NZSSRA: schoolrowing.org.nz

Annual General Meeting Sunday 26 March, Lake Karapiro

The Annual General Meeting of the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Association was held at lake Karapiro on Sunday 26 March 2017 in the Don Rowlands Centre. The DRAFT Minutes for the 2017 AGM are now available online.

Some items of note arising from the AGM include:

• South Island Secondary School Championships might start on a Friday afternoon in 2019.
• Undergarment colour restrictions have been relaxed. The colour no longer needs to match the school's colours (but all rowers still need to wear the same colour).
• To prevent draw manipulation through pre-heats crew changes the Race Committee can now re-draw an event.
• The start procedure was updated to allow Roll Call and Quick Start starts.
• NZSSRA changed from classification according to sex to classification according to gender and adopted the NZRA Transgender and Transsexual Policy.
• U14 rowers were not excluded from sweep oar rowing
• Coxswains now have just one weight limit (55kg), check-weighing now only re-weighs deadweight (not cox + deadweight), and penalties for weighing infractions are now specified in the Rules.
• U15 was not merged with Novice.
• Entry form requirements have been updated.
• Per-pupil entry limits remain unavailable as a tool for Championships hosts to manage increasing entries.

The Regulations, Rules, and Safety System have now all been updated online.