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SATIS Regulations
Last Modified: 25/4/2008

Regulations contained herein are to cover the conducting of State Finals, Matches and Island Carnivals. (Regulations covering regional rosters will be the responsibility of the regional sub-committee and need not mirror these.)

Age:

Where age restrictions are in force, competitors must be under the stipulated age on January 1st of that year. At the Open level, there is no age restriction in force, provided the student concerned is enrolled at the College.

Overage students may not compete in under 16 events. This means that an overage Yr 10 student in a Yr 7-10 school may not be able to compete for his/her school. Over age Yr 10 students in Yr 7-10 schools may compete ate Open level where there are lanes/places available. Those students are eligible for records.

Dates/Venues:

Dates for State carnivals and summer/winter finals will be set by a general meeting of SATIS. No amendment to dates and times or regulations governing the conduct of inter-school sporting fixtures be permissible by negotiation between participating schools, but only by the permission of the Chairperson of S.A.T.I.S., and then only in circumstances deemed extraordinary.

Generally all summer and all winter finals will be played in the same part of the State and shall alternate each year. (Venues for specific sports will be determined by Host Schools and in many cases are covered by regulations contained herein.)

Eligibility for Finals:

To be eligible to play in a State Final a player must have represented their School/College in that particular sport in at least half of the roster games in that season.

A player may not play in both 1sts & 2nds finals. However, if a School's 1sts and 2nds teams are both in a State Final, then all players are eligible for either final.

For schools with Yr 11 and 12 enrolments to qualify for a Seconds State Final, that school must also field a firsts team in that particular sport.

From this it follows that Yr 7-10 only schools do not need to have a team playing in the firsts competition in a particular sport to qualify for a seconds state final.

A player having a serious injury throughout the season or for any extraordinary circumstance, may apply to the chairperson of SATIS, prior to the final, for special consideration in terms of final eligibility.

To be eligible to play in a 2nds State Final a player must NOT have played more than half the roster games in the 1sts team in the regional competition.

State Premiership Finals are always played between schools first teams, and finals for seconds are always between schools second teams.

All SATIS Finals, first and second grade in any given sport, will be held in the same city. Where possible,the host school will be the first grade regional premiers and will organise both the first and second grade State Finals.

Ground Changes:

Fixtures under the control of SATIS may be moved to another venue within the region if the planned venue is deemed unfit or cancelled if a suitable alternative venue is not available. Under such conditions, the host school must endeavour to inform the the opposing school of the possibility of such a cancellation or transfer as soon as the possibility occurs. Transfer of fixtures between regions is not permitted.

Lightning Policy:

When the gap between lightning and thunder is less than 30 seconds the competition must cease until 30 minutes after the last thunder.

Presentation of Trophies and Age Group Trophies at Athletics and Swimming

Captains (and V.Captains) of teams will line up together at the swimming. At the Athletics, Captains (and V.Captains) of teams will line up together and teams will line up in schools. This may not be possible at swimming owing to a lack of space.

At the presentation of Athletics and Swimming, the names of those students breaking records on the day will be announced and those students will be asked to join the Captains.

Programme Costs at Athletics, Rowing and Swimming:

The costs incurred by a school in organising the carnival will be met by SATIS. Programme production costs are for paper and "in-house" photocopying. Neither the organising school nor the Executive Officer may use an "outside" printer to produce a programme without the permission of the Chair of SATIS

Results at Athletics and Swiming:

Results are not to be read in full at the final presentation. Schools placed fourth and below will have their place only announced. Schools placed 3rd, 2nd and 1st will be announced in that order along with their points. Schools shall only be announced in divisions in which they compete, otherwise, the name of the school shall not be announced.

Wet Weather:

The following people will make up the wet weather committee: Chairperson of SATIS (or his/her deputy), the Executive Officer and the referee. In the event of voting deadlock, the Chairperson of SATIS would have a casting vote. The wet weather committee would be expected to be present prior to the start of a meeting.

Any Athletics or Swimming Carnival becomes a carnival when a minimum of 75% of the events have been completed and from there on the points will stand.

The deliberations of this committee would normally cover Athletics, Swimming and Rowing. Changes due to weather of any other sport would normally be at the discretion of the umpires in control of the match.