Hong Kong Athletic League 2007

Date & Venue:

Round 1 : 3-4 February 2007 Wanchai Sports Ground

Round 2 : 2-3 June 2007 Wanchai Sports Ground

Round 3 : 8-9 September 2007 Shing Mun Valley Sports Ground

Round 4 : 3-4 November 2007 Wanchai Valley Sports Ground

Final Round : 2 December 2007 Wanchai Sports Ground

Time:

Round 1-4

Saturday : 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Sunday : 8:30am - 5:00pm

Final Round

Sunday : 8:30am - 6:00pm

Entry Fee(HK$)

*Entry fee for the Final Round will be exempt

Categories

Men (Born in or before 1997)

Women (Born in or before 1997)

Enrollment Criteria

Round 1 to Round 4 :

All athletes who born in or before 1997 are eligible to enter Round 1 to Round 4.

Final Round :

The Organizing Committee will invite athletes who are qualified for the Final Round, no open entry will be accepted. Details can be referred to the “Final Round Enrollment Criteria” listed below .

Award

1.Medals will be awarded to the top three positions of each event in each round.

2.Special awards will be awarded to the athletes in the Final Round, details will be provided in due course.

 

Final Round Enrollment Criteria

•  After the first four rounds of competition, athletes in top 8 ranking in each event (only the best result in the first four rounds will be counted), will be invited to participate in the Final Round.

•  Athletes must participate in a single event at least 3 times in the first 4 rounds , will be eligible to be ranked in that single event.

•  If a qualified athlete who qualified for more than one event, he / she can choose to participate one or all of the events, but they must notify the Organizing Committee before specified deadline.

•  If qualified athletes of a single event who turned down the invitation, the Organizing Committee will automatically invite the athletes ranked in only 9 th and/or 10 th to replace the position.

•  For events requiring Wind Speed Measurement Equipment, its ranking will be prepared in accordance to the Wind Speed Measurement Rules.

•  If athletes are unable to participate in any of the first four rounds because of representing Hong Kong Athletic Team for overseas competition, they will not be treated as absence.

 

Rules:

•  According to the HKAAA's “Recommendation on the Age Limits for Distance Running”, Participants of 5,000m and 10,000m must be born in 1991 or before. Participants of 3,000mSC must be born in 1993 or before. Please refer to HKAAA Handbook for more details.

•  For any event requires Wind Speed, measurement its Record Breaking and Standard Achievement will only be recognized with a recognized Wind Speed (without wind assist)

•  Details of Hong Kong Record / HKAAA Record could be referred to the “Rankings and Records” of the HKAAA Handbook.

•  Any protest must be made in writing within 30 minutes after the announcement of the results of that particular event, and accompanied with a deposit of HK$100, which will be forfeited if the protest is not upheld.

•  All participants must wear the designated number cloths issued by the HKAAA. New number cloth will be issued at each round. An administrative fee of HK$50 will be charged for each re-printing of number cloth. Re-issue of number cloths can be done at roll call station.

•  All vests should be completely the same among all members of the relay team.

•  For track events, if no more than 8 competitors reporting to the Roll Call Station after the End of Call, the event will straight through to Final and it will be held at the scheduled time for final.

•  In Track Events, top 8 positions of qualifying rounds will be qualified for Finals

•  In considering some of the athletes competing in both individual and relay events, close to be exhausted under the tight competition schedule, all relay teams will only compete in straight final. If there are more than 8 teams reported at roll call station, all teams will run in separate heats and the final position and prizes will be determined by their finishing times.

•  If only one athlete is reported to Roll Call Station on race day, this particular event will be cancelled. Entry fee of the reported athlete will then be refunded after the race.

•  IAAF and HKAAA rules will be applied in this competition.

•  HKAAA Track & Field Committee reserves the rights to amend and interpret the above rules and regulations.

•  Events:

Men: 100m , 200m , 400m , 800m , 1500m , 5000m , 10000m , 110m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, 3000mSC, 4x 100m (except Final Round ), 4x 400m (except Final Round), Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Discus, Javelin, Shot Put and Hammer Throw

Women: 100m , 200m , 400m , 800m , 1500m , 5000m , 10000m , 100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, 4x 100m (except Final Round), 4x 400m (except Final Round), Long Jump, Triple Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Discus, Javelin, Shot Put, Hammer Throw

Details of the above rules and regulations will be referred to the Chinese Version.