Background

Colors are a highly prized public recognition of players excellence and commitment to All Rugby School(ARS) Programme. They are traditionally a sporting honour and in the past it has proved difficult to judge.

ARS does its best to find relevant equivalent rewards. The nature of these awards has changed over time and they will no doubt change again in the future as ARS direction and aims also change. However, the principles should not change.

All nominees for colors must have demonstrated the following criteria:

  1. The Player has shown particular commitment to the sport throughout their school career.
  2. The Player has shown good leadership skills and qualities.
  3. The Player has shown greater ability to work together well with his peers in a team context than might otherwise be expected.
  4. The Player has shown high levels of dedication and determination to succeed in an individual or team sport.
  5. The Player has to have set an exceptional example: they have been a good ‘role model’ for the rest of the school.
  6. The Player has to have been consistently highly motivated and shown a positive attitude towards ARS in both training and in matches.

Nomination and Award of Colors

Colours are awarded by the head (including half colours). All nominees must be directed to the relevant heads of sections where discussion can then be taken place if necessary. There will then be a colours committee meeting between. All awards (full colours, half colours and second team colours) will include a signed certificate signed by the head andcountersigned by the relevant head of section or master in charge of the activity.

Full colours are presented at the end of term awards assembly. Ties certificates, blazers and badges are awarded to boys and girls.

Half Colours are also presented at the end of term awards assembly – Ties certificates and badges are presented to both girls and boys.

Colors

Colors is ARSs award cum magna laude (“with great praise”). It should not follow that just because a 1st team player has not been awarded full colors that they should be awarded half colors. The coach in charge of a squad may nominate a player in their particular squad who has fulfilled the criteria and conditions for a discretionary award of Full Colors but not to the same level.

The other difference between the levels of award is that they could, extraordinarily, be awarded to a Player who has played in the 2nd team for a number of years but has fulfilled the criteria as detailed above.

Full Colors

Performance to a very high standard in competitive fixtures in an individual or team sport. In most cases full colours will be awarded to Players who have maintained their performance and excellence.

Half Colors

Consistently good if not excellent performances as an individual.