{"id":5893,"date":"2023-12-21T11:01:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T11:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5893"},"modified":"2025-12-27T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:37:26","slug":"2024-age-groups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5893","title":{"rendered":"2026 AGE GROUPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h5 class=\"entry-title\"><strong>AAI Age categories calculated from 31st December in the year of competition.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Age group u9 Born 2018<br \/>\nAge group u10 Born 2017<br \/>\nAge group u11 Born 2016<br \/>\nAge group u12 Born 2015<br \/>\nAge group u13 Born 2014<br \/>\nAge group u14 Born 2013<br \/>\nAge group u15 Born 2012<br \/>\nAge group u16 Born 2011<br \/>\nAge group u17 Born 2010<br \/>\nAge group u18 Born 2009<br \/>\nAge group u19 Born 2008<\/p>\n<p>Junior is u20, but you can also compete in this age group if you are u17, u18 or u19.<br \/>\nSo in 2026 to compete in Junior age group for clubs competitions you need to be born\u00a0 2005 or 2006 or 2007, or 2008<br \/>\nSenior Athletes must be 16 years or over on 31 December in the year of Competition, so u17 or older with no upper limit. Only restriction is that for men\u2019s shot, discus, hammer and weight for distance, you have to be 18 or over on the day of the competition.<br \/>\nUnder 23 in 2026 is athletes born in 2003 or 2004 or 2005<br \/>\nMasters is over 35 on the day of competition and you move up an age band on the birthday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAI Age categories calculated from 31st December in the year of competition. Age group u9 Born 2018 Age group u10 Born 2017 Age group u11 Born 2016 Age group u12 Born 2015 Age group u13 Born 2014 Age group u14 Born 2013 Age group u15 Born 2012 Age group u16 Born 2011 Age group u17 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5893\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;2026 AGE GROUPS&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5893"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5893"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7309,"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5893\/revisions\/7309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}