Colours Criteria for Orienteering
The following criteria are recommended for setting Full and Half Colours.
Full colours
Athletes must:
- Have attended 80-100% of meetings and 80% of practices (this can be changed according to the school policies)
- have a log score above 800 points (this is a minimum requirement for full colours and should not be changed)
- have placed in the top 5 positions in the overall OSL log OR
- have placed in the top 5 positions at the OSL Gauteng Final
Half colours
Athletes must:
- Have attended 80-100% of meetings and 80% of practices (this can be changed according to the school policies)
- have a log score between 700 and 799 points
- Have placed in the top 10 positions in the overall log OR
- Have placed in the top 10 positions at the OSL Gauteng Final
Junior Colours (if applicable)
Awarded to any Junior orienteer who qualifies for Full Colours if competing on the Senior log
Team colours/Team Tie
Awarded to any athletes who:
- Have attended 80-100% of meetings and 80% of practices (this can be changed according to the school policies)
- Athletes with log scores between 600 and 1000 points
- Have qualified for the Final (this is optional)
Certificate of Merit
These may be awarded to any participating athlete who didn’t qualify for colours but is worthy of an award and can be in recognition for ‘Dedication & Commitment’ or ‘Participation’.
Note:
Attendance of meetings and practices differs for each school.
For practices, 75-80% is typical but this depends on prior commitments at the school. For meetings a minimum of 80% needs to be attended, preferably 100% (one could miss out on the training session but missing a meeting can be detrimental to one’s log score).