4J National Outdoor Season Opener
Open to SENIOR, UNDER 20 and UNDER 18 ATHLETES only who have achieved the below entry standards.
Entries Information
Entries Open: 1000hrs Thursday 13th March 2025
All Entries Close: 1700hrs Thursday 10th April 2024 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. Please note: 'pay later' is not currently available in the club portal. All bookings must be paid for by card at the time of booking.
Entry costs (per event): Senior / U20 / U18 £11 per event
- Horizontal Jumps and Throws – all athletes will receive a minimum of 4 trials. Trials may be increased dependent on the number of declared athletes on the day.
- Final starting heights and progressions will be confirmed in the final timetable and pre-event athlete information. Athletes who have not achieved the opening heights may have their entries refunded to make way for athletes on the waiting list.
Entry Standards
Entries are accepted from athletes that have achieved the following performance standards. Athletes who have not achieved these standards in the last two years may have their entry rejected and refunded to allow space for others.
| Male | Female |
100 | 11.60 | 13.10 |
200 | 23.10 | 26.90 |
400 | 53.00 | 63.00 |
800 | 2:00.00 | 2:25.00 |
1500 | 4:00.00 | 5:00.00 |
2000SC* | 7:30.00 | 9:00.00 |
or 1500 | 5:00.00 | 5:30.00 |
Sprint Hurdles | 18.00 | 18.00 |
400H | 63.00 | 73.00 |
Long Jump | 5.70 | 4.75 |
High Jump | 1.65 | 1.45 |
Triple Jump | 11.50 | 9.50 |
Shot Put | 10.00 | 8.00 |
Discus | 28.00 | 25.00 |
Hammer | 30.00 | 27.00 |
Javelin | 36.00 | 25.00 |
*Athletes competing in steeplechase for the first time should be experienced middle distance athletes with suitable 1500m or 3000m performances
Relay Teams
Relay team entries should be done through the individual portal with names declared on the day. No prior registration of athletes is required.
4x100m will run Female – Female – Male – Male
4x400m will run Male – Female – Male - Female
Athletes competing in U18 teams must have a date of birth in 2008 or 2009. Athletes competing in Senior teams must have a date of birth in 2009 or earlier. U18s may compete in either U18 or Senior teams, but not both. U20, Senior and Masters athletes will all compete as Seniors in relays.
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 events.
- 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 18: Born in 2008 or 2009
Under 20: Born 1 Jan 2006 - 31 Aug 2008
Senior: Born on or before 31 Dec 2005
Masters: 35 and over on day of competition. Masters compete as Seniors in this event.
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 Organising Committee reserves the right to cancel that event. 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.