Reinstate Medals for the Top Three at the Swimming Junior Festivals - Nationals Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/reinstate-medals-for-the-top-three-at-the-swimming-junior-festivals-nationals.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:52 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Angelique Gordon-stables [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22518892?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Sep 2018 06:56:14 UTC 22518892 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22516046?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Sep 2018 08:20:55 UTC 22516046 Mrs Teresa Parker [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22515837?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Sep 2018 05:15:06 UTC 22515837 Mrs Heather Dunkerley [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22513494?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:38:00 UTC 22513494 Mrs Kelly Lafoga [Signature #184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22513457?utm_medium=rss Need to have medals

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:14:31 UTC 22513457 Mr Glenn Dunkerley [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22513424?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2018 07:47:15 UTC 22513424 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22513420?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2018 07:45:00 UTC 22513420 Miss Anonymous [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22510766?utm_medium=rss Personally, I am a swimmer and it is unreasonable to take out medals and replace them with ribbons. This does not motivate young people to swim well, as what we think is that ribnons aren't much but medals are

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:54:55 UTC 22510766 MS Sophy shao [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22510748?utm_medium=rss It is very important for the kids to get the medal.

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2018 07:45:43 UTC 22510748 Mr Anonymous [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22510249?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:02:57 UTC 22510249 Ms Anonymous [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22510248?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:01:19 UTC 22510248 Mrs Sonya Short [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22510188?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2018 01:35:31 UTC 22510188 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508675?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 10:54:09 UTC 22508675 Ms Norhayati Abdullah [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508564?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:10:09 UTC 22508564 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508520?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:20:08 UTC 22508520 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508518?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:16:07 UTC 22508518 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508517?utm_medium=rss Don’t agree with taking the medals away. Kids work hard and this is a reward. We want kids to stay in the sport don’t we?

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:13:48 UTC 22508517 Mr Anonymous [Signature #171] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508512?utm_medium=rss Medals should stay to reward the kids. They are only young and getting a medal for their hard work is a huge deal to them; try and keep them in the sport!!

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:08:29 UTC 22508512 Mrs Catherine Northage [Signature #170] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508494?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:50:25 UTC 22508494 Mrs Danie Hall [Signature #169] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508480?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:38:26 UTC 22508480 Mrs Monique Beattie [Signature #168] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:15:22 UTC 22508453 Ms Tonya Callebaut [Signature #167] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508333?utm_medium=rss This is crazy not handing out medals to these athletes. My son is a medal winner and we probably won't attend if the competition is seen as 'lower grade' in comparison to other events. My younger son was looking forward to trying to follow in his brothers footsteps. Swimming NZ keeps changing the goal posts and it's extremely infuriating for swimmers and the families that this keeps affecting. Is nothing consistant? from Juniors changes to National Age Group changes to Div changes. Any swimmer who's going to go the distance is a competitive personality and medals are what drive them

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 05:12:21 UTC 22508333 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #166] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508128?utm_medium=rss This is shocking!! Shame on you Swimming NZ!!!!!

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:03:32 UTC 22508128 Mr Matt Cleaver [Signature #165] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508125?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:02:14 UTC 22508125 Mrs Abbey Cleaver [Signature #164] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22508124?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:00:48 UTC 22508124 Mrs Amy Shen [Signature #163] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22507994?utm_medium=rss Juniors dedicate no less than seniors, probably more. They deserve medals as a more formal recognition, encouragement of what they have achieved.

]]> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:56:04 UTC 22507994 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #162] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22506038?utm_medium=rss How about adding ribbons for 4-10th place getters in addition to medals for 1st-3rd?
Unlike in the 90's/early 2000's where you were able to receive ribbons at most swim meets (1st-3rd / time busters), these days there is very little external reward for these young swimmers.

]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2018 02:31:03 UTC 22506038 Anonymous [Signature #161] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22505334?utm_medium=rss What a joke-First of all you go and change the importance of the meet by re naming it Junior Festival and make the qualifying times so easy that anyone can enter. (Still charge the same price to enter though) Now you are going to diminish those that have worked hard by handing them a ribbon? Why don’t you just hand out participation ribbons at the door as they walk in? There is no recognition for these kids-what is it teaching them? If you work hard you will get the same rewards as the people that don’t? No wonder so many kids give up swimming at such an early age. They are not made to feel important and valued, or proud of their achievements by Swimming NZ!

]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:15:12 UTC 22505334 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #160] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22504042?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:45:44 UTC 22504042 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #159] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22504024?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:33:26 UTC 22504024 Mrs Patsy Berriman [Signature #158] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22503747?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:10:30 UTC 22503747 Mr Anonymous [Signature #157] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22503497?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:52:00 UTC 22503497 Mr Ben Carr [Signature #156] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22503203?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:49:23 UTC 22503203 Mr Danny Blair [Signature #155] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22503177?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:40:18 UTC 22503177 Ms Annie Wilson [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22502877?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:44:37 UTC 22502877 Mr Graeme Wilson [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22502869?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:34:53 UTC 22502869 Mrs Laura Mckay [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22501337?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Sep 2018 03:49:33 UTC 22501337 Mr David Kervin [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22499645?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:24:46 UTC 22499645 Mrs Shelley Rhodes [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22498587?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:38:48 UTC 22498587 Ms Anonymous [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22497029?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Sep 2018 03:12:54 UTC 22497029 Mr Anthony Waru [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22496722?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:35:09 UTC 22496722 Mrs Charmaine Smith-Waru [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22496717?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:31:58 UTC 22496717 Mr Anonymous [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22494819?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Sep 2018 08:17:42 UTC 22494819 Ms Bianca Shaw [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22493661?utm_medium=rss I agree that junior festivals should be based around enjoyment and less about achieving top placings, but many swimmers only swim to achieve and succeed and want to be rewarded. Am sure we can cater for all swimmer's aspirations. Doing cut the medals.

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:24:05 UTC 22493661 Miss Joanne Reynolds [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22493634?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:13:13 UTC 22493634 Mrs Roberta Pannell [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22493287?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:23:09 UTC 22493287 Mr Dave Heberley [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22493220?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:05:29 UTC 22493220 Ms Lisa Wilson [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22493218?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:04:37 UTC 22493218 Mrs Carol Rowland [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22493145?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 07:04:03 UTC 22493145 mr Anonymous [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22491856?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 11:54:13 UTC 22491856 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22491340?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:42:40 UTC 22491340 Miss Janene Barrett [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22491101?utm_medium=rss Stop penny pinching Swim NZ and let our winners enjoy their moment and take away something memorable to show their families. They can get ribbons at any swim meet they place in.

]]> Thu, 13 Sep 2018 06:51:19 UTC 22491101 Mrs Sook Curlett [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22491078?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 06:38:20 UTC 22491078 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22490843?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 05:00:51 UTC 22490843 Ms Anonymous [Signature #134] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22490220?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Sep 2018 01:25:14 UTC 22490220 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #133] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22489794?utm_medium=rss Medals are cheap. Bring them back!

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:09:30 UTC 22489794 Mr Corey Williams [Signature #132] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22489698?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 09:10:42 UTC 22489698 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #131] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22489457?utm_medium=rss By removing the medals you are downgrading the event for these kids,

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:59:23 UTC 22489457 mrs Anonymous [Signature #130] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22489248?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 05:23:52 UTC 22489248 Mrs Tina Morris [Signature #129] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22488907?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 03:54:56 UTC 22488907 Mrs Adele Lloyd [Signature #128] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22486609?utm_medium=rss I certainly won't be paying the money to enter this event. All the hard work these young ones have put in and the expense of entering - what a waste. Really what are you thinking!

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:54:02 UTC 22486609 Ms Donna Briggs [Signature #127] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22486518?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:32:53 UTC 22486518 Mr Anonymous [Signature #126] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22486439?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:15:17 UTC 22486439 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #125] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22486225?utm_medium=rss Young children need to feel that they are awesome in whatever they do no matter what age. Taking the medals away from them will just make them feel that they are not like the adults and that their age group does not have the same credits and acknowledgement as the adults. Please keep the medals going!!

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 06:14:00 UTC 22486225 Mr Anonymous [Signature #124] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22486007?utm_medium=rss Bring Back the Medals

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 05:17:17 UTC 22486007 Ms. Anonymous [Signature #123] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22485778?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 04:17:42 UTC 22485778 Miss Olivia Bates [Signature #122] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22485559?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 03:23:41 UTC 22485559 Ms Anonymous [Signature #121] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22485155?utm_medium=rss Acknowledge the children better

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:37:34 UTC 22485155 Megan Trotter [Signature #120] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22485154?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:37:31 UTC 22485154 Mrs Debbie Beck [Signature #119] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484970?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:49:10 UTC 22484970 Ms Melissa Hinves [Signature #118] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484884?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:26:53 UTC 22484884 Miss Anonymous [Signature #117] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484816?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:07:14 UTC 22484816 Anonymous [Signature #116] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484663?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:17:08 UTC 22484663 Mr Anonymous [Signature #115] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484584?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:38:14 UTC 22484584 Ms Iris Tang [Signature #114] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484580?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:37:06 UTC 22484580 Anonymous [Signature #113] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484569?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:29:21 UTC 22484569 Miss Jocelyn Munro [Signature #112] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484513?utm_medium=rss Winning a medal means more to a child than winning a ribbon....cmon.....its not rocket science!!!

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:04:49 UTC 22484513 Beth Banks [Signature #111] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484494?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:53:20 UTC 22484494 Mr Anonymous [Signature #110] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484449?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:19:49 UTC 22484449 Mrs Alison Hawke [Signature #109] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484379?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:20:15 UTC 22484379 Mrs Wendy Bull [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484350?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:57:45 UTC 22484350 Ms Catherine Horsfield [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484348?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:56:46 UTC 22484348 Ms Davina Derecourt [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484325?utm_medium=rss Our swimmers train hard to achieve qualifying times and when they place deserve the recognition and memory of their success. Reinstate the medals.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:40:45 UTC 22484325 Miss Anonymous [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484308?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:30:12 UTC 22484308 Mrs Ina Schuetze [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484283?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:15:26 UTC 22484283 Ms Anonymous [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484265?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:06:50 UTC 22484265 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484261?utm_medium=rss Bring back the medals please. These juniors deserve their moment

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:05:30 UTC 22484261 Ms Juliette Lister [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484238?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:54:09 UTC 22484238 Mr Anonymous [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484171?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:16:30 UTC 22484171 Mr Paul Bates [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22484018?utm_medium=rss Is it to save money? Not great for morale of the swimmers or pride of the parents.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 05:27:11 UTC 22484018 Mrs Marilyn Bates [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22483992?utm_medium=rss Ribbons are for horses, medals are for humans. It’s still medals or cups in the UK

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 05:21:26 UTC 22483992 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22481490?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:49:09 UTC 22481490 Mr Gary Knight [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480723?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:49:23 UTC 22480723 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480676?utm_medium=rss These kids train so hard and at $15/event the least you could do is give the kids the respect for their commitment, hard work offer medals, not a measly ribbon. Don't we want to encourage kids into the sport not out of it!?

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 09:40:36 UTC 22480676 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480325?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:37:14 UTC 22480325 Ms Karyn Bassick [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480213?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:19:30 UTC 22480213 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480156?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:08:50 UTC 22480156 Ms Anonymous [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480135?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:04:42 UTC 22480135 Mr Martin Baker [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480124?utm_medium=rss Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:02:29 UTC 22480124 Miss Marama Cameron [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22480039?utm_medium=rss I don’t agree with ribbons being presented at 2019 Junior Festival. Please reconsider and reinstate medals.

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