Colgate 5 Star Scheme

The Club has now run this for the last five seasons, and it appears very successful.  

This is an incentive scheme based on personal improvement with certificates awarded on achieving specified performance levels. Every young athlete will have the opportunity to win an achievement certificate. The certificate will be awarded at five Levels – 1Star, 2 Star, 3 Star, 4 Star 5 Star. – according to the standards achieved in a specified number of events for each age group (See Tables)

The overall aim of the scheme is to encourage children to take part in a wide range of events and to spread recognition for achievement over all Club Members – not just winners or the better athletes. The scheme does not aim to produce champions, but rather to provide incentives and develop skills and enjoyment in all events.

Children develop physically and mentally at very different rates and ages and it is hoped that the scheme, by encouraging participation in a wide range of events, will not only enable more children to enjoy more events at their level of achievement. It is hoped it will also maintain their interest in athletics into the senior section of the Club, when they can gradually begin to concentrate on their ‘favourite’ or ‘best’ events as their developing physique and ability dictates.