APPENDIX C

NAMES AND ABBREVIATIONS

C1	Age Groups and Abbreviations
C2	Official Grades and Abbreviations
C3	Country Names and Abbreviations

C1Age Groups and Abbreviations

The following list contains the abbreviations used for indicating age groups. If these age indicators are used, it is recommended that they be placed in curved brackets after the athlete(s) name in the team declaration.

Indicator	Age Range	Meaning
J/U20	Junior	Under 20 and over 16 years.
U17	Under 17	Under 17 and over 15 years.
M35/W35	35-39	Over 35 but under 40 on day of competition.
M40/W40	40-44	Over 40 but under 45 on day of competition.
M45/W45	45-49	Over 45 but under 50 on day of competition.

How to work out an age group.

	Birthday between 1 Jan and 31 Aug	1 Sept - 31 Dec
U13	year of birth+11&12	year of birth+12&13
U15	year of birth+13&14	year of birth+14&15
U17	year of birth+15&16	year of birth+16&17
Jun	year of birth+17, 18 or 19	year of birth+18&19
Sen	year of birth+20	year of birth+20
M35/W35	dob+35 Years TO dob+40 Years-1 day
M40/W40	dob+40 Years TO dob+45 Years-1 day
M45/W45	dob+45 Years TO dob+50 Years-1 day
M50/W50	dob+50 Years TO dob+55 Years-1 day

In some situations it may not be possible to fit the abbreviation in with brackets, in such cases using the athletes first name initial or just the abbreviation itself may remedy this situation.

C2Official Grades and Abbreviations

The official grade indicators are suggested for use with official names supplied on team declarations. In cases where declarations do not give any grading only the name should be entered. These indications are generally used in regional and junior leagues.

GRADE	DESCRIPTION
CS	Chief starter
CT	Chief timekeeper
TR	Track referee
FR	Field referee
F1 - F4	Field judge 1 - 4
S1 - S4	Starter grade 1 - 4
T1 - T4	Timekeeper grade 1 - 4
M1 - M4	Marksman grade 1 - 4
PJ	Photo finish judge