General Age Policy

A date of birth is required in order for your entry form to be valid.

If any participant is found to be in contravention of the age restriction in the respective tournament, he/she and their team (if applicable) may be instantly disqualified.

For any sports that only have a minimum age, participants must be of age on 19 April 2019.

Please note in order to register for sports a participant must be at minimum 6 years old on 19 April 2019.

Academic Sports Age Policy

For all age specific academic sports categories, which is dependent on their respective academic bracket, participants must be of age on 1 September 2018.

Please note, this is a change from previous AKYSB tournament, the date on which a participant will need to be of age is now 1 September 2018. Please see the below examples to understand the new Age Policy.

Examples:                                               

A: A person born in March 2009 who will be 10 when the tournament starts on the 19 of April 2019 will still be eligible to play U10

B: A person born in March 2003 who will be 16 when the tournament starts on the 19 of April 2019 will still be eligible to play U16

Please note: Dodgeball is not deemed an Academic Sport, and as such does not fall into this category and is not subject to the new age restrictions

Amendment to the policy for only Football (U16, U12, U9) & Swimming (U12, U10, U8) categories

This tournament represents a transition year with regard to age policy for academic categories. As such, to reduce the impact of athletes which falls in between two categories in both Football (U16, U12, U9) and Swimming (U12, U10, U8) the following amendment will be made:

Amendment:

If a participant has reached the maximum age of the category they fall into academically and they are of age on the 19 of April 2019, they will be eligible to take part in the above age bracket.

This will ensure that teams which are preparing based on legacy age categories are not affected as a result of this change that they were not aware of until ESF launch. This will not form any precedent going forward. The only outcome of this amendment may be that certain eligible athletes have the option to participate in their category or the older category available.

Example:

A: A person born in March 2010 who will be 9 when the tournament starts on the 19 of April 2019 will be eligible to play either U9 or U12 football

B: A person born in March 2011 who will be 8 when the tournament starts on the 19 of April 2019 will be eligible to play either U8 or U10 swimming

List of sports and restrictions that fall in the new academic policy

All other sports age restrictions