Metropolitan West School Sport encourages all students in affiliated schools to participate in an inclusive environment with their peers at district, regional, state and national level.
Athletes are selected from the regional trial to compete at the Queensland School Sport State Championships for ages 10–12 years and 13–19 years in:
- swimming
- cross country
- track and field
- aquathlon and triathlon
Qualifying standards are calculated for each sport. Students wishing to nominate in a multi-class event for the Metropolitan West School Sport swimming, cross country or track and field regional trials must do so through their school and in turn, be included in the district team nominations for these events and compete at the Metropolitan West School Sport regional trial. Students wishing to nominate in a multi-class aquathlon or triathlon regional trial must nominate online via the Triathlon Queensland website. Metropolitan West School Sport use the the Triathlon Queensland event to select students for the Metropolitan West School Sport Aquathlon and Triathlon team.
Classification guide
All students with an
eligible disability must be classified if they wish to participate in representative school sport in multi-class events.
A
classification step-by-step guide, has been developed to assist you with this process. The
classification system summary, provides a definition of each classification. Changes were made to the
classification categories effective 1 July 2018.
To apply for ANY classification please visit the governing body for the sport you wish to participate in:
Athletics Australia
Swimming Australia
Triathlon Australia
Physical impairment
For more information please visit the Classification in Para-Sport guide & information website.
Visual impairment
For more information please visit the
Paralympics Australia website.
Intellectual disability
For more information please visit the
Sport Inclusion Australia website.
Students with an intellectual disability must pay an initial registration fee for the classification for their entire schooling years. However, to access sport inclusion Australia's resources, sporting opportunities and funding sources sport inclusion Australia classification must be renewed annually.
Hearing loss
For more information please visit the
Deaf Sports and Recreation Queensland website.