Trophy Series

Athletics Masterton Track and Field Home Club Officials Harrier Section Cycling Section Trophy Series Results

Trust House Trophy Series                   

Concept.

·        To ensure and maximise participation in club trophy events between the completion of the winter series and start of the summer series.

·        To ensure that some of the clubs traditions are maintained and that meaningful competition for club trophies occurs.

Eligibility, Prizes and Trophies.

Any body will be eligible to compete and participate, however only financial members of Athletics Masterton will be eligible for trophies. There will be no entry fee for club members, however non club members are required to pay a gold coin donation if they wish to compete.

 Events and Race Information    Click here to get this printed out

 The following grades will be contested, Masters, Seniors, Juniors (U20, U18, U16) and U14 for males and females. The U 11 grade for boys and girls is combined and only one trophy is available. The masters qualifying age is 35 for women and  40 years for men.

 

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Date

7 August 2011

 21 August 2011

 4 September 2011

18 September 2011

Location

Kitchener Street

Fire Station

Lansdowne Trails. Fourth Street

Sports Bowl

Event Type

Scratch Race

Open Handicap

Open Handicap

Open   Handicap

Trophies

Novice and             Randolph Rose

Belvedere trophies

Cameron Cup

Aggregate handicap points

Distance - Seniors - Vets

8 km

8 km

8 km

8 km

Distance - Walkers

4 km

4 km

4 km

4 km

Distance - Juniors (U 20, 18, 16)

4 km

4 km

4 km

4 km

Distance – under 14

4 km

4 km

4 km

4 km

Distance – under 11

2 km

2 km

2 km

2 km

Grades

Masters, Seniors, Juniors (U20, U18, U16,)    U 14, Walkers.

Masters, Seniors, Juniors, U 14, U 11, Walkers.

Masters, Seniors, Juniors,  U 14, U 11, Walkers.

Masters, Seniors, Juniors, U 14, U 11, Walkers.

 Trophies

 Novice Trophies.        A novice runner is a runner who competes for their first season in a particular grade. Novice trophies are not available in U11 grades

 Randolph Rose 5 mile.           Awarded to the first senior or veteran man across the line in this event.

 Kitchener Street races.     First across the line in each grade will win these trophies. Open Handicap event.

 Cameron Cup.                        First across the line in each grade will win these trophies. Open Handicap event.

 Aggregate H/C Points Trophies.       The person with the most points (see points below) awarded during the 4 race series, will win the trophy for their grade. If points are  equal  for 2 or more competitors, the winner will be the competitor 1st across the line in the last race.                 

 Askew Trophies.        Are awarded to the senior and veteran men runners who gain the most points in all interclub events (see club program). The first runner gets 10points, the second runner 9 points and so on down.

 Lisa and Anna Wyeth Cup.       For outstanding efforts by a junior or midget girl.

 Randolph Rose Sports Person of the Year.   Awarded by the Harrier Chairperson to a member for outstanding service to the Section during that year.

 Club Championships,  Cross-Country and Road.      Grade champions are the first person across the line in their particular grade. Club champions (honours board) are the first male and female home from any grade who has run the maximum distance of the championship event. These trophies are not part of the trophy series.

 Talbot Memorial.        Awarded to men and women (fastest time and handicap) in race 8 of the XC series.   Mens fastest time trophies will be awarded to an A grade runner.  Handicap trophies are awarded to the grade below, B Grade.  Womens trophies are likely to be awarded in the B and C Grades.  These trophies are not part of the trophy series.

 Other Information

Points.   All runners will gain 5 participation points from each event. Place points will be awarded to your finishing position in each event. Place points will be allocated to equal the number participants per grade, with the winner getting maximum points and so on down, (i.e. 7 runners per grade, first home gets 7 points, 2nd gets 6 points, 3rd gets 5 points, etc, etc).

 Walking Grade. A combined men’s and women’s walking grade will be available, please notify registration if you intend to walk. Those who walk/run must go in the running grade.

 Start Times.     Races start at 10.00am. Staggered starts will occur in open handicap events Races 2,3 & 4.

 Scratch Races.     All runners start together (race 1 only), the winner is the first competitor over the finish line.         

Open Handicap events.  The slower competitors start first with handicap times, the object being that all runners have an equal chance of winning. The winner of these events is the first competitor across the line.

 Handicap Times. Handicap times for races 2, 3, and 4 will be determined from race 1 and the handicapper’s opinion.

 Prize Giving.   All trophies will be awarded in the clubrooms following race 4 (18th September 2011).

 Certificates.    In some grades or events trophies have been lost or not returned, in these instances certificates will be awarded, if you think you have or know of others that may have a club trophy can you please return it or notify Graeme Butcher.

 Results.           Results will not be posted out but should be available on this web site.

 Post Race.       Morning tea and showers will be available after race 4 at the clubrooms.

 Contact.          For clarification or further information please contact Conrad McCaffery on 06 370 8424.