2004 Northern Region Championships Event Notice

2005 Northern Regional Competition

Event Notice

(Draft until approved by the NR Committee & NZ= IHA)

EVENT

-&nb= sp; The 2005 Northern Regional Competition will comprise Regional Leagues, Regional Championships and National Qualifiers (Playoffs).

ORGANISING AUTHORITY &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp;

-&nb= sp; The organizing authority for the 2005 North= ern Region Competition is the NZIHA Northern Region Committee.

RULES

-&nb= sp; The Regional Leagues, Regional Championships and National Qualifiers (Playoffs) will be conducted under the sanction of = the NZIHA, the NZIHA By-laws, the NZIHA Game Rules, the Northern Region Committ= ee Tournament Rules and this Event Notice.

-&nb= sp; The Regional Championships and National Qualifiers (Playoffs) will also be conducted under the NZIHA Regional Championship guidelines.

GRADES THAT CAN BE CONTESTED &= nbsp;

-&nb= sp; U/10, U/12, U/14, U/16, U20, Women and Seni= or.

ELIGIBILITY &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp;

Clubs & Teams

- The 2005 Northern Regional Leagues and Championships are open to teams entered by NZ= IHA Northern Region affiliated clubs.

Players

-&nb= sp; Players must be registered with the NZIHA p= rior to playing their first game.

Players – Regional Championships lead= ing to the Nationals

-&nb= sp; Players shall be entered as playing for one club and one team only, except for women who may play in the Women’s grade and an age grade.

-&nb= sp; Players in a Championship leading to the Nationals may play up in another Championship leading to the Nationals a ma= ximum of three times. Where player has played up more that three times they are ineligible to play down.

REGIONAL COMPETION FORMAT=

Regional Leagues & Regional Championshi= ps

-&nb= sp; The format is expected to be a minimum of a single round robin however this may vary depending on the number of entries received.

-&nb= sp; Where the number of ent= ries within a grade is such that it is impractical to run a single competition t= he Grade will be split into divisions. Clubs will have the choice of nominating the status of their teams, either an A or a B. Only teams competing in an A division within an Age Grade will be eligible f= or qualification towards the National Championships.<= /p>

National Qualifiers

- The format= will be a single round robin.

NORTHERN REGION - QUALIFICATION FOR NATIONA= LS

-&nb= sp; For the U12 grade the teams will play a “best of three” playoff to decide the team that will qua= lify for an entry to the Nationals.

-&nb= sp; For the U14, U16 and U20 grades= the top five clubs in the Regional Championship will playoff to decide the team= or teams that qualify for the Nationals.

-&nb= sp; For the Women’s grade the Regional Championships will decide the team or teams that qualify for the Nationals.

-&nb= sp; For the Open grade the Regional Championships will decide the team or teams that qualify for the Nationals.=

SUMMARY OF NZIHA RULES REGARDING QUALIFICAT= ION FOR NATIONALS (Note the information in this section is for guidance only)

-&nb= sp; In 2005 National Championships = will be held for the U12, U14, U16, U20, Women and Open grades.

-&nb= sp; The actual number of teams that qualify depends on the number of teams competing in the Regional Championsh= ips and will be determined by the NZIHA by the 31^st May 2005.

-&nb= sp; Where a club qualifies for one entry into the Nationals it may select a team from all of its eligible play= ers.

-&nb= sp; In the Open grade if two teams = from a club qualify for the National Championships, players who have played in t= he Regional Championships in one of the qualifying teams are only eligible to = play in the same team as they played in the Regional Championships. However, other eligible players in= the club may be included.

-&nb= sp; Players that have played up in a higher grade during the Regional Championships or National Qualifiers more = that three times are ineligible to play at the Nationals in the lower grade.

-&nb= sp; Players in grades U18 and higher that register after the 1^st July 2005 are ineligible to play at = the Nationals.

VENUES

-&nb= sp; The venues to be used, dependin= g on availability are Mt Wellington, Wiri, Whangarei= , Glenfield and Kerikeri.

-&nb= sp; The use of each rink will depend upon the number of teams entered into the Northern Region Championships and= the individual rinks availability.

ENTRIES & FEES

-&nb= sp; All entries are to be made on t= he official Northern Region Entry Form or by email to the Regional Secretary (= Janet Lee&nbs= p; JanetandRoyLee@xtra.co.= nz)

-&nb= sp; Closing date for entry into the Northern Region Leagues is 5.00pm March 11th 2004.

-&nb= sp; Late entries may be accepted at= the discretion of the League Coordinator.

-&nb= sp; Entry fees and referee levies p= er team are to be decided mid February and clubs will be notified.<= /span>

OFFICIALS

-&nb= sp; Teams are to provide a scorer/timekeeper and a goal judge.

-&nb= sp; All Team Officials must be registered with the NZIHA.

DRAW

-&nb= sp; The League Coordinator will pub= lish at least one draft draw to be issued to directly to Clubs for comment follo= wed by a Final draw issued to clubs and published on the NZIHA web site..<= /o:p>

-&nb= sp; Games will be played as per the “Final” draw unless unsafe rink conditions or exceptional circumstances require a game to be postponed and rescheduled.

-&nb= sp; All applications for a postpone= ment must be made directly to the League Coordinator.

COMPETITION DATES

-&nb= sp; Games may be scheduled to commence 2^nd April and finish no later tha= n 28th August.

-&nb= sp; There will be no games scheduled on the following dates:- =

-&nb= sp; 25th-28th March (Easter)<= /p>

-&nb= sp; 3rd – 6th June (Queens Birthday)

-&nb= sp; 22nd – 28th April

-&nb= sp; 8th – 10th July

-&nb= sp; 13th – 15th May

-&nb= sp; 15th – 17th July

ROUND ROBIN POINTS

Points will be awarded or deducted as follows:

&= nbsp; - Win awarded 2 po= ints

- Draw award= ed 1 point each team

-&nb= sp; Loss awarded 0 points

-&nb= sp; A default or forfeit will result in 2 points being deducted from the offending teams overall points tally, and the game score will be 5 – 0 or the actual score whichever is the most advantageous to the other team.

RESOLVING TIES – REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS<= /p>

-&nb= sp; Ties in the final standings will be resolve= d in favour of the team that beat the other when the= tied teams last met.

-&nb= sp; If this fails to resolve the tie, then the = tie will be resolved in favour of the team with the= best goal difference over all games. Where a goal difference is used to resolve ties the maximum goal difference that can be taken from any game is 5.

-&nb= sp; Any tie that remains will be resolved in favour of the team with the least number of penalty m= inutes over all games.

RESOLVING TIES – NATIONAL QUALIFIERS

-&nb= sp; Ties in the final standings will be determi= ned by the final placing in the Regional Championships.

GAME RESULTS

-&nb= sp; Game results and competition progress information will be posted on the NZIHA web site

-(www.nziha.com) as they become available.

-&nb= sp; Each club is to advise an email contact address for the receiving of updated Regional Championship

= information.

PRIZES

-&nb= sp; A prize giving will be held the venue and time will be announced once decided.<= /o:p>

-&nb= sp; Prizes will be awarded to the 1^{st, 2^nd
and 3^rd placed teams in each Grade and each Division as at the
conclusion of the Northern Region Championships. (not Regional Play-Offs)}

LEAGUE COORDINATOR(S)

-&nb= sp; To be appointed by the Regional Committee &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &= nbsp;