Selection policy for England team at Throws Fest announced

England Athletics are pleased to announce that they will select a team of Under 18 athletes for the England Throws Camp’s (ETC) Throws Fest to compete against a home country select team, and featuring representation from England, Scotland, Wales, and Loughborough University.

This reflects our aim of getting representatives across all event groups and disciplines at all age group major events and international teams. ETC Throws Fest will therefore be aimed specifically at athletes who the selection panel believes are showing realistic progression towards future age group major events and international team selection.

Standards

The events and standards will be set at 90% of the European Athletics U18 Championship standard:

• Shot put: 15.62m (Men, 5kg) / 13.41m (Women, 3kg)
• Discus: 49.05m (Men, 1.5kg) / 37.80m (Women, 1kg)
• Hammer: 61.20m (Men, 5kg) / 54.00m (Women, 3kg)
• Javelin: 60.30m (Men, 700g) / 44.10m (Women, 500g)

In addition, the panel will select athletes who they believe satisfy the following criteria:

• Athletes should demonstrate the potential to qualify for and medal at future age group major events and international teams.
• Athletes should demonstrate current competitive form (by throwing at a UKA (level 2+) permitted event  between 1 July 2021 and 21 August 2021).

Click to download the full selection policy (PDF 70kB)

Expression of Interest

All athletes wishing to be selected for the ETC Throws Fest must express their interest in competing to Team Leader Nick Ridgeon (nridgeon@englandathletics.org) or England Athletics Teams & Competitions Manager Andy Day (aday@englandathletics.org).

This should include a clear plan and rationale for attending the ETC Throws Fest, to gain experience and improve competition skills.

Expressions of Interest must be received before 6pm on 21 August and the final team will be announced no later than Friday 27 August

The event

Throws Fest is designed as a celebration of throwing and is a great spectator event with grandstands on top of the action, music, food and merchandise.  The event incorporates all ages and abilities with a mixture of elite, U18 international and open competitions.  Spectators can purchase tickets at www.englandthrowscamps.com. Come and see the stars of the future competing alongside the best of today!