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Cubs Athletics Plus Activity Badge

Cubs Athletics Plus Activity Badge

Athletics Plus badge

Already earned your Athletics badge? Ready for the next step? This badge will help you refine your technique and soar to new heights.

How to earn your badge:

  1. Take part in six of the activities in the table below.

    Take your best four scores and, if the points you score add up to eight or more, you get your badge.

    Event: You get 3 points for: 2 points for: 1 point for:
    50 m sprint             9 seconds             10 seconds             11 seconds            
    Throwing a cricket ball             25 metres             22 metres             18 metres            
    High jump             96 cm             86 cm             76 cm            
    Long jump             3 metres             2.5 metres             2 metres            
    Sargent jump             35 cm             30 cm             25 cm            
    Shuttle run 6 x 10 m             18 seconds             19 seconds             20 seconds            
    50 m skip with a rope             12 seconds             13 seconds             14 seconds            
    1,000 m run             5 minutes             6 minutes             10 minutes            
    4 x 100 m relay race 70 seconds 80 seconds 90 seconds

March 2024.

Requirements can be adapted to suit each young persons abilities. See our guidance on flexibility.

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