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Central Regional Championships - Event Notice
New Zealand Inline Hockey Association (N.Z.I.H.A.)
Organising
Authority
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The organizing authority for the Central
Region 2003 Regional
Championships is the Central Region Regional Committee.
Rules
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The Central
Region 2003 Regional Championships will be conducted under the
N.Z.I.H.A. By-laws, N.Z.I.H.A. Game Rules and this Event Notice.
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All teams MUST be uniformly dressed. Teams must be dressed in matching team
jerseys. Team playing pants MUST be identical, however a dispensation for
player pants only ( due to delivery problems) is available until June 15th, 2003. After this
date on-floor officials will enforce Rule 307 (NZ Addendum)
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ICING - For the Hamilton, Tauranga and Waihi venues icing will
apply "goal line to goal line". For the New Plymouth Arena 1 venue
icing will apply from half way to goal line.
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STOP TIME - will not apply in Regional League games, but will apply in
the Regional Championship games. Stop time commences when at any time in the
last two minutes of the game the score is tied or within one goal. Stop time
continues for the remainder of the game.
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NZIHA MEMBERSHIP - To be eligible to play in the Central
Regional League all players MUST be first registered with the NZIHA before
participating in any regional game. The final date for registration and to be
eligible for National Championships is July 31st, 2003. If any
player in any team is found not to be registered with the NZIHA after
participation in a regional league game the team shall default the game and the
result shall be recorded as 5 nil or the actual score whichever is the most
advantageous to the non offending team.
Eligibility - Teams
& Clubs
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The 2003
Central Region Regional Championships is open to teams, entered by N.Z.I.H.A. Central
Region Region clubs, in the U10, U12, U14, U16, U18, Women, Senior,
Premier Grades.
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A club may
enter more than one team in any Grade.
Eligibility -
Players
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All players
must be currently registered with the NZIHA for the club they are playing for.
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Players shall
be entered as playing for one team only, except for women who may play for both
the womens grade and an age grade. 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 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.
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If the
eligibility for entry to the New Zealand Championships is to be determined by
way of a Regional Playoff Competition then players, including Women, must be
entered under one team and can play for only one team during a regional playoff
competition.
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Note: At
National Championships players are able to play for only ONE TEAM.
Dates
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Games will be
scheduled to commence March 29th, 2003 and
finish no later than September 1st, 2003
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Central
Regional Playoff Championships will be held during August. The Dates are: August 16/17 ( Snr, 18 and 16)
and August 23/24 (10?/12/14/Women. Depending on number of teams the
grades playing each weekend may change.
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There will be
no games scheduled from April
14 - 27th, May 31 - June 2nd and July 7th - 20th,
this includes sanctioned tournament dates and the final weekend of school
holidays in April and July. However if time is required to complete games it
may be necessary to utilise school holiday first weekends.
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Central
Region Inter Regional grade team trials will take place August 2/3rd.
Venues
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The Hamilton,
Tauranga and New Plymouth rink may be used for all grades, the Waihi rink may
be used for U10 and U12 grades only, usage will depend on the number of teams entered and
rink availability.
Format
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Depending on
the number of teams entered in each grade the format of competition is expected
to be single round robin within each grade if time allows. Where there are few teams in some grades a
double round robin in each section will be scheduled. For the second round some
grades may be combined ( eg U10/U12 and U18/Snr)
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Where the
grades are combined all games are league games and are subject to all the
conditions contained in this events notice. For sake of clarity this includes
the default conditions and conditions related to players playing in a higher
grade.
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The Central
Region 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.
AND
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In the event
of only two teams from different clubs in any grade, the two teams must play
scheduled regional league games to be eligible for National Championships but
will not be required to attend the regional playoff championship. In this case
the seedings for National Championships will be determined by the placings at
the end of the Regional League.
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In
the Senior competition the first placed team at the end of the round robin
playoff ( Regional Championships) will have the option of electing to play in
the Premier grade at National Championships. The first placed team MUST declare
its intentions by the end of the playoff weekend. If the first placed team
elects to play in the Premier grade then the second and third placed teams will
qualify to play in the senior grade at National Championships.
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At
the end of the series of round robin games the winners of each grade will
receive a trophy as the winners of the Regional League competition.
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All games are
to be played as per the draw but may be
rescheduled by the League Co-ordinator
if it is in the interests of the competition and only on the agreement of the
two teams involved. Rescheduling will only be considered under exceptional
circumstances and with a minimum of
one week notice.
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An NZIHA
official scoresheet must be completed for each scheduled game including those
defaulted, forfeited or no-shows. The host venue is responsible for providing
scorebooks, stop watches, scoreclock and pucks.
Officials
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For each
scheduled game, each team is to provide one scorer/timekeeper.
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For each
scheduled game, each team is to provide one referee. In the event that attending teams are not able to provide these
personnel the host venue MUST be advised
1 week prior to the scheduled game. In this case the host venue will
make arrangements to supply the referee(s).
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All teams are
to assist with on-floor and off-floor official duties whenever possible.
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Teams are
advised to carry First Aid Kits to each game for their own players.
Entries,
Team Entry Fees, Rink Fees, Default Fees,
Referee Reimbursement
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Entries are to
be on the advised to the League Co-ordinator.
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The closing
date for entries is March 15, 2003. Clubs
have the option of adding teams into the second round, however no players who
have played in the first round of games are eligible for these additional
teams. Entry for any additional teams in the second round will close May 15th,
2003.
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No late
entries will be accepted.
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The entry fee
is
per team.
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A Default Fee
of
. is required from each Club.
The Default Fee is forfeited to the Central Region by any club in the event of
the first game forfeited. In addition the club of any team who forfeits a game
will be invoiced a $50 rink fee for each occurrance. This $50 fee will be
forwarded to the host rink where the forfeited game occurred. If, at the end of
the league season a club has not forfeited any scheduled game the default
fee shall be returned.
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Rink fees are
. /
team per game paid to the host rink.
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Referee
Reimbursement Referees shall only receive reimbursement once
they have officiated for more than five games and thereafter. For all Level One
referees the reimbursement will be $5 per game for all grades. For Level Two
referees the reimbursement will be $5 per game for grades U10, U12, U14, U16
and Women and $10 per game for U18 and Senior grades.
The game REFEREES are responsible for
signing the official game scoresheet for each game they officiate.
Names MUST be PRINTED clearly to ensure
reimbursement payments can be authorised by the regional committee.
Draw
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A draw will be
published to all clubs by email and available on the internet via (
www.nziha.com) for the first round of competition ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE START OF
COMPETITION not later than March 24th.
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Any updates to
the draw will be emailed to clubs and available on the following website.
(http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/krys.beardman/)
Results
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The WHITE scoresheet copy of all games (
including any defaulted, no-show, forfeit games) MUST be fastposted to League Co-Ordinator on the Monday following
each weekend of competition. Address
to: Central Region League Box 7039, New
Plymouth
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Game results
and competition progress results will be published on the NZIHA Homepage (
www.nziha.com) on a regular basis as soon as possible after
they become available.
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All team
managers are to sign off the scoresheet prior to the start of each game.
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In the case of
a player serving a suspension, the Team Manager must record the game being
served on the applicable scoresheet.
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A copy of the
game scoresheet must be made available to each team manager for each game their
team plays.
Points
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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 2 point being deducted from the teams overall
points .
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Ties will be resolved
in favor of the team than beat the other when the tied teams last met. If that
fails to resolve a tie, then the tie will be resolved in favor of the team with
the best ratio of goals scored for and against over all games in the event.
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A team found to
have fielded an ineligible player shall default the game and the result shall
be recorded as 5 nil or the actual score whichever is the most advantageous
to the non offending team.
Prizes
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A prize giving
will be held at (to be advised )
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A Central Regional Trophy will be awarded to the 1st placed
teams in each grade.
Further
Information
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All inquiries
should be to Krys Beardman, Tel: 021 759 845, krys.beardman@clear.net.nz, Fax:
06 759 8445
TEAM
REGISTERED TO PLAY CENTRAL LEAGUE