The ESAA have found it necessary to postpone the Track and Field cup in it's usual format for 2021. The restrictions that exist in schools in the current climate and will likely continue until at least June half term have placed such a level of uncertainty on the competition that it is considered impractical to continue as originally planned.
There will be no National or Regional finals this year. All schools that have entered to this date will have their entry fee carried over to the 2022 competition.
In order to promote the competition and offer a goal for the current eligible year groups, meetings at County level will be offered between the 8th and 25th June with the results appearing on the website as Round 1/ County fixtures. These meetings will be financed as in a usual competition year.
Schools who wish to enter on the understanding of the above conditions should do so in the normal way by 31st March at the latest - click the Online Entry Form button.
Schools who have already entered and now wish to withdraw can do so online by logging in via the 'Competition Progress' button in the menu on the left, then selecting the Withdraw your teams option under the 'Your account' menu header.
Withdrawals should be made by the 16th April at the very latest.
In counties where entries are small, efforts will be made to find opportunities to compete in the most convenient adjacent county competitions. Contact Steve Lowe at lowefamily04@icloud.com to assist with this. It is hoped that schools will take advantage of this opportunity to provide some athletics for a generation of pupils who have suffered considerably due to the pandemic and it's resulting restrictions.
Entries will still need to be made by participating schools so that we can tell who wishes to take part. Entries are now open and will close ABSOLUTELY on March 31st. Absolutely no late entries will be permitted because there is so little time available to organise competitions. We will try to send out multiple email reminders to teachers and schools about the closing date.
Entries must be made and paid for online only. Click the Online Entry Form button on the left when entries open in March.
Schools who entered last year's competition will have last year's entry fee carried over to the 2021 entry as follows:
If you entered last year, but don't want to enter in 2021, we can't refund entry fees for the 2020 competition, however the fees you paid in 2020 will be carried over to your next T&F Cup or XC Cup entry whenever that may be.
This is due to the immense cost in time and money to make refunds, and the fact that many payment cards will already have expired - refunds can't be made back to expired cards.
We have modified the online entry system so that schools' entry fees are now held in an account for the school. This account can be used to pay for either the next Cross Country Cup, or the next Track & Field Cup.
We will be opening up the online system so that Secretaries can allocate entries to competitions before the closing date and make it possible for them to use the online emailing facilities to contact schools who entered in previous years to that they can keep in touch more easily.
Teams comprise 12 athletes for Junior Girls, and 14 athletes for Intermediate Girls, Junior Boys, and Intermediate Boys. Each athlete may do no more than two events: one track and one field event; one track and the relay; one field event and the relay. All teams MUST have a relay team. Competitions are scored on a points basis where better performances gain more points.
Entering teams, and all event administration, is done online.
All details will be available online - download the information, rules, and awards details from the menu on the left when these are finalised towards the end of February.