Athletics Weekly

under 17’s with juniors makes some sort of logical sense

How?

It would be better if the under 17's from the YAL were included with the National Junior League thus freein up timetable space for the under 13's and under 15's. That might be OK for clubs that have NJL teams, but not good for the rest of us. I see some merit instead in omiting U13s from the YAL to...

Track and field is more problematic ... 1. In senior leagues ... Going for mixed competition would mean, say, the male side being demoted a few divisions and the female promoted. One would get poorer competition, the other could be out of their depth. I don't believe this is a valid case, because s...

I managed our ladies team this year so have some first hand thoughts from a low division. Moving On will come up with a new competition structure, so my priority would be to keep everything simple up till then. Forming two types of team would be the opposite of simple! Diminishing the value of U15/U...

There are 14 motions so I don't want type them all as they cam through the post + the league doesn't have a website. They do include: - Reducing U15s to just A string. - Having U15 as non-scoring for league positions / promotions - Having 2 league structures - 1 for clubs with U15 and 1 without etc

Anyone got any thoughts on the AGM motions?

Reducing or eliminating the U15G events seems to have a lot of support.

Frank, I'm broadly with you on this and I wasn't suggesting risking further injury by competing. Youngsters (I'm thinking 11-14 ish) find it easy to pick up PBs on a regular basis and this is a great motivation. But there comes a point where PBs are tougher to achieve. The mindset needs to change an...

The current crop seem to be obsessed with everything being perfect before they'll compete.

What worries me more is coaches taking this position with young athletes who are "not race fit", "not back to their best" or "not experienced enough to race".