TROPHIES, MEDALS AND AWARDS
The Centre awards trophies or medals at the end of the season.
There are the Age Managers Award, Most Improved medal, Age Champion Medals, Perpetual Trophies and Other Awards.
Attendance is only recorded on normal points weeks and rained out weeks are eliminated from the total weeks counted for competition.
In some instances (eg. athlete illness or injury), and at the Age Manager’s request, an athlete may be awarded a participation medal if he/she is close to reaching the attendance criteria.
The Region and State medals are subject to age, qualification and competition criteria.
Note that only the highest level medal achieved by the athlete will be awarded. For example, an u9 athlete who attends all Saturday competitions, competes at Zone, qualifies to Region and then to State will only receive a State medal.
From the first points week of the season, every athlete’s Personal Best (PB) is recorded in the computer records for each event. In each subsequent week to the base week, where points are awarded, the athlete’s results are compared to their PB for each event. If a PB is equalled, then one improvement point is awarded. If a PB is beaten (to become the new PB), three improvement points are awarded.
The Most Improved medal is awarded to the athlete who has accumulated the most improvement points throughout the season but who is not first, second or third in the age championships.
Age Managers Award
The Age Managers Choice award is at the discretion of each age manager and would awarded to an athlete that is not in the top 3 nor the recipient of the most improved award.
Criteria would be based on commitment, perseverance, sportsmanship, behaviour and determination.
It would differ from the most improved award as it would not be dependent on their event results.
Most Improved medal is awarded to the athlete who has accumulated the most improvement points throughout the season but who has not received an Age Champion award.
The Age Champions are decided in the u6 to u17 age groups for boys and girls. Athletes placed 1st, 2nd & 3rd in all age groups will receive an age champion medal (as determined by our points system described below). Each competitor accrues points for the events in which they compete. All athletes can compete in up to six events per week. Additional events offered to the U11-U17 age groups means they can have up to seven or eight events some weeks. There are two points systems used in calculating these age group placings at the end of the season. These are the ‘Placings/Competition Points’ and ‘Multipoints’.
If an athlete competes at a LANSW or ANSW State or a LAA or AA National athletics event and misses a day’s points competition at Ryde, to encourage attendance at such events, that athlete will be awarded average points for the days’ competition missed. These events are: LANSW Combined Event, ANSW State Relays, ANSW Juniors, ANSW or AA All Schools. An athlete will receive average points for the weeks that they missed Saturday competition, but this will be capped equal to the number of weeks they attended Saturday competition. Eg: if an athlete attends 1 week at Dunbar but attends 4 LANSW / ANSW events, that athlete will receive just 1 weeks additional average points.
If a wet weather program is held at Ryde on a day when average points are awarded those points will be discounted due to the fewer events available to those competing at Dunbar Park. The discount will be calculated by obtaining the average points of the top six athletes of the relevant age group for both dry competition and wet weather competition and calculating the percentage difference between the two. This difference is the amount discounted. Placings/Competition Points In each event, first place receives eight points, second place seven points, third place six points, and so on down to one point for eighth place. Every competitor also receives one point for competing. If only two athletes go in an event then first place gets eight points and second gets seven points, plus a point each for competing. It doesn’t matter how good you are, if you compete you get points. This points system does not differentiate by how much one athlete performs relative to another.
Multipoints
In the multipoint system, each event for each age group has a table of results (times or distances depending on the event type) and the number of points earned for that result. For example, the table for u11 boys’ long jump will have an entry for all the distances that are possible for the age group, and each distance will have a number of points allocated to it. The longer the jump, the more points earned. There is a table for each age group/event combination. This points system does differentiate by how much one athlete performs relative to another. Determining the Age Champions The placings for each age group are calculated by averaging out both the Placings/Competition Points and the Multipoints. In our demonstration age group we have six athletes who have earned the following points: Athlete Number Placings/Comp’nPoints Multi-points 1 1364 3654 2 1277 3702 3 1439 4007 4 1043 2765 5 1597 4035 6 1165 2483 These points are then converted into ‘Placings/Competition’ percentages and ‘Multipoint’ percentages. This is achieved for each points system by dividing the number of points for each athlete by the total points for that points system. For example, the sum of the Placings/Competition points for the six athletes is 7885. The Placings/Competition percentage for athlete 1 is therefore 1364/7885 x 100 = 17.30%. This is done for each athlete for both points systems to give the following: Ath. No Placing/Comp’n Points Multi-points Placing/Comp’n % Multi-points % 1 1364 3654 17.30 17.70 2 1277 3702 16.20 17.93 3 1439 4007 18.25 19.41 4 1043 2765 13.23 13.39 5 1597 4035 20.25 19.54 6 1165 2483 14.77 12.03 Total 7885 20646 Finally, the two percentages are averaged out by adding them together and dividing by two. This gives the following result and final positions: Ath. no Placings / Comp’n % Multi-points % Avg Pos 1 17.30 17.70 17.50 3rd 2 16.20 17.93 17.07 4th 3 18.25 19.41 18.83 2nd 4 13.23 13.39 13.31 6th 5 20.25 19.54 19.90 1st 6 14.77 12.03 13.40 5th Total 100 100 100
The following Perpetual Trophies and Medals may be awarded in cases where the Committee judges that a very high standard of performance has been achieved and the specific criteria below have been met. In circumstances where there is no clear winner the Committee may at their discretion, apply additional criteria which could include comparison to State Little Athletics records or Age world records and Multi class records or other relevant comparative data.
TRENT WHALAN TRUE BLUE MEDAL Awarded to any under 13,14,15, or 17 athlete who attains blue levels in at least 14 of their 15 events. All events must be attempted. Follow this link for information on achievement levels.
STEVE REFENES MEDAL Awarded to any Ryde Little Athlete who sets a LANSW State Record or Australian Best Performance (ABP), either as an individual or as a member of team.
SCULLION TROPHY Awarded to the winner of the Most Improved athlete in the u6 girl and the u6 boy age group. U7s
BEST PERFORMANCE AT ZONE Awarded for the best individual performance at the Zone carnival with the following order of merit: 1. Gold, silver or bronze medals achieved at Zone 2. If equal medals calculating on three points for gold, two points for silver and one point for bronze with the highest point being the winner
U8s BEST PERFORMANCE AT REGION Awarded for the best individual performance at the Region carnival with the following order of merit: 1. Gold, silver or bronze medals achieved at Region 2. If equal medals calculating on three points for gold, two points for silver and one point for bronze with the highest point being the winner
LOUISE TRIMBLE JUMPS TROPHY Awarded for the best individual performance in any LANSW events in the following order of merit: 1. Best individual jumps performance in achieving the most records broken at Ryde. 2. State performance 3. Regional performance 4.Zone performance.
BOB CRAWFORD THROWS TROPHY Awarded for the best individual performance in any LANSW events in the following order of merit: 1. Best individual throws performance in achieving the most records broken at Ryde. 2. State performance 3. Regional performance 4.Zone performance.
MERRYN ALDRIDGE SPRINTS TROPHY Awarded for the best individual sprint performance in any LANSW events in the following order of merit: 1. State performance 2. Regional performance 3. Zone performance 4. Records set at any LANSW event and at club level
BETTY MOORE HURDLES TROPHY Awarded for the best individual hurdles performance in any LANSW events in the following order of merit: 1. State performance 2. Regional performance 3. Zone performance 4. Records set at any LANSW event and at club level.
DAVID LEWIS MIDDLE DISTANCE TROPHY Awarded for the best individual middle distance performance in any LANSW events in the following order of merit: 1. State performance 2. Regional performance 3. Zone performance 4. Records set at any LANSW event and at club level.
THE LUKE ADAMS TROPHY OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN RACE WALKING Awarded for the best individual race walking performance in any LANSW events the following order of merit: 1. State performances 2. Regional performance 3. Zone performance 4. Records set at any LANSW event and at club level.
SHANNON ARNOTT SINGLE MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE Awarded to the best Performance at a LANSW or LAA Championship in the following order of merit: 1. National – gold, silver, bronze, finalist, competitor 2. State – gold, silver, bronze, finalist, competitor Where a gold medal = 3 points, silver medal = 2 points, bronze medal = 1 point. In the case of a tie, then this is awarded to both athletes.
LYN CRAWFORD ALL ROUND TROPHY & RYDE SPORTS FOUNDATION ALL ROUND TROPHY These two trophies have the same criteria. The Lyn Crawford Trophy is awarded to an athlete from the u7-u11 age groups; the Ryde Sports Foundation Trophy is awarded to an athlete from the u12-u17 age groups. The awarding of the trophies is decided by the Committee, taking into consideration the performance against the following criteria, with the following order of merit: 1. Meet attendance of 80% 2. Entering at least 90% of all events offered 3. Attempting every event at least twice. 4. – Committee to review the list of athletes and can take into consideration: *blue patch achievement > 60% Follow this link for information on achievement levels * number of PB’s achieved in the season compared to number of events on offer for the weeks they attended. 5. Demonstrated sportsmanship and enthusiasm
– The awarding of the trophy is decided by the Trophy Committee, taking into consideration the performance against the criteria.
BEST RELAY PERFORMANCE This trophy will be awarded to the Ryde team that performs best at the LANSW State Relays. Factors to consider are: • Medal awarded gold, silver or bronze; • Whether a record was set; • The age of the record and how much it was improved by; and • If no record was set the team that was closest to the record percentage wise.
EXCEPTIONAL EFFORT TROPHY Donated by the Lowe Family in 2009 Awarded to an athlete with a disability with consideration of the following: 1. Displaying enthusiasm and effort in the spirit of Little Athletics 2. Number of weeks attended 3. Number of events attempted (with due consideration given to the number of events available to the age group and the ability of the athlete to compete in all events) 4. Performance at a higher level 5. Contribution to the Club.
JULIE REYNOLDS SPIRIT OF RYDE ATHLETICS TROPHY Awarded to a parent or family within the club who has consistently demonstrated all of the following attributes: 1. Total commitment to participation 2. Unwavering fairness and sportsmanship 3. Volunteer services 4. A sense of fun This award is decided based on nominations made to either Committee by any member of the Centre. If nominations are received from both divisions, then the executive committees of both will meet and decide the recipient. Name/s of your nominee/s, with the reason for your nomination, should be given to any Committee member before the end of March.
ROSS FORSTER 800m RYDE CITY GIFT A handicap 800m race with one entrant selected from each age group by the age manager
JIM HULL HANDICAP RYDE CITY GIFT RACE A handicap 100m race with one entrant selected from each age group by the age manager.
Any athlete who achieves 10 years continuous registration in LANSW receives an ‘Athlete Service Award’ certificate from LANSW. These certificates can be obtained as soon as the athlete is eligible – eg. An u13 will eligible if registered continuously with two years of Tots. The 10 years can be accumulated with centres other than Ryde. Please see the Registrar during the season if you are entitled to one of these awards from LANSW.
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