Please note ALL participants MUST live in Coventry to
compete
Only children born between 1990 and
1993 inclusive (12 to 15 years
olds) will be eligible to participate.
The Athletics Team will consist of ten boys and ten girls.
Competition will take place in the following disciplines :
- 100m
- 800m girls only
- 1500m boys only
- 4 x 100m relay
- High jump (starting height for girls 1.30m; boys 1.40m)
- Long jump
- Shot putt (shot weights girls 3.25kg; boys 4.00kg)
Athletes may compete in two events plus the relay, with the
exception of the 800m and 1500m runners who are not allowed to
compete in other events.
Young people wishing to attend the trials must come through a
Club. This does not mean that individuals need to belong to a Club
currently but they must be prepared to attend a junior coaching
session at one of the clubs listed below :
Sphinx Athletics Club
Junior coaching Mondays 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm at Centre AT7 Bell Green
Road, Coventry.
For more information call Paul Bergin on 024 764 54474.
Coventry Godiva Harriers
Junior coaching Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm Coventry
Athletics Track, University of Warwick, Westwood Campus.
For more information call Gordon Horne on 024 7671 1722.
Saracens Athletics Club
For details of training sessions, membership and junior coaching
please go to www.saracensrc.co.uk or
email David Burns at dburns19@landrover.com.
Having attended one of the sessions at the Club of your choosing
you will be able to complete an application form to go forward to
the trials. This form will be required as permission from a
parent/carer must be given for you to participate in the trials. It
will also ensure that, should you be selected, you will be
available for the Games between 6 to 11 July 2005.
If trials are required they will be held on Thursday 28 April
2005 at the Coventry track from 6pm to 7pm. Please note you will be
notified should a trial event be required.
Successful candidates must be available to stay at the
University of Warwick from Wednesday 6 to Monday 11 July 2005,
travelling home after breakfast on the Monday.
