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2023 Aon Maadi Regatta NoticesNewsletter - Sitemap - NZSSRA websiteWelcome to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Association website. This site is here to provide schools and school rowers with an easily accessed resource of information about schools rowing in New Zealand. New SGM called to implement new Year 14 policyNotice is given that the Board of NZSSRA has called an SGM. The business of the SGM is to expedite an opportunity to implement NZSSRA's new policy about Year 14 students within the Rules. This can be achieved by making the alterations to the Constitution, Regulations, and Rules needed to change existing eligibility and ensure the policy is enforceable. The alterations to be considered at the SGM were be developed by the working group set up during the November SGM. This SGM will be held on Friday 24 January 2025, which is the earliest date permitted by the Constitution. The format of the SGM is by electronic postal ballot, which means Members can start voting as soon as they receive their ballot login by email. The Agenda is now available. Annual Subscription $160 per schoolInvoices for the NZSSRA annual membership subscription ($160) have been sent out to Member Schools' Sports Coordinators (or Accounts contacts, if provided). As ever, they are due to be paid by 1 December. If you have any queries please contact Rebecca Milicich. Important: if you are paying the subscription on behalf of a school then please remember to let the school know so we don't receive multiple payments of the subscription! SGM voting eligibiltyMember Schools that are non-financial after 1 December are not permitted to participate or vote at any meeting of NZSSRA until they have paid (see Articles 15.6 and 15.7). An SGM has been called to expedite implementation of the new NZSSRA policy in relation to Year 14 students. Member Schools will be able to vote before the SGM. They do not have to have paid their subs before casting their vote. But they must ensure they have paid their subs by the time the SGM is held, so their vote can be counted. The Board is looking at ways to ensure no vote ends up uncounted due to financial status. Special General Meeting Outcome 8 November 2024A Special General Meeting of the association was completed by Teams meeting yesterday:
"Any student who is a Year 14 will not be permitted to participate at the Maadi Cup* from 2025. Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis following approval of an Independent panel. This panel will be made up of Principal representatives, who will assess the legitimacy of the student by taking into account factors such as academic need". Meeting attendees asked if the policy could be expedited. This can happen, through holding another SGM to implement such changes to the Rules and Regulations as are necessary to enforce the policy prior to entries opening for Maadi. A working group was established from attendees to develop the necessary remits to amend the Rules and Regulations. IMPORTANTYear 13 students should be advised the NZSSRA Rules could change between now and Maadi. If they return for Year 14 it might not be possible to compete at Maadi 2025. 2024 Championships Regattas NISSC, SISSC, Maadi
COVID-19 recovery return to rowing guidanceRNZ has been receiving questions around what does return to rowing look like for rowers who have had covid. While there is some research done overseas, at this stage within New Zealand there is very little. RNZ has worked with three medical practitioners to develop guidance for return to rowing (.pdf). This is particularly relevant to students and Maadi. In summary:
What this mean, in relation to Maadi, is:
STATEMENT FROM NEW ZEALAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS ROWING ASSOCIATION AND HAMILTON BOYS HIGH SCHOOL 26 July 2023The Schools Committee of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Association (NZSSRA) has sanctioned Hamilton Boys High School following an investigation and disciplinary process regarding breaches of NZSSRA rules and regulations at four of its regattas. Hamilton Boys High School admitted:
Following the investigation, the School promptly admitted the breaches. In total there were 17 breaches, across 10 events in the Under 15 and Under 18 Novice boys' categories in these regattas. In admitting the breaches HBHS Headmaster, Susan Hassall, has said: "We were devastated to learn of the breaches and apologise unreservedly to all the schools participating in the regattas involved. The breaches do not reflect the school's approach to sport, and were, regrettably, the result of very poor judgment by one person in our rowing programme. Our rowing programme has grown significantly in recent years, and we clearly did not have sufficient systems in place to make sure such breaches do not occur. These breaches also occurred during the COVID period, which exacerbated the problem. We deeply regret the impact this has had on the students at other schools and can assure everyone that we are making significant changes to our rowing programme to make sure it never happens again." The School has accepted the following sanctions, formally imposed on it by the NZSSRA Schools Committee:
In giving its decision, a spokesperson for the Schools Committee said: "The breaches by Hamilton Boys High School were significant and affected a number of other schools and rowers. Suspension is the most severe sanction the NZSSRA can impose on its Member Schools. The conditional suspension provides Hamilton Boys High School with a warning that if it breaches the same rules again, all rowers at the School will be banned from competing at either a North Island Secondary Schools Championships or a Maadi regatta, even those rowers who were not at the School at the time or who row for it subsequently. There will be no further comment from NZSSRA or Hamilton Boys High School regarding this matter. |
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