Rowing League Information

LVISSAA Team List for CARA and ROW BC Registrations

School: _____________________________ Date: ___________________

 

Total = ___________

Teacher Sponsor/Coach_________________________

Rules and Regulations

( this format not yet adopted by coaches)

A. Commission Organization

The Secondary school League shall take place in the fall of the school year. (Fall Season of play: first Friday of school year – not later than December 5)

1. Leadership Duties of the League: All schools take a turn to fulfill the Leadership Duties of the League The Rotation of Leadership for the Commission is as follows:

Year	Commissioner School	Vice –Commissioner School
2004-05	Parkland	PCS
2005-06	PCS	Stellys
2006-07	Stellys	Oak Bay
2007-08	Oak Bay	St. Andrews
2008-09	St. Andrews	Mt. Doug
2009-10 * re-evaluate	Mt. Doug	Claremont
2010-11	Claremont	St. Michael’s
2011-12	St. Michael’s	St. Margaret’s
2012-13	St. Margaret’s	Reynolds
2013-14	Reynolds	Vic High
2014-15	Vic High	Belmont

2. Volunteers. In keeping with  general LVISSAA policy, Volunteers may interrupt, but not change the rotation order when they fill in.

3. Commissioners will receive an information file (binder) that is maintained by previous Commissioners  and the Athletic Coordinators office.  Commissioners  normally are responsible for  for chairing one of the regattas. Details of their responsibility are  also provided in the general LVISSAA Constitution and ByLaws.  Support is available from the LVISSAA Athletic Coordinator.

4 . A Vice- Commissioner is identified so that they may assist in leadership and  be more prepared in the Commissioner’s job for the following year.  The Vice Commissioner should be participating at a different site than the Commissioner, and should take on organizational  duties of  at least one Regatta . They should act as a  league spokesperson or coordinator, as needed,  at their site.

5. Meetings. As with all LVISSAA sports, coaches will gather to plan the season and review rules and procedures. Changes may be discussed.  Changes to procedures may be made through consensus, or by vote by schools in attendance at the Pre- season meeting.  Changes to Rowing Commission rules must be dealt with at the June Rowing meeting ( AGM), as they must be  ratified at the General AGM of LVISSAA. A mid season  Rowing coaches meeting may also be called, as required.

6. Declaration of intent to Participate:  Schools participating in the league must declare their intention at the Pre-season Commission meeting scheduled during early June, (prior to the end of the school year—the end of the prior season. . Allowances may      be made for late entry schools if space allows.

7. Decision making: To maintain strong leadership from the school perspective, voting  rules  have been determined by general  LVISSAA Rules and are as follows.:

4.2 These Commissions shall consist of the coach(es) from each participating school. Non-teaching coaches must be accompanied to commission meetings by the teacher sponsor (qualified school sponsor) who has the voting privilege.

5.4 Commissioners who are not employed by a member school, or the school district of a member school, must be sponsored by an individual who meets these requirements. The      sponsor must attend commission meetings.

B . Athlete Eligibility Requirements

It is the coaches responsibility to ensure all competitors are eligible. Student may represent the school in which they are enrolled as a full time student.

1) Age groups

a) Grade 8 – Students must be in grade 8 atthe LIMSSA member school for which they are competing.

b) Junior – students must be under 17 as of December 31st of the current school year, and  be in no more than th eir third year of eligibility

c) Senior-  students must be under 19 as of December 31st of the current school year, and be in no more than their fifth year of eligibility. Students have five (5) consecutive years of athletic program eligibility, starting on the entry date into grade 8. A year is considered to be the 12 month period between September of one school year and September of the next school year.

2) Transfer restrictions- refer to BCSS Rules, which have been adopted by LVISSAA. The “home school” is established at the beginning of the athletes grade 10 year. Any  transfer to another member school, without a corresponding move of residence  may result in a Loss of eligibility . Appeals can be submitted to  the LVISSAA executive.

3) Sport Academies (LVISSAA Rule  6.19). Students who transfer  from a member school and enroll  in a specific “sport program” outside of their  school catchment area, at another member school, will be in-eligible for restricted competition for the school team in that specific  sport for the duration of their enrolment in that sport program.. See also BCSS rule d12.4 ( pg 91)

4) Other Eligibility factors such as full time student status, parental permission etc. There are additional Eligibility requirements as to status as full time student, parental permission etc, that can be found on the BC School Sports  website. LVISSAA  has adopted  these rules unless otherwise noted.

5) League Requirement of Rowers: In the effort to create similar levels of for competition and hence an even playing field, and in order to fairly share the limited resources (equipment and facilities) the League has ruled that:

• High School Rowers may not row “school” and ”club” during the same season , though  Individual cases may be appealed to the Eligibility Committee of L.V.I.S.S.A.A.
• Individual athletes are limited to 3 “on the water” practices only per week.  Dry land training is not limited.
• Swim test – All Rowers must complete –100 m swim, 15 min tread water, demonstrate ability to put on life jacket while in the water

6) Appeals: Appeals for any exception to Eligilbility Rules are made to the LVISSAA  Executive.

7) Registration: Schools must register their team rosters with the Commissioner, at the same time they pay  the Rowing Canada and Rowing BC fees. Do not attempt to register with BCSS exnet.

C . Regatta Dates:

Facility Bookings must be made a year in  advance

Event	Timing	2010	2011
Crabfest:  InsertInfo…….beginners competition at Gorge and Elk Lake- quads and 8s only	First weekend in October	Gorge – Oct 2  Elk Lake- Oct 3	Gorge – Oct 1  Elk Lake- Oct 2
Annual 2nd Regatta-  Description??… at Elk Lake	Last weekend in October	Oct 22/23/24 Friday afternoon for any needed time trials	Oct  21-23
LVISSA Championship Description… the placings in the Annual Second Regatta will be used to seed the boats for the Final Regatta  at Elk Lake	2- 3 week  after Annual  2nd regatta	Nov 12 /13 / 14 Friday afternoon for any needed time trials	Nov 4-6
Vancouver Island Invitational Championship  Location to “rotate” between  sites.	1-2 weeks after LVISSAA Champ.	Nov 20  at Elk Lake ( cancelled)	Nov 21 location tba

D.  Event Information

1). Events. The Following shows  events available to each  age group. It will be the responsibility of the Coach to ensure athletes are correctly categorized and entered into an event.

Classification	Event
	Singles*	Doubles ( x 2)	Quads ( x 4)	8s ( x 8 )
Grade 8 (Girls + Boys)	———	———	x	—————
Jr Novice (Girls + Boys)	———-	———-	x	x
Jr A (Girls + Boys)	———-	x	x	x
Sr Novice(Girls + Boys)	———-	————	x	x
Sr A (Girls + Boys)	x	x	x	x

*A single rower must have had single racing experience prior to the LVISSAA rowing program. While training, the single rower must have personal flotation devise with them in the shell. They must be under the direct supervision of their coach and must be within 100m of another rowing shell

2) Ability Classifications:

a) NOVICE:  Beginning Rowers  who have  not rowed (trained)  more than 120 hours, (two school seasons or equivalent) before the start of the season.  Short, learn to Row programs taken before the first season  that Rowers enter the LVISSAA league, will not affect  Novice standing.

• If a Novice rower undertakes any “club” training after their first novice season, they must move up to the Experienced category.
• If a Novice Rower does not participate in any training or competition outside of the LVISSAA season, they may return for their 2nd year as a Novice.
• If a grade 8 Rower undertakes  sufficient training after their season, they may  move into the Experienced  category for their grade 9 year (jr category).  If they have not trained 120 hours they will be in the Novice Classification for their grade 9 year.

b) EXPERIENCED: Rowers who have training or competition that has exceeded the Novice level.

3) Changing Classification during competition:

a) Movement between age groups: if a junior aged  athlete “rows up” into a particular Senior event, (same experience level), they must stay “up” as a Senior for that event  for the season.  A Junior rower, may row as a Senior to fill out a boat, and may not compete in that same event at the junior level.  The same principle applies to grade 8s moving up.

b) Movement between ability categories: Novices may row in an Experienced boat, but not vice-versa, unless it is a special provision of a particular regatta (e.g. Crabfest).  A Novice rower, may row as a “experienced” rower  to fill out a boat, but may not compete in that same event at the ”novice” level.

c) Movement between gender groups : Up to 4 girls may compete in a boys’ eight, two girls in a boys’ quad if they are of the same experience level or one girl in a boys double if they are the same or a lower experience level (except doubles – no novices) . Boys may notcompete in girls’ boats except by special resolution by the commission (all  involved in that event must agree).

4. Awards and Point system

a) Ribbons and Medals will be awarded for the top 3 finishers in each event

b)  Aggregate Team Trophies will be awarded at the final regatta for:

• Senior Girls Aggregate
• Senior Boys Aggregate
• Overall Senior Aggregate
• Senior Efficiency
• Junior Girls Aggregate
• Junior Boys Aggregate
• Overall Junior Aggregate
• Junior Efficiency

[Grade 8?? To be added?]

• Gr 8  Girls Aggregate
• Gr 8  Boys Aggregate
• Overall Gr 8  Aggregate
• Gr 8  Efficiency

c) The awarding of points for the final regatta (LVISSAA Championship)  shall be:

• Heats to Semi’s to finals -1st-12 pts, 2nd-10 pts, 3rd-8 pts, 4th – 6 pts, 5th – 4 pts, 6th- 2 pts, 7th -1 pt
• Heats to finals: 1st  – 10 pts, 2nd  – 8 pts, 3rd – 6 pts, 4th -4 pts, 5th- 2 pts, 6thand 7th – 1 point
• Straight final (7 boats) 1st – 10 pts, 2nd – 8 pts, 3rd – 6 pts, 4th -4 pts, 5th- 2 pts, 6th- 1 pt, 7th – 0 pts
• Straight final (6 boats) 1st – 9 pts, 2nd – 7 pts, 3rd – 5 pts, 4th -3 pts, 5th- 1 pt, 6th- 0 pts
• Straight final (5 boats) 1st – 7 pts, 2nd – 5 pts, 3rd – 3 pts, 4th -1 pt, 5th- 0 pts
• Straight final (4 boats) 1st – 5 pts, 2nd – 3 pts, 3rd – 1 pt, 4th – 0 pts
• Straight final (3 boats) 1st – 3 pts, 2nd – 1 pt, 3rd – 0 pts

E. Regatta Organization

1) Entry. Before each regatta, the school in charge will send entry forms to all schools involved, along with the order of races. perhaps we want to put  forms samples in?.

2) Deadlines. AN ENTRY DEADLINE WILL BE ESTABLISHED.  Coaches are reminded to plan their crew composition accordingly, and not expect the schedule to be changed to meet the needs of individual rowers.

3) Boat Use

a) **A COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL SITES will coordinate boat use and minimize the transport of boats to the regatta sites.

b) coaches  check boats pior to racing – especially heal ties

c) leave bow markers on boats

d) have crews ready on dock to boat in- usually there will be 30 min between use of the same  type of boat

4) Course set up

a)  Course  Layout and Race Distance – may be adjusted  by the Regatta Committee, based on discussion at the general coaches meeting

b) lane 1 is located furtherst  from the docks, lane 6 is closest

5) Protests: There will be a fee for protests and a requirement of a written submission. Coaches are asked to review protest procedure with crews
F  Supervision and Safety

1) A qualified school sponsor who is an adult designated and approved  by the Principal of the school in question, must be present at all practices and regattas. Where school district policy dictates, this sponsor must be an employee of the school district concerned. All coaches are required to have level 1 NCCP, or be working on it, to coach in this league.

2) All Rowing competitors and coaches shall be governed by the Rowing Safety Rules of LVISSAA and of their sponsoring societies or clubs. An up to date copy of these rules must be supplied with LVISSAA rules at the beginning of the season and all coaches and athletes are to receive and review the latest versions. As well, all coaches must attend the annual safety review at their respective sites.

3) The coach safety boat/athlete ratio must not exceed 1:12 for the crews on the water. As apart of this assignment each school must insure that all safety boat operators are certified with a minimum of Boat Pro. (required and  policed.. deadline is 9/09)

4) Schools should not participate unless satisfied that the minumum standards will be met . Although the Community Rowing Clubs provide the lion share of direction & expertise, the  Commission must serve to ensure schools are participating under similar conditions andthat school interests  such as Safety are front and center.

 

G   Codes  of Conduct

 

Standards of conduct for players and coaches are highlighted in the LVISSAA handbook. This includes detailed information regarding recruitment violations. A primary goal of the athletic association is to provide fair and equal opportunity for all the schools and participants. While students should have the opportunity to participate in extra-curricular sports, they should not be directly or indirectly coerced or unduly influenced to enroll in a school outside of their designated school boundary.