WINTER 2006
Athletics South Information

Road Championships:
Round 1 13 May Government House 3.2km
Round 2 27 May Ridgeway 2.5km & 5km
Round 3 29 July Dorans Road 4km & 8km
Round 4 3 September B&E Budget Fun Run 5km

Cross Country Championships:
Round 1 3 June Broadmarsh 4km & 8km
Round 2 12 August Huntingfield 5km & 10km
Round 3 9 September Opossum Bay 4km & 8km
Round 4 23 September Risdon Brook 4km & 8km

* Open Athletes will only score points in the longer event. (Road & XC)
Best 3 results in each Championship to count.

Handicap Award:
Round 1 22 April Geilston Bay Handicaps
Round 2 10 June Gellibrand Drive Handicaps
Round 3 15 July Pipeline Handicaps
Round 4 5 August Waterworks Handicaps
Round 5 2 September Seven Mile Beach Handicaps

Premiership Rounds:
There will be 14 rounds to decide the Winter Premiership. Points and votes for the athlete of the season awards are allocated in these rounds as follows:
Round 1 Graeme Cruise Memorial
Round 2 Risdon Brook Dam
Round 3 Government House
Round 4 Ridgeway
Round 5 Broadmarsh XC
Round 6 Grove XC
Round 7 Axiom Way XC
Round 8 Tolosa Park Relays
Round 9 Dorans Road
Round 10 Huntingfield XC
Round 11 Woodbridge XC
Round 12 B&E Budget Fun Run
Round 13 Opossum Bay XC
Round 14 Risdon Brook XC
Athletes must be currently registered to score points towards the Club Premiership.

Entry Procedures:
All Athletics South events start at 10:00am. Entries should be received no later than 10 minutes prior to the start of the race. Although it is not compulsory to join a club, athletes are strongly encouraged to do so. Athletes will be permitted to compete twice unregistered after which they must pay the unregistered fee and will not score points towards the club premiership. To enter an event, choose the distance of the race you wish to run/walk in and complete the appropriate entry sheet at the entry table. Also complete a tag that indicates your name, club, age group and event entered. Carry this tag with you during the race and hand it in to officials as soon as you finish. Please endeavour to stay in your finishing order until your tag has been collected to aid in the recording of times.

Entry Fees:
Registered Adults - $3.50 *Unregistered Adults - $5.50
Registered U/16 - $2.50 *Unregistered U/16 - $4.50
Family (2 adults & 2 students) - $7.00
Entry fees include GST.
* Unregistered athletes are not covered by Athletics Tasmania’s Personal Accident and Injury insurance policy.

Duty Clubs:
Bellerive Beach - Eastern Suburbs
Wentworth Playgorund - Northern Suburbs
Geilston Bay - TMA
Risdon Brook - Sandy Bay
Seven Mile Beach - Sandy Bay
Lower Domain - Eastern Suburbs
Ridgeway - Northern Suburbs
Broadmarsh - TMA
Gellibrand Drive - Sandy Bay
Grove - Eastern Suburbs
Axiom Way - Northern Suburbs
Tolosa Park - TMA
Ferntree Pipeline - Sandy Bay
Dorans Rd - Eastern Suburbs
Waterworks - Sandy Bay
Huntingfield - TMA
Woodbridge - Eastern Suburbs
B&E Budget - All clubs
Opossum Bay - Northern Suburbs
Risdon Brook - TMA
All clubs must provide enough officials to set up the course and act as marshals if required. The duty club is to liaise with Peter Keenan regarding officiating requirements. No points will be awarded to the duty club if they fail to meet their duty requirements on their rostered day.

POINT SCORING SYSTEM:
Points will be awarded to the first six runners in each of the four divisions (U/16, U/20, Open and Masters (O/35 Men and Women) according to the following schedule:
Division: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Open - 10 8 6 5 4 3
Masters - 10 8 6 5 4 3
Under 20 - 10 8 6 5 4 3
Under 16 - 10 8 6 5 4 3
Every finisher after 6th place will receive 1 point.
* Age as at 31st March, 2006.

Winter Premiership Points:
Club points are allocated for each round on the following basis:
1st - 6 points
2nd - 4 points
3rd - 3 points
4th - 2 points
5th - 1 point

Individual Awards:
Athletics South will make awards to the male and female athlete accumulating the greatest number of points throughout the season during the premiership rounds. Scoring will be on the following basis:
1st - 6 points
2nd - 4 points
3rd - 3 points
4th - 2 points
5th - 1 point
In addition, there will be an award based on votes cast on the day on a 3,2,1 basis by two people. These are based primarily on personal performance and should give every athlete an opportunity to win.

Road, Cross Country and Handicap Champions:
Awards will be made to athletes in each division who score the greatest number of points in the designated Road and Cross Country Championship races. The best three results in both the Road and Cross Country Championships to count. Senior athletes will only score points in the longer race of the day. Point scoring is on the following basis:
1st - 10 points, 2nd - 9 points, 3rd - 8 points etc through to 1 point for 10th place. The same scoring system will be used to determine the handicap champion.

Athletics South Winter Committee:
Director - Peter Keenan
Program - Peter Keenan, Peter Lyden, Tony Sansom, Roger Howlett
Chief Course Marshall - Peter Keenan
Handicaps - Greg Hawthorne
Results - Jim Court
Entries - Mrs Jenny Lennon
Chief Time Keeper - Mr Terry Mahoney
Chief Referee - Mrs Jo Cherry
Jury of Appeal - Mr Terry Mahoney (chair), Peter Keenan, Peter Lyden

Appeals: Any appeal is to be made in writing to the Appeal Chairman within seven days of any decision by the Chief Referee.

Course Descriptions