ACTVAC to trial chest numbers

Message to ACTVAC members (regular track and field competitors)From: Val Chesterton

Dear Members,

The ACTVAC committee has agreed to trial the introduction of chest numbers being worn at all Track and Field meets for the remainder of the 2010-11 season. The committee has acknowledged that it is a common practice in the majority of athletic clubs around Australia that members are required to wear chest numbers as a standard part of their weekly competition. Many of our Track and Field participants are already familiar with this practice as chest numbers must be worn at national and international competitions.

There are several advantages to the use of cloth chest numbers, including the professional appearance of club members and improved processing of results. Members will no longer need to provide their name and number or birth date, rather those volunteers recording results will be able to document the ACTVAC number which will be visible on all competing members’ singlets. This makes for much quicker and efficient recording of members’ placing in events.

Initially as part of the trial, a single cloth chest number (displaying your historical club number) will be issued to all members that compete regularly at Track and Field meets. Members will be able to collect their number in the Commonwealth Room when they register for the meet from February 3rd onwards. Members are required to wear this chest number when competing at all track and field meets. To ensure you have your number with you for all Track and Field competitions, make sure it is kept in your regular competition bag! The number can be affixed to your running singlet via safety pins.

For members who are not regular competitors at track, paper numbers will be provided.

The committee will review the success of this trial at the end of the Track and Field season.

Kind regards,

The ACTVAC committee