Waikato Bay of Plenty Track & Field Championships 2025

WAIKATO BOP CHAMPIONSHIPS   -  combined with PUTARURU BELL team event

Tauranga  Domain         Saturday 22 / Sunday 23 February

PUTARURU BELL TEAMS EVENT RULES

1.   Teams may have up to 7 members, mixed age and gender

2.   A club may enter more than one team but each team must have a distinctive name

3.   All team members must be registered athletes and registered with the same club

4.   Maximum of 4 scoring events per team member across the 2 days

5.   Grades:- U18, U20, Senior, Masters Under 55, Masters 55 and over, for both men and women

6.   Points: 1st = 6, 2nd = 5 and down to 6th = 1

7.   As events will also be WBOP championships and open to all registered athletes, the points

 Above will only be allocated to clubs who have entered teams in the Putaruru Bell (e.g.  Taumarunui athlete wins but Taumarunui doesn’t have a team, so the best placing from an entered team member will get the 6 points etc).

8.   Team names and entries must be received by 5pm Thursday 20 February

        Email to  administrator@athleticswbop.org.nz

NOTE    final results will not be available at the end of competition on Sunday 23 February

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WAIKATO BAY OF PLENTY TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS 

Tauranga Domain Stadium - 22 and 23 February 2025

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Your age at the 31st December 2025 is the grade that you compete in at the AWBOP & ANZ Championships, except the Under 16 grade where you must be Under 16 on the 31st December 2024.

ATHLETE INFORMATION

Entry to the Centre Champs is open to those registered by their clubs as competitive athletes with Athletics Waikato-Bay of Plenty or another club/Centre in New Zealand.

Athletes must be registered before the closing date for Champs entries. (Midnight Tuesday 18th Feb)

Entries will not be accepted without full payment $10 for first event/$5 for subsequent events for all grades (U16, U18 M/U18W, U20M/U20W, Seniors, Masters).

Entry details will be available on the Athletics Waikato-Bay of Plenty website and will be online only.

No late Entries will be accepted.    CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MIDNIGHT Tuesday 18 FEBRUARY

Club Uniform must be worn.

Athletes are to report to the officials’ desk on arrival at the track each day, to confirm their intention to start in each of their events, at least 30 minutes before their first event.

Athletes can enter a maximum of two grades – their own and one above.

The youngest age that can compete in the Championships is grade 13 (in Under 16 grade)

 *Pole vault competitors please email administratrator@athleticswbop.org.nz before making an entry

Relay entries – Club relay teams are to be submitted at the start of each competition day, names to be confirmed 1 hour prior to event start time.

 Waikato-Bay of  Plenty Track and Field Champs -  Day 1

TAURANGA DOMAIN Saturday 22 February

                             Track                                                             Field

1.30pm              400m all grades                                          1.30pm   Triple jump all female

                             Heats or finals if insufficient entries

2.20pm              80m/100m/110m hurdles all grades  1.30pm   Discus all male

2.50pm              1500m masters/U16                                 2.00pm  Pole Vault all grades- see note above

3.00pm              100m all grades                                          2.30pm   Shot Put all female

                             Heats or finals if insufficient entries   3.00pm   Triple Jump all male

3.50pm              1500m U18M&W, U20M&W, SM&W 3.00pm    Shot Put all male

4.20pm              100m finals all grade if required          3.00pm    High Jump all male

4.45pm              400m finals all grades if required        4.00pm    Discus all female

5.00pm              4 x 100m relay                                            4.00pm    High Jump all female

Waikato-Bay of Plenty Track and Field Champs   -  Day 2

TAURANGA DOMAIN Sunday 23 February

                             Track                                                              Field

9.00am              5000m all grades

10.30am            200m all grades                                         10.30am Long Jump all male

                             Heats or finals if insufficient entries   10.30am Hammer all grades

11.20am            800m all grades                                         12.00 Javelin all grades

11.50am            300m hurdles U16/U18, Masters         12.00 Long Jump all female

12.10pm            400m hurdles U20, Sen, Masters         12.45pm Masters Weight Throw all grades

1.00pm              200m finals all grade if required

1.30pm              4 x 400m relay