RIBBON DAYS

We encourage our children to participate in Ribbon Days held throughout the season.

What is a Ribbon Day?

These track & field events are usually held on Saturdays (see our Calender under the 'Competitions' tab). Ribbon Days give children across all age groups the opportunity to compete against and get to know children from other WBOP clubs. All children will win at least one ribbon during the day.

For those children who are more serious about athletics, competing is the best form of training. This would also help monitor your improvements during the season.

Just like club nights, the age grades children participate in on Ribbon Days are determined by the age of the athlete on the 31st December.

To be eligible to participate in Ribbon Days, your child has to be registered with a club (such as Fairfield Athletics!). Club uniform is compulsory for 7yrs plus and age flashes must be sewn onto the top.

On the day information:

There is no charge to compete, however competition day programmes will be available to purchase at a minimal charge. Proceeds from this will generally go towards offsetting the host clubs ribbon day expenses.

Please try and be at the venue by 9:45am to get organised and warmed up for the first events. Start time is usually 10am unless advised otherwise. Entries are taken on the day only and events are provided for all ages with Mini Club doing 2 - 3 sprints and one shuttle relay. This is normally held in the morning only.

For the 7 - 14 yrs, they will have a full program of events to choose from and this is likely to include relays. The length of the day is determined by the number of athletes attending but typically runs through to approximately 3pm. It is at the discretion of each host club how they run their Ribbon Day, so each day could be quite different.

We endeavour to have our club tents at Ribbons Days and this will be our base. We are also required to provide numbers attending so on arrival please make your way there to record the names of your children competing.