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A student eligible to compete in National and Island secondary school events must:
1. be enrolled as a bona fide (Year 9 or above) student at the school of representation and studying at least 80% of a programme that is part of the timetable provided by the school for at least four weeks immediately prior to the event.
2. have a satisfactory attendance record at the school. The final decision will be at the Principal's discretion.
3. be under 19 years of age at the first of January in the year of the competition.
1. The school must authenticate a student’s birth date. Organising committees may require validation by a birth certificate or passport.
2. All teams and individuals participating in National or Island events must be declared at the date prescribed by the accredited sporting body.
Notes:
(i) Other age divisions below the age of 19 are possible and should be based on the first of January as the qualifying date.
(ii) Subject to the limits described in School Team Eligibility (1-5) below, students who otherwise meet the criteria in a) above and who transfer from one school to another are eligible to compete provided they are on the roll of the participating school and have attended classes for at least four weeks immediately prior to the time of the event. (Dispensation for those who transfer within four weeks of the competition is at the discretion of the organising committee).
(iii) Organising committees that want to allow Year 7 and 8 students to compete in their events as secondary school students or to compete in separate grade[s] associated with the secondary school event are encouraged to do so as long as this is made clear to all schools and to NZSSSC when entries are taken.
(iv) For events that have not been previously notified, in special cases [e.g. to complete a school team], the organising committee may grant dispensation to allow Year 7 and 8 students to represent a school in secondary school competitions.
(v) A secondary school [host school] may offer sporting opportunities to students who attend community secondary schools [attached schools] not, by themselves, capable of entering normal secondary school events [e.g. special character schools with a secondary roll lower than 50]. The school may enter teams of students from both host and attached schools in national and island events and will not be considered as ‘composite schools’ provided that
- all other eligibility rules regarding age and attendance of the students are met
- the principals of the schools complete a written agreement on the terms that allow students from the ‘attached’ school[s] to play for a team[s] of the host school, the terms to include agreement that the student[s] from the ‘attached’ school will be part of the team[s] for the season and not selected only for certain fixtures. At least eight weeks prior to the proposed shared participation, the agreement[s] will be provided to NZSSSC for its approval and to allow notification to the organising committee which will consider but is not bound to accept the recommendation of NZSSSC.
- the principal of the host school accepts responsibility for the team.
- The team[s] will compete under the name of the ‘host school’.
- Students will be named as representatives of the ‘host school’.
- An attached school will have only one host school [or one girls’ school and one boys’ school] for any/all of its students who participate in national and island secondary school events; this does not prevent the attached school entering students under its own name in sports where numbers may be viable [e.g. individual sporting codes]
From the commencement of Term 2 2007
1. A school team eligible to compete in National and Island secondary school events must not exceed the quota of students new to the school over the past two years as specified below. (See Table)
2. A student who transfers from one New Zealand school to another will be exempt the quota of students new to the school if the principals from both schools agree that an exemption should be granted AND the principal of the entry school has written confirmation of this agreement from the principal of the exit school.
3. Schools that allow entry for some students only at some time after Year 9 (e.g. girls in Year 12 and above) nd The Correspondence School will not be bound by the numbers permitted here but will be restricted to those maximum numbers for each code when enrolling students who had previously represented another school in that code in a competition listed here. For clarity, a school could not play in its Basketball team more than 2 girls who had previously competed for other school(s) in the ‘A’ or “AA’ Championships or their Premiership qualifiers.
4. Teams will be limited to a maximum of two (2) overseas or non-resident students who must be included in the maximum number allowed in each team.
5. Teams from ‘host school/attached school’ agreements [see below] that introduce students ‘new to either school over the past two years’ must include these in the maximum number allowed in a team.
Notes:
1. Students who start their attendance at a school in year 9 and below and those in the first two years above the entry level for a school (e.g. girls admitted at Year 12 to a school that admits only boys below Year 12) are not included in the maximum permitted numbers here. But see Clause 3 above
2. The events listed include all finals’ qualifiers.
3. Numbers apply to the whole squad registered for the competition or tournament. Quotas for each code are based on the size of the team on the field/court etc. at any one time:
Playing team number: <5 = 1
5 – 8 = 2
9 – 12 = 3
>12 = 4
4. It is expected that, for consistency, regions that conduct secondary school sports competitions will adopt these criteria and quotas for their ‘premier’ grades.
5. Other sporting codes may apply for inclusion in or an extension to this list of events
6. Domestic students are defined as:
a) a NZ Citizen
b) the holder of a residence permit
c) an Australian citizen
d) a NZ passport holder (e.g. Cook Islands)
e) a dependent of a work permit holder, refugee, diplomat
or whatever definition the Ministry of Education currently applies.
|
Sport |
Event |
Students new to school maximum |
|
Badminton |
Finals |
1 |
|
Basketball |
‘A’ & ‘AA’ Championships |
2 |
|
Cricket |
Gillette/NZCT Cups |
3 |
|
Golf |
NZCT Finals |
1 |
|
Hockey |
All national secondary school tournaments |
3 |
|
Netball |
Championships |
2 |
|
Rowing - eights/octuples |
‘Maadi’, North & South Islands |
2 |
|
Rowing - other boats |
‘Maadi’, North & South Islands |
1 |
|
Rugby League |
Championships |
4 |
|
Rugby Union |
1st XV and Coed 1st XV finals |
4 |
|
Soccer |
All national secondary school tournaments |
3 |
|
Softball |
All national secondary school tournaments |
3 |
|
Squash |
Championships |
1 |
|
Table Tennis |
Championships |
1 |
|
Tennis |
Championships |
1 |
|
Touch |
Finals |
2 |
|
Volleyball |
Championships |
2 |
|
Water Polo |
Championships |
2 |
Composite teams will be permitted only if:
(a) all other eligibility rules regarding age and attendance are met
(b) the principals of the schools that the students attend agree
(c) one principal accepts responsibility for the composite team
(d) the team will be called by a name that indicates that more than one school has contributed players
(e) the team will be permitted only through the preliminary round and will not be eligible for placing or competition trophies (but may be eligible for awards such as Fair Play and individual trophies.)
(f) Composite teams should not be able to enter tournaments when single school teams are on a waiting list.
(g) When a qualifying tournament exists a composite team cannot qualify above a single school team.
Note: Host School/Attached School regulations - See ‘Eligibility of Competitors – Guidelines, Note (v)
(iii) Breach of Regulations. There will be expectations that national and regional bodies or organising committees have appropriate procedures in place to deal with breaches of regulations, including codes of conduct, and that these will be applied. |