Qualification Standards

Some notes about the Standard Tables 2010 (reproduced with kind permission from the ESAA)

E.S.A.A. National Standards

..... are those performance levels for which standard badges may be purchased at the National Championships.

Entry Standards

..... are the minimum performance levels normally required for an athlete to be selected for a County Team for the National Championships.

County Standards

..... correspond to a good standard of performance by an athlete competing in a County Championship meeting.

District Standard

..... corresponds to a good standard of performance by an athlete competing at a District Championship meeting. These may need amendment to suit the variations in type of District Championship staged.

School Standard

..... corresponds to a good standard of performance by an athlete competing at a School Championship meeting.

Except for Year 7 and 8 tables - the age groups, events and event specifications are as set out in the Track and Field Competition Rules.

Years 7 and 8

The variety of events and specifications is offered in order to cater for the intense athletic interest and for the rapid physical changes which take place at this stage.

It is stressed that success in the initial teaching of athletics stems from the understanding that the physical challenge to the pupil should not exceed that which can be comfortably handled. All children, therefore, should be started with light implements and low hurdles, and be allowed to progress as appropriate to themselves.
This will almost certainly create some problems of organisation at school level, but these are NOT insurmountable.

Hurdle Specifications as used in Year 7 and 8 Tables