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Athletics Squad Selection Criteria

NATWEST ISLAND GAMES – ATHLETICS SQUAD FOR ALAND 2009

Preparations are ongoing for the Natwest Island Games Athletics team attending the games in Aland in July 2009. The Aland Islands are positioned between eastern Sweden and southwestern Finland, about 65 miles east of Stockholm. The Natwest Island Games take place every two years and were last held in Rhodes in 2007 where with over 3000 competitors, were bigger than the Winter Olympics! In 2005 the games were held in Shetland and Team Western Isles won six medals – 5 bronze and 1 silver. In 2007 Team Western Isles won their first ever gold medal with a total of 6 medals at the end of the competition.

WIIGA (Western Isles Islands Games Association) have appointed Mairi Levak as Team Manager and Adrienne Stewart as Assistant Team Manager for the 2009 games. The Team Managers are still looking out for members of a squad to compete in Aland.

In order to be part of the Western Isles Games  team you require to be either born in the Western Isles or have lived in the islands for at least 2 years prior to the date of the games. For the athletics squad, the minimum age is 15.

We are looking for people who have a keen interest in athletics and feel they have the ability to compete at this level. The athletics events include

Sprints – 100m, 200m, 400m, 110m/100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x100 relay, 4x400m relay
Endurance – 800m, 1500m, 3k , 5k, 10k and Half Marathon
Jumps – High Jump, Long jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault
Throws – Javelin, Hammer, Discuss, Shot Putt

The Athletics Team Managers have scrutinized the results of all athletic events over the past number of games in setting qualification standards for Aland. This however this does not mean that athletes who are keen to take part in the games and have not yet achieved the set target times will not be considered.  Times as well as ability to improve will be taken account of.

The Half Marathon Teams (male team and female team) will consist of either 2 or 3 athletes with the first two being treated as the team for medal purposes

We know that there are athletes who fulfill the eligibility criteria , who can achieve the times or with coaching and training will be capable of achieving them before July 2009. If you have an interest in athletics and feel that you are capable in competing in the Natwest Island Games please call Adrienne on 01851 705602 to find out more about the competition . The qualifying times for each event are shown below:-

WORLD ISLAND GAMES  2009 - SELECTION CRITERIA

In order to qualify, you must have taken part in competition either on the island or on the mainland and the results officially recorded.