Registration and Entry Status
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE
GENERAL RULES
The 2025 North, Central and Caribbean Masters Athletics (NCCMA) Championships”) will be held under the regulations of World Athletics as modified for Masters by World Masters Athletics (“WMA”) via their Competition Rules and any other special rules specified for this competition. During the Championships, each athlete will represent a country, and each country has a national Masters athletics organization that is a member of WMA (“National Organization”).
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The Championships are open only to men and women who are age 30+ (born on or before 6 November 1995) and who are physically fit. Entering the Championships does not require any specific level of performance.
An athlete must be a citizen of the country they will represent, or they must be a resident of that country for a minimum of 3 years. If an athlete has represented a different country at a previous WMA World Championship or Regional Championship, they must have change-of-allegiance paperwork on file with WMA at least 30 days before the registration deadline.
All athletes must meet the requirements of WMA and their National Organization, and they must have their registration accepted by their National Organization in order to be eligible to participate in the Championships. It is each athlete’s responsibility to ensure that they understand and meet all the requirements prior to registering for the Championships. An athlete’s National Organization has the right to reject registrations of athletes whom they consider ineligible or who do not meet their requirements.
Submission of a registration signifies that the athlete agrees to follow the rules laid down by WMA and the technical and organizing committees. NCCMA has the right to reject registrations of athletes whom they consider ineligible or who do not meet WMA’s requirements.
Age groups
Individual events are divided into five-year age groups, starting with 30-34 years.
General Information about Registration.
Registration for the Championships consists of two main parts:1. Registration
Athletes must register online. All registrations must include full payment to be considered valid. The early registration deadline is 01 October 2025. Late registration starts 02 October and ends 08 October, with late fee of $50.00. Registrations after this deadline will not be accepted.
2. Validation
All registrations are subject to validation by each athlete’s National Organization. National Organizations will confirm the athlete’s date of birth, citizenship and/or residential qualifications, and other relevant requirements. After an athlete’s registration has been validated, its status will display as “accepted” on the list of registrations on the Championships website.
National Organizations may also reject registrations of athletes whom they consider ineligible or who do not meet their requirements.
Validation is a manual process that each National Organization completes, so there will be some time (days or weeks) between when an athlete submits their registration and when it is validated. Athletes who have questions about the status of their registration or about the requirements for their country should contact their National Organization. For athletes who represent a country that is not a WMA Member Country, their registrations will be subject to the approval of the WMA Council. The validation deadline is October 12, 2025.
REGISTRATION FEES
(In US dollars)
Registration Fee: $45.00
First individual Event: $15.00
Each additional Event: $10.00
Pentathlon: $25.00
Late Registration: $50.00
No refunds are available. All fees are for registration fees, not participation fees, and there are no refunds for any reason. There is a $25.00 registration fee for relays. Only one relay per country, per relay distance, per age group is allowed. Registration for relays will be made during the Championships by the team managers.
Online Registration Procedures
1. Complete the online registration form prior to the registration deadline.2. Submit payment by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) at the end of the registration process.
3. Save and/or print the confirmation screen for your records. 4. Send a copy of your birth certificate to your National Organization for validation purposes if you have not already done so in the past, and meet any other requirements set forth by your National Organization.
5. Your National Organization will complete the validation process for your registration.
National Organization Requirements
NCCMA requires that each National Organization validate all of its country’s registrations electronically via the online entry system. NCCMA will accept only those athletes whose registrations have been validated by National Organizations. Payment is required at the time the registrations are submitted. All registrations must be submitted online and paid before the early deadline of 01 October 2025 (or the late registration deadline, as appropriate). Any registration after 01 October must also include the $50.00 late Fee.The FINAL registration deadline is 08 October 2025. No exceptions will be allowed. In addition, all registrations must be validated on or before the 12 October 2025. Any registrations that have not been validated by this deadline may be rejected, and those athletes will be ineligible to compete.