered in by Friday 20th November.

Duties: High Jump - Morrinsville Primary Sprints - St Josephs Distance Run - Tahuna / Kiwitahi Long Jump - David Street Relays - MPS and St Joes

Each school/s must set up their own events for the day

Organisation and Equipment High Jump: Two large mats with cross bars. Metre rules. Clipboard to identify placings. Clearance levels for each age and gender group. Please note that the scissors jump is the only acceptable jump for this event. 8 yr girls - 0.82 8 yr boys - 0.88 9 yr girls - 0.90 9 yr boys - 0.95 10 yr girls - 0.95 10 yr boys - 1.05 11 yr girls - 1.00 11 yr boys - 1.05

Sprints: Stop watches, helpers, recorders and a starter device. Clip board to identify placings, finishing tape, placegetter tags. Start sequence: take your marks, set, BANG.

Distance Running Stop watches, helpers, recorders and a starter device. Clip board to identify placings, cones to mark the track, Two laps of the cricket grounds must be completed. Two timed heats and a top eight final. Start sequence: take your marks, set, BANG.

Long Jump Rake, measuring tapes, markers for children's run up. Clipboard to identify placings. 2 jumps for each competitior.

Relays: 4X4 relays. Children must stay in their allocated lane and these will be rotated throughout the races. For MPS, David St, and St Joes, no children can run twice e.g. 8 yr girls and 9 yr girls races. Schools have the option off entering children above their age group but not below.

Any queries regardin the day phone MPS Colin Pilkinton