Wrap-upNISSC 2018
The North Island Championships are finished for another year. There was some great racing. Conditions, although not great on day one, improved over the course of the three days.
Hamilton Boys High School won the Derbyshire Shield for Champion School of the regatta. It was another close win for them; requiring at least a 1st or 2nd in the B U18 8+ to clinch the Shield (they won the race).
The standard of competition was very high and the 12 pennant events (those with unrestricted entry i.e. U18 non-novice, non-lightweight) were shared between 8 different schools. The boys pennant events were shared between 4 schools. HAMB won half them. WTLB, KGCA, and CAMB won the other 3. The girls events were similarly distributed. STPC won 3 events. And ONSL, WTLG, and BARA won the other 3.
Hamilton Boys High School won the Boys Under-18 Eights and St Peters School won the Girls Under-18 Eights.
The brand new exhibition Novice Quads were won by TRGG (girls) and STPC (boys).
Schools will now be looking forward to a chance to head down to Ruataniwha and compete against their South Island counterparts at the 2018 Aon Maadi Cup.
News 2018-02-28
2018 Stats
There wre 1852 students from 93 schools entered in 5091 seats in 1391 crews. 301 races were required to complete the regatta and find the winners of all 50 events.
Novice quads
Novice quadruple sculls events have been added as exhibition events 35E and 36E. They can be entered during supplementary entry.
Tent Sites
Tent sites are ordered during the online entry process and are allocated by ballot after close of entries.
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 2018 Meridian South Island Champs on Lake Ruataniwha. 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 $15, 2X/2- $17, 4X+/4+ $26, 8X+/8+ $33, amenity $24.00 per student.
Entry limits
Lightweight events: 0 crews per school per event; Doubles: 1 crew per event per school; Singles, Pairs, Fours, and Quads: 2 crews per event per school; 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!).
2017 Stats
1808 students from 95 schools entered in 4934 seats in 1383 crews. 295 races were required to complete the regatta and find the winners of all 52 events.
Karapiro, 2-4 March 2018
