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Objective Of e Cash Prize Scheme The event should be listed on the annual calen-
dar of activities of respective International Sports
e Cash Prize Scheme aims at providing a fi nan- Federation Championships,YouthCommonwealthGa
cial reward to those athletes who have obtained a mes,AfricanChampionshipsandYouth Africa Games).
medal at major international sports events. Major Reward for national coaches is non - cumulative of
international sporting events are classifi ed in order medals obtained by athletes/teams
of importance into six groups as follows:
In case an athlete or a team has more than one
• Group AOlympic Games & Youth Olympic Games national coach, the reward will be equally shared
• Group BWorld Championships among the national coaches.
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Group CParalympics Games
For the purpose of this scheme, terms used in this
• Group DCommonwealthGames,“JeuxdelaFranco
booklet are defi ned below:
phonie”,Commonwealth Championships & Youth
Commonwealth Games
Ministry of Youth and Sports or Ministry means the
• Group EAll Africa Games, African Championships &
Ministry to which responsibility for the subject of
Youth African Games
sports is assigned.
• Group FIndian Ocean Islands Games

• Group GOther competitions
HLSU means the High Level Sports Unit to which re-
The scheme also makes provision to reward the
sponsibility is assigned to recommend to the Ministry
coach of the medalist as well. However, the coach
the quantum of assistance to be provided to high
is rewarded at a non-cumulative rate of 40% of the
amount received by the athlete.
High level athlete means an athlete who is perform-
Category G includes competitions not listed in cat-
ing in international competitions for Mauritius at
egories A to F and the following criteria shall be used level athletes.
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regional, continental, inter-continental and world
to determine the level of the event (See Table Group
levels.
G):
Coach means the National Coach designated by the
Number of participating countries in the competi-
EDITORIAL BOARD
National Sports Federation to prepare, train and
tion (Minimum of 4)
advise technically athletes and teams in interna-
tional competitions.
Number of participants in the event/category
(Minimum of 6)
National Sports Federation means an association
Pre-eminence of the competition (At least 2 years referred to in section 4 of the Sports Act.
on the calendar of respective International Sports Olympic sports mean sports recognized by the
Federation) International Olympic Committee.

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