Canadian Canoe-Polo National Championships Registration Rules Canada Canoe Polo May 25, 2010 1 Introduction The follwing are the official rules regarding registration at the Canadian canoe-polo national championships. 2 Definitions CCP stands for Canada Canoe Polo CCPC stands for Canada Canoe Polo Committee NOC stands for National Organisation Committee CKC stands for Canoe Kayak Canada ICF stands for International Canoe Federation The masculine in the following handbook is used only for the purposes of clarity. 3 Competing Divisions Rules Any division mentioned below may be merged into another division if less than 3 entries are confirmed. The NOC shall advise concerned teams within the following week of the registration deadline. 1
3.1 Club division Club division is open to any Canadian canoe polo clubs affiliated to the CCP. This is the only division that is competing for the national title and is also the only mandatory division to be held at a Canadian Nationals. 3.1.1 A and B division If there is a significant interest for a B division, the NOC can separate Club into A (competitive) and B (recreational) divisions right away or if enough time of play is at hand, a first round-robin of games can be used (see Appendix IV of the ICF rule book for examples) to separate A and B division teams. 3.1.2 Team names Team names are at the discretion of the clubs as long as it is not provocative in any way. However, team names should include the full or abbreviated name of its hosting club so it is easy to know where the team is from (e.g.: EWP Crunch). The NOC retains the rights to refuse a team name if they find it to be inappropriate in any way and should contact the team captain as soon as possible to resolve the issue. 3.1.3 Team players In Club categories, players must be members of the same club to form a team. Basic club membership criteria is generally defined as players who regularly play together. A player who once regularly played with a club, but moved away may compete with that club so long as he is not newly member of another club who is also participating in the Canadian national championships. Each Club team is allowed one non-member player on their team so long as this player doesn t have enough (or to many) team members to form his own Club team [5 to 8 players]. Any team with 2 or more non-members must enter Open division as stated in section 3.2 See section 3.4 for exceptions. 2
3.1.4 Foreign Club Teams The NOC is encouraged to allow club teams from other countries to play in the Club A or B category, where there are sufficient team places. However these teams will not be shown in the final Canadian National rankings. Otherwise these teams will be in the Open category. 3.2 Open division Unrestricted teams. Same rules apply for non-offensive team names (Section 3.1.2). If not enough teams, the NOC can merge this division to Club A division. Rule 3.4.1 will apply and all teams from Open will not be shown in the final Canadian National rankings. 3.3 Women division Open to all-female teams following the Open division rules. If less than 3 entries, the NOC will notify the teams and if possible, merge the teams to Club A, B or Open division subject to the teams agreement. Where possible and in the future it is hoped that there may be sufficient participation to allow for a Canadian Women division. 3.4 Overall rules The following rules apply to all divisions within a National Championships 3.4.1 Play per division Each player can only play in one team per separate division, e.g. if Open is separated from Club, a player can play in both division. This, however, does not apply to any subgroups of the Club division, i.e., a player cannot play in both Club A and Club B divisions even if they are separated groups in the program. Any exception to that rule must be approved by the NOC prior to start of the event otherwise new classification (e.g. from Club to Open category) could be in order. 3
3.4.2 Susbtitutes Within the same team, the starting team participants shall be the same participants for all subsequent games otherwise approved by the NOC. If a team is in need of an extra substitute player for a valid reason, players from other teams within that same club will be prioritized, if no other club players are available or are all in the same category, a player from any other club may play as substitute so long as this would not clearly disadvantage another team. This substitution needs the approval of the NOC before the game is played, otherwise new classification (e.g. from Club to Open category) or disqualification of the team from official ranking could be in order. 3.4.3 Exceptions Any other exceptions to the Competing Division rules must be approved by the NOC or CCPC prior to the entry deadline. 4 Team equipment and duties 4.1 Team Equipment All playing equipment must be ICF approved for canoe polo and will be subject to scrutineering prior to the warm up time. 4.1.1 PFD s Every team should have the same PDF colors with numbers between 1-99. No duplicate numbers will be allowed on one team and players should try to keep the same PFD number for a particular team during the whole event. 4.1.2 Other matching equipement It is desirable that every team member should have matching color helmets, shirts, spraydecks and same number as PFD on both side of helmets (6.5cm in height). 4
4.2 Referees Each team should provide at least one referee with a statement of how much experience he has. More experienced referees will be available as volunteers for duty for the A/Open type divisions and the less experienced ones for the B type divisions. The NOC should try to match one experienced referee with a less experienced one for the B division games. If a team cannot provide any referees, the NOC has the right to charge an extra fee upon team registration. 4.3 Line judges All team members who are not referees may be required to act as line judges for any game. A line judge duty is to raises his flag at the beginning of a game when every team player is properly lined up and to raise his flag when the ball crosses the line (including goals) and to give a new ball (on the referees command) when the game ball is well out the play. 5 Smoking & Alcohol In Quebec, smoking is prohibited inside and whithin nine (9) meters of any public entrance. To avoid any trouble, please respect this law. Alcohol consumption should not be permitted on site as per CKC rules except in designated areas. 6 Doping Doping is strictly prohibited, as defined by Sport Canada, CKC and ICF policy. 5