Event Details for Eric Liddell 131st scottishathletics Senior/U17 Championships

Senior/U17 Championships

Eric Liddell 131^st scottishathletics Senior Championships

Eirc Liddell scottishathletics Under 17 Championships

Eric Liddell scottishathletics Under 20 5000m Championships

Entries:

scottishathletics Members Entries Open: 1000hrs Thursday 4^th July 2024

Non scottishathletics Members Entries Open: 1000hrs Thursday 18^th July 2024

U15s competing as U17s Entries Open: Monday 29^th July 2024

All Entries Close: Thursday 1^st August 1700hrs 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 1700hrs on the closing date. Emails submitted after this time will not be accepted as an entry.  If an entry is not followed by two confirmation e-mails (entry information and payment), please contact us as your entry may not have been fully completed.

Entry Costs: Seniors £13 per event, U20 £12 per event, U17 £11.50 per event

U17 athletes may enter a maximum of THREE events.

Maximum Entry Numbers

Parallel Success Events

Medals will be awarded to the first 3 male and female athletes with a disability in the following events and will be scored using the RAZA points system–

Ambulant 100m, 200m, 400m

Wheelchair and Frame Running 100m and 400m

Seated Discus, Seated Club/Shot and Seated Discus

Track performances achieved in the first round only will be scored for medal purposes.

Athletes in the T40/T41 categories are restricted to 100m track events only.

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Please note, you will not be able to enter if your scottishathletics membership is out of date, and/or if you have any other outstanding fees due to scottishathletics.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

• Under 15: Born 1 Sept 2009 - 31 Aug 2011
  Under 15 athletes may compete as U17s in this event, but will be placed directly on the waiting list and will be accommodated where possible. U15s must continue to adhere to U15 event restrictions.
• Under 17: Born 1 Sept 2007 - 31 Aug 2009
• Under 20: Born 1 Jan 2005 - 31 Aug 2007

U20s may compete as Seniors in this event, but must adhere to U20 event restrictions.

• Senior: Born on or before 31 Dec 2004
• Masters: 35 and over on day of competition. Masters compete as Seniors in this event.

U15s hoping to compete as U17s will initially be placed on a waiting list. This waiting list will be able to access online registration into events with places still remaining on Monday 29th July. This is to ensure that as many U17s as possible are given the first opportunity to enter their age group championship. Please sign up to the waiting list to receive a reminder when places will go on sale to U15s, or simply log on on Monday 29^th July to enter.

In accordance with UKA Rules of Competition, Rule T3 S1 and Rule G2 S4(6):

U17s

• Triple Jump - only 9m and 11m boards will be available for U17s. For U15s competing as U17s, only 9m boards will be available.
• High Jump and Pole Vault starting heights will be published with the final timetable.
•  U17 athletes are not eligible to enter the U20 5000m.

Seniors

• Triple Jump - Men 11m + 13m boards / Sen Women 9m + 11m boards
• High Jump and Pole Vault starting heights will be published with the final timetable.

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.