NZSSRA
est. 1967
REGATTA COMMITEE
Karapiro Rowing Board
Sonya Walker (NZSSRA)
RACE COMMITTEE
Steve Brine (Chief Umpire)
John Hatwell (Chief Judge)
Brian Parr (Chief Starter)
Janey Wackrow (NZSSRA)
Don Craig (Regatta Committee)
ASSISTANT CHIEFS
Tony Allen (Umpire)
James Boyce (Judge)
Terry Tidbury (Starter)
2015 NISSC
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2015 Aon North Island Secondary Schools Champs 
Karapiro, 6-8 March 2015
terms & conditions | programme of events (txt) | progression system | entries | results
- Where: Lake Karapiro [map], Waikato, New Zealand.
- When: Friday 6 to Sunday 8 March 2015 (3 full days of racing)
- What: North Island schools competing for supremacy in 52 events and preparing to challenge the South Islanders at Maadi 2015.
Wrap-upNISSC 2015
The North Island Championships are finished for another year. Despite some setbacks the regatta was completed and the winners and medalists for all 52 events were found.
On Saturday afternoon racing was interrupted by the weather and some semi-finals and C finals had to be abandoned. Fortunately heats had been completed for all events. This meant the Race Committee was able to swap progression systems and make use of the SISSC progression system (option 5). That progresses crews directly from heats to finals; paving the way to skip past the semi-finals and prepare a draw for A & B finals on the Sunday.
With a full set of finals completed on Sunday there was no disputing who the Champion School of the regatta was. Hamilton Boys High School won the Derbeyshire Shield (for the third year in a row).
Schools will now be looking forward to a chance to compete against their South Island counterparts at the 2015 Aon Maadi Cup.
Results by rowIT
Live results were available on the rowIT website: www.rowit.co.nz/results/niss2015.
- Day One: Friday (heats, events 1-36): complete.
- Day Two: Saturday (heats, semi-finals & some C finals): partially completed.
- Day Three: Sunday - A & B finals: complete.
Race Schedule & Day sheets
Day sheets are available online. You can filter the online version to give you a school or athlete-specific day sheet.
ENTRIESnow closed
- Standard Entry: CLOSED 10:00PM Monday 23 February 2015
- Supplementary Entries: CLOSED 10:00PM Wednesday 4 March 2015
- Scratchings: CLOSED for submission online.
- Crew changes: CLOSED for submission online.
ENTRANTS LIST
The following 88 schools are entered at NISSC: AGSB, AQUI, BARA, BTHC, CAMB, CARM, CHRS, DIOC, DILW, EDWT, EGGS, FRAN, FRAS, GBHS, GGHS, GLDW, HAMB, HAMG, HASB, HASG, HAUR, HAVE, HLCR, HOWI, HTVH, HUAN, IONA, JPCR, KGCA, LIND, MACL, MASS, MTAL, MTRO, NAPB, NAPG, NGTA, NPLB, ONSL, OTUM, PARA, PMRB, PUKC, PUKE, QMAR, RGTT, ROSE, ROTG, ROTL, RUTH, SAMU, SCOT, SHAK, SHGH, SHGN, SHNA, SJHM, SJHS, SMCO, SPLH, SPTW, STKT, STLN, STOR, STPA, STPC, SUND, TAKA, TAUP, TEAW, TRGB, TRGG, TRID, WAIO, WEGC, WENT, WHAK, WHGG, WHHS, WKDS, WLCO, WLGC, WNCS, WNHS, WOOD, WTKR, WTLB, WTLG
Confused by the codes? There's a list of school codes and colours, as well a page with indicative images of school colours.
News 2015-02-01
SISSC
While North Island schools are competing on Lake Karapiro for recognition as the best the North Island has to offer their South Island counter-parts will be do the same thing up at the 2015 Meridian South Island Champs on Lake Ruataniwha. Keep a watch on both regattas for indicators of who may claim the top spot at Maadi!
2015 Stats
1896 pupils from 88 schools entered in 4926 seats in 1420 crews. 319 races will be required to complete the regatta and find the winners of all 52 events.
Tent Sites
Tent sites are ordered during the online entry process and are allocated by ballot after close of entries.
2014 Stats
1953 pupils from 94 schools were entered in 5316 seats in 1503 crews. 315 races were required to complete the regatta and find the winners of all 52 events.
Lightweight reminder for pupils in multiple lightweight events
We take this opportunity to remind Members who have entered lightweight rowers in both lightweight events that NZSSRA Rules require crews to weigh in before EACH event (Rule 12). Pupils cannot weigh-in once for both events. This is different from coxswains but coxswains can be check-weighed at any time whereas lightweights cannot.
As we have been repeatedly assured all lightweights at our regattas are genuine lightweights and naturally below the weight limits the Rule requirements should present no challenges with respect to making weight. An athlete who has to avoid re-hydrating and eating between events in order to make weight for both events should not be racing lightweight.
NZSSSC School Team Eligibility criteria pupils "new" to a school
The NZSSSC School Team Eligibility criteria were revised with effect from 2012 and then tweaked for rowing at NZSSRA's 2013 AGM. An updated article about the NZSSSC School Team Eligibility criteria is available to help members assess whether or not each of their pupils is considered new to their school. Schools are limited to 3 "new" pupils in an eight and 1 "new" pupil in other boats ("new" pupils are those who've swapped schools or come from overseas and looks back over the past 2 years).
ENTRY LIMITS new limits for 2015
The Schools Committee approved new limits for 2015 as follows: Doubles: 1 crew per event per school; Singles, Pairs, Fours, and Quads: 2 crews per event per school; Eights and Octuples: no limit
Schools must also be aware the compressed nature of this regatta means there should be no expectation any pupil who is entered in more than one event will have sufficient time available to compete in all of those events. There is only enough time to be able to hold semi-finals for the most heavily entered events and this brings together events that might usually be spread well apart during heats and finals.
Note: entry limits get rasied slowly during supplementary entries
Number of events per pupil
After a review of the per pupil entries at last Season's school regattas and much discussion about the health and safety of each rower, the Schools Committee makes the following recommendation:
School age rowers should only be racing 2 events at a Championships regatta. A few rowers could be considered for 3 events; none should be doing more.
In reaching the reccommendation advice was sort from physiologists, leading elite coaches and the NZ Secondary School Sports Council. The Schools Committee will continue to monitor the entry per pupil this season.
Regatta Documentation
- NISSC 2015: Terms and conditions [pdf 109KB]
- NZSSRA: Safety System, Rules for Racing, Regulations for Regattas, Event Order, Progression systems
- MSA: Maritime Safety Authority (Rule 91)
- EW: Environment Waikato & Navigation Safety Bylaw 2009
- KRI: Risk Management Plan [.pdf 74KB], Traffic Management Plan [.pdf 51KB]
- NZRA: Rowing NZ's water safety code [.doc 44kb] and competition code [.doc 37kb]
Sanctioning
This New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Association regatta is sanctioned by the New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council and by the New Zealand Rowing Association.
