Sports Blues

AIM:

Otago Girls’ High School awards Sporting Blues to recognise outstanding achievement and participation.

Criteria for an award of a Sports Blue are determined by individual sporting codes with the Board of Trustees approval.

All awards are at the discretion of the Blues Committee.

GUIDELINES:

Blues are not generally awarded to junior students unless they have shown exceptional ability and achievement; nominations of junior students will therefore be scrutinised closely. Juniors may receive an outstanding achievement award. The awarding of a Blue at Otago Girls’ High School is a premier award and a large number of factors are taken into account when deciding who will receive a Blue.

The Blues committee reserves the right to decline the award to any student it feels has not displayed the necessary level of sportsmanship and/or who does not reflect the core values of the school: Integrity (Kia Pono), Respect (Kia Whakaute) and Positivity (Kia Hihiri).

For minority sports, the following are considered:

• How big is the sport Dunedin/ Otago /nationwide?
• How many competitors were there?
• Could the athlete have gone to the next tier of competition?

Where an individual does not have a pathway to reach a higher level for that sport or the sport does not practically exist without leaving the school then a Blue may be either awarded at the discretion of the committee or other guidelines may be put in place.

Blues are generally not awarded to teams. In the instance where a small team (eg. Equestrian) was to reach an exceptionally high level it may be appropriate for the Blues Committee to award a Blue to all members of the team. This is at the committee’s discretion and recognises that each member of the team would need to be performing at a very high level for the team to achieve this.

The committee may make allowances in circumstances where sickness, injury or examinations prevented participation.

The student must be in a Senior A or top team to receive a Blue.

OGHS Sports Award evening also recognises Coaching, Five years participation, Outstanding Achievement by Seniors and Juniors.

Our staff try hard to find out about students' sporting achievements. Please let the school know if you are uncertain that the information has not been communicated to us.