NZSSRA
est. 1967
REGATTA COMMITEE
Ruataniwha Rowing Board
Sonya Walker (NZSSRA)
RACE COMMITTEE
Peter Midgely (Chief Umpire)
Darryl Purton (Chief Judge)
Justin Wall (Chief Starter)
Trudy Keys (NZSSRA)
Pat McQuinn (Regatta Committee)
2019 Meridian SISSC
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2019 Meridian South Island Secondary Schools Champs 
Lake Ruataniwha, 8-10 March 2019
terms & conditions | programme of events | progression system | entries | results
- Where: Lake Ruataniwha [map], Mackenzie Country, New Zealand.
- When: Friday 8 (part day), Saturday 9, and Sunday 10 March 2019
- What: South Island schools competing for supremacy in 50 events and preparing to challenge the North Islanders at Maadi.
- Communication with the organisers of the 2019 South Island Secondary School Champs can be made using email to: [email protected]
Wrap-upSISSC 2019
The South Island Championships are finished for another year. There was excellent racing and some fast times recorded. The Friday start helped relieve programming pressures and is a positive change to the regatta.
Christchurch Boys High School won the Points Bell for Champion School of the regatta for the second consecutive year. Rangi Ruru Girls School were second again too.
As usual the standard of competition was very high. The 12 pennant events (those with unrestricted entry i.e. U18, excl novice) were shared between 6 different schools. The boys pennant events were shared between just 2 schools. CBHS took out the sweep events; OBHS the sculling ones. The girls events were more spread out more. CRAI won 3 events; AVSG, CGHS, and STMG won 1 each.
Christchurch Boys High School won the Boys Under-18 Eights and St Margarets College won the Girls Under-18 Eights.
The Novice Quads were officially Championships events for the first time this year. They were won by MLBG (girls) and MLBB (boys).
Next up is a chance for schools to compete against their North Island counterparts at the 2019 Aon Maadi Cup.
Results by rowIT
Live results were available during the regatta. Results can be found on the rowIT website: rowit.nz/siss19/results
Confused by the colors or codes? There's a list of school codes and colours, as well a page with indicative images of school colours.
Disqualifications & exclusions
- CRAI#1 not judged in Heat 1 of event 10 (N N18 8+), because the crew was allowed to race with a substitution that was contrary to the Rules.
- CHCO#2 excluded in the A Final of event 38 (B U16 8+), because the boat was found to be underweight (costing the crew a gold medal).
- CBHS#3 disqualified in the A Final of event 50 (B U18 8+), because the crew jumped the start twice.
News 2019-03-08
2019 Stats
At close of entries there were 1077 students from 49 schools entered in 2861 seats in 799 crews.
3-day regatta Friday start
This year's regatta will be starting on Friday.. Friday is not intended to be a full day's racing. Instead it will relieve the scheduling pressure seen in recent years. Having 11-12 hours of racing scheduled for the Saturday was not a long term solution!
NISSC
While South Island schools are competing on Lake Ruataniwha for recognition as the best the South Island has to offer their North Island counter-parts will do the same thing up at the 2019 Aon North Island Champs on Lake Karapiro. Keep a watch on both regattas for indicators of who may claim the top spot at Maadi!
Entry Fees
Entry fees (exclusive of GST) for the regatta were set by members at the 2017 AGM: 1X $16, 2X/2- $20, 4X+/4+ $30, 8X+/8+ $44, amenity $22 per student.
Entry limits
Lightweight events: 0 crews per school per event; events other than eights and octuples: 2 crews-per-school-per-event; eights and octuples: no limit.
Number of events per student
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.
NZSSSC School Team Eligibility criteria
Schools are limited to 3 "new" students in an eight and 1 "new" student in other boats ("new" students are those who've swapped schools or come from overseas and looks back over the past 2 years). There is now also a limit of 2 students with an NZSSSC-issued PCRE per crew (1 in singles!).
2018 Stats
There were 1110 students from 49 schools entered in 3324 seats in 928 crews. 184 races were required to complete the regatta and find the winners of all 50 events.
Regatta Documentation
- SISSC 2019: Terms and conditions [pdf 256KB]
- NZSSRA: Safety System, Rules for Racing, Regulations for Regattas, Event Order, Progression systems
- MSA: Maritime Safety Authority. Maritime Rules part 91. Martime Rules part 22.
- ECAN: Environment Canterbury, Navigation Safety Bylaw 2016
- SIRI: Safety and Risk Management Plan [.pdf 371kb]
- 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.
