ORGANISING AUTHORITY
The organising authority for the 2003 Northern Region
Championships Play‑Off Competition is the Northern Region management
committee.
RULES
The 2003 Northern Region Championships Play‑Off
Competition will be conducted under sanction of the NZIHA and it's by‑laws,
the NZIHA Rules 2002 Edition, the Northern Region Championships Play‑Off
Competition Tournament Rules and this Event Notice.
GRADES THAT CAN BE CONTESTED
U/10, U/12, U/14, U/16, U/18, Women and Senior.
ELIGIBILITY
Clubs & Teams
The 2003 Northern Region Championship Play‑Off
Competition is open to: ‑ All NZIHA affiliated clubs contained within the
boundaries of the Northern Region. ‑ All teams who finished in the top
five (5) teams of their Age Grade having been entered by such affiliated clubs.
‑ There is a limit of one team per Age Grade per club.
Players
‑ Players
must be registered with the NZIHA for the club they are playing for.
‑ Players
must comply with age eligibility. ie/. can not play down an Age Grade, but can
play up.
‑ Clubs
who during the Northern Region Championships may have had more than one team in
an Age Grade
may
combine players from both/all of their teams within an Age Grade to compete in
the Northern Region
Play-Off
Competition provided that they comply with Rule 201 ‑ Composition of
Team.
‑ All
players, including Women, shall be entered as playing for one club and one team
only during the Northern
Region
Championships Play‑Off Competition.
FORMAT
The format of the Northern Region Championship Play‑off
Competition will be that of a Round Robin, with the two (2) top teams in each
Age Grade being eligible for entry to the National Championships.
VENUES
The venues for the Northern Region Championship Play‑off
Competition are the Mt Wellington and Nutra‑Life rinks.
ENTRIES & FEES
‑ Entry
fee per team is $(insert agreed amount)
‑ Referee
levies are:
(i) U/ 16 and below $(insert agreed amount)
per team
(ii) U/ 18 and above $(insert agreed amount)
per team
‑ Acceptance
of a clubs entry is conditional upon each team providing two off‑floor
officials at each game.
ie/. a scorer/timekeeper and a goal judge.
‑ Referees
are to be admitted free.
DRAW
A draw will be produced and issued to all clubs. There
will be no postponements other than for unsafe rink conditions.
COMPETITION DATES
Games will be scheduled to commence Date to be inserted and finish no later than
01 September, 2003.
POINTS
Points will be awarded or deducted as follows:
‑ Win
awarded 2 points
‑ Draw
awarded I point each team
‑ Loss
awarded 0 points
‑ A default or no show will result in 2
points being deducted from the offending teams overall points tally.
‑ A team found to have fielded an ineligible player shall forfeit 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.
‑ Teams
that do not provide the required game officials will have I point deducted.
FINAL PLACING
In the event of a tie when determining the top two (2)
teams in each Age Grade for advancement to the National Championships, final placing will be determined by the results achieved in
the Northern Regions Championship competition. The top two (2) teams will be
eligible for entry to the National Championships.
GAME RESULTS
‑ Game
scores are to be recorded in an Official NZ1HA Score Book provided by the
Northern Region
committee
to each rink. The white copies are to stay at, the rink and be forwarded to the
Northern Region
Championships
Play‑Off Competition co-ordinator by a person designated by the Northern
Region
management committee immediately after each
days competition. Results of the Play‑Offs will be posted on the NZIHA
homepage (www.nziha.com) Clubs will receive results of the Northern
Region Championship Play‑Off Competition showing final placing of all
teams competing.
CLUBS RESPONSIBILITIES
Clubs are responsible for providing two off‑floor
officials for each game that one of their club teams competes in. ie/. a
scorer/timekeeper and a goal judge. Team managers are responsible for their
teams copies of the score sheet which are to be kept until after the completion
of the Northern Region Championships Play‑Off Competition and must be
made available to the Northern Region Championship Play‑Off Competition
co-ordinator if requested, due to a white copy going missing.