Regional Competitions Relays

Regional Competitions

We compete against athletes from other Centers within our Region (South East) - Algester, Balmoral, Beenleigh, Browns Plains, Jimboomba, Mt. Gravatt, Redlands, Springwood, Sunnybank and Wynnum Manly- at Regional Relays and Regional Championships.

The South East Regional competitions for the 2017/2018 season will be held at SAF in November.

There are 2 Regional Meets (Regional Relays and Regional Championship) for Under 7 to Under 17, held each season. No special qualifications are necessary to enter the Regional championships, just the desire to compete and naturally the usual spirit of having fun predominates.

Regional Relays (U7-U17) are held in November and Regional Championships are held in February- see Calendar of Events for more details.

Athletes, qualifying at Regional Relays are eligible to compete at State Relays in the Under 9 to Under 17 age groups and from Regional Championships in the State Championships in the Under 9 to Under17 age groups.

Relays days give an opportunity for all children to participate in a team activity. We feel that there is a need to foster a "team spirit" in our athletes and relay events are really the only opportunity we have for competing as a team. We'd like to see all of our registered athletes, or at least as many as possible competing at Regional Relay day. As it's early in the season, some of the coaching during the first few weeks will be given in relay training.

Relays include both track and field relays. In field relays, athletes compete in a team in a selection of events, where a "team" score is the sum of 2 individual performances. Athletes will be paired based on their performances on the day. Track relays are-

Under 7          4 x 70m Shuttle       and 4 x 100m Shuttle

Under 8          4 x 70m Shuttle       and 4 x 100m Shuttle

Under9-10     4 x 100m Circular   and 4 x 200m Circular

Under 11-17 4 x 100m Circular   and 4 x Medley (2 x 200m, 1 x 400m, 1 x 800m)

A maximum of 5 events may be entered by the athlete.

At Regional Relay Day, athletes may compete in a higher age group and girls can compete in boy’s events, but no athlete can plan to compete in the same event neither in 2 age groups nor in more than 5 events on the day. Parents should note that this is an all-day competition and canteen facilities are available.

At Regional Relay Day, the first 3 placed teams in each event (except Under 7's & Under 8's) qualify to compete at State Relays. State Relays nominations fees are paid for by the Centre.

Regional Relays for 2017-2018 Season will be held at SAF Nathan on Sunday, , 12th November.2017...

Events offered...... CLICK HERE

General Information Sheet on Relays..... CLICK HERE