2023 Commonwealth Youth Games

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Updates

• 18 Apr 2023 - Selection criteria updated.
• 4 Feb 2023 - Page posted.

Info

Date: 4-11 August 2023

Venue: Trinbago, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Organizer: CGF & SNOC

Official website: https://thecgf.com/games#youth-games

1. General Information

Singapore Athletics (SA) intends to select and send U18 athletes for the Commonwealth Youth Games to be held, 4 to 11 August 2023, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. This is a self-funded competition. This is subjected to organizers and Singapore’s Covid-19 measurements, if any.

2. Selection criteria

6th placing of the previous editions. See Table 1 as below.

3. Qualifying Period

The qualifying period will be from 29 March 2022 to 29 April 2023.

For 16-17 years old (Year 2006 & 2007)

Sanctioned meets & results established under legal wind speed condition will only be accepted.

The qualifying period is subject to change.

4. Key Dates

Updated key dates

• 1 June 2022 to 29 April 2023 - Qualifying window
• 30 April 2023 – Longlist deadline
• 30 April 2023 – Nomination deadline
• 9 June 2023 – Sporty Entry by Name
• TBC – Tentative travel dates
• 7 to 10 August 2023 – Athletics competition dates

5. Individual events

A maximum of two athletes for each individual event

6. Eligibility for nomination

• • Athlete must be a Singapore Citizen at the time of nomination.

• Meeting the qualifying mark does not guarantee selection for Commonwealth Youth Games. Final decision on selection will be made by SNOC Selection Committee, as the body that makes the final selection of athletes for the competition.

• Athlete must meet age requirement of the Championships (Born in year 2007 [16-years] to 2006 [17 years] as of 31st Dec 2023).

• Athletes will be required to compete at any identified competitions for fitness and performance monitoring at least 4 months before competition dates. These will include SA organized competitions or any other sanctioned competitions.

• It is the responsibility of the athlete and coach to ensure athlete is ready to compete at a competitive level for Team Singapore. SA reserves the right to drop any athlete if the athlete is deemed unfit/injured to perform at a competitive level.

7. Final list of selected athletes

To be published the same day as Sporty Entry by Name deadline.

Please bookmark to our website and signup to our mailing list for the announcement.

8. Appeals

Any form of appeals must be submitted within seven (7) calendar days of the announcement of the selection, to the Honorary Secretary.

Table 1: SA Nomination Standard

6th Placing of last edition
No road races results will be accepted

Athletics schedule, download 1, download 2.

Related Links
Samoa Commonwealth Youth Games 2015
Isle of Man Commonwealth Youth Games 2011