NZSSRA
est. 1967



ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Karāpiro Rowing Regatta Committee
Rebecca Milicich (NZSSRA)


RACE COMMITTEE
Mary Birch (Chief Umpire)
Jack Quirk (Chief Starter)
Kim Harrison (Chief Judge)
tba (NZSSRA rep)
tba (OC rep)


SAFETY OFFICER
Greg Liddy

SISSC 2025

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2025 North Island Secondary Schools Champs regatta Logo Lake Karāpiro, 7-9 March 2025
terms & conditions | programme of events | progression system | entries | results

  • Where: Lake Karāpiro [map], Waikato, New Zealand.
  • When: Friday 7 - Sunday 9 March 2025 (3-day regatta)
  • What: North Island schools competing for supremacy in 52 events, and preparing to challenge the South Islanders at Maadi.

Amended Rules and Regulations

An an SGM on 24 February NZSSRA members agreed to amend the Constitution, Regulations, and Rules. The changes that were made were necessary for NZSSRA's new Year 14 policy to become enforceable at Maadi.

The Constitution (Article 1), Regulations (Regulation 7), and Rules (Rule 2) have been updated online.

The Year 14 policy does not affect student eligibility for this regatta. It only changes Year 14 student eligibility at Maadi. However, the new Regulation does affect the entry forms for this regatta. Each student's Year Level will have to be recorded in the declarations.

Schools should familiarise themselves with the new Year Level definition in the Constitution, to make sure they understand what Year Levels mean in the context of NZSSRA Championships.

REGATTA ENTRIESnow open

Online regatta entry is NOW OPEN. Entries will CLOSE at 8:00AM Wednesday 26 February 2025.

Passwords for online regatta entry are held by Member Schools' Sports Coordinators (schools should contact the Manager regarding misplaced passwords.)

Most schools seem to leave making their entries until the last day or two. Anybody planning on doing this is strongly advised to carry out Roster Maintenance between now and then so the actual entry process is not unnecessarily complicated/delayed by having to update the school's roster of students. Please pay special attention to the "SSNZ critical details" tab of Roster Maintenance, which shows if any critical details are missing from students' profiles. In particular, new students are likely to need their SSNZ School Team Eligibility criteria set.

Please don't hesitate to make use of your club contacts to get your entries completed but make sure you receive the declarations and get those properly checked, completed and returned to the hosts.

Entries 101

After Roster Maintenance has been completed and the "NZSSRA critical details" tab shows all students are ready to be used for entries, Online Regatta Entry is a 4-step process:

  1. Select a squad of students from the school's roster (remember to include any reserves!)
  2. Select crews using the squad members
  3. Provide the information required for the regatta declaration forms
  4. Submit the entries*

* When entries are submitted an email confirmation is generated and sent to the Sports Coordinator. The email has attached .pdfs containing an entry summary and the declaration forms. THESE MUST BE SIGNED BY THE PRINCIPAL then scanned and emailed to the regatta hosts.

Entrants

Incomplete entries?

If your school is showing as having incomplete entries then there are crews that have been selected but not yet entered in the regatta. If you are part way through entries this is normal. Otherwise, to remedy this:

  1. Log in (here).
  2. Make sure each form on the "other forms" page is complete.
  3. Go to the "submit entries" page*.
  4. Tick the box to agree to the Regatta's Terms & Conditions.
  5. Click the "submit my entries" button*.

When you do this an email confirmation of your entries, together with an entry summary and the declaration forms required for the regatta, will be sent to your school's Sports Coordinator and the email address given on the first of the "other forms".

* If you have already submitted your entries but later made changes to those entries which need re-submitting then you will also show on the incomplete list and the link and submission button (see 3 & 5 above) will say "update entries". (If the link is not active you need to also check your "other forms").

Non-financial members

Any non-financial members cannot enter NZSSRA Championships and should contact the Schools Committee urgently if they are hoping to enter NISSC.

Fees

Entry fees (exclusive of GST) for the regatta are unchanged from last year. They were set by members at the 2023 SGM: 1X $25, 2X/2- $27, 4X+/4+ $34, 8X+/8+ $41, amenity $29 per student.

Live results via rowIT

Live results will be available for the regatta. Results will be able to be found on the rowIT website: rowit.nz/niss2025/results

News 2025-02-07

Tent Sites

Tent sites are ordered during the online entry process and are allocated by ballot after close of entries.

Entry limits

There are new entry limits for 2025. The following entry limits apply:

  1. Maximum of 3 events per rower.
  2. Maximum of 2 crews per school in each event; except in quads and fours, which have a limit of 3; and in eights and octuples, which have had a limit of 4.

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.

SSNZ School Team Eligibility criteria limits

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 also a limit of 2 students with a SSNZ-issued PCRE per crew (1 in singles!).

SISSC

While North Island schools are competing on Lake Karāpiro for recognition as the best the North Island has to offer their South Island counterparts will be do the same thing up at the 2025 Meridian South Island Champs on Lake Ruataniwha. Keep a watch on both regattas for indicators of who may claim the top spot at Maadi!

2024 Stats

There were 1895 students from 79 schools entered in 4893 seats in 1346 crews. 306 races were held to complete the regatta and find the winners of all 52 events.

SSNZSanctioning

This New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Association regatta is sanctioned by School Sport New Zealand.


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