HOCKEY
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BOYS |
GIRLS |
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NOMINATE YOUR TOP ATHLETES THIS WEEK AND FOR YOUR SCHOOL!! |
ELIGIBILTY
All schools that are financial members of NZAIMS are eligible to enter
teams.
All teams must be school based. Students competing must be enrolled
fulltime in Year 7/8 in the school they are representing. Schools may
only enter 1 team in each division. The best team made up of eligible
players in that year group/gender division (there is no mixed gender
division).
Year 7 and 8 Combined Division
• Girls Division
• Boys Division
• STRICTLY NO MIXED GENDER TEAMS / DIVISION
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Tournament organiser is: Shannon Crook
Otumoetai Intermediate School
Phone 07 576 5105
Email scrook@otuinter.school.nz
A tournament committee will be in place
to administer and facilitate the running of this tournament.
COSTS
Schools are required to pay the entry fee of $350.00 per team.
• Non refundable
• Must accompany school entry form
• Fees cover the cost of tournament expenses such as venue hire, medals,
administration, certificates etc.
ENTRIES CLOSE
Thursday 10 June 2010 at 4.00pm
Forward entries to:
NZCT AIMS GAMES National Sporting Championships
C/o Vicki Semple
Sport Bay of Plenty
PO Box 13355
Tauranga
• Strictly a maximum of 24 teams in total (12 Boys teams / 12 Girls
teams).
• If registration for an activity is over subscribed then the
opportunity to participate will be at the discretion of the exective committee and no further correspondence will be entered onto(if unsuccessful team entry will be refunded). The four organizing schools
have right of entry, plus four semi-finalists for each event in the tournament
of the previous year.
PROGRAMME
Sunday 5th September |
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Welcoming Ceremony (6.00pm start) Managers Meeting (7.30pm start) |
Monday 6th September |
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Pool play |
Tuesday 7th September |
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Pool play |
Wednesday 8th September |
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Pool play |
Thursday 9th September |
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Semi Finals |
Friday 10th September |
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Finals Closing Ceremony/ Prize Giving (1.00pm start) |
UMPIRES
• Participating teams are required to provide an experienced umpire,
or should an umpire be required, then there is an additional cost of $450
for the week (indication of requiring a paid umpire is to be recorded and
paid for on the initial registration form).
• Any school which makes contact
with the Tournament Director in relation to umpires after the deadline
in June to pay $150 a day.
• The organizing committee will appoint umpires
to games.
• Umpires will not officiate their own team.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard to be run for each game by duty team (duty team is
the team who played the previous game).
PLACINGS / SEEDINGS
Final placings from the 2009 NZCT AIMS GAMES Tournament
will determine seedings for this year.
FORMAT
• The NZCT AIMS GAMES National Hockey Tournament will be run as
per NZ Hockey Association guidelines.
• Teams will play a round robin in
four pools of six teams with finals to decide all placings.
• Girls and
Boys Finals will be played at different times.
RULES
• Games will be 20 minute halves during pool play.
• Finals will be
25 minute halves.
• There will be five minute breaks between games for
warm-ups and turf watering (as required).
• Teams will play on turf for
round robin and finals.
• Teams must wear shirts with playing numbers
on the back. Players will be registered with this number.
• Teams are
responsible for their own first aid (including ice). An emergency vehicle
will be stationed at the Blake Park complex covering the hockey, soccer,
tennis, squash and netball tournaments.
TALENTED PLAYERS
The organizing committee will arrange for selectors from Basketball Bay
of Plenty to be present daily to select a Tournament Team. These players
will receive certificates indicating that they have been selected as the
top 16 players from the tournament at the prize giving.
MEDAL PRESENTATON
The top 3 placed teams in each division will be presented with their medals and winners cup at the official
AIMS GAMES Closing Ceremony on Friday 10th September 1.00pm at the QEYC.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The organisers will manage risk during the
event’s programmed activities. This does not include transport to and from
the venues, leisure activities or accommodation arrangements. Clear instruction
to coaches / team managers will be given about the extent of the organizers
responsibilities at the Sunday night managers meeting.
ENTRY CONFIRMATION
A letter of entry confirmation will be forwarded to your
school by Friday 4th June 2010.