1. Somerset Schools Athletic Association
“SSAA”
Champions…

2. The Website
somersetschoolsathletics.org.uk
somersetschoolsathletics.org.uk
somersetschoolsathletics.org.uk

3. Today Arrival and Registration 9.30 – 9.55 Welcome 10.00
10.10
Warm-up with Event One Coach
 10.30
Event One Coaching
11.30
Mini Break
11.45
Event Two Coaching
12.45
Refreshments & Presentation
1.30
Event Three Coaching
2.30
Warm-down with Event Three Coach
2.45
Dispersal

4. Warm up: 10.10 - First Session: 10.30 - 11.30
Second Session: – 12.45
Third Session: 1.30 – 2.30
SPRINTS
HURDLES
LONG JUMP
HIGH JUMP
POLE VAULT
JAVELIN
DISCUS
SHOT
Peter Grosjean
Godfrey
Fry
Brian Camp
Sonya Ellis
Deborah
Bray
David Pearson
Simon De Wilton
Nigel Groves
Murray Grant

5. Athletic Organisation
International
Nats
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Avon Gloucestershire
Wiltshire SW
County
Yeovil
Sedgemoor
Area
Taunton
Mendip
School

6. County Combined Events Championships
Possibly 350 competitors.
Possibly 50 competitors per event.
The largest event of its kind in Europe? The World?
The ‘Happy’ Championships
The ‘Helping’ Championships

7. South-West Championships
From the County Championships we select teams to compete at the:
South-West Championships
There is a limit to the number of athletes we can select :
Combined Events – age group teams of 4
Whole team of 24
Maximum of 32 competitors per event
Plus Race Walk competitors

8. ESAA National Championships.
Following the SW Championships teams and individuals qualify to compete at the
ESAA National Championships.
There is a limit to the number of athletes selected:
Combined Events – SW winning age group teams of 4
plus high placed individuals not in winning team
Maximum of 46 competitors per event
Plus walking competitors

9. COMBINED EVENTS INTERNATIONALS
Harry Hall
Amy Cooper
2010
Jordanna Morrish
Brendon England-Frost
2012
Cliff Schwabauer
Ellen Barber
2014
Anya Turner
2015

10. Boys’ Combined Events Minor (u13) 100m Shot Long Jump 800m
Junior (u15)
80m Hurdles
Shot
Long Jump
High Jump
800m
Intermediate (u17)
(2 days)
Long Jump
Discus
Javelin
400m
100m Hurdles
High Jump
Shot
1500m
Senior (u19)
(2 days)
100m
Long Jump
Shot
High Jump
400m
110m Hurdles
Discus
Pole Vault
Javelin
1500m
Boys’ Combined Events

11. Girls’ Combined Events
Minor (u13)
100m
Shot
Long Jump
800m
Junior (u15)
75m Hurdles
Shot
High Jump
Long Jump
800m
Intermediate (u17)
(2 days)
80m Hurdles
High Jump
Shot
200m
Long Jump
Javelin
800m
Senior (u19)
(2 days)
100m Hurdles
High Jump
Shot
200m
Long Jump
Javelin
800m

12. Important Combined Events Rules
In track events, there are no "finals" - heat times are scored on the IAAF and ESAA tables.
Points are based on the hand timed pages
but please note - when fully-automatic timing and photo-finish are available they will be in use, in conjunction with the appropriate scoring tables.
Three trials only are allowed in the long jump and throwing events.
NB. Quadrathlon scores are taken from the Midland Counties AA tables.

13. An extra:
24 pts
33 pts

14. Girls 800 metres
At this pace –
that’s 12 points
per second !!

15. 24 points More points gained the higher you jump! Boys High Jump

16. Important Combined Events Rules
In the running and hurdling events, a competitor shall be disqualified in any event in which he or she has been responsible for three false starts.
NB: This applies to the younger Schools’ age groups and Masters.
In the Under 18, Under 19, Under 20 competitions and Senior Men’s Decathlon and the Senior Women’s Heptathlon, an athlete making a false start shall be warned.
Any athlete(s) making further false starts in the race shall be disqualified from the race.
In the Quadrathlon, Pentathlon and Heptathlon competitions, the 800m events will not be started at the curved line, but will be run in lanes for the first bend.

17. Important Combined Events Rules
Any athlete failing to take part in any of the events shall not be allowed to take part in any subsequent event in that competition, but shall be considered to have abandoned the competition.
That athlete shall not figure in the final classification.
The winner shall be the competitor who has obtained the highest number of points in the 4, 5, 7, 8 or 10 events as the case may be, awarded on the basis of the IAAF and ESAA Combined Events Scoring Tables.
In the event of a tie, the winner shall be the competitor who has received the higher number of points in a majority of events. If this does not resolve the tie, the winner shall be the competitor who has scored the higher number of points in any one of the events. This procedure shall apply to ties for any place in the competition.

18. Awards:
Somerset AA medal to the winner of each competition.
Somerset Schools' AA County Champion badge to the top Somerset Schools' athlete in each competition.
Certificates for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each competition.
Certificates to all athletes who complete their Combined Events competition.

19. Somerset Coaching Courses - 2017
Sunday 23rd April
Sprints
Endurance
Hurdles
Steeplechase
Long Jump
Triple Jump
High Jump
Pole Vault
Javelin
Discus
Shot
Hammer
Choose 2 events