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GO! Series Entries are Open!
GO! Series Entries are Open!
The GO! Series is back for the summer. Back bigger, back brighter and back more GO!ier than ever before.
Five GO! Days over summer to keep your athlete engaged and involved in their club team.
ABOUT
The GO! Series is a teams-based athletics initiative launched by Athletics Auckland to provide opportunities for youth (5-14) athletes to participate in inter-club athletics competition. Club versus club to determine who can wrestle the GO! Series trophy from Papakura for the 2024/2025.
Athletes earn points by doing what they enjoy most. Running, jumping and throwing within defined point scoring zones. All points will go towards the athlete’s club. These points will accumulate per athlete per event.
DATES
GO! Day 1 – Saturday 16 November 2024 at Lloyd Elsmore Park in Pakuranga
GO! Day 2 – Sunday 8th December 2024 at Douglas Track in Waitakere
GO! Day 3 – Friday 31 January 2025 at Mt Smart Stadium
GO! Day 4 – Saturday 15th February 2025 at Mt Smart Stadium
GO! Day 5 – Saturday 8th March at Mt Smart Stadium
TIME
9am-12pm (5 and 6s 9am to about 10.15am, 7 and over from about 10am) except Friday 31 January being 6pm to 8.30pm
WHO
All club registered athletes (5-14 years) can enter the GO! Series.
ENTRY FEE
$40 entry for the whole series
$10 entry per individual day.
WHAT YOUR ATHLETE RECEIVES
- Athletes who enter the full series (all 5 GO! days) receive a GO! Series medal at GO! Day 5, (athlete will receive a medal at the fifth event when signed up to all 5 events).
- All athletes who enter the GO! Series will get a GO! Series bracelet to keep.
- All athletes who enter and attend a GO! Day will receive a GO! Day ribbon. 5 different ribbons to collect over the season.
- Attend all 5 GO! Days and collect the prestigious GO! Series GRAND SLAM ribbon.
WHAT YOU GET
- A DJ to keep the stadium rocking as the athletes do their thing.
- The ability for you to get nice and close to the action as a GO! Series volunteer, and
- Food and coffee vendors on-site. The GO! Team knows how important that Saturday morning coffee is.
EVENTS
The program will vary depending on number of entries but will include a combination of the below with new events added to the series over time.
- Shot Put (athletes will receive points for landing their put in different parts of the shot put sector)
- Discus (athletes will receive points for landing their discus different parts of the discus sector)
- Long Jump (athletes will receive points for landing in different sectors of the long jump pit)
- Ball/Vortex/Javelin Throw (athletes will throw as close to the bulls-eye target (first ground contact) with points in each circle)
- High Jump (athletes will get 4 jumps to score as many points as possible. Points are awarded for clearing a height. Athletes may complete all jumps at same height if desired)
- 60 metres
- 150 metres
- 300 metres
- 600 metres
REGISTER BELOW TO BE PART ATHLETICS AT ITS FUNNEST, FASTEST, BEST!
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