{"id":1307,"date":"2026-04-27T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotonia.co.uk\/youth\/?page_id=1307"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:18:35","slug":"youth-awards-criteria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sotonia.co.uk\/youth\/youth-awards-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth awards criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_weight=&#8221;200&#8243; text_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Youth Awards Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Ethos<\/h3>\n<p>For all awards we wish to encourage and promote participation; We aim to promote the club partaking and having fun in the events and inspire the younger members to try new things.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Coaches Award<\/h3>\n<p>The Coaches Award data is collated from all the Sotonia Coaches in Dec 2025 &#8211; April 2026. For further information on this award please see Phil Connell.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Cycling Discipline Awards<\/h3>\n<p>For all Events we look at the formal categories results are recorded by and calculate gender places if they are not split out<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Counting Races for February 2026 Awards event disciplines<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4>Road:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">2025 Hillingdon Spring (5 rounds) and Autumn events (3 rounds)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Odd down series (2 rounds) (Odd down based)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Sulis Scorpions Odd Down 2025 (2 rounds) (Odd down based)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">BC South Regional Youth circuit racing (5 Rounds )<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Counting rounds Top 6 results from the Road races across the series above.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Note:\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"3\">We will review this criteria based on any race rounds changes during the season.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"3\">We are currently only counting Mountbatten Saturday races as part of the Youth Circuit Series<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4>CX:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">2025-26 Wessex CX league Events &#8211; (12 rounds &#8211; reduced from 13 due to Crabwood cancellation Jan 2026)<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wessexcyclocross.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wessex-Rules-for-2025-2026-Season_v2.pdf\">https:\/\/www.wessexcyclocross.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Wessex-Rules-for-2025-2026-Season_v2.pdf<\/a>\u00a0 YOUTH counting rounds are top 6 results <b>excluding the Southern Champs<\/b> from a total of 12 races in the series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h4>MTB:<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">2025 Southern XC rounds &#8211; Top 3 results from 5 races in the series (as one event was IOW and this provided an access barrier to many families)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Further criteria details<\/h3>\n<p>To read more on how we formulate rankings that contribute to Sotonia Youth Annual awards, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sotonia.co.uk\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Awards-criteria-notes-25-26-v1.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Criteria for youth awards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text_weight=&#8221;200&#8243; 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