New Zealand Inline Hockey Association (N.Z.I.H.A.)
The organising authority for the Northern
2001 Regional League is the Northern Regional
Committee.
The Northern 2001 Regional League will be
conducted under the N.Z.I.H.A. By-laws, N.Z.I.H.A.
Game Rules and this Event Notice.
The 2001 Northern Regional League is open to
teams, entered by N.Z.I.H.A. Northern Region
Clubs, in the U10, U12, U14, U16, U18,
Women, Senior, Premier Grades.
A club may enter more than one team in any
Grade.
All players are to be registered with the
NZIHA by the 30th April 2001.
Players shall be entered as playing for one
team only. Provided that they comply with age
eligibility at all times. Players are
permitted to play in other teams of a higher age grade or
division within the same age grade and of
the same club to a maximum of three times. Where a
player has played for other teams on three occasions they shall remain
with the team with which they next play for the rest of the competition.
Players are not permitted to play for another team of the same division ie A-A
or B-B within the same age grade.
·
Women
are permitted to play Womens Grade as well as own age group (ieU16) in Region
League only. The same 3 up rule applies in own age group.
·
Where
there is a permanent problem with players or goalies, cases will be considered.
Contact Angelique Mawson (570-5233h or
262-2212) Michelle Woods (813-2205).
Games
will be scheduled to commence 24-3-2001 and finish no later than 2-9-2001.
There will be no games scheduled on 13th-15th
April (Easter & middle school holidays),
2nd-4th June (queens
birthday) & 7th-9th July (middle school holidays).
If possible games will not be scheduled on 7th-8th
April (1st weekend school holidays), h
21st-22nd June (end
of school holidays), 30thjune-1st July (1st weekend
school holidays),
14th-15th July (end
of school holidays)
Mt
Wellington, Nutralife & Whangarei rinks are to be used.
The format of competition is to be a double
round robin within each grade or a minimum of 12 games if there are not enough
teams within the grade.
The Northern League will include a playoff
competition allowing the top 5 placed clubs in each
grade to play in a round robin playoff to
determine the top two teams eligible for National
Championships. (Dates:
25th-26th August & 1st-2nd
September & if required 18th-19th August)
Where the number of entries is such that it
is impractical to run a single competition the grade
will split into divisions. Such divisions
will be ranked A, B, C etc. It should be noted that for the
purposes of qualification for entry into
the National Championships only the A Division results
will be used.
· All teams are to provide
one scorer/timekeeper for each game.
· Where possible each team
to provide a goal judge.
Games are to be played as per the draw but
may be rescheduled by mutual agreement
between the two teams, the rink manager (
Christine Thompson/Nutralife 534-5023, Robert Good/Mt W 5704811, Mike Cates/Whangarei 09 436-3923 and
the League coordinator -see below.
Game scores are to be recorded in an
N.Z.I.H.A. Official Scoring Book provided by Northern
Region to each rink. White copies must
stay at the rink, and be forwarded by the rink
management, to the league co coordinator,
on the Monday following each weekend of games.
the yellow copy can be given to the away
team, and the green copy to the home team at the end
of their game. But they must be made
available to the league coordinator if for any reason a
white copy goes missing.
A draw will be published within 1 week of
the start of the league. It will be sent to club
management a few days prior to this to
check for any errors, and will be available to be
circulated to teams no later than 17th
March.
Game results and competition progress
results will be published on the NZIHA Homepage
(www.nziha.com),
and a update will be posted to clubs every 2 3 weeks or as soon as possible
after they become available.
A win will be awarded 2 points, a draw 1
points, a loss 0 points, and a default, forfeit or no show
will result in a minus 1 point being
deducted from the teams overall points.
Ties will be resolved in favour of the team
that beat the other when the tied teams last met. If that
fails to resolve a tie, then the tie will
be resolved in favour of the team with the best ratio of goals
scored for and against over all games in
the event.
A prize giving will be held at (date and
venue to be advised)
Prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd &
3rd placed teams in each grade and each division. (after
the league round not the regional
playoffs.)
Where there are several divisions within a
grade the results of the A division will determine the
eligibility of the Club to enter a team in
the National Championship. Two clubs will be eligible to
enter the National Championships in each
grade.
League Coordinator-Emily Glew 09
4058233 /email emily.glew@xtra.co.nz