SCHOOLS AFFILIATION

If you haven't registered your players please do so by Downloading and filling in the attached form and send along with payment to UWHNZ, PO Box 31-467, Lower Hutt. The number of registered players determines the number of qualifying positions available at each zone tournament.

COMPETITION DETAILS

When: 4.30 PM Thursday 4 September to 3.30 PM Sunday 7 September 2008
Where: Westwave Aquatic Centre Henderson, Auckland
Team Entries Due: Friday 27th June 2008
Entry Fee: $240 per team
Welcome Function Meal Tickets: $25. Tickets Purchase through Entry Forms.
Discounted Car Rental: Download the Thrifty Car Rental Flyer (PDF, 537 kB)

EVENT PACK

Download the Event Pack(PDF, 183 kB)

ENTRY FORMS

Download the Entry Form(Word, 82 kB)

OPENING FUNCTION

Download the Opening Function details (PDF, 100 kB). Meal will be Paella Pan’s sensational Mediterranean cuisine cooked on site using traditional pans and hot plates (vegetarian options too) and followed by dessert. Paella Pans website

DRAFT DRAW

Download the Draw (PDF, 19 kB).

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

The 2008 NZ Secondary School Underwater Hockey Championships will feature 40 teams from schools from all over NZ. The Best Overall Placed School Plate is up for grabs again and will go to the school who gets the best combined results in the four grades: Senior Girls (open to all female students under the age of 19 as of 1st January), Junior Girls (open to female students under the age of 15 years as of 1st January), Senior Open (Open to all students under the age of 19 as of 1st January regardless of sex) and Junior Open (open to all students under the age of 15 years as of 1st January).

The Championships are run under the Polices and Guidelines given by the New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council as well as the policies and procedures contained in the Underwater Hockey New Zealand Competitions Manual (Revised January 2007)
Download a copy of the UWHNZ Competition Manual (PDF 607kb)

No late entries will be accepted as the size of the tournament is limited and a wait list is in operation. Team entries are guaranteed for those schools who submitted their entry confirmation forms for their players before Friday 20th June 2008. Failure to do so will result in another team being offered your position in the draw. This policy will be strictly enforced.

Teams will be awarded medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

All Teams will have an award for each team's best/ fairest player as selected by each team's management. The award recipients name must be advised to the Control Table by 6PM Saturday 6th September 2008.

Best Overall Placed School Plate is awarded to the school with the highest total of points across all grades. Points are awarded according to placing in the top 6. Points are 9,6,4,3,2,1 respectively.

The Fair Play trophy will be awarded to the team that shows the best sportsmanship by the host club QEII Underwater Hockey and Chrischurch Underwater Hockey Association.

Tournament Teams will be selected that comprise of the top 8 players selected from each grade.

Coaches of the team in the grade will select the tournament teams. A senior coach in the grade will co-ordinate the selection and hands a list of 8 players to the tournament organiser prior to the prizegiving. It is the responsibility of every coach to check the list prior to the prizegiving. The selection responsibility lies with the coaches in each grade.

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