Masters Championships and Para Athletics Open (Ambulant Athletes)
Entries:
scottishathletics Members Entries Open: 1000hrs Tuesday 25th May 2023
Non scottishathletics Members Entries Open: 1000hrs Tuesday 8th June 2023
All Entries Close: 1700hrs Thursday 22nd June 2023 or as events sell out
All entries must be submitted online, through the individual or club portals.
No late entries will be accepted.
If you experience online entry problems please email: events@scottishathletics.org.uk before midnight on the closing date. Emails submitted after this time will not be accepted as an entry. If an entry is not accompanied by a confirmation email please contact us as your entry may not have been completed.
Entry Costs: £10.50 per event
Event Information
- High Jump and Pole Vault starting heights will be published on the final timetable.
- Triple Jump restrictions: 9m and 7m boards will be available only.
Any athlete who may not achieve the provisional starting height or who requires a different take off board should contact events@scottishathletics.org.uk at the time of entry.
- All Masters athletes finishing in the top 3 within their age group will receive a medal.
Parallel Success Open
- Seated Throws events are not accommodated at this event, athletes in seated throws should enter the scottishathletics Throws Grand Prix Series.
- Wheelchair and Frame Runner athletes may compete in 200m / 400m and 800m events.
- There are no medals for para athletes at this event. Parallel Success ambulant athletes will compete under WPA rules and will be seeded against athletes of a similar seeding performance.
Affiliation
Please note, you will not be able to enter if your scottishathletics membership is out of date, and/or if you have any other outstanding fees due to scottishathletics. If your membership has expired, or is set to expire before the date of the competition, you must renew your membership in order to be eligible to enter.
All athletes must either be a member of scottishathletics OR a member of their home National Governing Body (if not Scottish).
Club Representation
- Any scottishathletics athlete who is a first claim member of a non-Scottish club in addition to being a member of a Scottish club, should compete for their Scottish club in all scottishathletics event.
- Any athlete who does not have a Scottish club affiliation may compete for their non-Scottish club in scottishathletics events, on the provision that they are a member of their home National Governing Body
- Any scottishathletics athlete who is a member of more than one Scottish Club can choose which club they intend to represent. This must be confirmed at the point of entry through the entry form. This is regardless of their membership status with each club (ie. 1st/2nd claim).
- Athletes may only compete for one Scottish Club in scottishathletics Championship events over the course of any competition year (running annually from 1st October), i.e. athletes must compete for the same club in District and National Championships or indoors and outdoors (except track and field relays).
Age Groups
Masters: 35 and over on day of competition. Medals will be awarded in 5-year age-bands from V35 and up.
Para Athletes should be in the U17 age group or older to take part in this event, born before 31 Aug 2008. Younger athletes with the performance ability and competition experience to compete at this level may contact events@scottishathletics.org.uk to request permission to enter.
Waiting Lists
- Athletes wishing to enter an event that has reached capacity can sign up to the waiting list online. They will be contacted if a space becomes available.
- If an athlete has entered an event and wants to withdraw before entries close, please email events@scottishathletics.org.uk as soon as possible so that an athlete on the waiting list may be offered the opportunity to compete.
- Waiting list entries will be ranked and spaces offered on a priority basis.
- All waiting lists will close on the Friday of the week prior to the event weekend, on the same day that final entries lists will be published.
Other Information
As a policy, scottishathletics does not provide refunds. However, if an event receives fewer than 3 entries, the Championship Committee reserves the right to cancel that event and if no other suitable arrangement can be made, a refund may be offered.
All entrants, either by Team Manager or Individually are asked to confirm agreement to the following conditions:
- Permission that photographs may be taken and used for PR/Marketing purposes.
- Permission for doping control tests to be carried out in accordance with the set procedures and regulations concerning such testing: https://www.ukad.org.uk/anti-doping-rules
- Entered athletes are medically fit to compete, have no medical issues or disability that would endanger themselves or others by taking part and will not compete unless fit to do so on the day.
Exceptions to these conditions must be communicated to events@scottishathletics.org.uk following the entry. scottishathletics reserves the right to review and amend Terms & Conditions without prior notice or consultation.